End of April Report (Apr 29 2010)

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Author	Message
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 1477 Credit: 62,262,687 RAC: 86,823	Message 998100 - Posted: 22 May 2010, 23:56:20 UTC - in response to Message 998091.
	It would still be very nice if someone would keep us informed on what is going on and why. ____________
	ID: 998100 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 3874 Credit: 355,679 RAC: 801	Message 998107 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 0:15:02 UTC - in response to Message 998091.
	I'm painting the devil to the wall. (german phrase, maybe not well translated) In Germany is a long weekend, we celebrate "Pfingsten". Also Monday free. So I guess in the US Monday is also free. So maybe earliest Tuesday someone could come in the lab and switch on again the UL server. If it's not possible to make a switch on over remote from at home. No, this Monday (5/24) is a normal workday in the US. Next Monday (5/31) is a Holiday, Memorial Day.
	ID: 998107 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 3874 Credit: 355,679 RAC: 801	Message 998110 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 0:25:43 UTC - in response to Message 998100. Last modified: 23 May 2010, 0:28:07 UTC
	It would still be very nice if someone would keep us informed on what is going on and why. Yes, it would be nice. It would also be nice if they did not have to work with second-hand and/or donated equipment, and could afford full-time 24/7 IT support. But that is not the case. It may be that Matt, Eric, et. al. don't know any more than we do - that the server went down, and won't come back up. It could be that a management decision was taken, that since everything else seemed to be working all right, it was not worth paying the overtime for weekend work, so it will wait until Monday. For the vast majority of us, crunching continues apace. We just won't see our results uploaded or get our credits until Monday or Tuesday. Or Wednesday, or......
	ID: 998110 ·

elendil Send message Joined: 7 May 02 Posts: 28 Credit: 1,908,698 RAC: 0	Message 998206 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 12:58:14 UTC - in response to Message 997986. Last modified: 23 May 2010, 13:01:41 UTC
	Isn't there one too often lately? :) ____________ -=[ Not all who wander are lost ]=-
	ID: 998206 ·

RottenMutt Send message Joined: 15 Mar 01 Posts: 929 Credit: 181,613,098 RAC: 212,162	Message 998222 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 14:59:18 UTC - in response to Message 998110. Last modified: 23 May 2010, 15:00:17 UTC
	For the vast majority of us, crunching continues apace. We just won't see our results uploaded or get our credits until Monday or Tuesday. Or Wednesday, or...... GPU & CPU crunchers typically run out of work units quickly. I have only run out of work on one out of eight systems so far, I noticed this outage quickly used reschedule to transfer as my work over to the gpu as possible leaving the VLAR's for the cpu. Problem it that the person writing the code don't believe it is broken. ____________
	ID: 998222 ·

QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 66 Credit: 2,635,648 RAC: 6,517	Message 998232 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 15:52:28 UTC Last modified: 23 May 2010, 15:53:06 UTC
	Folks. Number 1: For the umpteenth This is NOT the forumn to report to report issues! Number 2: Riding on a thread where news was posted two moths ago with issues other than what was posted is even more counter productive. Same people, same posts, same reults. If you folks would stop jumping on these threads, maybe we would get more news. ____________
	ID: 998232 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22595 Credit: 4,494,211 RAC: 6,073	Message 998259 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 17:32:47 UTC
	It could be that a management decision was taken, that since everything else seemed to be working all right, it was not worth paying the overtime for weekend work, so it will wait until Monday. I don't think that any staff get paid any extra for going in at weekends. Also some of them live over an hours drive from the lab. I do know for sure that some have gone in on a saturday when the whole show was down, to avoid a 48 hour outage. ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA member, Diet coke hater
	ID: 998259 ·

Tackleway Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 81,816 RAC: 0	Message 998321 - Posted: 23 May 2010, 22:34:43 UTC Last modified: 23 May 2010, 22:50:28 UTC
	Can you imagine that some folk that really bust their butts to keep stuff running most of their time also have a LIFE at a weekend that enables them to wind down and put up with the other stuff which happens when they are not there? ____________
	ID: 998321 ·

Mentor397 Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 15 Credit: 4,431,829 RAC: 2,416	Message 998409 - Posted: 24 May 2010, 6:39:02 UTC - in response to Message 998321.
	Can you imagine that some folk that really bust their butts to keep stuff running most of their time also have a LIFE at a weekend that enables them to wind down and put up with the other stuff which happens when they are not there? That's just crazy talk. Heh. I'm not unbiased, but I give the staff kudos for what they've done and assign only the slightest of blame when things go wrong. Sure, if they stayed there 24/7, things might work smoother, until they snapped and killed everyone for wasting their lives away working for peanuts. A long time ago, I set my cache abnormally high, like eight days or something. I don't even remember why. I always planned on changing it, but at times like these, I'm happy I didn't. Anyway, I'm still crunching, so I'm good. - Jim ____________
	ID: 998409 ·

