Posts by Pappa
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Can you install SETI@home but hide it?
(Message 1068472)
Posted 20 Jan 2011 by  Pappa
Post: Hmmm, so is it worth running seti@home? Since it must reduce your computers lifespan and we will probably never find alien signals from this... This is a Value Judgement that each person has to decide. If we look at the numbers of Seti Users or even Boinc Users that have given up on any project, it would appear that there comes a point when you have to decide. I/we can not tell what to do. Myself I ahve been searching for ET for over 11 years now. I have many computers that have been retired. To the best of my knowledge, Seti has never destroyed a computer. That does not say that my computers do not have issues, it does say that the issues that I have experienced fall in the range of probablity. Meaning the longer you run any computer the more likely it is to fail. I will continue to run Seti. As for running Seti installed on a friends or families computer, you do have to have permission and arm them with enough knowledge to restart or Set No New Tasks until you can get there. YOu should also setup a Venue for the account that you are using to "suspend processing" while they are using the computer. They then have full use of the machine. I would also recommend that you attach to Seti using your Weak Account Key. This prevents them from accidently logging into your account and breaking something. So the best thing to do would tell them about the icon in the task bar that is Boinc, when you right click on it it shows a menu. One thing that is in the menu is Exit which would stop boinc. If you log out and then log back in Boinc will restart. Keep it simple. Regards |
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Hub, switch or what? (home LAN network)
(Message 1068159)
Posted 19 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: About two years ago, there was an annoucement the manufacturers were no longer producing Hubs. The reason being with technology and Gigabit that hubs were tooo old to produce (upgrade the circuitry). The only reason for a hub is to be in the hands of a security engineer. Then he can sniff network traffic (yes, there are other ways). I would not recommend Linksys to my worst enemy. That is the result of a Warranty story about a Linksys router that the firewall died at 10 months. Emails, Phone Calls... wait for the firmware upgrade and at 13 months they said Oh, I see your router is out of warranty have a nice day. As the firewall died it turn the router into an Internet Connected HUB... I had watched someone attempting to break into my machines. If the Label/Information states 1 gigabit full duplex it is a Switch! My home network is a Netgear 300N (which downgrades to other slower cards/wireless) and is connected to DSL. My machines talks as fast as Cat5e (350mhz) full duplex at 1 gigabit (no I have not purchsed a roll of Cat 6 to rebuild all my cables). It also has my Firewall (which over the years have ports that I automatically block) It allows me to place my Webserver/FTP in the DMZ (should someone compromise that particular machine it is that machine only. They keep trying LOL). So in my case the DSL Firewall does its part and my router adds even more. |
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Non-Specific Discussion on Board Moderation
(Message 1065459)
Posted 11 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: As Es99 and Gary point out, the posts are hidden. This allows for something to be corrected and then returned should it beocome necessary. A user does have the right to email the moderators, requesting to have a post unhidden. You do need to provide explaination, as to why the post should not have been hidden. In some cases, the moderation notice may state if you have left this part out you would have been fine. There have been cases, where questionable posts have been restored as a result of sending email to the moderators. One should "not" use a "real email address" in the post. If you want people to contact you ask them to do so in a Private Message. The Search engines regularily scan Seti Google, Yahoo, Bing etc... will pick what you posted. If you post an email address, the SPAMMERS are looking for those. If you post an email address, the moderators will hide the post and ask you to repost without the email address (protecting you). Regards |
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Non-Specific Discussion on Board Moderation
(Message 1065394)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: and why is every post the banned person ever made immediately hidden? PM's are "a part" of the WHOLE Service they abused! |
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SETI credit compared to other projects (especially Italy related)
