41) Message boards : Technical News : Feijoada (Apr 30 2012) (Message 1228907) Posted 7 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Since were just playing around, anyone else fry a wristwatch by getting to close to a powered up Klystron tube? AN/TRC 97 Microwave radio set. No dogtags, no wristwatch, no jewelry of any kind and watch what you touch. Fun piece of gear.

42) Message boards : Technical News : Feijoada (Apr 30 2012) (Message 1227917) Posted 5 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Well everybody beat me to it but yeah, the voltage drop across the line would tell Ma Bell how many ringers were going off when you got a call and you would be billed accordingly. Also remember back then you did not own your own phone, they all belonged to Ma Bell and were just rented out to you. IIRC, the phone we had before the rotary dial you had to pick up and tap the disconnect a couple of times to get the operators attention. I also remember if the person making the call didn't hang up but the other did, when they picked up again you could continue talking.

43) Message boards : Number crunching : More cheap ATI AP WU Crunchiness (Message 1227158) Posted 4 May 2012 by perryjay Post: I saw that too Skildude. I was going to suggest he wait until they validate. Both of those show 30 repetitive pulses. Hope he's not throwing a bunch of those.

44) Message boards : Number crunching : Upgrading SETI@Home: Current Hardware Fundraising Projects (Message 1227156) Posted 4 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Are they still throwing Holy Water at the paper organizer? Or have they turned them upside down and use them as monitor stands? :)

45) Message boards : Number crunching : Upgrading SETI@Home: Current Hardware Fundraising Projects (Message 1226934) Posted 4 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Yeah, about all that stuff about donations... Total amount 483.770002365112. What currency are they figuring it in? :) Not that I care but thought it was funny.

46) Message boards : Number crunching : AstroPulse v6.02: 16.59 credits for 91.7 hours' processing?! (Message 1226931) Posted 4 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Remind me not to get teamed with another ATI GPU when I do APs... http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=982683654 19.66 credits just don't cut it. :(

47) Message boards : Number crunching : More cheap ATI AP WU Crunchiness (Message 1226291) Posted 2 May 2012 by perryjay Post: Uhhh, about that 296.10.... From Richard H. in another thread.... But avoid driver versions 295.73 and 296.10, which are known to have a bug.

48) Message boards : Number crunching : EMERGENCY HELP!! (Message 1226289) Posted 2 May 2012 by perryjay Post: I sure do miss my good old Tri-chlor. :) Sorry, showing my age again. Used to use spray cans of it for electronics and 55 gal drums to clean just about anything else.

49) Message boards : Number crunching : How does work fetch in 7.0.25 work? (Message 1225478) Posted 30 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: I may be wrong here but if you had it set for 10/10 wouldn't that tell it you only connect every ten days and you are requesting work for ten days? Okay, to finish my thought. Seems it might have problems with finding work units with short enough time limits for that. Now you are telling it you can connect twice a day and want six days worth of additional work so it is loading you up to the limit.

50) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Meet Flash (my new kitty). (Message 1224614) Posted 28 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: This is the one we call Flash.. The only white he has runs from hind leg to hind leg across his belly. The only time you can see it is when he rolls over on his back belly up hence the name Flash.

51) Message boards : Number crunching : CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED (Message 1224609) Posted 28 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: Must be the kibbles you're feeding it.

52) Message boards : Number crunching : Multi Tasking has stopped (Message 1224543) Posted 28 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: Banburp, don't forget to go back in and allow GPU tasks once you have enough CPU stuff to keep you busy.

53) Message boards : Number crunching : Inconclusive Work Units Running AP Ver 6 (Message 1224535) Posted 28 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: My inconclusive 30/30 came in and validated http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=976828693

54) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Lori is winning (small setback). (Message 1223961) Posted 27 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: We're here for you Mark. Keeping Lori in our thoughts.

55) Message boards : Number crunching : Just wondering if there's any good reason to upgrade anything? (Message 1223959) Posted 27 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: That's just a quick way to tell it's being run on our GPUs I guess. (As if the speed difference wouldn't give it away! :) )

56) Message boards : Number crunching : Inconclusive Work Units Running AP Ver 6 (Message 1223296) Posted 25 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: Here's another ... http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=976828693 But it's a 30/30 so we probably just found some different ones.

57) Message boards : Number crunching : Update not reqesting CPU WU's (Message 1222809) Posted 24 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: I'm still using mine to adjust rsc_fpops bound. This has kept me from getting the -177 errors.

58) Message boards : Cafe SETI : To the Kitty People........wherever they are......... (Message 1222368) Posted 23 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: http://blogs.bestfriends.org/index.php/2012/04/12/petas-at-it-again/ PETA’s at it again April 12, 2012 - By Francis Battista - ( 107 Comments ) In a letter to the mayor of Albuquerque, PETA asserted that city employees are guilty of illegally abandoning animals. This is on the heels of Best Friends partnering with the city of Albuquerque in an exciting new community cat project that will save thousands of cats’ lives. PETA is concerned that the city’s practice of neutering community cats and handing them over to rescue groups to be returned to the area where they were trapped poses an unacceptable risk to the cats’ well-being. This from an organization that, in February of this year, staunchly defended the fact that in 2011 they killed 95 percent of the animals who had the misfortune of entering their Virginia headquarters, and they did so with a degree of pride. Perhaps it was simply pride in their efficiency at killing homeless pets since it was reported that 84 percent were killed within the first 24 hours, presumably with little or no effort to find them adoptive homes or provide needed veterinary care. So by PETA’s self-referenced logic, adult cats who have demonstrated the ability to thrive in the community are better off dead than being fixed and returned to the same location where they were thriving, even though they can no longer reproduce. What are they thinking? Is it this? “Hey, kitty kitty, it’s way too dangerous for you out here where you’ve been living for years, so we’re going to take charge of your tiny, tragic, risk-filled life, and, well, we’re going to put an end to all that stress that you thought was a life. All of your worries will be over. Yes, kitty, we’re going to kill you.” If this isn’t the height of anthropomorphic arrogance, I don’t know what is! How afraid of risk does one have to get to come to the conclusion that killing cats and kittens to protect them from life is a good idea? PETA has long promoted the notion that when it comes to shelter animals and strays, killing is kindness. That’s the ethic behind their opposition to the no-kill movement, adoption of pit bull terriers from shelters, and community cat colonies of any type. It is why we cannot remain silent as PETA actively works to sabotage progressive lifesaving programs across the United States. The next time you hear PETA proclaim that killing is kindness, I hope you hear their real message — life is too risky to be lived.

59) Message boards : Number crunching : Inconclusive Work Units Running AP Ver 6 (Message 1221667) Posted 22 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: This one came in invalid, don't know why... http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=971400940 I found 4 and 1 one of my wingmen also found 4 and 1 running his on his optimized CPU. The other wingman was running stock.

60) Message boards : Number crunching : Inconclusive Work Units Running AP Ver 6 (Message 1220646) Posted 20 Apr 2012 by perryjay Post: I'm posting this one http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=969007370 not because it's an Inconclusive but because of the high numbers 14/30 counts. When I was running Raistmers app for 5.05s a count like that would almost assuredly error out. This one and another like it earlier have validated. Okay Lady L. now you're confusing me. I'm getting some with high rep. counts but they are validating. Should I cut back on my unroll or not? So far, none of mine have errored out.

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