Hi all this evening my laptop, which I have on all of the time has downloaded 15 tasks, all with a deadline of 02/12/2009, and a runtime of 3:33:01. Does anyone know why all of sudden these have appeared - it isnt a problem at all but I was wondering why all of a sudden i had a massive list to get through!

I was also wondering why they only have such small runtimes?

of of these tasks:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1425215460

just a question be nice to know what they are!

Hi all this evening my laptop, which I have on all of the time has downloaded 15 tasks, all with a deadline of 02/12/2009, and a runtime of 3:33:01. Does anyone know why all of sudden these have appeared - it isnt a problem at all but I was wondering why all of a sudden i had a massive list to get through!

I was also wondering why they only have such small runtimes?

of of these tasks:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1425215460

just a question be nice to know what they are!

They're just a bunch shorties. You'll get through them quicker than longer WU's so BOINC compensates by giving you more work.

Right now I have noticed a few distinct types of WU's:
32 credit short WU's
48 credit standard WU's
85-92 credit long WU's
115-125 credit 'marathon' WU's.

It's just your luck you scored a few shorties, next time you might only get 3 long WU's

- Luke.

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- Luke.

yep your angle range is 8+ so thats a pretty high angle and a very short WU

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Diogenes Of Sinope

ok kool guys, mny usual work units are are 8-9 hours worth, but thats ok, when you say a long work unit how long is classed as long?

I have astro pulse enabeled? should i leave it on or not?

sorry can i also ask do these equal to better credit? i have done one task already and i have got 32 credits for it.

sorry for all the questions!

I was also wondering why they only have such small runtimes?

It depends on how the telescope was being "steered" relative to the sky being recorded. Different (deeper) analysis is possible if the telescope is "moving slowly" than when it is scanning across the sky quickly.

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sorry can i also ask do these equal to better credit? i have done one task already and i have got 32 credits for it.

sorry for all the questions!

"equal" is relative. There are some "angle ranges" that "pay" better than others, but in a broad sense, credit is fairly proportional to time.

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ned thanks for your help on this - sorry for being a pain! you have been very helpful!

ok kool guys, mny usual work units are are 8-9 hours worth, but thats ok, when you say a long work unit how long is classed as long?

I have astro pulse enabeled? should i leave it on or not?

Depends how powerful your computer is.
I can get a shorty done in about 25 minutes, but a 120 credit might take me nearly 3 hours.

It's all relative to the power of your PC.

- Luke.

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- Luke.

I rarely get shorties but I know the 120 credit Wu's take me just over 2 hours on my fast machine. and 3-4 hours on my old phenom 9500

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

well my two main machines:

pc -
amd 6500 black dual core cpu
4gb memory
2tb hdd
1gb nvidia 9500gt (can run cuda but cuda wont run at 1440 x 900)
windows xp sp3

laptop 1
Acer 5920
intel t5500 @ 1666mhz (intel 965 chipset)
500gb hdd
2gb memory
windows xp sp3

laptop 2
intel 667 mhz p3
386mb ram
3gb solid state hdd
(crap)
windows 98se

so i know the top machine is okay ish = its 3.5 years old and was the best i could buy at the time, the laptop again - best spec at the time of purchae (2yrs) have upgraded hdd since then (80 gb - what???? you need more than that!!!)

and the old laptop, sat down the side of my desk since last week struggling through a single task poor thing!

basically the old laptrop is on 24/7 as of next weekthe new one is one all day in work i just leave it computing, and my pc is on 99% of the time of an evening and weekend!

now done four tasks and the queue is upto 20 of these jobs - gulp!

now done four tasks and the queue is upto 20 of these jobs - gulp!

BOINC is adjusting for the expected run-time. It's very conservative when it comes to possibly missing deadlines.

No worries.

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now done four tasks and the queue is upto 20 of these jobs - gulp!

But if new tasks got downloaded, there can't be any in High Priority any longer. So, nothing to worry about ;-)

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

Thats 30 hours work.

And you have 2 weeks to complete it.

No worries. As long as you machine runs for 2-3 hours per day it will do the work on time.

Check your settings for the amount of cached work, default is .25. but it can be set up to 10 days.

If your value for "Connected about every XX days" is beyond or near the due date your tasks will also always run in high priority mode.

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