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Message 234933 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 16:03:44 UTC
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Has anyone been able to download any work today. I have not been able to download any for several days. Seems the servers are online. Maybe just catching up afetr the database merge.
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Message 234963 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 16:40:18 UTC

That would be a true statement.
According to www.boincsynergy.com there are currently 370,490 users with 751,378 host(s). That essentially means that there are over 750,000 computers all trying to connect and get units. Time is your friend, your computers will get units. Now might be a good time to think about crunching for other projects while you wait. Here is a list of all the active ones: http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html The Boinc ones have Boinc next to them. Just for your info Berkeley has ALWAYS said that there are not enough units for everyone to get all they want, that is partly why Boinc is the way it is. You can set your settings so Seti gets 90% and another project only gets 10%, meaning that Seti would be crunched for 90% of the time. The numbers are adjustable under your account, view or edit seti@home preferences. You can set the numbers any way you'd like, you pick the numbers.


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Message 234974 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 16:53:26 UTC - in response to Message 234963.  
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That would be a true statement.
According to www.boincsynergy.com there are currently 370,490 users with 751,378 host(s). That essentially means that there are over 750,000 computers all trying to connect and get units. Time is your friend, your computers will get units. Now might be a good time to think about crunching for other projects while you wait. Here is a list of all the active ones: http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html The Boinc ones have Boinc next to them. Just for your info Berkeley has ALWAYS said that there are not enough units for everyone to get all they want, that is partly why Boinc is the way it is. You can set your settings so Seti gets 90% and another project only gets 10%, meaning that Seti would be crunched for 90% of the time. The numbers are adjustable under your account, view or edit seti@home preferences. You can set the numbers any way you'd like, you pick the numbers.


Hmmmm.... This is strange. I went to that site and counted 11 BOINC projects, but there's actually only 10 since Xtremelab retired. I have 21 projects on my website, including Pirates@Home which is just a test project. ALife@Home cannot be connected to, the connection is not refused so I'm thinking they are waiting for a comeback. Anyway, without those 2, I still list 19 active projects. That site doesn't seem to get updated very often. My site URL is in my sig.... (-:<

[edit] recounted the projects on the site, not 16, but 11 [/edit]

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Message 235015 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 17:40:06 UTC

Thanks to all

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Message 235047 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 18:27:31 UTC - in response to Message 234933.  

Has anyone been able to download any work today. I have not been able to download any for several days. Seems the servers are online. Maybe just catching up afetr the database merge.


I have downloaded and returned WU's today.

My cache is very small (0.1) and they're coming very fine.

Have you tried to update? Else try to reset the project.


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Message 235098 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 19:30:41 UTC - in response to Message 234974.  

That would be a true statement.
According to www.boincsynergy.com there are currently 370,490 users with 751,378 host(s). That essentially means that there are over 750,000 computers all trying to connect and get units. Time is your friend, your computers will get units. Now might be a good time to think about crunching for other projects while you wait. Here is a list of all the active ones: http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html The Boinc ones have Boinc next to them. Just for your info Berkeley has ALWAYS said that there are not enough units for everyone to get all they want, that is partly why Boinc is the way it is. You can set your settings so Seti gets 90% and another project only gets 10%, meaning that Seti would be crunched for 90% of the time. The numbers are adjustable under your account, view or edit seti@home preferences. You can set the numbers any way you'd like, you pick the numbers.


Hmmmm.... This is strange. I went to that site and counted 11 BOINC projects, but there's actually only 10 since Xtremelab retired. I have 21 projects on my website, including Pirates@Home which is just a test project. ALife@Home cannot be connected to, the connection is not refused so I'm thinking they are waiting for a comeback. Anyway, without those 2, I still list 19 active projects. That site doesn't seem to get updated very often. My site URL is in my sig.... (-:<

[edit] recounted the projects on the site, not 16, but 11 [/edit]

I will use your site in the future instead of the other one then, thanks!

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Message 235102 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 19:33:40 UTC - in response to Message 235098.  

That would be a true statement.
According to www.boincsynergy.com there are currently 370,490 users with 751,378 host(s). That essentially means that there are over 750,000 computers all trying to connect and get units. Time is your friend, your computers will get units. Now might be a good time to think about crunching for other projects while you wait. Here is a list of all the active ones: http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html The Boinc ones have Boinc next to them. Just for your info Berkeley has ALWAYS said that there are not enough units for everyone to get all they want, that is partly why Boinc is the way it is. You can set your settings so Seti gets 90% and another project only gets 10%, meaning that Seti would be crunched for 90% of the time. The numbers are adjustable under your account, view or edit seti@home preferences. You can set the numbers any way you'd like, you pick the numbers.


