Feijoada (Apr 30 2012)

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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 1225500 - Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 22:53:46 UTC
	End of the month update. I've been actually gone for most of it, but there hasn't been too many noticeable problems or major issues, right? Well, this weekend we had yet another signal table run out of extents. I went through the usual grind this morning to create new database spaces and got things rolling again by noon (local time). You may have noticed a dearth of work overnight, but we're back to full production now. The newer servers (georgem and paddym) continue to get configured, assembled, and put into action. It's still unclear, but becoming ever more likely, that paddym will become the new science database server, and oscar will then become the compute server paddym was originally intended for. By the way, one drive failed on carolyn over the weekend and the hardware RAID gracefully handled it without user intervention. Yay! A RAID configuration that actually did what it's supposed to! Otherwise, things have been fairly light in server-land. I'm mostly working on data cleaning, analysis code, and other non-server development lately hence not much to report. I should mention the GPU User's Group still continues to spoil us - here's a pic of my desktop at the moment, complete with new 24" monitor and ergonomic keyboard: - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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Claggy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 3363 Credit: 25,949,683 RAC: 1,140	Message 1225501 - Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 22:56:34 UTC - in response to Message 1225500.
	Thanks for the update Matt, welcome back, Claggy
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clive G1FYE Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1284 Credit: 14,941,395 RAC: 2,739	Message 1225508 - Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 23:18:11 UTC
	Thanks for the update on a not to busy month. What is the desktop background picture you are using ? Or is it a contender for the `Mystery photo game` :¬)
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 18,003,529 RAC: 56,271	Message 1225516 - Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 23:33:05 UTC - in response to Message 1225500.
	Now you really need a monitor stand! ;-)
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arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 3087 Credit: 40,262,523 RAC: 65,783	Message 1225544 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 0:25:47 UTC - in response to Message 1225516.
	Now you really need a monitor stand! ;-) He has a perfectly fine one, it is just a little ghetto. ____________
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soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6231 Credit: 27,511,738 RAC: 9,873	Message 1225554 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 0:54:56 UTC
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) ____________ Janice
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Slavac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,120 RAC: 8	Message 1225556 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 1:00:31 UTC - in response to Message 1225554.
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Alexander Graham Bell's first prototype. ____________ Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org
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rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 5447 Credit: 20,602,580 RAC: 126,379	Message 1225618 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 5:21:32 UTC - in response to Message 1225516.
	Now you really need a monitor stand! ;-) So that's where my monitor stand went ;-) ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
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Zapped Sparky Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 2208 Credit: 629,789 RAC: 1,021	Message 1225814 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 20:21:49 UTC - in response to Message 1225554.
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Could be one of those portable jukebox players I've heard so much about :) ____________ In an alternate universe, it was a ZX81 that asked for clothes, boots and motorcycle. Beer/wine o'clock, the best of the o'clocks. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, along came a giant, and cooked him for breakfast.
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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 1225835 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 20:50:11 UTC - in response to Message 1225554.
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Yup. Old school. I even took out the bells to make it quieter (when it rings you hear the buzz of the arm flapping inside, hitting nothing). It still works fine. And I can cradle it on my shoulder while typing, unlike my cell phone. And it sounds better than my cell phone. And it gets reception at the lab, unlike my cell phone. - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 1225843 - Posted: 1 May 2012, 21:00:57 UTC - in response to Message 1225508.
	What is the desktop background picture you are using ? A picture I took during one of many hikes over the years in the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. That's Steven's Arch, I think the 4th largest natural arch in the country (over 200 feet across), which I am scrambling up towards from the river below, and will ultimately reach and stand inside. Here's a small version of that pic: And here is pretty close to the actual spot in google maps. - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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clive G1FYE Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1284 Credit: 14,941,395 RAC: 2,739	Message 1225949 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 0:48:44 UTC
	Thanks for the photo and place name, a nice pice of geology :¬)
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DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1040 Credit: 485,117 RAC: 71	Message 1226136 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 11:34:11 UTC - in response to Message 1225500.
	The old-fashioned phone and digital answering machine are quite nostalgic. :)
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DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1040 Credit: 485,117 RAC: 71	Message 1226137 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 11:36:42 UTC - in response to Message 1225843.
	What is the desktop background picture you are using ? A picture I took during one of many hikes over the years in the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. That's Steven's Arch, I think the 4th largest natural arch in the country (over 200 feet across), which I am scrambling up towards from the river below, and will ultimately reach and stand inside. Here's a small version of that pic: ---cut--- And here is pretty close to the actual spot in google maps. - Matt That reminds me of Arches National Park--another great place to check out if you haven't yet.
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N9JFE Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 2506 Credit: 8,409,893 RAC: 14,591	Message 1226198 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 14:34:17 UTC - in response to Message 1225835.
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Yup. Old school. I even took out the bells to make it quieter (when it rings you hear the buzz of the arm flapping inside, hitting nothing). It still works fine. And I can cradle it on my shoulder while typing, unlike my cell phone. And it sounds better than my cell phone. And it gets reception at the lab, unlike my cell phone. - Matt I'm surprised a big institution like Berkeley hasn't gone to VoIP phones yet. (Not displeased, just surprised.) ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,701,752 RAC: 2,435	Message 1226227 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 16:27:05 UTC - in response to Message 1225554. Last modified: 2 May 2012, 16:36:52 UTC
	what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) How is it that nobody recognizes an "ameche" when they see one? ____________
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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,701,752 RAC: 2,435	Message 1226232 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 16:33:55 UTC - in response to Message 1226198.
	I'm surprised a big institution like Berkeley hasn't gone to VoIP phones yet. (Not displeased, just surprised.) Why? Is there any advantage when you consider the environment? Besides, you have to consider the cost of changing out all the telephones and the new system that would be required in a big institution. ____________
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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,701,752 RAC: 2,435	Message 1226236 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 16:35:43 UTC
	Matt, The one thing I want to know is how can you work in the midst of all that neatness? ____________
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N9JFE Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 2506 Credit: 8,409,893 RAC: 14,591	Message 1226364 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 21:13:05 UTC - in response to Message 1226232.
	I'm surprised a big institution like Berkeley hasn't gone to VoIP phones yet. (Not displeased, just surprised.) Why? Is there any advantage when you consider the environment? Besides, you have to consider the cost of changing out all the telephones and the new system that would be required in a big institution. The phones are expensive, but they already have the network in place and VoIP costs nothing for internal calls (whereas I believe that even if you call the guy at the next desk by just his last 4 (5, whatever) digits on a conventional phone, Ma Bell's child of the week still gets a penny or three. OTOH, you need really big UPSes on the power supplies for the VoIP phones or they don't work if the power goes out. I suppose that might be a major consideration in earthquake country. ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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N9JFE Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 2506 Credit: 8,409,893 RAC: 14,591	Message 1226365 - Posted: 2 May 2012, 21:16:40 UTC Last modified: 2 May 2012, 21:17:24 UTC
	Hey Matt, Be sure to let us know right away if you change out the download server. Some of us have specified either (xx.xx.xx).13 or .18, whichever works better for us, and we'll need to change it or delete the entry if you put downloads on a different ip address. ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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