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21) Questions and Answers : Windows : missing work on my computer (Message 8266) Posted 2 Jul 2005 by Heffed Post: Wow! You have hundreds. What CC version are you running?

22) Message boards : Number crunching : we're not resigning!!!! (Message 8200) Posted 29 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > It is ok, I have cpdn to fall back on ... I lost faith in CPDN. After Carl Christensen retired/ran away/quit/was fired/whatever, the project has been going down the tubes.

23) Questions and Answers : Windows : email address conflict? (Message 8160) Posted 22 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > John, Thanks for the help. I could not find a "lost password link" on the > site (and I checked every link), Did you log out? If you log out, then go back to your account page, one of the links at the login screen is a link to resend your password.

24) Message boards : Number crunching : first bunch done... now what? (Message 8121) Posted 19 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > There are some nice DC project outside of boinc Yeah, but I really like being able to drive multiple projects from one application. That and the fact that BOINC deals with switching projects for me. :) Manually turning different projects on and off sucks...

25) Message boards : Number crunching : first bunch done... now what? (Message 8100) Posted 17 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > It must get very Dis-Heartening at times > for some people with only 1 or 2 PC's to see themselves fall futher & > futher behind the stats leaders at any project or even total project stats > also ... HeHe... Some of us don't care about our standings. :) I personally am a BOINC whore, and just attach to every project I can find because I'm fascinated by the concept of distributed computing. This of course spreads my single system out pretty thin, and I'm never going to get very high in the rankings at any project. But to me, the fun is just participating.

26) Message boards : Number crunching : New version of Boinc (Message 8099) Posted 17 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > From what has been discussed over at SETI, it appears that the 2X connect time > is built in to allow for modem users. So far the DEVs have not settled on a > way to make it friendly for always connected folks. Well, the funny bit is that the new scheduler isn't very friendly for modem users either. ;)

27) Message boards : Number crunching : shorter deadline please! (Message 8052) Posted 11 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > I haven't paid enough attention to my BOINC client to know (I'm set to switch > every 30 minutes), but if it's not honoring it, that's definatly a problem > that should be brought up... It won't in earliest deadline mode.

28) Message boards : Number crunching : no work from project (Message 7956) Posted 4 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > 30,000 jobs for 6000 Users?? > > this would be > > -10'000 for PoorBoy > -10'000 for the Swiss > -10'000 for *my clients* > > the rest is left for all;) HeHe... :)

29) Message boards : Number crunching : shorter deadline please! (Message 7937) Posted 3 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > Yes point #2 causes problems, but is necessary if your on dial up. So my > suggestion is that cause #2 only would apply if you have specified that you > are on dial up in your general preferences. I think that we will have to make > the client behave in different ways if you are on dial up or not. The current settings on the preferences page are not that accurate in interpreting a dial up connection. The problem is the BOINC has never been great at respecting these settings, so I (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) actually have my settings set the same way an always on connection would be. I control my connection by disabling network access from the GUI. What is needed is an additional setting. "I connect with a modem" or something like that. This way the CC can easily tell whether or not the user is on dial up.

30) Questions and Answers : Wish list : drop deadline mode (started in BOINC 4.43) (Message 7902) Posted 1 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: The theory is that yes, P@H WUs will get processed first due to their deadline, but while they are running, BOINC is keeping track of how long they run. When they are complete, BOINC will not download any more P@H work until the other projects are able to catch up on CPU time, according to your resource share. So your resource shares are being met, just over a longer term.

31) Message boards : Number crunching : New server binaries (Message 7894) Posted 1 Jun 2005 by Heffed Post: > Unfortunately, there is major tension between honoring resource share over the > long term, and getting work for all projects all of the time. There is also a > bug (that I believe still exists in 4.44) where duals and HT machines would > stop requesting work too early and only get a half a cache full sometimes. > For this, I have submitted a fix. That's my point though... I've had no problem in the past honoring resource shares and keeping work for all my projects without blowing past deadlines. I should be able to request the work I want, when I want, because I've got my settings tuned properly for the speed of my machine. I never download more work than I can complete. I've mentioned the need for a dumb*** filter that only kicks in the overzealous scheduler if you are obviously having trouble meeting your commitments. What is so wrong with this idea? Someone else had an idea for an 'advanced settings' section that would allow someone who knows what they're doing to override the scheduler. This is also a nice idea. Granted, it could be abused by someone not knowing what the settings do, but then the dumb*** filter should kick in and save themselves from their own dumb***. Currently, BOINC is not very fun for dial up users. I think you seriously need to rethink allowing us to get work on demand if you wish to keep us. This is a major issue with the functionality of the software. I'm giving it a few more revisions and if things don't change, I'm finished with BOINC. Not everyone can afford a broadband always on connection, which is what BOINC is favoring more and more these days...

