Rules For Submitting Adopt-A-Rig Hardware;
1) Hardware must be in good WORKING condition, please don't send us anything that doesn't work!
2) All shipping costs are the responsibility of the person donating the hardware. (Please PM muckshifter for the address to ship donated hardware)
3) All donated hardware becomes the property of the PCReview World Community Grid Team.
While we will do our best to utilize all hardware we receive, please understand that some oddball or rare components might not get used if compatible parts are unavailable.
Rules For Being A Valid Adopt-A-Rig Candidate: subject to availability
1) Team member must be in good standing and have shown dedication to the PCReview World Community Grid Team for the long haul. The team member must have been actively folding for the PCReview World Community Grid Team. Past participation and contributions are taken into account. The PCReview World Community Grid Team is recognized as a team, as is recognized by the World Community Grid project, hosted by World Community Grid.
2) The member must be able to provide the Adopt-a-Rig machine with a safe and secure environment for an extended period of time - this means an indeterminate period.
3) You must be knowledgeable in building & maintaining computers and loading operating systems, and all that is entailed. In the event the computer should fail, the host is expected to make good faith efforts to repair it. The host is NOT expected to pay any repair costs out of pocket. We will send a replacement part should something fail (or I can reimburse you if its decided that it would be easier/cheaper to pick up the part locally). The only thing required of the host is to swap out the components to get it back up and running.
4) Dedicated, "always-on" Internet connection 24/7 is essential, 56K and up, and a free port on an existing network. If the Internet connection should fail, the host is expected to make good faith efforts to get back on line as soon as is possible.
5) The computer must run and as a result, "Fold" 24/7 exclusively. (If you go on vacation or leave for an extended period of time you are allowed to turn it off.) Said computer is not intended to replace your computer for gaming, etc. Keep in mind that 24-hour operating will increase your electricity bill by up to a few ponds per month (rates vary by provider and geographic area). The Team expects the host to make good faith efforts to keep the computer running as much as is possible.
6) The computer shall Fold for team, under the user name of "PCReview_X" (X = Adopt-a-Rig machine number/name) exclusively. The team can/will monitor the rigs output by way of statistics provided by WCG, PCReview stats, and the like. Be sure to install the user name as shown here so as to be consistent with the other Adopt-a-Rig computers.
7) In the event the host can no longer support the adopted computer, or he/she is not able to run the computer for an extended period of time (that being 4 weeks or more), it is to be returned to the PCReview.co.uk owner (Ian Cunninham), or a PCReview folding forum moderator, or an PCReview.co.uk administrator within two weeks. The shipping costs involved with returning said computer shall be the responsibility of the host. (Under special circumstances we can help out with the return shipping costs.)
8) The host must be 18 years of age or older, and must live in the United Kingdom.
9) When contacting us about becoming a potential host, any useful info like internet connection, hosting facilities, and experience would be helpful.
Disclaimer:
1. All team-donated parts that go into an Adopt-a-Rig donated World Community Grid computers are property of the PCReview World Community Grid Team. The parts the host provide are his own.
2. PCReview.co.uk's owner(s), and/or administrator(s), and/or Folding moderator(s) reserve the right to amend these rules as required.
3. PCReview.co.uk, and/or its owner(s), and/or administrator(s), and/or moderator(s), and/or member(s), and/or sponsors shall not be held responsible or liable for any losses incurred either directly, or indirectly as a result of hosting any Adopt-a-Rig computer. The host selected shall bear full responsibility for said computer. By applying to be selected as a host, you acknowledge you understand, agree with, and will abide by these rules as set forth here and as may be amended in the future as required.
NOTE: This entire project and the rules set forth above is/are based on TRUST. We, the team, trust that you, the host, will do all you can to keep the computer folding as much as is possible, in its name, for the PCReview World Community Grid Team. You, the host, trust, that we the PCReview World Community Grid Team, support you in every way we can.