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2 bad wingmates on 1 WU
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1296988893 has been in my inconclusive list for a long time now; I reported 7 spikes and 1 gaussian on 10 August. My original wingmate's 560 Ti chimed in with 30 spikes 2 days later. I see that host has Validation pending (125) · Validation inconclusive (102) · Valid (4) · Invalid (16) · Error (0). Sigh. But what I was really curious about was the 3rd host. Last contact was on the day it got this task. 16 in progress and all other categories 0. It was created last November, so it's not like the user set it up and decided he didn't like it. OTOH, he's anonymous and it's a server. Maybe he set it up without permission and his IT removed it. Anyway, sigh again. I'll have to wait until my anniversary date for it to time out and go to someone else, and then at least a couple more days to come back. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
Oh.. the classic "hit and run" host. I'm sure everyone gets them as a wingmate all the time, but I always seemed to get tons of them for APs. The ones where created and last (and only) contact are the same date and nearly the same time, yet they managed to somehow get 50+ APs, and then never turn a single one of them in. Or they wait until 2-3 days after the deadline and start reporting completed tasks and cause that stuck-in-limbo scenario. I don't get mad about the ones that have a RAC of <50 and take 1.8M seconds to do one..except they, too, usually report late and cause another limbo unit. It's just the way it goes. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
I don't like those either, but it is beyond our control, so like Cosmic said, no reason to get mad about it. They eventually get done, so look at like money in a savings account. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
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