32) Message boards : Number crunching : New server binaries (Message 7887) Posted 31 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > As I have stated in another thread....there are names for people like you > PoorBoy! ;P The most common starts with B and ends with d. Big Lad? ;)

33) Message boards : Number crunching : New server binaries (Message 7881) Posted 30 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > Much of the ado over the new Work Scheduler has to do with people getting used > to the way it used to work even though that was not how it was supposed to > work. Now that JM VII is making the changes so that it works the way it always > should have worked, well, we have angst now ... So the way it should have worked is to not allow modem users to top off their cache when they're online? It makes more sense to log off when you only have half a WU to complete before you run dry? I guess that makes sense to a computer, but as is often the case, the human mind is a bit better at looking ahead and deciding whether or not absolutes are the best course of action. Does a half hour really make that much difference in when new work is downloaded? Not to a machine I'm sure, but if I need to log off and can't wait a half an hour to do so, it makes quite a difference to me. It's what I have termed a CC induced project outage. If I cannot get the work I need before I have to log off, the CC is doing the project in question a disservice because I will not be processing until I get logged on again... Not very useful in my opinion. Now granted, I do have work on my machine from other projects so I'm not sitting idle, but that's not the point. And yes, I understand how the long term debt system works, so I know that the CC will attempt to run that project more to catch up when I get more work, in order to meet my resource share settings. The point is, it shouldn't have to play catch up. The project had work to give, I simply was unable to request more when I was connected due to the schedulers choke hold.

34) Message boards : Number crunching : BURP Warning ... !!! (Message 7880) Posted 30 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > Look in the client state XML file and look to see if the project name has been > changed, if so, change it back. If there is more than one line in the > scheduler list, delete all but the correct one. Restart BOINC ... You don't even need to change the project name. All you need to do is make sure it has the correct scheduler URL. The next time it connects, the project name will be sorted out.

35) Message boards : Number crunching : Funny thing with BOINC 4.43 (Message 7858) Posted 29 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > I also upgraded to 4.44 and it froze everything... CPDN was frozen at the very > start running at 0.00% Downgraded to 4.25 again and now it's crunching at > 48.61%... I haven't had 4.44 lock me up yet, (knock on wood) but 4.43 (the recommended version!!!) did it all the time. Always a bummer to find you've been doing nothing for 10 hours. (assuming the CC will give you any work...)

36) Message boards : Number crunching : what is this on boinc 4.38?????????????? please (Message 7628) Posted 12 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > You forgot to add "... asking the same thing and was answered is two > lines ..." You're right Paul, I missed that. Nice catch! ;)

37) Message boards : Number crunching : what is this on boinc 4.38?????????????? please (Message 7591) Posted 11 May 2005 by Heffed Post: > @niftypig > > change your client! > > 4.38 looks like a "bad" release. > > turned 2 clients over night to 4.38, > uploads working, no download, no reporting (the ready to report are still > sitting there), no action behind the "update" knob. > > The client is NOT talking to the scheduler (so it looks for me), Yep. 'Update' is borked. No biggie though. I'm sure 4.39 will be out tomorrow. 4.38 was hoped to be the next production release, but the update bug hosed that. 4.38 has apparently fixed a few of the scheduler issues in 4.36 and 4.37. It also fixed a benchmark bug that can error out a WU. And Ric, you can guarantee that when more users sign on, the forum will be filled with mindless questions. It's the nature of some people. They think reading and researching happens to other people! So instead of trying even the tiniest bit to find an answer on their own, they will post the question, even though a post asking the same thing is two lines below theirs. :)

38) Message boards : Number crunching : LHC Project Demise ... ??? (Message 7142) Posted 21 Apr 2005 by Heffed Post: > I sadly think this Project has gone the way of the Predictor Project and > theres just not enough interest in it anymore ... Predictor is running well.

39) Message boards : Number crunching : new work please ;-) (Message 7084) Posted 20 Apr 2005 by Heffed Post: > (I dislike crunch) You too? I despise that term! I always say processing instead. :)

40) Message boards : Number crunching : New Add-On Software (Message 7049) Posted 17 Apr 2005 by Heffed Post: > IE, man, do I hate it... As does any sane individual. ;)

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