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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VIII
(Message 2123818)
Posted 10 Aug 2023 by Bernie Vine Post: No Concorde's flying? This is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIojIhEubH0 |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 3
(Message 2123764)
Posted 8 Aug 2023 by Bernie Vine Post: Virtual Railfan has a new camera in Austell Georgia which has only just gone live, and captured this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XhvgRNVPFQ It seems he wanted to turn left |
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News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2117789)
Posted 17 Apr 2023 by Bernie Vine Post: If you read this line from the original post: We hope that other UC Berkeley astronomers will find uses for the huge computing capabilities of SETI@home for SETI or related areas like cosmology and pulsar research. If this happens, SETI@home will start distributing work again. We'll keep you posted about this. I take that to mean it would require a new team to ressurect the project. It seems highly unlikely it would return in the same format. Personally as it was never really a "green" project, in that it kept thousands of computers running when they shoould have been idle, I for one would not rejoin if it did start up again. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 3
(Message 2115194)
Posted 24 Feb 2023 by Bernie Vine Post: Juan Browne looks at the prelimanary NTSB report on the East Palestine freight train derailment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5D2LA-Llyc |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCCXXIII
(Message 2114281)
Posted 8 Feb 2023 by Bernie Vine Post: The temp was recently -108F/-77.8C at Mt Washington in NY. New Hampshire, not NY. I have been to the summit. |
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Politics :
SCOTUS returning the U.S. back to the dark ages.
(Message 2103084)
Posted 13 Jul 2022 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree with Mr Kevvy, having had the misfortune to see a video by an "alt -right" presenter celebrating the overturning of Roe v Wade, he then went on to list what would be coming and they were all the things on Mr Kevvy's list. However he added one chilling line "Our ultimate goal is The Handmaidens Tale" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_series) |
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Politics :
Abortion and Birth Control
(Message 2102778)
Posted 8 Jul 2022 by Bernie Vine Post: Abortion is NOT Contraception. Correct, however supreme court justice Clarence Thomas said: In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell, Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, found that a Connecticut law preventing married couples from using drugs or medical instruments to prevent conception was unconstitutional. “Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives? The very idea is repulsive to the notions of privacy surrounding the marriage relationship,” wrote Justice William O. Douglas. If this ruling, like Roe, was overturned, then states could criminalize even basic contraception. |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2078651)
Posted 26 Jun 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I may be an "old dog" but I still like moving with the times and learning "new tricks" Having watched some "unofficial" reviews I will definitely give it a try as soon as it is released. I suspect it will find its way onto any of my machines that will take it. Looks like a big step forward in quality of life improvements and rumor has it it might even "game" a bit better, looks a bit like Vista which was always my favourite. |
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Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2075969)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: The Boinc Forums are a good place to look for these sort of answers. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=10279 Yes the network had an "intruder" so was shut down |
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Cafe SETI :
Question on non-seti project
(Message 2075966)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: The Boinc forum is a good place to find answers to this type of question https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=10279 |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2072852)
Posted 8 Apr 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: Would be interesting to see any video of it occurring Video https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-kent-56674084 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread V
(Message 2071916)
Posted 27 Mar 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: Night City, where the game Cyberpunk 2077 takes place |
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Cafe SETI :
Word link #106
(Message 2071915)
Posted 27 Mar 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: City |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2066371)
Posted 22 Jan 2021 by Bernie Vine Post: Just brought a new PC, and unlike previous machines this one will not have Boinc installed sadly, as Seti@home was all I wanted to do, I tried a few other projects but did not stay with any of them. It will be for gaming, which is my main hobby now. It comes from a PC Builder and will hopefully be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 at high and stable FPS which my current machine cannot do ! Specs: Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K CPU, 8 Cores / 16 Threads, 3.8 - 5.1GHz Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks) Motherboard: Asus TUF B460M-PLUS (WI-FI) Motherboard |
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Politics :
Coronavirus, Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food & Drugs, Studies, Recalls #7
(Message 2063989)
Posted 20 Dec 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I am still amazed at how so many people still do not wear masks, leaving the masks dangling uselessly around their necks as ornaments in case they get challenged. Or when actually wearing a mask, they position their mask to cover up only their mouths leaving their noses clear to transmit and receive COVID. Too many people really seem to not to get the idea about infection or even that we have a continuing expensive deadly pandemic. This is the main reason why I have changed my lifestyle. I used to go for a daily walk, doing my shopping en route, however I saw so may people is shops and on public transport using masks as stated above. I will be 70 in April and in an "at risk" category. Also there has been a massive rise in bikes and e-scooters using the pavement, I have had several near misses with both. So I brought myself a treadmill, which I use everyday and I now have my shopping delivered. I wonder if and when I will feel safe outside again. |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2061738)
Posted 19 Nov 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: It's good to see that the RAIB, at least, is still doing its job properly. I am on the mailing list for these reports which are always in depth and professional. However as they are not legally binding, I often wonder just how much notice the industry takes. Often these reports mention advice give from conclusions reached in previous accidents that have still not been acted upon years later. |
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Cafe SETI :
Sean Connery dies aged 90
(Message 2060343)
Posted 31 Oct 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: The original Bond 007 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824 RIP |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Scheduler request failed: HTTP file not found
(Message 2059997)
Posted 25 Oct 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: You might want to read this thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85267 |
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Message boards :
Politics :
The Donald Trump thread part V
(Message 2058432)
Posted 6 Oct 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: So the president of the United States is telling people "Don't be afraid" of Covid-19, even going as far as removing his mask. So to someone here in the UK, is he saying that everyone on the USA that tests positive will receive the same "world-class medical care 24/7" as the president, also is he saying that this treatment will be free to everyone. I only know few Americans personally, but do know that the cost of medical insurance is something that can be a problem. I was surprised to find that medical insurance can come with an "excess" meaning you have to pay the first set amount of any medical treatment. Unless he is saying treatment is free to all, then his "Don't be afraid" is gong to ring hollow for many and likely upset families of those who have lost someone to Covid-19. In the real world, not some "twitter" lined golden cloud, I would expect to hear calls for his resignation for making such a thoughtless banal statement. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 2056913)
Posted 12 Sep 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: As some of you may, or may not, be aware, Covid-19 restrictions are being tightened up here in England. From Monday people will only be able to socialise in groups no larger than 6. Saw this outside a town center pub |
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News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2053497)
Posted 17 Jul 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: This from the original post in this thread suggested to me that "SETI@Home" as we know it will not return. However, SETI@home is not disappearing. The web site and the message boards will continue to operate. We hope that other UC Berkeley astronomers will find uses for the huge computing capabilities of SETI@home for SETI or related areas like cosmology and pulsar research. If this happens, SETI@home will start distributing work again. We'll keep you posted about this. It will be up to others to use the existing resources. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2053375)
Posted 15 Jul 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: The post may have been completely removed by an administrator. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2053334)
Posted 15 Jul 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a feeling that during the "long outage" they moved from the Colo back to a more "office based" system. It would make sense, to save money, also they no longer need the fast connection provided by the Colo. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW #294
(Message 2053143)
Posted 4 Jul 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: About to have breakfast in my local hostelry . Something I have not been able to do for the last 14 weeks!! I call that a win! |
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Cafe SETI :
R.I.P. Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert
(Message 2052382)
Posted 20 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: That is the wrong Bilbo Baggins This is Sir Ian Holm That was Martin Freeman |
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Number crunching :
The last day of S@H
(Message 2052025)
Posted 16 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a couple more then down to single digits! State: All (11) · In progress (0) · Validation pending (0) · Validation inconclusive (0) · Valid (11) · Invalid (0) · Error (0) |
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Number crunching :
The last day of S@H
(Message 2051895)
Posted 14 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: State: All (23) · In progress (0) · Validation pending (0) · Validation inconclusive (0) · Valid (23) · Invalid (0) · Error (0) Down to 23 |
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News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2051593)
Posted 11 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm guess the hibernation is why I haven't gotten any new projects. Seti@Home is a "project" what it used to send out are called "work units" or WU. I think the "naming " might be the cause of confusion. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Seti@home no available tasks?
(Message 2051537)
Posted 11 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Does anyone know if and or when we will start getting work? Simple answer is, no. From reading the original announcements it will not be soon, if ever. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #293
(Message 2051039)
Posted 4 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I got my first haircut after lock down. Still waiting here, everything still closed with no date for barbers to re-open, |
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Cafe SETI :
San Francisco Pier 45 fire
(Message 2050455)
Posted 27 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Picture I took in 2018, Note from the angle of the original picture the main fire was behind the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. And from reports the fire did not spread to the area of the sea lions. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2050137)
Posted 23 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: 129 valids is all I have. |
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Politics :
Coronavirus, Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food & Drugs, Studies, Recalls #6
(Message 2049370)
Posted 16 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Trump says US reopening, 'vaccine or no vaccine' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52685487 Should we be worried? |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Seti@home no available tasks?
(Message 2048836)
Posted 11 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I have sent you a PM as your e-mail address is not available SETI@Home went into "hibernation" on the 31st March Here is the forum post: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85267 |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2048583)
Posted 8 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there it is State: All (700) · In progress (0) · Validation pending (0) · Validation inconclusive (0) · Valid (700) · Invalid (0) · Error (0) All task returned and validated. End of an era and I had such big plans for the WOW event, luckily I had put off spending any money just long enough. |
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Politics :
Coronavirus, Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food & Drugs, Studies, Recalls #6
(Message 2048543)
Posted 8 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: it is almost impossible to compare numbers. And the true numbers will not be revealed until months after this is all over If ever, many countries will never ever know how many died before they started counting, also unless every country starting counting on the same day, in the exact same way comparisons are meaningless. Also to compare current numbers, all countries must now be counting from the exact same data, which I do not believe they are, also some countries will purposely "fudge" figures to get the result they want, so in reality the whole debate is based on numbers no one can verify, and probably never will. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2048206)
Posted 5 May 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Nearly there: State: All (941) · In progress (0) · Validation pending (1) · Validation inconclusive (0) ;-) |
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Politics :
Coronavirus, Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food & Drugs, Studies, Recalls #6
(Message 2047236)
Posted 27 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: A friend in New York sent me this from governor Cuomo April 26, 2020. I hope other states take similar measures. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2046904)
Posted 25 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: So why not set NNT and allow the rest of us the chance to get a few? I suppose everyone want to "crunch the last WU" Does not really bother me, I leave my 2 Windows machines on and get what I get. As I use them both during the day and am a believer in not powering them on and off they will be on anyway. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 104
(Message 2046892)
Posted 25 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Skies |
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Politics :
The Donald Trump Thread (IV)
(Message 2046151)
Posted 21 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, a powerful 'State of the Nation' address. I think much of the same analysis could be applied to the UK too. Indeed, as I have got older and perhaps a bit wiser, I see much of it on a daily basis. |
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Number crunching :
The last day of S@H
(Message 2045958)
Posted 20 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the birthday wishes. This morning I wondered if I could get some for my second machine, so unusually I clicked "update" SETI@home 20/04/2020 05:29:01 Scheduler request completed: got 99 new tasks Not as many but nice to keep both machines busy again. |
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Number crunching :
The last day of S@H
(Message 2045853)
Posted 19 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I am doing no manual updates at all but just looked and found SETI@home 19/04/2020 17:28:23 Scheduler request completed: got 189 new tasks On my main machine, other one has nothing. Still as it is my birthday quite fitting I thought ;-) |
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Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2043796)
Posted 9 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I made the same mistake at Einstein, I had the "minimum work buffer " set to 3 days, as it was for SETI and got 280 GPU tasks with a short deadline, that immediately went into "High Priority" ! When I checked, the advice for people coming from SETI was to set it at 0.5. They take over an hour and I still have 140 left with a deadline of the 12th, as I am running 2 task on the GPU I should make it. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2043651)
Posted 8 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, the replica has finally caught up and is back in sync. But is now around 27 minutes behind |
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News :
Final data is in the splitter queue.
(Message 2042476)
Posted 2 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I live in a busy area, the normal level of outside noise and the fans on my PCs, have been the background to my daily life. Today my two linux machines are silent, and with , busses cars and planes few and far between now, the silence is deafening! Lets hope one day our efforts will bear fruit. |
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Number crunching :
Anything relating to AstroPulse (3) tasks
(Message 2042225)
Posted 1 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: More as curiosity, to try to learn something, since i not do AP In a post to the moderators Eric mentioned that the MB tapes are being given preference over AP. So the last WU to be split may well be AP ;-) |
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Web site :
World view animation
(Message 2041898)
Posted 31 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I have tried recording it but the quality is appalling. How are you trying to "record" it. Windows 10 has a built in screen recorder. Press the Windows key+Alt+R and you should see it start, a small box will appear in the top right of the screen, it will have a timer and a "stop" button. I was able to make a perfect recording using this method. Bear in mind it will capture the complete screen, so will show your browser and any tabs you have open. The resulting MP4 video will be saved in your video folder under "captures" |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2041729)
Posted 30 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems I am one of the 2 waiting. Initial replication set to 8, so wonder if this was done to get the tasks done quickly. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2041538)
Posted 30 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: All 4 machines now have full chaches. I was going to turn off the 2 Linux machines last night as they had both been doing nothing for many hours. Glad I didn't ;-) |
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Number crunching :
Pending tasks AFTER 31st March 2020
(Message 2041032)
Posted 28 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: If you read through the threads, this question has been asked several times. The straight answers is no one knows. The project has stated that the website and forums will stay up, but beyond that there has been no official comment |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2039346)
Posted 21 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Almost sounds to me assuming that hardware does not need replacing that the weekly maintenance is done via pushing a button remotely? Ten years ago when I was working IT support for a company that had TV/Phone units in 150 Hospitals across the UK. Each site had 8-10 servers in a small rack. I could access any of those sites and perform any and all tasks that did not need physical access to the server concerned. I had a laptop that had a VPN installed that allowed me to work exactly the same from home. Some sites were being fitted with "intelligent power strips" that would allow a server restart even if it had locked up and could not be accessed. I would expect things have improved since then |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 3
(Message 2038967)
Posted 19 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Have not heard any trains going by my location last 36 hours here in Fort Worth TX metro area. I live about 1 mile from a major North / South Union Pacific freight line that's also used by AMTRAK. Well Amtrak is still running most services. The Texas Eagle 21 is currently leaving Fort Worth on time for Celburn. With the 22 heading north for the same destination, only 39 mins late. The Heartland Flyer 821 is 1 hour 39 min late due Fort Worth 2.10pm CT. Not sure why the freight railroads in Texas might have cut back. PS Just watched a 64 car BNSF Auto Rack train leaving Fort Worth So there is freight out there |
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Number crunching :
Personal targets
(Message 2038362)
Posted 16 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Well my target was to get to 100,00,000 total credit. Seems I managed that !! |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2038246)
Posted 16 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems that folding@home is researching COVID-19 https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/foldinghome-put-your-cpu-and-gpu-in-use-against-the-corona-covid-19-virus.html, has anyone done anything with them? I don't see them as a BOINC listed project. They use their own system. Not Boinc |
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Number crunching :
Computer details - Computer not found, but listed under your computers
(Message 2036707)
Posted 8 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I am guessing this is a newly added machine? There is a problem with the replica DB where the user records are accessed, in that it is currently 12 hours behind, so if this is a new machine it will not show up in the database for 12 hours. Also the replica is falling further behind so it may take longer. |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2035954)
Posted 5 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I will admit to not looking at my stats for a while, I just did and saw my current total credit is 97,922,933, now can I make it to 100,000,000. Well with a little help from another machine (not forgetting my Raspberry Pi) ;-) I think I can, it will be a nice milestone to end on. PS just noticed I only need 107 more posts to reach 10,000, but I won't inflict that on you ;-) |
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Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2035809)
Posted 4 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I was just pondering what I was going to do for this years WOW event. Whether in fact I would enter at all as it struck me last year as not very environmentally friendly. Seems the decision has been taken out of my hands. I will crunch on my 4 main machines until there is nothing left to crunch, then I will be left with 5 750 Ti's, 2 1050's, 2 1060, and a 970 with nothing to do. Whether I will crunch for another project remains to be seen, SETI was really the only one that ever interested me. |
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Number crunching :
Very Large Array crunching
(Message 2035807)
Posted 4 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: I was not far truth when I wrote that SETI@home was committing suicide with Science United Science United was a Boinc project, as far as I am aware it was not developed by SETI@Home |
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Politics :
Slice & dice window closing...
(Message 2035450)
Posted 3 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: If you are suggesting the forums will be closing, I believe this is incorrect. The website and forums will remain active. |
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Number crunching :
SETI going away?
(Message 2035269)
Posted 2 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Are they going to put a 31 March deadline on all tasks? I behieve there is still some discussions as to exactly how tasks will be handled. I would watch out in the news for more details |
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News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2035238)
Posted 2 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: It does not want my done tasks? Currently there is a problem with reporting tasks and will hopefully be sorted soon. Tasks are expected to still be accepted up to and hopefully past the 31st March |
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Number crunching :
SETI going away?
(Message 2035216)
Posted 2 Mar 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Is that true, SETI is done crunching. Too bad almost no warning. Could not even return last tasks done. The announcement is here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85267 And you still have at least 4 weeks to return work, possibly longer. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 104
(Message 2034165)
Posted 27 Feb 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Water |
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SETI@home Science :
WOW signal secret !!!!
(Message 2030108)
Posted 31 Jan 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: The only "recording of the signal was the " 6EQUJ5" on the paper tape. These letters and numbers indicate the strength of the signal. There is not and never was an audio recording, |
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News :
Low available work.
(Message 2029209)
Posted 25 Jan 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Is this issue still present? I noticed most of the servers show as running but I still have zero tasks I keep getting Communication Deferred. Your machine has not contacted the servers since the 16th of Jan |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
Computing tasks
(Message 2028951)
Posted 24 Jan 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: Just so you can see the difference in various processing speeds: Note these are very "average" values based on a few samples from validated tasks Raspberry Pi takes around 8 hours per task therefore 3 tasks per day Your Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU B820 @ 1.70GHz tasks around 7 hours per task therefore 3.5 tasks a day My Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz running windows 10 and using the Lunatics optimised app takes around 1 hour per task 24 tasks a day per core ( I only run SETI@Home on 2 cores so I don't slow the machine down.) My Nvidia GTX 1660Ti running on the above machine takes around 10 minutes a task 144 tasks a day My Linux machine does not run any CPU tasks but has 2x Nvidia GTX1060 running the optimised app, each card does a task in around 3 minutes so 400 tasks a day per GPU As I have said these are very rough figures and different types of task take different amounts of time to process, but I hope give you an idea of how to process more tasks. At the moment the fastest way is a modern Nvidia GPU running Linux with the oprimised app |
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Preferences :
Computing tasks
(Message 2028791)
Posted 23 Jan 2020 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI@Home uses CPU cores, one for each work unit, it cannot do more, so your Pi's can do 4 at a time your PC 2 at a time Most of the users with high RAC are using graphics cards (GPU's) to process work. GPU's can process work faster than CPU's. Also on Linux there is a "special app " that can boost the speed even more. Many users have multiple GPU's that can easily get large RAC's I run one Linux machine with just 2 Nvidia GTX 1060's and it maxes out at around 83,000 RAC |
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Number crunching :
What is going on here?
(Message 2025697)
Posted 31 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes but the third user completed and returned the result on the 17th 15 Dec 2019, 0:39:10 UTC Completed, validation inconclusive I assume it is still not validated due to the problems last week as it seem there are over 6 million "Results returned and awaiting validation" I have just looked and I have some of these as well. |
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Cafe SETI :
Stars are blue, Panthers are pink and the music plays here
(Message 2025182)
Posted 27 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: And right now some 51 error task in my task list, and next nothing I can do but only watch. This is because you are using a newer Nvidia GPU driver. See the thread here: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84694 The answer is to revert to the 431.60 Nvidia drivers. |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (118)
(Message 2024889)
Posted 25 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Both stock Windows machines getting work slowly, downloads stalling. Will wait a day or two before starting up the Linux machine |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (118)
(Message 2024586)
Posted 23 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I just shutdown my one current Linux host, and "removed" the app_info.xml from the two Windows machines. The Windows machines immediately started downloading and processing tasks. As I am running the latest Nvidia drivers anyway I may as well leave these two running stock. Obviously getting a massive mix of all the tasks "types", but as yest unable to see any results till the replica catches up. |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2022509)
Posted 9 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I've had enough of all Windows bashing Well to be fair I have not seen any "user bashing" and Windows is just an operating system, that also happens to be the most popular in the world. Personally I use it for both my main daily machines and would never think of ever using anything else. I keep a few linux boxes for the WOW event but only run one currently just so I don't have to bother to run SETI on my Windows machines if I don't want to. Whilst Windows may be the most popular, there is no denying it has may problems, but for me "it just works". For every one of his Windows hating posts, 10 Windows users leave SETI, and tell their friends about it. You of course have proof of this. Until Linux does away with command line completely it will never be accepted as a home user operating system |
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Number crunching :
Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2022345)
Posted 8 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have moved all the "off topic posts" to a new thread, if I missed any just red-x it and I will move it. I also hid the discussion of how to get the job done as it had now been done and the posts were redundant ;-) |
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The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (117)
(Message 2022154)
Posted 7 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Not a nice thing to have to do, again, at a weekend. At my last company, no new or changed software was ever rolled out on a Friday, Wednesday was preferred, as being the farthest point from a weekend. Monday, people recovering from the weekend, Tuesday getting up to speed, Thursday thinking about the weekend, Friday, winding down. ;-) |
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SETI@Home will now cache 150 CPU work units and 150 per installed GPU
(Message 2022091)
Posted 7 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: In another thread. It was reported that the "limits would be increased slowly" ...A full forum search doesn't turn up that phrase, at least in the last 6 months. Who reported, when and where? Was it a project admin, or just wishful thinking by a volunteer? This is the post in question https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83824&postid=2022034 |
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SETI@Home will now cache 150 CPU work units and 150 per installed GPU
(Message 2022053)
Posted 7 Dec 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: My three machines actually seem to have the amount of work actually requested. i.e my Linux machine has around 800 tasks and is set for 1 day, and 800 is about what it gets through. One Windows machine has 139 GPU and 109 CPU, and the other has 77 GPU and 62 CPU again about correct for the cache I have set so for me there is no real problem |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 2020119)
Posted 22 Nov 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hitler's crimes are so petty. That dismissing his evil by comparing them with Trump is ok? Sorry but the full stop after "petty" made me read it that way to. I find as an observer that your sentence construction can often lead to misunderstanding. I would have written: "Hitler's crimes are so petty that dismissing his evil by comparing them with Trump is ok? |
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Order of Tasks
(Message 2019637)
Posted 19 Nov 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Very simply "First in First out" Boinc processes the tasks in the order they were received. However it does monitor the dates and if any tasks appear to be getting too close to deadline then those task will be run out of sequence to make sure they finish on time. |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2018363)
Posted 10 Nov 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: If running the CUDA50 application, it would be worth seeing how 2 WUs at a time go; while not a high-end card, the GTX 1660Tis are very capable (particularly compared to what was highend when CUDA50 made it's appearance). I decided to see how it performed first, but I had intended to try running with 2 wu's. |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2018359)
Posted 10 Nov 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: And are only an issue if you allow the people that want to attack your system physical access to it to set up the attack. No physical access, no breach possible. Perhaps Nvidia need to make things a lot clearer then, as in the CVE list only one vulnerability is described as "The attacker requires local system access." and that CVE does not apply to GForce on Windows. With no similar statement in the 5 CVE's that do affect GForce cards on Windows I am definitely in the "better safe than sorry" camp. Also as a gamer who uses Geforce Experience in game overlay in online games, I will always have up to date drivers. All I have done is re-run the Lunatics installer and selected Cuda 50, it now takes my 1660ti about 5 times longer to crunch but is better than nothing and hopefully it won't suffer the problem. |
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Cafe SETI :
Whatcha Watching?
(Message 2017665)
Posted 3 Nov 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Your answer doesn't help me at all. Time machine? I guess I'll just have to wait until I can see the movie myself. Whilst I have only read a bit about this movie, I seem to remember a mention of the fact that there was more than one original Terminator sent back in time and not all of them performed their function correctly. Make of that what you will. |
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SETI@home v8.22 Windows GPU applications support thread
(Message 2015823)
Posted 18 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: . Any particular reason for stopping the GPUs from crunching? That is a lot of processing power sitting idle ... I have got used to using GeForce Experience as my "in game" video and screenshot recorder, much better than FRAPS, also it "optimises" games so you get the best playing experience for your GPU, and as such I also use the latest drivers (I let GFE update them as required). So as the latest drivers don't play well with SETI@Home I have stopped GPU crunching till there is a resolution. It is my personal preference to have the latest drivers, I have done for years. I currently have two Linux machines I run as and when, that more than make up for the loss of the two Windows ones. I suspect as the weather gets colder I may even break out a couple of the "WOW" machines just for heat ;-) |
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SETI@home v8.22 Windows GPU applications support thread
(Message 2015758)
Posted 17 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well recently my 2 Windows 10 PC's and my laptop all updated to Windows 1903. And surprise, all of them had the correct driver still in place afterwards, with Open CL, detected correctly by Boinc, pity I don't crunch on GPU anymore ;-) |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2015434)
Posted 14 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just for info I have been running GeForce Experience with the 431 drivers and earlier and it did not cause problems. |
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Number crunching :
SoG custom application stuck on 1660Ti
(Message 2015322)
Posted 13 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Why would I upgrade every time there is a new driver, when the old one works perfectly? Newer drivers will not make the GPU crunch faster, or better. Well you may need to update due to security issues. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841/~/security-bulletin%3A-nvidia-gpu-display-driver---august-2019 Anything prior to 431.60 is vulnerable. But it is probably nothing to worry about. I am a gamer and I do need the latest drivers, so I have stopped crunching on GPU's on my Windows machines. |
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Windows :
Seti home work units.
(Message 2015057)
Posted 11 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Plenty of work available, must be something at your end Can you restart Boinc and post the first 30 or so lines from the log here, so someone can help. Found at Tools-> Event log or Ctrl+Shift+E |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2014926)
Posted 10 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This program was a huge problem for me. If you installed this driver and see that GeForce Experience is loaded, get it the heck out of your system. I had no more issues after I removed that program. Use the custom install option. That allows you to not install it. Saying that I have had it installed for the past year with no problems, GeForce Experience is really only for gaming. I use it as I game and it allows me to do in game screenshots, and video and to optimise games for the best performance. Wouldn't want to be without it now. I made the decision to stop crunching on GPU's on my Windows machines and just run one of my Linux rigs for a couple of days a week. |
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Windows :
Tasks screen shows 100% Progress, Ready To Report
(Message 2014783)
Posted 9 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: When I installed BOINC on the new computer, somehow many SetiAtHome jobs are being run (over 10). I think it's pointless to cycle back and forth between jobs (data sets). Not sure exactly what you mean as SETI@Home only does one work unit (WU) per CPU core at a time,, unless set to use less, these WU's run from start to finish and do not "cycle back and forth". So unless you set you CPU % to less that 100% on you 8 core machine you will process 8 WU's on the CPU at the same time. These tasks may take different lengths of time to process. On completion, each one is "reported" to the server as completed, then the actual results are uploaded in batches to reduce server load. If you only want to process 1 or 2 task then you need to got into the BOINC manager, click on "options" then "computing preferences" then the "computing" tab you will see a box labelled "Use at Most XX % of the CPU's" So to use 4 cores/tasks you would set it to 50%, for 2 tasks 25%. |
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Windows :
Tasks screen shows 100% Progress, Ready To Report
(Message 2014512)
Posted 7 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: There has been a problem on Sundays for a few weeks. It seems to have cleared up now and your tasks should have reported ok. There is a discussion thread in the Number Crunching forum called "Panic mode on, Server Problems" https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84416 Where you will normally find any discussion of server problems so you can tell if it is you or the SETI@Home servers. As to posting a picture, you would need to host it on a "picture site" and then paste the link between the BBCode "img" tags. |
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Number crunching :
Running BOINC Project (SETI@home) for 48 Hours Killed My Galax GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB GDDR5 GPU
(Message 2014347)
Posted 6 Oct 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been running GPU's on SETI@Home since the Geforce 8800 ( 10 years?) and I can say that I have never had a card fail due to Seti@Home crunching. I have only replaced cards due to age and better specifications on newer ones. Until recently I had 4 PC's running 6 GPU's 24 /7 and never had a failure. I now tend to process work on the Linux special app which stresses the GPU even harder and have still not had a GPU fail. I suspect your problem was caused by a faulty GPU. |
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Cafe SETI :
The continuing of life's adventures of the kittyman.
(Message 2013782)
Posted 30 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, his computers last 'contacted' the project, mid-morning or so, on the 15th of this month. 15 Sep 2019, 10:52:37 UTC - Which is 04:52 Central Time and both machines have work still in progress. |
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Getting started :
How are Credits Gained?
(Message 2013682)
Posted 29 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You have to install a program called BOINC see the link here: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ Once you have done that and open BOINC you will be prompted to "join" a project. scroll down to Seti@Home in the project list and join, using the account you created here. Your computer will then download and process work units or WU's and once processed will return the result. Each WU is processed by two users and once both return a valid result you will get "credit". |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2013364)
Posted 26 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you really need to? Sorry I have to disagree; Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - August 2019 So basically any driver before 431.60 is not secure. For Geforce on Windows |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2013354)
Posted 26 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You can always just abort any VHAR tasks when you get them instead of crunching them. Well I don't really micro manage my SETI tasks accept during the WOW event, the rest of the year they are "set and forget". I check Boinc Tasks maybe twice a day to see things look OK, other than that no. As I really need to update my drivers I will stop GPU crunching till or if the problem is fixed. |
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NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units
(Message 2013351)
Posted 26 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Does anyone have information as to whether this is just a problem or a permanent change in the drivers. Because I do play video games and always like to have the latest drivers, if this is a permanent change then I will have to stop crunching on my two windows machines and update the drivers. |
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Windows :
IS something wrong
(Message 2013099)
Posted 24 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I am not getting new work units and old ones are just sitting there, the status page is very unclear as to what is going on. Your computer has not connected to the SETI@Home servers since the 8th of September. What does the Boinc log say (Tools-Event Log) |
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Linux Dual Boot With Windows How To, Problems, Fixes
(Message 2013037)
Posted 23 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: One thing I haven't figured out yet is why each of my Pis have 2 IP addresses. That is weird... :\ If they are "wired" they will still get a wireless IP address unless you disable Wi-Fi I presume. My Pi has a wired and wireless IP. |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 2011447)
Posted 10 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: What is it It would appear to be the caterpillar stage of the Saddleback Moth |
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Linux Dual Boot With Windows How To, Problems, Fixes
(Message 2011336)
Posted 9 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you ever just check in for applications in your Software catalog instead of searching for standalone installation from vague internet references? For someone, like myself, who is used to Windows, no why would we, everything for Windows is available online , download and install. It took me several installs of Linux on different machines to realise how to install various add on's, Boinc was easy, using the All in One but, over 20 years using Windows, well old habits die hard. I can now do a Linux install from start to finish in around 45 minutes, including Boinc and all the extra programs I want. It is just quite a steep learning curve. Just happy I only have to deal with Linux for crunching, Windows all the way for my two daily machines. ;-) |
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The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (117)
(Message 2011260)
Posted 8 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone having same problem as below? I've been receiving this message on 4 computers since the last 40~50 minutes, any yet I find no one reporting it? Is it for me only? Actually that is what the last few post are actually discussing, Might need to skip down (or up depending on your settings) to read from the start. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology 4
(Message 2010630)
Posted 4 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The Northern Line issue is an electronic failure. So technology is at fault because it fails? Systems such as mass transit need to be designed by "humans" not to have "single point failures", but that is of course expensive, so the "cheaper" design is used and it fails. We are seeing too much reliance on cheaply designed and engineered systems that have single points of failure, Gatwick yesterday, Underground today. Whatever the cause , it was designed and built by humans, they are, and always will be the weak link in the chain. Spend less get a weaker chain |
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Computers & Technology 4
(Message 2010624)
Posted 4 Sep 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Ain't technology grand. :-) Nothing wrong with technology, just needs the "human" part of the equation to work correctly. Which it often fails to do. |
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Data Chat
(Message 2010028)
Posted 30 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I connected my machine to BETA this morning and immediately got AP's only after a while did a few MB come through I am still crunching the the CPU AP's |
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Problem with Teamviewer
(Message 2010027)
Posted 30 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I read that anydesk is free for personal use but I did not see any details like how many connection can be used of if it only works in the subnet, etc. It appears you can drag and drop stuff using anydesk. Is that included in the free-for-personnel-use ? I cannot do that in my $17 a year subscription although text can be pasted. How many connections? do you mean how may simultaneous connections, I have only ever made 2 at once and both were on my local network Or do you mean how may different machines can you install it on? I currently have it installed on 9 active PC, one windows tablet and my Android phone. As to "drag and drop" no you cannot, however you can cut/copy and paste files between machines. When I was on holiday in the USA last year, when ever I had decent Wi-Fi I used it to copy my camera pictures via my laptop to my machine at home in the UK close to 2,500 pictures over 3 weeks without any problems. |
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Data Chat
(Message 2010003)
Posted 30 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Beta is working fine I am processing tasks and have been since yesterday. Didn't switch over till after the WOW event, but tasks were available before that |
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The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (117)
(Message 2009778)
Posted 29 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: My faster machine takes about 4 hours to work through its cache so might as well set nnt now so as not to overload the Servers with requests!! |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 2009759)
Posted 29 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps my USA IP address triggers it? Well my UK IP address does as well. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW (The Last Person To Post Here Wins) #287
(Message 2009506)
Posted 27 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Post outage post |
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Number crunching :
Problem with Teamviewer
(Message 2009315)
Posted 26 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: sadly i found no remote viewing software that works. correctly. from home net work to across the city etc. I found Anydesk works for me. It allowed me to access my home network when I was travelling across the USA last year. I backed up all my pictures from my laptop to my home PC. Works on Linux as well, for the WOW event I have 5 "headless" Linux boxes and use Anydesk to remote into them no problem |
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Number crunching :
SETI@Home Wow!-Event 2019
(Message 2009106)
Posted 24 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have always looked at WOW as a way to see if I can beat my previous year, due to family problems in 2016 and 2017 I was unable to crunch to the end. Last year I did my best but somehow I didn't feel it was enough. So this year I was keen to beat last years total. I seem to have managed that ;-) As others have said it is a once a year bit of fun, seeing just how well you can do. After the event I also will "power down" most of my farm, and redesign and upgrade it for next year. I am retired and it is a hobby I enjoy and it keeps the mind active. PS My "adventure" in Linux was 100% driven by this event, |
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Bitcoin GPU-based Mining Machines good for BOINC / SETI?
(Message 2009064)
Posted 24 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As a "newcomer" to Linux multi GPU crunching I am looking to try and "consolidate" some of my single machines into one so that I can have all 5 of my GTX 750ti's in one box. Then perhaps my 2 GTX1050's, and my GTX970 in another I have been looking at Bitcoin mining mother boards as a possible answer and wonder if anyone has any advice on which boards and which CPU's will give me decent performance without breaking the bank I know I will need PSU's that can cope and I will probably house them the "mining" type chassis with the GPU's on top via extenders. Any advice will be welcome. |
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Number crunching :
SETI@Home Wow!-Event 2019
(Message 2009060)
Posted 24 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: What can cause the huge spikes in Munin graphics for Average turnaround? Average usually is around 30-40 hours but the spikes are around 200-350 hours. Someone is returning a lot of long overdue tasks in batches? It must be huge batches for the average to jump so high. WOW event, bunkering. Keeping ahead of the competition by having one machine in reserve, use GPU spoofing, download several thousand tasks before the event starts, set machine to not report tasks, release a few thousand at the start, download replacement tasks, set the machine to not report. Crunch these tasks, when done, release these in bulk to "jump ahead" of the competition. Rinse and repeat till the end of event, when all tasks, probably 4-6 thousand are released. To do this successfully hide machines while event is on. Keeps the competition guessing. PS I am not doing this it is what I think happens. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 102
(Message 2008954)
Posted 23 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Windows |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 102
(Message 2008456)
Posted 20 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Forge |
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Data Chat
(Message 2008450)
Posted 20 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: 2) Those same Arecibo tapes have contained a number (a large number at times) of VLAR tasks, which will dampen down the demand from NVidia users. The not vlar WUs from the Aricebo files are taking me twice as long to process, so it was a good tactical move to include these files during WOW. Which also give less credit and are already being aborted/suspended by some. |
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Number crunching :
Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 2007831)
Posted 17 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting, I only ever run any cruncher on 50% CPU. My Pi takes around 10 hours a WU, which equates to 1 WU in 5 hours. My ten year old laptop running just one core does a WU in around 3.5 hours, so way outperforms my Pi. My 4 year old Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3735G @ 1.33GHz "Windows tablet"on two cores does a WU in under 5(equal to one every 2.5 hours)hours, so currently my Pi, is at the bottom of my RAC list |
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Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (117)
(Message 2007468)
Posted 15 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangely of course long term "bunkering" which is designed to give you a starting "boost" also does the same for your "competitors!" Currently my "Validation Pendings" across all machines are close to 5,000 many of which I suspect will validate around 16:00 UTC today ;-) |
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GPU applications :
Radeon RX 5700 XT and invalid tasks
(Message 2007459)
Posted 15 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I will quote a post form Keith Myers over in the Number Crunching forum The new Navi 5700 and 5700XT are useless for compute currently. The drivers are not ready for compute. All projects that rely on AMD OpenCL drivers are producing nothing but garbage results and invalids. The AMD developers and the Khronos group are aware of the problem but not a peep from either of them about what the real problem is or when to expect a fix. The thread is here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84508 |
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Politics :
Profits 1st, Safety 2nd?
(Message 2007196)
Posted 13 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm, here's one big organisation that will ditch technology. Yes and this stood out for me "The control systems were "overly complex" because shipbuilders had little official guidance on how they should work. As a result, he said, the control systems on different ships had little in common, so sailors often were not sure where key indicators, such as a ship's heading, could be found on screens." The Navy had no input as to the design of the control system interfaces, good grief!! |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2006925)
Posted 12 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: When I use the alt–tab BT is seen as a window when I go to select it with the Windows key are a combination then press enter it disappear again not displaying on my screen It sounds like you may have created a 2nd "Desktop" if you only have one screen then you will need to switch to this desktop to see any apps running on it. Firstly click on the "Tasks View" icon on the bottom left in the taskbar If you have more than one Desktop a bar will appear on the top of the screen like this As you can see here I have Chrome open on Desktop one and Boinc Tasks on Desktop two, this is a single screen machine so to see Boinc Tasks I have to click the 2nd Desktop If this is the case and you want to get BT back on Desktop 1 then click on Desktop 2 then on the Task View icon and click and drag BT back to Desktop 1. I hope this is the answer to your problem |
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News :
20 years and counting!
