Here's an excerpt from my BOINC Messages Log:

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2007-06-06 03:46:48 [SETI@home] Computation for task 17ja05aa.18252.24898.404844.3.7_2 finished
2007-06-06 03:46:48 [SETI@home] Starting 28fe05aa.13914.20193.623562.3.251_0
2007-06-06 03:46:48 [SETI@home] Starting task 28fe05aa.13914.20193.623562.3.251_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
2007-06-06 07:46:52 [PrimeGrid] Starting 9841159|17060989|primegen_4620319_1
2007-06-06 07:46:52 [PrimeGrid] Starting task 9841159|17060989|primegen_4620319_1 using primegen version 513
2007-06-06 08:04:16 [PrimeGrid] Computation for task 9841159|17060989|primegen_4620319_1 finished
2007-06-06 08:04:16 [SETI@home] Restarting task 28fe05aa.13914.20193.623562.3.251_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
2008-06-06 08:43:31 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
2008-06-06 08:43:31 [---] Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
2007-06-06 15:57:29 [---] Can't start benchmarks - they're already running
2007-06-06 15:58:03 [---] Exit requested by user

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2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.8.16 for windows_intelx86
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4] [fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx]
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Memory: 502.73 MB physical, 1.20 GB virtual
2007-06-06 15:58:24 [---] Disk: 149.05 GB total, 80.24 GB free
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [rosetta@home] URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 514722; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [SETI@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 1817767; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [PrimeGrid] URL: http://www.primegrid.com/; Computer ID: 32062; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [---] General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2007-05-26 13:49:52)
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [---] Host location: home
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [---] General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [---] Suspending network activity - user request
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [PrimeGrid] Starting 9841160|17060991|primegen_4620320_1
2007-06-06 15:58:25 [PrimeGrid] Starting task 9841160|17060991|primegen_4620320_1 using primegen version 513

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So, starting at 8:43, my machine started and ran Benchmarks for seven hours and fifteen minutes! When I noticed (finally!) and tried to tell it to run Benchmarks (as sort of a half-ass reset), it gave the excuse that it alreday was!.. Had to exit BOINC and restart, and things were fine. I then ran Benchmarks manually, and it ran for a minute, reported, and returned to work.

What happened?

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Looks like something happened to your clock and it was going to run benchmarks until 1 minute after 2008-06-06 08:43:31.

That is the second clock related thing I've read about on here today. Sun Spots?

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Looks like something happened to your clock and it was going to run benchmarks until 1 minute after 2008-06-06 08:43:31.

That is the second clock related thing I've read about on here today. Sun Spots?

not sunspots... Operator ignorance (stupidity?)

See, I had just written a simple spreadsheet to track my meagre investments...It used the @NOW spreadsheet function. To check on how it was operating, I temporarily reset the computer clock to a year hence, looked at the result, and set the clock back.

BUT...

When I set the clock forward, BOINC, slaving a way in the background, noticed that it hadn't checked the BenchMarks in over a year (!) so it immediately started running them. It hadn't finished when I reset the clock back to the present, so BOINC just settled in for a looong BenchMark run....

The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again...

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LOL.....

Look on the bright side. Now you know not to do that again when BOINC is running! :-)

Alinator