Every workunit I downloaded is a .vlar
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Every workunit I downloaded is a .vlar
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 Jason Safoutin  Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0 
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I have never seen this before on this machine, or any other machine I have used to crunch for SETI@home. Every workunit I downloaded the other day is a .vlar. Not sure what that means if anything, but thought I would run it by here to see why this is the case. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3 ID: 1169915 ·  |
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bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0
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Is that good or bad? I got a bunch also but the only thing I notice is they take longer. That's preferable over shorties, isn't it? Or none at all? ID: 1169918 · |
betreger   Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66
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On my machine VLARs pay apx 2000 cr per day vs 1500 per day for shorties. I do not think that is right but that is a subject for a different thread. ID: 1169920 · |
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Jason Safoutin Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0
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Credits or etc don't concern me at all. My main concern: Is this normal? I mean I have downloaded a few .vlar here and there before, but never every single workunit in one download bundle. I just thought it to be odd... "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3 ID: 1169921 · |
Mad Fritz  Send message Joined: 20 Jul 01 Posts: 87 Credit: 11,334,904 RAC: 0 
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Just be lucky to get something to crunch... ;-) You'll get what is processed I assume, so nothing to worry I would suppose. ID: 1169924 · |
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Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0
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I have never seen this before on this machine, or any other machine I have used to crunch for SETI@home. Every workunit I downloaded the other day is a .vlar. Not sure what that means if anything, but thought I would run it by here to see why this is the case. From 17fe11aa, 27fe11ag, and 20ap11ab. Having 3 of the tapes being split at some time be mainly VLAR work is probably just the obverse of having almost all VHAR work sometimes (shorty storm). Usually when one spot is observed long enough to produce VLARs, the telescope is slewed to a new position after a few minutes. Those quick motions add some non-vlar WUs, but the big guns with CUDA cards grab those quickly. A splitter might produce 4 groups (1024 WUs, 2048 tasks) of VLAR, then 1 or 2 groups of midrange or VHAR while the telescope was moving to the next observing position. Joe ID: 1169950 · |
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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66
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Mad, the lower credit rate makes it harder for me to get my toaster. ID: 1169952 · |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19057 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 
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Mad, the lower credit rate makes it harder for me to get my toaster. Your toaster has been awaiting collection for some time now in the car park at Milliways ID: 1169959 · |
skildude  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 
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VLAR WU's have more data to process and are typically of more value to the science  In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1169965 · |
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