(Message 2006770)
Posted 11 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm curious as to why my team has a start day of March 1, 1999 if SETI started up in August 1999 Well if you look at the date of the first post in this thread it was in fact "released" to the general public on the 17th of May. However there was a "testing" phase that people could sign up for that started earlier. |
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Number crunching :
Problem with Teamviewer
(Message 2006636)
Posted 10 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I also use Anydesk, works for me better than Team viewer. |
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Number crunching :
Questions about Server Status page
(Message 2006004)
Posted 6 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: There seems to be quite a backlog in validation, far more so than results ready to send. Who does the validating-SETI or crunchers? Every task is sent to two different users. It will "validate" when both users send back a good result. Sometimes it has to be sent to another user if the results aren't quite the same, or a user never returns their work unit Currently there is the WOW event that starts on the 15 of this month and sometimes some people "bunker" that is do not send results back until the event starts so as to "leap ahead" It evens out over the two weeks of the event and the validation should get back to normal. |
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GPU applications :
No GPU tasks on nvidia jetson nano
(Message 2005962)
Posted 6 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You may want to PM Keith Myers I believe he compiled a version that does work. If you look in his computer list it is crunching on Ubuntu |
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Number crunching :
beware fake gtx1050ti
(Message 2005239)
Posted 1 Aug 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems to be a gtx-400 but cant even function as one in a normal motherboard setup. I happened across a video on You tube where someone brought one of these to see what they got He couldn't load the drivers for a 1050 ti and as you say the BIOS reported a 1050 ti. However when he had a look the chip was from a GTS 450!! If it has no makers name on the card/fan it is a fake, they all are which is why they sell so cheaply, Apparently you can re-flash the BIOS back to the original and it will function as a GTS 450. If it seems to good to be true....... |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004884)
Posted 30 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bernie, Because I normally do not hide my computers everyone can see what I have and quickly work out my maximum possible credits per day. If for instance I want to try be top of any group, say country or star sign, then any one wanting to challenge me needs to know what is in my arsenal ;-) And currently they don't know. The "testing phase" is important t as it allows you to see what credits others are making . But if their machines are hidden you don't know what might be in reserve. I can assure you I am not cheating, which is obviously your inference. My computers will be un-hidden when the WOW event starts, it is just a bit of fun. PS I also will possibly engage in a little "bunkering" so as to spice things up a bit ;-)) |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004868)
Posted 30 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure anyone has actually grasped what I am saying, except Rob who mentioned it. I had 70+ tasks with an "estimated runtime" of 55 seconds this was much too short. The runtime needs to match the actual time as it does on all my other tasks on all my other PC's All these task failed after 1086 seconds, all to the second. They failed with 197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED, because Boinc thought they should only take 55 seconds and so when they ran longer it aborted them. I aborted all the rest of the 55 second tasks and the next one with an estimated runtime of 37 minutes ran to completion and has validated. Just watched the next task run to completion in around 31 minutes The problem was simple, I somehow got 76 tasks that should have had an estimate around 37 minutes but somehow were marked at 55 seconds, so were all aborted at exactly 1086 seconds which has to be the overrun time Boinc allowed before deciding it is too long. So hopefully nothing wrong with my laptop, the fault is either Boinc or the SETI servers, on that I have no idea |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004863)
Posted 30 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Because you have your hosts hidden I gave a link to the host in my first post. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8774216 Which I thought allowed others to see. I have just checked, yes the link allows anyone to see the machine and tasks. Not enough cpu allocated to support the gpu task? Well in the past I have only ever used 50% of the CPU never more, same here and it crunched a full day before this happened. It is an 8 core set at 50% Rob said I should look for tasks with short run-time and half my cache is that "estimated runtime 55 secs" the rest say 37 minutes, yet are the same tasks Easiest way is just abort them if I run them they will just error anyway with an estimated time that short. I guess it is not worth the hassle to try and crunch on a modern laptop even for WOW Something I have just noticed 6 of the 7 errored tasks failed at 1086 seconds which suggests the "allocated time" was to short and the same in those cases. I am guessing if it was heat or an over committed CPU, the runtime would not be identical to the second 6 times. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004823)
Posted 29 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just had a look, I have about 50 of these. SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_47587_HIP14472_0014.6284.818.24.47.81.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_47587_HIP14472_0014.6293.818.24.47.226.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_47587_HIP14472_0014.6284.818.24.47.56.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_55295_HIP6290_0037.6275.818.23.46.134.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_55295_HIP6290_0037.6275.818.23.46.104.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_47587_HIP14472_0014.5899.818.23.46.183.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_53021_HIP6080_0030.6220.818.24.47.226.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:41:31 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_53021_HIP6080_0030.12045.0.24.47.37.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 11:59:33 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_49753_HIP6481_0020.32608.818.24.47.118.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 13:19:15 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_49753_HIP6481_0020.32608.818.24.47.116.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 13:19:15 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_61823_HIP7078_0057.9656.818.23.46.214.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 14:02:51 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_54975_HIP6863_0036.20794.818.23.46.182.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 14:58:53 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_53021_HIP6080_0030.20711.818.24.47.93.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 14:58:53 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_53021_HIP6080_0030.27306.409.24.47.112.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:54 19/09/2019 15:25:04 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_59523_HIP660_0050.6518.818.23.46.16.vlar_1 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:55 19/09/2019 16:16:33 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_54015_HIP6290_0033.12582.818.23.46.19.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:55 19/09/2019 16:36:14 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc32_2bit_guppi_58643_54015_HIP6290_0033.12767.818.24.47.29.vlar_0 - (-) 0.00 0.000 00:00:55 19/09/2019 16:46:24 0.04C + 1NV Ready to start, Project suspended BAV--LT Estimated runtime 54/55 seconds, then the rest are 37 minutes. So what to do, I have Boinc suspended at the moment. |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 2004810)
Posted 29 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Or even Kingston SW London who may well not feel "united" under Boris. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004786)
Posted 29 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Need a little assistance (again) I have been running my laptop for the first time on SETI@Home, I never normally use my laptop here as I know it can be a bit much for the machine to handle. The machine is here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8774216 It processed a full days tasks yesterday and then suddenly this afternoon all GPU tasks error with this; <core_client_version>7.14.2</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <message> exceeded elapsed time limit 1084.87 (43667.73G/40.25G)</message> <stderr_txt> Priority of worker thread raised successfully Priority of process adjusted successfully, below normal priority class used OpenCL platform detected: NVIDIA Corporation BOINC assigns device 0 Info: BOINC provided OpenCL device ID used Build features: SETI8 Non-graphics OpenCL USE_OPENCL_NV OCL_ZERO_COPY SIGNALS_ON_GPU OCL_CHIRP3 FFTW USE_SSE3 x86 CPUID: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz Cache: L1=64K L2=256K CPU features: FPU TSC PAE CMPXCHG8B APIC SYSENTER MTRR CMOV/CCMP MMX FXSAVE/FXRSTOR SSE SSE2 HT SSE3 SSSE3 FMA3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX Low-performance GPU detected, default period_iterations_num set to 500 For low-performance GPU path use_sleep enabled with 1ms per iteration, high prec timer enabled OpenCL-kernels filename : MultiBeam_Kernels_r3557.cl ar=0.007826 NumCfft=103215 NumGauss=0 NumPulse=33293837184 NumTriplet=46247668896 Currently allocated 201 MB for GPU buffers In v_BaseLineSmooth: NumDataPoints=1048576, BoxCarLength=8192, NumPointsInChunk=32768 Windows optimized setiathome_v8 application Based on Intel, Core 2-optimized v8-nographics V5.13 by Alex Kan SSE3xj Win32 Build 3557 , Ported by : Raistmer, JDWhale SETI8 update by Raistmer OpenCL version by Raistmer, r3557 Number of OpenCL platforms: 2 OpenCL Platform Name: NVIDIA CUDA Number of devices: 1 Max compute units: 3 Max work group size: 1024 Max clock frequency: 1189Mhz Max memory allocation: 1073741824 Cache type: Read/Write Cache line size: 128 Cache size: 49152 Global memory size: 4294967296 Constant buffer size: 65536 Max number of constant args: 9 Local memory type: Scratchpad Local memory size: 49152 Queue properties: Out-of-Order: Yes Name: GeForce 940MX Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Driver version: 418.91 Version: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA Extensions: cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_icd cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_nv_compiler_options cl_nv_device_attribute_query cl_nv_pragma_unroll cl_nv_d3d10_sharing cl_khr_d3d10_sharing cl_nv_d3d11_sharing cl_nv_copy_opts cl_nv_create_buffer OpenCL Platform Name: Intel(R) OpenCL Number of devices: 1 Max compute units: 24 Max work group size: 256 Max clock frequency: 1150Mhz Max memory allocation: 1561123226 Cache type: Read/Write Cache line size: 64 Cache size: 524288 Global memory size: 1561123226 Constant buffer size: 1561123226 Max number of constant args: 8 Local memory type: Scratchpad Local memory size: 65536 Queue properties: Out-of-Order: Yes Name: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 Vendor: Intel(R) Corporation Driver version: 22.20.16.4691 Version: OpenCL 2.1 Extensions: cl_intel_accelerator cl_intel_advanced_motion_estimation cl_intel_d3d11_nv12_media_sharing cl_intel_device_side_avc_motion_estimation cl_intel_driver_diagnostics cl_intel_dx9_media_sharing cl_intel_media_block_io cl_intel_motion_estimation cl_intel_planar_yuv cl_intel_packed_yuv cl_intel_required_subgroup_size cl_intel_simultaneous_sharing cl_intel_subgroups cl_intel_subgroups_short cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_d3d10_sharing cl_khr_d3d11_sharing cl_khr_depth_images cl_khr_dx9_media_sharing cl_khr_fp16 cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_gl_depth_images cl_khr_gl_event cl_khr_gl_msaa_sharing cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_khr_icd cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_mipmap_image cl_khr_mipmap_image_writes cl_khr_spir cl_khr_subgroups cl_khr_throttle_hints Work Unit Info: ............... Credit multiplier is : 2.85 WU true angle range is : 0.007826 Used GPU device parameters are: Number of compute units: 3 Single buffer allocation size: 128MB Total device global memory: 4096MB max WG size: 1024 local mem type: Real FERMI path used: yes LotOfMem path: yes LowPerformanceGPU path: yes HighPerformanceGPU path: no period_iterations_num=500 Triplet: peak=9.827008, time=56.91, period=1.7, d_freq=2767421532.39, chirp=-0.050771, fft_len=2k GPU device sync requested... ...GPU device synched Termination request detected or computations are finished. GPU device synched, exiting... Priority of worker thread raised successfully Priority of process adjusted successfully, below normal priority class used OpenCL platform detected: NVIDIA Corporation BOINC assigns device 0 Info: BOINC provided OpenCL device ID used Build features: SETI8 Non-graphics OpenCL USE_OPENCL_NV OCL_ZERO_COPY SIGNALS_ON_GPU OCL_CHIRP3 FFTW USE_SSE3 x86 CPUID: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz Cache: L1=64K L2=256K CPU features: FPU TSC PAE CMPXCHG8B APIC SYSENTER MTRR CMOV/CCMP MMX FXSAVE/FXRSTOR SSE SSE2 HT SSE3 SSSE3 FMA3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX Low-performance GPU detected, default period_iterations_num set to 500 For low-performance GPU path use_sleep enabled with 1ms per iteration, high prec timer enabled OpenCL-kernels filename : MultiBeam_Kernels_r3557.cl ar=0.007826 NumCfft=103215 NumGauss=0 NumPulse=33293837184 NumTriplet=46247668896 Currently allocated 201 MB for GPU buffers In v_BaseLineSmooth: NumDataPoints=1048576, BoxCarLength=8192, NumPointsInChunk=32768 Restarted at 2.45 percent. Used GPU device parameters are: Number of compute units: 3 Single buffer allocation size: 128MB Total device global memory: 4096MB max WG size: 1024 local mem type: Real FERMI path used: yes LotOfMem path: yes LowPerformanceGPU path: yes HighPerformanceGPU path: no period_iterations_num=500 Autocorr: peak=18.1383, time=62.99, delay=3.006, d_freq=2767424312, chirp=4.7826, fft_len=128k Triplet: peak=12.84841, time=10.93, period=5.76, d_freq=2767427428.73, chirp=-14.477, fft_len=128 Spike: peak=24.06685, time=65.86, d_freq=2767420361.54, chirp=22.781, fft_len=64k Pulse: peak=3.409772, time=45.84, period=6.146, d_freq=2767422224.81, score=1.028, chirp=-27.748, fft_len=512 D: threshold 0.1344776; unscaled peak power: 0.1373595 exceeds threshold for 2.143% GPU device sync requested... ...GPU device synched Termination request detected or computations are finished. GPU device synched, exiting... </stderr_txt> ]]> Any help would be appreciated. |
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Windows :
curious video card question
(Message 2004652)
Posted 28 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: No they do not, however there is a way to recompile the Boinc software (it is open source) that allows a user to "spoof" the number of GPU's. You will see it mostly used on Linux machines running the "special app" where a top range GPU, think RTX2080 can do a task in 60-90 seconds. These users run out of work during the outage, due to the 100 work unit limit per GPU, and use this method to keep crunching 24/7 There is a thread on the Number Crunching forums where it is sort of explained. It is not generally available, you need to download the Boinc software and make the alterations yourself. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004522)
Posted 27 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well after a lot of web browsing( some of the prices!!!) I decided on a GTX 1660 (not a Ti as those two letter push it out of my price range) ;-) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PNH3C4N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I had to keep the size down as I found out when using the temporary 750ti, long cards foul the sata sockets!! I decided as the MB is only 6 months old why not splash out on a new GPU as well. I will be interested to see how it compares to the Ti in my other Win machine |
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Word Link # 102
(Message 2004520)
Posted 27 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Luna |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2004491)
Posted 27 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Today as most days one of the first things I did was to check Boinc Tasks, to find to my surprise that my 2nd Win machine (the one I put t new MB in earlier this year) was disconnected, So switching on the screen I find that it has rebooted, and is waiting for me to sign in. This is odd because since the new MB and a total re-install of Windows it has not been a problem. I log in, and thinking it may have been a Windows update. I go to kook at the Win event log, before I can click on it, screen goes blank. Nothing I can do will restore it. A feeling of impending doom!! I restart it by holding in the power button, it reboots, I log in and almost immediately black screen. I try to remote in, which works, as it asks for and accepts my PW, but all I get is a black screen. It is then I notice that it is showing in Boinc Tasks, however whilst the two CPU tasks are progressing the GPU task is static not progressing, I then notice that there are 27 GPU tasks "waiting to run". It would seem my GTX 970 has died. Now I know that 5 year old GPU's subject to 24 hour heavy use do fail. However this card was special to me. Back when the 900 series first came out I was looking for new GPU, so I asked on these forums how people rated the GTX950 and GTX960 in terms of value for money,. At the time I was watching the pennies so really a 950 was the best I could afford. That same day I got a PM from another setizen, who said he had a spare GTX970 and would I be interested. Well yes I was. I pm'd him back asking how much he wanted. His reply totally surprised me, he didn't want anything, he had updated his GPU's to 980 and would be happy that another cruncher could put it to good use. Which I did. This was late 2014 and it has been either gaming or crunching 24/7 since. He sadly left SETI after a discussion on Nitpicker convinced him SETI@Home was a total waste of time. Sad RIP GTX 970 So if you have read this far you will know I need a new GPU, question is , a 970 for nostalgia or a 1060 for an update? |
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The spoofed client - Whatever about
(Message 2004427)
Posted 26 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I’ve always been under the impression that the restrictions were put in place more as a precautionary measure in preventing a large amount of resends in the event that a host trashes its entire WU cache due to hardware or software issues on the host’s end. Combined with the developers feelings that you’d never need more than 100 anyway based on the processing rate of the time. I unfortunately don't have a link at the moment. So far I can not even find a mention of the limit let alone the reason However if you think about it, your reason is a non starter as there are lots of hosts totally trashing almost every WU due to old/faulty or wrong driver GPU's and they just continue, the 100 WU limit has no effect. So re-sends stay high Also I assume "the developers" refers to Boinc. This isn't a Boinc limit, this is a server side SETI@Home project limit. Other projects have their own or none. Also think about it, the only time the 100 WU limit has any affect is during an outage. The rest of the time your GPU's can return work as quickly as they like and it makes no difference. My fastest machine is around 2.5 mins a task, it never "runs out" during normal working so the 100 task limit has no affect and I don't notice it . However hundreds of machines returning thousands of WU' after an outage can cause database instability, the longer the outage obviously the worse it becomes. If it is possible to reduce A) The amount of work returned and B)The amount of replacement tasks asked for after an outage it will recover quicker. I will see if I can find any prof of what I am saying but it may take a while. |
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The spoofed client - Whatever about
(Message 2004405)
Posted 26 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: modern GPUs and app developments have over run the old restrictions that were put in place at a time when processing 1 WU took an entire day. now we have GPUs that can do the same task in less than 30 seconds. These restrictions were put into place to stop huge amounts of data being returned after an outage as it caused database problems. That is it, no other reason. Now if you know that these problems no longer exist then fine I expect to see the limit removed. What has happened with spoofing is that unless the return rate from spoofed machines is controlled after an outage, then you are negating the whole reason for the 100 task limit and making things worse. The 100 task limit was to specifically stop machines with large caches returning all the work at once. So in effect this could make recovery after an outage worse. When I raised this point before I was assured that people who spoofed were aware of this fact and controlled their task return so as not to flood the servers. Is this still correct? |
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Rutger Hauer Dead
(Message 2004096)
Posted 24 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hard to forget this scene: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." Which he apparently wrote himself to help explain his character RIP. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 2004086)
Posted 24 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: but this one that lasts 2:10 is and I hope everyone can view it Nope I can't view that, but hopefully people in the US can see it and people in the UK can see mine!! |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 2004080)
Posted 24 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I admit to not keeping up with things, but this was a total surprise. Seems CBS and Amazon have teamed up to produce this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=128&v=YhBBXHwEsIo Hopefully it is watchable in all countries |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW (The Last Person To Post Here Wins) #CCLXXXVI
(Message 2003977)
Posted 23 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Or perhaps 124 |
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Number crunching :
Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2003849)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: What kind of system is this that you need risers for only 2 GPUs? Er a cheap and cheerful one, you know you might have seen them, ordinary PC boards, one full length PCIE 16 slot only. This particular board was the only new one I brought for my Linux conversions. Oh yes and my GPU's are all second hand as well. |
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SETI@Home Wow!-Event 2019
(Message 2003838)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Never heard a peep out of the general rabble until this year. Well you obviously missed the posts last year, and I think the year before. Then it was mostly about people with access to hundreds of "work" machines should have a separate category However it is likely to be worse this year because there is the "special app" and the "GPU spoofing" meaning some will be able to bunker 6400 task per machine if they wish. For reasons I wont go into here, I spent money on my machines and GPU's got round Linux, installed the special app, really for the WOW event ,mostly for my team. I currently have the time and money to do this, but there are many who do not and would feel totally overpowered by someone running high end CPU and GPU's in multiple rigs. So lets not call other posters "rabble" it helps to made the divide bigger. |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2003817)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you have the opencl drivers installed? See the bottom of my first post, the answer is yes and I have already successfully completed AP's |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2003812)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It is located at /home/{username}/.nv/ComputeCache Sorry couldn't find that. Looking at all the lines that Mike pointed out it looks like the problem with the riser again where it suddenly doesn't detect the card. Hence the 142 "waiting to run ". I will see if there are any better risers around. |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2003801)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: A bit of help here, one of my Linux machines has just errored 5 AP, all with this error <core_client_version>7.14.2</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <message> process exited with code 193 (0xc1, -63)</message> <stderr_txt> Running on device number: 1 Maximum single buffer size set to:256MB DATA_CHUNK_UNROLL set to:16 oclFFT plan class overrides requested: global radix 256; local radix 16; max workgroup size 256 FFA thread block override value:2304 FFA thread fetchblock override value:1152 GPU not found: type=NVIDIA, opencl_device_index=1, device_num=-1 WARNING: boinc_get_opencl_ids failed with code -1 OpenCL platform detected: NVIDIA Corporation WARNING: BOINC supplied wrong platform! Number of OpenCL devices found : 1 BOINC assigns slot on device #1. WARNING: BOINC failed to provide OpenCL device, using own enumeration abilities SIGSEGV: segmentation violation Stack trace (7 frames): ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia_100(boinc_catch_signal+0x4d)[0x4c6fdd] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x12890)[0x7fdf554d2890] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-opencl.so.1(+0xf5315)[0x7fdf524e3315] ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia_100[0x485cf9] ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia_100[0x46a1df] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7)[0x7fdf54387b97] ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/astropulse_7.08_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_nvidia_100[0x40bd89] Exiting... </stderr_txt> ]]> I am guessing this line is the problem "WARNING: BOINC failed to provide OpenCL device, using own enumeration abilities" Any assistance would be welcome, it also now has 142 tasks "waiting to start" I have shut it down and checked the riser connections, and now rebooted OK and seem to be crunching OK Yes it does detect OpenCL on startup 22/07/2019 17:09:20 Data directory: /home/bav/BOINC 22/07/2019 17:09:20 CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (driver version 418.56, CUDA version 10.1, compute capability 6.1, 3018MB, 2695MB available, 3936 GFLOPS peak) 22/07/2019 17:09:20 CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (driver version 418.56, CUDA version 10.1, compute capability 6.1, 3019MB, 2950MB available, 3936 GFLOPS peak) 22/07/2019 17:09:20 OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (driver version 418.56, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 3018MB, 2695MB available, 3936 GFLOPS peak) 22/07/2019 17:09:20 OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (driver version 418.56, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 3019MB, 2950MB available, 3936 GFLOPS peak) SETI@home 22/07/2019 17:09:20 Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 22/07/2019 17:09:21 [libc detection] gathered: 2.27, Ubuntu GLIBC 2.27-3ubuntu1 |
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Data Chat
(Message 2003787)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The WOW event is just a bit of fun, it has leader-boards, so yes there is competition and no I do't expect to be able to compete with someone running 2080 Ti's on Linux with the special app. However I will do my best and try and beat my total for last year, and fly the flag for my team, and my country. And yes there are people who only crunch to compete, but if they leave WU's un-crunched and abandoned , then we will crunch them later. We actually need more events like this as we are currently only processing 1% of the Breakthrough Listen Data. Lets try and keep positive. |
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(Message 2003764)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes you are all right, they have started this way to early. Well not necessarily, if you start bunkering a week before the event chances are a lot of WU's may not valid straight away as they have not been completed by the wingman. Now if you start three weeks before, the chances are that nearly all the WU's will validate straight away is higher. Logic really, if annoying for others. However the unintended consequence of this is it also helps others as all their pending tasks validate at the same time as well No I have not started bunkering, I may do a couple of machines on the day but that is all. |
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(Message 2003738)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This why I'm scared to make the switch to Linux, as there is no one close by to help me.. ( Would love to ) but I'm PC dumb! It depends what you want to do, in the previous posts Stephen was trying to preserve his machine ID, if you don't care about that, as I didn't, it is not that difficult. Also I converted crunchers only. I still need my WIndows PC's for gaming, and to be fair I prefer the look and feel of Win, however you can't beat Linux for crunching ;-) What I basically did was put an SSD into each machine, leave the Win HHD in situ but disconnected, therefore if I need to boot to Windows just a quick replug. Installing Ubuntu and getting the special app up and running I can now do in probably less that an hour. |
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SETI@Home Wow!-Event 2019
(Message 2003734)
Posted 22 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Only the WUs crunched between aug. 15th 16: 00 UTC and aug.29 1600 UTC will count. That should actually be only WU's "returned" not crunched, unless the rules have changed as "bunkering" was certainly encouraged last year. Which means work can be crunched in advance but not reported until after the event starts. There are machines out there with caches in the thousands that are crunching work now, but will not report till after the event starts |
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(Message 2003612)
Posted 21 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The reason why we have a 100 WU per device limit is because DA figured that was enough work to keep a 1 core Intel cpu busy for 10 days back at the beginning of the project. Sorry but I believe you are incorrect. The limit was not part of the original Boinc, it was imposed as CPU's and GPU's got faster and could crunch more work per hour. I do not believe David Anderson had anything to do with it. It is a SETI@Home limit not a Boinc one After any outage there were hundreds of machines trying to return thousands of task and this caused database problems. As machines have got faster this has obviously got worse. So the limit is there to prevent the DB being swamped If there is not a DB problem can I ask why you and others who use this "spoofing" are careful to not return all your tasks in one go after an outage. Because this is what you said when I questioned it before, You said you didn't want to swamp the server after an outage, why not? Whilst used responsibly I have no problem with it, however used in conjunction with bunkering, it will, I suspect, lead to more accusations of cheating in the WOW event as the opportunity to bunker thousands of WU's is now easy. Why do we still have the screensaver when no screens today need saving. Because it is good PR for those wanting to "show off" SETI@Home and there were many post about it when Windows 10 stopped it from working. |
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(Message 2003430)
Posted 20 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Wait a minute! If you have 2 GPUs in a PC, BOINC will only see 2. How can you tell it you have, say, 4 if you only have 2? You er.. "spoof " Boinc into seeing the number you want. I personally have no idea how it is done, but you only need to look at the "Top Hosts" to see it in action. |
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SETI@Home Wow!-Event 2019
(Message 2003417)
Posted 20 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: How do I un register from WoW event, as feel people storing WU's are just cheating the system? The organisers actually encourage this. It doesn't actually prevent the WU''s getting crunched and results getting returned and of course the large influx of results in the first hours will benefit everyone as all the wu's validated will in fact count for everyone who has any waiting. However if you really wish to leave the event I suggest you PM Termimator he has helped me in the past. |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 2003299)
Posted 19 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So, if you have one of these older machines stashed away, try converting it to run Linux and just the CUDA Special App. It will run the Special App just as well as a New machine without having to spend money on a new machine. Basically a Win, Win situation for You and SETI. Well this MB is from 2008. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8762732 It is just sitting on a box in the corner of the room with a spare PSU, new SSD, special app and the old faithful 750ti, running tasks in 5-6 minutes. |
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(Message 2003229)
Posted 19 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Still have to wonder if the performance boost really justifies the hassle of SSDs. Can't say I have ever had any hassle. These machines I converted are mostly old Windows machines, with existing HHD's which are still in place but disconnected. I have never has much success with trying to dual boot with Windows, so a new clean SSD is easy and simple and doesn't require a 3.5 inch drive bay as they are so light they can be put anywhere. If I want to boot to Win (unlikely on these machines) just swap the drive cables. |
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(Message 2003179)
Posted 18 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: For all 5 of my conversions I just got a 240GB SSD, well known brands like Kingston, Crucial, and PNY all selling for around £25 ($31) Very quick and easy, and if something goes wrong, wipe and start again. |
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Ryzen 2700x anyone using
(Message 2003145)
Posted 18 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Good to know. how do you get 64 GPUs? A secret known only to a few, and if he told you he would probably have to kill you ;-) |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 2002587)
Posted 14 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Except for the native peoples everyone in the USA is an immigrant and comes from immigrant families. It was what made America great, the diversity. Now Donald Trump has finally said what he means, if you are not white then leave. Wonder why it took him so long. |
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Am I seeing double? (or even multiple)
(Message 2002571)
Posted 14 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The question could be: Why the servers still sends new WU above the 100 limit to a non productive host? Yes this is the question, 33000 tasks!! On that machine his "Max tasks per day" is 1 but 33000 days is 90 years ;-) Why can that machine download more tasks without returning anything, that must be wrong. |
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Am I seeing double? (or even multiple)
(Message 2002559)
Posted 14 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Can one of the regular gurus have a looksee at this computer's tasks, 33,000 seems a tad excessive for built in graphics ;-) Yes this person has been mentioned before, I even sent him a PM but got no response. Look here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69782 at the last few posts. He also has another machine doing the same 8481944 He is obviously using something to fool the servers, what I don't know. |
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Anything relating to AstroPulse (3) tasks
(Message 2002532)
Posted 14 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I am keeping a watchful eye on my new machine, and suddenly see a task "waiting to run" I then notice that another task is running "high priority" ! For some reason Boinc thinks AP tasks take 20 days!! because this machine hasn't done 11 valid yet. So every AP I get immediately paused the MB wu and crunches the AP. Also because of this I cannot get more than one at a time! |
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(Message 2002124)
Posted 11 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So I decided to go with the "nuke" the install and start again, this will be my final(honest) Linux box, well I say "box", it is currently just a MB, PSU and an SSD sitting on a box in a dark corner. The MB is so old that I didn't think it would be up to the job. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8762732 However it performed well with and old GT 640 and a standard Boinc install I decided to go the whole hog install the AIO and get another 750ti. |
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Word Link # 101
(Message 2002089)
Posted 11 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: juice |
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(Message 2001907)
Posted 10 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick question If I have a standard Linux install of Boinc and I wanted to change to the AIO, what is the easiest way? |
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(Message 2001905)
Posted 10 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So I was perusing E-bay for any cheap and cheerful GPU's when I came across this Gigabyte GTX 750ti Now to be fair to the seller, it does state " Has a fair bit of dust on it, but in fully working order" Sorry that much dust will cause overheating!! Why would you take a picture of it looking like that, even if you cannot get he cover off, a small brush carefully inserted between the fan blades works wonders!! Suffice it to say I wont be buying that! |
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(Message 2001656)
Posted 8 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: They told me Linux was secure and Android is Linux Seems it's big business basically lying about what their apps can and cant do. Samsung for one, if you can't trust the number one Android phone supplier not to lie about it's app then who can you trust? Hardly comparable to hacking or faults in code, as these apps are designed to do exactly what they do. They just do it silently. Peoples data is the big new premium money spinner. While Android is based on Linux, it is a much "simpler " version where the user has actually less control than Windows. How many Android uses have a good security program, I do and it alerts me to apps that are "phoning home" so I can disable them if necessary. |
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(Message 2001603)
Posted 8 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: . And continues to be so here! No problems here, website and forums seem normal for the last hour or so at least. Only got a couple of slower machines running at the moment, but nothing stalled here. |
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(Message 2001532)
Posted 7 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just been checking tasks on my hosts, no lag seems fine, forums normal as well |
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Word Link # 101
(Message 2001402)
Posted 6 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Moonshine |
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(Message 2001287)
Posted 6 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: What kind of results you guys getting from the 1050ti. I saw these cards on eBay for $28.99. Too good to be real? If it doesn't have a brand name, it is almost certainly a "copy" at best or a "fake" at worst. I have just brought a pair and looked at e-bay first, all of the cheap ones were just "Nvidia" with no brand name , there was no visible name on the pictures either. I personally would avoid these. |
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Word Link # 101
(Message 2000728)
Posted 3 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Windward |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 2000606)
Posted 2 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, 175K RAC , over 70 mil total, and 53rd by RAC and the silly thing is all machines are still slowly increasing, all but my latest which is still going in leaps and bounds. I think however it is time for a breather, I will set the 4 linux machines to NNT today and give them a rest for a couple of weeks. While not too hot here today it is still warmer than I like in here!! I also put them all together as I went, without a real plan, now need to get a bit of order in place. |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#5)
(Message 2000529)
Posted 1 Jul 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Martin, there is only one thing wrong with your explanation. The cars in the pictures aren't damaged. They aren't dented and full of holes, like this from large hail. Well no they wouldn't have been, if you read the article it says The actual hailstones were relatively small, less than 1cm in diameter, and nothing like the golf-ball sized hail seen at times in severe storms in the US. |
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(Message 2000331)
Posted 29 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: . but come back for the Seti Germany WOW contest in mid-August. Oh I intend to !! |
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(Message 2000322)
Posted 29 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well 160k RAC and 69 million total. Who'd have thought it!! number 58 by RAC I think I will let my RAC peak, then I may give the machines a break (my power bill needs a breather) also I have to pick the hottest time of the year. Outside temps reached 33ºC - 90ºF and it is 34ºC inside my flat at 10pm!! |
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Building a New SETI Cruncher - Getting the Most Credit/RAC Per $1/£1 Spent
(Message 2000320)
Posted 29 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You might want to read this thread. Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users And do feel free to ask questions, several people here(including myself) have gone down this road and will I am sure be willing to help. |
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(Message 2000258)
Posted 29 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Trouble with these AP tasks on my new machines is that they haven't done any yet, so it thinks that 5 AP's is going to take 3 days!! As I only had my cache set at 2.5 days it then doesn't download any new tasks! On one machine I made a small increase to 3.5 days and it then downloads 103 tasks ;-) Seems I have 17 AP's scattered across my machines. |
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(Message 1999897)
Posted 27 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have not seen any discussion on the new "super" range from Nvidia, I know the details are sparse but seem to suggest a RTX 2060-S,2070-S and 2080-S Nvidia RTX Super rumors The interesting thing is they will apparently "push down" the prices of the existing RTX 20XX range. Apparently some think it is a shot at the new AMD Navi cards due soon. Wonder when we will see the first one here at SETI ;-) |
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(Message 1999891)
Posted 27 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So my plan to upgrade this machine 873029 With a pair of 1050's did not come to fruition as one of the cards was DOA. The fans spun for about 30 sec, then stopped, and no matter which card was on the MB, there was no screen output. I had intended to use the 750's in my other old Dell, so what I did while I wait for a replacement 1050 was to put the working 1050 in instead. So this is my 4th Linux "special app" machine. 8739867 Unfortunately didn't get off to a racing start due to the upload problem. Hopefully the replacement 1050 will arrive tomorrow. |
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(Message 1999885)
Posted 27 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just doing my "first of the day checks" all uploads uploaded and all 6 machines with full caches even the Win ones ;-) Looking at the ready to report, out of the 18 that have passed through while I watched, only one that took 11 secs, the rest seem to be nearer normal times, hoping it stays that way. Nope I was wrong, just had 22 "noise bombs" but they were all on the slowest of the 2 Win machines so maybe it has just "caught up" |
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(Message 1999814)
Posted 26 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Fun and games on the left coast I see. Upload server having a very difficult time handling the huge volume of uploads from the noise bombs. Out of cpu work again, gpu cache continues to drop because stuck uploads prevent downloading of any new work. Hmm. Almost full caches across 6 machines here |
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(Message 1999807)
Posted 26 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd love to know the trick to clear the stalled uploads. Nothing I have tried has allowed them to upload. Several thousand uploads pending on each host. Not sure about "thousands", but I just use the "transfers" tab in Boinc Tasks and a lot of mouse clicks!! Saying that, all my Linux machines have cleared their backlog, however both Windows machines with less uploads take forever. |
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(Message 1999706)
Posted 26 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Not quite 6am PDT, so I expect it may be an hour of two before we see any movement. |
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(Message 1999697)
Posted 26 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm uploads seem to be failing now. They seem to "stick" at 100% |
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(Message 1999688)
Posted 26 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I put a new machine on line yesterday and was looking this morning at it's RAC and wondering why it was so low compared to the number of validated tasks, then I looked. First page 15 noise bombs vs 5 actual tasks. Bad day to fire up a new cruncher :-( |
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(Message 1999585)
Posted 25 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: My experience with Linux is very limited, but I am absolutely open to it if that is what will provide the best results. Can you recommend a Linux distro? How do I get the special cuda app? I was also a bit of a Linux "noob" but I now have 3 machines running the special app and the results have been amazing, even on the older GXT750ti's I am completing a work unit every 5 minutes and the 1060's around 2.5 minutes. I am running 2 GPU's per machine My RAC has gone from around 30k to 140k in a couple of weeks. The special app is available here; http://www.arkayn.us/lunatics/BOINC.7z It is a "fully working" install and only requires you unzip it into the folder of your choice. I use the Home folder I recommend getting a machine up and running with Linux, play around a bit, install the graphics drivers, this was the only thing I originally has trouble with as it seems the syntax of the command changed in Ubuntu 18.04. However if you have any problems ask here I guarantee someone will know the answer . |
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(Message 1999539)
Posted 25 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: My RAC is currently 140K and the fastest machine 8732075 has reached an RAC of 50K. I am now apparently 70th in the world for RAC and I have one last upgrade planned hopefully by tomorrow ;-) |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1999533)
Posted 25 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the Nvidia 430.86 has in fact been out for around a month, I upgraded at that time and have had no problems at all, either crunching or online gaming, in Fallout 76. So YMMV ;-) |
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Web site :
i can't download !!
(Message 1999529)
Posted 25 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: HOORAY! Your machine has not contacted the SETI servers since the 21st June. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1999330)
Posted 23 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Although I will admit, I bet the ride through the Rockies would be worth it. Not much to look out here in the midwest. I travelled on the California Zephyr last September, Chicago to San Francisco. I quite like the "midwest" but to be fair, from Denver onwards it was a trip to remember. The scenery just keeps getting better, Just wish I could afford to do it again |
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(Message 1999181)
Posted 22 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: . . But why change? Those 750ti's are doing a good job and usig very little power? Ah but I have the twin of this machine; https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8731624 Currently sitting there with no GPU's I put them both into this machine https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8730293 Because It was my first "experiment" with Linux and the "special app" I thought the sightly newer CPU would be better, and it is. However, if I put a couple of 1050's into 8730293, then put the 750ti's back into the original machine, well I think it might just be fun ;-) You know how addictive this gets !!! |
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(Message 1999149)
Posted 22 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It should just work. You have the 418 drivers which supports both cards. Thanks, I may just find out this week. ;-) |
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(Message 1999146)
Posted 22 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the RAC continues to grow, albeit slightly slower than last week. Currently 132k apparently 77th and on the same page as Wiggo ;-) |
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(Message 1999144)
Posted 22 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK a serious question. If I was to change GPU's on one of my Linux machines, say from 750ti to 1050's would the system pick up the change or would I have to "re-install" drivers like in WIndows. I am hoping for the former !! |
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Unix/Linux :
What GPU to buy?
(Message 1998996)
Posted 21 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well for Nvidia the current "big hitters" are the "20" series with prices to match, with the GTX 2080ti basically being the top card (the higher the number the better the card) also the "Ti" at the end stands for Titanium and just means it is a more powerful version. However the older "10" series is possibly the best value for money. You mentioned the GTX 1060, which is a good card in performance and has a good "power to work" ratio. There is of course the "budget" card the GTX 1660ti offering performance in the "20" series range but cheaper. I have one on my Windows gaming box and it is without doubt the most powerful card I have ever owned. Unfortunately I know very little about AMD gpu's and would not offer advice. |
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(Message 1998991)
Posted 21 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Most common riser problem is a "Cuda initialization problem" which starts and then postpones each task in cache after 30 seconds, resulting in all tasks showing waiting to run rather than ready to start, and eventually aborting due to too many restarts. Yes, that is the problem exactly. I have swapped the riser and all cables with a spare I had and will see how that goes. Just in case I have ordered another different make spare, it looked slightly better built and has all 3 power connectors, molex, sata and 6-pin GPU. Which will make the power cable easier to fit, and do away with the "adaptor" Currently I am still running with NNT, and only updating every couple of hours, so that it cannot trash more than 200 tasks ;-) and no more connections than necessary Something I learnt many many years ago when I was an apprentice with Post Office Telephones (now BT). Was that every connection was a potential for a fault, so always less is better. |
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(Message 1998902)
Posted 20 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I am still struggling a bit with the problems with this machine 8732075 After the first problem I swapped the 1060's over, MB to riser, riser to MB. It then ran for 31 hours till this morning, then it happened again. Because there is a chance of trashing work, I immediately suspended Boinc, however this means I didn't notice which GPU it was. Now I am assuming that device 0 is the GPU on the MB and device 1 is the riser, is that correct? Because it happened again while I was watching and it was definitely device 1 as it was first time, it fails which errors the task and then in quick succession it tries to start all the other tasks which result in them all going "waiting to run". So it would seem to point to the "USB type" riser. I tried it with one of the older ones I have for the Dells and it didn't even see the 2nd GPU. The only other thing I have tried now is using the first of the PCIE sockets on the MB which was hidden by the 1060, but is accessible. Anyone know of good PCIE risers?? |
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Unix/Linux :
What GPU to buy?
(Message 1998892)
Posted 20 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as far as I am aware most modern GPU's run perfectly OK under Ubuntu. I currently have 3 machines, on Ubuntu 18.04, 2 running pairs of Nvidia GTX 750ti's and one running a pair of GTX 1060's As to which manufacturer, that really is a matter of choice, if you have a favourite one then go with them. For SETI@home all the well known brands will work fine. |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 1998833)
Posted 19 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Assuming there's a way to do this on Linux as well, just haven't found it yet. No me neither, most of the places I have looked are forums, and when someone asks is there a program to control fan speeds on Linux, they are asked why would they want to do that!! Apparently the feeling seems to be that the gpu will do it automatically. Not sure my self, the only decent temp monitor I have found is Psensor, which look like it was designed 10 years ago, and just feels "clunky". Weirdly I have better looking apps on my Android phone ;-) |
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(Message 1998782)
Posted 19 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes fans running on both cards. Plus an old mains powered server rack fan pair blowing at it. On a whim, I swapped the GPU's around, put the MB one on the riser and vice versa. It has been running OK since my last post. Currently I let it download tasks to the max, then set NNT and let it run for a while. This is so it doesn't trash loads of tasks, so far just 2. Annoying when you cant pinpoint a problem. |
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(Message 1998706)
Posted 18 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK it just happened again, it's on Linux, I assume the GPU is the problem and as it is the second hand one I will remove it and run down the cache. I think it is just to warm at the moment. Even with an industrial rack fan blowing on this machine the GPU's are running around 75C which seems a bit hot to me, even for a 1060. Oh well it was a fun experiment. |
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(Message 1998695)
Posted 18 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just before the outage finished I had this task error Aborting task blc24_2bit_guppi_58340_31750_HIP112870_0010.23665.409.20.29.37.vlar_1: exceeded elapsed time limit 3440.98 (185579.28G/53.93G) followed immediately by 112 of these Starting task blc24_2bit_guppi_58340_31750_HIP112870_0010.31050.818.19.28.202.vlar_1 [SETI@home] Task blc24_2bit_guppi_58340_31750_HIP112870_0010.31050.818.19.28.202.vlar_1 postponed for 180 seconds: Cuda device initialisation failed. Which continued to repeat over and over till I suspended Boinc, I restarted the machine and the 112 tasks are now running OK. I cannot tell which GPU was the culprit as it is not in the stdoutdae .txt file or the error file that was reported. Any ideas? |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1998673)
Posted 18 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you crunching on the GPU while running WOW? |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 1998507)
Posted 17 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I know it is considered bad form, two posts in a row but, a six digit RAC, well I never though I would see that!! All standard computers no servers and only a few CPU's and consumer grade GPU's. All down to the "special sauce" amazing. 112th in the users table |
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(Message 1998415)
Posted 16 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So a question of pay more up front, or in my monthly power bill!! Thanks for the info. |
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(Message 1998411)
Posted 16 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd see how a 1050Ti compares price wise to the others. Currently the 1050 2GB is £75 and the 1050ti 4GB is £105. £105 is unfortunately too much and I assume the 1050 non ti will not perform as well. Thanks for the info, food for thought!! |
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(Message 1998409)
Posted 16 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So I have one last machine the, other Dell which has the same MB and PSU as this one. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8731624 I also still have some credit left and the second hand tech store (where I got two of the 750's and the new 1060) What do people suggest as the best mid range GPU's, the 750's are amazing but what about the 950/960 ? Currently the 750's are £50, the 950 £60 and the 960 £65 |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 1998408)
Posted 16 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: RAC just hit 90k. Never thought it would go that high just a week ago when I decided to use all the older PC's MB's and GPU's I had. |
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(Message 1998158)
Posted 14 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So I just installed a 2nd GTX 1060 in one of my new Linux machines, and was watching to make sure it was working OK. So I wait for the first couple of WU's that validate, I see they are running at around 2.5 minutes, really nice, then I look my wingmate's time, first one 41 seconds!! So I look at the machine, owner Zalster, So second WU, 35 seconds, what!! Look at owner Mr Kevvy ;-) what are the chances? So yes a 2080 and 2080ti make my 1060 look slow. No I wont be getting one any time soon. ;-) |
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(Message 1998151)
Posted 14 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is a "fun fact" Back in Feb I upgraded my old AMD MB machine with a new MB, it has a GTX970. It took that machine 17 days to get an RAC of 15,000 using Windows 10 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8669914 I then paired that old MB with a pair of GTX 750ti's, Linux and the "special app" and it reached the same RAC in 5 days, and unlike the Win machine it hasn't stopped yet. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8730293 Now I will be the first to admit I struggled with the first Linux install, and still don't really like the way it works, but as the three machines I have converted are only headless crunchers and I still have the two Windows machines for daily use what's not to like. ;-) A quick PS, a smiling post lady just delivered a parcel, and look what happened [2] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (3019MB) driver: 418.56 OpenCL: 1.2 One becomes two :-) Now that will be interesting. |
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(Message 1998150)
Posted 14 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry I should have updated the thread. This was the line that fixed it <allow_remote_gui_rpc>1</allow_remote_gui_rpc> In the cc_config.xml, was missing and BT started working as soon as I put it in. Also exactly the same with the following two machines I converted to Linux special app, now I know to add it, it worked first time on the last machine I did. |
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User achievements thread.........
(Message 1998005)
Posted 13 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't often post in this tread, mostly because I forget to look at my totals ;-) However as I am experimenting with new machines I just noticed my RAC is over 60k, highest ever that I can recall. |
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(Message 1997913)
Posted 12 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You know this gets a bit addictive ;-) My latest; https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8732075 Which is actually the first one I put linux on with the GTX 1060 but did not use the "special app" so the results were less than spectacular so today I decided to redo the whole install and this time go with the special app. As I merged them it still has a few tasks left from the previous incarnation I must be learning, because apart from my monitor deciding to stop working midway through, this was a good install with everything working first time, even Boinc Tasks !! It will be interesting to see how the 1060 does!! Now I just need another 1060 ;-) |
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(Message 1997789)
Posted 11 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: . I am not a Linux guru but that suggests to me either you did not set the execute permissions on one or more files or you have BOINC installed under the wrong user ... for what my opinion is worth. I remembered discussions here about "permissions" so I compared the two installs and on the new one all the files had permissions set wrong and not set as "executable". Changed that and it worked; https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8731624 The CPU's are old so I am not crunching on them, but it doesn't seem to be holding back the 750's same sort of times as the first machine!! The 24 errors were from the "permissions" problems, they errored so fast it took me by surprise!! |
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(Message 1997781)
Posted 11 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, feeling confident with my last linux machine I endeavoured to convert one of my old Dells to linux, with the pair of 750ti's I thought I followed the same procerdure, but seems not all tasks are failing with <core_client_version>7.14.2</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <message> process exited with code 13 (0xd, -243)</message> <stderr_txt> Process creation (../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/setiathome_x41p_V0.98b1_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda90) failed: Error -1, errno=13 execv: Permission denied </stderr_txt> Any helpful hints |
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(Message 1997576)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Shut down machine. Install video card. Boot. Well I did and it did: [2] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2002MB) driver: 418.56 OpenCL: 1.2 Returning tasks every couple of minutes!! Now what to to with the other two 750ti's ;-) |
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Problems with Boinc Tasks and linux
(Message 1997542)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: * A GUI PRC password It started working after removing the PW. So it was obviously somehow different, but I could not see how or where. And I did try several different PW's I will let it run then try a new password later. |
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(Message 1997540)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You only need BT on one PC, I am aware of that. I have BT on my main PC, however if I am gaming I then like to be able to view Boinc on my second PC, which has a screen next to me. I have had this set up for years. Initially I only put this new machine on BT on my main. I subsequently added it to my no 2 machine after I could not get it to work on main. As I have my original Linux machine and my Raspberry Pi on both machines BT, I cannot see how this is problem. I am pretty sure is something to do with the fact it is not a normal "install" all I did was unzipped the files to the home directory so I suspect BT cannot see them. PS. Whilst on my walk I remembered that you can connect to another PC using the Boinc Manager, so I decided to try that, Works perfectly. So now I am even more confused. If the Boinc manager on my main machine can connect why can't BT? OK so as soon as I connected via Boinc Manager BT connected as well!! |
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(Message 1997534)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have moved most of the post to here so as not to "clutter up" the other thread. So mentioned both topics so they were left. |
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Problems with Boinc Tasks and linux
(Message 1997533)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: If it seems blocked try the following command on the BOINC machine "sudo iptables -L" (without the quotes and yes thats an uppercase L) and see what it lists. The computers tab in BT will tell you if it thinks its a password issue under the status column. Well that showed Chain ufw-user-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT tcp -- 192.168.1.10 anywhere tcp dpt:31416 ACCEPT udp -- 192.168.1.10 anywhere udp dpt:31416 ACCEPT tcp -- 192.168.1.11 anywhere tcp dpt:31416 ACCEPT udp -- 192.168.1.11 anywhere udp dpt:31416 Those 2 ip's are my two Win machines with BT installed, and it seems that it allows connection via 31416 the BT port. Makes no sense. The computers tab in BT just says "not connected." I just tried to install Wine so I could install BT on the Linux machine, but all that does is say Wine installed but it never appears and won't run. There is just too much "advice" on the internet about how to do things in Linux. Even when you have the same version (Ubuntu 18.04) and copy paste a command it often produces a different result. I think I will crate a separate thread for this as it is a bit off topic. |
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(Message 1997525)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Despite my problems with BT and the fact that I really do not like Linux, I have to say the results with the "special app" are nothing short of amazing One of my GTX750ti's which managed around 20 minutes a task in Windows is now averaging 3.6 minutes (averaged using the first 80 tasks to validate). That sort of increase is just plain silly ;-) 400 tasks a day as opposed to 72 !! I have 3 spare 750ti's so I will let this one run for 24 hours, see what the RAC is then hopefully add another. (May need a better PSU) Now I have finally "taken the plunge" with the special app, I will probably convert the machine with the 1060 as well. As these machine are simply crunchers and I don't have to "use" Linux much I think I can live with it ;-) Interesting times. |
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(Message 1997523)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I recently "took the plunge" and fitted a Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 to my main machine. It went from a 5+ minute boot to 30 secs to log on screen, 10 seconds to Win 10 desktop. I have used the standard SSD in laptops and one of the new machines I built, but the M.2 is really the way to go, expensive, but for me as a gamer as well, it just made sense Oh yes and it is tiny ;-) |
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(Message 1997521)
Posted 9 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It never shows in the “scan†list and always shows not connected. Sorry I should have explained, I added the machine manually as I have always done in the past with no problems. When that failed I used the "find computers" option, which finds all the other machines but not this one! I have just deleted the machine from BT and tried all the steps listed and still it will not connect. I have put Boinc in the "home" folder as it says, I assume that this does not affect it? There was no "remote_host.cfg" file and I had to create one using commands which I assume I did correctly as it appeared OK. Totally out of ideas now!! |
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(Message 1997486)
Posted 8 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Can you ping the Linux box's IP address from the Win box? Yes from both my Windows machines. I can also ping the Win box from the Linux one. Never shows up in the list? Or never changes status from Not Connected to Connected? It never shows in the “scan†list and always shows not connected. |
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(Message 1997476)
Posted 8 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank for the suggestions, I have done everything suggested, twice possibly 3 times, and nothing works. If I do the "find computer" by ip address, it never finds it, finds the other 2 but not the new one. I have added the MAC address, still does not connect. |
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(Message 1997438)
Posted 8 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I will admit that I have turned a spare MB and 750ti into a linux cruncher, the installation was OK but the Nvidia drivers took a while to install. I also used the "special app" first time for me, I now have a 750ti completing tasks quicker than my 1660ti ;-) (Around 5 mins) https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8730293 The errors were CPU tasks that I didn't mean to download as I won't be using the CPU Only problem is it will run headless but I cannot get Boinc Tasks to connect. Any help with that would be welcome. Next question, how easy will it be to add a second 750ti (I have 4 spare) |
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(Message 1996718)
Posted 4 Jun 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Only a couple of machines here, but have had no "download problems" in the last 24 hours and I was getting them prior to that |
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Welcome to the 20 Year Club!
(Message 1995313)
Posted 26 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally remembered my start day on the right day, and the 20 year one as well! I remember seeing SETI@Home featured on a TV program called Tomorrows World, as I was into computers, Sci-Fi and anything ET, I just new I had to participate. Time has removed all memory of the computer I was running then. I remember WU's taking days, and it was the reason I started leaving my computer on 24/7, something I have done ever since. |
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It's Angela's birthday!
(Message 1995048)
Posted 24 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: A very Happy Birthday Angela |
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A little odd?
(Message 1994852)
Posted 23 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So I added an app.config.xml with those lines in. First thing that happened is it stopped crunching the second CPU WU, I assumed that it was due to my having set it to 50% CPU, so I upped that to 75% and the second WU restarted. Also changed the period iterations to 1 earlier. Will see if all that has any affect |
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(Message 1994841)
Posted 23 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just replace the MB in my 7 year old ASUS CM 1740 as the CPUs' were a bit old, now it's a Gigabyte!! Previous to that I did the same to a 10 year old HP desktop, got both boards sitting here. Since Boinc started I estimate I have "retired" about 10 machines. Most have been "recycled" at the local council site, I have a box full of old hard drives removed before recycling. And another box with old GPU's, anyone want a GT 8800 ;-) |
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(Message 1994836)
Posted 23 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so I changed period iterations to 2 as currently I am using the monitor on the 970 and occasionally need to use the machine "in gaming mode" so need the 970. (I stop crunching then) I only ever crunch at 50% CPU on all machines so that should not be a problem. The machine does little else except occasional web surfing when I am gaming. I also did as suggested and reinstalled lunatics and selected AVX Completed this at 10.30 pm(UTC) last night. Looking just now at the overnight results, nothing seem to have changed GPU around 12 mins and CPU around 60 mins. Will see how results go during the day. Here is a screen shot of task manager, so as you can see it is not exactly being stressed ;-) |
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(Message 1994711)
Posted 22 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I had an "interesting" afternoon yesterday. The new motherboard arrived and after the machine had finished its tasks I started the rebuild. All went very well until the front panel header cable. Now I have fitted this same board in a 11 year old HP case and all cables and plugs matched 100%. Not so with a 7 year old ASUS case, the plug was twice as long but only had 4 wires, in totally different places than the new Gigabyte MB or the 11 year old HP MB. So little "surgery" was required, but I had the machine ready to test within an hour. It booted perfectly even to still having the correct drivers for the 970!! Of course Windows 10 detected different hardware and Windows wasn't activated. I had prepared for this by checking before hand how to get round this and the answer was to register the machine on a Microsoft account. This I did and it appeared on my MS account "digitally" registered. So now all I had to do was go to the activation screen and click on the " I changed hardware on this device recently," After a while it came up with the message that it was unable to connect to the activation server, please try again in a few minutes. So I tried a few more times, same message, finally looking up online, to find what this message actually means is you had a "digitally updated" copy of Windows, updated from Win 7 or 8, and this cannot be re-activated after a hardware change, contact support. So I went to the support page, that suggested if activation failed, click on the Microsoft App store and purchase a new licence. Not an option I wanted but in the end decided to take, however the App store only offered the option to "upgrade to Pro for £219, no thanks. I was not happy, So I looked up the MS phone number and tried that. Well my first few tries just ended up with an automated system asking for the re-activation numbers on the screen, took around 6 tries to actually get through to a human who, whilst obviously being in a "non UK" call center was actually extremely helpful, she listened as I explained what I needed and asked what I had upgraded to Win 10 from, when I said Win 7, she asked if I had any record of the Win 7 key, well as it happened I did, so she just "re-registered" the old Win 7 key as the new Win 10 key, and it activated. best part is she said that key can be used to re-activate Win 10 in the future. So I now have a nice new Ryzen 3 2200G with the GTX 970, odd thing is the 970 is now taking around a minute longer per WU, the positive side is the old AMD CPU was taking around 3 hours, whereas the Ryzen does a WU in around 60 minutes. And I noticed my power usage has dropped as well. |
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(Message 1994553)
Posted 21 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Easier and cheaper to use existing sockets and cables than make their own. I seem to remember on the ones I brought there was a note that these cables and board must NOT be plugged into a standard USB socket. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1994320)
Posted 19 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This is very sad and makes me wonder just what satisfaction, they got out of it. Vandals Trash Stamford model railway exhibition |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1994310)
Posted 19 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Lots can happen, however as far as I remember Norfolk and Southern have withdrawn support for steam excursions. Still as it is at least 11 years away I have to wonder if I personally will ever see it run. |
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3 GeForce GTX 980 Ti or 1 RTX 2080 Ti
(Message 1994206)
Posted 18 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Your present poor output from the GTX 750Ti is because it's running the wrong application, twice over. Not only is it running CUDA, but the wrong version of CUDA. Indeed my old 750ti's using SOG average 10-15 minutes a WU yours are taking around 40 minutes! |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1994084)
Posted 17 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Big Boy 4014 and 844 have returned to Laramie WY where they will be till Sunday morning Long shot arriving: Closer The train then reversed onto the siding opposite the depot These pictures are from the cameras of Virtual Railfan, who will have the two cameras live on youtube here Laramie East Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aoYMiBSAIQ Laramie PTZ Cam: https://youtu.be/6UNnU6ELrpU |
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(Message 1993938)
Posted 16 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As I mentioned in another thread, I was thinking about getting another GTX 1060 and retiring my GTX 970. A couple of people commented that the 970 was fine but the old CPU was the problem. Having thought about this, and being very pleased with the new motherboard I brought for an even older HP machine I have decided to go the same route again and have just ordered a second AMD Ryzen 3 Motherboard Bundle, AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz 8GB HyperX DDR4 Memory Gigabyte A320M-S2H MB (Price has gone down by £10) I had noticed the new machine with this MB and the GTX 1060 has a higher RAC than the older AMD with the GTX 970 so hopefully this set up will serve the GTX 970 better. This machine crunches 24/7 and I only occasionally use it as a "second screen" while in games |
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How many gpus can you run on an AMD AM4 socket motherboard? (Ryzen 7 1900, 2700 etc)
(Message 1993548)
Posted 12 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As the argument started again straight away can I suggest that you both put each other on ignore. Meanwhile another lock till things cool down |
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(Message 1993469)
Posted 11 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The quickest way will be if you can post the first 50 or so lines from the Boinc event log after a restart In case you don't know the event log is here in "Advanced View" Once it displays just click the "Copy all" button" And paste the result here. |
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Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users
(Message 1993231)
Posted 9 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: If you take a peek at Bernie Vine's machines he is running a GTX1660ti on one of them under windows which would give you an idea of he relative performance with that OS It is currently running tasks around 6mins 20sec average. Compared with the GTX 970 on an older AMD CPU which is around 10mins 30secs average and the GTX 1060 on a newer AMD Ryzen 3 2200G which is around 9mins 50secs Both the machines with the 970 and 1060 are dedicated crunchers that mostly do nothing else 24/7, however the GTX 1660ti is in my daily driver and is in use for gaming and watching videos for several hours a day and then Boinc is suspended, however it still has the highest RAC. I am considering getting another 1660ti to put in the Ryzen box, move the 1060 to the older AMD box and retire the 970 which has done sterling work for several years. |
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Website -- Notice: Constant USER_COUNTRY already defined
(Message 1993179)
Posted 8 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes everyone is, possibly a change to forum code that has had an unintended side affect. Hopefully it will be sorted soon |
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(Message 1992807)
Posted 6 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Earth |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1992650)
Posted 5 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: until an Allegheny 2-6-6-6 is restored to operation I think that is a far of if not impossible dream. CSX do not have the same history of restoring or running steam. UP had 8 Big Boys to choose from when they decided to restore one. There are apparently only 2 Allegheny 2-6-6-6's left, one of which was damaged in a flood and was only "cosmetically" restored. Of course the overall factor is cost, UP was willing to spend the money, CSX apparently is not. Whilst I didn't expect to see a Big Boy steam again, I certainly do not expect to see an Allegheny 2-6-6-6 do the same, sad though that may be. |
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(Message 1992609)
Posted 4 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Big Boy 4014, arrives at Laramie WY It is now the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world. Well done to Union Pacific for doing what no one though would happen, a Big Boy running under is own power again. PS. In case you are wondering about the words"Big Boy" in chalk on the front, apparently the class series originally was to have been called the "Wasatch". One day, however, while one of the engines was being built, an unknown worker scrawled "Big Boy" in chalk on its front. With that, the legendary name was born and has stuck ever since. |
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(Message 1992600)
Posted 4 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Better still she is on her way to Ogden and will pass Virtual Railfans' Laramie camera in about 29 minutes. (12:30 MT) It is on Youtube here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTvnHMJnI4 4014 will be coming towards the camera |
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(Message 1992595)
Posted 4 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Big Boy 4014 left Cheyenne at 10:00am MT Still from the Trains Magazine live Facebook feed. |
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(Message 1992586)
Posted 4 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: FLUX |
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(Message 1992280)
Posted 2 May 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I got an e-mail today from one of the train cam sites I belong to. Reminding me that The Big Boy 4014 makes it's debut this comimng Saturday. Read all the info here: https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm?mc_cid=1828a2b72c&mc_eid=7e5720c022 Virtual Railfan have a currently free camera at Laraime WY, this is from the e-mail "Don't Miss Big Boy on our Laramie Cams Living Legend #844 and the recently restored Big Boy #4014 will be stopping in front of our Laramie, Wyoming cameras this Saturday, May 4! 12:30 pm MT, 2:30 pm EDT. We'll be able to catch them again for an even longer stay on their way back from Ogden in a couple of weeks. Laramie is up and running for this historic moment! Virtual Railfan's Laramie, Wyoming cameras: https://youtu.be/7eTvnHMJnI4 " Should be quite a sight!! |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 1991289)
Posted 24 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah drive letters. An issue that all Operating Systems suffer from in this day & age, including Linux. Always have a "B" data drive on my PC's use it as default for pictures and documents. So "B" is available in Windows |
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Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems?
(Message 1991089)
Posted 22 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: That was easy. I just got 10 of my friends to stop crunching for SETI. Interesting reaction, mine was to convert my linux box to Windows 10, just brought a new SSD and Win 10 Licence, ( I am letting my tasks run down rather than abort) and will spruce up my 2 old Dell's, possible new MB's SSD's and modern processors, during the summer so that I don't have to put the heating on next winter ;-) |
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The Last Person To Post Here Wins #283
(Message 1991069)
Posted 22 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Before the complaints start, can people try and keep any posted pictures to no larger than 1100x800. This should allow pictures to fit on various sized monitors. Also when posting from other websites remember to check if the images is copyright free, in the past SETI@Home has been asked to remove copyright pictures that were posted without permission. Thanks |
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Word Link # 100
(Message 1990992)
Posted 21 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Black |
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Superfast Broadband upgrade
(Message 1990487)
Posted 18 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting but odd, seems a very low upload. My lowly BT line is three times as fast, wonder why that is. |
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20th Anniversary T-shirts - More in stock
(Message 1990221)
Posted 16 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is for the the 20th Anniversary t-shirts. Uli requests that it be used for that only. Thank you |
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Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems?
(Message 1989448)
Posted 10 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice thing about being in the UK. SETI still down, went to bed. This morning quick check before my walk, all machines either up to max or in the process of downloading. Zero frustration ;-) |
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(Message 1989436)
Posted 10 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Jeff. I think the answer is in Eric's post here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84096 |
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change computername?
(Message 1989258)
Posted 8 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The names you see ( and only you see them) are the names that were chosen when the operating system was installed, either Windows or Linux. So you would need to change them there. For instance Windows 10: " Go to Settings > System > About and select the Rename PC button in the right column under PC. Then type the name you want to rename the computer." For Linux, I suggest you look online for your distro. |
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Word Link # 100
(Message 1989251)
Posted 8 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Potemkin |
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Word Link # 100
(Message 1989195)
Posted 7 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Cure |
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Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems?
(Message 1989115)
Posted 7 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Something seems to be happening, one machine just downloaded 100 GPU tasks!! Nothing yet for the other 2 and 7/8ths ;-) Edit: Linux box now downloading!! |
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Communication deferred 00:05:03
(Message 1989113)
Posted 7 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The best place to look is in this thread in the Number Crunching forum. Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems? https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84081 Other users there will post about problems with the server. Yes there currently is a problem that is affecting all users, not sure of the reason yet. |
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Superfast Broadband upgrade
(Message 1989111)
Posted 7 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: because he is likely nearer his exchange than I am Actually nearer to the street cabinet. For speeds much over 10meg ADSL is not up to the job. Fibre is run to the DSLAM (digital subscriber line access multiplexer) in the street cabinet where it then connects to the copper to customer premises, however this uses VDSL (Very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line). Which originally required a separate modem on the BT home hubs in use then. Now the modem is built in. Personally I never found the Wi-Fi on BT Home hubs to be that good, I had one with intermittent Wi-Fi, it would stop and require a hub reboot, and another where it just stopped completely. As I have something like 20 odd smart home devices on Wi-Fi that was not good enough, so I ditched the BT Home hub and brought myself a proper broadband router that lets me access every single option and setting and actually "sees" all my devices, something no home hub I had would every do (apparently a long time bug with home hubs). Which is slightly annoying because my exchange is also an SSC (Sector Switching Centre) apart from housing the local exchange. So is mine, |
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Superfast Broadband upgrade
(Message 1989081)
Posted 7 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: how does it get past the rules on product description? Because the whole country does not have Virgin cable, in fact even in areas where Virgin cable is available not all homes are connected. I live in a flat and the lease holder flatly refuse to have "unsightly cable" installed when it was free. Of course when the 240V mains supply failed to several flats and the only way to reinstate it was large "unsightly cables across the whole rear of the flats that was different. Since then they have relented, but Virgin will now charge for digging up a large area of pavement and no one wants to pay for that. So my BT Broadband is the fastest I can get. |
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Web site :
current settings do not allow tasks from this project
(Message 1989012)
Posted 6 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: R any of u alluding to any foul plays, here? No not at all and I am sorry if my post suggested that. What I and I am sure others are puzzled about is you saying you "re-installed" Windows 10 when your computer reports it is running Windows Vista which stopped being available in 2010, and which stopped getting updates two years ago. When computers connect to SETI@Home they send basic information to the servers, this info is not personally identifiable in any way but is a valuable tool in situations like this when people ask for help. This is what we see when we look at your computer If you look at the "Operating system" it says Microsoft Windows Vista. Here is the same entry for one of my computers. As you can see it says Microsoft Windows 10 So we are at a loss to suggest why you believe you are running Windows 10. Again no suggestion of foul play of any sort. |
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The Whisky & Port thread
(Message 1988930)
Posted 5 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Jack Daniels marketed in the UK is Old No.7 Tennessee sour mash Whiskey. That is ONE of their brands over here yes, but I suggest you look at their website, I will not link here. My favourite is Gentleman Jack Doubled Mellowed Tennessee Whiskey. Which to quote "Gentleman Jack undergoes a second charcoal mellowing to achieve exceptional smoothness" |
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current settings do not allow tasks from this project
(Message 1988693)
Posted 4 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: the last W10 computer had last contact the 11 Feb 2019, 4:55:16 UTC ... with 4 pending tasks and a lot of errored ones .. And if you look at the created date for the Vista machine Created 11 Feb 2019, 5:35:31 UTC 40 minutes later Coincidence? |
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20th Anniversary T-shirts - More in stock
(Message 1988398)
Posted 2 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting this for Uli. This years artwork. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1988290)
Posted 1 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Is there a reason that BT is so far off on it's estimations? What did the Boinc manager say, as I feel sure BT gets the info from Boinc, wouldn't make sense otherwise. |
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20th Anniversary T-shirts - More in stock
(Message 1988288)
Posted 1 Apr 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Could someone please post a pic of the shirt for Stephen? Looking through the 15th Anniversary thread this is the clearest picture I could find. (Thanks to arkayn) |
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Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems?
(Message 1988176)
Posted 31 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure about anyone else, but caches are full and it's been about 12 hours since I've seen a stalled download ... Shhh!!! |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1988009)
Posted 30 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The gadget I spoke off replaces a Wifi device by being powered by a USB port and I think you missed the bit where he says it uses Wi-Fi. It makes the RJ-45 port on the odroid think it is plugged into a switch, but the device uses the USB for power and basically makes a standard LAN port into Wi-Fi Something like this I suspect https://www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-Bridge-Convert-RJ45-Ethernet-Wireless/dp/B01HMJ5CFO |
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Panic Mode On (116) Server Problems?
