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1) Message boards : Number crunching : Question concerning News forum. (Message 50288)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
I don`t know about MW, but I get news items from Aqua, PrimeGrid and Moo! Wrapper too.(Apart of Seti & WCG)
So could well be, that other projects don`t use this feature.
2) Message boards : News : DOUBLE CREDITS Fundraiser - Request for Funding for MilkyWay@home (Message 50131)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
ANOTHER APOLOGY TO MILKYWAY !
(and off topic, I know)

We had a discussion on a projects`board about creating a list of projects using or not using CreditNew. It was never my attempt to bash any project, especially not Milkyway because I really like Travis and his way of running the project. This list was supposed to be strictly informal.

While "googling" for results on this case, I stumbled over this link : Thread

Not long after that I received a PM from Blurf, in which he asked me to stop bashing Milkyway.

And here is my mistake: Travis TESTED CreditNew, but IS NOT USING it !!!

My apologies to Travis, the project, and the whole community. This was false information at its worst !

I know that I`m off topic here, but I guess that a lot more people read the news section, and therefore this info is spreaded as wide as possible. If the mods decide to move it, then please do so !

Again my deepest regret, and SORRY that I posted before verifying the info !
3) Message boards : Number crunching : No Thankyou (Message 33094)
Posted 6 Nov 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
What the servers (and the people behind the project) need
is to see a more positve attitude from those who hammer
them. ;-)) Call it respect - call it patience -
call it trust. But a positive view Always makes things better -
And if it doesnt actually "fix" the problems here - at least
it will show we are here to Contribute - not to Receive.

When MW works, I`ll crunch with what I have atm -

Good Luck to you Travis! ;-)



I'm with you 100% on this......


Believe it or not Arion, so are 95% of the people here ...........


I am joining in, too... :-)


So long Travis, nothing more to say................
4) Message boards : Number crunching : The Great Crunchoff Grandstand (Message 12729)
Posted 24 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
Yea but.... who's winning?

[edit] Dam, I just noticed - I hit the 5 million ;)


Congratulations on your 5 million milestone !

Kurt
5) Message boards : Number crunching : should be a bunch of work available (Message 10145)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
It seems like the credits granted start low and increase to about normal (or pre-outage) levels after a few WUs are reported. At least now the results are staying up a little longer than the last couple of restarts so we can see them a little more easily.


I´ve noticed it, too.

Now I´m granted 12.5 credits for 418 sec.


Travis must be testing us...to see if we're paying attention. ;)


^

hehe......he did a good job on that !!
6) Message boards : Number crunching : should be a bunch of work available (Message 10114)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
It seems like the credits granted start low and increase to about normal (or pre-outage) levels after a few WUs are reported. At least now the results are staying up a little longer than the last couple of restarts so we can see them a little more easily.


I´ve noticed it, too.

Now I´m granted 12.5 credits for 418 sec.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : should be a bunch of work available (Message 10111)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
They seem to be crunching fine, but the credits ahve dropped again.
57355 just gave me 4.57 credits for 694.77 seconds on an Athlon 64 3200+ (back to 23.68 credits/hour from 108)


Yes, they are doing fine, I suppose.

Credit is now : 4.53 for 418 sec. on Intel q6600

Before the crash it was : 18.12 for 605 sec. on same rig.

But nevertheless : THANK YOU, TRAVIS !


Kurt
8) Message boards : Number crunching : should be a bunch of work available (Message 10105)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
08.02.2009 17:38:21|Milkyway@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user
08.02.2009 17:38:21|Milkyway@home|Requesting 50025 seconds of new work
08.02.2009 17:38:32|Milkyway@home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 603]
08.02.2009 17:38:32|Milkyway@home|Deferring communication for 2 min 24 sec
08.02.2009 17:38:32|Milkyway@home|Reason: no work from project

Kurt

edit: Sorry ! Just filled up my cache, thanks !!!

next edit: 50 WUs, to be exact.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to attach my shared memory (Message 10073)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
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...I finally have an opt. app. for Windows ! )

Can I have it to? To put on zslip.com ?

[edit] Sorry, I should have done that by PM. Please ignore this post [/edit]

[another edit] Kurt you have PM ;)


Hi Ice !

I answered your PM.

Cheers !

Kurt
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to attach my shared memory (Message 10067)
Posted 8 Feb 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
yeah. our s**t is broke to f**k. hopefully we'll get it working in the next day or two.

*edit*

i guess when a moderator posts, they don't edit stuff. i put some stars in there for the faint of heart.



Travis, just take it easy ! It`s not that World War III started, or the planet
is breaking apart - I`m convinced that you`ll make it go eventually, and as
soon as the project is up again, we all will be here to continue. ( Yes, me
too - I finally have an opt. app. for Windows ! )

All The Best !

Kurt
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Is anyone glad with the project? (Message 9450)
Posted 31 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
Well... Please make your complains here...


I think Logan hates us :(


The only things what I hate are the constant changes of criteria to stablish what are the parameters of the project (credits, WUs length, limits...)

Best regards.



