Posts by Qui-Gon

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Welcome to the 20 Year Club! (Message 1994071)
Posted 17 May 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I know today is the 20th anniversary of SETI@HOME but thanks to a NPR Science Friday piece on the project I was able to sign up a few days early.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 1981738)
Posted 22 Feb 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Finally an answer. Thank you Tom. To my original question about whether I missed some announced change that would affect my processing times, you said probably.

As to your explanation regarding my hidden machines: I run only the latest version of SAH; my laptops are both on chill pads and my desktop tower is well ventilated and kept clean; all three machines are running Windows 10, kept up to date; I don't use GPU's at all ( don't like the the way they seem to affect other computing); my video cards are OEM and the drivers are up to date.

I've been around computers since the late 1960's and I got my first home computer (rather late) in 1982. I try to keep up with technology and have a good working understanding of computers and distributed computing, specifically seti@home. Nothing about my computer hardware or software has changed for years, except that I got a new laptop last December, but the longer crunch times seem to have happened only a few weeks ago. My original question was not about my system(s) changing but whether SAH had changed something.

Those folks here who chided me for having my computers hidden, saying there was no security risk, might not have heard about the hacking of Facebook (personal info) or Equifax (financial info). What could a hacker do with some random person's machine information? I don't want to be the random person who finds out, especially when I am convinced the information does not need to be shared in this case.

On an unrelated note: hiya Siran. Hope you and yours are doing well--message me if you'd like.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 1981453)
Posted 21 Feb 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Frankly, I don't understand why people seem to want me to un-hide my machines (it has happened before). Didn't seti@home give users the option to hide their machines? Why would they do that if not for user's security concerns? Anyway, I've been around long enough to know what I am now, and what I have been crunching; further, my post was not a criticism of the program, merely curiosity whether anyone else has experienced what I have and if anyone has an explanation for it. Since this recently started happening on all of my machines that are processing the same type of data, my machines don't appear to be a factor.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 1981437)
Posted 21 Feb 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I have no reason to believe it is my machines, so unmasking them would appear to serve no purpose. I was simply asking if anyone else is experiencing extended processing times compared to historical crunching times on machines that have been in use for months or years.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 1981417)
Posted 21 Feb 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I don't believe system clocks are the culprit as it is happening on two laptops and a desktop computer. Also, I thought it may be lots of VLAR units, but their processing times appear to have doubled from what I've seen in the past as well.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 1981393)
Posted 20 Feb 2019 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Sorry if this has already been asked, but it seems my average time to crunch a given unit has doubled (or more). I still get some short units, but where my fastest machine was doing most units in 1 to 1.5 hours, most units now take 3+ hours. My older machines are taking proportionately longer as well. Have I missed some announced change?
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Outage on Christmas? (Message 1971867)
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by Profile Qui-Gon
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The front page answered my question: the outage will be on Wednesday this week and next. Happy Holidays all!
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Outage on Christmas? (Message 1971788)
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Should we be prepared for an outage this Tuesday, given that it is Christmas Day?
9) Message boards : News : Free Speech and SETI@home (Message 1864453)
Posted 29 Apr 2017 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I rarely come back to these forums, except Number Crunching to see what's going on when a problem occurs. I just spent 40 minutes reading this thread and I have to say it reinforces my decision to (mostly) stay away. The disruptive groups that are being discussed here have a right to free-speech unless it actually causes harm to others, just as the posters here and the lecturer at the center of these protests have.

As for Eric posting his concerns about the use of these forums, well, these are his responsibility and he can set the rules, so I am not offended nor am I going to leave the project no matter how I or any of the posters feel about his handling of this situation.
10) Message boards : News : Unexpected outage (March 30-31) (Message 1858664)
Posted 31 Mar 2017 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Status update:

The checks are still running but should be finished within a few more hours.

The worst case scenario is probably restoring from a backup either one or two weeks old, so we lose two weeks of processing. I'm still hopeful that we can avoid that. Best case scenario is that we can snip out the problem areas and only lose a few pulses.


The result will probably be somewhere in the middle. For myself, I have no problem waiting for the fix, no matter what it will be. I've seen other glitches over the many years this project has been going on, and they all get resolved, eventually.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (104) Server Problems? (Message 1841731)
Posted 12 Jan 2017 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I've turned off two machines and reduced a third one to 50%. Anyway, I haven't been able to get new work for a few days.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (103) Server Problems? (Message 1813996)
Posted 31 Aug 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I don't know if the outage is automatic or manual but if it's the latter, I hope the guy who does it got to sleep in, at least.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803993)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Well, I went through the process but instead of shutting down BOINC I hit the "red X" in the upper right corner, which closes most other software but not BOINC. (I knew that, but it slipped my mind) Anyway, it didn't work, so I'll let these units expire and be sent to someone else. Thanks everyone for your help.

Tsk, tsk. A Jedi master who gives up so easily. Whatever is the galaxy coming to? ;^)


I'm a faux Jedi Master who is frustrated with the chore of getting my replacement hard drive back to the state it was in before the original drive imploded (BOINC and the old WU's are low priority, but at least it's running). When my E-mail, security software, financial software, cloud storage, music program, etc. are up to speed, I may revisit this.

The hard drive was down for a month while the warrantee review and drive replacement (in Ohio no less) was done, so some of those WU's will be expired soon anyway.

Again, thanks for your help.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803982)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Well, I went through the process but instead of shutting down BOINC I hit the "red X" in the upper right corner, which closes most other software but not BOINC. (I knew that, but it slipped my mind) Anyway, it didn't work, so I'll let these units expire and be sent to someone else. Thanks everyone for your help.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803972)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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OK, I think I can do that. Wish me luck; and I'll post my result here.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803966)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I am doing something wrong: I hit the "Update" button numerous times and it says scheduler request completed, but the old tasks aren't coming.
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803963)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Do I have to wait the 5 minutes between update requests?
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803955)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Thanks, I'll give that a try
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Download old work (Message 1803948)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Profile Qui-Gon
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I just got a replacement hard drive for my computer and installed seti@home. I have merged the old work units with the ones that I got in this installation, but I want to download that work to complete them (the old work has not expired). Can this be done?
20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Rocky's Coffee Club II point 16 (Message 1706707)
Posted 30 Jul 2015 by Profile Qui-Gon
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Just got back from Iceland! What a beautiful, bucolic country. I wish my State would learn from the Icelanders how to harness geothermal energy.


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