(Message 1988006)
Posted 30 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the problem with RAC is that whilst people here do what they can when uploads/downloads time out, many others don't so the general throughput of tasks falls, hence pendings rise. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1987801)
Posted 29 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Greetings, Well the replica (where account details are accessed) is currently around 7 hours behind the master, so depending when you created it the machine may not appear for a while. |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1987292)
Posted 26 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep downloads are stalled. Here to on all three machines |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1987014)
Posted 25 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I pointed another PI user over here. He is asking about "running graphics" on his PI. Perhaps he meant the screensaver, which as far as I know does not exist in Linux |
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Unix/Linux :
anybody had success with the ROCK64
(Message 1987004)
Posted 25 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So which computer is it? Possibly the one that says "Linux 4.4.174-rockchip64" https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8687647 |
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Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1986878)
Posted 24 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a bright and sunny spring day here in south London I can always tell when spring is here when the tree outside my kitchen window explodes with bloom!! I went for a walk in the park to get a few pictures. The old water tower looks good surrounded with blossom. However most of the trees are still to get their leaves and make great silhouettes against the sun. Although a close look reveals the leaves are on the way. And even my much maligned home town looks better on a sunny spring Sunday. |
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BREXIT
(Message 1986519)
Posted 22 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I beg to disagree. formally /ˈfÉ”ËmÉ™li/Submit adverb 1. in accordance with convention or etiquette. "he was formally attired" 2. officially. "the Mayor will formally open the new Railway Centre" formerly /ˈfÉ”ËmÉ™li/Submit adverb in the past; in earlier times. "Mumbai, formerly Bombay" |
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Word Link # 100
(Message 1986150)
Posted 20 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Buckingham |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1985953)
Posted 19 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As I use Anydesk for all my other PC's so I just installed it on the Pi, works perfectly and means I only need one remote access program for Win and Linux Anydesk install |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1985518)
Posted 16 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Another one joins in https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8687388 Just running 2 tasks at a time. It was actually more difficult to edit the remote_hosts file for Boinc Tasks than it was to get it running. I still hate command lines :-( |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1985359)
Posted 15 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seeing as how I am trying out Linux on my new box, I though I would join in the fun here. Just ordered a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Model B along with all the necessary accessories Hopeful I will join the party soon ;-) |
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Word Link # 100
(Message 1984739)
Posted 12 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Valve |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984730)
Posted 12 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: For those who don't realise the link in the last post: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/hosts_user.php?sort=rpc_time&rev=0&show_all=1&userid= Shows you all your computers, even ones that you may no longer own, each person sees their own computers. |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984704)
Posted 12 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I try and limit my impact to the servers by just reporting a modest amount of finished tasks at each connection. Thank you Keith, all of the info I am seeing suggests that you and your fellow "extended GPU" users are aware of the impact you could have and are mitigating the consequences. I was unaware of this and it is nice to know, as seeing the total of 595 apparent GPU's in the top 20 machines caused me some concern. |
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GPU FLOPS: Theory vs Reality
(Message 1984692)
Posted 12 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Will be interesting to see where the GTX 1660Ti ends up. Indeed it will, first time I have had a card that is too new to be included ;-) |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984545)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: We are only few who use this spoofed builds, all are heavy users, with high performance crunchers and besides me (who knows almost nothing) the others are well trained on the "boinc mysteries". We All care about the SETI project and the integrity of the DB and try to do all we can to preserve it. That's is one of the main reason why we keep this builds on a closed circle. Thank you for explaining. This is the very first I, and I expect others have heard about the "shutdown" during and after outages, this is to be commended, but I think that when anyone who cares to look can see these 64 GPU machines in the top 20, it might have been a good "PR" exercise to let people know that you weren't "swamping the server" I know a lot uses the reschedulers (there are a lot of them who works fine), and nobody say nothing about and the impact on the Wu cache is exactly the same Yes I should probably have mentioned them in my earlier post, however they are not as easy to see, but after what you have said, I hope they are doing the same thing and not swamping the servers with thousands of tasks after an outage and displaying the same community spirit. |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984538)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: ".....Again to releave the pressure on the servers to give everybody else what they need until it's time to start to fill up the buffers again. So you are saying that after any outage, all the users with "spoofed" GPU's wait until the traffic dies down before reporting or asking for new work. If so then I applaud you community spirit, and it may help to let this fact be better known. |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984536)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As suggested, starting a thread to separate this discussion from the "panic mode thread" Thanks to Richard for suggesting it. I had the same thought while out for my morning walk! |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984529)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that was the problem, have just downloaded the first 4 SOG tasks!! |
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High performance Linux clients at SETI
(Message 1984528)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the problem is two fold. 1) The Linux app is so fast that each machine with a modern GPU cannot last through a normal outage, let alone the sort of problems we had last week. This has caused problem 2 2) Some Linux special app users have recompiled Boinc so as to report large numbers of GPU's typically 64 or 48 so to be able to stockpile work for the outage. What this does is this. If you look at just the top 20 machines, and assume each one has an average of 4 GPU's, after an outage or longer shutdown they would be trying to return 20x4x100=8,000 tasks Of course they will then request a further 8,000 tasks, however there are not 80 GPU's in the top 20 machines but 595, so they will be returning and asking for up to 595x100=59,500 tasks The top twenty machines are asking for 7 times the amount of work you might reasonably expect. Now to me that would appear to help with the slowness of the recovery after an outage, and I think it might just annoy or upset others. Please note I having nothing against Linux, I have even started a new Linux cruncher yesterday, however I can see how it make make others question things |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984517)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bernie Thank you, that may have been the issue as I discovered that Ubuntu 18.04 needs to have OpenCL installed manually!! I hadn't noticed it was missing from the startup!!. Easy to see why Linux is OK for simple things but having to use the terminal for almost everything is a pain, to make it worse I am just copying and pasting lines I find on the internet like "sudo apt install ocl-icd-libopencl1" See if I get any SOG tasks now!! You need to use the proper Nvidia drivers to use OpenCL As above, the Nvidia drivers don't come with OpenCL!! With the default "Nouveau drivers" Boinc didn't even detect the card |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984513)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this is disappointing, after 27 cuda 60 tasks taking between 30 and 40 minutes each, it is till sending me them nothing else!! How long before I get any SOG tasks? My old 750ti's manage a task in around 15 minutes on windows in 10 year old Dells, this is a brand new motherboard and newish card so I am currently wasting electricity. This same card was running tasks in an average 7.5 minutes on Windows Looks like I will have to shell out for a copy of Windows 10. |
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Getting started :
Long time account no longer recognized - username based; not email
(Message 1984512)
Posted 11 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I lost my seti account when i changed my email address to a new computer I tried to get in and it said I already have a account at this address how do I get my project back If you are trying to add a new computer, look for the "yes existing user" when attaching to SETI@Home, don't try to sign up for a new account, as this will give you the existing account message. In the sign up box don't use the default Click on the "yes existing user" button. This will take you to a "sign in" page rather than a "sign up" page. (I used sat at home in the image as I am already signed up!) SETI@Home uses the email address as the user id as they are unique. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984428)
Posted 10 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I would suggest to just keep running the stock repository BOINC and apps until you get a baseline with SoG eventually and you get more familiar with Linux. Then you could then try out the CUDA 9 app by removing the stock BOINC installation and installing the All-in-One package and try out the CUDA 9 app for comparison. Yes that is what I intend to do. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984413)
Posted 10 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Also with Linux you could start processing on that 1060 with the CUDA9 application. So what exactly would I do with that? There are on these boards a plethora of threads about how to get the best out of Linux, however they aren't always easy to understand. Also I had several false starts today simply due to having to use the command line, which I will admit were simple typing errors, but is does slow things down. I was under the impression a gtx 1060 would average near 7 minutes under Windows/SOG as well as Linux/SOG. I haven't been sent any SOG yet just 88 cuda 60 |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984388)
Posted 10 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well then, here it is up and running. 8683958 A bit unimpressive at the moment with 85 CUDA 60 tasks that are going to take 30 mins each, with the CPU tasks around the same. The motherboard was a whole set of screw holes smaller that the old one. The SSD made the Ubuntu install even easier. Learnt something I didn't know, you don't need the MB drivers as Linux does all that for you, never installed Linux on a new machine before. So I have transformed a rather lacklustre 11 year old HP desktop into a modern Linux cruncher (That I could play games on, if I installed Windows of course) I will leave it a bit to see how it goes. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984370)
Posted 10 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I got an email yesterday to say that my AMD Ryzen 3 Motherboard Bundle would be delivered to my local PC World today. Also having had a look at the power supply I had in this case, it is older that I had though and only had a 4 pin ATX 12v plug. So I ordered a Corsair VS550 550 W PSU. Only ordered it yesterday and it is being delivered today! This is the same as I have in both my older Dells and they work fine, both have a pair of 750ti's and performed perfectly in the last WOW event. So hopefully a 1060 will be fine. I haven't built a PC in a long while, my last two were "off the shelf" gaming PC's. So I am quite looking forward to this. |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1984310)
Posted 9 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: ANY driver that does not know the size & height of his Goods vehicle should not be on the road. Ever heard of 11ft 8, has it own you tube channel The 11 foot 8 Bridge (formally known as the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass and nicknamed The Can-Opener) is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States, that has attracted media coverage and popular attention because tall vehicles such as trucks, buses, and RVs frequently collide with the unusually low overpass, I am sure you will like a few of these: 11ft 8 You tube |
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A little odd?
(Message 1984078)
Posted 8 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I decide to go for it. Ordered just now, also added a 240Gb Kingston SSD. Found out I can pick it up locally!! Even stranger, from my local PC World!! So it is due on Monday. Will be interested to see how it performs. |
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News :
We're back up.
(Message 1983802)
Posted 7 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: GPUUG were always the go-between, but they have been very quiet recently. If you look here: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83895&postid=1983630#1983630 You will see a post from Mr Kevvy, who is part of the GPUUG |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983799)
Posted 7 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Would the paypal work around Works well for me. |
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GTX 1660 thread
(Message 1983673)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just for comparison Here's mine CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 419.17, CUDA version 10.1, compute capability 7.5, 4096MB, 3556MB available, 5484 GFLOPS peak) OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 419.17, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 6144MB, 3556MB available, 5484 GFLOPS peak) |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983593)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: of course we have the social oddballs that choose to hide donations. Social oddball? I hide my donations because I don't judge people on whether they donate or not, you might also find it "odd" I have my add blocker hide all donation status on every single poster here. That way I treat everyone the same as I never see green stars or any animated donation gif. In my eyes everyone is equal. Also it shows that lack of a green star has no bearing as to whether some had donated. |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1983588)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks, but I think you only need to register, that's all I did, but a long time ago, >10 years. I don't pay. Yes and it wants me to disable my adblocker, I won't do that just to read an article so... |
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A little odd?
(Message 1983576)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: In the GTX 1660 thread, you mentioned buying from a firm in Bradford. I don't know if that was my favourite local store, but I had a look anyway: Thanks Richard, yes it was CCL I got the 1660 from, very good service, extremely quick. That is a better price and definitely worth thinking about |
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A little odd?
(Message 1983570)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks, yes that is what I suspected but not having kept up with AMD CPU's I was a bit in the dark,. A similar setup with a Ryzen and no ram is £100 more and for me, really not worth it just for a crunching rig. Trouble is INTEL CPU's start about £150 above that !! I will have to do a bit more searching!! |
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A little odd?
(Message 1983566)
Posted 6 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: In an attempt to use my spare 1060, I am thinking of building a cheap and cheerful Linux box I have the case and a good PSU. I may use an existing HDD or get a small SSD It seems the cheapest CPU is AMD, so as a cheap bundle how does this sound AMD Bulldozer FX-6300 6 Core 3.5Ghz, ASUS M5A78L-M USB3 Motherboard & 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM - £165 - $217 |
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GTX 1660 thread
(Message 1983426)
Posted 4 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm getting 11-17mins a wu out of My Asus 970 Turbo w/a 100MHz overclock and the fan at 100%, Interesting as I am getting 6-8 minutes a wu from my non turbo non overclocked Zotac 970, running one wu at time. (Average of 40 random tasks from my list is 7 minutes) PS I wonder if there is a better command line for the 1660ti, I am still using the one for my 1060. Interesting, did you try the 1660 in the Linux box too? Sorry but the main reason I brought the 1660 was for gaming, and there Windows rules, the Linux box was an experiment which I may expand on later with a purpose built machine firstly for the 1060, but who knows ;-) |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983185)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes it does seem to be "machine dependant" suddenly my number 2 machine has a stuck download, and nothing will move it. Number 1 just keeps going, strange. |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983172)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: See, the project is back. But the download issues remain the same. Not here have had full caches on both my machines within a short time, no download problems at all. PS. I left <max_file_xfers_per_project>1</max_file_xfers_per_project> Don't know if that helped |
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Windows :
No work available to process
(Message 1983122)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems you now have 23 tasks downloaded. |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983116)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: An honest and fair reply. Each to his own as they say. Female company is not everyone's cup of tea :-) Ha, I was being sarcastic, what I do with my time is none of your business. |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983112)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Boincstats reports that the number of active users is now closer to 92K than 93K. Hardly surprising. Yep it is one of my hobbies, along with walking, reading, playing computer games and photography so wouldn't really have time for a wife ;-) |
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Politics :
Yellow Vest Movement?
(Message 1983111)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: BBC Yellow vest coverage |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1983108)
Posted 3 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just down loaded 200+ tasks across 2 machines no problems all completed with no intervention. |
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News :
Download server glitch
(Message 1982989)
Posted 1 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: All good here, tasks completing, uploading, new ones downloading. |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1982956)
Posted 1 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Eric has posted here Download sever glitch |
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Panic Mode On (115) Server Problems?
(Message 1982771)
Posted 1 Mar 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: A little bit of baby sitting here(spamming the retry on the last waiting task) and managed to get both machines to full caches. To be fair it was only about 50 tasks across 2 machines. |
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Getting started :
Long time account no longer recognized - username based; not email
(Message 1982592)
Posted 28 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Actually that is exactly your issue, using that method you will be able to recover your old account, change password and or email address and reclaim your totals. |
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Running One CPU Unit with Multiple GPU Units on a Multi-Processor CPU
(Message 1982568)
Posted 28 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The moderating team have reviewed the posts in this thread and some have been removed. I will open the thread, but if the personal animosity continues the posts will be removed and the thread locked permanently. Please sort out you personal difficulties privately. Thank you for understanding. |
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Running One CPU Unit with Multiple GPU Units on a Multi-Processor CPU
(Message 1982561)
Posted 28 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This conversation has developed into a personal argument that is not advancing the thread discussion. I think both side should just agree to disagree. |
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Nvidia patches eight security flaws in graphics products
(Message 1982560)
Posted 28 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: That all depends on: Indeed it does, I have two 32 bit Windows 10 machines that cannot have driver updates but I wonder if the security problems still exist and just cannot be patched. As the article states it effects all graphic products including AMD and Intel, I very much suspect it does. Just noticed this line in the document "Affected versions include the versions listed and all earlier branches and releases. If you are using an unsupported version or an earlier unsupported branch, upgrade to the latest supported version. To identify products that are no longer supported, check the product EOL pages Windows legacy GPU releases and UNIX legacy GPU releases, or contact NVIDIA Support." Which seems to me to say that it affects all cards, but there is no patch for the older or 32 bit OS ones. However now you can see why it is important to have the latest drivers. Please let us know when those security patches make it into the Ubuntu/NVIDIA/Launchpad open source drivers. It was in the link in my first post For those who may not have seen the link to the offical Nvidia document it is HERE It gives further links to check if your card is supported, which for FERMI apparently security support ended last month!! |
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Nvidia patches eight security flaws in graphics products
(Message 1982509)
Posted 27 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Taken from my daily email from Sophos Chip maker Nvidia has released its first security update for 2019 (ID 4772), fixing eight CVE flaws in its Windows and Linux graphics display drivers. Users are advised to patch as soon as possible. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1982467)
Posted 27 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: So just to see I decided to try the 1060 in one of the old Dell XPS 420's I had of course forgotten that they are both 32 bit and Nvidia support has stopped for 32 bit systems and driver 391.35 is the last one. Well as you can probably guess the driver failed to install. So either it didn't like the 1060 or there is a problem with the card. Removed the 1060 and put the 750ti back no problems Boinc saw it straight away. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1982438)
Posted 27 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie you need a cc_config.xml with the use all GPU option set in your BOINC data folder when using mismatched GPU's. Sorry should have mentioned that I already did that before I started. Boinc is correctly identifying both GPU's, however the OpenCL driver appears twice for each card no mater how I install the drivers. As my first post: 26/02/2019 11:13:03 | | Running under account BAV PS I have done this before, both my old Dells ran for the WOW event with pairs of 750ti's and never had this problem. I assume it is because they are different cards. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1982431)
Posted 27 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seems like I had a worse problem, I checked the WU's that had been done just before the outage, to see all of them were being done on device 0 the 1060. Sure enough checked with GPU-Z and the 970 was doing nothing, both WU's were running on the 1060. (even though Bionc Tasks said they were running on d0 and d1) So I did a clean install of the 419.17 drivers, still had the double OpenCL appearing. So went into safe mode and removed the Nvidia drivers with DDU. Rebooted, and did another install of the 419.17 drivers. This failed before it even got to the options, tired it again same result. So I decided to try the previous drivers, 418.81, this got to the options screen where it said I had 388.01 drivers installed, no idea where they came from Windows I assume. I went ahead and installed 418.81 but it still had the same double OpenCL, so as this was turning into a wast of time I removed the 1060 and everything is back to normal. So has anyone else seen this before where Boinc sees both cards and identifies them as d0 and d1, yet both WU's were running on d0, more than a little odd. So now I have a GTX 1060 3Gb that I can't use. My only spare machines are 10 year old Dell's that cost too much to run all the time. |
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Getting started :
Long time account no longer recognized - username based; not email
(Message 1982285)
Posted 26 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Long time account - started approx. 2000. Had to restart in 2018, but my account shows no statistics even though on my stats page I have over 3 1/2 million completed tasks. My computer has been running 24 hrs a day for 18 years. How can this updated to reflect this? You say you "restarted" in 2018, but your computers have been running for 18 years. As the account you have posted here with shows no computers were ever connected, I have to assume your old account is still active and your computers are connected to it. Why did you have to "restart" in 2018? |
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A little odd?
(Message 1982280)
Posted 26 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Richard This was in fact a fresh install of the latest driver, but I didn't do a clean install. I will try that later. |
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A little odd?
(Message 1982277)
Posted 26 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just transfered my now spare GTX1060 to my number 2 machine. It is on a riser as there is no room. Everything went OK and it is now crunching on both cards; http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8669914 Obviously it says 2 1060's rather than one and a 970 However the Boinc strart up log shows this. 26/02/2019 11:13:03 | | Running under account BAV Two entries for OpenCL for each card. Is this something to worry about or just a glitch? It is only crunching one WU per card as is set. |
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GTX 1660 thread
(Message 1982269)
Posted 26 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it has been crunching OK overnight, thought I would do a quick "non scientific" look at the figures. The 1660 replaced a 1060 and the 970 is in my other machine. I have done a quick average of the last 20 tasks done by my three cards (not including AP or shorties) and these are the times: GTX-970 - 6.4 minutes/task GTX -1060 - 7.3 minutes/task GTX-1660 - 4.5 minutes/task Also here is a comparison of GPU-Z on the 1660 and the 970 while crunching (the 1060 is currently homeless) Both are as they came no tweeks or O/C by me though the 1660 is apparently factory O/C The interesting thing is the power consumption, 92 watts verses 125 watts. As for gaming it is superb, my current game is online and I have had problems with low fps in busy places, last night I saw a solid 60 fps most of the time with just a few places dropping to the mid 40's. I am hoping to put the spare 1060 into the same machine as the 970, as it has the bigger PSU. It will be on a riser as there is no room. I will see how it goes. |
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GTX 1660 thread
(Message 1982150)
Posted 25 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just installed mine. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8467086 Weirdly says 4096 MB memory when it shows on the system as 6144 MB Operating System: Windows 10 Home, 64-bit DirectX version: 12.0 GPU processor: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Driver version: 419.17 Driver Type: Standard Direct3D API version: 12 Direct3D feature level: 12_1 CUDA Cores: 1536 Core clock: 1785 MHz Memory data rate: 12.00 Gbps Memory interface: 192-bit Memory bandwidth: 288.05 GB/s Total available graphics memory: 14306 MB Dedicated video memory: 6144 MB GDDR6 System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 8162 MB Video BIOS version: 90.16.20.00.87 IRQ: Not used Bus: PCI Express x16 Gen3 Device ID: 10DE 2182 3FBF1458 Part Number: G161 0021 I wanted to try a benchmark program but cant find a new one yet. GPUZ is to old as well PS Won't be crunching much till later as I am about to take it for a test drive in post apocalyptic Appalachia in Fallout 76 |
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Cafe SETI :
Weather Forecasts XI Spring is in the air
(Message 1982129)
Posted 25 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well here in sunny south London the mercury hits 17ºC - 62.6ºF Definitely no coat weather, like a spring day And it's still February !! |
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Getting started :
logon issues
(Message 1982100)
Posted 25 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: You have to create a user account on each project you wish to add. Your SETI@Home username and password only work here. ( I assume when you say "I am currently logged into SETI running projects" you actually mean "work units", and that you are trying to add different "projects") |
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Politics :
Socialism
(Message 1981970)
Posted 24 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I find it incredible and somewhat distasteful that someone who has supported a more right wing America should use that image. That is what happens when the far right get into power. |
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GTX 1660 thread
(Message 1981820)
Posted 23 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This is annoying, my main rig has a 1060 3Gb, which while fine for SETI, is not quite enough for my gaming. So recently I was thinking of upgrading to a 1060 6Gb, then I see this! https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B07NXVKDLW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new Just really out of my price range but very tempting!!! I gave in and ordered a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Boost Graphics Card for £278.60 ($363.67 - €320.65) from a firm in Bradford, seemed like a good price. Due here Tuesday. |
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Windows :
add computer
(Message 1981431)
Posted 21 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a computer was added to your account on: 21 Feb 2019, 6:01:05 UTC And has downloaded 2 tasks. |
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Farewell and Rest In Peace - Gordon MacKenzie Lowe
(Message 1981330)
Posted 20 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP Gordon, you will never be forgotten |
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Wish list :
Installing Seti@Home on Raspberry Pi platform.
(Message 1981309)
Posted 20 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: There are several crunchers using Raspberry Pi's on SETI@home. Here is a recent thread. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83660 |
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Getting started :
New to SETI@Home. What do I do?
(Message 1981285)
Posted 20 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Does the software do that automatically? Once you have installed BOINC and then connected to a project, yes the tasks are downloaded and processed automatically. |
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Getting started :
New to SETI@Home. What do I do?
(Message 1981251)
Posted 20 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI@Home is designed to really be a project that requires very little user interaction. BOINC will handle all the task management. All you really need to do is make sure it has an internet connection. I can see you have downloaded 48 tasks, both for your CPU and your internal Intel GPU. If you want to look at you task list just click on your name in the top right of the screen , then select "Tasks -> View." This will allow you to keep a check. Also feel free to ask any questions, there are many people here who have been running SETI@Home for many years . |
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how many pc do you have for boinc projects
(Message 1980448)
Posted 15 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: 2.5, It has been two for several months now, my daily driver an HP Omen gaming rig with a GTX 1060 and my older ASUS with a GTX 970, but I have two old Dells that are just gathering dust, so I managed to get one of them to run yesterday, has a pair of GTX 750Ti's. Not sure if I will keep it running, but the extra heat is nice :-) |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1980242)
Posted 14 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: 115 is here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83895 |
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GPU applications :
DISASTER WITHOUT - WITHOUT MS UPDATE
(Message 1980146)
Posted 13 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: If you look in the release notes I linked to you will see CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE: So yes you should have the OpenCL driver |
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GPU applications :
DISASTER WITHOUT - WITHOUT MS UPDATE
(Message 1980025)
Posted 12 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Keith he wanted the BOINC error message changed not the thread title. @Philsard I think you want this driver: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28515/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-10?product=88196 The release note are here: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28515/eng/ReleaseNotes_DCH_25.20.100.6519.pdf On page 4 under the supported hardware it says: "6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® HD Graphics 520/530" Which is I believe what you have. Hopefully Jord will confirm this |
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GPU max 100wu Why?
(Message 1980024)
Posted 12 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought it wasn't a server restriction, but a database one. There is a limit to the number of queries it can process irrespective of hardware. I might be wrong but that is what I seem to remember. |
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GPU max 100wu Why?
(Message 1979945)
Posted 11 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: From what I remember, the 100 Wu limit was imposed because after the outage (any outage in fact) the database was unable to keep up with the large amount of results being returned in one go. So in fact now that GPU's have got faster and there are many multi GPU machines it would probably be even worse, add in Linux and the special sauce and well.. Someone should do a few sums on how many WU's the top 100 machines process per hour, times that by the nominal length of an outage an see what total number of WU's being returned from just the top 100 would be. |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1979856)
Posted 11 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just thought I would post a quick update. After 2 months of Linux I admit I just cannot get on with it, I am a Windows fanboy and that is that. To old to bother trying to learn a new OS. So after a bit of thought I decided to see if a total re-install of Win 10 would work, to my surprise it did, not only that but I was able to install the latest Nvidia driver, something I haven't been able to do on this machine for over a year. So as I suspected it was a long standing problem with the Win 10 install. Of course I now have to get Windows back to the way it was but as this is my number 2 machine there is no rush. Have to see how it goes but I am much happier now. Feels like I got an old friend back :-) |
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Windows :
my homepage just says not running ..why pls
(Message 1979617)
Posted 9 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Where are you seeing "not running"? By "resetting" you have created a duplicate computer on your account. The "new" machine has downloaded 10 tasks and has processed and returned one about half an hour ago, so it is running. |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1979547)
Posted 9 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Everything normal on my 2 machines. 37 errors across the 2 machines , both now with full caches and tasks validating. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 100
(Message 1979427)
Posted 8 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Investigations |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1979425)
Posted 8 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Downloads moving again!! |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1978741)
Posted 5 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Well forums seem to be working OK, and downloads are normal, so I suspect it is just a huge amount of uploads swamping the server. Only having a couple of low power machines both have full caches. |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1978738)
Posted 5 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a few "retry" clicks and all my uploads have gone, obviously not as many as some around 40 I guess. |
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Windows :
Problems with installing virtual machines on windows
(Message 1978435)
Posted 3 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As you have posted in another thread that you have downloaded BOINC OK without Virtual Box, I will close this thread. |
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Windows :
THE CALCULATION ERROR
(Message 1978416)
Posted 3 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: One occasional error is not really anything to worry about. Can be due to lots of things. Only start worrying if it happens often |
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Windows :
How to download the application
(Message 1978415)
Posted 3 Feb 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Uninstalled Boinc-Seti at Home a while back In which case it might be best if you could log back in using your original account. Then go here https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ And click on the green box on the right which says "Download Boinc". The click on the blue box on the right "Download Boinc" SETI@Home does not require Virtual Box so do not use that. |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1977091)
Posted 26 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Alice |
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Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dead at 94
(Message 1976884)
Posted 25 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: The Navajo code talkers were commended for the skill, speed, and accuracy they demonstrated throughout the war. At the Battle of Iwo Jima, Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer, had six Navajo code talkers working around the clock during the first two days of the battle. These six sent and received over 800 messages, all without error. Connor later stated, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima RIP |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1976733)
Posted 24 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Phone |
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Windows :
Time, Power, Frequency Grid Empty
(Message 1975829)
Posted 18 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I can see this. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 1975143)
Posted 14 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: As you may, or may not, know. One of my favourite pastimes is computer gaming. I have been playing on and off for around 30 years. My latest game comes from the "Fallout" franchise. Fallout games are set in a alternate timeline that diverged from ours around 1947, when the Fallout universe didn't discover transistors. However went to to become the world that was portrayed in 50's Sci-Fi stories, robots, power armour fusion power etc. If you want to know more go here. Fallout World However all was not well in this timeline and on October the 23rd 2077 China attacked the USA with nuclear weapons. The game centres on survivors of "The Great War" and the struggle for survival. Most of the protagonists were the lucky few who survived in underground "vaults" run by a crooked company called "Vault Tech". The latest episode is called Fallout 76 and is an online game (not my favourite way to play). You play as one of the 500 vault dwellers in Vault 76 who on the 23rd of October 2102 leave the safety of the vault to go and "Rebuild America". Note: The post apocalyptic world is full of people and things, mostly things that will certainly try and interfere with any rebuilding. :-) Vault 76 is in Vest Virginia, which as you may be aware is where the Greenbank Telescope resides in our universe :-) So I was interested to see if the Fallout world had it's counterpart. It is a large game map and it take a while but recently I was on the eastern side of the map and saw this. It is called "The National Isolated Array", in the fallout world but is obviously Greenbank Early morning shot. Interesting that the game designers would go to the trouble to include that. Oh and this is my character resplendent in his "Excavator Power Armor". |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1975136)
Posted 14 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: I can remember when we got our first computer with a HDD- 20MB. Same here :-) Now I have a 64GB SD card in my phone and camera and wonder what I would have thought of that back then!! |
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Getting started :
What does all of this mean?
(Message 1974890)
Posted 12 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This is a good place to start. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php Just in case your browser doesn't translate: http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/screensaver/index.html |
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Windows :
Time, Power, Frequency Grid Empty
(Message 1974795)
Posted 11 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie No all I see is |
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Windows :
Time, Power, Frequency Grid Empty
(Message 1974783)
Posted 11 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Success! Ageless, thank you for your patience and help. Sorry but you picture does not show for me |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1974782)
Posted 11 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: 01dc06aa See Eric's post here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83798 |
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Tasks long-since completed by all crunchers still awaiting validation
(Message 1974041)
Posted 7 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: This problem is usually cleared when the tasks reach the report deadline, which is the 12th Jan for the first one. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 99
(Message 1973567)
Posted 5 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Monarch |
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Windows :
No Work?
(Message 1973200)
Posted 3 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: When this happens it is best to go to "Number Crunching" and look for the "panic" thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83574 Where you will see everybody has been having problems getting work since the end of yesterdays outage. Hopefully thing will get better in a few hours when staff arrive. |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1973152)
Posted 3 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: Just got 30 WUs for my GPU only cruncher |
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Getting started :
credits to post
(Message 1973057)
Posted 2 Jan 2019 by Bernie Vine Post: It is not a question of total credit, but Recent Average Credit or RAC. You just need an RAC of 1 or more, as yours is 72 you should be able to post OK |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1972774)
Posted 31 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Lookout |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 1971862)
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just finished my first full shift for Crisis at Christmas. Crisis is a homeless charity in the UK which for the past 30+ years has run homeless shelters around the UK There are 11 in London this year and one is in Croydon. The shelters provides food, beds, and a safe environment for homeless people. They also have showers, advice centres, medical personal, and safe storage for all guest possessions., plus an internet cafe. This runs for a week and is totally staffed by volunteers, all food and equipment is donated. Last night was the fist night the shelter was open and had 50 sleepers, they are expecting 200+ during the week. There were around 200 volunteers for the "day shift" and you can end up doing, anything, I helped prepare the cafe, helped unload the food, cleaned toilets and guided the guests at different spots. The centre is in a school, as it has all the facilities needed and is of course empty at this time of year. What is totally humbling is just how grateful the guests are many came up to me and just wanted to shake my hand and wish me a happy Christmas. I also met lots of volunteers who just wanted to help in any way they could. Altogether an eye opening experience. I will be doing another "day shift" (7:45 am to 4pm) on Thursday, followed by a "night shift" (10:15pm to 8:30am) on Friday then help with the "close down" and clear up on Sunday. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 1971768)
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: @Bernie No never, so I have no idea what the menu is like. |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1971767)
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Colorado |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII
(Message 1971457)
Posted 22 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I was surprised when the sign went up on a shop in Croydon that is being refurbished. I didn't even know they had a presence in the UK, but apparently they are all over. It is not open yet so I cant say what it is like yet. Almost forgot this, a couple of weeks ago the Google Bus was in town Personally I didn't even know they had a bus!! Also that is one of the old much loved Routemasters, not sure what bus aficionados make of the "alterations" |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1971367)
Posted 21 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sky |
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Getting started :
Location of FAQ for new users and should I join?
(Message 1971173)
Posted 20 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok. I was looking for an email notification of replies but not seeing any only recently returned . I'll read the cited document. Click on the "subscribe" button at the top of the thread to get an email when there is a reply. |
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Favorite non-alcoholic beverages
(Message 1970917)
Posted 18 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I can't believe it's just beer or water for you! Don't forget wine and coffee, :-) But no soft drinks of any kind |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970897)
Posted 18 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Mmmm... Quite odd. Yes I meant 18.04.1LTS,(fat fingers) if you read my post you will see I did install the indicator-cpufreq and it crashed within a minute. I restarted and it seem to work, however now with only Aricebo data crunched since taking over 5 hours for a single WU I think I will give it up and just crunch on the 970. I have no desire at my age to try to learn a new system that relies on typing commands. With older fingers and eyes it is easy to make mistakes as I did on another install of Ubuntu and now the machine no longer boots at all. I have seen many posts here about trying to get the most from Linux, and noticed that mistakes are often made. I know Windows and despite what many here say Win 10 is the best operating system for me. |
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Favorite non-alcoholic beverages
(Message 1970895)
Posted 18 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as non alcoholic beverages are concerned, just water. Over the years the the sweetness of all the "colas" etc just turned me off, I do also drink sparkling water but that is all. |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1970894)
Posted 18 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Galactic |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970836)
Posted 17 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The Ubuntu forums have your answer: Yes I had already see that 3 year old post, when I tried the command it says "performance powersave not found." When I installed the "incicator-cpufreq" it crashed within a minute. I do not think anything I have found applies to Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS It really isn't that important, I wasn't expecting much from Linux, it is just a stopgap till the new year when I will have the time to rebuild the machine back to windows 10 . |
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Raspberry Pi & Other SBC Computers Discussion Thread :)
(Message 1970724)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I just installed it on my linux machine and the graph portion was "closed" I had to drag the bar on the left towards the middle and the graph was revealed |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970655)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes the watch -n1 "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep \"^[c]pu MHz\"" Shows three CPU cores at around 2.5 Ghz which is correct and one CPU core fluctuating as I would expect. I already looked at the "how to page" but to be quite honest I do not intend to get into that. I just want a machine to crunch quietly in the background. If Ubuntu slows down my CPU well until I have the time to rebuild the Windows HDD I will just have to accept it. |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970649)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As to power settings, as it was a gaming machine I had the BIOS set for "high power" I did not change it for Linux.It's not the BIOS that's causing this, it's a fairly simple setting in Linux. OK I ran the cat /proc/cpuinfo command and got 3 cores around : cpu MHz : 2504.884 and one at cpu MHz : 1576.246 As I am only running 50% CPU I assume that is right. However I will try setting the "performance" option and see if it makes a difference Edit: Seems sudo cpufreq-selector -g performance is a "command not found" on Ununtu 18.04. |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970639)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I never try to use the on board graphics, always use the GPU as the display. |
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Windows :
No work??
(Message 1970629)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Since you have no computer connected to the project you would not get any work. You have to "add" a project to BOINC before you get any work. |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970628)
Posted 16 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: We are talking about the same task types correct? You can't compare a BLC cpu task with a Arecibo VLAR task and expect them to compute in the same time. The last 3 CPU tasks displayed for the Windows machine were BLC Here is one still showing http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=7142213674 compare it to one just completed. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=7236203127 1 hr 41 minutes to 2 hour 41 minutes As to power settings, as it was a gaming machine I had the BIOS set for "high power" I did not change it for Linux. If this is the case it seems a shame and might tempt me to re-install Windows which I prefer. Interesting side note, I installed Unbutu 18.04 on a much older machine that I use to access the internet while playing games, it has trouble running Win 10 Well it has a lot more trouble running Ubuntu, it went from "slow" to almost unusable, just running Firefox on 3 or 4 tabs. Better when I installed Chrome, but slower than the same in Windows. I thought that Linux was better for older machines as it had less overheads. |
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Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970500)
Posted 15 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I never used the APU in Windows so not using it here. Never even looked into how to use it. Also I am only crunching on 50% CPU. Over all it is fine as it is so I won't worry. |
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Number crunching :
Help for a linux newby
(Message 1970431)
Posted 15 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Due to a HDD fail on my number 2 machine, to get it working again quickly I installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on a spare HDD https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8634470 Now there is lots of advice on how to crunch efficiently but is is spread across the forums and occasionally seem to contradict itself. Currently SOG and sah seem to be on a par with windows for the GPU, CUDA60 is around 4 times longer. As for the CPU, the time has increased from around 1.7 hours to 2.7 hours. It looks like I am not getting any more CUDA 60 but can I make the GPU and CPU more efficient. (no special sauce required) Any advice will be welcome PS I did follow the "easy install guide" in a thread and I had it up and crunching in 50 minutes |
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Unix/Linux :
I have not received any tasks from seti@home for several days now. Any reason why?
(Message 1969745)
Posted 10 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: If you go to the Number Crunching forum and look for the "Panic Mode on" thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83574 It will usually have information on any problems. The last couple of days have seen problems and the workflow dropped. However this seems to be resolved now and work should be flowing again. Personally I have a full cache. |
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Web site :
questions
(Message 1969067)
Posted 7 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: No, the project has been running fine since the Tuesday outage. To find out what is happening you will need to supply a bit more information. Perhaps even post here the first 30 or so lines from the BOINC startup log. |
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GPU applications :
GPU Missing. Waiting execution
(Message 1968884)
Posted 5 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you by any chance using MS remote desktop to view this machine. If so, it uses it's own video drivers, which stop the GPU working for SETI@Home |
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Panic Mode On (114) Server Problems?
(Message 1968645)
Posted 4 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread seems to have wandered way off topic. Perhaps someone would like to make a new thread for this current discussion. |
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NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1968293)
Posted 2 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The blinking cursor disappeared when I checked the monitor connection which actually looked fine. This led to opening windows with 12 updates required. From there it looked like I did install the driver BUT there is no update yet on the BOINC manager screen. Unless you actually clicked on the Nvidia driver install you will not have installed a driver that will work. |
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NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1968290)
Posted 2 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Dear Bernie That is a boot screen of some sort, have you got a keyboard and mouse connected? If not you will need them. As to the card being make by "Nvidia" and coming from China, it may well be a fake. Nvidia make the base chips but not many actual cards. So you may have an older less powerful model dressed up and pretending to be a 1050ti, which may be why the drivers on the CD are so old. Someone should have warned you to never ever buy anyting from ebay that comes from China. One video I saw on you-tube the guy took one apart and found it was a much older 760. it will no doubt work but will be slower than expected. |
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NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1968279)
Posted 2 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post:
OK there is the problem you need to be able to see the screen to install the GPU driver. it will not install by itself. Just putting in a CD or USB stick will not install the driver. Sorry but there is no other way. Can you not put a monitor keyboard and mouse onto the machine as a temporary measure? If definitely not and you do not have a program like VNC or TeamViewer installed then there is no way I can think of to install the driver. You also say it cost £48 on ebay? What make is it? Hopefully it didn't come from China |
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Word Link # 99
(Message 1968195)
Posted 1 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Worf |
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Number crunching :
NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1968190)
Posted 1 Dec 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually as he is in the UK this is the one he needs. https://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/driverResults.aspx/140353/en-uk (The US version often makes things worse.) :-) This is the latest driver for the 1050ti Download this then double click the downloaded file and as Brent says do a "clean Install" it will be one of the options after the software has unpacked and before it installs. P.S not sure if you really meant driver 337.88 as that would make it well over a year old!!! |
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NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1968016)
Posted 30 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The GPU details don't show up in the GPU column though? Then you are not crunching on the 1050ti 4,600 seconds in 1 hour 16 minutes, that is way too long I would expect around 15 minutes. My old GT640 is taking around 3,500 which is 58 minutes. Your Intel GPU is taking around 4,600 so I assume that is what you are seeing. Did you install drivers from Nvidia? |
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Unix/Linux :
GPU only use
(Message 1967271)
Posted 26 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry perhaps my explanation was a bit sparse You need to go to you account page here on the website. As far as I am aware it is the same for linux, but only running Windows I am not sure. Under your account you should see a section "Preferences" If you click the "SETI@Home preferences" link it will take you here Where you can see the CPU box and the "Edit Preferences" link. |
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Unix/Linux :
GPU only use
(Message 1967221)
Posted 26 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Go to you account page here. Look for the "Preferences for this project - SETI@home preferences" click that You will see your current settings. Second line is "Use CPU" it will be ticked. To change go to "Edit Preferences" at the bottom and click Untick the "Use CPU" box, the click the "Update Preferences" Net time the machine contacts SETI@Home the new preferences will be used and you should not get anymore CPU tasks |
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Graphics question
(Message 1966875)
Posted 24 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This was posted on the BOINC forum but you did not comment If you are running SETI's optimised applications then there are no graphics, also most (all?) of their more recent GPU applications don't have graphics either. Are you running GPU units? Are you using the optimised applications? With your computer hidden you will need to supply a few more details. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXXIV
(Message 1966160)
Posted 19 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Still waiting to go below RAC 2 :-) You might just make it in early 2019 |
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Beet's Give us a Caption - # 71
(Message 1965999)
Posted 18 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK as the Admirals image was a bit on the large size, I have reduced it and hidden the original From the original post Yay! Winner! So this is the happy baby. |
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Number crunching :
Should I leave cores or threads free for GPU?
(Message 1965888)
Posted 17 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Lets just let this thread cool down for a while. More moderator action needed in number crunching than in politics!! |
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Number crunching :
Choosing tasks to beat deadlines
(Message 1965308)
Posted 15 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a task from October sitting there that hasn't even started yet, with a December deadline, but tasks sent just today, with January deadlines, are being crunched. Except the October ones are GPU tasks and seem to be taking 11 hours. Whereas the November tasks are CPU which seem to be taking around 3 to 4 hours. So knowing nothing about Apple Macs it still seem that perhaps there is a problem with the GPU, it is old but 11 hours still seems a bit much. |
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Getting started :
Newbie - How to increase credit ?
(Message 1964938)
Posted 13 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course you will have to actually have a computer connected to the project and processing work units before you will get any credit at all. |
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Cafe SETI :
Gas prices in the USA
(Message 1964936)
Posted 13 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Due to the fact that there were several very off topic post about gas prices in the food thread, I have moved them all here |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXXIV
(Message 1964594)
Posted 11 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The goal is a totally empty task list for hostid=7585453. Hmm, well as you aborted quite a few tasks and one has been resent to a machine that has not communicated with SETI@Home for 11 days, and the task has a return time of 6th Jan, looks like we might have to wait till the end of FEB!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1964579)
Posted 11 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Freshfields Market is a shop in Croydon where I get my craft beer. |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1964578)
Posted 11 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Fields |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1964092)
Posted 9 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Logan's |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1963900)
Posted 8 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Snow |
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Number crunching :
NVIDIA QUADDRO 5000
(Message 1963616)
Posted 6 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So I should just be able to install this: Made your links "clickable". PS Unless you are short on space I would avoid the "mini" . Might be OK for occasional gaming but SETI@Home may just stress it a bit too much |
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A sharp fall of over 1000 RAC's on user account since the last maintenance on 30 October
(Message 1963275)
Posted 4 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Volunteer tester just means the person concerned has at sometime joined SETI Beta, which anyone can do. http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/ |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1962811)
Posted 1 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Protection |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1962796)
Posted 1 Nov 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bag |
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Number crunching :
Error- File info outside project in state file
(Message 1962583)
Posted 30 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Does the Manager think it could continue running with the tasks here Bernie, except for still not attaching to the project itself, by means of the user account needed for such? Sorry I don't understand. SETI@Home is not in the project list so it does not run any tasks. P.S. I have restarted the PC twice now and all that has happened is that all the error messages have gone except : [error] Couldn't parse account file account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml [error] Couldn't parse statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml Just checked and both of the above files just have NUL NUL NUL etc. So they are corrupted, suppose I will have to do an "Add project" as I know no other way to get the files back which will no doubt cause all tasks to error. Oh well I was only planning on using this machine overnight anyway so if it all goes wrong I can just switch it off permanently!! OK did that, lost all 119 tasks as abandoned got 2 new ones instead. Will lock the tread now as problem sloved. |
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Word Link # 98
(Message 1962581)
Posted 30 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Amontillado |
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Number crunching :
Error- File info outside project in state file
(Message 1962550)
Posted 30 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just been working on my 2nd PC, removing an unused HDD, and when it rebooted BOINC showed no SETI@Home project at all. The log shows 2-BAV-A1 1 30/10/2018 10:24:46 Starting BOINC client version 7.12.1 for windows_x86_64 2 30/10/2018 10:24:47 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug 3 30/10/2018 10:24:47 Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 4 30/10/2018 10:24:47 Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 5 30/10/2018 10:24:47 Running under account BAV 6 30/10/2018 10:24:47 [error] Couldn't parse account file account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml 7 30/10/2018 10:24:47 [error] Couldn't parse statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml 8 30/10/2018 10:25:01 CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 387.92, CUDA version 9.1, compute capability 5.2, 4096MB, 3390MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 9 30/10/2018 10:25:01 OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 387.92, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 4096MB, 3390MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 10 SETI@home 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] Project SETI@home is in state file but no account file found 11 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] Application astropulse_v7 outside project in state file 12 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] Application setiathome_v8 outside project in state file 13 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file 14 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file 15 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file 16 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file 17 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file 18 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] File info outside project in state file The last line repeated for 200 odd lines, the changes to 255 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] Application version outside project in state file Then to 277 30/10/2018 10:25:01 [error] Workunit outside project in state file Having never seen this before I have no idea what has happened. Any ideas? |
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Getting started :
Merging accounts
(Message 1962369)
Posted 29 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately "merging" accounts is not possible. |
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Number crunching :
Multi-GPU hardware setups: My method (feel free to share your own!)
(Message 1962157)
Posted 27 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry for the HUGE pictures, I'm not sure how to re-size for forum use? On Imgur, open the picture, in the bottom right hand corner you will see. Edit image, click on that and you the picture will open in edit mode. In top right hand corner will be the image size Change the first number to around 1100 and save. (yours are currently 5024x2824 much too big) Due to recent forum changes large images cause real problems with some browsers. |
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Number crunching :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1961663)
Posted 24 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Greetings, Perhaps it is because your tablet hasn't contacted SETI for nearly 2 weeks. Last Contact - 9 Oct 2018, 12:49:32 UTC PS the 76 to 38 then to 19 was a give away as RAC roughly halves in a week when no results are being returned. |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
Avoid High Amounts of Validation Inconclusive?
(Message 1961326)
Posted 21 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Validation inconclusive means that you and the person you are paired with didn't match 100% on a work unit result. Inconclusives can be because your "wing-mate" has a problem not you. It is not something to worry about and no account is "banned " for high inconclusive results. The two totals to watch are "Invalid" and "Error". If either of these is high ( I only start to worry when either is over 10) then you my nave a problem. However even if this happens your account will not be "banned", all that would happen is that the amount of work you can download would be restricted until you start returning valid results. |
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Windows :
Other BOINC projects run without my permission
(Message 1960914)
Posted 19 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: When you downloaded Boinc you didn't happen to join Science United on the left? If so this will do exactly what you describe, it will work on any project in an area you have chosen. Other than that I have no explanation as no one else has reported this problem. I would suggest downloading the latest version 7.14.2 from the link on the right. |
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Number crunching :
Test thread
(Message 1960265)
Posted 14 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Bernie, that restored the thread to usable format. Even though some pictures posted there, does not take into consideration that so many people I still use ADSL and am not 100meg, just 65 meg download and have never had any problems with pictures here. I was away recently and was using "hotel Wi-FI" that just about managed 2meg and I have to say I didn't notice the picture threads being any slower to load. However, if it is a problem I will no long post pictures as I feel they do need at least 1100x800 (which all my usually are) to get a good picture. And yes I could post links but many may not bother to click them. Sorry to have caused a problem. |
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Test thread
(Message 1960260)
Posted 14 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Doesn't work with IE11 in at least the below included thread. The entire thread is killed by this post (second picture), which is extremely big (5184 X 3888): The pictures was a mistake on my part, which had now been corrected by resizing. My apologies |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1960043)
Posted 13 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Makes me think of the old saying "Red at night, sailor's delight. Red in the morning, sailor's warning." Yep I was thinking the same thing as I took the pictures. |
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Wish list :
Nvidia RTX 2080 cards
(Message 1960039)
Posted 13 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A quick look at the number crunching forum reveals at least one user is already successfully crunching with 2 RTX 2080's https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/hosts_user.php?userid=110834 |
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Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1960037)
Posted 13 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a couple of pictures of the sunrise over Croydon this morning. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1960036)
Posted 13 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Walking in Croydon town center the other day I saw this sign. Nothing unusual about that you might say as there is a lot of building work going on at the moment' However 100 yards up the road. Now just a small thing you might think, but if a company who will be making large holes in a major thoroughfare, hasn't looked at a map!! If they cannot get the little things right??? Oh and it is actually Scarbrook ROAD, see little things. By the way Croydon residents are very protective about Katharine Street, "Kathrine"is pronounced to rhyme with "wine" Also this morning on my walk I saw this in a shop window OK, I suppose middle of October only 73 shopping day left!! :-( |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1959670)
Posted 11 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone know why I now have to scroll side to side to read posts this thread? I think it may have something to do with this GitHub. #2743 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 98
(Message 1959471)
Posted 10 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Navy |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1959272)
Posted 8 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As the article states, Micro$oft needs to generate trust with users. I saw that someone lost 120GB of personal data after the update install. I am assuming that in this day and age when HDD's and even SSD's are fairy cheap that "someone" would have backed up at least the important files. I mean it is not just a question of trusting Microsoft HDD's don't last forever. I have all my important personal documents and pictures backed up to my NAS AND backed up to a USB HDD that is kept offline other than when I back up and kept in a different room than the computer. I do agree that perhaps Microsoft does need a bit more testing :-( |
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Getting started :
Computer kept rebooting
(Message 1959251)
Posted 8 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as the computer concerned seems to be a laptop that may be difficult. Though it will be worth checking that any fan duct entries or exits are clear Couple of suggestions, don't use the INTEL Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 to crunch, many people here have found it negatively affects the CPU crunching, and will of course add more heat. Also with a laptop crunching SETI@Home I would always use some sort of cooling pad. |
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Windows :
How do I get SETI@Home to start giving me work units again.
(Message 1959218)
Posted 8 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK for a start you may have cut of your Boinc log a bit early as the last entry for Seti@Home is: 10/07/18 04:08:10 PM | SETI@home | update requested by user 10/07/18 04:08:14 PM | SETI@home | Fetching scheduler list I think others who might be able to help need to see if and what happens next. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (113) Server Problems?
(Message 1959133)
Posted 7 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the "Panic Mode" thread Can we keep discussions in that vein thank you. |
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Getting started :
can not login to my account
(Message 1958536)
Posted 5 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The original post contained information that is better not displayed on open forums so I hid it for security. Here is the post with the non secure portions removed hi, I installed new boinc client, trying to login to my account and It does not work. BOINC always reports this error: |
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Cafe SETI :
Cash or Card?
(Message 1958157)
Posted 2 Oct 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well after my sojourn to the USA, where I found that large shops in big cities do in fact take "contactless" payments. Some smaller shops and businesses use the "swipe and sign" method, obviously no more secure that the old system. Also if say in a restaurant your card is removed from your sight taken to the swipe machine then returned for you to sign, you then sign the receipt, and remove your card. Making it impossible to check the signature. At no time did I ever see anyone ever check the signature! Over all it was a lot safer to use cash, which I hated having to carry money around in my wallet So now I have been back in the UK for a week and I have not used cash once. I will now see how long I can go without using cash. I will let you know. |
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Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1957777)
Posted 29 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just returned from a trip "from coast to coast" of the USA. All by train of course. As I took over 2200 photos it has taken a while to look at them all. Here are a couple. The wheat-fields of Illinois, taken from Amtrak 29 en route to Chicago And crossing the Rockies taken from Amtrak 5 en route to San Francisco |
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Panic Mode On (113) Server Problems?
(Message 1957297)
Posted 26 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks to those who stayed late to get seti up and going again!!! I am surprised that many people think in this day and age it requires "hands on server" to sort out problems. I am pretty sure that all it requires is a laptop and internet connection. |
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TLPTPHW CCLXXIV
(Message 1957296)
Posted 26 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting with first breakfast back in the UK |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 98
(Message 1957294)
Posted 26 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Lie |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1956291)
Posted 19 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK you have seen this sort of picture before from me. This is the Chesterton IN railcam on Riley's Railhouse and this the the Capitol Ltd Amtrak 29 yesterday However yesterday was a little different, this is my picture from the lounge car I took the picture from here And this was the front one of the P42's that carried me to Chicago. Up close at Chicago Union Station Today I move on again, wonder if you can guess where and what train. |
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Dogs
(Message 1955699)
Posted 16 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I am currently visiting my sister in Hanover PA. For many years she has taken in rescue dogs, smaller ones preferred, sometimes driving to NY (4 hours away to collect them). She currently has 8, and here are a couple of my favourites, The first one was Freddie Who gave me that look when I stopped scratching his head. Of course where there is a Fred, you also find Barney And this has to be one of the prettiest dogs I have seem A Pomeranian, cross between a fox and a teddy bear. However as the newest arrival was not quite as friendly. |
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Cats Part II
(Message 1955494)
Posted 15 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Motel cat Hanover PA. |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1955491)
Posted 15 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So I have moved on from NY and travelled to see my sister in Hanover PA. I have booked into a motel and it was here I had the first total failure of my debit card, I told the women on reception not to use the chip but she did and it was rejected. She then swiped it and it was declined!! As it happened I did not have enough cash to pay, however there was an ATM on site and I got the cash from there, the ATM being quite happy with my card. So seems like a plot to get people to pay by cash. I hired a car in Baltimore and there was no problem there Strangely while I expected the ATM's here to charge a fee, the one at Penn station charged $5 a transaction, the one in a Chase bank, charged $3.50 and the ATM in a motel in a small town in PA charged $2.50. Better get some more cash here!! |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1955295)
Posted 14 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I did promise an update on my experiences with American "cards" So far I have used contact-less in CVS Pharmacy. MacDonald's, Starbucks and Pret A Manger I have used Chip and Sign in The Queens Museum and Don Giovanni restaurant At 214 10th Ave. My card was rejected at a Chinese restaurant in New Hampshire possibly because it was too much for the Chip and sign. All other transactions were cash. So better than I had expected. |
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TLPTPHW CCLXXIII
(Message 1955294)
Posted 14 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Wining with a latte on 39th And 8th Except tomorrow I catch Amtrak 95 to Baltimore!! It is still running, but nothing past Washington is. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXXIII
(Message 1955265)
Posted 13 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Wining with a latte on 39th And 8th |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1955263)
Posted 13 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Young |
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Number crunching :
Twin GPU Motherboard advice
(Message 1954951)
Posted 12 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It also runs pretty hot so you may need to use TThortle on it to keep it from over heating. Once again the program is called TThrottle as in Throttle not Thortle |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1954861)
Posted 11 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: When American police cars are mentioned one thinks of fast, sleek, like Dodge Chargers, or practical like Ford Explorers. The word "Smart" probably doesn't crop up often Spotted today near Brooklyn Bridge. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XXV - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1953894)
Posted 5 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Walking through Central Park today I chanced upon this A Black Squirrel Whilst supposed to be rare you can see from this picture there were two Interesting |
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Cafe SETI :
erm... there's this pigeon...
(Message 1953764)
Posted 5 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Annie, I have been following this story with interest as I have always felt pigeons get bad press. As you may or may not know I am currently in New York, and on my walks today I have taken a few pictures that prove pigeons are the same here. This is Bryant Park pigeon. This a HighLine pigeon And this is a Times Square pigeon Ubiquitous!! |
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TLPTPHW CCLXXIII
(Message 1953647)
Posted 3 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Have a safe trip Bernie. I did Have a pleasant flight Bernie. It was Its 87F here, my body says its 10.30 pm and I have been up since 3.30 am but my eyes say it is 5.30 pm. Which ever, time for bed!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXXIII
(Message 1953520)
Posted 3 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in Heathrow Terminal 3 departure lounge. Waiting on VS03 |
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Windows :
No work available to process?
(Message 1953185)
Posted 1 Sep 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well you seem to have picked up 11 tasks an completed 4 of them. |
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Windows :
No projects, can't connect to client. Please help.