(Message 1065393)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Once upon a time Seti was the standard for "credits." When Seti Users found a way to optimize the Stock Seti Applications a big discussion started. The reason being that an optimized applications can preform the same work "faster" and would be able to do more work and have a higher RAC (unoffically called the Credits Wars). Seti spent a lot of time determining how much credit should be granted per application according to the original description. As other projects came along, some had problems defining how to do the same as Seti, some did not care. There are a few projects that basically met the same basic definition of Credits for CPU time, then along comes being able to do work on a Graphics Card. There are many graphics cards that have more horsepower than most of the CPU's doing work. So for the same work CPU/GPU the GPU is able to complete more work in a day (leading to a higher RAC). This means that it is up to the user to decide. To continue on with CPU's (which is fine) or to start saving to purchase the latest whizbang GPU. Yes, I have doing Seti for a lot of years. There are poeple who have passed what took years for me to accomplish in months (or in Todd's case weeks). So you can worry about it or not. I am not worried, I am here to find ET.... As far as any country, it really only matters in whether they have access to the latest whizbang GPU's Regards |
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Advice on build of new network
(Message 1065388)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: In fairness to Martin (who is attempting to convert the world to Nix for his own reasons) There is a Nix solution that has not been mentioned. The hard part is how much time you have invested in the small microsoft server/applications that run your business. The learning curve (then you are going to have a portion of that anyways) that will be associated with your upgrade. The solution is Cloud Computing. Both Google and Microsoft have a version of it running. Both camps can aid in the migration of your data. This will also lead to the thin client that you have mentioned. If you have a web browser or Outlook both work. It would also reduce the overhead of doing things through RDC which has its own drawbacks. To an extent, the wife's physical business has many thing that operate in the cloud (in her case it mostly Google). There are things she can do with her DroidX. Regards |
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Politics :
Non-Specific Discussion on Board Moderation
(Message 1065382)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: and why is every post the banned person ever made immediately hidden? Gary answered a portion of your question. The other portion is that during a time that caused the developement of the Ban Software. A user or two opened multiple browser windows and cut and pastse'd the same message in every window. The proceeded from window to window to post the same offensive message. Those users were responsbile for causing the change to immediately hide messages, to allow moderators time to find and removes the offensive messages. With the users name being replaced (temporarily) with the word banned. It shows others that they are not available for communications. IF they are in a "time out condition;" why offer them access to the very services they abused? Regards |
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Donating to Seti
(Message 1065358)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: I have looked at Good Search again. There is no account setup for Seti. Joe you have been Busy... Don't you ever sleep? ;) It appears that someone has been busy (from the Main Page). Microdonations through Flattr http://flattr.com/thing/114786/SETIhome GoodSearch.com GoodShop http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/university-of-california-setihome.aspx So there are ways when you are searching for something you can help the cause. |
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Donating to Seti
(Message 1065193)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: I have looked at Good Search again. There is no account setup for Seti. I have most of the information to start the setup but not all. IT still needs to be verified.... The Terms and Conditions indications that it it is easy to invalidate the fair use by many individuals (they know how to track BOTs designed to bump statistics). In the Good Shop Area the various vendors do offer a percentage of the sale. In order to make it effective, they want eveyone to download "their toolbar." Then do two searches/day. Form one page I viewed it would take about evey Seti User installing the toolbar. That would result in maybe $25000 annually. Additionally they use Yahoo for a search engine. For Yahoo Fans this might bee a good thing. If we really want to ecplore this it would mean that Seti Users would have to get behind it. Regards |
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Help - cruncher does lots of work for no return
(Message 1065191)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: It also lists pni, an abbreviation for Prescott New Instructions, and that's the original terminology for SSE3. Now I have to go look... My AMD 3200 and Opti 175 were from teh AMD MS Roadshow. They are both offline. I will see what I can fire up in the morning... As I recall they are both SSE capable and have been used to test Lunatics AMD SSE3 apps. |
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Hardware Donations 2011
(Message 1064829)
Posted 9 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: I thought I already have all the equipment ordered .... The HP Equipment has arrived and Seti is back in operation. A Team GPU Users Group took time to build a Third New Server. Which arrived Friday. It shows how dedicated Seti Users can accomplish many things. So as Matt and Crew are tweaking things we are back in a holding pattern. It does not mean that other things are not needed. It means they are not defined yet. Regards |
