DutchForce
Thanks for the graphs, Texinga... very interesting.
If it's not too much work for you, could you make seperate graph for the Windows client and Nvidia Fermi GPU client?

Just to check what columns you wanted to see.  Were you wanting to see the "Active CPUs" column in the Windows client and "Active CPUs" column in the Fermi client?

Ok, here ya go Dutch...
 
Windows Client:

 
Fermi Client: There was a large gap (missing data) in the Google sheet (until end of Feb 2013).

well deserved BR for texinga putting the graphs together.
 
BR for zagen30 for linking the data info for texinga???

texinga

Zagen30
The 2014 data is in a separate sheet ("Data 2014").

Ahhh...getting old and missed that.  In the Total CPUs graph, those extra days through 1-6-14 didn't offer much visual change other than continuing the falling slope a bit.
 
But on the Active Linux CPUs, updated December 1, 2013 through 1-6-14 chart (below), the difference of those extra days added more to the Linux CPU decline.  Here's a look at the chart with the first (6) days of this year added.  The delta now is 642 CPUs vs the 364 CPUs I'd charted before.  Interesting upward short-lived spike there on 1/5/14.
 

the spike is bucks folders doing their 2 wus and done :-P

cokeman54

ArtyD42

Viper97
Actually 220,854 as of this morning.  There has been a steady loss of over 4K machines since Thursday of last week.  Not a good sign.

220463 at the time I checked.  This is the beginning of the freefall.

219,000 on 01/07/2014 10:54 CST and dropping like a rock.

218,735 1/8/2014 2AM CST.

Thanks for the BR AB...it was good to see what some of the data suggests, especially with the Linux boxen.  I do see an up-tic just this morning in the Active Linux CPUs that indicates 139 CPUs to the upside.  While Total Active CPUs are still declining by a couple grand today, Total Active GPUs are doing OK and are in their typical winter-heating mode!  If I were a betting man, think I'd put my money on the GPUs at this stage for Folding.  Funny, that has always been the stronger part of this Folding Team anyway.  Maybe after the angst of hoping PG engages donors dissolves and Bigadv finds its ultimate spot (whatever that becomes), things will heal.  I really do hope so for the project. 
 

 
 

Jini, that kind of drug cost to people makes me so angry with our pharma system and the associated cost for people just trying to treat their disease.  I first thought that maybe you meant per-month, but then Googled MS drugs to find the enormous drug cost faced by people afflicted with MS.  I had no idea!  I'd be shutting off the Folding rigs too for sure.  I'm so sorry to hear about that situation for you.  We care about you whether you can Fold or not.    Keeping you in my prayers kiddo!

planetclown
I'm probably stating the obvious, but one should always be careful with day-to-day (or even week-to-week) trends.  Many times what looks like a trend in the short-term ends up being "noise" in the long run.
 
All-in-all though some nice analysis going on here and a well deserved BR.  You guys never cease to amaze me!

You are right PC.  Looking longer term (back to Nov 2012), one could say that Active CPUs are still in an overall uptrend.  Looking shorter term (the last 6mos) they are in a definite downtrend.  GPUs, long term in an uptrend and short term kinda flat.  Trying to predict future Folding behavior/participation is not easy because there are so many variables that are involved that affect these numbers.

AB
I'll get back to folding when the urge hits me. Just follow your hearts and don't be a points prisoner. (Unless there's a competition of course)

*Bites tongue* *Chooses High Road* *Drops the mic*

I'll take the low road and you take the high road... and I'll go 'blech' before ye! 
 
Truth is it's what we have been saying for years.  However, PG hasn't listened.  Now they are worried as the returns of their folding survey from last year pointed out some serious problems.  They've noticed it.
 
I'll leave personal comments about people out of it but ya know... if PG gets it's act together it might be fun again. 
 
If....
 
 

ArtyD42

cokeman54

ArtyD42

Viper97
Actually 220,854 as of this morning.  There has been a steady loss of over 4K machines since Thursday of last week.  Not a good sign.

220463 at the time I checked.  This is the beginning of the freefall.

219,000 on 01/07/2014 10:54 CST and dropping like a rock.

218,735 1/8/2014 2AM CST.

214,868 01/08/2014 10:25 PM CST not taking 50 days. Something is going on here. Do they count each core as a pc?

Each v6 client software running counts as 1 v7 each slots running in v7 counts as 1 weather its CPU or GPU.
Lets say you run v7 client with 2 slots for a day CPU+GPU and finish work and return that work that counts as 2
but then you decide you rather run v6 1 client for each CPU+GPU this also counts as 2 but now if you check
your fah stats it'll show you have 4 clients running for the next 50 days or 4 within the last 7 days even tho you only had 2 pieces of hardware running.
Every time you delete say a v6 setup completely and remake that setup new it also make a new count because it now produces a new ID for that new setup.
Not sure if it works the same with v7, but I'm pretty sure it does. So the stats have always been way over as to what is really being ran with this program.
 
My clients stats may say I'm running 50 different clients or pieces of hardware folding when I'm only running 8, I know because I seen mine that high
because of so many different changes I have made in one months time or crashes and new setup made they can multiply quickly.
Here it still says I have 21 active clients within 50 days and that count was much higher I can insure you I have never had 21 client running at once.
Shows 18 for team EVGA this number was 50 not to long ago. So the stats you see are way below what they peer to be because I'm sure I'm not the
only one that have higher active client count than what they are really running because of muti setup fails and other things like hardware failure or just
playing around with the different client setups.
 
This system is very flawed with its long standing count of active clients to cover up the real amount of folding power there is.

If the 50 day limit is correct (in other words it takes 50 days for a cpu to cease being registered as an active machine) is correct then the lack of work won't reflect at all in the stats. 
 
This is all still roughly fallout from the November time frame and as AB and others have pointed out we won't really see the effect of PG's decision until mid Feburary.
 
I'm sure the decline will continue and then level off for a bit.  Once the decision to eliminate all the 24 C machines takes place (and I have no doubt it will) few folks will be willing to fold SMP (unless a points change is made) due to the perception of less Points per Watt.
 
If no change in SMP points are made then of course all bets are off, large chickens will open a Kentucky Fried Colonel franchise and cows will fly.
 
 

texinga
Jini, that kind of drug cost to people makes me so angry with our pharma system and the associated cost for people just trying to treat their disease.  I first thought that maybe you meant per-month, but then Googled MS drugs to find the enormous drug cost faced by people afflicted with MS.  I had no idea!  I'd be shutting off the Folding rigs too for sure.  I'm so sorry to hear about that situation for you.  We care about you whether you can Fold or not.    Keeping you in my prayers kiddo!

 Its crazy how much the shots cost. They alone are like $155 a day, I read someone calculated it out to me something to the effect of 23 million dollars a gallon the pharm company gets for the medication.... but they are not the only things i take. I have one of the over sized daily pill thingies because of all the med's i take now i needed a better way to keep track. Its crazy. I take 24 pills a day well really 25. I take one for the heart burn all the meds cause.
 
But its all good, I'll survive and drive on as they said in the military.