(Message 1952901)
Posted 30 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Could it be because BOINC was already installed on my laptop? No BOINC works separately on each computer Does BOINC work on two devices connected to the same router? Yes, I have had up to 8 devices all processing SETI@Home work units at the same time. Is BOINC compatible with Windows 10? Definately |
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SETI@home Science :
Likelihood of receiving ET signals
(Message 1952697)
Posted 29 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Again, thanks for the heads up Bernie. Yes there are regular Nebula updates, but hardly anything is said about the Einstein Atlas cluster. To be able to use that was a massive step forward. My understanding is that "Nebula" is the overall name of the project, and the main processing of the files is done on the Atlas cluster. Well that is what is says in the "Welcome to Nebula" guide. |
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SETI@home Science :
Likelihood of receiving ET signals
(Message 1952687)
Posted 29 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post:
Fairly regular updates here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_forum.php?id=1511 |
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Number crunching :
GPU FLOPS: Theory vs Reality
(Message 1952678)
Posted 29 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: to control your gpu and/or cpu over heating I can highly recommend TThortle under Windows. It's TThrottle as in "Throttle a device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine." |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1952349)
Posted 27 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: •Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain• I think this is the very first thing Trump has done that I agree with. Everyone knows that there was no love lost between the two, why would Trump start spouting platitudes about someone he did not like and has been insulting to many times. For once for him to say nothing is the best thing he could have done. In a way it shows more respect, although I do not think that was his intention. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1952336)
Posted 27 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Year |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1952192)
Posted 26 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: To increase my poor knowledge, i do not know to what you referto by he lunatics app? Lunatics refers to a group who have developed what is known as an "Optimised Application" . The stock application is designed to be "one size fits all". So by design is not optimised for speed. The Lunatics Optimised Application has been designed to work on different setups with different CPU's and GPU's for optimum speed an accuracy. At sometime you must have down loaded and installed the app as it is running on your other machine. More than that you have selected the SOG (Signals on GPU) part of the app. This app provides much faster processing times on GPU's. From what you have said I now believe that the Lunatics App must still be installed, but as it required the missing Open CL part of the driver, Boinc when ahead and downloaded work units for the CUDA driver which was working. If by installing Nvidia drivers the "GPU Missing" work units are now running then hopefully all is well. Just need to keep an eye on them to make sure they process OK> |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1952153)
Posted 26 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I fired up another desktop recently with a GTX 1050 4gb gpu, as I started getting work units there was a configuration glitch which was solved with a widows update You were running the "lunatics app" on this machine, however it appears that you no longer are. The stalled tasks were running under the SOG app from lunatics, which requires Open CL, this is not included with drivers from Microsoft, you must download drivers from the Nividia website and nowhere else. What seems to have happened is you have reverted to the stock application which uses the CUDA drivers which are included with Microsoft drivers. So the answer is to download and install drivers from the Nvidia website, then re-install the lunatics app. This should then allow the "GPU missing" tasks to start and also the new task you have will then be processed by the lunatics app which is faster . Your other machine with the 1050 2 gb is running the SOG app and completing tasks in around 15 minutes whereas this machine running the stock CUDA app takes 30 minutes Post here if you have any more questions |
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Number crunching :
Operating system question
(Message 1951871)
Posted 24 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: For the windows machines there is a free app called TThortle that is located here No it's called TThrottle as in Throttle: to regulate and especially to reduce the speed of (something, such as an engine) by such means |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1951801)
Posted 24 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Texas |
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Number crunching :
User achievements thread.........
(Message 1951524)
Posted 23 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I usually miss it when I hit certain numbers, but due to the WOW event, and checking my totals, I see I passed 58 million yesterday evening. |
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Cafe SETI :
Cash or Card?
(Message 1951314)
Posted 22 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I will report my experiences in the USA. I will be travelling a bit so it will be interesting to discover if things are done differently in different states. I have decide that I will have an amount of cash available "just in case". |
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Cafe SETI :
Cash or Card?
(Message 1951091)
Posted 21 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Watching our American colleagues buying meals in assorted Oxford pubs last month, I noticed that many of them had to go down the 'chip and signature' route. Being a major tourist destination, none of the bar staff was fazed by that - but I did wonder what the security purpose was. In a busy pub, almost everything was done 'chip and pin' - or even more commonly, contactless: job done, next customer please. I didn't pay enough attention to notice if the staff checked the back of the American cards to verify the signature, but I suspect mostly not. Yes but limited to £30 in one transaction.(originally £10) |
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Cafe SETI :
Cash or Card?
(Message 1951069)
Posted 21 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Now here is a interesting thing. Over the weekend I was talking with a friend about my upcoming trip to the USA and I mentioned credit/debit cards. Now he had been to the USA recently and confirmed my suspicion that I would still need to "swipe" my card at some shops/restaurants. No problem I said, getting out my debit card and looking at the back for the first time in ages, and guess what, the magnetic strip, wasn't there, totally missing. So I went to the bank yesterday and young guy who I talked to looked totally lost, no magnetic strip? So he had to ask for help, long and short is I have to collect a new card next week. Because here in the UK the magnetic strip is almost totally redundant, I cannot remember that last time I used it, so I never noticed it was missing. Really glad I checked!! Could have been a problem. As an aside I have also read that lost of outlets in the USA use "chip and signature" !!! What?? Seems someone didn't quite get the point. Note to US banks Chip and signature is not more secure :-() |
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Cafe SETI :
Cats Part II
(Message 1951064)
Posted 21 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Uli is having trouble posting pictures so has asked me to post them for her.
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Number crunching :
GTX is dead long live RTX !!
(Message 1951061)
Posted 21 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Moving post to a dedicated thread as I am sure it will be a hot topic in coming weeks |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
How to use multiple GPU's
(Message 1951057)
Posted 21 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Is there a software limit to the number of cards in a single computer (besides slots)? Well at a guess I would say 16 or 10 as there is only one digit that BOINC uses to identify the the card i.e GPU 0 if there were two digits identifying the card I would have thought it would be GPU 00 If it is hex then up to GPU F, and if decimal then GPU 9, someone with 11 GPU's or more would know!! PS. There is a cruncher showing 16 GPU's but I am fairly sure he has "adjusted" Boinc to report more GPU's than are actually present. So I am guessing my hex theory is right. 16 max, GPU 0 to GPU F Would hate to have the power bill for 16 Titans!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1950867)
Posted 20 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I happened to be in the Aldgate area of London yesterday. The council has spent a lot of time renovating the whole area. In Aldgate Square I came upon this; Odd? Well a still picture doesn't do it justice. Here is a video (sorry about the movement I wasn't up close so had to zoom in) https://youtu.be/oP7v4QntRJk Parabolic Jets. Not seen that before. Interesting |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1950598)
Posted 18 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Hot-dogs |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
add new computer
(Message 1950563)
Posted 18 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: First go here to download Boinc https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ Then install Boinc. Once installed there will be an option to "add a project" You should see a list of projects, scroll down to SETI@Home and add. Boinc will contact the project and you will then be given the option to create a new account, or log in with an existing one. I assume you will want to keep you existing SETI@ Home account so log in with that. If all is well Boinc will automatically download your first work units and should start processing, you will only get a few units at first until the servers work out how quickly your machine can process work units. All of the above is from memory so if you come across something not 100% correct come back here for advice. |
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Wish list :
Screensaver - disable rotation of text and output
(Message 1950514)
Posted 18 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I would think it unlikely that there would be a screensaver on Android as it would be quite a waste of power and resources. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1950507)
Posted 18 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I can happily report the contents of the Green Path can were excellent. A good fruity full bodied IPA, which I will be putting on my list for the future |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1950305)
Posted 17 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst perusing the "craft beer" section in a local shop I saw this. 11% ABV as strong as some wine!! Not sure I would enjoy that. Instead I settled for this. Same brewery 5% less alcohol. I like the can as well. Different. I will report on the contents later. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1949852)
Posted 15 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Oak |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1949837)
Posted 15 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Goodnight Bernie and sleep well in defending his belief. Please read what I wrote, just in case you can't remember: Which is what he said, as usual you pick the bits of what people say and change the meaning to suite you I was not defending anyone, but pointing out to you that by shorting what Sirius B wrote you were changing the meaning. Seems you read things into what people say. You assume because I was correcting you I must be defending Sirius B. |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1949698)
Posted 14 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sirius B. believes that the Rights given to all at birth, is "scrap of paper". Which is what he said, as usual you pick the bits of what people say and change the meaning to suite you You have done this before and no doubt you will do it again. Luckily I am now off to bed so won't have to read anymore of your weak excuses for a posts. Goodnight. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
connection problem... unable to connect to core client
(Message 1949602)
Posted 14 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: First thing that comes to mind is possibly anti virus, have you changed or updated you antivirus recently. |
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Web site :
How does one disable or quit using SETI?
(Message 1949397)
Posted 13 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you also posting as Geo in another thread? |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
How do I get SETI@Home to give my computer an ID number?
(Message 1949395)
Posted 13 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you know how to read the Boinc log? |
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Number crunching :
27 Computation Errors?
(Message 1949312)
Posted 13 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: TThortle from the Seti Project page It's TThrottle, as in Throttle: "a device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1949308)
Posted 13 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Hyde |
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Number crunching :
Anyone else having issue with TeamViewer insisting they are a "commercial user"?
(Message 1949247)
Posted 12 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It believe it mentions somewhere that it normally takes 3 weeks, and for me it was exactly that. As far as I can see as soon as you update to TV 13, you automatically get the "business" message if you are a "free" user. Those who complain are restored to the free service after 3 weeks, those who don't complain have to find another "free service" (not many out there) Those who are actually using TV commercially and not paying, either pay up or find another product. Makes 100% sense to me TV gets rid, one way or another, of a percentage of non-paying customers, which is a good deal for them. Remember there is no such thing as "free" |
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Politics :
There IS A BIG POLITICAL POINT to be MADE. An UNAUTHORIZED Person CASUALLY STEALs a Plane aka FLYING BOMB, JOY RIDEs to His HEARTs Content, & NO ONE is 2B HELD RESPONSIBLE. Definately POLITICs are INVOLVED. STEALING FLYIING BOMBs has CAUSED.....Yep
(Message 1949245)
Posted 12 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I see you are talking about a different incident than the one being reported. The one I read about happened in Seattle Washington. Not sure what New Mexico has to do with it. The person in the Seattle incident was an airport worker who had Aurhorized access to the plane. So best you link to the other story so we can all understand what you are so upset about. PS I have also not heard that "no one is responsible" too early to apportion blame yet surely, so it is obviously a different incident, or of course you are getting your information for an unreliable source, I would try the BBC |
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Cafe SETI :
Cats Part II
(Message 1949164)
Posted 12 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A cat lovers dream job?? Fancy Greek island life? Cat care into the bargain |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1948847)
Posted 10 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Another example of two nations divided by a common language and different slang terms ;) No your definition of a "bimbo" is the same here to. I believe that people like to apply the name where it would not normally be applied. Somehow makes the insult sound worse. To me his is still D Trump whatever he says or does, I try to never lower myself to name calling. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1948666)
Posted 9 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Edmund |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1948646)
Posted 9 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Hope you enjoyed your beer!! I have seen this beer around but only today decided to sample it. It is a fruity IPA of the style I have come to like. Apparently due to the "new world hops" I had tended to steer clear of IPA's as years ago they had a reputation for being a bit weak and tasteless. Now however they seem to be getting the "craft beer" treatment and I have to admit I am a fan My local pub serves draught Punk IPA Which is currently my favourite draught and I have to admit popping in a couple of times a week for a quick pint. P.S. First picture with my new camera which I have brought for my upcoming sojourn to the US. |
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Number crunching :
Nvidia drivers fail install
(Message 1948428)
Posted 8 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought I would update the story so far. Despite my efforts on the evening of the 26th after I went out for a couple of hours, I returned to the dreaded "Lucky you Windows has been updated........" Once again it had updated to 1709 As usual there was the Windows driver with no Open CL!! Now I have run Driver Cleaner on this machine to try and cure this, but it did not help, however I had read that Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) did work. So I downloaded DDU and ran it in safe mode, I then tried to install 387.92 drivers and guess what, they installed!! OK so I now had a working install of Windows 1709. I switched the machine to a Wi-Fi dongle and set the metered connection. I let this run over the weekend. I then checked on updates and they were all there but "failed downloads" because of the metered connection. So I though, lets try for the big one, using DDU could I get 1803 installed. So I let the updates download and install. I let Windows install the crippled driver, now here it seems I made a mistake, feeling confident I then wanted to see what would happen if I tried to install the latest driver straight onto 1803, well it failed. No problem, I just ran DDU and then installed 387.92 again, oh dear it failed!! So now I was back to square one. No driver so no GPU!! Now I am not sure if I had noticed this in the past but after trying various things after a restart I noticed the screen resolution was suddenly correct. On checking Windows had re-installed its drivers. On a whim I booted into safe mode ran DDU and tried to re-install 387.92. What do you know it worked. So it seems DDU works when there is a driver to un- install. After a "failed install" whatever happens you cannot install a driver. This also happened on another machine that had a problem after I installed a faulty GPU, I tried to reload the drivers, failed, once again during a reboot, windows installed drivers, I ran DDU and was then able to install the latest drivers. A very odd and time consuming problem. However I now have my 3 machines on 1803 all working, all however on different drivers. (32bit windows has no new drivers since 391.35) I have a couple of other machines I am getting running for the WOW event, lets hope they don't have this problem!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (112) Server Problems?
(Message 1948389)
Posted 7 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: They may also be short staffed. |
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Windows :
No work!
(Message 1948374)
Posted 7 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It appears there may be a slowdown in work generation currently If you are having problems, this is a good thread to check; https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82843 Over in Number Crunching. The weekly maintenance outage is due shortly and hopefully everything will get back to normal after that. |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948322)
Posted 7 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Glad it worked. I can see your GPU when I look at your computers NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4095MB) driver: 398.82 OpenCL: 1.2 |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948316)
Posted 7 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK that answered the question See this line 5th down: 06/08/2018 19:33:59 | | Running as a daemon (GPU computing disabled) You installed Boinc as a service here: If you read what this says the last line is "it will prevent the use of applications that use graphics chips (GPUs)" So if you want to use your GPU you will have to do a reinstall of Boinc, this time do not tick the "service install" box |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948310)
Posted 7 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: One last thing to try before you give up, which should help to solve the problem is to post your BOINC start-up log. If you restart BOINC then open it. If you see this view. Click on the "View" tab, then on the "Advanced View" in the drop-down. This will take you to this view (which you may have already set) From here click "Tools" then "Event Log" as shown You will then be at the log screen Click the "Copy all" button, then simply paste the result here, which will look similar to this 07/08/2018 07:04:58 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.12.1 for windows_intelx86 07/08/2018 07:04:58 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug 07/08/2018 07:04:58 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 07/08/2018 07:04:58 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 07/08/2018 07:04:58 | | Running under account BAV 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 391.35, CUDA version 9.1, compute capability 5.0, 2048MB, 1659MB available, 1421 GFLOPS peak) 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 391.35, CUDA version 9.1, compute capability 5.0, 2048MB, 1659MB available, 1622 GFLOPS peak) 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 391.35, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 2048MB, 1659MB available, 1421 GFLOPS peak) 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 391.35, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 2048MB, 1659MB available, 1622 GFLOPS peak) 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Host name: BAV-G1 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11] 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 nx lm vmx tm2 pbe 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Professional x86 Edition, (10.00.17134.00) 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Memory: 2.75 GB physical, 4.25 GB virtual 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Disk: 465.32 GB total, 341.52 GB free 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Local time is UTC +1 hours 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | BAV-A1 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | BAV-10 07/08/2018 07:05:13 | | BAV--LT 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6906753; resource share 100 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | SETI@home Beta Test | URL http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID 61295; resource share 100 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 15-Nov-2017 13:20:44) 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | SETI@home | Computer location: home 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | | Reading preferences override file 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | | Preferences: 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | | max memory usage when active: 1406.96 MB 07/08/2018 07:05:14 | | max memory usage when idle: 2532.53 MB 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | max disk usage: 331.83 GB 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | max CPUs used: 2 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | Setting up project and slot directories 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | Checking active tasks 07/08/2018 07:05:15 | | Setting up GUI RPC socket This is mine and I have shortened it a bit, but post the whole thing. Hopefully this will help. |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948185)
Posted 6 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: You actually didn't answer my question When I suggested downloading the driver from Nvidia, you said you had done that. If so you then need to install manually, do not use "geforce". At the end of the install you will be presented with a screen that will tell you what was installed. Does that happen? If not you may well be running the Windows drivers, they will have the same number as the Nvidia ones and will allow you to play games etc, but they will not work for SETI@Home I am just trying to get a picture of why a computer that has had a manual driver install still does not show a GPU in SETI |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948178)
Posted 6 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So does the Nvidia installer report it installed the drivers OK |
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GPU applications :
GPU NOT THERE/MISSING GTX 970
(Message 1948166)
Posted 6 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it would seem that something went wrong with the driver install. I never even install "geforce experience" To get round this you will need to download the driver straight form Nvidia http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk Once downloaded double click the file and follow the prompts. If that still does not work you may need to delve a bit deeper. |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1948160)
Posted 6 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Let me just put that right Capitalism: The belief that everyone should be allowed to personally accumulate the maximum wealth they can grab by any means possible. Or you are living in fairy land. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1947846)
Posted 4 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Little |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1947566)
Posted 2 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Video |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1947326)
Posted 1 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: ..that's known as "YANKEE INGENUITY"......... That could well spread around the world, in the time it takes to type this. No doubt refined by other countries, cheap untraceable guns. Whats not to like (sarcasm) |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1947296)
Posted 1 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As 'I understand it' the quality, reliability, re-usability, accuracy, range and other myriad problems relegate these objects to the approximate lethality of an accurately thrown brick(see Baltimore riots). I have heard the same, and possibly the shooter is in more danger than the target. However 3D printing is in it's infancy and I suspect a very viable weapon will soon emerge. If all you need is a "blueprint" and a 3D printer, how soon will it be that "anyone" can own a gun. |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1947263)
Posted 1 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A serious question. With the possibility of these "printed" firearms becoming widespread, what are the rules in the USA for buying ammunition? Over here with gun ownership only where necessary, I suspect purchase of ammunition to be difficult, not impossible, but I am interested in how difficult it would be for just anyone to get ammunition for one of these. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1947255)
Posted 1 Aug 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: feast |
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Number crunching :
What is most power efficient SETI compute platform, for scaling?
(Message 1947006)
Posted 30 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: My "nothing special" Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 does them in 45 minutes on Windows 10. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 97
(Message 1946946)
Posted 30 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Panda |
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Cafe SETI :
Flying
(Message 1946934)
Posted 30 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems you can learn something new. Croydon Airport did have 3 Citroen-Kegresse that were used as aircraft tugs. Given that info I think there is a good chance that it is indeed Croydon Airport. PS This is a still from a video called "Croydon Airport in the 1930's" a Citroen-Kegresse close up. You can see it is left had drive as they all were. |
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Cafe SETI :
Flying
(Message 1946927)
Posted 30 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the only thing I noticed is the vehicle at the left of the picture. My best guess is that it is a Citroen P17 halftrack. Going by the era. 10,000 were produced between 1921 and 1940 This would make it less likely to be the UK as I have never seen anything like that in any pictures of Croydon Airport |
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Number crunching :
Sorry to all my wingmen
(Message 1946852)
Posted 29 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: <--> i thought it was a smile. |
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Number crunching :
Anyone else having issue with TeamViewer insisting they are a "commercial user"?
(Message 1946845)
Posted 29 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone have a FREE alternative to use on Windows until they (hopefully) fix it? Well Chrome remote desktop worked for me. Only thing it has trouble with is copy/paste. Tight VNC works OK on the same LAN but because it uses IP addresses I could never get it to work if I was out and wanted to get back to my home desktop. Needs a static IP For me it took almost exactly 30 days to get my account made "free" again. As far as I can make out Teamviewer is doing this to everyone so that those who complain get it for free and anyone who pays up is a bonus :-) |
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Over one million points deducted from BOINC team stats..... WHY?
(Message 1946410)
Posted 26 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as I am aware credits are never deducted. You will need to provide a little more information for anyone to comment. |
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Weather Forecasts X Spring Is In The Air
(Message 1946409)
Posted 26 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a bit “warm†here as well. Hottest day of the year, 35C at Heathrow I was really uncomfortable this afternoon, two fans just couldn’t keep the room cool. So I am now in one of my “locals†which is air conditioned enjoying a nice cold pint. Next decision, another pint or walk home! |
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(Message 1946337)
Posted 26 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I said I would report what happened. So having finished my queue, I proceeded to "reset" the Windows install, however it stopped with a message "Could not Find the Recovery Environment" This means that there is something wrong with the recovery partition. So I checked online and using various commands was able to work out that the recovery partition was either missing or corrupt. (sigh) I discovered that if I downloaded the Windows image to a USB stick then the recovery could continue. Well once again I spent far too much time trying to get this to work, online advice differed from what I was seeing. The USB stick was seen OK but I could not point the recovery program to it. So other advice was to reboot to the USB stick and use recovery from there However the only option I was given was a "clean install" of Windows 10. Not what I was hoping. I would have to go through all my files to make sure everything was backed up elsewhere. I gave up for the day there and allowed SETI@Home to download a full cache. So far this morning it has continued to run OK with no over night update. As it is 32ºC in here at the moment all this may have to wait!! |
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(Message 1946101)
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok my friend, I just found the procedure for stopping the device driver updates, here it is: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2763685/stop-windows-automatically-updating-device-drivers.html That article was correct when written in 2015 however if you look it says that this no longer works for versions after 1151. Have you edited the Registry to stop Driver updates, or used a 3rd party utility of the "Regain control of Win10" variety? Reports on the web are mixed, some say it works others that it gets re-written. Edit- I see you mention using O&O Shutup. If you have used that to control your updates, it is probably that which is stopping you from updating manually, and is probably causing the driver failure when Windows does it's update. As I have 4 other crunchers set the same and it doesn't affect them at all I am not going to fiddle anymore. No, I have decided that this machine should be updating without problems and it will be best to "reset" it. It still has about 9 hours to go before it has finished its queue, I will report on how it goes. |
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(Message 1946079)
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: You say the driver fails to install. Like this (not my machine but you get the idea) Once you do this of course even the cut down windows driver no longer works. I had to remove the second screen from this machine because every time this happened the display would revert to a single screen and any icons on screen two were just jumbled anywhere onto screen one. I have tried installing just the driver, and clean install. Same result. Have you tried this? Oh yes, the problem actually started with Windows update 1709, I was able to revert and keep 1703 for over a year. There's a good little tool in there. Sorry site doesn't like adblockers so couldn't see it. However I have used this and O&O shutup, however as I have said I am trying to keep my machine on Windows 1703, when we are now on 1803. These tools cannot provide a permanent solution as I have found by reading copious amounts of info on may websites. There are many many people out there appealing to MS to make it possible to opt out of updates, but the answer is a resounding silence. My other 4 crunchers (3 older than this machine) have all updated with no problems and are all running newer versions. There has to be a problem with the Win 10 install and I have spent way too much time trying to get this machine stable I think a reset is the only way. It is not my daily machine, but if it goes pear shaped I will loose years of my computing history. Obviously all my documents and pictures are backed up in two different places and won't be affected. |
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Weather Forecasts X Spring Is In The Air
(Message 1946078)
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So for us here in the UK a warning Stay out of the sun till Friday!! The public are being advised to take shelter from the sun, as the joint warning from the NHS, Public Health England and the Met Office says there is a 90% probability of heatwave conditions until 09:00 BST on Friday. Us poor old pale white Brits are not used to this!! It was supposed to rain over the last weekend but all I saw was a few dark clouds in the distance no precipitation here, now into the eighth week I believe |
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Nvidia drivers fail install
(Message 1946071)
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just an update, every morning for the past week I have been greeted with the "Windows has updated" screen. GPU tasks aren't running, sometimes because there is no GPU driver at all or sometimes because the driver Windows did install of course lacks OpenCL. Sometimes tasks have aborted sometimes not. I have tried everything I can find on the internet to get the Nvidia driver to install, nothing works with any driver older or newer. So every morning I have reverted to the previous Windows build and despite also trying every method I could find to prevent Windows updates,(including deleting the updates folder) every morning it has updated. I even changed the "active hours" so it should not have updated between 23:00 and 08:00, but it still did. So now I suppose I have to bite the bullet and do a full windows reset, this machine has all my software I have migrated over the years from machine to machine. However I do not have the will to move or even record what is on there, I have to hope it might make a "windows old" directory, does win 10 do that? Currently I only run SETI@Home overnight, 1) too keep the heat down (currently the temperature in my flat sits around 30C all day) and 2)because electricity is a lot cheaper at night. (8p as apposed to 23p per kwh) So I have set NNT and once I have completed all outstanding tasks I will take the plunge and hit "reset". Wish me luck. |
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Windows :
Screensaver won't load
(Message 1946069)
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A while back one of the Windows 10 updates stopped the screensaver from working I thought that later updates fixed this problem and you are running the latest version of Windows 10 However as I (and many other on these forums) don' run the screensaver I cannot say if the screensaver still works. Unfortunately you will have to wait for someone who know the current situation. |
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Word Link # 97
(Message 1945366)
Posted 19 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: seed |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1945346)
Posted 19 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: If there stupid enough to vote him again! Well apparently nothing that has happened so far has really affected his supporters. Many of whom seem to believe that basically Washington and the rest of the world are in a left wing conspiracy to get him. What we in the rest of the world have to remember is that if you are not a hard line Republican then you are a left wing communist that needs at best to be locked up. Middle America is right wing and wants the rest of the country to follow and see Trump and their saviour. |
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Word Link # 96
(Message 1945333)
Posted 19 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: pump |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1945133)
Posted 18 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Gordon. That sounds like the kind of place I would like!! Also interesting that Samuel Smiths seems to have a following in the USA. Weirdly I have never found that variety of Samuel Smith beers here in the UK. Places I have found it usually have just a couple of different choices. I will be interested to see what you think. Neither of those should be served really cold. The chocolate stout says "Best served at about 51°F (11°C)." And the Imperial Stout "Best served at about 59°F(15°C.)" |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1944818)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: 1 caught my eye there in that pic Bernie, Organic Chocolate Stout, is there really chocolate in it? Well I have never tried that one myself, but here is the description from the website. Organic Chocolate Stout So yes it appears so!! |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1944815)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I think it would be news if Russia did NOT try and influence the last USA elections. They had everything to gain. Surely people aren't that naive to believe what the Russians say, of course they can "prove" they didn't just as I suspect the USA can "prove" they don't have people spying on Russia. What of course is surprising is that a Republican president would publicly condemn his own security services and say he believes the Russian president. He will now have to move fast to discredit the heads of the USA security services and remove them. As I believe he intends to. As I have said I believe America will go start moving far right and it will not be pleasant. Unless there is a smoking gun somewhere, Trump can now do what he likes. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1944803)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello Wiggo, and everyone in Beerland. I keep meaning to ask if you have ever seen a UK beer called Samuel Smiths I discovered their nut brown ale many years ago and they also make a nice porter and two "stouts". I ask this because back in 2013 I was in the USA and hired a car to travel around New England and I stopped at a store in Yarmouth Mass, and found this display (not too clear but it was an iPhone pic quickly taken) If you see any of their beers I highly recommend them. |
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Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1944800)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well no both of my cameras work fine, and I take lots of pictures however I am just going through a slightly "slow" period. Not really used to high temperatures and no rain for weeks on end, that doesn't happen in the UK!! Sorting them and uploading to website takes time and effort. I am trying to start to get things in order, so here is the sunset tonight from my kitchen window.. The one thing I really miss about the Isle of Wight is I have no horizon here, but that shot was quite a good one. |
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Weather Forecasts X Spring Is In The Air
(Message 1944798)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the trees are mostly OK because during May we had some of the heaviest rainfall I have seen in a while. This park is Wandle Park, named after the river that runs through it. Here you can actually seen where the river runs due to the green vegetation. Compared to the brown grass Interestingly although named for the river up till a few years ago the river was completely covered over. The weather here has been the hottest I can remember for some while, 6 or so weeks of temperature in the 80's not normal. The forecast for the next few days predicts slightly lower temps ( high 70's) but still no rain. |
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Remaining (estimated) going up, not down
(Message 1944774)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Have you stopped and then restarted Boinc? |
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(Message 1944698)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well here in London we have not had any rain for over 6 weeks. This is one local park a week ago More brown than green. I am about to go for my walk there today so will take another picture. |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1944692)
Posted 16 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The fact is that the British loathe Donald Trump What matters to the British is how the leader of the USA can appear to be such an idiot. Many here are now convinced after his performance that he must be taking some sort of medication, Why oh why would a Republican president give an interview to the Sun newspaper, did no one tell him that its catchphrase is "News, Sport, Celebrities, Gossip". It is bit of a joke as far as "news" is concerned, as he discovered when it focused on all the negative things he said. I assume he has advisers that he just ignores Whilst many British people realise that a lot of isolationist in the USA care nothing for the rest of the world, I for one am sorry for a country I once believed to be better than many but discover both here and in the press is really a bully of the worst kind. I am due to visit the USA in September. I suspect it will be my last visit, if the far right wing come to power, as it seem they may, then it will not be a nice place and it will not recover in my lifetime. No it does not mater to right wing America, but this is still an open forum and as your president was in this country making his badly thought out and stupid remarks then we British will respond. |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1944600)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The fact is that the British loathe Donald Trump Er never said you would want to be, seems you missed that whole point of the post. As usual |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1944587)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A tweet from John Cleese My American friends are asking me about President Trumps’s observation that the British ‘like him’. |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1944442)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: But Debit card are also billed monthly or in my case once per year, a fee about 20 Euros. Just shows the difference, I don't get charged for a debit card and I am fairly sure other UK banks don't either. There was a time when I had an "advance" account (more benefits, personal banker etc) and was charged a monthly fee, but gave up on that when I retired. |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1944414)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes same here my card is Visa and as my bank says.
I remember my last trip in 2013, I hired a car online and the details said I would need a credit card to actually hire the vehicle. So I went and got one from my bank When I got there they were quite happy to accept my debit card as it is a Visa card, so I didn't need a credit card, I am assuming it will be the same in September!! |
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Word Link # 96
(Message 1944400)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Fence |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1944391)
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Still using the credit card, while out shopping, Bernie? No, don' have a credit card, haven't had one for years now. I use a debit card, which by the name is the direct opposite of a credit card. If you are not aware of the difference, a credit card lets you buy things with money you don't necessarily have at that moment, whereas with a debit card, you have to have the money in your bank to pay. Just for the record since I started this thread I have not used any cash at all. |
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Word Link # 96
(Message 1944272)
Posted 14 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Boston |
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Nvidia drivers fail install
(Message 1944021)
Posted 13 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: 387.92 and 396.36 both fail to install. I have tried safe mode and deleting all Nvidia files and folders as suggested and it still fails. As I said I have 4 other machines (one over 10 years old) that never have a problem with a) Windows 10 updates or b)installing Nvidia drivers so there must be a problem with the Win 10 install on this machine. If I can keep it running as it is then all will be fine, I really don't want to mess with it as it currently acts as a sort of "server" with 2 extra 1 TB HDD's being used as "online drives" to store and back up the other machines. |
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Nvidia drivers fail install
(Message 1943896)
Posted 12 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The quickest way turned out to be reverting to the previous version of Windows 10 This succeed and 387.92 was working after it rebooted with no re-install necessary So now I have had to disable future Windows updates as I have no wish for this to keep happening. Perhaps I will, in time, re-install Windows, although apparently reading on the web this will not guarantee a fix! Not sure why this happens as I have 4 much older machines that have updated to Windows 10 with no problems. |
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Nvidia drivers fail install
(Message 1943826)
Posted 12 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I am assuming that no one here has had thisproblem but I will ask anyway. My number 2 machine. 6851722 Had a problem with the "fall creators update" many things stopped working including installing Nvidia drivers. I manged to do a "system restore" which worked and brought everything back to before the update, however Nvidia drivers newer than 387.92 failed to install. As it happens from then on all Windows updates failed which was OK as I never got another update. Last night the latest update somehow installed, this morning I have loads of aborted tasks and no video driver 387.92 and 396.36 both fail to install. I have tried safe mode and deleting all Nvidia files and folders as suggested and it still fails. Does anyone have any ideas? |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1943738)
Posted 11 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just noticed there was another car vs train a couple of weeks ago at Thomasville NC. See it here, best watch full screen, no injuries luckily. Watch how long it takes the freight to stop!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QvsuCBOjIo Question, if you find yourself trapped between the two gates, why do so many panic and not just drive through the gate? |
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Windows :
"Login Failed" when trying to add SETI@Home project to BOINC.
(Message 1943661)
Posted 10 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As there are several posts in different threads I will just post here that the site admin has been informed of this problem. More info will be posted as soon as there as any. |
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Raccoon Update XXV - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1943551)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Went for a stroll in St James's park today. It is right in the centre of London near Buckingham Palace. It has a lake and and large selection of waterfowl. It even has pelicans who seemed to be doing synchronised fish catching.. The three of them would execute the same manoeuvres together. Didn't actually see them catch any fish, but they seemed pretty pleased. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1943528)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So Mike Pence is an innocent virgin that wants to clean up the USA & sanctify life? I give up you have missed the point totally. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1943523)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Since Sirius B. was asking what posters in this Topic were asking for... No Clyde, you answered Sirius with "read the previous posts", that was a direct answer to his question ""Who on here has asked for that?" No explanation that you in fact don't actually mean "these forums" but the whole of the USA, Your style leads to many many misunderstandings and complaints. You seem to have an idea in your head but do not put it across so that others can understand. Either that or you are purposely trying to wind people up, but of course that would not be nice now would it. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1943515)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: My replying to Sirius B.'s and Gary's belief that this Topic, and it's resulting problems inside the USA. Has to be only confined to the beliefs of a handful of posters. Yes that is fine however, Sirius did not ask you about the whole USA he asked specifically "Who on here has asked for that" which to me meant who on these political forums has asked for that. Not who in the USA has asked for the repeal of the 2nd amendment. Sirius was asking for where "a handful of posters" had said repeal was necessary' So why suddenly turn the argument inside out just because it was Sirius who asked. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1943507)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry if you don't understand the many different and nuanced disagreement inside the USA.2 words that you fail to understand, & you taught? There seems to have been a misunderstanding here: Clyde said "Until the 2nd Amendment is repealed." Sirius said "Who on here has asked for that?" Clyde replied "Read the previous posts." Sirius replied "have done" Clyde replied "I answered and posted the response to Gary's belief that this issue is confined to a handful of posters in there forums." Sirius said "Show the evidence of that! Reading through the thread all that can be seen is a request to clarify the definitions in the 2nd. Other requests were for it to be brought into line for the 21st century. Nowhere can it be seen that the 2nd be repealed." To which Clyde replied "Again, inside the USA, repeal or keep our 2nd Amendment is an issue for many. Sorry if you don't understand the many different and nuanced disagreement inside the USA." Which to me is answering a question Sirius did not ask and then berating him for not understanding!! |
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(Message 1943465)
Posted 9 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: ...sorry Bernie. Not sure if that was aimed at me, but certainly no need to apologise Just goes to prove what I said about "silly pictures" You're the on who looks a fool, imho |
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Abortion and Birth Control
(Message 1943282)
Posted 8 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Vine... 100% believing in a Women's Right to an Abortion is not shared by you? NO. Not if you have anything to do with it. You are not qualified to judge. Exactly which of my posts in this Topic, with attributions, would you disagree with? All of them, because I disagree with your twisted sense of logic, I have watchyed you twists post for your own enjoyment to try and humiliate posters Sirius B. making clownish responses to a Pro Women's Right poster is acceptable to you? I haven't seen any "clownish responses". I do not agree with the way you try and make everyone seem inferior to you but just make yourself look foolish. I actually have no idea why I am wasting my time on a Sunday afternoon trying to get you to see sense. This is my final post on the subject and I will not reply, just remember I do not support YOU on these forums. |
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Abortion and Birth Control
(Message 1943277)
Posted 8 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This Topic is too important and doesn't necessitate his clownish response. Clyde I "postulated" as to why women may not wish to post in this thread. Yet you continue to speak for the women of your country because you feel you know best. If women do not particpate in this discussion it is because of that exact attitude. And no I do not agree with what you are saying or the way you are saying it so please no more "what I and Bernie Vine said" I have no wish to be part of your point of view |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1943232)
Posted 8 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I think having some cash on hand is smart, but it's even smarter to manage your finances right and have good credit. Yes it is sensible to carry some cash obviously. As to managing my finances I have found that a lot easier since I bank online. It is interesting to see how long some card payments I make take to reach my account. I log in several times a week to check. Also I no longer get printed statements. I download my transactions every month or so. So another question which leads on from this do you bank "in branch" or online? Here in the UK many banks in smaller towns and villages have closed. For instance in Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight there is no bank at all. The nearest one is in Freshwater 2.5 miles away, that was real problem for my dad. Even here in south Croydon there is only one bank in reasonable walking distance and it isn't mine. The other 3 closed, one is now a betting shop, ironic!! |
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Abortion and Birth Control
(Message 1943167)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Bernie Vine. Oh don't apologise to me. Me I am just a simple moderator who has to clean up after you. |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1943104)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: No phones needed. No need to remember the PIN code. No, unless you spend over £30, which I said in my post, then you do need the pin, however if you don't use the pin for weeks and weeks there is the problem that you might forget it. I typed the above slowly so you might get it this time ;-) |
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How do you like your caffeine?
(Message 1943087)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Ha ha! I think it was my last job that did it. I used to work in hospitals across the UK and strangely, large hospitals over here were around the first places to have Starbucks, Costa coffee etc. The first thing I would do on arriving would be to have a latte, then another around 11am and of course one with lunch and often one in the afternoon. So I got used to that sort of coffee and at weekends instant just wasn't the same. Luckily I have a cafe across the road from me that does a passable latte, not the best but it hits the spot. |
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Politics :
Trade War
(Message 1943085)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Mr. Pro Capitalist, Anti Worker Sirius B... Well I am assuming that is being satirical. Which I have found over the years tends not to work well on forums as tone and expression in the voice are missing. If not lets just confine ourselves to calling people by their posted name. Try being nice and respectful I know that is difficult as it is so much fun to make up names (not) I have never understood that, even politicians I tend to just call by their last name even those I do not agree with, like Trump. Does giving them silly names make them seem less frightening? |
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How do you like your caffeine?
(Message 1943082)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: but nothing beats the convenience and price of home-made. Interesting you should say that, my preference is a latte, and no matter what I have tried at home I cannot get the same taste as I can at almost another coffee shop, heck even McD's latte is better than instant. I even brought a machine that boiled the water and steamed the milk, and I brought ground coffee from my favourite outlet, and it still didn't taste as good. I have seen many many machines on the market now but am loathed to part with more money for a sub standard coffee. I treat myself to a proper breakfast twice a week, at the local Weatherspoons pub where the coffee has free refilles!! |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1943077)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I guess a contactless capable card would have a wavy ((( symbol printed on it somewhere, right? Actually more like Now to the next question, do any of you use your phone as a contactless payment device. (Apple Pay or G-pay) I do often also one big store here, Tesco has an app where you pay and get your loyalty points in one go. There is one problem as I no longer have a car, I do my shopping in smaller amounts more often so always use contactless then yesterday when I spent over £30, I couldn't at first remember my PIN!! |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1943028)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well now it seems you have all the more reason to celebrate!! Happy Birthday Richard!! |
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Cash or Card?
(Message 1943026)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Recent figures here in the UK show that debit card payments have overtaken cash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44496513 One of the main factors was "contactless payments" This made me realise that I hardly ever use cash now. I have no notes in my wallet and £6 in coins which has remain unchanged for around 2 weeks So I wondered, do you still use cash? Also as I will be visiting the USA in September, will I find "contactless payments" available in most shops and restaurants? |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1943024)
Posted 7 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Now here is an auspicious day that, depending on your preference, should be celebrated World Chocolate Day today!! Enjoy |
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Boinc 7.12.0 problem with headless computer on Linux [Solved]
(Message 1942922)
Posted 6 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a note, if you wish to change the title yourself, just make a post and then "edit" it, this will then allow you to "edit" the title as well. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1942918)
Posted 6 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: What do you think causes it to be so expensive? From reading the blog on the website, they area a newish brewery, stated in 2015, that is specialising in the "West coast IPA type" beer in smaller volume, they do direct deliveries to customers. Also I can say it is very good beer, having just finished both cans!! I also cannot afford to drink it very often at that price. what size cans are they? 440ml standard size for cans bottles are 500ml or stronger beer usually 330ml |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1942913)
Posted 6 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: While I was out today I popped into my favourite "unusual beer" outlet, it is a well stocked food market in central Croydon. However it specialises in unusual beer. Here, after a lot of debating I saw an unusual can Nothing on the front but what looked like a cloud and the words IPA Citra Enigma, Intresting. On the back Cloudwater Brew Co based in Manchester, who I had never heard of, there were several different cans form the same brewery There was no price label so intrigued I asked the price, £5 ($6,61) a can!! Now a perfectly good beer can be got for around £1.80($2.38). So what was so special. I decided to treat myself and brought two cans. It pours a cloudy gold. And it has a full bodied hoppy citrus taste, probably one of the best IPA's I have tasted, perfect for a very hot summers evening (Temp 26C-79F at 8.30pm) However at £5 a can I doubt I will be drinking this very often!! For those non beer drinkers IPA is India Pale Ale and is a type of beer |
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Posted 3 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Can we focus on the the thread, if you wish to comment on other posters, there is a thread for that. Thank you. |
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(Message 1942438)
Posted 3 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, they are unbelievably so stupid in not understanding Trump is playing them for the fools that they are. Nothing I have read over here in the UK suggests to me that Trump has any real idea of what the results of his actions will be He is trying to run the USA like he would one of his companies, where what he says goes no arguments and he can fire all who disagree with him. His actions seem to say he is going for the short term gain, as he would with any of his companies, if the strategy does not work that's fine the company can be asset stripped and go bankrupt. . . . . . I certainly do not believe he has got his head around just what it means to be a politician, even a bad one. However we shall see. |
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(Message 1942392)
Posted 2 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Post have been hidden. Remember the art of good discussion is to attack the idea NOT the person. I am hoping that the posters here can try and have a reasoned discussion. I see very little of that here. I and other moderators have said this before many times. Just discuss the subject and NOT the person posting. I wonder if you can do that. Oh and PS, if a post annoys you for some reason, it would be best to ignore it, not fan the flames. Just saying. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread # 28
(Message 1942245)
Posted 1 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have to admit to not drinking as much beer as I would like but I have noticed my shirts seem to be a little tighter round the middle. However last Sunday we had the Croydon food festival where the main road just a 2 minute walk from me, is totally closed and all the restaurants from around the area have stalls. The weather was hot and the smells of all the different types of food cooking were great. This image really sums it up, cooking smoke from the stalls!! This was an hour after it opened, I went back an hour before it closed and you could hardly move! Also the local brewery had a stall http://www.thecronx.com/index.html Which reminded me how much I like their So I am having a couple this evening Cheers |
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I know at least three women posters who I am sure would have very strong opinions on this topic. However like many people on these forums they would now never even dream of reading posts in politics. Perhaps the posters here should ask themselves why. |
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(Message 1941758)
Posted 29 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Taken from my kitchen window yesterday at 7pm. On my phone. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1941683)
Posted 28 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Our friend from Russia Vadim Rybin has admitted that he has to translate posts and then translate his replies back. What you have to understand is the cultural difference between America and even just Europe. Americans consider themselves the only truly free country because of their political system. Now I am sure many Americans believe Russia to be a totalitarian state where you have zero freedom and all mail and telephone conversations are monitored and no Russian can possibly have anything constructive to say about laws. Also remember "put it where the sun don't shine" is not really considered a massive insult. Personally I would try and never use that sort of language on these boards, but this is politics and can be a harsh environment. I have clashed with JE a few times but I believe he says what he feels and that is not a bad thing. Try not to judge others too harshly you might quite like them if you met in real life :-) PS. I hope this translates as a positive statement!! |
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(Message 1941672)
Posted 28 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I noticed that this thread went off track and insults started to fly Well I think it may have been due to "translation errors" and the fact that some words and phrases just don't translate well Our friend from Russia Vadim Rybin has admitted that he has to translate posts and then translate his replies back. So I carried out a little experiment using Google Translate, I typed in a sentence in English, translated it to Russian, then translated the Russian back to English and this is what I got. Phrase 1 I believe it is the right of every free person to be able to own a gun. Russian Я Ñчитаю, что право каждого Ñвободного человека иметь право владеть оружием Translate the Russian back to English I believe that the right of every free person to have the right to own arms Not exactly what I typed. How about something important No messages intended to annoy or antagonize other people, or to hijack a thread. No messages that are deliberately hostile, threatening, or insulting. Russian Ðет Ñообщений, предназначенных Ð´Ð»Ñ Ñ€Ð°Ð·Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð¶ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð¸Ð»Ð¸ против других людей, или Ð´Ð»Ñ Ð·Ð°Ñ…Ð²Ð°Ñ‚Ð° нити . Ðет Ñообщений, которые преднамеренно враждебны, угрожают или оÑкорблÑÑŽÑ‚. Back to English There are no messages intended to be irritated or against other people, or to capture a thread. There are no messages that are intentionally hostile, threatening or insulting. Now I suppose it might make sense in Russian, but something seem to have been "lost in translation". Finally a more complicate sentence I used in a recent post I did not at anytime suggest that guns owners in the UK use their guns to go on killing rampages, although it has happened. I just stated a gun is designed to kill. Russian Я ни разу не предполагал, что владельцы Ð¾Ñ€ÑƒÐ¶Ð¸Ñ Ð² Великобритании иÑпользуют оружие, чтобы продолжать убивать раны, Ñ…Ð¾Ñ‚Ñ Ñто произошло. Я только что заÑвил, что оружие предназначено Ð´Ð»Ñ ÑƒÐ±Ð¸Ð¹Ñтва. Back to English. I never imagined that the owners of weapons in Britain use weapons to continue to kill wounds, although this happened. I just said that weapons are meant for murder. Not what I said and not what I meant. Now this is only a quick test and perhaps people use different translators that do a better job However please try not to get annoyed or see insults without looking a bit deeper, because some of what you read may not have been what the poster meant, because his translation of what he thought you said was not correct either. |
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(Message 1941535)
Posted 27 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry to be ignorant, but can you tell me what guns are designed for then ? Oh dear, of course I know about target shooting and other gun sport, same as using a car or boat for racing, it is a secondary use we have invented. You could obviously use any article for a purpose other than that which is was designed for, perhaps using an old gun as a doorstop, or a car as a garden shed. However that does not get around the facts. As you say you try and be humane and kill any pests. If your gun was not designed to kill then it would not be efficient and therefore not a gun. I did not at anytime suggest that guns owners in the UK use their guns to go on killing rampages, although it has happened. I just stated a gun is designed to kill. As you cannot "be arsed" to reply to posts I did not make separately. I will not bother you again. |
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(Message 1941518)
Posted 27 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Robot |
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(Message 1941464)
Posted 27 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Smart people understand this.So you state you don't 'insult' other cultures..........but then refer to anyone with a different POV on security as 'stupid'...............perhaps you need to read an English definition of 'insult'. Yes you are correct an armed people would more than likely all be dead in the secnario you offer. Howerver remember
I am glad that the "militia" and officers appointed by the "subordinate governments" are well trained and ready. Are they? You are correct the 2nd amendment was created exactly so your country could never be oppressed again by a "federal army" however it was inspired by The Minutemen, ready to protect the people at a minutes notice, where are they now ? Somehow I suspect if it was ever necessary for martial law to be declared in The USA those who tried to defend their rights would loose in the end. You have said before that you have no problem with proper checks training and licences for gun owners. That would indeed be the way to go but even that seems like a distant dream. |
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(Message 1941445)
Posted 27 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Guns are designed to kill or maim, nothing else, no other purpose. Sorry to be ignorant, but can you tell me what guns are designed for then ? And please note I did not specify what they kill or maim, killing or maiming is applied to anything living. |
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(Message 1941332)
Posted 26 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Thousands die every year from obesity, should we ban forks and spoons? I see, another person kills someone else with obesity??? When you use those sort of absurd arguments it just show you do not take this seriously at all. Cars can kill, they are not designed to, aircraft can kill, they are not designed to, faulty electrical appliances can kill, they are not designed to. Guns are designed to kill or maim, nothing else, no other purpose. So please use logical arguments and compare guns with things designed to kill. Obesity!! scraping the bottom of the barrel. |
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(Message 1941326)
Posted 26 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just wondering who is responsible for the knife wielding carnage in London? Drug gangs and years of institutional racism within the metropolitan police all the way up to the highest levels. They are doing their best to combat it now but, it bred a disenfranchised generation who know they cannot win in the eyes of the law, so now in many areas police are seen as the enemy and killing your rivals is the way to win respect. Sad but true. One thing to consider is that if guns were easily available here in the UK, I wonder if they total of dead or injured would be higher. |
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(Message 1941307)
Posted 26 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Made it clickable https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44613633 |
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(Message 1941081)
Posted 24 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Do those 650 benefit scroungers in Westminster know what they're doing? Well I suspect around 258 of them (maybe more) would not agree with the decision to privatise the lines in the first place. |
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(Message 1940930)
Posted 23 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, this is the first time here and hope the right thread Looking at you account page there is a desktop with 5,525,201 credits created on 29 Jun 2017, 1:54:58 UTC And what I assume is a laptop with 160,712 credits, which was created on 17 Apr 2017, 16:51:33 UTC Both these machines are connecting and running SETI@Home work So if you say your laptop should have 7,550,00 it seems you may have a second account, as your credit total is 7,563,537 on this one. PS the numbers you see against your account is "credit" which you are allocated for completing work units (WU). Completed WU's are removed from the database 24 hours after completion. (Just to avoid confusion) |
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(Message 1940699)
Posted 21 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I really don't think Trump had the faintest idea what was going on until it made the news. I suspect he just gave vague orders that he wanted illegal immigrants stopped. I don't believe he gave specific orders that isn't how he works, he leaves that up to his minions. The BBC has an article where different people from the White house were giving totally different answers to the same questions for several hours after this story broke Some say he blamed the Democrats, simply because he had no idea what was happening Of course while he may not have given the actual orders "the buck stops here". Which is why he has now reacted For all I have seen Trump is a grandstanding showman, who sees his role to just give the orders, the minions do the real work. |
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(Message 1940246)
Posted 19 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I know that the BBC has been accused of fake news, I for one am more likley to believe what I read there than anywhere else. So is this the truth or fake? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44303556 The claim: US President Donald Trump says the Democrats created a law that separates children from parents who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1940062)
Posted 18 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Since I have not been keeping up with the rail cam sites recently I decided it was time to get an update. Railstream have added one new camera at Franklin Park IL, 17 miles west of Chicago. No Amtrak, but it is on the Metra Milwaukee District West an has the MP36 as motive power Seems to be all commuter type traffic with the occasional freight, like this very red Canadian Pacific GP38-2 Virtual Rail fan have added 4 locations, Jonesborough TN, which seems to be part of the local steam museum. Kansas City MO, on the freight line, no passenger at all. Then Norwalk CT, which is on the North East Corridor about 40 miles north east of New York and sees all the Amtrak services between New York and Boston as well as the MTA Metro North trains to New Haven, Danbury and Waterbury. This is where the Amtrak ACS-64 loco's that were seen being delivered via Chicago ended up. Amtk 658 heading for NY then Washington DC Also The Acelas use this route but a a speed that means they are more than just a blur. The Metro North trains are mostly 8 car EMU's make by Kawasaki and known as the M8 However on the Danbury branch today I saw this. Nothing unusual you might say except it is a Brookville BL20GH. Which until an hour ago I had never heard of!! The final new camera is at Skykomish Washington (state NOT DC) this is well out in the wilds and closer to Canada than most of the rest of the USA and has a population of around 200. No station, but there seems to be an equipment yard of some sort. However it does have Amtrak trains 7 and 8 pass through. This is the Empire builder, Chicago to Seattle, 2200 miles of what is often said to be the most scenic Amtrak route. Sorry about the lamp, but unfortunately whislt this camera can point the other way only Amtrak 7 passes during the day. This is the view in the other direction. That will be interesting in the winter. So now Railstream has 22 cameras in 17 locations and Virtual Railfan has 33 cameras in 19 locations. 55 cameras is just too much to try and cover. There was a time I watched all the Amtrak trains passing the cameras, that would just be impossible now. |
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Raccoon Update XXV - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1940044)
Posted 18 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Mice can squeeze through a hole the size of a dime*. (No idea what the UK equivalent might be.) That would be our 5 pence. Loved by all :-0 (actually universally hated !!) I have a bag full of coins from my last visit to the USA so the comparison was easy. As to humane traps, I remember a line from a radio play many many years ago "Creatures of the light that we are, do not bring darkness to others" and it sort of sums up my philosophy of life. For instance having been badly stung by a wasp when a child I do not like them to this day, however if one gets into my flat I go out of my way to try and get it to leave rather than kill it. It can't help being what it is. PS. My camera caught a grey blur last night!! not a lot of definition but it seems like my Mus musculus either got back in or had friends!! |
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Raccoon Update XXV - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1939934)
Posted 17 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A little critter story. Now I live in a 2nd floor(3rd to those in the US) flat, sixties built concert floors. One door in. So imagine my surprise back last December when one Sunday evening just as I was preparing my evening meal I thought I saw movement by the kitchen door. I decided it was probably the light. However later that same evening as I prepared for bed I definitely saw the tiny grey shape streak across in front of me. I had a mouse. So I brought a humane trap, started to check all the places I could think of but could find no sign of a mouse anywhere. I set the trap, apparently the "old faithful" cheese is not the best bait, chocolate biscuits were recommended. However no luck, I tried different places no change. I did not see or hear anything from December to May. I spend quite a lot of my evenings sitting at my PC, to my right is an old wooden bureau, on top of which sits my phone, router, NAS and an 8 port switch. So there I am when out of the corner of my eye I see movement, a little twitching nose appears followed by the rest of the mouse who then sits next to my router sniffing the air!! I shouted and it was gone in an instant, should have watched what it did and where it went. It was able to easily climb up due to all the wires down the back of the bureau. So another round of cleaning and hoovering (I admit to not moving the bureau to often as it is so heavy. Still found no sign, re-baited the trap and put it in the living room. Nothing. Then a couple of days ago while searching in a box I brought back form the Isle of Wight I found a "trail camera" I had brought to watch the wildlife in my dads garden and I had forgotten all about it. It is free standing has movement sensors and an infra red light and camera. So I set it up on the landing, just wondering if it would catch anything. First night nothing, second night sure enough s blurred shape that was definitely a mouse. So yesterday I re-baited the trap with a few bits of Sainsburys Belgium chocolate cookies. I went to be earlier that usual and was just closing my eyes when I thought I heard a "click", now I have thought I heard a click many times before, however in case it was the trap I didn't want the mouse to be in it all night so I got up. The infra red light making its eyes reflect, I had finally caught my mouse. I got up dressed and release it at the far end of my flats near the rubbish bins, it shot off into the shadows. So now I just have to hope there are not more. I still have no idea how it got here, my only thought is that it could have been in something I brought back from my dad's house as I know there were many field mice living in the rockery just outside the back door. Note: seems mice prefer Sainsburys Belgium chocolate cookies to ordinary chocolate biscuits :-) |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1939794)
Posted 16 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: After "moist" I was tempted to put von Lipwig :-) |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1939774)
Posted 16 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Have to admit I haven't been watching the train cams that much recently. Also not heard from David for 4 months, I hope he is OK and it is just his job keeping him away. Anyway I happened to be looking at the Virtual Railfan You-tube page when this caught my eye. The UP "office train" on the Horseshoe Curve on the 31st May. Led led UP 1943, a new commemorative engine honouring the U.S. Armed Forces. Description from UP “The Spirit's front is symbolic of Air Force Silver, and the blue stripe is a reflection of the former Strategic Air Command's "nose sash." The lettering inside the sash is the original hand-drawn font used on the B-17. It is followed by the Coast Guard's "Racing Stripe" and the Navy's Battleship Gray, which frames Union Pacific's traditional American flag. The military camouflage is a nod to the Army and Marines… the final message on the tail is dedicated to U.S. prisoners of war and those missing in action, featuring the POW/MIA symbol and its motto, "You Are Not Forgotten." The rest of the train was interesting as well Many well presented cars, this is "Omaha" And two dome cars "Harriman" And "City of San Francisco" Seems the group of school kids enjoyed it too To see the complete video go here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl6NE8VZqC0 |
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Raccoon Update XXV - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1939773)
Posted 16 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday I went to the park near me that has the tamest most voracious squirrels in the area, to see if they were still the same. Yep they were. Still as tame, sitting down to eat a few feet away. Still as hungry. "Please sir can I have some more" |
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(Message 1939704)
Posted 15 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: .it is different, Kim is scared s#!tless. We all have our own views, to me he has exactly what he wanted. From what I have read the DPRK is not in a very good financial position and he could never afford to actually have a working fleet of missiles and I believe never intended to. He went just far enough to prove he could build nuclear weapons, that was all he needed. Look, in under 12 months he has turned from one of the worlds worst and evil dictators, to smiling and shaking hands with the president of the United States. He is now a world leader in all senses of the word, and as long as he keeps up the appearance of wanting to play nice he will probably end up getting better trade deals than Europe. Any agreement with Kim has to include both total nuclear disarmament AND an agreement on human rights, without the latter it will be as Gary has said, an evil dictator happily smiling and waving while rubbing shoulders with the powerful leaders of the world. Of course it is preferable to the nuclear option, but I suspect that Trump is just looking at the short term fame and adulation,(Nobel peace price??) this situation will need to outlast a mere president. |
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(Message 1939671)
Posted 15 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It is said that the USA only joined in because Hitler declared war on the USA, NOT to save the UK or Europe which the USA, then, as now cared little about. Before Pearl Harbour 80% of Americans wanted to stay out of any conflicts, America had been hard hit by the depression and FDR was just starting to turn things around. Whilst FDR may have wanted to help the UK(he started lend lease) he apparently did not have support in the congress or the nation. It is a matter of fact that the USA did not declare war on Germany until after Hitler declared war on the USA 4 days after Pearl Harbour. From what I have read here by several prominent posters, I strongly believe that then as now, the USA would have preferred to remain isolated from the rest of the world. Your current president seems to support this view, which is fine, each to their own, and whatever happens in the future I just hope that we never have to rely on your nation to "help" us again. The debt would be too great, too poisonous, It would again allow people to say things like. cause 'cuz, we're gonna think REAL HARD before we bail your asses out again.......fact. |
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Posted 15 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The Trump/Kim meeting will begin to bear fruit by November which will further diminish that Blue Wave into a small ripple. So you to believe that it is best to keep and evil dictator happy? Because what Trump has said so far seem to suggest that he intends to negotiate with Kim as an equal, seems to even admire him. Looking at the pictures this week the "evil dictator" seem to be doing a lot of smiling!! Or should we not call him an "evil dictator" any more? Some people want it both ways. |
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(Message 1939643)
Posted 15 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: cause 'cuz, we're gonna think REAL HARD before we bail your asses out again.......fact. I feel sure we would not ask you to. It is said that the USA only joined in because Hitler declared war on the USA, NOT to save the UK or Europe which the USA, then, as now cared little about. So please do not use that old line. It is estimated that without the USA intervention the UK and Russia would have overcome Hitler possibly by 1947-48. Many more would have died of course, and Europe would look a lot different, but I now wish that if you keep using that old old argument, it would have been better for the world as a whole and the UK especially not to have to feel indebted for and action 70 years ago. America has never seen a war on its homeland like the war my parents and relatives lived through. one day you are chatting to your next door neighbour, next day half the street is gone and them along with it. At least glad we paid you back for the equipment and money loaned to us, even if it did take 60 years |
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(Message 1939406)
Posted 13 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: That is the problem with a Regulated country, society and people. This must also be understood and guarded against. This regulates companies, to protect people and is the total reverse of the way Net neutrality is heading in the US It has been really great here, I have had many e-mails from companies I had totally forgotten had my information, asking me for permission to keep it, I have been able to refuse all the ones I no longer need, ( most of them). Of course they may well ignore this but if discovered using peoples data without authority then there will be big fines in their future. Privacy should always be a personal option! Hope it works it is long overdue. |
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(Message 1938814)
Posted 9 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: genes |
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Help!: NVidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card not seen by Seti@Home.