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GPU Users Group Server Donation
(Message 1064147)
Posted 7 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: You are correct, the 8th is my 11 years at Seti. |
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Hardware Donations 2011
(Message 1063912)
Posted 6 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Pappa, Can we get an idea of where the hardware designated donations leftover(or deficit) currently stands? I would be glad to add the color, if I knew which exact color. So if everyone feels you need to add a bit of funds to the "hardware" coffer, I will not object. I do not know of reserves from the Initial Donations. The "class" of hardware which was purchased is not cheap (even with a discount on a good deal). As the drives are headed for the HP Servers, Seti is required to purchase them from HP to be covered under the warranty. Then they are the same "approved" type. As this is not "Dogfooded" hardware, Seti has to follow rules to protect that warranty. Pappa |
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Very bad HDD performance while doing BOINC project backup
(Message 1063910)
Posted 6 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: To Add to BeNT notes... Raid controllers have multiple channels (one for each drive). The speed depends on the drives (two more more) being on "different channels." Most User based motherboards incorporate two drives on each channel. End result a raid 0 on the same channel there is "some contention" for the same bandwidth. The controller will wait for an ACK from whichever drive (you should insure that they are the same type/manufacturer). So the manuals do not tell you that Sata port 0 and port 1 are on the same channel. To do a proper Raid 0 (or raid 1, etc) place one drive on port 0 the other on port 3 (the second channel). As the data arrives on the controller it splits the data so that each port with write at max speed to the drive(s). This also affects your boot drive and data drive. If they are on different channels moving things from one drive to the othere work as fast as the controller and drives can handle it. Regards |
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Donating to Seti
(Message 1063596)
Posted 5 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: With Serever Problems, and Seti Users Responding. Disaster has been averted. Seti still needs operating money to survive. The Donation letter went out and each small donation helps. It is up to each of us to do what we can to help keep Seti Alive. Thank You Pappa |
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Hardware Donations 2011
(Message 1063580)
Posted 5 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Good Evening My Time. Synergy is on its way and due to arrive Fridy the 8th of January. Matt has promised that he would let me know of hardware requirements as the new servers are settled in. Currently, Matt has stated that more 1Gig Drives might be necessary to resolve the Input/Output (I/O) bottleneck with the Master Science Database. I also know that several people have earmarked hardware donations for additional RAM for Synergy. If someone wants I can explain what Matt is talking about with the I/O bottleneck. Regards Pappa Edit: Most have received a Donation Letter for Seti. Every Donation which is received by UCB tells them Seti is still working. It tells UCB, You a Seti User Cares. You Voice Counts! Please keep the Donations going in. |
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Hardware Donations - 2010
(Message 1063571)
Posted 5 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Thank You Everyone! 2010 is now past.I will reopen and new thread to define hardware needs. Regards Pappa |
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GPU Users Group Server Donation
(Message 1063568)
Posted 5 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Rich et al Matt has stated that the "synergy" is due to arrive Friday the 8th 2011 Currently: MarkJ $370 ChuckEdmondson $200 Total $570 Have donated $570 towards additional RAM. Looking At Matt's Tech news Posts, more drive spindles on the Master Science Server might take precedence. This was one reason that Matt wanted to let the new servers settle in before looking at the hardware. All Said, if you want to donate towards Hardware, please insure that the donation is marked as a Donation for Hardware. Regards |
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Scarecrow is Fudging his Graphs
(Message 1062944)
Posted 3 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Has anyone taken note of how excellent seti is running as viewed from Scarecrow's graphs? Yeow! Scarecrow must be fudging the data because the system indicators have never looked so nice. I probably am killing this thread, as Red-x's are starting to pile up. Everything/everyone is cool at the moment. So everyone knows, just as with "Panic Mode On (xx) Server problems" are based in a satirical format (few that are allowed in the NC Forum). If you do not have anything to complain about, you have to make it up. There are plenty of threads with issues which get addressed. pistachio fudge Yes it is Green, yes you do have to like pistachios. LOL |
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Scarecrow is Fudging his Graphs
(Message 1062932)
Posted 3 Jan 2011 by Pappa
Post: Are you saying Pistachio Fudge is more temperature sensitive? ROTFLMAO |
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