Posts by .clair.

1) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Why not support CUDA or OpenCL? (Message 76623) Posted 17 Nov 2023 by .clair. Post: Mostly because there is no longer any GPU work to do @Milkyway
2) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 76586) Posted 6 Nov 2023 by .clair. Post: well it was dead for two weeks before you just bumped it... +1 sorry - need at the least new specs have been away for a while and just wanted to post something "useless" cheers S-F-V Discombobulate! The "Discombobulator" was a usefull program used with windows 98 to close COM ports that where left open by MS that could be attacked . So , not completely `useless` just a 25 years old app :-) and this is todays entry for the thread bumping club .
3) Message boards : News : Migrating MilkyWay@home to a New Server (Message 76461) Posted 31 Oct 2023 by .clair. Post: Sounds like a good time to dump all those old zombie tasks from 2021 etc that wander around hopelessly in the database , Now then , must put a bit of oil in my `killall` command :-)
4) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Request Account Remove (Message 76400) Posted 26 Sep 2023 by .clair. Post: With a username like that = this person realy does want banned and removed for life , I am shure the moderators can arrange it . . . .
5) Message boards : News : News General (Message 76357) Posted 26 Aug 2023 by .clair. Post: I don`t see any real advantage to using more than 16 cpu/threads , when the app is allowed to use up to 16 cpu`s it does not make full use all of them all the time anyway I was running 4x16 on a 48cpu/thread system [as an experiment] and at times [with all units `running`] it was only using 70% cpu time , sometimes less . 16 will crunch them fast , 6 or thereabouts [depending on system/config etc , etc] will get more done per day . Though running 20 or 30 more would be an interesting experiment .
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Can you clear out the old Simulation tasks since they are Obsolete (Message 76343) Posted 16 Aug 2023 by .clair. Post: My queues are still showing the old tasks. Can they be cleared out so the real numbers appear on my list? It would be nice for the admin to do that , some of mine go back to 2021
7) Message boards : Number crunching : No more GPU tasks? (Message 76193) Posted 6 Jul 2023 by .clair. Post: Did MWH stop handing out tasks for GPU's? I haven't see one in weeks on 5 machines? (since around 6/22 or so) Yes milkyway gpu crunching is over , try reading the news forums , there has been quite a lot sied about it. . . . = "should have gone to specksavers" . . . . . none brits may not get it :-)
8) Questions and Answers : Wish list : add Milkyway feature to limit CPUs used by nbody (Message 76171) Posted 5 Jul 2023 by .clair. Post: I use this `app_config.xml` is it any different from others you have seen ? use notepad [or similar plain text editor] to copy the file into the milkyway@home project folder `ncpus` can be set to anything 2 or more , 16 is default normal . On a 12 thread system if it was set for ncpus 7 or more , it will run one task for nbody and leave plenty of cpu time for other work . If ncpus was set to 6 or less it will run two or more workunits Milkyway N-body sym mt - this works for me <app_config> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway_nbody</app_name> <plan_class>mt</plan_class> <avg_ncpus>7</avg_ncpus> </app_version> </app_config> Cosmology@home also has a website setting for max cpus per workunit .
9) Message boards : News : Server Maintenance 6/28/2023 12 PM EDT (4 PM UTC) (Message 76085) Posted 29 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: The state number is shown in the URL of your browser when you select a sub-category of your tasks in your account. Ok , thank you , got it , some things are to easy when you know how :-) I see that `Workunits waiting for validation` is down to 3 , lowest I have ever seen it , looks like `game over` .
10) Message boards : News : Server Maintenance 6/28/2023 12 PM EDT (4 PM UTC) (Message 76072) Posted 28 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: Where is the " Validation state" 1/2/3/4/5 info kept , I have looked through my work units stdr.txt , details etc , and can`t see it ? I only had about 2000 to bother about .
11) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75990) Posted 27 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: Erlier up this thread i made the joke of how to switch of a server What was that about "the simplest of things" Now then , how could some dim bint like me `shutdown` a server ;-) "where does that wire go" , Oop`s I have tripped over it and it`s gone kinda quiet . I need a socket for the vacume cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my hair drier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My phone needs recharged The list is as long as a todo list for a husband . And those are just the none destructive ways A nice conductive cup of tea , coffee or that pint from the other thread . BUT , a cleaner at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York , witch milkyway is connected with did it for real , switched off a cryo unit [fridge] and destroyed a lot of important work https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66028401 It was`nt me i don`t work there . sometimes a joke can creep up behind you from the past a give a nasty kick up the ass .
12) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75968) Posted 26 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: Mikey, why do you have the Pillsbury doughboy as an avatar, and what is the "poke me and die" reference? I think they had that at the end of the first ghost busters film as the `End Game boss` destroyer of all things ,
13) Message boards : News : New N-Body Runs (Message 75957) Posted 25 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: Cosmology@home has used docker for years, though that project now seems kaput Cosmology@home is not dead [yet] I still get work from it , though if you want to post on the forum or alter account settings you/we have to log in via console/commandline [press F12] workaround , other than that its a boincless zombie .
14) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75775) Posted 21 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: I just replaced a melted connection. Do not run MW on 12 GPUs running through a 400 amp system and connect things with P clips. Steel is a rubbish conductor. I've changed them to hoseclips, which while they're still steel, the wires touch each other and conduct properly. Your skills as an electrician are incredible a true `sparky` if anyone breaks into your house and searches it THEY`R DEAD , ok I know it`s (mostly) only 12 volts , but we seen da photo`s in other threads ;-)
15) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75762) Posted 20 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: What was that about "the simplest of things" Now then , how could some dim bint like me `shutdown` a server ;-) "where does that wire go" , Oop`s I have tripped over it and it`s gone kinda quiet . I need a socket for the vacume cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my hair drier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My phone needs recharged The list is as long as a todo list for a husband . And those are just the none destructive ways A nice conductive cup of tea , coffee or that pint from the other thread .
16) Message boards : News : New Poll Regarding GPU Application of N-Body (Message 75734) Posted 20 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: One thing I would like to know is , does the N-body mt cpu app use SSE or AVX optimization , if it is of any use for what they do , I have not seen any mention of it . it shure does speed up cpu crunching at other projects that developed app code for it .
17) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75731) Posted 20 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: I keep a monthly electricity budget Let me stop you there. A budget is simply a way of worrying before the event. I just wait for the bills. If something is too much, I ease off a bit. And I refuse to save power. All they need to do is stick more wind farms up and it would be dirt cheap anyway. Cheap for who ?! , once they have paid for building the wind turdbines they would just carp on about how enviromentaly friendly they (their increased profits) are . Just like when the first nuke power plant was built `Calder Hall` they sed "electricity will be so cheap" blaa blaa what a load of moo poo that turned out to be [I live just ten miles up the coast from it , decommissioned now . ps - turdbines are much like woodbines but only produce smoke when lit by lightning , go look for the video , `wind turbine catches fire after lightning strike`
18) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75719) Posted 19 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: If they are realy going to just dump the lot tomorrow , then stop generating work now (last week would have been better) , making useless work is big time stupid .
19) Message boards : News : Separation Application Shutting Down on Tuesday, Jun 20th (Message 75611) Posted 16 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: Do you mean only the work generator will be turned off this coming Tues, Jun 20th or a complete shutdown where in progress tasks are aborted or cancelled by the system? Very true , as the work unit deadline is normaly 12 days
20) Message boards : News : Separation Project Coming To An End (Message 75494) Posted 13 Jun 2023 by .clair. Post: It is a pity to see separation go , though also nice to know the research will be complete and written up . But I have 869 tasks stuck in the database from the January 2021 crash , I am shure there will be many other participants also with stuck tasks , across all participants this could add up to many thousands of work units in limbo . Half of mine are still `pending` , Before the separation work is removed from server could someone have a look to see if anything can be rescued or made useable from them .

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