(Message 1938391)
Posted 6 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Why am i suddenly missing OpenCL...My GPU doesn't support it ? Possibly because a Windows update has installed Windows drivers which do not have OpenCL Go to the Nvidia website and download the latest drives for your card and re-install. That should sort the problem. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1938238)
Posted 4 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: And that is a very good answer Ms Vine. While I suppose you may not know my gender (it is male by the way), it is best not to guess and at the worst insulting. I will now do what I do when I get spam phone calls asking for Bernhard Vein. I hang up. You have also proved my point, I said "feel" free, not to prove they are free. |
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Posted 4 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: sorcery |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1938207)
Posted 4 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps if you didn't use these strange pictures suggesting that a gun is as necessary as a smoke alarm, and that all schools and colleges should be armed campuses, then maybe I could understand. If you say those things then others may assume that law and order has broken down. I am fairly sure it hasn't since my last visit in 2013. However, as this is a worldwide forum people from other countries who have perhaps never been to the USA and see things like this in many places, facebook and the like say to me "Is America really like that, do people need to carry guns to feel safe?" My answer now days is, no some need to carry guns to feel free. |
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(Message 1938173)
Posted 3 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Total side sidestepping all of the points of my question as I knew you would Are you or are you not saying that the reason you and others in the USA need to protect yourself with firearms is because law and order has broken down to the extent that the police cannot protect normal citizens? You need to be able to deal with armed criminals on a daily basis because the police cannot? I am not asking about rights, I am asking about the arguments put forward by people who say they MUST be able to own a gun. I am also asking if schools and colleges need to have armed guards, can I as someone from a foreign country possibly expect to feel safe? |
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(Message 1938147)
Posted 3 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So in a nutshell what you are saying is that the gun situation is so out of control in the USA that you need a gun to protect yourself, because all the bad guys have guns. And because of the situation the police are unable to protect you against crime. Is that correct? So as I am intending to visit the USA later this year, you would advise that as the situation is so out of control that it would be best if I did not visit as I will not be safe? |
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Posted 2 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: spoken |
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(Message 1937887)
Posted 1 Jun 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I think Eric runs a personal machine of his. That keeps his RAC up enough to post I am pretty sure that as a Project Admin, Eric would be able to post with zero RAC. |
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(Message 1937410)
Posted 27 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's been a really nice hot day here today and as I was preparing my evening meal, I happened to glance out my north facing kitchen window. That was a close up. when I zoomed out Pretty spectacular! More thunder and rain is forecast, might just be here soon!! |
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(Message 1937383)
Posted 27 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Last nights storm even made it onto the BBC News page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44269304 |
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(Message 1937359)
Posted 27 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night here in south London we had one of the worst storms I can remember, constant thunder and lighting every few seconds and torrential rain. It was around midnight and I decided to try and capture it on video, trouble is it goes from dark to brilliant light so quickly the camera has trouble keeping up. I did get this. turning the camera a bit a few seconds later I got this. Also the rain caused minor flooding on the road outside. Again a still from video, so not wonderfull quality. |
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Welcome to the 19 Year Club!
(Message 1937230)
Posted 26 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems I join the club today. 19 years, how time flies!! |
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(Message 1937227)
Posted 26 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As it happens it's a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, so three days off here also, well for those that actually work :-) |
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No work!
(Message 1937127)
Posted 25 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: [quote]Has the system caught up yet? I am still waiting for work. Thanks.[/quote} Yes a while ago, but your computer hasn't connected to the project since the end of February, so there may be a problem at your end. |
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(Message 1936913)
Posted 24 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: NCIS 15x24 Date with Destiny. Is this the end of the NCIS franchise? On April 13, 2018, NCIS was renewed for a sixteenth season. |
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(Message 1936895)
Posted 24 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Retire, what is retire? Yep every day is a Saturday :-) |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1936362)
Posted 20 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst a car can kill, it is not its designed purpose Guns are designed to kill/maim. Who is sinking faster here. |
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(Message 1936255)
Posted 19 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bats |
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(Message 1936169)
Posted 18 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Picard |
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(Message 1936094)
Posted 17 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Today I received an email from Photobucket, basically saying my hosted pictures had been restored. Here is the email It does not say if my pictures will remain if I don't pay. I cannot log in as I cannot remember my user name or password as I removed them from my browser!! Seems it has taken them nearly a year to realise they have made a mistake!!! |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1936050)
Posted 17 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: And will NEVER stop all evil intent. Where there's a will there's a way. Of course not, I don't believe anyone here has ever suggested that it would. However rather than trying to stop many innocent deaths you would rather just ignore the problem. And again I will state, It's none of YOUR business unless your are a citizen of the United States of America, So save your rhetoric. Well this is a discussion forum and surely people are (within the rules) allowed to comment on events that they feel are wrong, just because a person comes from outside your country does not make them wrong. Rather than they having to hide your comments perhaps it is best it you hide all the comments from all the people you disagree with. As to the 2nd Amendment, "never" is a long time, I have a feeling after you and I are long gone things will change I believe that. |
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(Message 1935858)
Posted 16 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bat |
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(Message 1935781)
Posted 15 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As this does not have a lot to do with server problems, perhaps start a new thread to discuss this. Thank you. |
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(Message 1935753)
Posted 15 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Spitfire |
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(Message 1935671)
Posted 14 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: "Every time you share this a liberal sighs and hopes, just hopes there is still time for America" If you cannot see what is wrong with that picture then America is a lot further gone that I had realised. |
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Happy Mothers Day May 13th
(Message 1935476)
Posted 13 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It was Sunday the 31st March here in the UK |
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(Message 1934844)
Posted 10 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Singapore 12th of June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44074257 Now that will be interesting |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1934688)
Posted 9 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Today is a little milestone for me. it was 5 years ago today that I went for my first "exercise" walk equipped with a pedometer. Since then I have kept a record of every step I have taken. I try and walk "aerobically" ( 60 strides or more per minute) for at least 45 minutes daily. Back then I had a simple pedometer, now I have a "fitness band" that records everything form heart-rate, stride length, GPS position (via my smartphone) and even tells me me how well I slept :-) So in the last 5 years I have taken 16,329,761 steps, of which 12,316,406 were aerobic, this has taken me 111,305 minutes(1,855 hours or 77 days if non stop) I have apparently burned approximately 992,500 calories (hmm, not sure it shows) and walked an estimated 9,700 miles . In those 5 years I have missed my walk on 40 occasions, 24 of those were in 2014 when I was in hospital and the aftermath. The last two years I have just missed 1 day when my father was taken to hospital. Oh yes and "You slept for 6hr 59min last night. The quality of you sleep was 72 which is OK" Isn't technology "wonderful" ;-) (Please note YMMV) PS this is the info my "watch" records |
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(Message 1934679)
Posted 9 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Many posts have moved or disappeared. Please remember there is a thread for personal name calling, use it or lose it . Also if you quote posts and the parent is hidden then they will all be hidden as well. |
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(Message 1933873)
Posted 5 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: gold |
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(Message 1933533)
Posted 4 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night i noticed that my machine with the 397.31 driver had 6 GPU tasks "waiting to run" which means they had started and been "postponed" This is a fairly new machine and has never had that before. So I rolled back to 391.35 and the problem seems to have gone. Also I use this machine for gaming and yesterday evening I was totally unable to get Fallout 4 to start, now however having the old driver back it started with no problems. I think perhaps with 397.31 your mileage may vary. |
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(Message 1933275)
Posted 2 May 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: rig |
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I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law. #4
(Message 1932303)
Posted 27 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is now devolving into a meaningless argument between individuals. Some are starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel. "Master Baiter" really! Both sides here to me seem to be baiting the other with the actual discussion on whether police are more likely to commit crime than anyone else taking second place. I will say that the figures I see quoted here have of course no real foundation as it appears crime amongst police officers in the USA is not actually recorded anywhere. My reading on the internet has revealed much more interesting information than I find here. Please remember if someone chooses not to answer another poster that is up to them an others can draw there own conclusions, please don't continue to go on and on about the same non answer. For my part as I child of the 50's and 60's growing up respecting the police, I now know they are no different from anyone else and of course they are just as likely to commit serious crimes they are human. As one poster says often, humans are flawed, that includes us all. |
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(Message 1932003)
Posted 26 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: spring |
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"failure to add" message.
(Message 1931975)
Posted 26 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A little bit more info on exactly when the message appears and how you are "adding" your PC might help. Some people have problems with an "over active" antivirus and you made need to "exclude" the Boinc directory from being scanned. |
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(Message 1931025)
Posted 20 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh yes I understand sarcasm, however I didn't see any in that post and have found over the years it is very difficult to get across well in the written word. |
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(Message 1931017)
Posted 20 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Chernobyl in a nutshell When one of my all time favourite computer games makes it into politics I don't know whether to laugh or cry. By the way this game has nothing to do with Chernobyl and I fail to see the relevance. Whereas on the other had this one does. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl |
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(Message 1930995)
Posted 20 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a new thread 112 |
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(Message 1930887)
Posted 19 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: With the big orange ball still visible in the sky here in April (Apparently today some places in the UK may have the hottest April day for 70 years) I deicded to go and have a sit in the park. This is called the Queens Gardens and it right in the middle of Croydon. It is well below street level as can be see by the busses on the left. The wall below the busses it what is left of the cutting wall of the rail line to Central Croydon railway station What is strange is blue skies temperatures in the 70's and no leaves on the trees, only buds!! I had been sitting there a while trying to get a good picture of a magpie, when I was aware I was being watched. Now this is not a park I have ever fed squirrels in but they must be used to being fed. As I always carry a few nuts in my bag(doesn't everyone?) He/she was quite happy to accept several walnuts. I now remember seeing the bus drivers(it is a bus stand) putting peanuts on top of of the wall. It is such a small park right in the center of Croydon I was surprised to see squirrels there. That's very pretty. What type of tree is that? Gordon I know next to nothing about trees, my best offering is "A white one" :-) |
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(Message 1930817)
Posted 19 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: foot |
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(Message 1930754)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Easy, Google search for image and I got lucky. You know Google takes all the fun out of things like that!! |
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(Message 1930747)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: San Juan Capistrano? So as an "upper left coast " person, I wonder how you would know that seeing as it is definitely a "lower left coast" place!! |
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(Message 1930731)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Continuing on my "sunny " theme there is a brand new railcam out there Yes that is an Amtrak train approaching. Anyone care to guess the location. I had never heard of it!! That is the south view. |
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(Message 1930700)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just to "rub it in" after my post in the weather thread, this is the tree outside my flats viewed from my kitchen window earlier |
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(Message 1930696)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you in "colder climates" here is my kitchen window thermometer a few minutes ago. It does record a couple of degrees high but seems like summer has come to south London (in April?) |
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(Message 1930657)
Posted 18 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just walked down to my local for breakfast, without a coat!!! Now that is a win!! |
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(Message 1929900)
Posted 14 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems the train is now moving but listed as nearly 3 hours late. No idea of the motive power. |
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(Message 1929889)
Posted 14 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A tweet from the Railcam UK site @railcamlive Not an auspicious start to the "Ten year tour" |
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(Message 1929788)
Posted 13 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Vault |
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(Message 1929544)
Posted 12 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I love that stone wall along the foot path. As Richard notes, there are rather a lot of them around this part of the UK. I also quite like them. Here is a closer look at a section. This time of year the walls are useful in keeping lots and lots of these inside. It seems the "northern" air and long walks is tiring me out early so I have not finished sorting my pictures from yesterday yet. So hopefully more later. |
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(Message 1929375)
Posted 11 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: On my visit to Cumbria, one place a train fan has to go is Carlisle, which I did yesterday. This is a main stopping place for many passenger trains and a gateway to Scotland from the east of the country for freight. The first interesting train was an old class 60, first operated by BR in the early 90's then by EWS and DB finally this one operated by COLAS The last mainline diesel freight engine built in the UK. And hauling logs, lots of logs. It had paused at the platform to change drivers and as it pulled away and the newly cut logs passed , there was this nice "earthy woody" smell, not quite what you might expect in a mainline station. I had a walk round and found 57311 parked on the far side of the station. It had the nameplate "Thunderbird" which reminded me that when Virgin trains first started running passenger services, the traction at the time was unreliable and they had several of these units stabled at various points to provide "rescue" and they were all named after characters in "Thunderbirds" this was originally "Parker" Then Something quite unusual for a UK train-fan, a double header. Not only that but one of the newer 68 class and an older 66, that was a first for me. Time to get ready to catch a train to Settle perhaps more later. |
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(Message 1929373)
Posted 11 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So my second day in the "Cumbrian Hills" did not go to plan. Firstly from sun on Monday it had turned to cold grey and rainy. I had decided to go to Settle on the 9:48 Northern Rail service however when the 5:29 Leeds to Carlisle service had "traction problems" at Skipton and was cancelled I was not immediately aware what that meant. Because the service here uses only a couple of units, I suddenly realised that this train formed the 9:48 from Kirkby Stephen to Settle and when checking online saw that indeed it had been cancelled. This of course meant that the next train going anywhere would be the 10:34 to Carlisle. So I decided I would go to Carlisle instead. It was even colder and wetter in Carlisle than it had been in December 2014. I only took a couple of pictures. This is the Carlisle Castle. I am not a fan of "grey skies". By the time I had walked round the town to the cathedral I was about to call it a day. One day I will have to visit Carlisle in the summer!! I found somewhere to have lunch and warm up and the rest of my pictures will be in the train thread. |
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(Message 1929075)
Posted 9 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Still snow on them thar hills! I was on the 12:49 from Leeds, arriving Kirkby Stephen 14:32 Yes still snow, as you are probably aware, the woman who showed me in said that the weather has been awful till about last Thursday. It was actually very pleasant when I walked down into the village. |
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(Message 1929067)
Posted 9 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have decided to have a bit of a break away from Croydon, about 250 miles away in fact. After 2 hours on a Virgin East coast train, then another hour and a half on a "local" service I arrived. This is the view "out the back" And a bit further down the footpath to the village. And this is home for the next 4 days. Kirkby Stephen railway station in Cumbria. It is part of the Settle and Carlisle trust and while the station is still a working one, there is just a waiting room in the centre. The rest has been made into two holiday "cottages". My front door is just to the left of the long red bench at this end. The tall windows are my living room windows that look out onto the platform. Some may remember I stayed here before several years ago, but all the linked picture were on P-bucket, so I will take and post some new ones. Since I was here last they have installed a "train cam" so of all the train cams I watch this is the first I have actually appeared on. Internet here is a bit slower than I am used to so took a while to upload those. I will post a few more during the week. Tomorrow I plan to revisit Settle. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1928794)
Posted 8 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This is for all Star Trek TNG fans!! Do you wish you could be transported aboard the Enterprise-D? Take a turbo lift To perhaps the bridge. Even visit Jean-Luc Picard in his ready room Well you now can "virtually". A team are creating the Enterprise-D using the computer game engine Unreal4. You download the free program and it works just like a 3D computer game where you can explorer the Enterprise-D deck by deck. It is still a work in progress so a lot of areas are off limits, however places like the main shuttle-bay are impressive. You can walk round all the shuttles there The website is here: http://stage-9.co.uk/ The download is 1.8Gb and it is a "zip" file that will need to be "unzipped" and will "unzip" to 8Gb It is a graphic intensive program and will need a decent video card, my GTX1060 struggled a bit in some areas. I will leave you with this shot , anyone guess who's quarters this is. PS these are all screenshots I took this morning from within the simulation. |
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(Message 1928707)
Posted 7 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought BOINC was supposed to be set and forget. You know, install the Program and let it run. Yep that is how it works for me. All I do is check 3-4 times a day and almost always my caches are full, sometimes one or two tasks low. If I wait a while it will top up on it's own. Now I use Windows and only have mid-range cards so perhaps that helps. |
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(Message 1928642)
Posted 7 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Port |
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(Message 1928628)
Posted 7 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been meaning to post a couple more pics of Croydon "Street art" This is on the side of an old crumbling house/shop. Not sure if it is someone famous, I have looked online but cannot find any definite info. Now trying to get a good picture of this has proved difficult, due to the height it is hard to get a good angle. The reason for such a long shot is to show that it is Winston Churchill. What might not be obvious is it created using one of his most famous wartime speeches. "We shall fight them on the beaches" Have a closer look. |
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(Message 1928625)
Posted 7 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just passed South Croydon Peppercorn class A1 60163 Better know as Tornado, which is about to start it's 10th birthday tour. (It says on the front the "Belmond British Pullman" however in the tour schedule it is listed as "The Paddington afternoon tea train". Which is strange as it is going to Victoria!!) |
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(Message 1928351)
Posted 6 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Lawless: "Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order." Lawful "conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules". I think probably the citizens of China respect their laws a lot more than say the citizens of the UK or USA, because if they don't then they face a lot graver consequences. The shootings in the US and the current run of murders in the UK may well be described as lawless. My own town suffered lawless riots in 2011, so I have seen lawless at first hand. Also at least two posters on these very forums have admitted they have little faith in their own local law enforcement to cope with any serious problems, hence why they needed guns, that sounds a bit like lawless to me. I am still not sure there are "world wide " laws on how a country must be run. So whilst I do not agree with the way China is run or governed I would not call the state lawless in any way |
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(Message 1928280)
Posted 6 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As a moderator I am quite happy that if you do as Richard describes then send the resulting text to me in a PM. I will then make sure that the moderators are aware of the issue. |
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WOW, 1 million credits and I can tell no one
(Message 1928268)
Posted 6 Apr 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Or perhaps you have created a second account, as the one you are posting from hasn't processed any work units for SETI@Home since September 2014. And as My Kevvy noted has nowhere near one million credits. |
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(Message 1927538)
Posted 31 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Been busy all afternoon, just looked at my three and my slowest machine had 14082 SETI@home 31/03/2018 18:14:05 Scheduler request completed: got 50 new tasks My middle one: 135222 SETI@home 31/03/2018 18:05:38 Scheduler request completed: got 26 new tasks And the main one which I was using and not crunching on got 297 SETI@home 31/03/2018 19:04:58 Scheduler request completed: got 5 new tasks almost as soon as I let it crunch again. So my three are OK for a whille |
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(Message 1927460)
Posted 31 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Eric has posted that there is currently a problem with the database. This is causing extreme slowness. During this please only hit "OK" on a post ONCE, it will take a while but it will save double or triple posts. Also for the same reason the forums will be slower than normal. Thank you |
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(Message 1927459)
Posted 31 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Definitely got some trouble going on ... Eric has posted: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82775#1927456 |
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(Message 1927297)
Posted 30 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have no Idea what you guys are talking about, when I need work it comes weather it be cpu or gpu, don't care as long as cache is filled.. That is because, like me, you are not a "super-cruncher" with multiple GPU's that need constant "feeding" and some are ravenous :-) Like you my mid range crunchers rarely have trouble filling their modest caches. I almost feel embarrassed, till I look at their RAC' s :-0 |
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(Message 1927111)
Posted 29 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So I discovered that the NS OCS train was heading for the Masters at Augusta GA, and would pass through Thomasville NC. So finally a chance to see the whole train pass a camera. Of course at 8:30 am local the sun is pointing almost straight at the camera. Not much I could do to make it clearer. Thomasville has 2 cameras and this gives a better view of F-9A 4271. The train is composed of 19 heritage cars of various era's one of which is "Delaware" a full length dome car. Which started life with ATSF in 1954, spent sometime on the Autotain, then was owned by Conrail, and finally passed to NS when Conrail was up between NS and CSX |
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(Message 1927038)
Posted 29 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Before the thread slips offpage one, an excuse to post a couple of pictures. For a long while I have been waiting to see the Norfolk and Southern "Executive train" as it is normally hauled by 2 ubiquitous "F" units, the loco shape I most remember from American films of the 50's and 60's Yesterday it finally came near a camera, not actually "past" but near. At Shenandoah Junction WV the NS main crosses over the CSX main and I got a quick glimpse. With F-9A 4270 leading, just before the bridge. Then the 2 "B" units and 4271 bringing up the rear. Hopefully one day it will go past a camera with a better view. As you may remember Amntrak paints some of its P42 and P40 units in older "heritage" schemes One of my favourites is the "Phase 2" scheme and one of the locos I have often seen on the cameras is #66, Well back in January 2016 a semi got in the way of 66 and it now sits at Amtrak's Beech Grove workshop AMTK 66 at Beech Grove Unfortunately reports are that that frame is cracked and the loco is beyond economic repair. This week I heard that a new loco had been painted into Phase 2 as a replacement. Yesterday afternoon it led the California Zephyr out of Chicago. Amtrak P42 #130 in its new paint. Almost forgot, it seems that Amtrak has made a decision not to run any "special charters" or pull any of the privately owned historic coaches. That will leave a lot of PV owners stranded. Here is a report http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/03/28-amtrak-to-stop-operating-special-trains-charter-moves |
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(Message 1926913)
Posted 28 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, getting new tasks now: Same here, trick is now to actually download them!! |
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(Message 1926912)
Posted 28 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: You may, or may not, remember a few months back I posted a few pictures of the "artistic graffiti" that adorns several shops and building in my home town The idea of trying to get the local graffiti artists to be more creative came from the owner of a local art gallery. His gallery had this on the shutters. Well over the last couple of day it has been repainted. It now sports this. Quite striking I think you will agree. |
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Time to spring ahead..........reset your clocks.
(Message 1926423)
Posted 24 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: See. Only problems with DST! Well personally I like DST and have been waiting for this event. I much prefer lighter evenings and am looking forward to tomorrow when it will get dark and hour "later". |
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Time to spring ahead..........reset your clocks.
(Message 1926275)
Posted 24 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Tomorrow morning at 01:00 the UK and Europe will "spring forward" one hour. I found solution to the "car clock" problem, got rid of the car ;-) |
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(Message 1925981)
Posted 23 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: That has nothing to do with either child pornography, or Bitcoin, at all. The site indicated that the videos are migrating to is the largest (adult) pornography site on the internet and is strictly legal as far as age goes at least, and no cryptocurrency is mentioned. Yes I thought that perhaps the poster meant this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43485572 |
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Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1925467)
Posted 20 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: OK lets stop the personal sniping, and remain on topic. This thread is about President Donald Trump, NOT about petty squabbles between poster here, keep that to PM's if you must. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1925351)
Posted 19 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know how you could say you had never seen it discussed Ah I think a little misunderstanding here, let me rephrase. I have never experienced the problem currently being discussed. Is that clearer. |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1925336)
Posted 19 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The only way to stop these school shootings is to have another Civil war. The last one was the North wanting to abolish slavery, the South wanting to keep it. This one will be about young people wanting guns banned, against the adults that don't. I really don't think that would turn out too well. |
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Number crunching :
User achievements thread.........
(Message 1925313)
Posted 19 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I just noticed that my "number 2" machine 6851722 has recently passed 20 million total. It was my "daily use" machine for 6 years until three weeks ago, it now crunches 24/7. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1925311)
Posted 19 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It's odd, but I don't think I have ever seen the problem being discussed. Even when I had a couple of problem crunchers and was checking several times a day. Now I have "retired" all the old machines, I probably check a couple of times a day. I always tend to check before I go to bed and first thing in the morning and I always see full caches, and currently as one machine is new and the older is now a full time cruncher, I see rising RAC as well!! Both machines have reasonable GPU's and the new one has a better CPU as well. |
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Cafe SETI :
Weather Forecasts X Spring Is In The Air
(Message 1925034)
Posted 17 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm dreaming of a white Seems south London has some of Gordon's big fluffy snowflakes. Croydon a little while ago, not settling on roads and pavements(sidewalks) as the council have done an excellent job of gritting both. Yesterday was a fine spring day and when someone said to me that snow was forecast I said it didn't seem likely !! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 95
(Message 1924911)
Posted 16 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Hour |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1924904)
Posted 16 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: "car clubs" For a small fee you join the club. You get a "pass card". The club has basically cars for hire but by the hour if needed or by the day. The cars are parked at various locations around towns. Either via computer or an app on a smartphone you can request to hire a car. You get the location and ID of the car and your pass card will unlock the car, there is a reader attached to the inside of the windscreen and you hold you card up to it. Use the car and return it to the same spot, or another if you arrange it that way. The club has your details and bill you direct. So you get the use of a car as and when you want. I haven't joined one yet but will probably try it out next week . |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1924897)
Posted 16 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well today for the first time in a very long time I do not own a car and have no plans to get one. As I either walk or use my OAP free pass on busses, tram, trains and the tube, the car was becoming redundant. Probably the only thing I use it for was the weekly shop, but as they all do online ordering and doorstep delivery I will use that . If I ever really need a car we now have "car clubs" with several locations in Croydon so that is always an option. The real problem was parking, it cost around £70 a month to park here now. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 95
(Message 1924853)
Posted 16 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: video |
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Windows :
Unable to receive new tasks
(Message 1924789)
Posted 15 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I shut them down cause I never got a response back... Oh sorry just forget I said anything. Not sure how I was supposed to know that you had powered them down. However what you will need to do is power on one of the problem machines and then copy and paste the fist 30 or so lines of the BOINC log here, so others can see what is happening and what may be the problem. Open BOINC then Ctrl+Shift+E then "Copy All" and paste here. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 95
(Message 1924691)
Posted 15 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: panda |
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Windows :
Unable to receive new tasks
(Message 1924689)
Posted 15 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Never got a response to this... Looking at the computers in your list there are 4 that have not connected to the project since the 11th, 10th 9th and 8th So perhaps you have a connection issue. |
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Need assistance - A computer has died. :-(
(Message 1924688)
Posted 15 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: So it shows as just one partition? Also what is the disk label? Which of the disks below does it resemble most? |
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Number crunching :
Need assistance - A computer has died. :-(
(Message 1924633)
Posted 14 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: 16GB sounds like a "recovery" partition, what does the disc label say? Have a look with "Disk Management" you can usually see the partitions better there |
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Cafe SETI :
Time to spring ahead..........reset your clocks.
(Message 1923790)
Posted 10 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Also if you happen to be in Arizona, please ignore this message (Arizona doesn't do DST) |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1923300)
Posted 8 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Why even link this one, Wiggo? Perhaps because like in the UK "guns and schools" do not go together, and I know of no schools in the UK that have armed guards of any sort. So it is a bit of a shock to think that a student can be "accidently" killed by someone who is suppose to be there to protect. |
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Windows :
Unable to receive new tasks
(Message 1923299)
Posted 8 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just to let you know there is always a Tuesday maintenance outage each week. This week the outage lasted longer than normal and so it took a while for things to return to normal and downloading work was very slow. |
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Number crunching :
Still uploading?
(Message 1923142)
Posted 7 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, just look in the "Panic mode on" thread. (always best to check there first) There was a longer than normal weekly outage, during which uploads were disabled (they are not normally) This means the servers now have to deal with thousands of uploads, they are but slowly |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXVIV
(Message 1923099)
Posted 7 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we back yet? |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1923084)
Posted 6 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Mmmmm, no outage notification on the main page for tomorrow. (yet anyhow) The main web page is on Pacific Time (UTC-8) so when you posted at 00:06 UTC it was only 16:06 PT. Notification is there now. |
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Windows :
Windows update stopped Seti@home Dead in its tracks, please help
(Message 1922484)
Posted 3 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Ancient tracker ball ..... Some years ago I had one that sat there jittering, not enough to be visible bur just enough to prentend to be moving, over 24 hours the pointer moved about a third down the screen. I had a joystick so the same, if you went into the joystick setup, you could actually see the pointer "vibrating" slightly |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 94
(Message 1922039)
Posted 2 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Fish |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1921977)
Posted 1 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: My 9 tasks just downloaded one after another. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1921924)
Posted 1 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seems to work OK here, just had a look at a couple of your tasks OK |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 1921919)
Posted 1 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well times change don't they!! My new machine 8467086 just passed 100,00 total in 8 days. I was just looking back at my oldest machine on view 860978 which took 3 years to get to 14,786!! No I don't still have it, recycled years back. |
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Cafe SETI :
Weather Forecasts X Spring Is In The Air
(Message 1921864)
Posted 1 Mar 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well some of you might have heard that here in the UK we are having a bit of snow. Even here in south London where snow laying for any length of time is quite rare, this was my car this morning. And I just had to take it for it's first service and boy was the walk back an arctic experience, bitter north wind. However at least it is not as bad as Cumbria, this is the Ribblehead viaduct, well almost. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1921724)
Posted 28 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is 945 at Chesterton Headed for the IRM. One from each camera |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1921597)
Posted 28 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is one for David. Spotted today on Amtrak 29 in West Newton PA AEM7 945 which I believe is on its way to the Illinois Railway Museum. The AEM7's were the electric locomotives that served on the North East Corridor (Boston-New York- Washington) from 1980 to 2016 Not a great picture but the light was not the best, I will try and get it when it passes Chesterton later. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 94
(Message 1920175)
Posted 21 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: fulcrum |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1920092)
Posted 20 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I rarely post Amtrak pictures here as few seem to enjoy them, but yes as all the cameras now have 24 hr "DVR" feature I watched the charger Talgo combo pass through La Plata Mo, then into Chicago (where it was mostly blocked by another Amtrak turning on the wye) Here at La Plata with a few railfans on the platform, Charger and front of Talgo And here the distinctive "cab" As to the PPC yesterdays 4 into Chicago had 2 on the rear as will today's, Having cameras at Flagstaff AZ means we can see today's 4 yesterday :-) Yesterdays 4 with the two Pacific Parlour cars, "Napa Valley" and "Columbia Valley" |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1919571)
Posted 17 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have had an interesting day, but will not bore you with the details, just say that courtesy of Ralicam UK I will post this, screenshot from this afternoon 81 year old LMS Jubilee Class 45699 Galatea Yes there is now a rail cam at Ribblehead Oh yes and some place called Kirkby Stephen ;-) |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1919243)
Posted 16 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Why is it that whenever ANYONE makes statements like these they never, ever, ever, ever tell the bad things about a person? They make the person they are grieving for sound like a saint. No person on this planet is THAT saintly. I find it difficult to believe that anyone anywhere could say that to defend the ownership of semi automatic weapons as a right. I also have seen on several website the phrase "it is time we let teachers carry" OMG!! Do you realise what that means, America is saying "we can no longer protect our children." because the freedom to be able to own guns is more important. I hope there are clearer and more focused minds looking at this problem, if not God help America. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems?
(Message 1918682)
Posted 13 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: DST: 11th March most of the USA 25th March most of Europe |
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Number crunching :
External links not working? - RESOLVED
(Message 1918499)
Posted 12 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As I don't use Firefox, I have just checked and updated my main PC and my old laptop. The PC is now running Firefox ESR (Whatever that is) version 52.6.0 My laptop is running Firefox Quantum (whatever that is) Version 58.0.2 On both machines all the links I have tried here work fine. I actually have no idea what the problem is, but if two different versions of Firefox and of course Chrome, work fine I just suspect that it is not SETI@Home that is the problem' If any of the 60 odd people who have viewed this thread are having a problem could they please let us know. |
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Number crunching :
External links not working? - RESOLVED
(Message 1918477)
Posted 12 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just tried 12 different links in the Cafe and all worked perfectly And as to the . And what the frak is that news cast that comes on when I got there? I have to ask "What newscast?" It would seem that perhaps your browser has a problem. Update: I have just tried the same links from a different PC on Firefox and once again no problems and no "newscast" |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1918250)
Posted 11 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This screen shot appears to have been doctored as apparently it hasn't been posted (going many weeks back) on that facebook page for soulless pre-teens. Surely it would appear on Eric's Facebook page, not the one you linked to. |
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Politics :
Marijuana
(Message 1918101)
Posted 10 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Vine... As it relates to this Subject. I was wondering if you could answer the following question, which I have previously stated I have no true knowledge: Sorry no, I have no interest in playing your word games, I have better things to do on a Saturday night. |
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Politics :
Marijuana
(Message 1918093)
Posted 10 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As Bernie Vine posted:The belly laugh gets repeated and amplified. I don't actually think he means me, and even if he did I wouldn't get too upset as others seem to. Life is too short to worry about what someone posts on an online forum. |
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Politics :
Marijuana
(Message 1918057)
Posted 10 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Mr. Kevvy. A simple response regarding different marijuana laws among our States started this. Started what? These are discussion forums so discussions often head in different directions, and perhaps you don't like the idea of the EU being compared to the USA but that is what the EU is trying to be, separate states not separate countries. One of the big things that I believe helped the Brexit vote was the fact that so may of our laws (UK) came from Brussels. Marijuana is I believe legal( to a degree) in Amsterdam, and apparently Spain is moving towards trying to legalise it. Wonder what will happen then to EU citizens travelling across countries? |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Task with 47+ days remaining, 6+ days completed. Deadline 02/10/18. Is this OK?
(Message 1917900)
Posted 9 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: You have 3 task that have errored out with "197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED" The run times were: Run time 6 hours 24 min 41 sec CPU time 1 min 46 sec I have had a similar problem with 750ti's on two machines, it was after a Win 10 update, random tasks on the GPU will stop processing and the completion time will increase extremely quickly. Finally it will be aborted by Boinc as taking too long to run. I have tried various Nvidia drivers including the latest, but it still happens, maybe 1 in 20 work units. Restarting Boinc allows the WU to continue from where it stopped and complete normally. Have you tired restarting Boinc? |
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Politics :
Marijuana
(Message 1917886)
Posted 9 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Is what we have been instructed to stop. Suggested, not "instructed". |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 94
(Message 1917166)
Posted 5 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Zephyr |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1917021)
Posted 5 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Seem there was signals work in the area. Sources quoted by NBC News said CSX signals in the area had been taken offline to undergo work. Chat on various rail websites seems to suggest the freight was on an auto rack unloading track, and the switch had been left open to the main and for some reason locked that way. The Amtrak train was possibly doing around 60 mph at the point of collision. Withouth knowing how far the freight was from the switch, there are still unknowns |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
Why does it say that there's no work available to process?
(Message 1916856)
Posted 4 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently there is a bit of a shortage of work due to a problem with the link to the Green Bank telescope. There is some work in the pipeline that needs to be prepared. So at the moment you will just have to wait. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXVIII - Happy New Year. Is it 2018 already???!!!
(Message 1916649)
Posted 3 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from my local Weatherpersons pub, having just enjoyed breakfast and still enjoying the "endless coffee" Oh and trying out my new laptop :-) HP Pavilion Pro 14-bf054sa 14" Intel i7 8500, RAM: 8 GB / Storage: 256 GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX Trouble is it is faster than my desktop!! |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1916523)
Posted 2 Feb 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it was Groundhog day today and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow so six more weeks of winter. And about 50 or so miles south east, Amtrak 42 the Pennsylvanian made a wintry scene at Cresson PA And about 15 minutes later a more scenic one on the Horseshoe Curve. |
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News :
Slow network connection to Green Bank
(Message 1915929)
Posted 30 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for getting that second Arecibo tape mounted! But is there any hope of more appearing before the outage commences? Well as it is just past midnight now in Berkeley and the outage usually starts around 5am Pacific Time, I suspect you will have to wait and see. :-) |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (109) Server Problems?
(Message 1914179)
Posted 20 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Panic Mode On (110) Server Problems? Now open for business |
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News :
Splitters off, again :(
(Message 1913182)
Posted 15 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: As it was a Sunday a remote log in was tried to cure the problem but unfortunately that did not work so it will be looked when the staff get in today. In a couple of hours. |
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News :
Projects are (no longer) down
(Message 1913147)
Posted 15 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The main reason for the drop in Recent Average Credit is the fact that there are no new tapes from Arecibo. This means that we are currently only processing the Breakthrough Listen units (Green Bank) which do not give as much "credit per hour". Also with no Arecibo tapes there will be no new Astropulse units which gave the highest "credit per hour". To see the full discussion on this subject, look here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82471 |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
No longer works on GPU tasks
(Message 1912940)
Posted 14 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I am not an ATI person, but I think 1/12/2018 9:24:56 AM | | CAL: ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 4350/4550 (R710) (CAL version 1.4.1664, 512MB, 480MB available, 192 GFLOPS peak) Might be the problem, from what I remember your GPU might be too old and not support OpenCL.. Hopefully an ATI person will be along to help. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1912775)
Posted 13 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of pictures not directly featuring trains but from a train cam This was West Newton PA and 9.30 ET last night Then just a few hours later. Just a little snow, and if you look closely in the bottom left you can just see a chilly bunny, that hopped across the rails. Also both of the rail-cam sites I subscribe to are adding more cameras, Virtual Railfan added Flagstaff AZ a couple of days ago. This is from both cameras together. The Southwest Chief 3 and 4 both stop here. This is the 4 from a couple of days ago, not sure health and safety would like the guy standing by the open door in the baggage car. :-) These two cams allow you to see almost the full train at once. Unfortunately both trains are stopping in the dark at the moment, the 3 around 9:50 pm and the 4 around 5.30 am. This site aims to add another 20+ cameras this year, it is already getting difficult to decide which one to watch!! |
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Number crunching :
Work unit cache size and potential "ghost work units" (again)
(Message 1912142)
Posted 10 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Is this yet another case of "Ghost work units" which where never downloaded onto my machine? As your computers are hidden, it would have to be a guess, but yes, very probably. |
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Cafe SETI :
My Posts
(Message 1911775)
Posted 8 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Just to put the record straight again No one said they were illegal. |
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Number crunching :
A very steep decline in Average Credits!!!
(Message 1911757)
Posted 8 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: There were server problems last week as was detailed on the main page and in the news thread. So yes it will have impacted RAC |
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Cafe SETI :
My Posts
(Message 1911728)
Posted 8 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I am unlocking this thread. To all concerned, if you see a post that concerns you for any reason please red-x it and try not to get into arguments. Thank you for you co-operation. |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
Statistics and validation delay
(Message 1911121)
Posted 6 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Every task is sent to two computers. This is so the results can be compared, if they match then they will be validated. So you have to wait if your "wingmate" is slower at returning results. Unfortunately sometimes your "wingmate" fails to return the result and it will then have to be sent out to a third machine. Hopefully that machine will return a valid result. It might take several months but hopefully they will validate in the end PS. Your "oldest" task that you returned on the 23rd December has a deadline of the 13th of February 2018. |
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Number crunching :
Intel security flaw
(Message 1910655)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: I am using only AMD Cpus both on Windows 10 and SuSE Linux. Should I apply the patches too? Microsoft sends me an upgrade every month, and I have no way to refuse it. I can refuse to install Linux updates, but so forth they have done no damages. I am running 4 BOINC projects using also nVidia graphic boards and/or VirtualBox. Not sure the Windows Home edition can refuse, if so I don't know how. |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910642)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It has been noticed that there has been negative references to what job or position a poster held This is of course inflammatory and against the rules when used in this way "No messages intended to annoy or antagonise other people, or to hijack a thread." If you cannot argue your point without negative references to other forum posters perhaps you should reconsider what you are about to post. Thank you. |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910569)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems that he just likes playing word games. What he says has little substance when broken down, it is just rehashes of old post to try and prove a point. No idea why. |
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Number crunching :
Intel security flaw
(Message 1910562)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: For example, how easy is it for a hacker to become "an unprivileged, logged-in user". Can any counter-moves be made on this level ? I would like to know this as well. |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910557)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie... Where did I say that. Currently the people of North Korea only know what they are told and live in a society where the believe what they are told. If they found out what was really happening, I have absolultly no idea what would happen, but I suspect it would not be good. Your belief that if their was truly free elections, free speech, freedom of association, freedom of the press in North Korea. That the people would choose Kim. I am sure everyone will marvel at you deductive powers!!! Where on earth did you get that idea. I was trying to explain to you what the North Korean people believe because that is what they are told to believe. If there were fair and free elections and people able to cross into South Korea, the Kim dynasty would cease to exist, which is why he fights so hard to keep things running his way. PS Sorry, missed this. As far as we in the west are aware yes Kim runs North Korea as a tyrannical dictator, those who do not agree and sometimes those he does not like are almost certainly killed on his orders. and yes he keeps his people enslaved to his will. I do not believe anyone here disagrees with that, except perphaps you. |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910539)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry... Does the following support or attack Kim? I see neither support nor condemnation, just statements at to what the people of North Korea believe. |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910527)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry your usual double talk proves not a thing. Nowhere has anyone said that they even support the regime in North Korea, let alone that they support murder. You are seeing spectres and spooks where none exist You are putting words into peoples mouths, not "exposing" a thing. But just carry on, the way you continue to behave is most enlightening, and not doubt provides entertainment to others. Attempting to hide or ban the opinions of those who disagree. Will not assist us in our understanding of the world and its problems.. These are forums that have rules and support of mass murder is not allowed. These forums have little or nothing to do with "the world and it's problems" |
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Politics :
North Korea Part 3
(Message 1910513)
Posted 4 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Much more difficult when posters in these forums and around the world. Support the present and future murder and enslavement of the North Korean people. I cannot fine anyone actually saying they support the murder of the North Korean people, I actually cannot find anyone posting they support murder, it is a serious charge so please point out where this has been said. The least we can do, is expose those who support their continued murder and enslavement. Again where has this been said. I will need to hide the posts concerned. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1910396)
Posted 3 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: This cold weather is starting to take it's toll on the rolling stock, quite a few of the long distance trains out of Chicago leaving hours late. However this was a first, normally you see broken done or units having problems towed in by a freight loco, first time I have see one towed out!! "Executive" paintwork BNSF 9766 hauls an hour late California Zephyr out of Chicago whilst an on time Southwest Chief rushes past. |
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Cafe SETI :
My Posts
(Message 1910275)
Posted 3 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Vic. I sat in a doctors office as he told me I almost certainly had a cancerous growth on my thyroid. He the proceeded to describe the operation I would need and the quite scary consequences. I spent several weeks worried sick After I had the operation I was seen by another more pleasant doctor who said that it wasn't cancerous after all. Wait for results and try not to worry too much. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW CCLXVII
(Message 1910181)
Posted 2 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: The one thing I miss being retired is not having weekends and holiday to look forward to (everyday is a Saturday when you are retired ) However I definitely do not miss the "back to work after a long holiday" feeling. Now what shall I do today :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Alternatives to cable and satellite tv
(Message 1910180)
Posted 2 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: In the UK we only have 2 choices Virgin Media for cable and Sky TV for satellite. Living in a block of apartments, the managing agents decided right from the start that sat dishes or ugly cables were out and so I had no options but to go with over the air digital TV, the first paying company collapsed, luckily a free to air company started up in it's place called Freeview and was quite successful, It started small and still only has around 70 channels, 15 in HD, but was enough for me. When I was looking after my dad I brought an Amazon Fire TV stick and joined Prime ( basically to get stuff delivered to the Isle of Wight next day). With Amazon Prime you get a lot of films and TV included. So much so that on Christmas Day when I decided to watch TV for a change I was totally blown away by the choice. I agree, streaming will be the way forward, being able to watch what you want when you want to, and being able to pause whenever you want wins out all the time for me. Of course all the major Freeview channels here have a "catch up" internet service that allows you to watch programs you might have missed. Interesting fact no 42 Back in the 80's Professor Nicholas Negroponte came up with the idea that we were basically doing things the wrong way round, we had static TV's that received signals by radio waves, and telephones that were wired in. He thought it would be more efficient if TV's were cabled and phones were wireless. It became know as the Negroponte Switch. |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1910029)
Posted 1 Jan 2018 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I think I know what you are trying to say, it is a very odd way of saying it. Left Wing Nazi Type supporters. I realise you use the word "type" but to me it just does not work, Nazis and left wing in the same sentence. Nazis are, and forever will be right wing and are as far away from the left as any two ideologies can really be. I know you believe the end results of either will be the same. However lumping them together does not get your point across very clearly. I suppose that is another "difference" between our cultures. |
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Politics :
Greatest Best Leader of ALL TIME Yep Dat BeeeZZZ Big BIg BIG Hands Golden Haired Long Black Coat Wearin; WINNING ALWAYS Prez #45 45ers Gots His Back. You, Not So Much.......Yap
(Message 1909777)
Posted 31 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: They do not contribute to my or my families welfare so they do not matter and I do not lose sleep over their opinions or beliefs. So the USA can do without some of the $220 billion that tourism bring in each year. I suspect quite a lot of that is from the EU I have watched theses threads and have to say that I am seriously reconsidering my "Trip of a lifetime" across the USA as I see more and more the isolationist stance, and that I am not wanted in the US. I see it in news stories and in many tweets that lead me to believe the USA no long cares what happens in the rest of the world and would rather retreat behind walls and barriers and let the rest of the world go to hell. I have to say it seem that perhaps it is the right time to let this happen. The world will suffer and things will be tough but the rest of the world now needs to see if it can get on without the US. I now have no wish to feel I owe anything to the USA. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1909653)
Posted 30 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a couple more pics to show how bad the snow is in some parts of the US.. Areas around the great lakes have had the worst snow, a few miles north of the town of Erie PA is a place called North East home to the Lake shore Railway musem. Virtual Railfan has two cameras here, this is the east facing cam early morning on the 1st of December Notice the fence. Here the same camera yesterday morning. I would have liked to show the view for the west cam unfortunately it was completely covered with snow. So how do the trains cope. They just speed on though, adding a bit more snow to the fence!! That was the 48 today Finally a snowy Horseshoe Curve near Altoona PA with train 42 The Pennsylvanian on route to New York |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (109) Server Problems?
(Message 1909495)
Posted 29 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have copied the post from Mikes thread into the "Optimised Applications and Other Binaries - NEW: required for v8: Windows Installer v0.44" thread So hopefully people will see it now. PS Anyone could have done that. |
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Number crunching :
Optimised Applications and Other Binaries - NEW: required for v8: Windows Installer v0.44
(Message 1909494)
Posted 29 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As there seems to have been some confusion today I will copy this post from Mike earlier in the year to this thread Hello dear setizens. Hopefully people will read this before trying the old link |
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Windows :
Getting error "Suspicious spike results"
(Message 1909480)
Posted 29 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Set the "Use at most - % of the CPU's" to 50% Leave the" CPU Time" at 100% PS if you can see these values you are already in "advanced view" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1909402)
Posted 29 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Over here we call them "car boot sales" or I suppose you would say "car trunk sales" :-) |
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Web site :
Missing badge question
(Message 1909233)
Posted 28 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you lose the badge if you are no longer in the top 25%? I believe so yes. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1909041)
Posted 26 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday I got to wondering just how many places in the USA would have a white Christmas. So using the railcams I had a look. Here is the "mini-cam" view of 15 of Railstreams cams This shows that just Shenandoah Junction West Virginia was snow less! (Cresson is offline but apparently snowy) This view does not have all the cams, notably the one across the border Belleville Ontario. This has had snow for several days, in fact yesterday I spotted the first train heading west, notice the rail is still snow covered in front of 6406 That was the 41 heading to Toronto. A while later the 6415 did the same for the rails on the other side. The "carol singers" are an added extra, placed there by the camera host!! Back in the USA it was quite difficult to find any trains that wern't Amtrak, in the end Berea Ohio came up trumps A snowy CSX 508 with a stack train. It was quite obvious that there was very little freight about. However the "windy city" still had its daily rota of Amtrak. A charger powered 391 leaving, while the City of New Orleans waits on the airline. Of course no "snowy Christmas Day" on the railcams would be complete without the camera that started me on this, good old Chesterton West, first watched on the 14th December 2014 Here is the 29 yesterday With the "Veterans" unit no 42. And here from the archives is 25th December 2014 No snow that year!! There is new camera that was not on the "mini cams" Durand Michigan, this sees the Amtrak "Blue Water" 364/365, Chicago to Port Huron, yesterday I totally forgot to record it, however it had lots of snow Today I remembered. Here a rather icy looking 31 leads. Finally a Christmas wave from the Amtrak agent (and friend) in La Plata Missouri as they wait for the Chicago bound Southwest Chief yesterday. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 94
(Message 1908885)
Posted 25 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: clockwork |
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Web site :
Delete account
(Message 1908595)
Posted 23 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is not possible to delete accounts. You can however change any identifiable information to random characters. This also includes scrambling the e-mail address. |
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Getting started :
Getting tasks on my PC?
