1) Message boards : ATLAS application : Small number of test tasks (Message 28822)
Posted 7 Feb 2017 by Profile Steve Hawker*
Post:
I cannot get any tasks. I've tried on Win 7 and OS X. Each time the log says that no tasks are available. The server status page says there are.

What's the verdict?

Did you mark "Run Beta-Applications" ?

Yes.

I got one task a couple of weeks ago but nothing at all since then
2) Message boards : ATLAS application : Small number of test tasks (Message 28812)
Posted 7 Feb 2017 by Profile Steve Hawker*
Post:
I cannot get any tasks. I've tried on Win 7 and OS X. Each time the log says that no tasks are available. The server status page says there are.

What's the verdict?
3) Message boards : Number crunching : new cross project ID created (Message 27832)
Posted 31 Oct 2016 by Profile Steve Hawker*
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Late as ever I just attached two computers to this new front end.

I was surprised to see this in the logs:

10/31/2016 9:35:31 AM | LHC@home | Master file download succeeded
10/31/2016 9:35:37 AM | LHC@home | Sending scheduler request: Project initialization.
10/31/2016 9:35:37 AM | LHC@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU and AMD/ATI GPU
10/31/2016 9:35:39 AM | LHC@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
10/31/2016 9:35:39 AM | LHC@home | Project has no tasks available
10/31/2016 9:37:00 AM | LHC@home | update requested by user
10/31/2016 9:37:03 AM | LHC@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
10/31/2016 9:37:03 AM | LHC@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need (CPU: job cache full; AMD/ATI GPU: job cache full)
10/31/2016 9:37:06 AM | LHC@home | Scheduler request completed
10/31/2016 9:37:06 AM | LHC@home | Generated new computer cross-project ID: df23ac9d54dfe76e71470c66a6c1ed56

In my account details on this new front end it shows my normal CPID.

Should I be concerned that I'll be running 2 CPIDs or will they be merged automagically?

Otherwise it all looks identical....
4) Message boards : Number crunching : LHC BOINC work credits (Message 25739)
Posted 3 Sep 2013 by Profile Steve Hawker*
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It's clear there are two groups of crunchers: those who are interested in the credits and those who are not.


And remember, if you're utterly disinterested in credits, why are you even reading this?

noone said we aren't interested in credits.
could you comment on why having more or less credits gives you different feelings?



I quote the One-Arm Badger:

... Credits are irrelevant to me....



I never said I had feelings, just that I'm sick of people who think they are above everyone who wants more credits.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : LHC BOINC work credits (Message 25703)
Posted 28 Aug 2013 by Profile Steve Hawker*
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It's clear there are two groups of crunchers: those who are interested in the credits and those who are not.

If you're NOT interested in the credits, why even bother reading, let alone commenting on a thread entitled "... credits"?

The Baron's concern over credits is just as valid as your disinterest in them.

The system was designed to have credits to make it more interesting. We don't need your holier than thou rhetoric about doing it just for the science. If you're so convinced credits are unnecessary, ask David Anderson to remove all credits - so that only the true acolytes are welcome.

Get off your high horses.

That having been said, the credits are low and I don't crunch this project much as a result. If the credits were higher and the error rate was much lower, I'd crunch a lot more. The Baron knows his marketing and maths.

And remember, if you're utterly disinterested in credits, why are you even reading this?



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