Hmmmm.... This is strange. I went to that site and counted 11 BOINC projects, but there's actually only 10 since Xtremelab retired. I have 21 projects on my website, including Pirates@Home which is just a test project. ALife@Home cannot be connected to, the connection is not refused so I'm thinking they are waiting for a comeback. Anyway, without those 2, I still list 19 active projects. That site doesn't seem to get updated very often. My site URL is in my sig.... (-:<

[edit] recounted the projects on the site, not 16, but 11 [/edit]

I will use your site in the future instead of the other one then, thanks!

Cool! Thanks mikey, and it's my pleasure to serve.... (-:<

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Message 235103 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 19:33:42 UTC - in response to Message 235047.  

Has anyone been able to download any work today. I have not been able to download any for several days. Seems the servers are online. Maybe just catching up afetr the database merge.

I have downloaded and returned WU's today.
My cache is very small (0.1) and they're coming very fine.
Have you tried to update? Else try to reset the project.

FUZZY why would you advise someone to "reset the project"? Do you not know that this will cause them to lose all workunits and receive no credit for any work done on them?

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Message 235148 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 20:05:55 UTC

Hello all

There are work units finally.

Thanks again for all the very helpful replies to my post.

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Message 235212 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 21:20:40 UTC - in response to Message 235103.  

Has anyone been able to download any work today. I have not been able to download any for several days. Seems the servers are online. Maybe just catching up afetr the database merge.

I have downloaded and returned WU's today.
My cache is very small (0.1) and they're coming very fine.
Have you tried to update? Else try to reset the project.

FUZZY why would you advise someone to "reset the project"? Do you not know that this will cause them to lose all workunits and receive no credit for any work done on them?


Mikey, yes, I know very well what happens, when you reset the project. I have crunched for some time, FYI. If he hasn't got any WU's for days, why should it matter? I suppose his cache is empty.

So your point is?

The only thing a reset will cause is to "jumpstart" the project plus you'll have to merge the new computer created in the process.


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Message 235224 - Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 21:36:11 UTC

You also wont be able to DL any WU if you have other projects that are over committed. Sometimes you'll get a message saying this, other times you wont.
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Message 235987 - Posted: 22 Jan 2006, 23:12:02 UTC - in response to Message 235212.  
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Has anyone been able to download any work today. I have not been able to download any for several days. Seems the servers are online. Maybe just catching up afetr the database merge.

I have downloaded and returned WU's today.
My cache is very small (0.1) and they're coming very fine.
Have you tried to update? Else try to reset the project.

FUZZY why would you advise someone to "reset the project"? Do you not know that this will cause them to lose all workunits and receive no credit for any work done on them?


Mikey, yes, I know very well what happens, when you reset the project. I have crunched for some time, FYI. If he hasn't got any WU's for days, why should it matter? I suppose his cache is empty.

So your point is?

The only thing a reset will cause is to "jumpstart" the project plus you'll have to merge the new computer created in the process.


You don't remember me do you? I was the person that suggested you were "quite young" not knowing you had gone back and finished University later in your life than most people.
Anyway back to the reset thing, I was assuming that the person could not return their units either, obviously you were thinking that they HAD returned their already crunched units and were unable to get any new ones. We were each looking at the same problem and thinking differently. In the case of your way of thinking you did the right thing. I apologize!!!

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FUZZY why would you advise someone to "reset the project"? Do you not know that this will cause them to lose all workunits and receive no credit for any work done on them?


Mikey, yes, I know very well what happens, when you reset the project. I have crunched for some time, FYI. If he hasn't got any WU's for days, why should it matter? I suppose his cache is empty.

So your point is?

The only thing a reset will cause is to "jumpstart" the project plus you'll have to merge the new computer created in the process.


You don't remember me do you? I was the person that suggested you were "quite young" not knowing you had gone back and finished University later in your life than most people.
Anyway back to the reset thing, I was assuming that the person could not return their units either, obviously you were thinking that they HAD returned their already crunched units and were unable to get any new ones. We were each looking at the same problem and thinking differently. In the case of your way of thinking you did the right thing. I apologize!!!


Hi Mikey! :-)

Yes, I now remember you posted a very nice comment to me some time ago. And yes, I also know you from your posts.

I apologize to you. I lost my mother last Sunday, and I have slept very little the past week, so when I again got up, after trying to get a nap without being able to, my thresholds were quite low. So when I saw you were asking me if I know what happens, when you reset the project, I snubbed you off. I even think I hurt a person close to me, which I hope he'll be able to forgive me. :-( I'm sorry!

And yes, I understood the question as the person's cache was empty, so resetting the project wouldn't do any harm, and I have done so myself several times, when I haven't been able to download WU's from a project. It kind of jumpstart the project, which has been my experience, helps in these situations. But you're right, resetting the project should only be done with empty cache.

But the problem could also be, as Misfit stated, that the debts have prevented downloading new WU's. As I said, my cache is very small, and I have never more than 2 WU's from the same project at the time in my cache, so I rarely come in that situation, where the debts are preventing downloading WU's. And most of the time, my manager manage itself, so I have actually stopped caring about it, as I've seen that WU's are getting downloaded after a little while anyway.


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