(Message 1908316)
Posted 21 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I recently reinstalled BOINC on my PC and logged into my old account to resume; not getting any tasks. Downloaded it to my phone (Android), too; that started pulling tasks immediately. What gives? I'm running Windows 10. Well it looks like you downloaded 23 tasks at 05:10 UTC today and are successfully processing them. One has validated and 6 are pending. So it looks OK from here. |
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197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
(Message 1907703)
Posted 17 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the CPU is 10 years old released Q1 2007 . Yes I think you are right, Win 10 was great when first released now however the latest updates seem to cause problems. My main machine was totally crippled by the Fall Creators Update, all Nvidia drivers failed to install after, and I had to roll the update back to get it working again. So I will retire both the old Dells along with my ageing HP and two "home builds" and just continue on this machine for now. As long as my RAC is more than one I am fine :-) |
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(Message 1907683)
Posted 17 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this morning both machines had stuck tasks. So I suspended then un-suspended and what then happens is that it pauses for a minute, then the task that was hung goes into "waiting to run" and a new task starts. On both machines I have set NNT and one has now reached its last GPU task one that has been "waiting to run" what then happens is this SETI@home 8.20 setiathome_v8 (opencl_nvidia_SoG) blc04_2bit_guppi_57903_49285_HIP9020_0009.13163.409.23.46.244.vlar_1 00:03:53 (00:00:42) 18.10 18.08 00:14:38 2/5/2018 4:05:20 AM Waiting to run,Suspended: Waiting to acquire lock [0] 00:00:00 Which required a restart of BOINC to get it to run. As to Linux, I have to admit i have tried it in the past, but I am to "Windows" orientated. I admit if it cant be done with a GUI then I am not interested. Looking at some of the Linux threads in NC and I see I would again get frustrated and give up one more. I do have 3 other old machines currently doing nothing and I will fire one of them up see if I can get it running then perhaps put one of the 750's in it to see if the problem persists. P.S I would always choose to pull the floppy drive when it is happening. Er I assume you mean DVD drive, these machines may be old but as they are Dell's they don't have "floppy drives". ;-) |
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(Message 1907600)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have tried the TDR previously and noticed no real improvement, however that was just to prevent the driver restarts. This problem with tasks hanging is different and new. If I don't notice the task hang then they error. I suspect it will get worse. I tried Mikes command line and it has made no difference as the machine I put it on just had a task hang. So as both machines are getting a bit long in the tooth now I think I will let them retire gracefully. Annoying thing is they have both had new Corsair PSU's in the last year! |
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197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
(Message 1907543)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you rescheduling? That is a most likely cause. No never have. Have you been having any video driver crashes on those machines? Recently, yes often on both machines. I tried newer drivers, older drivers, TDR delay increases, etc., etc. Yes I have tried that to no effect, I was running one on the newer driver but to be fair that has made it worse!! I will try Mikes command line on one machine and see what happens |
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197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
(Message 1907491)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: How many instances are you running on CPU ? Two CPU tasks one GPU. I currently have both machines set to NNT tasks and it happened this morning when there were no CPU tasks running. |
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197 (0x000000C5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
(Message 1907487)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have tried a search for this but the results don't seem to decribe what I am seeing. I have two identical machines: 6906753 and 8275447 Both are having the same problem with a number of task failing with the above error. When I look at Boinc tasks I see the same thing on both machines large elapsed times of several hours and massive times left over 20 hours, and as I watch the time left increases. If I stop and restart Boinc then all is OK again for a while, then it happens again, not every task but often enough to be annoying. This year has been a bit hectic so I haven't kept up to date with things and have obviously done something wrong. Any advice appreciated. |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens 2 - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1907478)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For several years now I have taken bi-monthly pictures of the local park, on or around the 1st and the 16th of each month I take around 60 pictures from different spots, trying to stand in roughly the same place. This year having been on the Isle of Wight for most of the summer I don't have many good pictures of the park then and now, but as I was taking the pictures today I thought this one would be a good comparison. Today: and 27th July: |
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Cafe SETI :
Christmas... it's complicated
(Message 1907473)
Posted 16 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If you are going to be alone this Christmas day what will you eat for your main meal? Over the last 20 years or so I have been alone on Christmas Day most years. As I have every year, I will have a "traditional" Christmas lunch, turkey, roast potatoes, sprouts. cauliflower, stuffing, and if I remember bread sauce. (all home cooked) Washed down with a nice glass or two of chilled white wine That will be lunch. In the evening I will have Christmas pudding and mince pies with probably a couple more glasses of wine. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1907023)
Posted 14 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well when I was last in the US I did try and get a picture of the American robin, but all came out less than perfect, but yes it looks most like a blackbird. As to squirrels, here is one I snapped in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY Looks like any old grey squirrel you might see here. Now a few more "street art" pics. This is up on the side of a building. Sorry about the lamppost, but that was the best pace to get the shot, quite striking. This next one on an empty shop. This on a side wall. And this one make you think you have trouble focusing!! I actually hadn't realised there were that many. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1906801)
Posted 13 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well Mr Gnu seems to have the scenic winter shots covered. This is something a bit different. My home town has had a lot of problems over the years and one was graffiti on empty shops in the town centre. It upset an art gallery owner so much he challenged the local graffiti artists to produce some real art. This is his gallery with the shutters down. It was unusually closed today so I had not see it before. This is on any empty shop round the corner. My favourite is this on on a large shopfornt. This one is just odd, some in the UK may remember this. Back before we had 24 hour TV this was the BBC colour test card, which was broadcast during the day!! There are more but it was cold and wet today so I will keep my eye out for others. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1906794)
Posted 13 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This time of year sees a few "steam specials" that pass through South Croydon Yesterday it was "BR Britannia Class 7MT 4-6-0 no 70013 Oliver Cromwell with The Christmas Sussex Belle Here just passed under the road bridge south of East Croydon. It was slowing down as it was going to be held at the signal. So got a shot just before it went into the shadow of the footbridge. It was held on platform 4 at South Croydon for about 5 minutes as two suburban trains passed it. This was just as it pulled away. I quite like that image, and it also shows that even on a line with 60 triasns an hour there is still room for occasional steam. |
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Macintosh :
Task postponed: Suspicious pulse results, host needs reboot or maintenance
(Message 1906190)
Posted 10 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Looking at your computers though, you don't seem to have an active Mac. Only ARM devices. Might be the "other" Connor Bailey" with the Mac https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=10314253 |
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News :
Special Fundraiser for Parkes Data Store and GPU development system
(Message 1905548)
Posted 8 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Could we get an option in the forum preferences to turn off these special icons besides other people's names? All the moving ones take attention away from the message people have, especially when it's got the star turning one way and the fans on the videocard turning the other way. I can't seem to block these with my ad-blocker (uBlock Origin) without blocking all elements on the page. Ad block plus removes individual elements I agree it is distracting. I have none at all not even green stars |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (108) Server Problems?
(Message 1904933)
Posted 5 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The usual maintenance slot warning is not posted on the home page today. Maybe we will have a free Tuesday following the outage? I'll find out when I get home from work this evening. It is still Monday in Berkeley. Look again after 08:00 UTC. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VI
(Message 1904375)
Posted 2 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It might be nice if people here could please live and let live and if you do not like what others post, just put them on filter. Then resist the temptation to look anyway!! People are fee to express opinions and post more or less what they like in this thread (as long as it follows the rules), it is what the thread is for. And yes, I am well aware it takes to two start a disagreement. |
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Wish list :
I wish the max work per user limit was higher (10 days ain't what it used to be)
(Message 1904373)
Posted 2 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: There are work unit limits of 100 tasks per CPU Not cores) and 100 per GPU. This is primarily to prevent problems with massive numbers of tasks being uploaded and down loaded after the outage, which causes problems with writing to the database (as far as I remember) So, however many days of work you set you will never get more than 100 tasks each for a CPU and GPU. |
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Number crunching :
Disappearing credits
(Message 1904104)
Posted 1 Dec 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Firstly the account you are posting from shows a join date of 12th October 2012, so it seems likely that when you "switched" e-mails you inadvertently create a new account. You are also saying that credit "disappears" , this is not something that I am aware happens, so perhaps you are logging in with two different accounts and seeing different totals. This happens sometimes, since you have had several computers over the years it is possible they log on under different accounts. Before you ask, no it is unfortunately not possible to combine accounts. NOTE a quick look shows another Shawn85206 who joined in may 1999 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=133974 Is this also you. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1903913)
Posted 30 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Recently I have been watching the rail cameras quite a lot. There are two main sites I am a member of and recently they have been adding lots of new cameras, there are now 40 cameras across 26 locations, making a quite difficult to manage. However until yesterday all were in the USA. Then Railstream crossed the border and went "international" I will let you guess where; Yep, Canada, Belleville Ontario to be precise, and the ubiquitous EMD F40PH-2 of which VIA Rail has 59. Whilst quite a small town, it is on the VIA Rail main line from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal. One really noticeable thing is VIA Rail believe in making their trains stand out. Yep 906 is a P42 same as Amtrak, but a bit more er colourful!! VIA apparently has 29. They also do things a little differently, there is a site where you can track the VIA trains and I noticed this morning that trains number 50 and 60 seemed to be approaching Belleville together. I looked them up on the VIA website and indeed the two services are identical until they split at Brockville, the 50 to Ottawa and the 60 to Montreal, I wondered what this train looked like. Well a P42 on the front. And one in the middle And one on the end!! That's the way to do it!! I quite like this camera |
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Panic Mode On (108) Server Problems?
(Message 1903662)
Posted 29 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Eric has posted https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82273 |
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News :
Database slowness
(Message 1903540)
Posted 29 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, mine says the same...it has been "offline" unable to get work for more than 12 hours, or close to 12 hours.... The SETI Servers are currently experiencing problems and work is sporadic at best. As it is still only just after 8 am am at Berkeley it may be a while yet. As to the "website being offline" yesterday, it always is on a Tuesday from approx 13:00 UTC for about 10 hours for backup and maintenance. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology 3
(Message 1902976)
Posted 26 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Breach 2014, but it is 2017 when you find out?! Actually the story is badly worded, Imgur only found out on the 23rd, that they were hacked in 2014., |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1902886)
Posted 25 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I found a CA42 driver CD but it was already installed . Downloaded latest Nokia suite and Nokia PC suite, but enhancement cable not supported despite the cable socket. Went through this loop over 18 months ago. Very old phone with old s/w and no way to update it. Just want to download and save the contacts directory. Exactly where did you get the cable Apparently reports from some users who had this problem suggest that many "Nokia" cables are just fakes. Others have said that uninstalling, the drivers and the Nokia PC suite, then re-install drivers first then Nokia PC suite works. I had a Nokia 6310i for work back in 2003 and with PC suite it worked perfectly for back up. The 6020 is about the same era, so no idea why it doesn't work. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1902867)
Posted 25 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The title of this thread just about sums up what I'm about to post !!! I assume you are trying to connect to a PC? If so I assume you are running the Nokia PC Suite. Did the cable come with a driver CD, I know this sounds odd but apparently the 6020 connector is serial and needs to have software to work over USB. |
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Cafe SETI :
My Posts
(Message 1902847)
Posted 25 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: @ everyone - I would also like to know what the UCB policy is on this sort of situation. Are they happy with people being provided a protective cocoon to shield them from real life, to the extent that they are left to live in an insensible manner, even dangerously? I'll look further into it. So you believe that what you say here will change someone's opinion who lives several thousand miles away. This is the Internet and unfortunately you cannot always know if what you read here is truth or not. No one can force anyone to take advice that is offered. Certainly in the US individual freedom is held a lot higher than in the UK. So forcing anyone to take advice, good or bad will not happen. As everyone here has a right to their own opinions unless rules are broken they can have their say, disagree by all means, but if someone says they are ignoring you, perhaps it is time to move on. The only real way to stop this is to close down the cafe and just leave the technical threads. How many would be in favour of this rather than just filtering people out. Just my two cents,. Please note this is a personal view not a moderator and not necessarily shared by Seti@Home |
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My Posts
(Message 1902843)
Posted 25 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Before this becomes another thread that needs the moderators intervention. Let's just realise that Vic does as he wants there is little or no use keep on finding fault. Make your point, if Vic chooses to ignore it please move on. Thank you for understanding. |
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Number crunching :
not functioning
(Message 1902665)
Posted 24 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I noticed you posted at BOINC with the log so I will post it here i am unable to connect to the client. updated the OS. mac high sierra 10.13.1. |
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How Can I Move My SETI To A New Machine?
(Message 1901730)
Posted 18 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Absolutely, everybody does it all the time around here. Unless you are running BOINC << 5.0 or something. I think you will find that Keith is saying that "everybody" transfers Boinc to new machines/HDD's in this way, NOT that everybody cheats. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1901316)
Posted 16 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Another alert for Bernie: METX 194 has come back from being rebuilt. The F40PHM-2 designation has been changed to -3 due to new microprocessor controls installed (to keep emissions under control). It also had the pushbutton/solenoid horn valve replaced with a normal valve physically operated by the engineer. The only real external difference, however, is that it's in Metra's new paint scheme as seen on the last few F40 rebuilds. I did a very quick Google search for pictures of it and came up dry. Well funny you should mention that. I have been watching the cams over the past week, however there are now so many it is difficult and time consuming to catch everything, however on the 13th what looked like a freshly liveried 177 and 194 hauled a ragtag assortment of coaches across the highline (seems I didnt get a shot of that) however they then handily reversed past the camera!! And a close up of 194 Three of the 4 coaches that 177 and 194 were hauling were "Virginia Railway Express" As to 100, well when I first saw it I thought it looked like it was still undergoing a repaint and was just in primer :-) Surrounded by a lot of the newer liveried versions it looks a bit "old" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 93
(Message 1901020)
Posted 14 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bubble |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1900583)
Posted 11 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Today in the community garden, as it had been raining, I tied to get a shot of raindrops on a plant. I got this with my Canon Ixus . And this with my iPhone 5c If you look, you can just make out the reflection of my phone in the top raindrop. To be fair I brought a set of "clip on " lenses and I am impressed with the results so far. There is a macro, which was used here, a telephoto, a wide angle and a fish eye. If the sun stays out for long enough I will try some of the others out. |
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Panic Mode On (108) Server Problems?
(Message 1900537)
Posted 11 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I got this 13755 SETI@home 11/11/2017 3:52:48 PM Scheduler request completed: got 71 new tasks On my main machine and caches are now full 2nd machine has been downloading in 1's amd 2's and also now has a full cache. |
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Politics :
45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1900262)
Posted 10 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I realise all of that, however I suppose it is the old "Atlantic divide" I was raised as a Catholic but soon realised I did not believe. I cannot think of a time when I have ever heard the word used in normal conversation. Perhaps it is used more in the USA However I think the word is being used here to inflame and insult others. |
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Politics :
45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1900234)
Posted 10 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I just thank God or "the laws of nature and of nature's God" that you and those who support you, continue to expose their real beliefs. Nobody here is exposing anything except yourself. I too find that the phrase "All humans are with sin" to have religious overtones. Nothing wrong with that, however I would say that in my lifetime I have met many people, none are perfect, may strive to be, but NONE are "with sin". We are all imperfect beings yes, but it does not me we will all commit "sin" SIN: Definition; An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law. This was the first of several but one that I am sure you did not mean to impart, but that is how it comes across |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1900041)
Posted 9 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, if you've been watching the MH camera the last few days, you should have seen new Siemens Chargers on the Quincy trains and Carbondale trains. Well I have not been feeling "with it" recently and have not logged into the cameras for a month. however today I had a look. Indeed the Chargers are running The 381 was first out lead by 4616. The ID numbers a quite small compared with the old P42's Next up was the 391, reversing out with 4615 Also they are extremely quiet, I could always here the 391 climbing the Airline about 30 seconds before it came into view, I heard nothing today. Then finally the 380 from Quincy arrived with 4613 leading, and a rather late City of New Orleans on the Airline. I notice the Chargers are signed "Amtrak Midwest". PS I will also try to see the 390 later |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1899820)
Posted 8 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well something a little different. I was desperately trying to get my main PC to install new Nvidia drivers when I became aware of shouting outside. As my kitchen window gives a good view of the street I went to look out and was confronted with this. Seems that the Chinese takeaway was on fire!! The smoke cleared a bit The smoke and flames were issuing from a rooftop chimney that comes up from the kitchen in the take away. I went to have a look later, there was no damage to the roof, but couldn't see the front as the fire brigade were still in attendance. Suspect that will make the local paper. No ambulances attended so it looks like there were no injuries. |
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Cafe SETI :
My Posts
(Message 1899361)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Sure, but at least those of us who refuse Facebook, won't have to see it :-) Well the idea of this thread was so that those who did not wish to see what was being posted here, did not have to look here. Quite simple really. |
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My Posts
(Message 1899329)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This is getting really confusing. Why is that wrong? Surely if the person has read the post, one assumes they have to know they want it removed, then decides to ignore it, then it is down to them. No one has the right to tell someone how to live, they are suggestions only. (I hope in the case you describe the mod concerned would have already closed the thread and suggest the same to the OP) |
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My Posts
(Message 1899326)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK perhaps there has been a misunderstanding I was (and still am) under the impression that a thread started has the right to control what is said in their own thread. But I see that people feel that this is not a good idea, so be it. If others are happy then setting rules at the start of a thread can only apply to FORUM rules not you own. Is that what people want? |
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My Posts
(Message 1899323)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Exactly what I was getting at. Not a clarification but sarcasm. |
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My Posts
(Message 1899321)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The difference was that at one point, Vic thought that any post that he simply did not like or that didn't adhere to HIS rules was a moddable post. Correct If Vic asked I would remove any post. Can someone explain why anyone would bother to continue posting to a thread that they started that is full of post they do not want in their thread? I and it seems others were under the apparently mistaken belief that a thread started controls their own thread, post do not have to break the forum rules to be removed. If as here the thread starter believes the post to be negative then can ask for them to be removed. Apparently this is not the case and in any thread the posts can only be removed if they break the forum rules. I will add this is news to me and I will not be starting any threads if I cannot say what does and does not appear in my thread |
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(Message 1899307)
Posted 5 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: How about Vic plays by the same rules as everybody else. Er yes that is what he is doing, who said the rules were any different. I am now confused. |
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Windows :
Not utilizing GPU?
(Message 1898639)
Posted 2 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Glad you figured it out!! |
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Windows :
BOINC Manager bug.
(Message 1898603)
Posted 1 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes that is why 7.8.3 was released a couple of weeks back, you should try it . |
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Windows :
Not utilizing GPU?
(Message 1898499)
Posted 1 Nov 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well whist I am not an expert on AMD (old name ATI), I would say that the majority of valid results since the 29th were processed by your GPU. So you are using it. To see your results: Click on you name on the top right of the screen, this takes you to your account page. Under the "Computing" heading on the left. click "Tasks" The far right column here shows how the tasks will be processed. In the top field you will see a "Valid" link, click this and it will show all the tasks you have recently processed successfully, you will see many are either. SETI@home v8 v8.22 (opencl_ati5_SoG_nocal) windows_intelx86 or SETI@home v8 v8.22 (opencl_ati5_nocal) windows_intelx86 This shows that they were processed by your AMD(ATI) GPU. |
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merge computers
(Message 1898351)
Posted 30 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Having had a quick check of your computers I assume you mean these two https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8371414 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8315208 The problem may be that the newer one 8371414 has a GPU whereas the other did not. You also were using a fairly old version of Boinc 5.4.9 which may be why it saw the operating system as "Longhorn" and the "newer" machine reports Windows 10. |
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completed tasks
(Message 1898039)
Posted 29 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Your machine has not connected to the project since 18th of September, so there seems to be a connection problem. Can you post the first 30 or so lines from the BOINC event long on start up. Restart BOINC manager, press Ctrl+Shift+E, the click "Copy All" bottom right of page then paste here. Like so. 29/10/2017 08:15:19 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.8.3 for windows_x86_64 29/10/2017 08:15:20 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug 29/10/2017 08:15:20 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 29/10/2017 08:15:20 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 29/10/2017 08:15:20 | | Running under account BAV 29/10/2017 08:15:20 | | [error] Invalid account filename: statistics_print_.txt 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 387.92, CUDA version 9.1, compute capability 5.2, 4096MB, 3390MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 387.92, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 4096MB, 3390MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Host name: BAV-A1 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD A8-3800 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics [Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0] 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni cx16 popcnt syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs skinit wdt page1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.15063.00) 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Memory: 12.00 GB physical, 24.00 GB virtual 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Disk: 744.76 GB total, 39.56 GB free 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Local time is UTC +0 hours 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | Found app_config.xml 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | BAV-G1 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | 192.168.1.55 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | BAV-LT 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | BAV-TAB 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Config: report completed tasks immediately 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 6931290; resource share 1 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6851722; resource share 100 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home Beta Test | URL http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID 73416; resource share 100 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 13-Sep-2015 17:17:19) 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | Host location: none 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | SETI@home | General prefs: using your defaults 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Reading preferences override file 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | Preferences: 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | max memory usage when active: 6141.74 MB 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | max memory usage when idle: 11055.13 MB 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | max disk usage: 40.14 GB 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | max CPUs used: 2 29/10/2017 08:15:24 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 29/10/2017 08:15:26 | | Can't resolve hostname in remote_hosts.cfg: BAV-G1 29/10/2017 08:15:29 | | Can't resolve hostname in remote_hosts.cfg: BAV-LT 29/10/2017 08:15:31 | | Can't resolve hostname in remote_hosts.cfg: BAV-TAB 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | | Using proxy info from GUI 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Starting scheduler request 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | Reporting 2 completed tasks 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices 29/10/2017 08:15:32 | SETI@home | [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 239925.40 seconds; 0.00 devices 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Server version 707 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | Not sending work - last request too recent: 36 sec 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | Project requested delay of 303 seconds 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | [sched_op] handle_scheduler_reply(): got ack for task 26fe07ac.23752.17250.14.41.102_0 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | [sched_op] handle_scheduler_reply(): got ack for task blc04_2bit_guppi_57976_11036_HIP74881_0037.1169.409.22.45.164.vlar_0 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:05:03 29/10/2017 08:15:37 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Reason: requested by project As this is mine yours will differ. This may help identify problems. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1897722)
Posted 27 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So it has been five weeks now since I left the Isle of Wight. Slowly but surely I am starting to find my way again, even managing to clear out a cupboard so it least I only have 15 boxes rather than the 20 I brought back. Going for long walks, taking pictures and giving my computers much needed maintenance and housekeeping is keeping me busy (I am currently trying to get files from a dying HDD), but still the memories and images are there when I stop. I still cannot rid myself of the feeling I could have done more. The mortgage company put my fathers house on the market 3 weeks ago and have had lots of interest, which saw 6 offers by the deadline last Friday, they were about to except the highest, which was for £280,500, £500 over the asking price when they received 3 more offers all higher!! I knew that the area was sort after and I phoned the next door neighbour who said there had been lots of people viewing. So it should sell this week or next. Due to my father taking out a "lifetime mortgage" he only owned 5%. So my sister and I will only get 2.5% each. Currently that seems to be about £7,000 each. Enough I am hoping to be able to give my flat a bit of a face lift, but most importantly to visit the USA and all the people I know there for possibly the last time as I doubt I will be able to afford it again, I am hopeful to be able to undertake my "coast to coast" trip by Amtrak. The sale of my fathers house has left me with mixed feelings, while it was not my birthplace or a "family home" it was my home for nearly a year and the last place my father and stepmother lived. I am still toying with the idea of a short holiday here in the UK, to perhaps allow me to enjoy a freedom I have not had for a while. As with all things time will tell. If there are any here caring for relatives, my thoughts go out to you, it is hard and sometimes a difficult thing to do. It is however worth it and has it's own rewards. |
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(Message 1897434)
Posted 25 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK things here are getting a little heated. I have locked the thread for a cool down. Please all remember this is a public forum and revealing personal details, even by guess work could leave others open to fraud. |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1897379)
Posted 25 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you for letting us know of the new approach. OK this is getting well of topic. There is no new approach I apologise profusely if I gave the impression people could get off topic posts removed. Thread is now closed |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1897366)
Posted 25 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: just a techy toy to others. "In your opinion." I really really wish people would start using that phrase a lot more on these boards. Just because you think it, does not make it true. I did ask for no negative posts, but as you seem to think that is a step to far for a moderator, I will leave the post. However as it is just your opinion, I will of course totally ignore it. Just as you are totally free to ignore my opinion. |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1897285)
Posted 24 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd like to see different voices and be able to change Alexa/Echo's name. Well you can use, Amazon, Echo or Computer. With my second one in the bedroom if I am in between the living room and bedroom they can both hear the command, so I have changed the 2nd one to "computer". So no problems with both or neither trying to execute the command. I have disabled voice purchasing. Don't want to accidently buy something when thinking out loud!! |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1897254)
Posted 24 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: There is kind of a battle between google and MS as to web based speech responsive technologies. Actually that would Google and Amazon, Alexa is from Amazon. MS only released their Invoke this week, oh and Apple will not have one till next year. Alexa is basically a dumb microphone that sends to a server and gets an instruction back. Yes Alexa is obviously just the voice of a huge network of Amazon servers. Also I live alone have no children or grandchildren. Can your granddaughter give you the latest news wheather and play any of you favourite tunes in a few seconds ;-) Alexa (and similar) is being recorded and surrendering our data, voice and thoughts to a private company. Which I believe was one of my exact points in my first post, I have been using Google, MS, Apple and Amazon for many years, and I am one of those who believe that whatever these companies say about our privacy, they know a hell of a lot about me and my habits, Hotmail and Google can and possibly do read my e-mails and Amazon hardly have to look further than my shopping habits and the fact that for 12 months up to this September I was having my orders delivered to my fathers address on the Isle of Wight, and now I am back home. I have also had several mobile phones over the last 15 years, both company and personal, with several different providers. We all know that they know where your phone is 24/7 (yes even when switched off). So to get back any degree of privacy I would have to give up all the things I enjoy. For me Alexa is an expensive toy that I would not allow into my general life. Well the Echo Dot is now £50, so not that expensive I enjoy technology and at 66 years old I have decided that I will use what I need to enjoy my retirement. I know many wish to keep their privacy and I understand that totally. And I was able to trick Alexa with voice mail on our phone. Of course you can, they do remind you often that anyone can ask Alexa to do anything. I haven't had a physical answering machine for years, do they still make them? So not really worried about that. Just to make things worse, Alexa could not hear me when I was in the bedroom, so I brought another one!! ;-0 Now I can switch off all the lights from my bed and be lulled to sleep with the music of my choice or even a bedtime story via audio book. I do promise to report any problems and negative happenings, so far I am very happy with Alexa. "Alexa what's on my shopping list?"......... |
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North Korea II
(Message 1897060)
Posted 23 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Wll reading through these threads I have to conclude that: Do you deny that you described the repeated mentioning and reminding all of Murdered Millions. As "dribbling" and "blathering". The "dribbling and blathering" was a reference to the way you come across to most here and has absolutely no connection at all to the "Murdered Millions". You are obviously intelligent and so you must realise that it is only you that people are fed up with not the message that unfortunately you are not getting across, quite the reverse. Your previous mentions of Fidel Castro as one of these murdering tyrants actually prompted me to look into his life a lot deeper, and I have to say I believe he was a lot more sincere in his beliefs than most of the politicians in the USA or UK over the past 50 years. So thank you for that, now a Castro believer and left supporter due to Clyde. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1896970)
Posted 22 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry... I will not stop exposing the foundation of their beliefs. Sorry where have you ever done that, all you do is seem to think that everyone who does not think like you "i.e left and right" are exposing themselves to ridicule everyday. Well to me it is you who exposes themselves to be more and more radical. Before I read some of your posts I was never that bothered where I stood politically, now however I know I am much more of a supporter of left because of your one track messages that ask no meaningful questions and have never given a straight answer. Left and proud of it, all because of Clyde!! |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1896883)
Posted 22 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Unlike The Right, The KKK, The Nazi's, et al. Which brags and admits about their belief in their superiority. And therefore their Right to Control the Inferior People. In your opinion. This phrase is missing a lot from these threads. I and perhaps others here believe themselves left of centre and do not wish to be compared to "The KKK, The Nazi's, et al." or to be described as "insane". In many countries as well as America it seems to me that people like you are the real problem. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1896647)
Posted 21 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK a couple of train pics I got today and not an Amtrak in sight. There was a steam excursion that passed through South Croydon station today, before it I got a better pic of two of the 700 class passing. 700016 and 700004, both are the 8 carriage set as it is Saturday it is less busy. Also a nice view of the 3 banner repeater signals, needed due to the bridge. Nowadays they are LED bulbs. Amazing how "untidy" railways get Now the steam excursion, It was the Bognor Belle, destined for Bognor Regis. Hauling the train was LMS Royal Scot 41600 |
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Photobucket
(Message 1896603)
Posted 21 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Use all the bandwidth you need, you won't be charged like other services. Oh yes and the reason they broke all the links to my photos on the internet was exactly that, they wanted everyone to pay for using bandwidth. So once you have paid, they won't charge you again for using the bandwidth, how nice of them. And which are these "other services", I have found the top three are totally free. Seems they are indeed feeling the pinch, but what did they expect!! Sorry but even if the offered it free, I would not go back to them. |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1896555)
Posted 21 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems that not many people here have had any dealing with Alexa ;-) I have also received useful links in pm's However I have looked at many websites to get ideas and help, but was hoping there would be a few here who would have had experience, but perhaps it is still too new. I found nowhere that could help with my playlists, however by trial and error I have got Alexa to play them. Naming and pronunciation are obviously key. Short unique names being of course best. I have prefaced all my playlists with my road name, as it is quite unusual it seems to work well. However as I said it seems few here have any experience with the Alexa, so perhaps in the future some might come to me for advice. Currently my Alexa switches on/off, and can dim, the living room light, my bedside light and switch on/off the washing machine. Early days, the kitchen and landing lights are next :-) |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1896401)
Posted 20 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: When I originally posted this there was a complaint that I should not be able to state what sort of posts I do not want in the thread. As I was not prepared to continue under those circumstances I hid the thread. Now I have made a few amendments so I will reopen it. |
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A little help with Alexa please
(Message 1896321)
Posted 20 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now first off a few suggestions, I want no negative posts telling me I should not have brought it. (I have brought it so face facts) No post that criticise Amazon, Google Microsoft etc (No company is perfect, but I don't hate any of them, they have given me much enjoyment) No post telling how stupid I am trusting my data to this or that company. (I have had an Amazon account for 11 years, so they probably know more about me than most of you. As soon as I configured the DOT Alexa knew I lived in South Croydon) All such posts will be totally ignored and even laughed at. Is that better? Now to business I have brought an Echo Dot. Basically "Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms and more" Now I am totally stunned at what it can do, I already had purchased a couple of WI-Fi connected sockets while I was looking after my dad, and these have proved useful, but are even more so when I don't even have to find my phone to switch them on and off now. Just ask Alexa to. I enjoy my "news briefings" as I never read a newspaper. As for music it is just great, I have a TV soundbar that I brought for my dad and now was not using, so I connected the DOT via Bluetooth. I have listened to so may old songs I could not be bothered to try and find and they play in a couple of seconds. What I am looking for is any hints and tips anyone can give me on how to get the best out of "Alexa" the voice controlled assistant. I do have one problem, you are supposed to be able to play any music you have downloaded from the Amazon store which seem to work however if I make a playlist in Amazon Music, Alexa cannot find it. Whether created with downloads or music I have uploaded. I have looked online and others have the same problem, but no resolution. Any advice would be gratefully received |
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North Korea II
(Message 1896197)
Posted 19 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: RE: Subject Well I saw no attack, like it or not a Tami's statements as to how the world views the USA are unfortunately accurate. I for one don't agree totally but understand why many feel this way. I think you will find there will be very little world support for the USA if they strike North Korea first. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1895909)
Posted 18 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Here are a couple of pictures from my walk last week, it was unfortunately grey and overcast, but I walked the Thames Path easterly this time from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, about 5 miles. This is HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge. This is a lot further on, the tower with the pointed roof is what many think of as "Canary Wharf" and is actually One Canada Square, which was the tallest building in the UK until the Shard was built. I also came across this, just a little way off the Thames Path. I actually had no idea what it was, I looked it up and it is the western portal of the Limehouse Link Tunnel And yes that is an artwork, called "Restless Dream" by Zadok Ben-David, apparently the eastern port has and untitled abstract by Nigel Hall. Well it seems that even at my age you can learn something new! This week in the park, the staff have been busy trying to collect al the leaves, so I took a few pictures before they were all gone. Here the red, fading to green at the edges, caugfht my eye. Also having had a little play with Gnu's "Snapspeed" app, I did this to last weeks picture of the Shard. |
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Raccoon Update XXIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1895907)
Posted 18 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As we don't have raccoons here, this is the next best thing, squirrels and their appeal is basically similar, they have proved to be intelligent and "eat with their paws". I have seen them raid the park bins and somewhere have a picture of one eating pizza Now having spent a year on the Isle of Wight where I only saw squirrels from the kitchen window and never on my daily walk, it is interesting that at this time of year the park is literally teeming with them, unfortunately grey not red, but they still appeal. This one was sitting on one of the community gardens raised bed where we have just planted lot of saffron bearing crocus bulbs, hence the green netting. It seemed unfazed by me talking several pictures. This was one of the many in the park the next day, pausing from digging to enjoy a snack. |
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Maintenace slot - have we a free week?
(Message 1895853)
Posted 17 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst it is later than usual, as it is only 6.22 am in Berkeley, don't get you hopes up just yet. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1895850)
Posted 17 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just remember to The presence or not of a green star is totally at the wish of person donating as green stars can be turned off. I also set my adblocker to remove all green stars and badges, fairer that way. |
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Any help would be welcome for 8.22 ocl wu's.
(Message 1895760)
Posted 16 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As you haven't replied to the last post in the thread about your 2 cards why start another thread? And I believe the other thread has an answer as well. |
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North Korea II
(Message 1895633)
Posted 16 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: "100% of his subjects are willing to suicide to protect him [Kim]." OK I whilst I don't believe 100% of the population would die to protect Kim I suspect a very large number would as they have been indoctrinated to believe his family is god. Him and his family are the only leaders in the world that have stood up against the American warmongers and war criminals (you know there is the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities). And of course the revolution didn't happen and of course "The Dear leader" would have never starved his people. History has been "corrected" And as to the last line I believe it should read "and they now have a thriving advanced military economy totally dedicated to destroying the bully USA" With little or no outside contact with the world and a cult of leadership worship what else would you expect. Now having given my thoughts can I ask that when you quote Gary you also now quote me in full, just to put the record straight and to make it even more boring that it is at the moment. Just to let you know most people posting here are not goldfish with a 7 second attention span and are well able to remember who say what and don't to need reminding every few posts! |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1895632)
Posted 16 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Is the other one as vacant?to look at something with a prejudiced view Well I took that to mean was the other "eye" as vacant as as the first. |
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North Korea II
(Message 1895328)
Posted 14 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Does that include batteries for radios, vehicles and other such items? As long as the vehicle has no I/C's it should be fine, which will of course eliminate all modern vehicles, emergency services included, unless they have been hardened. Also all computers, mobile phones, two way radios will be affected |
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North Korea II
(Message 1895305)
Posted 14 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not think there were may transistor radios and certainly no I/C's back then, so a moot point really. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1895303)
Posted 14 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Can the two of you please act like adults. If you wish a post to be hidden red-x it and explain your reasons. Please do not red-x it just to comment on the post! So far all I see is the same attack and counter attack that adds absolutely nothing positive to the discussion. And please DO NOT comment on this post. Just try and discuss a subject without always trying to get "one up " over the other. |
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North Korea II
(Message 1895289)
Posted 14 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For starters EMP will only affect that which is connected & in use Are you actually 100% sure of that. As far as I can discover, anything with a chip in will be fried on or off. Unless "hardened" Also the electricity grid will mostly be trashed. |
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Preferences :
Managing the SETI@home maintenance slot
(Message 1894996)
Posted 13 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am seeing this message in the event log: Yes that is correct. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1894730)
Posted 11 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As evidenced by these muppets Actually he did make exclusions, the word "many" not "all" But I agree there is absolutly nothing wrong with left of center politics. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1894619)
Posted 11 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Personal attacks may be used by potiticians but they will not be tolerated here. "No messages that are deliberately hostile, threatening or insulting." "No abusive messages involving race religion, nationality, gender, class or sexuality. " More or less cover it I think. |
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Terrorist Attacks
(Message 1894494)
Posted 10 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Surely there are times when discretion is the better part of valour. Yes he could have got up a walked out rater than contribute, and possibly become a marked individual. He may have been a policeman and yes he could have tried to arrest the person asking for donations, good luck with that !! The OP stated twice that both him and his friend reported the incident. I might agree with you if he had not stated that. Personally I believe you are just picking holes in what I think is a totally believable and honest description of the incident. |
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Terrorist Attacks
(Message 1894489)
Posted 10 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes but the OP also stated "As they approached, my friend told me "I better" contribute. " If I was in that situation I would have listened to my friend. Of course, other may have reacted differently |
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Terrorist Attacks
(Message 1894485)
Posted 10 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: [mod hat off] From what I understand an Irish pub in New York at the height of the IRA campaigns was very likely to be a place that this would happen. Unfortunately the original poster did not make it clear if they were in uniform, I took it that they were not, so starting trouble when surrounded may not have been a good move. The OP did however say that he and his friend reported this incident, but not in a very strong way, saying: "This incident was reported." The written word is used differently by different people, I find I often have to read a post a couple of time before I get what the poster is saying. [/mod hat off] So lets all try and read post at least twice before reacting. |
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45 LOVERS and 45 NON-LOVERS Thread.....DREE THEIR WEIRDs
(Message 1894484)
Posted 10 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you JaundicedEye for finally posting something that shows what I and my fellow moderators are trying to achieve. Remember: I may or may not agree with what you say but I will defend you right to say it. As it happens I do agree with your summing up of the situation, delivered without calling fellow posters names. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1894424)
Posted 9 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Almost every picture I have posted here was taken with a Canon Ixus 265 HS and I can say it is one of the best cameras I have used. Certainly at the price I paid, £98, a couple of years back. It is small enough that I have it in a pouch on my belt at all times and as you can see it takes pretty good pictures. |
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Terrorist Attacks
(Message 1894418)
Posted 9 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Can I ask BOTH sides in these exchanges to READ and understand the posts before commenting. Or are you, as I suspect, purposely misunderstanding each other. I have seen no really constructive discussions in these threads recently. It is just a case of one side trying to "get one over" on the other and if I was not a moderator I would have given up reading most of what is posted here, as many others have. Too many people have said to me, that they never visit politics as it is not a nice place, I know some have left SET@Home completely over what has been said here. So I would like to see constructive discussion, is that possible, no name calling, no references to peoples past. The moderators are only human and not always able to be here 24/7. However we are trying to make the politics forum a better place to come to. So please try and keep things reasonable or more posts will disappear, and this applies to all. |
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Terrorist Attacks
(Message 1894334)
Posted 9 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems a bit of trouble reading and understanding. I think Sirius thought the words "Irish attack" meant the IRA. So responded with the fact that a lot of the IRA attacks were funded by IRA supporters in the USA. However I think Clyde meant he could retaliate with an "Irish attack" on Sirius. Or of course none of the above. Lets try not "attacking" anyone please |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1894238)
Posted 9 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So I haven't logged onto the train cams for a few months now I find even more new cameras and as Photobucket wiped out most of my Amtrak screenshots, I will have to make up for that. ;-) The first one is in West Newton PA about half way between Pittsburgh and Connesville, extremely rural and here is Amtrak 30 on Saturday passing. This is on the Railstream site where I get full HD The second interesting camera is in the Virtual Railfan site where for the same money as Railstream you only get SD This camera is located at Davisville RI, on the North East Corridor,(Boston, New York Washington) about 30 minutes train time from Providence. It is a spot I must have passed 4 times on my Amtrak trips!! Yesterday the Amtrak track crew was working there all day. As you can see the speed of the trains means the SD camera feed basically blurs all the identifying features. Yes an Acela on a train cam!! The Amtrak train map said the speed was around 108MPH The Amtrak map has also changed it now only fills half a screen!! Oh well I am sre things will settle down. |
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(Message 1894056)
Posted 8 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I see we have started a discussion about something that does not even have a picture here. As this is a picture thread, I would hope to keep any discussion on the actual pictures. If people wish to carry on discussing art I can start a thread and move all the relevant posts. Now back to pictures. If you remember I mentioned one thing I miss being back in south London is the horizon. Well there seemed to be a good sunset last night but all I could see was this: And that was taken leaning out of my kitchen window. Still I have got a few other pictures, like the Boston ivy on one wall of the park. I just love the way the leaves go through the dramatice colour change from green to red. Of course the park also boasts "The Two Towers" The old water tower is still there, plus at the other end of the park. Altitude 25 which I quite like. As a side note I have found my pictures are helping me adjust back to a "normal" life. |
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(Message 1893949)
Posted 7 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK. I am unlocking this, but to be fair it has once again turned into the oh so predictable slanging match, that in the end seems to go nowhere. Lets just see if perhaps posters here could discuss the pros and cons of the 45th POTUS. |
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(Message 1893766)
Posted 7 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, et all, what replaced the royal blue chicken in TQ? Here you go https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/arts-and-culture/current-culture-projects/whats-fourth-plinth-now You can keep up to date with this site!! Currently seem to be a large thumb I didn't go there this time. Perhaps next week. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1893589)
Posted 6 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of quick pics, not the usual. Yesterday I decided to go to London, and of course I go by train. Obviously since I have been away, there have been a few changes, the Siemens Desiro City class 700's have totally taken over the Thameslink route between Brighton and Bedford I and wanted to travel on one. Now most of them go via Blackfriars, and I really wanted to go to London Bridge. However I decided I would just have to walk from Blackfriars. So waitng for the 9:40 to Blackfriars it magically transformed to the 9:55 to London Bridge. Here it is arriving as another pulls out on the opposite platform. A bit grainy as it is well "zoomed" as I didn't want to get hit as I was standing on the platform edge, 700-1 means it is a 12 car set 700-0 are 8 car sets. So yes there is a 700007 Must say they are really quiet and quite comfortable inside, if a little "spartan" there are no doors between carriages so it is just one long train. Just outside the station on one of the very few sidings left these days was this. DR-73913 a Plasser and Theurer switch and crossing tamper. Picture was taken through the train window hence the odd reflections. |
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(Message 1893429)
Posted 5 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Today I decided to do the Thames Path walk from London Bridge to Westminster. I did take about 150 pictures so this is just a couple that I rather liked. Crossing London Bridge from the station, turning round to look back and the sun was just right; To make The Shard stand out. I must admit that not being able to come here for well over a year has made me appreciate it even more. This is the view from Blackfriars bridge towards Westminster. I like this time of year when you can get big "windy" looking skies. I also took a walk up to Trafalgar Square . I wanted a picture of one of the newer "Routemaster"busses and liked this one. If I get a chance tomorrow I might post a few more. |
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Raccoon Update XXIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1893424)
Posted 5 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This week I have been trying to get a bit of order in my life so I decided to visit some of my favourite places. On Tuesday I wen to The Grove, a park a few miles away. I mostly went to see if the squirrels were still as tame. On the way along the river Wandle was a heron standing just a few feet the other side if the fence. And yes the squirrels are just as tame. This time I had walnuts and they seem to like them. However the pigeons also seemed to like them and would try and take them from the squirrels. I just like this picture, should be in the caption competition!! Today I went to London to do the Thames Path walk from London Bridge to Westminster then on to Victoria. I went through St James park and saw a black swan. Never seen one before, apparently a native of Australia, but some were brought to this country and have established small colonies. Not sure I have ever seen these before either. Egyptian geese, and in this case that is where they originate, again brought to this country and now considered native. Now if I can just sort out the other 120 pictures I took today I may post some in the picture thread. |
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Data from "Tabby's Star" is flowing.
(Message 1893239)
Posted 4 Oct 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: How can I help I cannot find the Tabby star in the projects listing I like to help. my email is screamingtut at gmail dot com It is not a seperate project. The work units were distributed here on SETI@Home If you read the first post Dr Korpela said: For those who didn't recognize the name KIC8462852 in their work unit names, this data comes from GBT observations of Tabby's Star (aka Boyajian's Star, aka WTF-0001, aka the Weirdest star in the galaxy). This is not yet the full data set, which lives at Penn State, it's some test on-target/off-target observations that we're checking out. I believe that have all passed through the system now. |
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(Message 1892683)
Posted 30 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: When a person on the street, who has previously murdered many. Is now loading a more powerful gun. And is repeatedly saying he will murder anyone whose speech he does not like. Exactly so, you back away and negotiate, as how do you know all the people inside the house are actually dead, you don't, but you don't have a clear shot at him, so you would suggest an RPG to destroy the house? |
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(Message 1892676)
Posted 30 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: When a person on the street, who has previously murdered many. Is now loading a more powerful gun. And is repeatedly saying he will murder anyone whose speech he does not like. Not a good compassion. Kim so far has not attacked other countries and killed their citizens, he has stayed at home. Kim is not "on the street" he is in his own house, he has killed all his family and as you approach he says come one step closer and I will open fire. So what do you do. |
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(Message 1892659)
Posted 30 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Post have disappeared. Please do NOT tell the moderators what you believe another poster will or will not do. Let us decide that. You may like to start the exchange again without the advice to the moderators. Thank you. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1892413)
Posted 29 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you have any evidence that the person they introduced you to actually lives in the flats and is entitled to a parking place? I have just suggested this very thing to the company, as his knowledge of the car park rules were zero. Also not sure how he intends to get my ticket cancelled as he didn't ask me for any details. I am beginning to wonder if it is in fact some sort of scam. Depending on how quickly he gets the money. Thank you for the suggestions, I will take a few pictures, I have to say I did not notice the signs when I drove in, as I suppose I wasn't expecting any. I did see them after I got the ticket but didn't hang around, just drove out, least I get another ticket. |
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New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1892407)
Posted 29 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI will lose participation unless they FIX the BOINC Screen Saver. As SETI@home did nothing to the screensaver and it has been totally proved to be a Windows problem, the chances of any of the small staff at SETI@home having time to get into communication with Microsoft seem very very small. As screen savers are in fact not needed on modern screens. I cannot see Microsoft getting terribly worried about an obscure science project having problems with a screen saver. Perhaps the volunteer developers at Boinc might just have a look but with the amount of things they have on their plate it also seems unlikely. Sorry but unless next months big Windows 10 update fixes it, I cannot see much chance of it ever working properly again. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1892361)
Posted 29 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Due to my residents parking permit expiring while I was on the Isle of Wight and Croydon Councils change of policy, ie. if you live in a block of 9 or more flats you no longer qualify for a permit. I have had to rent a bay in a nearby block of flats It is done via an online company who act for the person who has a space to rent. Once the deal is agreed the online company sends you the landlords details and you contact them to work out the details, like exactly where the bay is and anything else you need to know. I had trouble contacting the landlord, I left 2 phone messages and and e-mail on over Tuesday and Wednesday and did not get a reply. I have booked the bay from today. The flats are called Whitstable Place After my second e-mail I got a reply yesterday afternoon, This is what the e-mail said: Hi Bernie I have let security know regarding your parking. When you come into whitstable bay you will see bats immediately on your right where you can park in any bay or take a left when you get to whitstable place and park in that lot. OK so it seems it was all fine, however I started to get negative vibes, don't know why. Perhaps the fact he says "Whitstable Bay" instead of "Place" and put "bats" for "bays". So this morning I took the car to do the weekly shop and afterwards parked in a space on the right. After my walk, I remember a couple of things still in the car from my trip back last week, so I went to the car. To find I had a £100 parking ticket for "Parking in a residents bay without displaying a residents parking permit" Well I was annoyed, I sent the landlord an email asking if he would get the ticket cancelled, his reply was illuminating: Hi Bernie I absolutely will. The residence is private property and should not be ticketed. I have reached out to to them know you can park there. So it seems he is totally unaware that the car park is controlled by a company called UK Parking Control Ltd and you need a permit to park. So I have contacted the online company and cancelled the whole deal as A) I have paid to park and cannot and B) I cannot trust this guy to get things sorted correctly. I had to pay a one moth security deposit of £75, plus the rent of £75 plus a "setting up fee" of £15 so I am currently £165 out of pocket with a £100 fine outstanding and I still have nowhere to park!! Hopefully I will get my money back, but I wonder. |
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Panic Mode On (107) Server Problems?
