Posts by JIM

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Self-Aborting TAsks (Message 42047) Posted 4 Apr 2020 by JIM Post: That is an old computer that I don’t have anymore. I have attached 3 new computers to that account using the Boinc manager. They are presently all running LHC@home tasks and according to the manager I have earned 68185 credits in the last month. None of the tasks that I have finished appear on the tasks page.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Self-Aborting TAsks (Message 42021) Posted 1 Apr 2020 by JIM Post: I need help. The WU’s known as “Theory” run all the way to 100% and 1 second left on the remain counter and freeze. They stay like that for some time before self-aborting. How do I fix this problem? If it can’t be fixed how do I exclude the “Theory” WU’s from my machine? My computer is a laptop 2.66 GHz with 8Gb of Ram and running Win10.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Validation (Message 26217) Posted 26 Feb 2014 by JIM Post: Thank you for the info. I am very happy to learn that they no longer use the wasteful 5/3 system. I can now have confidence that my efforts will be worth the electricity.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Validation (Message 26215) Posted 25 Feb 2014 by JIM Post: I have just started running LHC@home and I have a concern. It deals with the validation. While reading about this project online I came across a posting (about 3 years old), that if I understand it right, said that 5 copies of each WU are sent out, but, only the first to finish 3 are needed to validate. It said that the last 2 results are discarded as unnecessary. Is this true? This is a concern to me as I don’t have the fastest machines and I don’t want to waste my time. Are the 4th or 5th place finishes just tossed into the trash can as unneeded. The posting that I read also said that the moderators remove questions like this because the project Admins don’t want to admit that this wasteful practice exists. I am used to running climate models over at CPDN. They except everything that is finished, even if it arrives 3 years after the deadline.

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