There is nothing more annoying then seeing a quad core machine sitting idle waiting for work...not to mention the thermal variances that it undergoes between running at full load and running at idle...I know there are complexities of the projects computer servers that I don't know about and that their system has to handle the load of many users, but is it really that difficult to supply a steady stream of work...of course barring any major system meltdowns as they happen and are usually unforeseen.

I have caught my computer in idle no less then a dozen times in the last 24 hours as it waits for the project server to send out a new batch of work (20 WU's) that lasts less then 25 mins on this machine.

This isn't funny. 11 hours wasted. I thougt these wus are out of system?

As for dual booting, that's an option I guess, but I think I'd be switching around quite a bit, considering I do a lot of DirectX programming as well. (not to mention some GLSL stuff that's very easy to test in windows)

Run Windows in virtualbox under Linux :)

are there optimized clients for this project

thanx--rene

The key concept is "server share" what works for one may very well overload the server if too many quads get on this bus. Think son.

Voltron

Son? :p Ok dad, I see the point you want to make ;)

I'm not getting any new WU's even though the server says it has available WU's...

Until I saw this thread, it had not sunk in that Milkyway is using the reported results to generate the next work to be sent out.

I run off-line, and make a connection to the internet no more often than twice a day. Meaning no matter how fast my computer, nor how short your deadlines, the very SOONEST that I can submit a result is 12 hours after downloading the WU. [If higher-priority work from other projects supersedes Milkyway work, it'll be 24 hours.]

Should I stop participating in Milkyway ?
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