(Message 1891890)
Posted 26 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't you mean Matt? |
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PC in Sport
(Message 1891757)
Posted 25 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Some post have disappeared. Lets try an be sensible I know it is hard. As all some posters seem to want to do is expose what they believe are flaws in others character. Do that and post will be hidden. Prove the persons view point is wrong, try not to attack the person you actually know nothing about Also it is quite difficult for a poster to be off topic in their own thread, if they are happy with the direction the thread is taking. |
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(Message 1891579)
Posted 23 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, Indeed it is a popular holiday destination. Quite a bit of sailing too Also a place to retire to, as my dad, and his brother did. Having lived there for a year the difference is quite amazing, the place full of holiday makers in the summer and amazingly quiet in winter. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1891506)
Posted 23 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: A friend of mine has an elderly mother living 2 miles away from her, she wants to keep an eye on. I take it the sort of IP cameras you had would not be accessible remotely from the house, only within it. You need broadband and Wi-Fi at the camera end. The cameras connect to the broadband hub/router via Wi-Fi, you download an app on a smartphone or use the internet from a computer to connect to the cameras. I was able to watch the cameras in my dads bungalow from home or on my iPhone and iPad when out and had access to Wi-Fi in say a Starbucks. |
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(Message 1891504)
Posted 23 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: On what I hope was my last evening on the Isle of Wight for a while, I walked up the pier and took a couple of pictures of the sunset. The clouds make it quite spectacular. Then just as it set. One thing I will miss is seeing the horizon, you have to be really high up here in South London to get the sort of view in these pictures. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1891503)
Posted 23 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So yesterday I packed the last boxes into my car, read the gas and electric meters, locked up and left. I am now at home for the foreseeable future. I have no idea what I want to do yet, but a bit of R&R seems high on the list. I took a couple of "last sunset" shots from the pier on Thursday evening and will post them in the pictures thread. What I will post here are a couple of shots that really say it all. These were taken by the IP cameras I installed; This was taken before my father passed away and is of the living room where he spent most of his days. His chair was the one with the blue cushion. This was last Tuesday after the British Heart Foundation had cleared the room. |
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(Message 1891131)
Posted 21 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As I am currently staying in a hotel in Yarmouth. After I have eaten in the evening I have taken to having a stroll up the pier. Last night I was surprised to find PS Waverley moored at the end of the pier. As I think I mentioned last year she is the last ocean going paddle steamer in the world. Because of all that has been going on I did not realise she was doing her "south coast" trips which always call at Yarmouth. It was just getting dark as she finally pulled away. Then swept in a wide circle to head back to Southampton. It was quite dark and overcast and she was quite a way out so I am surprised that picture came out at all! |
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A funny thing happened
(Message 1890536)
Posted 18 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As my incident with the hotel wi-fi seems to require in depth comments. I am moving the post out of the caring thread as they do not belong there. |
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A funny thing happened
(Message 1890441)
Posted 17 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So a bit of light relief. As dads bungalow will be mostly empty this week I have booked into the rustic pub/hotel in the town square called The Bugle. One of those places with winding stairways and rooms dotted about. First thing I enjoy is entering the bar from a stairway at the back. Second thing I needed was Wi-Fi, which at first appeared to work but was weak, suddenly a login page for a "TP-Link Repeater" appeared. Well TP-Link repeaters and AP's were what I used to when I was working for Hospedia, and I remembered the default username and password (which I will not post here) So I tried and guess what, there I was logged into the setup page!! It seems the login page was appearing because the repeater had not been paired with the main router. So as a guest I knew the password for that, I was able to pair the repeater and suddenly I have full strength Wi-Fi. The girl on duty knew nothing about the Wi-Fi so I will try and speak to someone who does in the week!! Made me smile. Oh, and the steak was great!! |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1890157)
Posted 16 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I have still been taking pictures I have not been even looking at them recently. Today however I went to the community garden. I decided to see if I could attract any squirrels, grey obviously, with some walnuts. No squirrels but first was a beady eyed crow; Then a Robin. I will keep trying. It had rained a bit overnight and I quite liked this picture. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1889703)
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: To be fair I never actually liked my fathers bungalow, not to my taste at all. The events of the last few months have made me want to get out of it asap. The IOW as they say is "a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there". I am sure I will visit, possibly next year. No, Croydon is home, it is where I want to be, where my heart is, as they say. As to a cat, I am afraid losing Spitty was such an emotional time, I could not go through that again. I never want to have to make that sort of decision again, ever. Then followed by having to care for my father and the mixture of emotions surrounding his decline and eventual death are just to raw at the moment. It is now time to care for myself for a bit, and decide what I want. I believe that can only really start when I leave the island. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1889537)
Posted 13 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So I was booked on the 6.25 am ferry today from Yarmouth to Lymington for what I hope is my penultimate trip. I packed some stuff into the car yesterday evening but left the valuable stuff for the morning. I retired early and woke just before 5 am to find an e-mail on my phone. It said in bold "Important: Change to your Wightlink Journey." Basically it said due to a mechanical failure the Yarmouth to Lymington service was suspended and I was re-booked onto the 7.00 am from Fishbourne. Whilst annoying it was not a real problem as Fishbourne was about 35 minutes away so I left at the same time. On passing Yarmouth I observed the ferry Wight Sky was docked on the ramp, and the truth dawned it had broken down in the berth so no ferries could get in or out. Now "broken down" was a bit of an understatment. Ferry service suspended after fire The chatty guy who scanned my ticket at Fishbourne said it was an explosion in the engine room and the engineer was showered with hot metal!! He said it had been serviced just two days ago by an outside contractor, wonder how long it will be out of service. Still it didn't actually hold me up at all rather than the M27-M3-A31-M25 I chose M27-A3-M2 and got home same as last time. Whilst many people will think I am mad, having left the scenic delight of the Isle of Wight for south London, I have to say "be it ever so humble there is no place like home." |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1889396)
Posted 12 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Firstly it is technically impossible to redirect calls from a telephone line that doesn't exist to redirect calls from. Who says the line would not exist, why can't they have the line terminate in the exchange and not in my dads bungalow. I worked for BT for 22 years and even then we had lines that were equipment only and not connected to a phone in a house or office. I know modern PABX's have been able to provide a service like that as we used it when I worked for Patientline/Hospedia. So if a modern BT exchange cannot be programmed to send all calls from one number to another, even if there is no phone connected, they they are many , many years behind modern switching. I would be quite happy to pay for that but seems BT don't need the extra revenue it might generate, but I suspect it is just too much trouble. Where all this other crap you mention came from I have no idea. On the form you have to fill in to get the redirect I am applying for a Redirection on behalf of someone: Perhaps things have changed, or perhaps you had paper bills and didn't think about it. A few years ago it would not have been a problem for me to produce paper bills, not now however. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1889252)
Posted 11 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So sorting out my fathers affairs has been easier than I thought. Banks, utilities, pensions, most have dedicated departments who are really helpful and really do everything they can. Except a couple of places. BT (phone and broadband) cannot provide a service to redirect my fathers phone calls to me for 6 months, if I cease his line on the Isle of Wight I talked to 3 "advisers" and none could grasp the concept of me wanting to take my fathers calls but not keeps his line working in a bungalow that will probably be sold soon. As I suspected BT is still in the dark ages when it comes to this sort of thing. Then the Post Office, I want to get my fathers mail redirected to my address in Croydon for 6 months. Now they can provide this service however to do so they require "1 valid proof of to address from this list dated in the last 6 months: • 2 different utility bills (NOT a mobile phone or a store/charge card statement or bills printed from the internet) • Original credit card statement • Original mortgage statement • Bank or building society statement or passbook." I have none of the above!! I went "paperless" on all my bank and utility bills as soon as I could, I paid my mortgage off 6 years ago, and I don't have a credit card(if I did it would be done online). Looks like I will have to spend time on the phone with them now! |
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Windows :
Upgrade recognition
(Message 1888857)
Posted 9 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think what you have done is created a second computer, this is the one running Windows 10. It is not showing a graphics card as almost certainly the Windows 10 installation will not have installed the correct graphic card drivers. You will need to get the drivers direct from the Nvidia website, nothing from Microsoft will work correctly. Whether you will then be able to merger the computers I am not sure. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1888825)
Posted 9 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Vic did not make that post, Admiral did. Changed |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1888821)
Posted 9 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Strange but if you convert 2.5 miles to km guess what the answer is 4.023 km I wonder if just by chance that is what he did as I do not suppose his car records the journey in km. |
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Hurricanes and Quakes
(Message 1888820)
Posted 9 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Hurricane Irma: UK response found wanting, MPs say |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1888818)
Posted 9 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: UK Social Services would put you into Assisted Living accommodation as a very minimum., and you'd be a Blue Badge holder. If he wanted to, he would not be forced, if they had places, also my father refused a blue badge right up to his death. Please remember I asked for help for my father and UK Social Services were stretched to provide it. Then when I was desperate for full time help I was told it would be two to three weeks before he could even be assessed, by which time he was dead. |
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Windows :
Account shows no credits/tasks however I am still running tasks and showing stats are rising. Win7.64
(Message 1888069)
Posted 6 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Glad to help and also glad to see you are now re-united with your original account! |
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Word Link # 92
(Message 1887968)
Posted 5 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Song |
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Account shows no credits/tasks however I am still running tasks and showing stats are rising. Win7.64
(Message 1887962)
Posted 5 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: From what you describe it seems you have created two user accounts with different e-mail addresses. It is the e-mail address that is the user identifier on BOINC. From your description it seem that this might be your other account. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=8744981 The account you are using to post here never actually processed any work so has a zero total. As you also have zero RAC on this account you can only post here in QA. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread Part 27
(Message 1887353)
Posted 1 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Not often I post here but I do enjoy the odd beer now and again!! My local Tesco had these on offer and I don't remember trying it before. I have drunk many a pleasant "Old Speckled Hen" from the same brewer but these are a step up. 6.5% ABV The description reads: "Our Master Brewer has created a premium, vintage oaked beer, which delivers the oak-aged fruity, raisiny notes from Old 5X with the lighter malt and toffee of Old Speckled Hen. Elegance and mystery... and amazing with cheese. Aroma: Toffee and raisins Taste: Toffee malt combined with dried fruit for a complex richness Premium dark & malty oak aged" I have to say it is one I will drink again!! |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1887263)
Posted 1 Sep 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I had a stress free journey home. Only to discover a couple of surprising thing. I have brought 2 of my computers back with me and after unloading the car started to set one up so I had access to the internet. I was working away when suddenly I realised just how much I felt "at home" here . I was in my own flat messing around with computers and not thinking about how my dad was doing, would the neighbours cope OK, did I forget to tell them something. Suddenly there was no pressure, I hadn't realised it was there when I came home before, but its absence is now noticeable. The other thing is not so good. To park almost everywhere in Croydon you have to pay. There are residents permits which for £80 a year allow you to park in the bays where you live. I have had one of these permits for several years. However I did not renew it last year when it expired as I was on the Isle of Wight and I had no idea how long I would be away. So today I attempted to apply for a permit went online entered my address, got the reply "There are no permits available for this address". The long and short of it is that the council in their wisdom have decided that all blocks of over 9 flats can not apply for parking permits. My block has 12. Contacting the parking department I am told "sorry that is the rule now". Of course this only applies to "new" permits, if I had renewed mine last year then it would have been OK. So I either have to find private parking, which can be really expensive, around £100 a month or there is the local station at £79 a month or more probably I will have to get rid of the car. They say no good deed goes unpunished!! |
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(Message 1887151)
Posted 31 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It was my dad's funeral today. Just a few family and friends, dad had outlived so many. The will has now gone to Probate, so things are progressing I am going back to south London for a couple of days early tomorrow. Taking as much stuff as the little Micra can handle. Then for the next two weeks I will concentrate on clearing everything but the furniture. Another trip home on the 16/17th with everything else of mine and then in the final week get the British Heart Foundation in to clear the furniture. I will be staying in a hotel that week as the house will be empty. I hope to return home for the final time on the 22nd September. A strange and stressful year. I really feel I need to find my place again. Time will tell. |
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(Message 1887145)
Posted 31 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Dune |
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(Message 1886838)
Posted 30 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I find it absolutely incomprehensible that months and months later apparently intelligent people are still discussing whether a symbol represents evil. If it represents evil to you it represents evil to you. If it doesn't then it doesn't And it really does not matter at all. I can understand why this part of the forum is not visited by many. It is not possible to have a discussion about, say the current POTUS , without getting sidetracked into what one poster does or does not find evil and feels should be condemned. This thread is about the current holder of the office of POTUS, lets discuss him. Lets give you a starter, I happened to be somewhere on this insignificant little island that has no standing in the world, when someone brought up the subject of Trump. All present agreed he was a clown who would likely start WW3 and wondered how the USA would ever recover. Now I know you don't care what the rest of the world thinks but it is revealing. |
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(Message 1886641)
Posted 28 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh yes opinion polls Of course means that the pro Trump polls will probably not have any meaning either. (Strange use of the full stop again) |
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(Message 1886613)
Posted 28 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh yes opinion polls Enough said. |
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(Message 1886577)
Posted 28 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread has gone way off topic and is starting to become a flame fest. So a lock is in order. If the op wishes it reopened then it will be. |
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(Message 1886228)
Posted 26 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I disagree with the enabling of Sirius B's ability to Hijack all Forums with Sirius B's Hate and Evil. Which he is doing in your eyes only. |
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(Message 1886221)
Posted 26 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: No different than a Murdering Maniac, armed with a rifle, while threatening your life. Fires his weapon continuously near you, and you have no place to protect yourself. Totally different, unless the murdering maniac happens to be holding a group of women and children hostage, and he is wearing a bomb with a dead-mans switch, if he dies so do the innocents. Now that is more like it. |
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(Message 1886219)
Posted 26 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Vine... In what way correct, this is an internet forum. nothing said here can be taken as truthful. But you are free to believe what you wish. Can we now please stop personal references to any poster and just discuss the topics at hand. If you believe a post is insulting please use the red-x and ask for it to be hidden. It would be nice to see arguments and counter arguments defeated by discussion rather than insults. I have said similar to this before and it is soon ignored. |
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(Message 1885843)
Posted 24 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Fixated: "unable to stop thinking about something" "to command the attention of exclusively or repeatedly; preoccupy obsessively" Neither sound healthy to me. Just because someone is "not "fixated" upon the evils of Nazism, Communism, KKK, Radical Right and Left, et al." In no way makes them enablers of evil. |
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(Message 1885830)
Posted 24 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone not "fixated" upon the evils of Nazism, Communism, KKK, Radical Right and Left, et al. That statement is just wrong. I have to admit I am an enabler of evil then, as I suspect is most of the free world. I do not support the organisations you named, but I am in no way "fixated" on them either. I would like to know how many others here are "fixated" on these organisations in the same way the poster is. Please no insults |
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(Message 1885751)
Posted 24 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well things are progressing slowly. This morning I finally get the call that the death has been ruled natural and I can register it. It was his heart. Not really a surprise I have an appointment at the registrar at 3:40 this afternoon. I have called the Equity Release company and I have six weeks from today to clear and vacate the property. Of course I am still not an executor, and wont be until my sister has signed and returned the power of attorney form. However I can now progress with the funeral which will be next Thursday. The house still feels strange and I really want to return home asap. |
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(Message 1885671)
Posted 23 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: No one anywhere that I've seen, has acknowledged this failure of the screensaver or made any mention it will EVER be FIXED. No one seems to CARE. Perhaps because people no longer use screensavers. They are really not required on today's modern flat-screens. If I am working on my PC obviously no screensaver. If I am not working on my PC screen off, simple as that. I am afraid on these forums you will tend to find the addicted SETI@Home user trying to squeeze the last ounce of performance from their machines. Do they care about the screensaver, I am afraid not. I do not consider myself in their class but I haven't run the screensaver in so long I couldn't tell you when. Whilst it is very pretty, it doesn't in fact tell you much, as soon as the devotees realised that that were not about to see the WOW 2 signal on their PC screens they gave up watching. Two of my machines don't even have screens!! I suspect that before too long the screensaver functionality will be removed from Win 10 and you will have to buy an app to get it back, Then you will be able to complain it does not work!! |
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(Message 1885636)
Posted 23 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I see you decided to take no notice of my request that we get back on topic. Note, posts that do not have anything directly to do with the current incumbent of the White House will be hidden. Thank you. |
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(Message 1885599)
Posted 23 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: President Trump made and interesting speech. However no one here seems really interested in discussing the pros and cons. They just continue to define what they think other posters mean by good an evil. [Mod hat off] I believe that Fidel Castro was possible the best thing that happened to Cuba. Ridding the island of corrupt capitalists and the Mafia. I think he believed he did mostly good for Cuba. Later the US government allied itself with the Mafia (is the Mafia not an evil murdering organisation?) in an attempt to overthrow Castro. So does my belief that Castro did more good than harm make me a supporter of evil. Does the fact that this is an internet forum mean that every word I type is truly what I believe? [/mod hat off] Perhaps we could get back to discussing the current POTUS. |
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(Message 1885329)
Posted 21 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes Richard, I have taken legal advice and as you say as the son of the deceased I can put stops onto bank accounts etc, and have done so. However until the solicitor can sort out the executor problem things will grind to a halt and an already long process gets longer and more expensive. |
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(Message 1885322)
Posted 21 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think this may come under "offloading" . It has been stressful sorting through all my dad's things. But at least I had the will sorted as I said earlier. Well no, not actually. Amongst my fathers papers, in a place I did not look earlier I found a will, so I opened it and read it. It was not the will I had a copy of, it was different, I was cut out. He left everything to my sister and made her sole executor. My sister had a copy but didn't know how to tell me what dad had done. There was a period between 2010 and 2013 when I admit I was avoiding my father because after the death of my stepmother his phone calls and messages were depressing beyond belief. This will was dated 2011, so he must have decided as I wasn't talking to him and visiting I was a bad son. However he had got the will witnesses by the next door neighbours on either side, then left them £500 each. Oh dear, a witness to a will cannot be a beneficiary Add to that my sister has a health problem that prevents her from flying currently, so will not be able to be the executor . So I have had to take the whole mess to a solicitor (attorney/lawyer depending on where you live) and it will cost around £400 to sort out. So learning point for today, if you use a "home will" at least get it checked by a law professional as any saving you think you might make could well be cancelled out but your executors having to sort out the mistakes. The solicitor said that she would have advised dad not to have just one executor who resides overseas, and of course they would have got the will witnesses and the neighbours would get their £500. Also because my fathers death was "unexpected" that is he wasn't in hospital, or under the direct care of a doctor, there has to be a post mortem. (This is all to do with the Harold Shipman case some years ago) To do all the official things concerning my fathers I need a death certificate. So today I ring the coroner and find that my dads post mortem is scheduled for Wednesday! So I don't have the documents I need to report my fathers death to all the organisations that need to know and even if I did as I am not an executor I can't do it anyway! I think I need another drink. |
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(Message 1884795)
Posted 18 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am trying to be helpful Bernie at a very difficult time, because I have been there myself fairly recently. Perhaps, just perhaps, as my father just died in front of me a little over 24 hours previously, the last thing I wished to see in this thread is your cheerful list of things I will have to do!! My head is not yet really ready to face up to a list like that yet, however there it was and drove me to answer. Your total insensitivity about many things has upset others, please Chris not here. Richard, I had been told by both the police and undertakers who came on Thursday that most places will be quick and sympathetic and don't be afraid to ask questions of anyone I deal with. Also as I need the official OK from the coroner before I can get the death certificate, I was hoping it would not be before Monday, so I could get a few days break. I have been here, apart from a few flying visits home for 11 months. Looking after my father was my full time job. In the last 4 months it became almost 24/7 and now suddenly there is nothing. I went for my walk today and normally on these walks my mind was busy with what I needed to do that day for my father, what he might eat, ways to cope with his mental problems etc. Today there was nothing, just the memory of those few minutes struggling to get my dad back into his chair, then phoning the ambulance, etched into my brain. During the day my dads final enjoyment was watching the programs I had provided on the TV. Today the house was eerily silent, and empty. I have adjusting to do. Thank you all again for your condolences and messages, it has helped me a lot to see them all here. |
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(Message 1884720)
Posted 18 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Has he made a will, do we know where to find it Yes my sister and I have had copies for many years The death has to be registered, and likely 4 official copies of the registration will be needed while there As it was a sudden death without a doctor in attendance the police work for the coroner on the island. I gave a detail statement to the police, and they commandeered the video footage from my IP camera to give to the coroner. I have to wait for the coroner to contact me and tell me that the death has been ruled natural and he has informed the registry office. This can take 2-3 days and I do not expect to hear til Monday. I then phone them and make and appointment to offically reister it and collect as many copies of the certificate as needed, (around 10 it think will be necessary) Appoint and organise the funeral service with the Undertakers. Already in hand Notice in local paper if requited (undertakers will do that) Not required Inform friends & family. Obviously Approach solicitors about getting probate and letters of administration Apparently not necessary as the estate is small and only my sister and I are named in the will as a simple 50/50 split We are both also executors Tell banks, building societies, local Council , DHSS, DWP, DVLC etc of the passing Need death certificate Membership past or present of Clubs and organisations I will deal with them if and when the y communicate, I will be getting dad's mail forwarded to myself. House agents to sell property (if required) None of the above required My father made a request to keep expenses to a minimum as he knew he has a very small estate. |
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(Message 1884576)
Posted 17 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you all. I appreciate your thoughts and wishes It has been a strange day, from having a living room full of strangers at 4 am to a totally empty and strangely quiet house. I went for a couple of walks today just to be active and watched the sunset, which I haven been able to do for a while. Tomorrow the task of sorting out my fathers affairs will begin, I had hoped my sister would come over from the USA, but she has health problems that prevent her from flying so it will just be me. |
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(Message 1884408)
Posted 17 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: My father passed away this morning at 3am. He had a really nasty fall. I got him back into his chair and while I was on the phone to the ambulance service he passed away before my eyes. Many conflicting emotions at the moment, grief and loss yet the knowledge that he was in his own home in his own chair and I know that is what he would have wanted. He has been very out of it in the last few days and I had a feeling he would not last long, but finding him as I did is quite a shock. Then having to deal with the ambulance crew, police (sudden unexplained death) and undertakers has left me a bit drained. |
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(Message 1883782)
Posted 14 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have no idea who little c, is if you are referring to another poster can we please out of common courtesy use the name they post with in a normal sized font. If you find you cannot do this then I am afraid post will start to disappear . Just because you disagree with someone there is no need to be rude, they, after all, in the long term, may proved to be right, or of course not. Lets be civil please. |
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(Message 1883757)
Posted 14 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If I go back and remove "bridge dweller" posts or mentions of similar, this thread will not make sense. Please lets stop the name calling, and "bridge dweller" is just troll by any other name. If you feel you cannot make intelligent comment without name calling then please don't post until you can. Thank you. |
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(Message 1883355)
Posted 12 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't think I have ever subscribed to a thread I started, Certainly wouldn't want loads more emails than I already get if I had to remember to unsubscribe every time!! |
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(Message 1883354)
Posted 12 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And to add to the usual Scheduler woes, I notice my Pendings are gradually going through the roof. Usually around 750, now up over 1,000. Very likely due to "bunkering" for the WOW event. |
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(Message 1883271)
Posted 11 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I just went through my logs here and I havn't had any issues getting work since our extended outrage ended and I also have plenty of GBT onboard so it must be that quirky problem you fellows have been battling this year. Yes same here, my machines are not in the same league as some here but every time I see complaints about not getting work my old machines are usually full as they are now. Just watched my 970 finish two tasks and get two more |
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(Message 1882753)
Posted 8 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The report I posted yesterday is horrifying though, and no wonder people hang on at home for so long, you can't blame them. Yes and based on that and the trouble I had arranging care for my 2 days , I realised I am on my own. That's life, you have to put up with the cards you are dealt. |
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(Message 1882735)
Posted 8 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So by moving the wildlife cam much closer to the squirrel feeder I have discovered the culprit(s) Unfortunately the only place near the feeder meant the actual feeder is too close and just out of focus, bit it did reveal these; Then after dark: So as I suspected the culprits are field mice not squirrels, there must be several as they get through 20 or so hazelnuts each night. |
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(Message 1882682)
Posted 7 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: There is one side of being my dad's carer that I had not really considered. The fact that his is my father. Now this may seem a strange thing to say but recently dad has been more confused than normal, this started after he had another breathing attack at 2am Wednesday. It was not as serious as the one that put him in hospital but it shook him up as he has no memory of the first time. This has meant he now wishes to sleep in his chair in the living room again. This break in the normal routine has caused him to do and say odd things like, waking me up at 4.30 am to tell me he had been to the toilet and wanted to know what to do next!! He then developed a strange desire to get ready for sleep at 5:30 pm. When he does these things and has odd explanations as to why and usually says "you know what I mean" when I have no idea. I don't always see a 93 year old with a weak heart, bad eyesight, poor hearing and dementia, I still see my father and find myself getting annoyed with him as I know my dad wouldn't say and do these odd things. It is quite difficult to become a "carer" only in these situations and we can both get a bit upset. With me it passes as I quickly realise it is the dementia not my dad. When I came here 11 months ago I never foresaw the day I would be helping dad do almost everything and having to be alert all the time I am here, and actually taking shorter walks so I am not away too long, waking every couple of hours at night and just listening to make sure he is OK. Still it has now become my life, 2 days off every 4 months and even worse pay!! |
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(Message 1882588)
Posted 7 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: How about we all discuss North Korea rather than other posters. As the vote under discussion here was in the United Nations Security Council. (No matter what one may or may not think of the UN) In this thread lets assume that all countries that vote in the security council are considered lawful entities and therefore hold the same sway as say the USA. To me the fact that both Russia AND China voted to pass these sanctions says a lot about the way they view North Korea. Lets perhaps discuss that. Thank you. |
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(Message 1882403)
Posted 6 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So in an attempt to discover just what happens to the hazelnuts I put out for the squirrels (however many I put out they all disappear overnight) I brought a "wildlife cam" Basically a video camera in a watertight box with PIR sensors and infra red for night shots. It comes with different mounting options. However as hard as I tried I have had no shots of any activity on the squirrel feeder at night, just cannot fine the right spot. I did try out the camera pointing at the lawn and got a couple of interesting bird shots. This is a magpie coming in to land And a jackdaw doing the same from the other direction. Now I knew that several jackdaws visited the garden, however I was a little surprised to find out just how many, https://youtu.be/R2K4vssj7zk I will persever with sighting the camera and hopefully get the shots I want. A couple of my normal shots. The weather has been quite changeable here lately, with sun and rain, this was my daily shot yesterday looking across the Solent towards Hurst castle. And one of the pleasure boats that does trips round the Needles the Fast Rib "Summer Rose" with Hurst Point light. |
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(Message 1882069)
Posted 4 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Anne McCaffrey also re-wove (reweaved?) her Pegasus series together into her Damalitia's (sp) Children series. The two series became know as the "Talent" series. The Talent series is composed of two sub-series as indicated. Several of the novels are composed in part of previously published short stories or are anthologies of short stories, as noted below. Pegasus To Ride Pegasus "A Womanly Talent" "Apple" "A Bridle For Pegasus" "To Ride Pegasus" Pegasus in Flight Pegasus in Space The Tower and the Hive The Rowan "Lady in a Tower" Damia "A Meeting of Minds" Damia's Children Lyon's Pride The Tower and the Hive |
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(Message 1881842)
Posted 3 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If of course you use Notepad ++ it tells you it need admin privileges and ask you if you would like to edit the file as admin!! |
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(Message 1881807)
Posted 3 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello, C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/Etc Copy the above line and paste it into the Windows Explorer address bar (NOT Internet Explorer) (Yes the last directory is called Etc) It should take you right there as long as your windows installation is on the C drive |
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(Message 1881649)
Posted 2 Aug 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Standing in the kitchen on Sunday and noticed a young robin eating the walnuts from the squirrel feeder. Still not got adult plumage. And one of dad's neighbours dog Misty, a beagle in her favourite spot, the living room window sill!! Even has a pillow. |
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(Message 1881196)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post:
Oh I see, the President of the United States condones beating SUSPECTS and you see no correlation . Police brutality sanctioned by the state, what next? Morning roll call finishing with "lets be brutal out there"! If you were a police officer, I can see you were one of the many who immediately believed all suspects are guilty, otherwise why would you say "murderers". The police arrest "suspected murderers". My point is as the rule of law breaks down, which it certainly seems to, then the mass murders follow. Please don't paint me with the same tired phrases of "not condemning" mass murdering states. I do totally condemn them, but they all start somewhere and somehow. |
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(Message 1881170)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Do you have any clue of what specific actions must be taken? No I don't. I was hoping that perhaps some sort of understanding between the USA and China could be found, but I can see it would also need to involve Russia. I cannot seriously see that happening. Trump is a businessman not a politician, some say this is his strength, he doesn't "play by the rules" perhaps that it what is needed here. Of course the price of failure will be high for many many people. |
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(Message 1881168)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Vine... Er yes, but what possible relevance has that to do with the leader of what is sometimes called the "free world" saying it is perfectly OK to beat up suspects. I was comparing his stance to what probably goes on in North Korea. "Guilty until proven innocent" My point was it is a very slippery slope he seems to be embarking on. The mass murder and enslavement come later. |
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(Message 1881167)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: A good second hand 3 year old vehicle with a known servicing history would likely do that for you. But if you are willing and able to pay what it costs to lease a brand new car, that is your personal choice. No cannot possible fulfil my stated intention of not having to worry about an MOT . |
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(Message 1881154)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: why waste my money on a new car? As I have paid monthly for my car since 2010 it is not too much of a problem, and as I have reduced the cost substantially with this one it makes sense as 3 years servicing is also included. To me it is trouble free motoring, with Nissan Rescue included for free. In my present situation I do not want to have to worry about servicing or MOT's I just want a car that will start whenever I need it and get me from A to B. |
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(Message 1881153)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been trying for a while to capture what I thought was a field mouse that lives in the rockery/garden bed just outside the kitchen. I have seen it dash out, grab a seed and rush back just as quick The other day I saw movement, got out my camera and stood quite still Not perfect, but it allowed me to see that it is almost certainly not a mouse but a bank vole. Not that common in gardens. But you can see by the size of the bird seed on the ground that one seed will go a long way ;-) |
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(Message 1881145)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As I wished to answer Chris on this issued and I did not want it in the caring thread I have decided to start a new thread just for a quick explanation as to my comment. The UK uses a "year identifier on it's car number plates so currently the plates are in the format, XX17 XXX, where the first two letters identify the area the was registered so LA to LY is London (I Q and Z are not used as location identifiers )and the last 3 letters are random starting AAA and going to ZZZ However the registrations change twice a year, this was due to lobbying by the motor industry that wanted to sell more cars so convinced the government to change the registrations in March and September, historically difficult months to sell cars. So 66 ran from September 2016 to Feb 2017. 17 runs from March 2017 to August 2017 and 67 Runs from September 2017 to Feb 2018. And the reason is to sell more cars. Logically if it really was a "year identifier" it would run from January and if it needed to have two per year the second one would start in July. Hence my reason for stating the motor industry controls when the registrations change. |
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(Message 1881142)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Doesn't matter how precision the strike is, unless China agree, and they won't. Then they will have to retaliate . USA use nukes, China will have to respond in kind. Russia too. Bye bye world. |
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(Message 1881139)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: To me so far all trump has said and done is much hot air that has come from someone who has never help an important elected office so you cannot expect him to understand. However his comments to the police force of NY city is the most worrying thing I have heard from a politician in the so called "free world".. It is what you would expect from China , North Korea and the like, it is chilling and the first step down the extreme right wing road that America will probably now take. Guilty until proven innocent. Never thought I would hear a president of the USA say that. No matter what you think that is what he said and what he believes. Whatever else he does, I hope he is not remembered for this. I only hope the people in the USA can escape what comes next. I somehow doubt it. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1881134)
Posted 30 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: An update on my trip back home and the carers. Whilst everything did not go 100% smoothly from my perspective, dad said he had not been looking forward to it but all the carers who came were very good and he was impressed with them. So while I know things were not all done properly, dad was happy, and more importantly when I need to go home again he will know what to expect and not worry. The main reason I went home was my car. Currently I have a car on a lease agreement. Three years of monthly payments, then at the end you pay off the remainder and the car is yours, get a new car and another 3 year lease or just walk away. Originally, before I came here to look after dad, I was going to walk away from my current deal which was due to end next month. In London I really did not need a car, parking is expensive and I have a free travel pass on trains and busses, also I was doing so few miles a year. However on the island I really do need a car. The garage in Croydon had contacted me several times trying to get me to have a new car. I explained my new circumstances and said that I really needed a much cheaper deal that I had currently. Now this ruled out a "new" car, however they offered me a "pre-regisisted Nissan Micra. This means that although the car was "as new" with only 10 miles on the clock, because the garage had registered it then it is "second hand" it also has a "17" plate, meaning it was registered between March and August 2017, on the first of September the year identifier changes to "67" (our car registration plates are complicated and totally controlled by the motor manufacturers). More importantly it is a lot cheaper!!. So I have just returned to the island now the proud owner of (I have removed most of the registration as this is a public forum) A bit smaller than I am used to and while it only has a 1.2 litre engine it is still quite nippy, it also doesn't feel "small" inside. I spent nearly 3 hours in it driving back to the island and was perfectly comfortable. It rained most of the way back but that gave me chance to try out the "automatic wipers" quite spooky actually, as if it stops raining for a while the wipers stop and you forget they are on, suddenly when rain hits the screen, off they go again. So far I am pleased with it and just hope that dad will be able to get in tomorrow for the weekly shopping trip. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1880917)
Posted 29 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Weird then that as "no one wants to live in Croydon" it is in fact the largest London borough by population. I can see the headlines now "363,000 people held against their will in Croydon" Your post are so one sided, what you say goes and everyone else is wrong. But do care, no, I will be sending links to this thread to the Croydon Advertiser, I am sure they will enjoy the laugh ;-) Might even print it. PS. Sanderstead and most of Coulsdon are within the London Borough of Croydon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderstead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulsdon |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1880822)
Posted 28 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: but nobody wants to live there. I wrote a long positive reply to your rather silly statement, but decided you didn't deserve a proper reply. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW #265 - Jelly Babies For Everyone!!! :-)
(Message 1880523)
Posted 27 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? On a Wightink ferry in the middle of the Solent. Returning home for a couple of days. |
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Cafe SETI :
Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1880433)
Posted 26 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just an update on my care problem. As I reported I was told on Tuesday the 18th that care could be arranged. I had heard nothing by last Friday so rang again and was told the person concerned would ring me back, they did not. Again on Monday I rang and was told the person would ring me back they did not. I rang again yesterday and the person I needed to speak to was not available again. Finally yesterday I got a call from the "Adult Outreach" department saying they would be coming Wednesday to do the assessment. Which they did and I will admit the woman who came was extremely efficient and involved my dad in the assessment whenever she could. Better late than never I suppose. Of course I discover that the times they can visit will not exactly be convenient, but with all my arrangements made and too late to cancel the ferry booking I will have to see how things go. They do have my mobile number and the next door neighbour is fully aware of everything so I will have to try not to worry. Looking after my dad is quite stressful in itself I certainly didn't need the extra stress that trying to arrange care has caused. I always feel better when I do let myself cry. I think it could be just a lifelong control thing with me. I don't want to lose control, and crying is loss of control, but it's good loss of control. Yes I also do not like to lose control, but it is a release, much needed sometimes, I know at the moment with dad things have been stressing me so I suspect once I am home tomorrow I will feel the need of a release. Easier at home on my own not having to worry that dad is OK. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1880405)
Posted 26 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Last couple of days have been a bit busy as I am going back home tomorrow till Saturday and have been trying to arrange care for dad. However yesterday the view from my very first US railcam changed. When I first opened Chesterton west I was greeted with this . What I believe would be described as two backhoes and a loader which were apparently removing the crossing. The line remained open If a little close to traffic. Once the asphalt from the crossing had been removed a procession of vehicles arrived. and gathered in view of the east cam. The whole lot set of and appeared to go back and forward along the line, a lot of sleepers(ties) were replaced by two of these Unfortunately I was not able to get the whole thing, but the end result is Crossing gates but no crossing. You can see the "Road Closed" barriers and the orange sign which has been there for a week. Now I wonder if they intend to replace the crossing, there are 3 others and one is almost visible on the east cam. I have read that Chesterton is trying to become a "quiet zone" as far a rail horns are concerned, so removing a crossing would reduce the number of times trains had to use their horns. There is no activity at all there today . |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1880338)
Posted 26 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Are the museum planning to do a complete or just a cosmetic restore on 4601? |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1880042)
Posted 24 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst not being as active on the cameras as I was I still get e-mails if an interesting locomotive is within 25 miles of the Chesterton camera. So this morning it said that RCPX4601 had passed the camera around 8pm EST last night. Now there is a 24 hour DVR feature, so winding back I came across this. Ex Conrail 4601 an E33 which I believe is headed for the IRM Here is the other cam view. The light wasn't so good on that cam so I had to tweak it a bit. In case you wanted to see what it looked like when it was stored in 1983 Look here: http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/Images/CR-4601-E33-at-Rutherford-PA As one of the guys on Railstream chat said "It needs a bit of work"! Still it is probably about 61 years old. Whilst winding back through the camera I came across this little gem. Northern Illinois & Wisconsin 629, Alco RS18C, was built by Montreal in August 1966, #M3460-02, as Pacific Great Eastern 629. It became British Columbia Rail 629. It was rebuilt with Caterpillar power in 1994. It was sold as NIWX 629 in April 2009 via J&L Consulting. Which makes it a staggering 51 years old!! It also appears to be for sale, so I wonder if it is heading for a new owner, it was heading east. Also I think "needs a bit of work" Still you don't see many Alcos about these days!! |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Failure to down load new tasks
(Message 1879981)
Posted 23 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And really, should one have to know these things simply to run seti@home? No you should not need to, however there is something wrong with the way SETI@Home is working on one of your machines and to get help you need to do a little digging. I am sorry I did not give you instructions on how to post the log file contents, I usually wait to see if the person concerned knows how, then if not try and assist them. As you can see Ageless has listed the instructions. The log file will look a bit like this: 23/07/2017 23:29:41 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.33 for windows_x86_64 23/07/2017 23:29:42 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug 23/07/2017 23:29:42 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 23/07/2017 23:29:42 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 23/07/2017 23:29:42 | | Running under account 23/07/2017 23:29:42 | | [error] Invalid account filename: statistics_print_.txt 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 381.65, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 5.2, 4096MB, 3391MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 381.65, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 4096MB, 3391MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Host name: 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD A8-3800 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics [Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0] 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni cx16 popcnt syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs skinit wdt page1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.15063.00) 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Memory: 12.00 GB physical, 24.00 GB virtual 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Disk: 744.76 GB total, 33.97 GB free 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | | Local time is UTC +1 hours 23/07/2017 23:29:45 | SETI@home | Found app_config.xml 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 6931290; resource share 1 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6851722; resource share 100 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | SETI@home Beta Test | URL http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID 73416; resource share 100 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 13-Sep-2015 17:17:19) 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | SETI@home | Host location: none 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | SETI@home | General prefs: using your defaults 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | Reading preferences override file 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | Preferences: 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | max memory usage when active: 6141.74MB 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | max memory usage when idle: 11055.13MB 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | max disk usage: 34.48GB 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | max CPUs used: 2 23/07/2017 23:29:46 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | | Using proxy info from GUI 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Starting scheduler request 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | SETI@home | [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices 23/07/2017 23:29:48 | SETI@home | [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 231797.30 seconds; 0.00 devices 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Server version 707 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | Not sending work - last request too recent: 77 sec 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | Project requested delay of 303 seconds 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:05:03 23/07/2017 23:29:50 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Reason: requested by project Obviously this is mine so yours will be a bit different. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Failure to down load new tasks
(Message 1879936)
Posted 23 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it is usual about now to ask for you to post the first 30 or so lines from the Boinc event log on startup. |
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Getting started :
Instructions for new password
(Message 1879874)
Posted 23 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well you seem to have logged on here with an old account. Not a new one. This account was created in 2009 and last processed work in 2010. |
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Windows :
Message board moderation.
(Message 1879215)
Posted 20 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: "Do not posts comments related to specific moderator actions. The moderators may be contacted at seti_moderators@ssl.berkeley.edu" As usual your posts are extremely hard to understand, exactly what "old one" needs a fix? |
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Cafe SETI :
Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1879073)
Posted 19 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is strange and thought provoking seeing what others are going through. Unlike Gordon and his mother I never had a close relationship with my father, I was a teenager in the "swinging sixties", long hair and loud music. My lifestyle was an anathema to my father. He had fought in a war to preserve the English way of life and my generation seemed to be squandering those freedoms. I strongly disagreed with his views on race and disabled people. But then the time came and he needed my help, I was able so I came, and currently Angela, I do feel that my whole life has been the way it has so that I am here to look after him when he needed it. The last week or so has been very hard, he cannot grasp anything complicated, he is waking up at all hours and if I am not awake at 4 am he walks up and down the hallway tapping his stick. Some days he will be up as I said at 4 am others, he will sleep in till 8:45, like yesterday, however I need to be up and ready when he is as he need my help to wash dress etc.. I need to go back to Croydon for several reasons and as people here have said and I was told at the hospital, don't be afraid to ask for help. So I had a number to ring and I did, I asked how long it would take for them to arrange temporary home care for my dad as I needed to go home for a couple of days. I was told that they could do this with a couple of days notice. So I make arrangements to change my car (long story) and sort out a few things at my flat and decided on Thursday 27th June to go home . On Monday I phoned the adult care line, answered many many questions, was rung back twice answered more questions, was told someone from the social work team wold be in contact. Tuesday morning I was rung and answered more questions and was told that-there was no way they could organise care that quickly!! I was not amused, so I asked what my options were, I was told I could try and organise private care myself, so with a bit of bad grace I said that is what I would do. So I started ringing around home care providers, I was totally taken aback, when asked where dad lived and I said Yarmouth, two of the providers said, "No we don't go out there" What?? the island is only 24 miles from west to east and 14 miles from north to south!! The others I phoned all said they did not do short term care!! So there we go what is the carer supposed to do, just get on with it I suppose. The woman from the adult care line did ring back saying there might be someone who could do those dates. I am just waiting to hear from them now. All a bit stressful and something I do not need right now. I also have had a few really "down" moments and I suppose it could be called depression. With me it is just a sudden wave of "hopelessness" seem to envelope me and and I breakdown in tears. Doesn't happen often but it did this morning, I find that my daily walks help a lot, although today I just had the desire to sit on the sea wall and watch the ships in the Solent for the rest of the day. Luckily I didn't succumb to the thought as I suspect my dad would have been a bit upset, (and probably quite hungry) Hopefully things will work out one way or another. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1878586)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now some of you may well have heard of Jack London Square in Oakland CA. Notable for the fact that the main rail line runs down the middle of the main street, no barriers or segregation. Amtrak has several trains a day . However there is one other town in the US where the trains travel down the main street with no barriers or segregation. La Grange Kentucky, where Virtual Railfan have just installed 2 cameras. The is the North facing camera. and this is south Very much small town America, however you cant help but notice the rail tracks. There is no station or Amtrak trains here, just the CSX mainline. Here is a northbound freight. Interesting cargo, behind the first hopper. Four tanks and what looked like a mine sweeper. Here a southbound freight. Not sure it improves the town, unless you are a railfan, because this train was interesting as well. The strange looking thing between the two locos is called a "slug". It is usually made from a older engine, where the prime mover is removed but the traction motors are left, it gets its power from the loco it is connected to. A slug is used to increase adhesive weight, allowing full power to be applied at a lower speed, thus allowing a higher maximum tractive effort. You can see another one behind the following loco. I don't recall every seeing one before on any camera. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
(CPU) Fans are working strange after BOINC was in use
(Message 1878570)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The first question is how old is the machine and how long has it been running Boinc. If it not new then has the dust been removed from the inside. I had a similar problem which proved to be a dust clogged CPU heat-sink |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1878562)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: AND also the 2nd one but it takes time to find it. If when you open Boinc you see the first example, then in the menu bar at the top click, View, then Advanced View and you should see the normal version. There your can see your tasks , the ones you are interested in just have "Running" in the Status column. If you click on one of those does the "Show Graphics" button become active? |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1878556)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so do you see this: or this (Obviously these are what I see yours will be different) |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1878543)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: You copied an earlier version of my message when I hadn't realised what you had done. The links that BilBg posted were to show you how to look at the Boinc task list . To see YOUR list you need to double click the SETI@Home icon in the task bar. Then what do you see?? |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1878540)
Posted 16 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The graphics button on the left is ALWAYS "dimmed out." I clicked on the top line, below "Status" that says "Running." There is NO line that doesn't have "AMD/ATI" in it? I think there is a misunderstanding here. You need to open Boinc on your computer. Not click on the links provided they are just a representation. If you double click on the SETI@Home icon in the task bar What do you see? |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1878196)
Posted 14 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: That's a surprise. Not sure where they'd be going or why. Well as Virtual Railfan the" other" railcam site now has cameras at La Plat MO, the more active "chat" there noted the AEM's and baggage cars and supplied these two nuggets of info As to the heritage baggage cars "No the heritage baggage cars are headed for an area in the desert align with the Amtrak's MHC boxcars and Amtrak's roadrailers" And more info on the AEM 7's The AEM 7s are headed for TTC in Pueblo Colorado for permanent use for 125 MPH testing, Obviously this is just railfan chat, but sounds reasonable. I used the 24 hour "DVR" facility to get shots of it arriving at La Plata MO at 8:22 pm CT yesterday but the combination of the fading light and the fact the cameras are too close to the track caused lots of pixalating. However here they are, I have pics from, Shenandoah Junction, Chesterton, Chicago and La Plata. East facing cam And the west facing cam. The woman in the east facing shot, is I believe the station agent as she helps people on and off the trains, she seemed a bit perplexed when the train just kept on going with no sign of the superliner passenger cars :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1878115)
Posted 13 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So as David suggested the two AEM7's did indeed head west on the 3 today. First were the three locos, 200, 822 and 144. The the two AEM 7's Then surprisingly 6 old "heritage" baggage cars. Then the actual Southwest Chief which was one VL Baggage and 9 superliners Making the total train of 21 vehicles, I think only the Amatrak auto train is longer!! |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology 3
(Message 1878026)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Interestingly years ago, about the time I left British Telecom, they were being told that they had to allow ALL rival telecoms providers to install their equipment in the BT exchange (office) . Because BT had a monopoly on cables to customers and competitors could not be expected to dig up the streets to every house and business. (Of course the cable companies had done just that but they were not forced to do the same) Rooms were set aside for the competitors equipment to be installed and connected to any cable that terminated in that exchange. BT Openreach was created to connect and install these service for the competitors (that of course didn't work out too well). But it does mean that now you can have a broadband and or phone service from lots of competing companies. All down your existing BT copper and now fibre (Sky TV broadband comes down BT fibre) |
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Cafe SETI :
Photobucket
(Message 1877997)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just went to tinypic and got one of those "fake surveys" pop up, oh well I suppose they have to pay the bill somehow. I suspect that a lot of these sites will be seeing an increase in traffic, both in and out, so I wonder how long before one of the others, flickr, imgur, etc suddenly start to charge? Or if you want "free" you have to agree to an advert being added to your picture. Make the most of it, I suspect this is the beginning of the end of the "free internet". |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1877995)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well you can tell I am out of touch, other wise I would have remembered that there is a new pair of cameras at Shenandoah Junction WV which the 29 went past yesterday evening Doh!! But due to the wonders of modern science (and an archive facility) all is not lost. East facing cam. and the west facing cam I like that last shot. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1877988)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I heard they're going to the Transportation Testing Center, not sure why. Sure looks like it to me, 55500 DOT Rd. Pueblo, CO 81001 Why would they want old OH electric locomotives out there? Crash test? That might have a few railfans up in arms !! |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1877978)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And as predicted as the 29 wyed a little while ago. There was a heavy hail storm at the time so that explains the "streaks". The camera at MH Tower now does 1080p, but unfortunately the rain has got on the lens making it a bit blurry!! Transportation Testing Center, hmm a bit odd, but i assume they do have OH power there. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1877952)
Posted 12 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't post in this thread as much as I used to but just by chance today, after cooking my dads lunch I just decided to have a quick look at a few cams and saw this: Sandwiched between the power and the baggage car on today's Capitol 29 from Washington. AEM 7's 942 and 928, retired from service on the north east corridor last June. I cannot but wonder where these two are bound and why, not an awful lot of overhead wire out west!! 942 was one of the two engines that made the last run last June the other was 946 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPHW #265 - Jelly Babies For Everyone!!! :-)
(Message 1877853)
Posted 11 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: First post after the outage thingy. |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1877569)
Posted 9 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For reasons that are unlikely to be made public, I have been going out to the rubbish bin (trash can) around 10pm each night and have noticed the moon has been very bright. I do like skies but find night skies are obviously more challenging to photograph with my trusty Ixus. However here are a few shots. It sort of looks like below they are shadowy figures reaching up. The moon is in just the right part of the sky to be framed by the trees. However the one I like the most is this, I braced myself on my car and zoomed right in. (just needed a little twiddle in Photofiltre) Now for a £100 pocket camera that is quite good. |
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Cafe SETI :
Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1877242)
Posted 7 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Mr Gnu, can you please stop giving away photographers secrets!! You should have said, "I waited for ages for the bee and butterfly to be on the same flower together, hoping the light would be just right. Finally all the waiting paid off" But no, you said "I didn't know I'd photographed the bee next to the butterfly until I looked at the photos on my tablet...." :-) Nice pics by the way!! So today with things a little quieter with my dad I went for my walk and this was moored just outside Yarmouth Harbour. A reminder of how the "other half" live. The MY Amaryllis (MY used to be motor yacht in this case means Mega Yacht) To get an idea of the size, the white blob on the far righ is a person bending over the stern, also here the Wight Link ferry is passing astern The info states, it has 6 staterooms for up to 12 people, just 12!! and a crew of 22. If you really want to know what it looks like to be one of those 12 have a look here Charter yacht Amaryllis This is a definite case of "if you have to ask how much you can't afford it" |
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Cafe SETI :
Photobucket
(Message 1876828)
Posted 5 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure this is the sort of publicity Photobucket was after. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668 Also not sure they were aware of the consequences of their ill thought out actions. |
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Cafe SETI :
Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1876617)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this is not quite what I expected. Over the last 2 days dad has been managing more and more. Yesterday he went to the toilet on his own and wasn't incontinent at all. Today so far the same. He seems much more aware of things and I would say he is back to the level he was prior to going into hospital. With this in mind, I will see how the rest of today goes but at his present level I am doing no more for him than before he went in. So I will probably be cancelling the home care as it would be a wast of time and money. |
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Cafe SETI :
Photobucket
(Message 1876615)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose that either your turn will come, or you have somehow slipped through the net! Not really sure why that would make a difference, as most of mine were jpg. Well interestingly I can see the above picture, can anyone else? |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1876573)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well with dad sleeping a lot more now and having 4 cameras to keep an eye on him, I find that I had a little free time , so on a whim I had a look at the two railcam sites. I already posted a pic from the new RailStream camera at Shenandoah Junction WV. But here is another anyway :-) Yesterday's Capitol Ltd 29 lead by heritage unit 145 However when I went to the Virtual Railfan website, they have completely overhauled the site, along with the payment options, before I was on the higest tarrif and got everything. However now to get HD cameras I have to pay an extra $5 a month, not worth it at the moment but might in the future. They have however added 8 new cameras!! Horseshoe Curve PA has a rotating 360 degree cam Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN has an east and west cam La Grange, KY. also an east and west cam Thomasville, NC which just had a west cam has had an east cam added. La Plata, MO has an east and west cam located right on the Amtrak station! This was a very late Southwest Chief 4 arriving yesterday Quality is not as good as Railstream only being SD, but if you are a car number fan then this is for you :-) No I do not inted to start keeping a record of the numbers!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Photobucket
(Message 1876571)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Photobucket still works for me. I don't have a pay-for account there !! Well apparently they didn't get to me for nearly a week so I suppose that either your turn will come, or you have somehow slipped through the net! In which case you are lucky, I have been posting pictures to several forums for many years now over 1200 pictures, all have gone. Some I could replace but I just do not have that sort of time. If they really wanted to convert their free customers to paying ones, this was not the way to go about it!! |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1876567)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As of June 26 2017, the latest updated windows 10 creators edition has BOINC screensaver fixed! Reload from Microsoft now and our screensaver will work. However I have an issue with the newest edition relabeling my GPU's and all the work uploaded now says it is missing the GPU. Most major Windows updates also update your graphics drivers to Microsoft ones that while they work on a basic level lack some of the components needed for crunching work for SETI@Home You seem to have mostly Nvidia GPU's so go to their website (nowhere else) and download the correct drivers for your particular GPU, once installed your GPU will no long show up as missing. |
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Photobucket
(Message 1876562)
Posted 3 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I tried downloading a folder of pics to My hdd, it started, then nothing. Whilst I am fairly sure all my pics on PB are saved elsewhere I decided to download my folders as a precaution. Some worked first time others took 4 or 5 attempts. As I had over 30 folders and over 1200 pictures it has taken a while!! |
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Favorite vacations
(Message 1876297)
Posted 1 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just been trying to sort out my pictures on Plastic bucket when I was reminded of probably my favourite holiday. 2009 had been a bad year, I had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, luckily after the op, it was found not to be cancerous after all, but it was a wake up call for me and I had always wanted to go to New York I have an artist friend who resides in NY and is always sending me invites to her gallery showings and exhibitions, so the next one that arrived I decided to go. It was a cold October in 2009 but NY still blew me away it has a totally different vibe from anywhere else I have been. Times Sq was just unbelievable even on a cold damp day in October. This picture was my work laptop wallpaper until I left the company in 2012. It just summed things up, I have better pictures since but this was my first "Times Sq yellow Cab " pic. I didn't actually tell my friend I would be at her exhibition and I was able to approach her from behind and just quietly say hello, the expression on her face was priceless. As it happens my sister lives in Hanover PA and she had said if i needed a break after my op come and stay. So I rented a car and drove the 200 odd miles from NY. At the time NCIS was one of my favourite shows and they had just started using the new Doge Charger. So I looked for a rental place that rented Chargers and hoped!! Sitting on my sisters driveway in Hanover PA a blue Charger. For me that was an amazing week, the drive was just as I imagined. Everything worked out perfectly. I have been back to NY since, but there is not getting away from that first time magic. |
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spikes
(Message 1876162)
Posted 1 Jul 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Have a look here: http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/screensaver/index.html The page is a bit old but covers the basics |
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Internet usage stats
(Message 1876006)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The other way is to run a network monitor, that will show you ALL and I mean ALL of your current network traffic, with relevant external ip addresses. I use Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4, it is a little dated but it works on Win 10. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4865 It takes a bit of working out but that first time you start to see the traffic flow!! You can then use a "lookup site" to find out who owns all the ip addresses you see in the monitor. I just ran it and got an "unknown" ip address that turned out to be Amazon, I had forgotten to turn off Amazon Cloud. I would post a screenshot, but my hosting site seems to be having a trouble :-) |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875938)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is also causing a bit of a problem across websites and blogs where the website/blog has used pictures and bits of pictures in it's design. Have a look here: http://raloria.livejournal.com/ Scroll down a bit and you will see the effect. Many are suggesting that Photobucket will rethink this as people will not pay for something that has been free for the past 10 years. |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875875)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Using URL links still works but you have to click it to show the image. Which is exactly the heart of the matter. With a hotlink as soon a you open the thread with the picture in it is displayed, so if you open the "pictures" thread then all the Photobucket pictures appear. So if say there were 100 pictures in the thread and it is opened 50 times in a day, that is 5,000 links established to Photobucket. However if you just used the URL then it would only be the number of people who actually clicked on the link, probably a lot fewer. So URL's cost Photobucket a lot less in bandwidth than hot links. |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875859)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: You can copy and paste in word processors, why do bulletin boards not allow that? Some forums do allow uploading of pictures, but again, you are usually limited to picture size. This is due to pictures taking up space and bandwidth and this is part of the problem, When you view a picture on SETI@Home linked to Photobucket the bandwidth comes from Photobucket. To allow pictures here at SETI they would have to increase storage (I wonder how many actual pictures there are linked on here??) And also they would see the corresponding rise in bandwidth usage which may or may not be a problem. Not sure what the answer is. |
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(Message 1875851)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think that dementia must rank among the most difficult of medical conditions both for the sufferer and the carer. I would say my dad is with it about 25% of the time now, but during that 25% he is aware that he can no longer think properly, and no longer communicate properly. He gets annoyed and frustrated when he cannot ask me for something simple, at times the anger becomes directed at me. I know he cannot help it but it is equally frustrating for me to see him struggling to get a few words out and usually failing. Bringing him home form the hospital early, I had expected problems with his incontinence, what I wasn't prepared for is him forgetting where the bathroom was, where his bedroom was and how to get dressed. I was woken at 6 am today by him opening my bedroom door to try and find the bathroom, but missing the actual one which I had left wide open. He is still going to receive home care visits as soon as they can be arranged, but not sure how effective they will be. Time will tell. |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875847)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I guess SETI (or someone else) will have to provide space for uploads if we're going to be able to post images on the board. Be sure that other free image hosts will follow Photobucket pretty soon. Yes that is the problem, with Photobucket charging the other popular sites will start to see increased traffic and their costs will rise! Oh well I suppose it was inevitable. Big blow for me as I did get enjoyment both viewing and posting many pictures over the years. |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875821)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The cost of the 500 Plus plan is $39.99 (£52) a month or $399 (£518) a year.I think you must have the exchange rate the wrong way round - pounds are still bigger than dollars, despite our government's recent attempts to drive them through the floor. Thanks Richard, tired eyes using an app without my glasses on. I have corrected it. now £30 a month. Yes still too much!! |
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(Message 1875818)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes and I notice some other posters images are gone too. However I made a big mistake with the prices in my first post. The cost of the 500 Plus plan is $39.99 (£30) a month or $399 (£306) a year. I really cannot afford £30 a month!! |
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Photobucket
(Message 1875813)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I received this email today from Photobucket WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING The Plus 500 is $5.99 (£7.99) a month or $59.99 a year. In the meantime all my photos have been replace with a "please upgrade" image. I assume this will affect other so it's pay up or no pics. Not good business practice as there was no warning that they were going to do this and have allowed me to link to third party websites at "my current account level" for years So sorry but I will not be paying. I will have to find an alternative in future. Any suggestions |
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(Message 1875387)
Posted 27 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thinks have taken a difficult turn with my father. He is accusing one particular Health Care Assistant (HCA) of mistreating him, leaving him for hours in bed, or on top of the bedclothes, saying he can't have breakfast because there isn't time. When he uses the nurse call button she is very sharp with him. This was all on Sunday when I went. I reported my concerns to the nurse in charge and she said they would try and make sure he understood what was happening. Dad's vision is not good and he has double hearing aids, which on two occasions (one being Sunday) I have found them both in a container on his table, they seem to have been taken out at night, so I know with certainty he could not have heard what was being said to him since he woke up. Also there is the problem that he hates the "hospital gowns or pyjamas" . So I brought in two pairs from home and brought two new pairs, this allowed me to wash any soiled ones overnight and return them the next day. Twice I have found him in hospital gowns when there were clean pairs in his bedside drawer. Tonight he related more problems with the same HCA and he said that he was going home and that was that, when I tried to explain about the extra help I needed he got quite nasty and accused me of promising to help him and now letting him down. Nothing I could say would calm him down and he said some hurtful things. So I had two choices, as I was not prepared to be subjected to him in this state when I visited, I could either not visit, which I could not do, or take him home. so I told him I would take him home tomorrow, obviously without outside help, which he also doesn't want anyway. I went to see the nurse in charge and one of the things that came up were personal pyjamas, which they encourage and he said they should always be used in preference to NHS ones. Also I said was he sure all staff were speaking slowly and clearly to dad and making sure he understood. We went back to the ward so he could have a chat with dad and in my absence they had put him to bed, at 7.15, now I am usually there till 8 and they never put him to bed that early. When the nurse in charge asked the HCA why dad was in NHS pyjamas, the HCA said he didn't have his own, when the nurse in charge said there was a pair in his drawer, she then said, he had a gown on so I put these on. So she was admitting not bothering to check. I believe because he has dementia he is being treated as not knowing what is going on, when he can't hear what is being said and questions it, they put it down to dementia and work around him rather than include him. So I think that possibly they have created a problem by not listening to him, a problem I am ill equipped to deal with but will have to from tomorrow. Not what I wanted but what else can I do. I cannot see this ending well. |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1875367)
Posted 27 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Gives "catching the bus" a whole new meaning. One lucky guy!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-40415292/cctv-footage-shows-man-hit-by-bus-in-reading |
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New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1875345)
Posted 27 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As I have said before, most of the people who post here do not run the screensaver as they want every computing cycle to crunch the data. To them Boinc "works" just fine. I currently have two machines crunching for SETI@Home one is a dedicated "cruncher" and is "headless"" ie, has no screen connected. The other is my daily machine I am typing this on and if I am not using it the screen gets switched off. The problem is that MS broke the screen saver and will really have to fix it, but I suspect it is pretty low down on their list of things to do. I wonder how many complaints they have actually had. Boinc is no longer under active development as the funding was withdrawn some time ago and any updates or additions would have to be done by volunteers over at Boinc https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=10 Sorry I cannot be more helpful but those are the plain facts. |
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What happen the SETI Server?
(Message 1875201)
Posted 26 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As my machines are currently not being used as they normally would it seems a shame to not let them crunch. So thanks to Richard for reminding us of the simple work around. Took just a couple of minutes on each machine. So now I can go and watch dads gardener mow the lawns and trim the hedges. ;-) |
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Panic Mode On (106) Server Problems?
(Message 1875146)
Posted 26 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just to add a little info. When trying to hide a post, it is as bad as posting, takes forever. However I went back a page refreshed and the post shows as hidden. Also the confirmation and red-x emails are not currently arriving so if you red-x a post the moderators are not currently getting the e-mails. |
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(Message 1874815)
Posted 24 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Another aside. One year ago today I lost my cat Spitty after 17 years. You can see her in my avatar. It makes all that is happening a little bit harder. |
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(Message 1874722)
Posted 23 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: To somewhat relive the stress and down beat state of my posts, I can now tell the story of what happened last Saturday. Now that I am once again a law abiding citizen. Knowing that dad would likely be in hospital a while and may have different needs on his return home, I decided to give his room a clean and check over. In a drawer I found this. Now I knew about the P.Beretta 92 FS CO2 powered target pistol. However I had no idea about the other gun. It turns out to be a BBM Olympic 38 starting pistol. As I picked it up, I saw it was cocked and before I knew what had happened it went off, now unless you have fired a starting pistol in a small room you have no idea of the effects. I was totally deaf for about half an hour and the ringing in the ears and frequency shifts have only really started to get better in the last couple of days. However it gets worse, I looked it up online and found http://www.scda.org.uk/forms/Olympic380BBMRevolverAdvice.pdf I was holding in my hands an illegal firearm, the amnesty finished in 2010 and I suspect the gun had been in my dads drawer since before then. When I read: Acpo has launched an amnesty which will run until 4 June and will allow anyone to take an Olympic BBM to their local police station without fear of prosecution. After this date, anyone caught in possession of one could face a five-year prison sentence. I started to worry. Of course the Isle of Wight has only one real police station in Newport, I tried phoning but was "in a queue" for so long I gave up. Now dad has stabilised a bit, I did my civic duty today and went to the police station in Newport and handed it in. No problems and now I am legal again. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1874614)
Posted 23 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: With the problems with my dad I have been forgetting the pictures I have taken. I had forgotten that as I didn't visit dad on Sunday evening, I had decided to take a few pictures of the sunset from Fort Victoria. There were quite a few boats about The this was a bit later as the sun was just starting to go down I also had completely forgotten about the swan and seven cygnets in the harbour. I call this one "Pheasant and Sundial" . I have noticed the male pheasant often suns himself at the end of the garden (Using a mod perk I have edited this links now hosted on imgur, but you have to resize them, better than nothing I suppose.) |
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The destruction of a garden - questions - handy tips and how they worked out.
