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LHC@home Science :
Gravity ?
(Message 19245)
Posted 16 Mar 2008 by dulcimoo Post: If I remember correctly gravity is an extremely weak force in relationship to other forces (like the electromagnetic or strong nuclear forces). One of the goals for the LHC is to try and find the Higgs particle, that is postulated to be the cause of gravity! I'm remember reading that gravity has been compensated for in the design as part of the device is under a mountain and part isn't. Ok I'll just start by saying I am not a Scientist just an interested observer. My question is would the experiments due to be performed on the LHC have different results dependent on force of Gravity. If I offend anyone with my ignorance I apologize in advance |
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Wish list :
A Macintosh OSX Client
(Message 18671)
Posted 6 Dec 2007 by dulcimoo Post: I also would be interested. My MacBook Pro has crunched in the last month as much as all my WinTel Systems have in a year or more! |
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Number crunching :
Any Mac work coming?
(Message 18470)
Posted 31 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Well I do LOVE my Mac....well maybejust maybe love is to strong a work. But it is crunching about as much as my other 4 computers are right now, or maybe even more so. Umm. Munch Munch Munch. But it does not run LHC. Well that kinda makes up for LHC being given 10:1 priority over everything else. |
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Number crunching :
Any Mac work coming?
(Message 18466)
Posted 30 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Well that depends ... the first 500 people per store got one. Even if they didn't buy anything. I had been looking at getting a mac for some time now, but was waiting for the new OS to come out first. So with the free t-shirt offer I decided to get one on launch day. I got the smallest mac book pro. I'm quite happy with it. I have a number of very old macs (68000 mPU) from a time when macs were MORE popular then PC's. ....and a free OS X tee shirt too! |
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Number crunching :
Any Mac work coming?
(Message 18384)
Posted 27 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: You might be right about that, but I know a number of people who are getting interested in Mac's. I just got one so go figure...and a free OS X tee shirt too!
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Number crunching :
Any Mac work coming?
(Message 18370)
Posted 26 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: With the new Mac OS out today(?) I think many people are gonna get new Macs. It might be good for the project to have the ability for Macs to Munch some numbers also. |
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Number crunching :
The press release
(Message 18274)
Posted 18 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: To be blunt: Perhaps you are the one with the bad assumption? Far too many people assume that ... they are without fault. Bad assumption. |
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Number crunching :
The press release
(Message 18238)
Posted 17 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: It is my mPU time to waste. I am here because I choose to be. I hope the LHC proves the Standard Model to be wrong, but if I'm wrong that would be OK too.
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Number crunching :
Initial Replication
(Message 18204)
Posted 16 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: My 2 cents worth... 1: I doubt that the engineers assembling this beast really wait much longer, if at all with the IR set to 5 rather then 3. Why? Because we have more hungry systems then work to do. The work gets done much faster then the "due by" date. I'm sure they are not just "sitting around" waiting for us to get done; I'm sure they have scheduled work as needed and don't just wait for us. [Yes I know you think that we waste 40% that could be used by other projects - see point #4] 2: We work for "them", in this case being LHC@home. If "they" wanted to set the IR to what ever, then let them set it. Yes voice your opinion, but don't keep hammering it when you don't get your way. 3: From my understanding the internal and international coordination efforts probably totally swamp this piddly 3 vs 5 IR issue. You need to keep some perspective. 4: Act locally. If you are really that concerned with efficiency and waste what are YOU doing about it? Are you using solar/battery power to run your systems? Have you gotten rid of all other applications on your systems and removed any non essential tasks so that back ground task switching does not use CPU time? Are your running RAID 5 or 10 to speed disk access? Do you have enough real memory so that you never swap out to disk? Are you using Dual Quad CPU's? Are your systems dedicated? Have you installed a virus/spam gateway device (like IronPort)and removed antivirus/antispam software from your systems that don't access the internet except for BOINC? 5: Help ME - ]:8) Send me $10K US and I'll match it and install Solar Power. Send me $500 or more and I'll match it and replace my W98 system with some fast modern system(s). You could probably help the project out more by sending THEM the money! 6: Get other people to join the project or at least BOINC. |
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Wish list :
WE, THE VOLUNTEER DATA ENGINEERS ...
(Message 18199)
Posted 16 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: But what if Gravity IS different? And now we have this Dark Energy to deal with. ...I WANT TO BE LIVING WHEN A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY IS FINALLY PROVED SO, SEND SOME WORK OUT. |
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Wish list :
A Macintosh OSX Client
(Message 18198)
Posted 16 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: I would be interested. It is also posible to let LHC running with Crossover. If anyone is interested, I can write a little howto. |
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Number crunching :
work units??
(Message 18196)
Posted 16 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: More WUs for our hungry mPUs. Munch Munch Munch. My little herd is happy today! |
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Number crunching :
Maximum daily WU quota per CPU?
(Message 18164)
Posted 15 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Yes downloading .exe files is a security risk and is not allowed from your work computer for good cause. Does your work know about and approve of the use of the work computers for BOINC work? If not you are in violation of the BOINC user agreements. Just a little reminder. However if they are in agreement and approve you could perhaps ask your security guys to allow .exe from these server addresses, or perhaps just to you. Client Errors |
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Number crunching :
Maximum daily WU quota per CPU?
(Message 18158)
Posted 14 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Not a Whole lot of work from the project + a news thingie so the PM (project managment) expect a lot of new crunchers to be asking for work. You are limited to two WU per CPU per DAY and also how often you ask for work / contact the server. They are trying to spread the wealth so to speak. I just reattached to LHC after months of being detached, and all I can get is 4 WU's a day. It started off with just 2 WU/day. What's up? This machine has no errors, and is pretty quick. Seems something is amiss on the server side. |
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Number crunching :
Please increase our daily machine quota
(Message 18152)
Posted 14 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: I like the 2 per CPU per day rate. It gives all of my systems a chance to help out. At the rate we are eating WUs we will have them all done by Monday or Tuesday at which time we will be at "how come I can't get ANY WU's from the project stage." The 2 per cpu per day gives us that have more then one system a little credit for haveing more then one system, but allows more people access to the WUs. I think what might happen in the future is 2 WU per user however ]:8( |
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Number crunching :
my client will never connect
(Message 18146)
Posted 14 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Try modifying your general preferences so that you don't connect more then .1 times per day. I think if you don't stretch out your connections you will not get work for the moment. same thing for 12 hours: |
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Cafe LHC :
Anyone have some good song selections to share?
(Message 18144)
Posted 14 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Ray Lynch Celestial Soda Pop or Tiny Geometries |
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LHC@home Science :
Australian TV Item on LHC
(Message 18136)
Posted 13 Oct 2007 by dulcimoo Post: Wow. If the beam goes off course it could punch through 15M of solid Cu! Did I read that right! |
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LHC@home Science :
String theory will finally get its day in scientific court
(Message 17586)
Posted 28 Jul 2007 by dulcimoo Post: “If the test does not find what the theory predicts about W boson scattering,” said UCSD physics professor Benjamin Grinstein, “it would be evidence that one of string theory's key mathematical assumptions is violated.”[/quote] But on the other hand ... it would help if the findings match the theory. I find string theory compelling on a visceral level. |
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