Well, the project is still " Alpha ", and you have to deal with all kinds of
changes being implemented........

One thing I don`t understand, is the " no opt. app. for Windows " issue, and
therefore I ceased crunching this project, although I`m really interested
in the science of MW.

Best regards

Kurt


There are some working on that. I had a go at compiling for Win. I have got stuck but I should be able to work it out with enough time.

Unfortunately real_life@home and life@work are very busy and demanding. My wife is busy writing her master's thesis and that is sucking a lot of her time away. I'm reading it when she gives me a copy, working on my PhD (programming, experiment set up and result processing being the current major tasks) and writing my own research paper. Then there are all the chores in life to do. And so on.

When I get some free time and my brain isn't completely fried out (I think I blew a couple of fuses in it) then I have another go at compiling Win apps.


Hi Gavin !

I sent you a PM.

Kurt
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Is anyone glad with the project? (Message 9418)
Posted 30 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
Well... Please make your complains here...


I think Logan hates us :(


The only things what I hate are the constant changes of criteria to stablish what are the parameters of the project (credits, WUs length, limits...)

Best regards.



Well, the project is still " Alpha ", and you have to deal with all kinds of
changes being implemented........

One thing I don`t understand, is the " no opt. app. for Windows " issue, and
therefore I ceased crunching this project, although I`m really interested
in the science of MW.

Best regards

Kurt
13) Message boards : Number crunching : v0.17 for windows (Message 9315)
Posted 28 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
I had at least 30 of them yesterday on Vista 32bit, with state: valid.

But as of today they seem to be OK :

<core_client_version>6.1.0</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>

</stderr_txt>
]]>


Kurt

edit: 0.17 !
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Jan 24 credit change complaints/comments here (Message 9081)
Posted 25 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
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@banditwolf
@speedimic

Thank you both for some clarifications of which I wasn`t aware of !

To bring it to the point : With this credit policy and no opt. app.

for Windows ATM, I stopped working for MW.

Have a nice day, guys and gals, and a happy debate about DA`s "Cross

Project Parity" illusion !

Kurt
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Jan 24 credit change complaints/comments here (Message 8964)
Posted 24 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
Come on Logan, reducing the credit to a half just puts the stock in line with seti AK V8 - which is still too much for CPP.

The optimized/recompiled apps still get more.



Comparison before adjustment : (Windows Vista q6600)

Seti AK V8 : Average. 3660 sec. = 43,76 credits

MW stock app 0.13 : Average. 3550 sec. = 39,85 credits

Assuming my calculator is OK, they both gave almost the same credits per sec.

on my rig. So where was the problem ???

Regards

Kurt



16) Message boards : Number crunching : Reverting to Stock (Message 8890)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:

anywhere from 40-60 min is about right on the stock .13 app q6600


OK, so I´m on the " safe side ", so to speak !
( q6600, no OC )

Thanks !

Regards
Kurt
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Reverting to Stock (Message 8889)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
I thought this stock "optimized" app. was supposed to be fast. I went from 35min. on the .07 opp. app. to 2hrs 35min. on the stock app.! I thought all you were gonna do was put some tags in the .07 opp. app. that worked and re release it as the "new" stock app.


I`m not sure what was optimized, but I am sure, that it wasn`t the runtime !
From 6,5 min. I´m up to 58 min. again with stock app. 0.13.


Regards
Kurt


I think Dave just put "optimized" there to distinguish it from the older version of the milkyway app (which was quite slow in comparison) -- astronomy_X. I've changed the name in the database so hopefully this will update for people. It should be just "MilkyWay@Home" now.




Understood ! The same mechanism as Seti....We´ll just be patient, and wait for
an optimised app for Windows, which will come along eventually !
Thanks for the explanation, Travis !

Regards
Kurt
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Reverting to Stock (Message 8865)
Posted 22 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:
I thought this stock "optimized" app. was supposed to be fast. I went from 35min. on the .07 opp. app. to 2hrs 35min. on the stock app.! I thought all you were gonna do was put some tags in the .07 opp. app. that worked and re release it as the "new" stock app.


I`m not sure what was optimized, but I am sure, that it wasn`t the runtime !
From 6,5 min. I´m up to 58 min. again with stock app. 0.13.


Regards
Kurt
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Vote for the MilkyWay favicon! (Message 8357)
Posted 15 Jan 2009 by Profile the silver surfer
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No. 3
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (Message 7950)
Posted 23 Dec 2008 by Profile the silver surfer
Post:


Well, you have to make the best out of this situation, my other 8 backup projects are still there and waiting, all of them very interesting too !!

Just keep on crunching !

Kurt

edit : 7 projects, `cause RieselSieve isn`t with us anymore !!![/quote]

Just making a point that often two projects aren't enough. Murphy has a way insuring that at some point both will be out of work.
as you can see by my sig I have more than two active projects and my rigs will stay warm crunching for the others through the drought, no panic here.
[/quote]

Understood, and you`re sure right about Murphy !
Right now 1 of my rigs is crunching the last Setis, another one is set to ABC -
enough work for days to come !

Kurt


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