Posts by RottenMutt

41) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1377008)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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RAC 115,000 on may 29, 2013; this morning 84,000 on june 5, 2013 and still falling...
42) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375916)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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lets say after crunching for ten years I were to quit today, it shouldn't take someone 10 years with 5 times faster hardware and code to surpass my total score.

The score for the equivalent computational work done needs to remain the same.

i don't give a rats behind about what other Boinc projects give, as do most others; i either crunch seti or nothing. So stop with the "go another project" attitude if you don't like the reduced credit.
43) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375725)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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...it's time to actually do something useful with my PC...


would you like to play a game?

yes gaming is a useful purpose for a pc. time for the mac dig, mac's are just for fun but can't play games (flash based games don't count).
44) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375476)
Posted 2 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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so what is the purpose of V7, just to half our credit and provide a longer work unit. code base is the same, one would think the science hasn't changed...
45) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375460)
Posted 2 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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Also my Astropulse nvidia credit is one fifth of normal when my partner is an ATI GPU!!!


and the reverse is true, ATI app gets good credit when compared to all CPU application.

i think there is a BUG...
46) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375456)
Posted 2 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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I CAN block V7... So take that doc!

:P
47) Message boards : Number crunching : What has your RAC done......since..... (Message 1375416)
Posted 2 Jun 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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MB v7 tasks are being assigned shockingly low credit scores (like 30%-50% of what v6 was giving on average).

Yes, if was programmed to give less rac for reasons I can't comprehend.

Also my Astropulse nvidia credit is one fifth when my partner is an ATI GPU!!!

To run more the one app at a time on you GPU, you will need to creat an app_config.xml file:


<app_config>
<app>
<name>setiathome_v7</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>0.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.5</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>

<app>
<name>setiathome_enhanced</name> 
<max_concurrent>6</max_concurrent> 
<gpu_versions> 
<gpu_usage>0.5</gpu_usage> 
<cpu_usage>0.5</cpu_usage> 
</gpu_versions> 
</app> 

<app>
<name>astropulse_v6</name>
<max_concurrent>6</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.50</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1.0</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>

</app_config>
48) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1364459)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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Actually all kidding aside on this, if you can't even get CPU work units (and I am having the same problem here) where are all the work units going. The outbound pipe is running at twice the capacity of before yet many of us are starved for work. Anyone care to speculate or am I missing something obvious here?

there are other servers, non seti, connected to that switch so the outbound traffic is meaningless now...
49) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1364433)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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<whine>
But I want my tasks now!
But I want all my Tasks Now!
But I want all my Caches FULL NOW!!!!!!
</whine>


Sorry....
but I feel much better now

stick out your hands and wish, all you are going to get is bird poop.
50) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363571)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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No change needed.
...
My personal RAC is what it is.
...

i could care less about "total" RAC, i could turn on more rigs if i cared. i care about individual machines and seeing results from optimizations...
the project is built around bailing wire and duct tape... really frustrating for us and the project admins. now we blame the upload server, tomorrow _______ (fill in the blank). even software raid5 with old 15 year old hard drives could handle that load easily. hardware raid is overrated, i remember playing Q2 online with my with my "crappy" software modem and people complaining that i must be on a T3 line. the data was in system memory buffers and alot closer to the cpu then in hardware modem buffers waiting to release the whole packet to the cpu. we coined a term "low bing bastard".
how about we let duration of RAC be variable, no greater then what the project has been up. :P
51) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363560)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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Wot eva j

????
52) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363558)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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If all you're in this for is the competition with other mega farm / mega computer users and to diminish the amount of work the rest of us 'little ones' can do, you're here for the wrong reasons.
...

wow where did that come from! wow.

53) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363549)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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Rottenmut I wouldn't worry about the RAC you do have a stats tab which will show you your actual RAC for each machine and project .

ok, so how about you don't care and give me what i want.
54) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363548)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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If you want the RAC calculation changed, you will have to post that request elsewhere. As the RAC calculation is part of BOINC and not part of Seti@home.

You might try here.

wrong. seti RAC is calculated by seti servers. the only requirements are that each project give the equivalent amount of credit for the number of calculations performed otherwise other project cry as they can't keep people crunching for them.
55) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363426)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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...
You will have to convince a lot of different project admins that changing it will be beneficial to their pet project. Since they are interested in total returned work units, the science done, and not a big number on some stats web site, I don't think you have as much chance as a snowball in hell....


why don't we just get rid of RAC and Stats and see how many will participate! I know, we can just hand out gold stars.

my argument about RAC is that WE CAN'T ever figure out what are real individual RAC is for any one rig because the project is so unstable. so gold stars for all, no reward for trying extra hard. we all get the same credit. one RAC for the whole project!
56) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363419)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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How would a 5 day average help you if your rigs keep going dry?

absolutely will not help, but i wouldn't care as much as not so much time invested.
So I don't see why you are suggesting this because it clearly isn't helping you much at all.
I think it would calm the mega cruncher. I would be more likely to shut down and return later when the storm clears, as it would take much less time to regain your position. also would make experimenting with configurations easier to quantify.
And as an aside, lovely dog, my parents recently got a mini dachshund with the same color combo through the face including the little brown brows.
Arrow crossed the rainbow bridge after 16 years, he was a one in a lifetime...
57) Message boards : Number crunching : Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average (Message 1363395)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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with the end of 100 WU limits nowhere in site and the inability to keep our rigs fed thru no fault of our own, i'm asking that the duration of the RAC calculation to be reduce. i think people would care a lot less about the outages if less time was invested in to building a high RAC score.
people who are going to respond with "spare CPU cycle" argument, please create your own thread.
what makes this project fun is the competitive nature of RAC and the effort it takes to achieve a high stable RAC.
this is a hobby for which we chose to participate in, spare CPU/GPU cycles are not free, they consume considerable amounts of power.
58) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1363061)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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And what is this 90 Mbits/sec upload that's running 24/7, even when the project is down for maintenance?

http://fragment1.berkeley.edu/newcricket/grapher.cgi?target=/router-interfaces/inr-211/gigabitethernet6_17&ranges=d%3Aw&view=Octets

I don't think anyone ever guaranteed that that link was exclusively for seti@home.


then lets program the upload and download servers to report data rates and output on status page.
59) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1362724)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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rig needed a reboot. all good now:D

time to PANIC

downloads have stopped!!!


60) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1362722)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Profile RottenMutt
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time to PANIC

downloads have stopped!!!



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