Posts by Michael Chambers

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Computation error (Message 22354) Posted 29 May 2010 by Michael Chambers Post: Interesting comment Kibble! You know, there is a very simple fix they could do while they\'re taking a short break from their real science. They could just disable the \"Show Graphics\" button in BOINC. I also run Milkyway@Home, and they don\'t have any graphics either. But, when you click on one of their WU\'s, the \"Show Graphics\" button stay\'s dimmed out, and it has no function. Perhaps if the LHC@Home people were to ask the Milkyway@Home people how to do that, they might give them the code so they could do it as well. It would sure give them a big boost in successful WU runs, and who wouldn\'t want that.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Computation error (Message 22317) Posted 16 May 2010 by Michael Chambers Post: I just added LHC@Home to my BOINC tasks about a month ago, and quickly learned that WU\'s were few and far between. Then today I found that I\'d finally downloaded my very first two LHC task units, and was elated. I quickly suspended work on everything else to allow these units full use of my CPU time. Never having seen the LHC graphics before, I quickly clicked on one of the units, and then clicked on \"Show Graphics\" to see what they looked like. For whatever reason then, the WU went to 100% complete about the same time. Well I thought, there is an odd coincidence - so I clicked on the other WU, and tried \"Show Graphics\" again. When that WU crashed, it was then apparent that there was a problem with the graphics part of the LHC software. Now, after a lot of searching, I finally find this thread and understand the problem. I will now change my screen saver to something else besides BOINC, and will patiently wait to be blessed with another LHC WU or two, and I\'ll check these message boards from time to time, to see if this problem has gotten corrected by the volunteers we should be thanking instead of scolding. I would suggest however, that for now, someone take just a few minutes to edit the description of the LHC@Home project wherever it appears, to include the information that in order to run this project without crashing the WU, you\'ll need to shut down your BOINC screen saver, and not press \"View Graphics\" while a LHC WU is running. Anyone interested in running this project is going to read the description of what it is, and this would at least give them fair warning. I\'ve been running SETI@Home for many years now, starting with a computer that took about two weeks or more to complete a work unit. I do it for the science. I do however, enjoy the eye candy that the graphics provide as well.

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