Hi Misfit -

Do you ever have one of those days when it feels like everyone is using you as a punching bag?

RK

So great. I went home dejected and hating my job.

So that explains the email I got saying it was all my fault. ;)

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What you do today you will have to live with tonight

Hi Misfit -

Do you ever have one of those days when it feels like everyone is using you as a punching bag?

RK

He does have numerous “Punching bag of the month” awards. Oh wait, that was UOTD awards. Damn, I always get them confused.

-X-

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IAS - Where Space Is Golden!

Hi Misfit -

Do you ever have one of those days when it feels like everyone is using you as a punching bag?

RK

He does have numerous “Punching bag of the month” awards. Oh wait, that was UOTD awards. Damn, I always get them confused.

-X-

Wow, I read that as "Punching bag of the mouth". Go figure....

Yes, I was UOTD once at SETI. I got my revenge too. :)

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me@rescam.org

Is there a suspect for my current problem?

None fo my computers are conecting to the server in order to download new projects.

This is what I get:

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3/6/2007 10:38:28 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 17280 seconds of new work
3/6/2007 10:38:49 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
3/6/2007 10:38:50 AM||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.
3/6/2007 10:38:53 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: couldn't connect to server
3/6/2007 10:38:53 AM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
3/6/2007 10:38:53 AM|SETI@home|Reason: scheduler request failed
3/6/2007 10:39:53 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
3/6/2007 10:39:53 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 17280 seconds of new work
3/6/2007 10:40:15 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
3/6/2007 10:40:16 AM||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.
3/6/2007 10:40:18 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: couldn't connect to server
3/6/2007 10:40:18 AM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
3/6/2007 10:40:18 AM|SETI@home|Reason: scheduler request failed
3/6/2007 10:41:18 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
3/6/2007 10:41:18 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 17280 seconds of new work
3/6/2007 10:41:40 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
3/6/2007 10:41:41 AM||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.
3/6/2007 10:41:43 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: couldn't connect to server
3/6/2007 10:41:43 AM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 2 min 0 sec
3/6/2007 10:41:43 AM|SETI@home|Reason: scheduler request failed
3/6/2007 10:43:48 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
3/6/2007 10:43:48 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 17280 seconds of new work
3/6/2007 10:44:18 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509]
3/6/2007 10:44:18 AM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 11 sec
3/6/2007 10:44:18 AM|SETI@home|Reason: requested by project
3/6/2007 10:44:18 AM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 4 min 38 sec
3/6/2007 10:44:18 AM|SETI@home|Reason: no work from project

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Does anybody know why? Is it just me?

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Is there a suspect for my current problem?

None fo my computers are conecting to the server in order to download new projects.

Does anybody know why? Is it just me?

No!

If you look at the Number Crunching fora, to threads Panic Mode On (4) and Help! Are the Schedulers down?, they cover this subject and speculate as to why!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Thanks a lot, John.

Man, this isn't fair!

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Hi Arturo

Go to this link it may explain the problem as well. It is a link to one of my posts , but the thread may have the answer.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=37622

RK

Thanks a lot, John.

Man, this isn't fair!

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What you do today you will have to live with tonight

Thanks a lot, John.

Man, this isn't fair!

How is this unfair?

If we use the Wiktionary definition, fair means equitable, or reasonable.

Whatever is happening, it is happening to all of us: nobody is getting preferential treatment -- the playing field is level.

It may not be desirable, it may not make us happy, but it's fair.

The alternative is to drag Matt, Bob, Jeff, et. al. out of bed in the middle of the night, and while that may seem desirable at 2:00am PST, sooner or later we're going to pay for that when fatigue sets in and they aren't doing their jobs.

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What I was referring to as unfair, was the desire to crunch numbers, and not being able to.

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What I was referring to as unfair, was the desire to crunch numbers, and not being able to.

Here's a suggestion, why not add another project to BOINC, and set it to a low priority.

I am now running SETI, Rosetta, and just added SETI Beta. Take a look through the list of projects.

What I was referring to as unfair, was the desire to crunch numbers, and not being able to.

One thing that could have been your problem was that your log shows you having problems on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are backup days for Seti and the Project is down for awhile.

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What I was referring to as unfair, was the desire to crunch numbers, and not being able to.

SETI does not promise to always have work, so it's going to happen.

Unlucky timing says that you may run out of work just as SETI goes down for maintenance. The good news there is, they are working on ways to be able to keep backups current and generate stats, etc. without having to shut down weekly.

... but even so, if you want to absolutely be sure of always having something to do, you need to crunch for more than one project.

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Great advice from all of you.

Thanks a lot guys, I'll keep in mind all your suggestions.

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