Sten-Arne Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Nov 08 Posts: 2680 Credit: 7,562,233 RAC: 23,326	Message 999146 - Posted: 27 May 2010, 16:19:32 UTC - in response to Message 996145.
	Yes the uploads have been screwed for nearly 12hrs now but that file 18dc09aa also really needs to be turfed out as I'm sure that I'm not the only 1 getting sick of looking at it. 18dc09aa is still there. Still stuck, never getting beyond 12. It's been sitting in the splitters for months now, never getting anywhere. Perhaps SETI staff likes it as a mascot.... Sten-Arne
	ID: 999146 ·

Mike O Send message Joined: 1 Sep 07 Posts: 428 Credit: 6,670,998 RAC: 0	Message 999384 - Posted: 29 May 2010, 0:56:36 UTC Last modified: 29 May 2010, 0:57:07 UTC
	The seti servers and Matt's stories remind me of my first attempt at putting version 1.0 of XP on an old system that had a raid HD controller. 'if you have a driver for whatever, insert in now' hummmm... like 40 times I inserted that 3-1/2 disk. 24 hours later... I lost it... I pressed the CD eject button and reliefed myself thru the door openning. Take that you little piece of &%#@!! In to the dumpster it went, leaking fluid the whole way. Moral of the story.. every man has his limit. Its mystifying YOU have not reached yours Matt. Maybe this is the cause of 'posting restraint' we all are seeing? Hey! When you guys retire that old server, maybe you can be as creative as I was? :) May the Computer Gods be watching over you today and forever! --Mike O ____________ Not Ready Reading BRAIN. Abort/Retry/Fail?
	ID: 999384 ·

Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 2340 Credit: 11,689,436 RAC: 357	Message 999734 - Posted: 31 May 2010, 17:12:49 UTC
	I just want to thank Dan, David A, Matt, Eric for their hard work. things will get fixed in time. ____________
	ID: 999734 ·

[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6566 Credit: 50,676,989 RAC: 19,961	Message 999771 - Posted: 31 May 2010, 23:59:25 UTC
	SETI@home crew, just a note.. The forum is slowly. The DL server http://208.68.240.18 is not available. ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
	ID: 999771 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10313 Credit: 5,060,572 RAC: 6,215	Message 999777 - Posted: 1 Jun 2010, 2:05:46 UTC
	A big thank you to Eric for giving up some of his holiday and going in to the office to fix things! ____________
	ID: 999777 ·

[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6566 Credit: 50,676,989 RAC: 19,961	Message 999810 - Posted: 1 Jun 2010, 23:28:21 UTC - in response to Message 999771.
	[...] The DL server http://208.68.240.18 is not available. The .18 DL server is still not available. I need to do the hosts trick for DL. ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
	ID: 999810 ·

QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 66 Credit: 2,635,648 RAC: 6,517	Message 999830 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 1:54:49 UTC - in response to Message 999810.
	[...] The DL server http://208.68.240.18 is not available. The .18 DL server is still not available. I need to do the hosts trick for DL. For the umpteenth time this is NOT the forum to report issue. It is for the SETI folks to report news. This constant whining is why they stop reporting....[/b][/quote] ____________
	ID: 999830 ·

[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6566 Credit: 50,676,989 RAC: 19,961	Message 999846 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 3:30:38 UTC - in response to Message 999830.
	For the umpteenth time this is NOT the forum to report issue. It is for the SETI folks to report news. This constant whining is why they stop reporting.... You're an unofficially Forum Mod? Where we should info the SETI@home crew that there or here is a prob? If you would read the threads, you would know that the Admins got interesting infos from the members. If it's not allowed to post here probs, then an officially person (Admin) should say this. You don't think? ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
	ID: 999846 ·

Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 5057 Credit: 40,630,331 RAC: 52,682	Message 999847 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 3:36:54 UTC - in response to Message 999846.
	If it's not allowed to post here probs, then an officially person (Admin) should say this. You don't think? It shouldn't be necessary, it's just common sense. This forum is for techincal news posts, and discussion about those posts. Anything else should be posted in the appropriate forum. ____________ Grant Darwin NT.
	ID: 999847 ·

[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6566 Credit: 50,676,989 RAC: 19,961	Message 999851 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 3:55:51 UTC - in response to Message 999847.
	If you had read this thread from the beginning you had seen this message 992795. I guess if Matt wouldn't had found this interesting, he hadn't fixed the 2nd DL server. ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
	ID: 999851 ·

Mike O Send message Joined: 1 Sep 07 Posts: 428 Credit: 6,670,998 RAC: 0	Message 1000642 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 15:13:53 UTC
	I think.. these posts are 'off topic'. Where do I report this? Seriously... I have the upmost respect for the guys that run SETI@Home. I can hardly deal with the few systems I have running and the headaches they bring on. Bickering here over whats right to post is... NOT RIGHT and Beyond off topic.. and shows no respect to each other OR the SETI Team. This IS the technical news thread.. If Matt or Eric posts that server XYZ is running and the users are seeing that server XYZ is actually NOT running, It seems that this IS the best place to respond and let them know something has gone haywire. ____________ Not Ready Reading BRAIN. Abort/Retry/Fail?
	ID: 1000642 ·

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