Bottom line.. BOINC is FAR too confusing for the average joe. I have a post-graduate degree and am AT LEAST not a total lunkhead... but here's what I do know.

Seti@Home classic worked like a charm all the time. Never had one hiccup or problem.

BOINC in nothing BUT problems and confusion.

Message boards posts and front page updates are written in a language I do not understand.

The past three days have erased 100% of the enthusiasm I once felt for this project.

Going to dedicate my free processor time to someone else people. I'll check back with you in a couple of months.

Perhaps the application will work by that point.

I'm not holding my breath.

2004-8-27 15:32 Requesting response from BOINC team
2004-8-27 15:32 No members responded
2004-8-27 15:32 Deferring communication for 1 minute
2004-8-27 15:32 Temporarily failed upload of message
2004-8-27 15:32 Backing off 21 minutes 43 seconds
2004-8-27 15:32 Start>Settings>Control Panels>Add/Remove Programs
2004-8-27 15:32 Remove BOINC
2004-8-27 15:32 Restart CPU
2004-8-27 15:32 Re-Insall SETI@Home Classic
2004-8-27 15:32 Try to forget that I ever heard of BOINC

Watch that average Joe crap, I only have a High School diploma and I understand BOINC, so I quess EDUCATION is not what it is crackup to be hummmmm.........
This 'SPACE' Rented.
The anonymity of the Internet, brings
forth, yet another EXPERT.

M7

"Seti@Home classic worked like a charm all the time. Never had one hiccup or problem."
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As I understand it, there were considerable problems at startup. (Do I need to point out that this is were BOINC is right now?)

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"BOINC in nothing BUT problems and confusion."
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Actually, BOINC works quite well. It's the support infrastructure that is having issues.

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"Message boards posts and front page updates are written in a language I do not understand."
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What language do you speak? There is most likely a forum goer that could translate.

PKRipp,

I understand most of the postings, but they are so glib and out of date it is almost not worth reading them. Today's posting about being down an hour, then moving to a new version is a good example. They have been down the entire day and no updated information.

Why the people running this project at Berkeley don't manage this project so that volunteer users are kept informed is either sheer ignorance or total arrogance. Neither situation is acceptable.

If you are a US citizen and pay taxes, this project is paid in part by a $911,264 grant from the NSF.

Here is some interesting reading:

http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0221529