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 Send message Joined: 14 Jul 05 Posts: 275 Credit: 49,291 RAC: 0 
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So that they have a fighting chance of getting a job to process we changed some of the settings including the daily quota. 2 workunits per day? I want the drugs you're taking. |
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Send message Joined: 1 Jan 07 Posts: 19 Credit: 44,943 RAC: 0 |
For those who missed it: We will change things back to normal over the first few days next week... It's just a few days. If this were a permanent change, then yes, it would be a total disaster. But it sounds like next week we'll be able to get a lot more to crunch. So a nice weekend to all and see you at the WU feeding line in a few days! Cheers. |
 caspr Send message Joined: 26 Apr 06 Posts: 89 Credit: 309,235 RAC: 0 |
2 workunits per day? I want the drugs you're taking. Thats a good thing though, gives me a chance to clear my boxs and get em ready for the assault! A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory  |
dr_mabuse Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 57 Credit: 835,284 RAC: 0 
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Hi, I think thats a very good idea. To have 2 WU a day is more comfortable for me than getting 10 at once and then no more for 6 months. Currently there is computing power needed at SIMAP: http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/ as well as FightAIDS@home: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewFaahResearch.do and Einstein@Home: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/ So who has idle machines could be very useful contributing to these projects. Hope this helps Dr.Mabuse |
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Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 79 Credit: 257,762 RAC: 0 |
2 per day would'nt be quite so bad if they were a few hours long but 15-20 min is starting to whack out my long term debt again(had to suspend LHC on most machines with debt being so high and no work for months it was keeping my cache of work for other projects artificially low) |
littleBouncer Send message Joined: 23 Oct 04 Posts: 358 Credit: 1,439,205 RAC: 0 |
2 per day would'nt be quite so bad if they were a few hours long but 15-20 min is starting to whack out my long term debt again(had to suspend LHC on most machines with debt being so high and no work for months it was keeping my cache of work for other projects artificially low) I completely agree with you ( JRenkar ), 2 WU/day is *a little small*...... but the *good thing* is , that there is work !!!! (special swiss-english translation...of sarcasme...lol) greetz from Switzerland littleBouncer   
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caspr Send message Joined: 26 Apr 06 Posts: 89 Credit: 309,235 RAC: 0 |
@ Dr.Mabuse, I'm currently running a 3 day cache of WU's at simap, thats what I need to clear off my boxs to get ready, and now pirates wants to start sending work again! Enjoyin the wealth! A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory |
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[B^S] Dora Send message Joined: 27 Apr 06 Posts: 26 Credit: 13,559 RAC: 0 |
If we've done 12,444 in 6 hours it will only take us three days to crunch what's available at the moment... Perhaps Alex and Neasan are trying to make a determination as to what a fair quota might be for whatever size batch they are going to give us... D |
Neasan Send message Joined: 30 Nov 06 Posts: 234 Credit: 11,078 RAC: 0 |
If we've done 12,444 in 6 hours it will only take us three days to crunch what's available at the moment... That's the number out there still being crunched we've only had just over a hundred returned by users if you look on the Server Status page. |
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caspr Send message Joined: 26 Apr 06 Posts: 89 Credit: 309,235 RAC: 0 |
@scarecrow... pretty cool, to bad I drink Rum + Coke! A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory |
anarchic teapot Send message Joined: 15 Feb 06 Posts: 67 Credit: 460,896 RAC: 0 |
Server-hammerers please note: it won't do you any good as there is also a minimum time between download requests. I don't know whose idea that was but it was a damn good one. sQuonk Plague of Mice Intel Core i3-9100 CPU@3.60 GHz, but it's doing its bit just the same. |
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M.Finkel Send message Joined: 2 Apr 06 Posts: 5 Credit: 102,197 RAC: 0 |
NO! It shows Yes. Today ( Oct 13, 2007 ) shows Up, 52030 workunits to crunch and when I hit the update I still do not get a download. Whats up with this? |
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Send message Joined: 12 Dec 05 Posts: 8 Credit: 13,016 RAC: 0 |
please could an admin kick the scheduler and upload/download-server! we are waiting for wu's... .  
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Send message Joined: 14 Jul 05 Posts: 275 Credit: 49,291 RAC: 0
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Yes. Today ( Oct 13, 2007 ) shows Up, 52030 workunits to crunch and when I hit the update I still do not get a download. Read the whole thread, and have a look at your Messages tab. If you don't wait an hour between updates, you won't get anything. Don't click the update button manually. |
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M.Finkel Send message Joined: 2 Apr 06 Posts: 5 Credit: 102,197 RAC: 0 |
What I don't understand is: when clicking on update and their is WU's available and I don't get any. Now why is that? |
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M.Finkel Send message Joined: 2 Apr 06 Posts: 5 Credit: 102,197 RAC: 0 |
Yes. Today ( Oct 13, 2007 ) shows Up, 52030 workunits to crunch and when I hit the update I still do not get a download. Thanks |
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Send message Joined: 2 May 07 Posts: 39 Credit: 142,918 RAC: 0 |
More WUs for our hungry mPUs. Munch Munch Munch. My little herd is happy today! |
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Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,311 RAC: 0 |
Personally, I'm pretty tired of waiting so long for WU's, then being limited to 4 a day. If they want to make sure that all the newbies get WU's, that's fine. They'll just have to find one more newbie to replace me. --Mike |
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rbpeake Send message Joined: 17 Sep 04 Posts: 104 Credit: 32,788,785 RAC: 4,105 
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Personally, I'm pretty tired of waiting so long for WU's, then being limited to 4 a day. If they want to make sure that all the newbies get WU's, that's fine. They'll just have to find one more newbie to replace me. You make a good point, that is to not announce the press release until there is plenty of work for everybody (old timers and newbies ;). Regards, Bob P. |
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Send message Joined: 3 Jan 07 Posts: 124 Credit: 7,065 RAC: 0 |
Personally, I'm pretty tired of waiting so long for WU's, then being limited to 4 a day. If they want to make sure that all the newbies get WU's, that's fine. They'll just have to find one more newbie to replace me. The press release would tend to imply that there is more work on the horizon. The only problem is going to be if they do not deliver this work, then whatever "goodwill" that was purchased by having a few WUs available to work on will be burned up... Personally, 2/day was ridiculously low anyway. The longest that I've seen any of my quorum partners take is just a bit under an hour, so for most modern systems, 20-30/day is well within the realm of possibility. If they want to attract and retain new folks, they need to provide at least 4 hours of work / day, IMO. This would seem to need a quota of 8 or 10. Double that for 8 hours of work, so 16-20/day. It all boils down to whether or not they actually can provide a constant stream of work. If not, then there really was no benefit to drumming up support via new users...as it will only exasperate everyone, old and new... IMO, YMMV, etc, etc, etc... Brian |
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