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21) Message boards : News : MilkyWay@home Version 1.38 Released (Message 65188)
Posted 20 Sep 2016 by paris
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I'm not getting any units for Mac. Everything says "Mon Sep 19 ... 2016 | Milkyway@Home | No tasks are available for MilkyWay@Home"
22) Message boards : News : New Version of MW@home for Mac (1.37) (Message 64752)
Posted 24 Jun 2016 by paris
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Just got my first 1.37 unit finished. Much, much better. Thank you for your hard work and expertise. I hope you have a good weekend.
23) Message boards : News : Running Modfit on MilkyWay@home (Message 64740)
Posted 23 Jun 2016 by paris
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I don't know if it will help track down the problem or not, but I noticed that the last few MW work units (after switching to 1.36 but still not running the ModFit units) took about 50,000 sec as opposed to the usual 6500 sec or so under 1.01. Credit for those was 106.88. Thank you for your efforts.
24) Message boards : News : Running Modfit on MilkyWay@home (Message 64714)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by paris
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I'm running into the same problem as Nigel Garvey - tasks take twice as long and the credit earned is a fourth of what it used to be. I don't know if it is some sort of artifact of running Macs or something else. I have core 2 duos, and i5 computers running OS X from Snow Leopard to El Capitan. I am curious as to what is going on.
25) Message boards : Number crunching : Five Day Cycle? (Message 64526)
Posted 2 May 2016 by paris
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OK, thanks. I'll have to see what I can determine that way.
26) Message boards : Number crunching : Five Day Cycle? (Message 64518)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by paris
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I have noticed that on a pretty consistent cycle of 4/1 that the number of credits that I get fluctuates from roughly 10,000 each day on a four day stretch to about 8500 on the fifth day. I just recently got another computer and the numbers now run from about 16,000 each day for four days and then about 13,000 on the fifth day. This pattern has been going on for at least many months and, I think, several years. It shows up on two different reporting sites.

It is not a problem for me but curiosity has gotten the best of me and I am wondering if this is a common occurrence for others. Sometimes the cycle will run 3/1 but those are infrequent and generally occur only one time before resuming the 4/1 pattern. I believe that I have eliminated computer problems on my end so I am wondering if it has to do with the reporting sites or with the server at MilkyWay. I am running one other project on each of two other computers (along with several dedicated MW runners) but they are low priority and, in any case, do not account for the large change in credit on the "off" days.

Any light that anyone can shed on this would be much appreciated.
27) Message boards : News : Windows Users-please abort Nbody tasks (Message 63620)
Posted 19 May 2015 by paris
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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Quote from The Sign of Four.
28) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : Milestones IV (Message 60452)
Posted 24 Nov 2013 by paris
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Well, it is a milestone for me, even though it pales to insignificance when compared to the rest of you. I hit 10,000,000 total BOINC today and am aiming at 5,000,000 MilkyWay shortly.
29) Message boards : Number crunching : Computation error on PPC Mac (Message 59990)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by paris
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You might try SETI@home. I ran it using Panther on a G4 until they changed to version 7 which seemed too slow to do much good; but it still worked.
30) Message boards : News : New Separation Runs (Message 59472)
Posted 28 Jul 2013 by paris
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I agree. I just encountered one of those myself.
WU de_separation_85_DR_8_rev_3_2_1372784654_7235365
31) Message boards : MilkyWay@home Science : New Scientist! (Message 57367)
Posted 26 Feb 2013 by paris
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I second Blurf's "Welcome aboard!" and wish you an interesting and pleasant tour of duty.
32) Message boards : Number crunching : HTTP file not found (Message 56495)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by paris
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I ran into the same problem last night after setting up a computer that I had not used BOINC on for a while. I recently updated the operating system and then BOINC said that I needed to re-install. I tried several things after I did the install (update, reset, quit/restart...) but nothing seemed to work although I did get files to download (but no work units). I decided to let it go overnight and try again in the morning. I shut it down and when I restarted in the morning it downloaded the right files and began crunching. I haven't had it running long enough to see if it can send completed units back in, but I am not getting the "HTTP file not found" error. Maybe it will work today - it may have been a short term glitch.

Incidentally, I did not reach the point of doing a detach/reattach nor did I have to do an uninstall/re-install. Those were going to be my next steps.
33) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : Milestones III (Message 54339)
Posted 6 May 2012 by paris
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Wow! You guys make my 2,000,000 (hit on May 1, 2012 and all done with CPU only) look pretty puny by comparison. Congrats to all of you.
34) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : Milestones III (Message 53828)
Posted 28 Mar 2012 by paris
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Well done, Mellowman.
35) Message boards : News : Separation updated to 1.00 (Message 52974)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by paris
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Version 1.01 is running properly on Mac mini Core 2 Duo under Leopard and also on Mac mini Core Duo under Tiger. Units have finished, reported, and validated for both systems. Thanks again.
36) Message boards : News : Separation updated to 1.00 (Message 52950)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by paris
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Version 1.01 appears to be running properly on Mac mini Core 2 Duo under Leopard and also Mac mini Core Duo under Tiger. Won't know for certain until something finishes, goes in, and validates but it looks promising. I'll report back when I know more. Thanks again - you take amazingly good care of your volunteers.
37) Message boards : News : Separation updated to 1.00 (Message 52907)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by paris
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Thanks for the quick action. I will have to wait until work is available to see if it works. My Mac mini Core Duo running Tiger (10.4.x) is still working on several units with the 0.82 version. I hope it continues to work when it gets the 1.01.
38) Message boards : News : Separation updated to 1.00 (Message 52888)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by paris
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Everything errors out immediately on a Mac mini Core 2 Duo running OS X Leopard (10.5.x) since the update to 1.00. Everything was fine with 0.82.
39) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : Milestones III (Message 52560)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by paris
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Wow, Blurf, nice job - way to go. Here's wishing you many more.
40) Message boards : Number crunching : N-Body's Trashing Task & Project Queues... (Message 52148)
Posted 1 Jan 2012 by paris
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I'm not getting the problems the OP has been having, but several dozen N-body units have finished with an error after a few seconds of crunching. It only happens on a Mac mini Core Duo running Tiger (10.4.11). It does not occur on my Mac mini running with a Core 2 Duo and Leopard (10.5.x). Separation units are fine on both machines.


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