Posts by Kenn Hutchins

I´ve been unable to get new workunits. (2008-08-12)
I am still not getting work. Is there any news as to when the macs will be back on.


/John C, Sweden

I'm pleased you got everything working.
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Speedy

What does that mean?

I've noticed that on the 14th of February you had over 20 task that had client errors. Have you changed something on your pc? Once you start returning completed work unit's your daily quota will start to increase again.
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Speedy

What would French be for space kitties?

Google translate text: space kittens = Espace chatons.

Too literal; few languages take to using nouns as adjectives as easily as English does, and French idiom is rather picky about the use of articles. _Chatons de l’espace_ might fly—so to speak. ;)

With all these troubles, would switching to Microsoft Server help any?


(Just baiting here)

There is a variable called "duration correction factor" that keeps track of the predicted vs. actual processing time on work units.

Sounds like the value has gone a little wacky.

You can fix it manually, or you can just let it be and it'll correct by itself.

Exactly so - it'll have been thrown by one of the faulty WUs a week ago - result 601249419.

As Ned says, it'll slowly correct itself over time.

So in answer to Kenn's questions:

No
No
Yes, partly - it happened three weeks ago and was corrected in 48 hours, but the effects are still with us.
No

You also see this effect if you switch from the stock app to an optimized app - for the first two days or so you'll be downloading as though the stock app were still going, even though your optimized app is running 1.5-2x faster. The effect gradually wears away after that... (takes about two weeks, total - in my experience.)

You also get this effect if you switch back to a stock app from an optimized app, only in reverse!

So in the last 6 days we got maybe 10hr worth of work.. And if it sounds like i'm bitching I AM.. When folks volunteer you shouldn't have them standing around with there thumbs up there butt. An yes after 24 years in the US Army I get just a little pissed off when I see 12hr work down in 6 days... So I will continue to bitch and complain as long as a dual 3.6GIG machine is doing nothing but sucking up power.

Tim Olivera
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At the same time, under the same conditions, I've not run short of work.

Why? You do the math.

Has anyone else had there pending credit increase dramatically.

Mine used to hover around 1800 to 2100. I am now at 7200 pending credits. It never has been so high a value.

Kenn

The reason this is, is because now only 2 people get the results of a WU to work on. Before it was 3, so results came in faster. Now instead of waiting for 1 our of you, you wait for 1, then if that 1 doesn't do it, then you wait for another 1, etc.

Nothing wrong. It's just the nature of how it works. You will eventually get credit, when someone finally finishes a second one to match you.

1 of his computers is using the old MAC app that has a problem with "weakly similar" results. So a third wu is issued and pending credit going through the roof.
Anders n

Here we go again! Another long week end and again NO WORK FROM SETI. So again I have 2 computers left of sucking up electric and wearing out hard drives and fans for nothing.... Hey SETI what's up with no work for my system to crunch???

Tim Olivera

So, and this is perhaps a question to which I should know the answer.

Are the multibeam clients the 5.10.18 (Wind) and 5.10.17 (Mac) clients
located at:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

No. Those are BOINC clients, which manage the system and the communications with the servers for every project you're participating in.

The term 'multibeam' refers to a science application, specific to SETI@home. It will be downloaded automatically by your current version of BOINC as and when needed.