(Message 1874598)
Posted 23 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: People have three choices with their avatar. Their country of birth, their ancestry, or their chosen country of residence. Well of course with the modern need for internet security, the other two logical choices are, somewhere completely different, or of course as you can see from mine, none at all. |
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(Message 1874516)
Posted 22 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this is not turning out the way I expected at all. Dads chest infection has apparently cleared up and the medical team are happy to discharge him. However his dementia is much more unpredictable, yesterday morning he started throwing things around and threw a full water jug over one of the health care assistants. He told me and the next door neighbour the same convoluted almost horror story that supposedly happened to him after I left on Tuesday night. He also is very weak and from what I saw tonight unable to get out of bed unaided. And incontinent, often because he cannot tell someone he wants to go to the toilet, as he has forgotten the right words! His ramblings are often meaningless to others but are important to him and he gets upset when people cannot understand what he is saying. So I have made contact with the social services team at the hospital, and they have assessed him and I have been offered home care, this comes in "packages" 1,2,3 or 4 visits per day. Unfortunately I cannot wait till he gets home to see what I need, I have to choose the package now, if he leaves hospital without a package in place, to get one I then have to contact the council social services and start the whole process again! So I have chosen the 2 visits package morning and bedtime, as initially I feel this is when I will need help. Visiting him twice a day for 2 hours each is exhausting as I am trying hard to understand what he is saying and what he wants. The social services and others want to talk to me and I have to leave him, after which he gets upset. So I have tried to explain that he is not as well as he was before and I am not sure I can cope on my own and so I am trying to arrange help. He says he understands. Because I am not sure I can cope when he returns home even with the help, I am having sleepless nights and feel totally drained. Hopefully things wont be as bad as I fear, or of course they could be worse. |
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Favorite vacations
(Message 1874392)
Posted 22 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think there's a passenger train that runs from Chicago to Seattle. That would probably be an interesting trip. Indeed there is it is called The Empire Builder Leaves Chicago at 2:15pm daily and reaches Seattle 10:25 am two days later, having travelled 2205 Miles. It was one of the trains I wanted to take on my "dream journey" round the USA. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1874312)
Posted 21 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, were you watching the MH camera on Monday? Mark himself posted some pictures of a Metra switcher bringing a bunch of cars over the St. Charles Air Line. Hickory Creek, Tioga Pass, whichever IPH full dome, and a couple other private cars were returned to Amtrak, plus a couple of bilevels and F40 181 going who knows where. I would have liked to have seen that. However with my dad being in hospital I spend most of my day either at the hospital or travelling to or from same. I haven't even switched on the PC I use for watching the cameras since last Thursday :-( |
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Seti Science Fiction Book Club
(Message 1874146)
Posted 20 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I too enjoyed the Sector General series. I have read all the greats, my favourites were probably Asimov and Arthur C Clarke. However my all time favourite was Anne McCaffrey. Her Dragons of Pern series was amazing and The White Dragon stood out for me as probably my all time favourite. However if you have not read her Crystal Singer or Ship who Sang series they are highly recommended Along with her Tower and Hive series. . |
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(Message 1874047)
Posted 19 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Exhausting day. I got a call at 6:15 am from a woman doctor with an accent so strong I had to tell her I couldn't understand her. Her male college wasn't much better, but I did glean that dad had had a bad night and they wanted me to approve a Do Not Resuscitate. I was a bit taken aback as I had never really considered it. However knowing how he had been on Saturday I agreed. He said I should come in and see the day staff. So I went in only to find dad sitting up in bed with the consultant having a chat with him (it was probably a bit one sided as I discovered dad had neither hearing aid in!!) So the consultant spoke to me and said that dad had a chest infection and they would start treating it and unless there are complications he should be out next week. To say I was surprised was an understatement, so I asked about the DNR and he said that in most cases of someone of my dads age and medical history coupled with the dementia a DNR is considered best. So it was a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Dad seems physically a lot better than he was over the weekend, he doesn't know who I am as he called me Harold (his older brother) and when I asked him where he was he didn't answer. When the phlebotomist came to take a blood sample her standard questions were "can you tell me your name and DOB. He couldn't tell her his name, and DOB not a hope. I had a long chat with the staff nurse and she said she would refer dad to the "memory" department for an assessment and pass my details onto social services to see what help they can provide. I can cope with dad as he was but in his present state I know I cannot be there 24/7. So shall have to see where this leads. Hopefully for a better outcome for dad than I thought on Saturday. |
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(Message 1873828)
Posted 18 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I went to see dad this afternoon, to find him asleep. Talking to the staff nurse, he refused to go to bed last night, when they finally did get him to bed, he kept trying to get up Finally he became aggressive and they had to sedate him. When I was working at my last job I saw a lot of aggressive patients and know the staff cannot take changes with them, sedation is best. Also he is a bit dehydrated and his potassium levels are low. So they have him on a drip. I decided that I would not stay as if he woke up and the first thing he saw was me it just might upset him again, whether he knew it was me of thought I was his brother. I need a long talk with the doctors tomorrow. Knowing he is in good hands I will take the rest of the day off as a carer, something I have not really done for many months now. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread Part 27
(Message 1873658)
Posted 17 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I need to wash away a bad Saturday evening and have chosen a Hobgoblin or two to help. Cheers. |
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(Message 1873657)
Posted 17 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Tonight my dad was really somewhere else, nothing he said made any sense. However it was when I got up to leave and said I would be back tomorrow. He just suddenly got really nasty and said that was typical of me leaving him there, and what would happen if he was taken ill. I said he was in the best place then, no he was at home and I was walking out on him. His parting words were "You said you would look after me" Then he turned away. I did not want to argue with hims as that would not help. Earlier I had asked him who I was, he said he knew but wasn't going to tell me. When one of the nurses asked him who I was, he said "my brother". When I spoke to the next door neighbours who saw him before me, they said he was talking a lot about his brother Harold. There is a bit of history between them and my dad thought he might get something when when he died but he didn't. and felt "let down". So perhaps I have become his brother to "let him down" again. What ever he thinks it is still had to hear that after trying my best he feels I have let him down. I know it is the dementia, but leaving him that way was heartbreaking. |
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(Message 1873598)
Posted 17 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For many reasons (some I won't be able to mention till I get advice) this is a weird day. I had a little accident with something I found in one of my dads bedside drawers (whilst looking for things that needed washing). This has left me partially deaf and with a ringing noise in my head. Then when I went to see my dad, things started out OK, when I told him the next door neighbours were coming to visit him about 4pm, he said that he had better get changed. I asked him what he was going to change into he said a shirt and trousers of course, when I then reminded him he didn't have any clothes here he got a bit upset and said "of course I have clothes here". When I pointed out he was in hospital he got a bit more upset and pointed out quite loudly that he was at home and was going to the bedroom to change. At this point he pulled out the nasal oxygen tubes and pushed my hand away when I tried to put them back, and was attempting to stand. Things went rapidly downhill from there and it took one of the nurses about 10 minutes to calm him down enough to get him back to his chair. Extremely worrying development, he has never exhibited behaviour like that before. The nurse said she sees this a lot in dementia patients as they don't seem to be able to cope with the change of location. I am hoping that if he is at home he will settle down. Time will tell. He is still too weak to walk unaided so he will be in a while longer. |
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(Message 1873543)
Posted 17 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Help has already been offered and I have declined at this time. Until dad is home again I have no idea if or what sort of help I might require. I am quite aware that help is available but will keep my options open. Because he has been having problems answering questions from the medical staff I have taken the opportunity to remind him on several occasions that his brain no longer works properly and that as I am his carer he needs to listen to me a bit more. I would never force outside help on my father. Yes I am trying to relax, I have just finished breakfast at the cafe in Yarmouth, looking out across the Solent on a beautiful sunny Saturday. I will go fo a longer walk now to make up for not going yesterday. |
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(Message 1873430)
Posted 16 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you all. Dad has been stabilised and was looking a lot better when I visited him this evening. He just wants to come home! I have explained that as his carer I want to make sure he is well enough as I do not want to go through that again. They think that rather than a full blown heart attack, the valve damaged in his attack in November 2015, had a problem and rather than the pain normally associated, it caused dads breathing difficulties. I am pretty sure that having the "First Responders" helped a lot as he came from the local fire station, 5 minutes away, whereas the ambulance came form Newport 20 minutes away. Also technology allows much speedier diagnosis and treatment, he connected the BP cuff and "finger sensor" and the displays told him enough to start the treatment, which the ambulance crew took over. So now they just want dad to be strong enough to walk unaided (but with his stick). Not sure how long he will be in. And it has been confirmed as far as possible that he has dementia (I was sure but it is nice to know) everyone who treated him that I spoke to recognised it straight away and one of the doctors asked him several simple questions, like what date is your birthday, what year is it, who is the Queen, etc, they only one he got right was when the doctor pointed to me an asked who I was. Hopefully I will sleep tonight. |
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(Message 1873332)
Posted 16 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: At 4.30 am I was woken by my dad who was having trouble breathing. He said he had no pain but his breaths sounded like a death rattle. He told me not to call an ambulance, but you can hardly stand there and watch your father in obvious distress. Something I found out, they have "first responders" here, a paramedic fireman from the local station turned up and checked dad over, giving him oxygen, which was a big help as dads breathing got better straight away. Then the ambulance arrived and took him to St Marys which is a 20 minute drive away. Spent 5 hours in A&E while he had all the tests and medication to stabilise him. He has been admitted and I have quickly popped back to shower, change and have something to eat. All signs are that it was another heart attack, but he was resting OK when I left, the next door neighbour will go into to see him this afternoon. A draining morning!! |
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New Phone Scam. Pretending to be a telemarketer from a resort.
(Message 1873213)
Posted 15 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have had three scam calls on my dad's phone today, I always answer now. One apparently from BT and two from "Microsoft" all with extremely difficult to understand Indian accents, all terribly bad at reading the script. I also hate being called Mr Wine, I mostly say "No" and hang up. One of them was going on about my computer generating errors and was totally floored when I said "which one", there was a long pause, then he just carried on with the script. As I got bored easily, I started to say, I had spent my last 12 years working in IT support, oh he seems to have hung up. Odd thing is I haven't had a call in weeks, and to get 3 on the same day, weird |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1873197)
Posted 15 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now when I saw Davids mention of NKP 765 and Chicago I immediately looked to see if it was going to pass any of the rail-cams. Sadly it isn't. However not having looked at either site for several months I was surprised to find 2 new cameras on the Railstream site. Shenandoah Junction West Virginia, looking east and west and what did I discover, the Capitol Ltd passes the camera, so with the "archive" feature I present today's 30 from Chicago to Washington. (Blame David) :-) 206 leading, 152 in the shadow of the bridge. (This thread has been without a boring grey American train for far too long) PS. I may try and catch the 29 later (dad permitting) As no one has posted I will add this. Well I did see the 29 heading to Chicago, it was around 45 minutes late, but more interestingly this was right behind. I should have guessed a MARC train Not seen one of them on the cams before, this appears to be the "Brunswick Line" from Washington DC to Martinsburg WV. |
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Posted 15 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting Construction firm Rydon, which carried out the refurbishment, initially said in a statement that the work met "all fire regulations" - the wording was omitted in a later statement. |
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(Message 1872437)
Posted 11 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: With things as they are here currently I take quite a few pictures on my daily walk but often when I get home I get sidetracked and totally forget what I took. So it was a nice surprise to remember I saw a quite unusual ship in the harbour on Friday ML 1387 or Medusa a Harbour Defence Motor Launch or HDML . They were designed in 1939 to protect ports and harbours from attack specifically from submarines. Medusa is one of only 3 known survivors out of a total of 484 built worldwide. Medusa is maintained by the Medusa Trust. Who's motto is "Preserving Medusa for Future Generations" Preserving something from the past as it was is always a positive thing in my opinion. |
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(Message 1872264)
Posted 10 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again I find this thread has been taken over by petty bickering. I am a regular user of this thread and am sad to see people who seem to have no idea what this thread is here for. So, as a carer it is often extremely helpful for me to put my problems down and let others read them, it is a release of sorts. One I need at this moment. However, I cannot I suppose, expect those who have never experienced being a full time carer to understand.. I won't hide all the off topic posts but I will abandon this thread for now. I want a thread people will read not one they will avoid due to petty bickering. Please no more post here unless it is related to the thread title This is a plea from me, not the "mod" |
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(Message 1872193)
Posted 10 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Janne Hospital care in the UK is not all good, most hospitals do not have enough money to run efficiently. Too many bureaucrats have been created and many hospitals struggle. The people who work on the front line are usually exemplary. But I don't think many in the UK would hold the NHS up as a model health service. |
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(Message 1872147)
Posted 10 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Will those new GPU's will allow us to crunch Seti faster? Well as almost everywhere you look it states that off the shelf GPU's are not recommended for Bitcoin mining, so if they are going to be aimed at the Bitcoin market they may well not be suitable for SETI@Home. Bit coin miners use Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners and they are built for one task, mine bitcoins and do it faster and consume less power than standard GPU's, and as you don't use a GPU to mine bitcoins, you probably couldn't use an ASIC miner to crunch SETI. It will be interesting to see, if the rumour is true, exactly what these cards can and cannot do. |
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(Message 1871896)
Posted 9 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am pleased that it has finally been restored. Now all we have to hope is they don't break it again on the next update :-) |
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(Message 1871895)
Posted 9 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I've had a couple different people say to me, as if to put a positive spin on my mother's recent death, "Well, Gordon, at least you've got your life back". Common sense would seemingly kick in and prevent people from saying something stupid like that to me. It boggles my mind sometimes how insensitive people can be. You made a positive decision to care for your mother, you made it your life. I had to be the one to care for my father as there really was no other choice. My sister lives in the US and I could not expect the neighbours to do any more. So when I was speaking to a friend I used the phrase "putting my life on hold". However unless you have cared for a family member full time I do not believe you can ever understand the situation and the emotions. So others looking in from outside can never truly understand. To me it is a bittersweet experience, helping my father when he needs it, but at the same time seeing his mental and physical decline, is hard to take. But after 9 months this has become my life, not sure I can ever quite go back, whatever happens. |
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(Message 1871887)
Posted 9 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I received an email today for a PM sent to me a few days ago. Very random, and like I said, I've never gotten email notifications in the past. Others were having problems and it was reported over at the Boinc forums. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11627#78831 Eric has said there was a DNS problem. |
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(Message 1871884)
Posted 9 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I forget which threads(s) this was discussed, so I will put it here... I know a number of people had problems with email notifications from seti re subscribed forums and other stuff - mine has been resolved as of the last maintenance period on June 6. Did others see this as well? You might wish to look here https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11627#78831 Eric was informed of the issue |
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(Message 1871808)
Posted 8 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It has been fixed by Microsoft however: If you read some of the the posts is does say This update does NOT show up in Windows Update in Settings; you have to download it manually from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The link is HERE Make sure to download the correct version. |
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(Message 1871453)
Posted 6 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I did mention the "Old Gaffers Festival" Unfortunately my dad has not been very happy so I have been a bit busy. I did however get to the festival and here are a few shots. To best Illustrate the difference between a "gaff rig" and a "Bermuda rig" here is a picture. The two yachts left and centre have the 4 sided mainsail, with the gaff pole at the top, the yacht to the right has the 3 sided Bermuda rig, the most common. All the boats (gaffer or not ) had the bunting out. There was also one of the Dunkirk "little ships The Caronia, read it's full history HERE Here is the short version. The largest "gaffer" I saw was the training ship Vigilance which was just raising it;s sails on one of it's trips down the Solent. In the town there were stalls everywhere selling all sorts of things, including this one selling fudge Err lots of fudge :-) However my favourite spot was the classic car display, it is many , many years since I have seen one of these; A 1955 Humber Snipe, with an Island registration "DL" And this gem that as a small boy I could always spot; A Jowett Javelin, manufactured between 1947 and 1953, it was also a "fastback" There was of course the brash and loud. But by far the car I would have most liked to have driven, I had actually seen before and posted a picture here; Quite unassuming Ford Crown Victoria, favoirite car of American police forces everywhere. The owners handwritten note in the window shows why. I could not stay for too long as I had my dad to consider, but I did enjoy the festival. |
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(Message 1871137)
Posted 4 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: We need to drink more beer!! Global beer sales drying up |
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(Message 1871094)
Posted 4 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Since the definition of Hate Speech does not include Hate Speech directed toward certain Races, Genders, Religions, etc. Since... I didn't think there was such a thing as "hate speech" in the USA. There is in the UK and you can be prosecuted, but not I believe in the USA unless it leads to or incites violence. |
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(Message 1871084)
Posted 4 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Typing in all caps is an internet thing that is classed as rude and shouting. Don't have to add it to the rules as we just ask nicely for people not to do it. If you ignore the request people just see you as rude. not a problem. the amsd was a typo now corrected. Lets be civil out there. Thank you. |
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(Message 1871058)
Posted 4 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: But there are limits in satire how far you can go. Yes it may but here and in the US it means A short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody. Can we tone down the language and the use of caps that is classed as shouting. Thank you |
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(Message 1870920)
Posted 3 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Annie, however he actually has no idea what it was he thought he had made and yes, if I asked him about it the next day he would not remember. Things have got a little bit more difficult, yesterday morning he said that he had woken up after about a hour in bed and, well that is where it gets hazy, he said "it was difficult to explain" Took about half an hour for me to arrive at the conclusion he had trouble getting his breath, so he got up and sat in the living room, the camera I have installed recorded it as 04:41 am. Another problem with dementia, he couldn't find the words to explain what had happened. He seems to be OK now and is eating well, but is having much more trouble getting around. He says he "hasn't got the strength". Unfortunately he resists calling the doctor, as like most older people he has said he does not want to got to hospital. He survived a heart attack in November 2015 and was told he was "living on borrowed time" so I think he believes if he goes into hospital again he won't come out. I can't and wont force him, but would obviously react in an emergency when he likely won't be able to argue. For me it's all about his quality of life and respecting his wishes. |
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(Message 1870582)
Posted 1 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now tomorrow in Yarmouth is one of the important events in the holiday season. It is the Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival Now if that conjures up and image of pipe smoking grey haired old sea-dogs sitting drinking ale, you would wrong. As I am sure you know the term "gaff" refers to a gaff-rigged sail as of coursed opposed to the Bermuda Rig (No I didn't actually know the difference until I looked it up.) So the "old gaffer racing" now make more sense as they will be gaff rigged sailboats not grey haired old sea-dogs out of breath running round the town square. There will be lots going on and this morning large white things are appearing on Yarmouth green High tech diversion signs for the ferry. And the reason for the ferry diversion, well another large white thing is currently occupying half of he normal queuing lanes. The fun kicks of tomorrow for three days and I expect the quiet little town I have come to know will be transformed. I will attempt to get a few pics if I can. |
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(Message 1870574)
Posted 1 Jun 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a sad fact that there is no dignity in old age. Well, you are the one giving your father dignity, Bernie. I suppose I am, so far I am the only one who really sees his bad times. I do find it hard, I have just found him again in the kitchen convinced he has made himself something to eat, yet there is nothing. He is convinced he has done something, then slowly he seems to "come out of it", I am desperately trying to help and playing down his mistakes, but he then seems to realise what he is saying and doing don't make sense. At this point what I am saying must sound to him like platitudes and he gets annoyed, with himself I think, There is still a part of him that realises when he has done something odd or strange and that must be difficult for him. |
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(Message 1870351)
Posted 31 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I was talking to my sister on the phone today when I realised that I can no longer relay on dad remembering anything. What he will forget and what he will remember so far seems totally random, gets up doesn't put socks on, when I ask why, it's because he doesn't have any. Takes his shoes off and has no idea where they go. Seems to have totally forgotten how to shave. However any of those things he may well remember tomorrow and forget something else. Today we had to go to the doctors as they had requested a blood pressure test before they would issue any more prescription medication. It was a struggle, he cannot walk more than about 20-30 yards without becoming completely out of breath, however he has a perfect BP 120/60, so at least the Bisoprolol is doing it's job. Then in the car, as I am driving out of the car park, he suddenly tries to push his house keys into the air vent, first on his side then in the centre, I pushed his hand back and asked him what he was doing and he replied: "I have no idea". The camera has been a real boon as I can see when he is getting confused and casually stroll in and ask him if all is OK. I have ordered another one for the kitchen as that is a room that has the potential for disaster. I want him to do as much as he wants and he can get drinks and snacks himself. However I don't want to "hover " round him while he is in there, so hopefully another camera will help. It is a sad fact that there is no dignity in old age. As I have no children, I hope I never need full time care. |
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Posted 29 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And I got an e-mail at 18:57 today. So what is different about our respective e-mails? What changed back in April? |
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(Message 1870139)
Posted 29 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And if email notification of PMs was working again. Well they are working for me. Have had several over the last few days. I use Gmail so perhaps it is your mail provider? |
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(Message 1870075)
Posted 29 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well is is a grey and overcast Bank Holiday Monday here. However I got a couple of interesting pictures. First, the wading birds in the estuary at low tide. Now not being a bird watcher I am not sure, but I think the red one in the centre is either a bar tailed godwit or a black tailed godwit. Not sure about the others possibly sandpipers. Walking along the pier I saw there was a naval vessel of some sort heading my way. It was the HNLMS Van Speijk. Which has a bit of Dutch history in the name. She is the seventh ship in the Royal Netherlands Navy to be named after Jan van Speijk, who, during the Belgian Revolution, blew up his ship rather than let it fall into Belgian hands. To honor him the Dutch king decided the Royal Netherlands Navy will always have a ship named after him. Not something you often see in Croydon!! |
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(Message 1869614)
Posted 26 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I will post a few pics here now. The weather has been quite good for the last few days. My dad has several bird feeders he used to keep full of seed, unfortunately he is no longer able to do it, so I have taken over. I however have taken to also distributing a few handfuls of suet pellets, this has caused me to become popular with the local bird community. Most mornings I have a varied selection of the local avians waiting. This pic is not very high quality, I had to take it quickly It looks like the ducks are laughing, just quacking loudly, the herring gull has that "haughty look" and you can just seen the pheasant to the left. Staying on an animal theme, I went to the fort yesterday evening and whist on the top I happen to see movement down in the grass. Young rabbits. Possibly this years. I took this yesterday, a local pleasure boat the Ramblin' Rose passing Hurst Castle. I think this is my favourite from the last few days, Taken from the end of Yarmouth pier looking west down the Solent, you can just see Hurst Castle and lighthouse. Finally with the bank holiday weekend this week more and more boats arrive in the harbour. This one caught my eye today. The Karenann a Swift Trawler 34, I foolishly looked it up on the internet to see how much something like that cost, there are 3 for sale in the UK. Prices start at £144,000 ($184,000) to £270,00 ($346,000), That of course is before you fill the 800 gallon fuel tank and pay the port charges!! |
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(Message 1869519)
Posted 26 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh look 18 years ago today! I still had a 4 as the first digit of my age :-) |
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(Message 1869517)
Posted 26 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Weather on the island today Dry and very warm again inland with long periods of sunshine. More breeze than Thursday and feeling cooler along the coast where the breeze is onshore. High of 73ºF low tonight 61ºF |
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(Message 1869312)
Posted 25 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I was shopping in Newport today and all the shops had notices that they would be observing a minutes silence for the victims of the Manchester bomb attack at 11 am I was in Sainsburys at 11 am and the whole shop went quiet. I was hoping this was repeated across the country. It is all many of us can do, to stand still for a moment and remember, and perhaps hope. |
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(Message 1869110)
Posted 24 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't normally notice these things but I seem to have 6 AP, 1 CPU and 5 GPU, om machine 1 and 6 GPU on machine 2 !! 12 AP!! Will wonders never cease |
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Posted 24 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe this should have it's own thread. I will move the relevant posts to here |
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TLPTPW - CCLXIV -- Spring time
(Message 1868860)
Posted 22 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night, I put out the garbage on the curb, just an unprotected plastic trash bag, and some critter got into it. What you don't have rules and gull proof sacks!! Can't do that here you might well get a fine!! |
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(Message 1868260)
Posted 19 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well my mystery bud has flowered And indeed it seems to be a rhododendron. While you can find lots of images of the flower, images of the buds are harder to find. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1868258)
Posted 19 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Man charged in shooting Indeed, dementia and guns, a bad mixture. |
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What are you listening to?
(Message 1868245)
Posted 19 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Radio Caroline http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#am_plans.html The former ship-based pirate station, Radio Caroline, has been handed its first full-time AM broadcast licence. 50 years, that is dedication! |
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(Message 1868176)
Posted 19 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If you look in the "Panic Mode On (106) Server Problems" thread you will see this is affecting everyone. When there is a problem that thread is the best one to check first, As this topic is being discussed in that thread I will close this one. |
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The Train Thread 2
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Posted 19 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is about trains, how they work and when they don't. I know that some here believe that liking trains and all things about them is weird, ( I have had this said to me about about myself and others in this thread). I too would probably have done what David did if something similar had happened at my local station. In fact I have but will not go into it here. To get back to the thread. I read an article on the BBC News website yesterday about the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus train, as the circus is closing for good on the 21st May and what will happen to the rolling stock With much groaning and shuddering, the train cars start moving down the track heading north, and slowly pick up speed. The bright red “RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY†banner stamped on the side of each car rolls past dozens and dozens of times. I saw the red train heading for Chicago, back in November 2105 on the Railstream Chesterton camera. https://youtu.be/Z8V-JyNEWW8 A bit of history mostly to be scrapped. |
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(Message 1867923)
Posted 18 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello all, and thanks for posting about this issue. I reverted the "Creators" update several weeks ago upon learning it was the culprit. But after the latest forced update, I'm letting it stay. They've broken my spirit again. I would think the only way to find out is look at the threads here and possibly at the BOINC dev site and see if someone posts when MS fix the problem. As this of course only affects users running the Windows 10 Creators update who also run the screensaver, it may be a while. I run Win 10 Creators on all my machines, but haven't used the screensaver in many years. |
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(Message 1867672)
Posted 17 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It has been a difficult week, not for my dad, but for my sister and I having to come to terms with the fact that my dad has dementia. I have looked up the signs of dementia and my dad has 4 of the main 5, the only one he seems to be missing is the mood swings. When I was first here I just put it down to old age and failing memory, but it is definitely more than that, and the knowledge that he will get worse is hard for us to get used to. I believe I have mentioned before that my sister lives in Hanover PA so is not able to be here, but we are in constant contact. I have now got the form so I can be added to his Post Office account so I will be able to "legally" withdraw his pension if he cannot. The PIR lights work well, the one plugged into the mains is brilliant (pun intended) it lights up the living room as soon as he steps in. So no more nocturnal perambulations in total darkness. I have also brought as personal alarm, he has a pendant with a button, I have the small receiver unit so he can alert me, hopefully I can convince him to have it with him, trouble is he forgets new things straight away. I have also fitted a Wi-Fi webcam in the living room so I can keep an eye on him from my computer, iPad or iPhone. If I am out I just need to find Wi-Fi and I can check, if there was a problem I can then phone the neighbours, or even an ambulance (he has a front door key in a combination safe near the door). I don't think I can do much more, just be here. |
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(Message 1867667)
Posted 17 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quickie which I will post here for my own reasons This is growing outside my bedroom window here at my dad's Anyone know what it is? |
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(Message 1867666)
Posted 17 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Boinc loads the screensaver and the Seti Screensaver is visible for less than a second. Then the screensaver stops execution disappears and waits another time cycle before trying again. Everything seems to work other than the screensaver will not stay active. Latest Boinc update was fine until Win 10 updates of 5/12/17... Does anyone have any ideas that I may have overlooked? This thread and some others explain that the Windows 10 Creator update broke the BOINC screensaver, not just SETI@Home but all BOINC project screensavers. There is nothing you have overlooked, until MS fix it, there are two things you can do. 1 Rollback to the previous version of Windows 10 ( this is what MS advise). You will get the screensaver back. 2 Run BOINC without the screensaver. |
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(Message 1867462)
Posted 15 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Clyde but "paltry 80 years" means 80 years is paltry compared with the amount of time the swastika had been used before. I got as far as typing the above response when I suddenly realised I too have fallen for your nonsense stirring. As a moderator I will not block you user name. But I will have a good laugh each time I see you twist and turn other peoples words as you have none of you own. You do of course realise you are being wound up here. :-) |
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(Message 1867411)
Posted 15 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Strange how you see it as "paltry evil" when I and I suspect most others see it as "paltry 80 years" Which was how it was written. Also the statement was talking about the Swastika as an evil symbol, not the actual evil that was perpetrated under it. |
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(Message 1866727)
Posted 11 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: You are asking in the wrong place really. Few here run the screensaver so don't even realise it no longer works. Also this affects all the BOINC projects not just SETI@Home. However as I have said before development of BOINC is now on a volunteer basis and as MS broke the screensaver they will have to fix it. Perhaps find a Windows 10 forum and ask about it there. |
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(Message 1866590)
Posted 10 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: You cannot post an image direct from your computer, you will have to upload it to a photo sharing website like Flickr or Photobucket and then paste the image link between the {img} tags |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part V
(Message 1866562)
Posted 10 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I have zero problem with people ruining as many machine as they like, good luck to them.As I have had cause to comment before, you just can't get the staff these days. No such thing as "staff" they are colleagues now. |
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(Message 1866492)
Posted 10 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I will lock this. If the OP wishes to reopen it then I will unlock it after a cool down. Personally I have zero problem with people running as many machines as they like, good luck to them. |
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(Message 1866489)
Posted 10 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I might be having separate issues with Sirius as present, but sorry Bernie I have to agree with Sirius on this one. There are no rules to say that it is cheating. You may feel that morally it is cheating, that is a completely different thing This thread has gone to a different subject, one that if you feel need discussing open a thread at NC. |
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(Message 1866484)
Posted 10 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Let stop getting personal. This thread was started about people cheating. However one wants to put it, working in the computer industry and having access to many computers is NOT cheating. If someone would like to start a thread at NC about this then please do. Whilst you are at it cast your eye over the Top Participants list at number 11 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/hosts_user.php?userid=185350 A single computer, should this be allowed!! :-) (note this is humour) If you have nothing constructive to say about the original topic please don't say it. Thank you for understanding. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1866240)
Posted 8 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think things here are about to get a lot more difficult. I was woken around 3 am to a noise, couldn't tell what it was or where from, after a couple of minutes I heard a voice. Not being at my best at 3 am it took a couple of minutes for me to get my head in order. I got up to investigate and as I opened my bedroom door I could hear the voice was my dad's but not coming from his bedroom, but the living room. The living room was in total darkness, when I switched on the light it took me a second or two to locate him, he had fallen behind the TV stand and was wedged between it and a desk. Whilst he may look frail, he is still quite heavy, and was totally unable to help as I lifted him off the floor and got him to his chair. He was fully dressed, but had no idea why he was in the living room at 3 am. He does carry a torch, but had left it by his chair, so had no light!! I realised a lot of things then. I wondered why he used a torch, it's simply because he cannot remember where the light switches are, he has a large clock he carries from the bedroom to living room each day, but can no longer see it clearly. He also doesn't tell me any of this! As my sister said if I hadn't been here he would have been there for many hours, maybe too many! He had one of those emergency alarms that has a pendant or wrist band, but wouldn't wear either, in case he set it off by accident. As he was paying £25 a month for it I told him not to worry about that. The main unit had two way communication via a loudspeaker, but I could never get him to carry the button. To be fair now he would not remember anyway. So as an interim measure I have ordered 3 PIR movement sensor lights that I can position to try and cover the hallway and living room areas, so that it will be lit when necessary. Dad seems OK now though was obviously shaken up a bit. I have to admit it was one of those situations where you react first and think afterwards, I feel a bit drained now. |
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Windows :
How do i get my Task to Run?
(Message 1865972)
Posted 7 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Setihome will not load. The bionic logo comes up than disappears. Suggestions? It is due to the Windows 10 Creator edition, it breaks the BOINC screensaver, See this thread https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=81274 You have 2 choices, 1) turn off the screensaver and BOINC will run SETI@Home just with no graphics. 2) Revert to the previous version of Windows 10 and the screensaver will be restored. This is the advice Microsoft have given for any problems with the Creator Edition |
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Screen saver not working under Windows 10
(Message 1865618)
Posted 4 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a beautiful rolling display and gets many comments from visitors. Yes it is, however I for one hardly ever run SETI@Home when the screen is blank, Either I am using the screen, or it is turned off. As Wiggo said using the screensaver means to most here that you are using CPU and GPU cycles that could be used to crunch. Here crunching is king. :-) |
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Screen saver not working under Windows 10
(Message 1865451)
Posted 3 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The up-date came the same time and I lost everything. Not sure what that means. I upgraded 5 machines, all went OK except for my tablet, no sound, I just followed the instructions and rolled back, and got my sound back. If you are saying you have no previous install to roll back to, then unfortunately you are stuck with what you have. I don't see a resolution soon. Unfortunately there is little pressure from most of the participants here, as they don't run the screensaver anyway . Sorry, looks like you will have to hope that in fixing something else MS manage to fix it. |
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Screen saver not working under Windows 10
(Message 1865404)
Posted 3 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Are the BOINC, or Berkely, or whoever people AWARE of the screensaver failure? I hope they are and will FIX it? There are threads about this on the BOINC developers forum, however BOINC development is no longer funded and is now done on a voluntary basis. As the Windows update was the cause of the problem it may not even be fixable at the BOINC end and may well need MS to fix it. MS have themselves said if something isn't working return to the previous Windows version and the screensaver will be restored. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part IV
(Message 1865227)
Posted 2 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be a slow news day. Hospedia was the company I used to work for, and when I left in 2012 it was 70p a minute for a call and the minimum was £5 a day to watch TV. So it has taken 5 years for them to get upset. This is old old old news and stories almost exactly like this were around when I worked for them. Seems in 5 years the prices haven't gone up. Yes the backers of the company an American Investment firm, do only care about money, that is how they managed to take over the company. Poor treatment of staff was one reason I left, another was when I complained to my boss about the way I was being used to cause friction between departments, I received a phone call from the technical director, telling me to do my job and keep quiet, or.... To be fair when I left the company had never shown a profit due to the high cost of the original install. To be frank I am surprised they are still going. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
How do i get my Task to Run?
(Message 1865106)
Posted 1 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Does it work when my computer is in sleep mode? Not normally as in "sleep mode" all processing is suspended. |
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Cafe SETI :
New Phone Scam. Pretending to be a telemarketer from a resort.
(Message 1864983)
Posted 1 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: What? This is the Isle of Wight, about 20 years behind the mainland. As to terrorist, the local Womens Institute would be horrified at the suggestion (probably a UK joke) |
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Cafe SETI :
New Phone Scam. Pretending to be a telemarketer from a resort.
(Message 1864979)
Posted 1 May 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: in the UK it was commonplace for years for Old Age Pensioners (OAP's) to collect their weekly pension in cash from the local Post Office I just read this and I had thought you may be surprised to find that my father goes to the local Post Office every Monday at 9am (well except on Bank Holidays) and collects his pension in cash. Of course he does have to put a card in a reader and type in a pin, but the Post Office has bank accounts now. His pension is transferred to the Post Office account each Monday, hence why we go then. He has been collecting his pension for 27 years so was one who didn't wish to change. There are a lot of younger pensioners that appear to do the same. His weekly pension more that covers his weekly expenses, so he puts the excess in his bedside drawer (not under the mattress) Then every couple of months I help him count the money and then pay it into his actual bank account. Complicated, yes but it is how he has been doing things for years. |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1864312)
Posted 28 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone can start a new thread, and they are then termed the original poster or the OP. Once the first few posts are made then that thread moves into public ownership, and anyone can post what they want.. Not sure that is how it goes, if someone starts a thread on cooking you then say anyone can post what they like, that is new to me. Would not make much sense to discuss cooking in the picture thread or transport in the cooking thread now would it. I have always understood that the OP can asked for posts to be moved/hidden if they do not follow set rules that the OP dictates. Like the word thread and TLPTPW thread. |
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News :
Free Speech and SETI@home
(Message 1864207)
Posted 28 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: His initial post was to reinforce the current forum rules No his post was to explain that SETI@Home has no influence over decisions made by UCB, so could people please stop sending him PM's and other communications threatening him if he did not do something about. I believe he invited people to post their feeling in politics, where he reminded them of the rules. Well that was how I read it. |
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News :
Web site upgrade
(Message 1863699)
Posted 26 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Is email notification of PMs working for other people? I usually rely on the email arrival to prompt me to look at new PMs - but I haven't had an email notification since 18 April. I got one on the 24th and have just tested it (using an old 2nd account I had almost forgotten about) and it worked fine. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1863697)
Posted 26 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a nice place to visit but not somewhere I would wish to spend my retirement. Much too quiet and feels like the 70/80's here. I am and always have been a city person, I feel much more at home in a big city. I definitely have adjusted to living here because I have had to. Truth is I would much rather be back home. Here is the link for Red Squirrel Trust the link to Give as You Live is in the middle bottom. Once linked I use the add on for Chrome and then click on it and it will display all your linked online stores. As it is money I would have spent anyway it seemed a no brainer. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1863691)
Posted 26 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well now miracles do happen. I sent an email to EDF, my not so efficient energy provider, and within 4 hours I had a reply, saying they had looked at my meter readings and had decided to reduce my monthly payments. I currently pay £158 a month (this has to do with the previous underpayment), however they are reducing it to £55 a month, now that is a result!! Yes the house has a "lifetime loan" on it so will not come to my sister and I, so I will move back. Looking at my fathers current physical health I am guessing several years yet. However it is totally impossible to get any idea of my fathers situation as he has no memory of any of the recent transactions he entered into. When I was first here I had to sort out a loan he had with another bank in 2014 that he had no memory of ever having taken out and I still have not been able to find all the paperwork. My sister has all the details of his will and will be the executor. However what worries me more is the fact that he is getting mentally worse. He has at least one "memory incident" everyday now. Yesterday he went into a complete meltdown when he lost his keys, didn't finishing dressing, when in fact he hadn't lost his keys at all they were exactly where he always puts them. Last night he started to go to bed, I was working on my PC in the back room when I hear the TV again, so I thought he decided to watch a bit more I had headphones on so when I finally went into ask him if he was going to stay up all night I could see he didn't understand the question at all, when I told him it was midnight he couldn't grasp it. I think he went to go to bed, got confused as to which action he was performing, and "got up" instead. Quite bizarre really, he normally goes to bed between 9 and 10 and he really could not grasp what he was doing watching TV at midnight. I can see that in the months to come he may well need 24 hour care and that will probably mean more outlay, which will be a problem. P.S. One good thing that has come from all my extra spending is I joined Give as You Live and have currently raise £22.04 for the Red Squirrel Trust. Mostly Amazon, Argos and Ebay but several smaller places as well. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1863632)
Posted 25 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK time for a bit of "plain offloading" As you will probably realise I came here to the Isle of Wight at quite short notice last September to care for my 92 year old father. It was all done fairly quickly and I have basically just left my flat empty, a friend checks on it for me. Now I did not really give much thought to my regular bills, so my electricity provider works out my usage over a 12 moth period ( starting in September) and sets my monthly payments based on my last 12 months usage. Well of course I haven't been at home much in the last 7 months but have been paying for electricity I am not using. I have submitted meter readings when I have been home, but the payments are set till August! I have e-mailed to let them know the situation, but as it took them several months to correct and error when I wasn't paying enough, I don't expect they will react at all. Then there is water, at home I pay a standing amount however much I use, so the fact I am not there does not alter the bill. Here however my father has a water meter, they charge for all water used and make a guess as to how much of that water they then have to process as waste. So as you can imagine my dad's water bill for the last 6 months has doubled, so I am paying for water at home I do not use and then here for what I do use, Finally the phone bill. Last August when it became clear that I was going to have to move here long term I took over dad's phone line as it was the quickest way I could get ADSL installed, as my dad would not have been able to cope with that, luckily as I knew my dad's mothers maiden name it wasn't a problem. There was no way I was coning to live here without the internet!! Now I don't really want to cease my ADSL line at home because it will no doubt cause problems if/when I need it again. So I am paying twice, for electricity, water and phone. As they say, no good deed goes unpunished! |
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My Computer Builds And Other Projects
(Message 1863610)
Posted 25 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: In my last "real Job" I worked with cable systems, ( actually became quite good with them) and if there were "signal problems" the first thing to go was the internet as it relies on "return path" to work. The TV would keep going. Of course that was with the earlier DOCSIS 1 and 2 no idea if the later versions are the same, my company moved on to ADSL to provide the same services. |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1863452)
Posted 24 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I will be very interested to read the RAIB report. They are usually very thorough and look at not only the direct cause of the accident but any and all factors that could have contributed to it. Also they will often find problems that while not directly related to the accident need addressing. Hopefully if the "dead man switch" is a problem it will be highlighted. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XXIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1863451)
Posted 24 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Rob, I think Vic is being economical with the truth. A very kind benefactor offered Vic $200 cash to pay for his transport to and from the hospital. He refused to accept it. It was also pointed out to him that there were also various free community transport schemes in his area, he decided not to use them. He doesn't have to wait for his op, he chooses to. Well he did say the op will be performed under general anaesthetic, which requires you to be collected personally. Certainly has meant that for me on two occasion, and no taxis are not normally advised as they want to make sure you have help all the way back home. It is up to you to decide what you wish to believe. |
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My Computer Builds And Other Projects
(Message 1863326)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Not everybody wishes to hear about a man who confesses to have no means, but continues to tell everybody about his latest and greatest computer wizardry. Not everybody wishes to hear drunken fantasy stories, about Kpax, Joan Jett and whatever trip you happen to be on, so we just ignore your posts. Please allow Vic to post what he wishes. Without selfish comments. Thank you. |
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My Computer Builds And Other Projects
(Message 1863323)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't have to justify what I spend money on, so drop the shaming. Indeed you do not. But you cannot really complain if you spend money on something then later there is none left for something else. I think perhaps it is a case of you often posting what you "hope" to do, but it is not clear to others. Remember this is a public forum and all who take part in SETI@Home can read this and comment. |
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Screen saver not working under Windows 10
(Message 1863262)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well if this is the machine concerned: 8250698 Then it is indeed running the creators edition note the "15063" in the operating system description. |
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Panic Mode On (105) Server Problems?
(Message 1863184)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And over 3000 of those tasks were downloaded on the 16th and 17th of April with as many as 20+ per second. Wonder how that happened. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1863182)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Being a person who uses this thread once in a while I am upset to see it being taken over for the weekend fantasy. Remember it has been stated by Mark himself that anything posted between Friday and Sunday is probably not factual. Nothing wrong with that, just not in this very personal thread. I could as moderator hide or move these posts, but, I could be accused of self interest. Also I just want others to see. |
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My Computer Builds And Other Projects
(Message 1863181)
Posted 23 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think a calm down is needed on all sides. As the moderators have said many times if you do not wish to see another posters input to these forums please put them on filter. Then resist the temptation to look. Just a bit of self control. If self control does not happen then post may disappear and the thread will be lock for a forced cool down. |
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Politics :
....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1862951)
Posted 22 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: No one brought your wife into the picture. Well I think he misconstrued your "other half" reference, missing the Dr Jekyl bit. |
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Panic Mode On (105) Server Problems?
(Message 1862858)
Posted 22 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For the last couple of months in the UK I keep getting internet dropouts when posting messages. This results in double posts and I'm sure the mods have better things to do. Anyone else over the pond finding this? Just for your info, it is not just the UK as far as I can see as double post happen to anyone, not country dependant, we have had a couple of triple post recently from the US. I suspect it is either Berkeley or perhaps SETI@Home. |
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Screen saver not working under Windows 10
(Message 1862857)
Posted 22 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If you have the latest update of Windows 10, the Creators edtion, then you are correct, the screensaver does not work. There are a few threads about it here. Microsoft broke the Boinc screensaver and there is only one way to get it back currently, that is to roll back to the previous Windows 10 version. There are other applications that the update broke so hopefully MS will eventually get around to fixing whatever they broke. The reason you don't see more comments on this problem here is because not many who post here run the screensaver, as it takes away a bit of processing power!! |
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Windows :
Two New Problems after Windows 10 Creators Update
(Message 1862035)
Posted 17 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Two things. It is the Boinc screensaver that is broken so it is Boinc not Seti that would need to fix it. As Windows broke it, surely it is up to MS to fix. Boinc development is now done on a volunteer basis so don't hold you breath for an update. Secondly the creators update installs Windows graphic drivers that will not work with SETI@Home as OpenCL is missing. To cure this you need to get new graphics drivers form the GPU manufactures website and nowhere else, after any major Windows update as a matter of course install new drivers only from AMD or Nvidia. Windows installed drivers will not work on SETI@Home. To restore the screensaver the advice is to rollback the update and hope MS fix it eventually. |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1861892)
Posted 16 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I HOPE THE SETI PEOPLE will FIX this problem in the M$ Creators Update that screwed everything up. I believe the problem lies in the Boinc Screensaver, so not a Seti@Home problem. It is really down to MS to fix the problem. As Boinc development is now a totally volunteer project it is unlikely that it will be fixed anytime soon. The best thing to do is as MS advise, if there are any problems with any programs or apps, roll back to the previous version of Windows. I did that for my tablet which the update broke the sound on. |
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Microsoft Monthly Rollups
(Message 1861855)
Posted 16 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Way back we used to have Alpha and Beta testers, now we seem to have a secret Club. Again, disturbing. I believe that the "Insider Program" is free for anyone to join, no secret. Just try googling Windows Insider, and you will find all the information you wish to know |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1861854)
Posted 16 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: In the particular case of the cattle on the station platform it would appear they entered the railway through the "normal" pedestrian entrance, Not according t the BBC report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39609977 Seems they were "herded" there. Good job that part of the network isn't 3rd rail!! |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1861440)
Posted 14 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I guess it will be a long wait then. Well there are reports of other Windows "apps" failing to start properly and if MS finds the problem then it may be cured in a future update. For those that want the screensaver, rollback to the Anniversary update, that is what I did on my tablet that had no sound. |
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Microsoft Monthly Rollups
(Message 1861208)
Posted 13 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I now have 4 machines running with the Creators update and no problems. Of course if you do run the SETI screensaver, it currently does not work. The only failure I had was on my Windows tablet where it removed the sound drivers. so I just rolled it back. It is a known problem that MS are looking into. |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1861174)
Posted 13 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: What to do? Is this a fixable issue, or have we now lost a beautifil, and colorful, screen saver forever? The problem has been cause by the Win 10 creators update. If you look at earlier post here you will see the problem has been flagged up to the Boinc developers. But to be fair it will need to be reported to Microsoft as they broke it. Many here of course do not use the screensaver so will not notice. |
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Politics :
Hold on to your hats, we're bombing Syria.
(Message 1860995)
Posted 12 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: What was he thinking. Sean Spicer Holocaust denier? I suppose the answer is he wasn't. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860722)
Posted 10 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps I trust the maker of the radio more than I trust the garage. But you are of course correct, however as it doesn't actually affect me I don't feel like taking on the job of reporting it to MS. Perhaps the OP would? |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860576)
Posted 9 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Charlie, it doesn't inhibit the actual crunching, right? It's just that the screen saver doesn't run, but work is processing? Not if you have the processing and screensaver start together. if you have "Suspend when computer is in use" and the screen saver set for the same time the failing screensaver stops the processing. Also if you have the 2 set differently each time the screensaver tries to start and fail it will cause processing to stop. Well that is what I found |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860561)
Posted 9 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: When I set the screensaver to none nothing happens. Why should it? That is the control for SETI to run. No it actually isn't, if you see my last post the two are separate, In the Boinc preference panel it depends on what you have set. The default I believe is the 3 minutes you see. However in my test if you were to set the screensaver to 5 minutes, Boinc will process work for 2 minutes then then screensaver failing to start will stop it for 3 more then it will process for two etc,etc. I run Boinc all the time with "exceptions" so it does not affect me as I do not have the "Suspend when computer is in use" box ticked. Nor do I run a screensaver of any kind. So it is unfortunate that this will affect the people who may not realise what is happening. It is a fault that the Windows 10 upgrade has introduced. |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860553)
Posted 9 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I have just updated one of my machines to the Windows 10 Creators build. I can confirm that it replaced my Nvidia driver with one lacking OpenCL resulting in "missing GPU" message ( I had processing suspended so no harm done) I can also confirm that the screensaver does not start, it flashes up on screen for a second then just disappears. I checked before the update and it did work. Other screensavers work OK. If you have set Boinc processing to start with the screensaver it does not start. If you set Boinc processing to start when computer is not in use but do not set the screen saver, it starts OK. If say you set Boinc to start after one minute and the screensaver to start after two minutes, when the screensaver fails it stops Boinc, with "user active". So to sum up if you have the screensaver and BOINC set the same, processing will not start. As an aside the update also rendered my expensive gaming keyboard inert. I just hope there are new drivers!! |
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Politics :
Hold on to your hats, we're bombing Syria.
(Message 1860533)
Posted 9 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Can we please try and stop the name calling. Please refer to posters by their screen names or not at all. The only exception to this is anyone who has a screen name so long that it wouldn't be worth typing it. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860436)
Posted 8 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Can you see the Boinc start up log? Yes that is the one. Copy and past the first 30 lines from that. What happens if you set the screensaver to none. i.e don't run the screensaver. Does SETI@Home start processing? If so it will be something in the new Windows 10 set up. As the new Windows build is not officially released until Tuesday you may have to wait till then before other people start getting the update automatically. Then perhaps there will be answers, of course most people here don't run the screen saver as it doesn't actually show much and of course uses up processing power that could be used for crunching :-) |
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Windows :
New version of Win10 not running BOINC Screensaver
(Message 1860404)
Posted 8 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am a little confused. Boinc should be already running before the screensaver starts. If Boinc does not start nor can you start in manually it is a Boinc problem not SETI@Home and should be reported on the Boinc forum It would be SETI@home that starts with the screensaver Can you see the Boinc start up log? if so can you copy and paste the first 30 or so lines. Also the last time Widows did one of their updates it installed the default Windows drivers which while they appear to be the correct ones were striped of a lot of functionally. After a big Windows update I would always recommend getting the drivers from the Nvidia website and do a "clean " install. |
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Politics :
Hold on to your hats, we're bombing Syria.
(Message 1860326)
Posted 8 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: But you did not complain to the posters that did. Nor did you suggest the president deserved respect then, so what is different now. |
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Politics :
Hold on to your hats, we're bombing Syria.
(Message 1860323)
Posted 8 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Whether you like the man or not........the office deserves your respect. The same respect many on these forums gave to the previous president. Didn't notice you saying anything then. Respect is earned. |
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Cafe SETI :
New Phone Scam. Pretending to be a telemarketer from a resort.
(Message 1860128)
Posted 7 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: And a couple of minutes in the web and I have found all the working area codes in the US and all the local codes from each area code. Any good spammer will have copied all those into their auto dialers with 0000-9999 added for each, not rocket science. Since phone numbers became standard lengths it is much easier for scammers. Easier to get the info on a disc. Info like this is easily available, not much use if you can't find phone numbers. |
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Cafe SETI :
New Phone Scam. Pretending to be a telemarketer from a resort.
(Message 1860039)
Posted 7 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I did NOT say "Yes" to anything I believe that reading the link, they target people who's details they have already obtained by other nefarious means. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1859453)
Posted 4 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I think Bernie can identify with this, given his nature walks. Very much so. My dad is having worse and worse memory problems, which can be frustrating for us both, and I find during my walks I am able to "step away" and think things through. I think if I wasn't already a daily walker, I would have started now. I also worry about leaving dad for too long, more for the fact that he is not very mobile and could fall while I am not there. I believe I am quite lucky in that my dad is not totally dependant on me, he can do simple things for himself. His vision and hearing are problematic but with assistance he can get by day to day. How I would cope if he became seriously ill I do not know. |
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Politics :
Immigrant Migrant Refugee SUPREMACY-Is RACIST DEPLORABLE & TREASONOUS KKKOMMIE KKKryBABY KKKLOWNS with Their Continuing TREASONOUS Behaviours, will LOSE All Elections if They Keep Spouting TREASONOUS Free Speech
(Message 1859318)
Posted 3 Apr 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: For future reference to all . I was not aware that Red Neck meant your a racist I thought it was more a reference to a saying we use here in Australia witch is "Bush pig" someone that is unruly rude a bit of a slob and lives in the country talks a bit slow and has minimal education with limited world views not someone that is a racist . If you read some of the comment in different threads here "Red Neck" is seen as an insult. A quick "Google" shows A slang term, usually for a rural white southerner who is politically conservative, racist, and a religious fundamentalist. This term is generally considered offensive. As to your "Bush pig" someone that is unruly rude a bit of a slob and lives in the country talks a bit slow and has minimal education with limited world views You don't think calling a fellow poster here that is offensive? Other posters here have different views and different politics, it does not make them wrong, it certainly does not allow others to insult them. So no more direct insults please. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XXIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1858683)
Posted 31 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: There are no ball joints in anything since 85 or since they went to full struts. Well my 2014 Nissan has, so perhaps you are simply a man who is drunk. |
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Updated to GEFORCE Experience NVIDiA drivers, SETI stopped using 1080 GPU
(Message 1858529)
Posted 31 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I have an NVIDIA GEFORCE 660 GTX and, all of a sudden, it stopped working with SETI. My preferences are set to use it always, it just stopped working a few days ago. There is nothing wrong with the GPU. Running Windows 10 Pro. Any ideas?? You have no computers connected to this account. So you must have at least one other account. If perhaps you could restart BOINC and post the first 30 or so lines from the log it will be helpful. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1858093)
Posted 28 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am a definite acrophobic even looking at those pictures makes me check I am on solid ground!! |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1857967)
Posted 27 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I especially appreciate the Copyright symbol on some of the pics. Nice and clear where we all stand. Thanks for the laugh of the day. You are so uptight about me owing my own pictures. In this case these are pictures I uploaded previously to the Marine Traffic website to which I belong THEY put the copyright notice on every picture uploaded by members, nothing to do with me. As I said at the time it was quicker to link to them. If I get a chance later I will look for the originals and upload them instead. Don't want to upset anyone. PS OK I have replaced the apparently offensive (to some) pictures with my "originals" they are still copyright of course, they just don't go out of the way to state it. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1857919)
Posted 27 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Alum bay that's the place with natural multi coloured sand and you can see it in layers in the cliff can't you Bernie ? Indeed, and I did post a couple of pictures last year. Unfortunately erosion and tourists have started to take their toll, hence the tape in the second picture. Lots of tourists were digging out their own sand and causing problems. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1857915)
Posted 27 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Lets restore some order, and of course pictures. One of my biggest problems is storage, in the six months I have been here I have amassed nearly 5,500 pictures taking up 24 GB of hard drive :-) So I was sorting out the last 7 days crop and thought I would post a few here. Over the years my dad has fed a variety of birds in the garden, seagulls, pheasants and a pair of ducks. I hadn't seen the ducks last year at all, then a week or so ago there they were eating the birdseed on the ground. The thing is after feeding they will often just sit on the lawn. Sometimes they even go to sleep. We have had several sunny days recently and took a this picture looking from Yarmouth back the way I walk. Almost tropical, taken from Norton Spit looking west. Now onto boats. In the absence of any nearby trains, and living a short walk from Yarmouth harbour I have started to watch and photograph the different boats I see. This was a surprise recently, the STS Lord Nelson (unfortunately not under sail) making it way up the Solent towards Southampton It is run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust Lord nelson Occasionally I see a one that makes me smile, this one did. The name is "Buoys Toy" very apt!! I also think that the darker hulled ships have a certain look ,that makes them stand out from the multitude of white hulled craft. The is the rather splendid "Robin of Cowes" (Cowes is the port town further east known for sailing) And finally, I have been trying to get a picture of this for a while. A little background, there are two passenger craft that during the summer give trips around the needles from Alum bay. They moor up each night in Yarmouth Harbour. They are the Yarmouth Rose and the Ramblin Rose As you can see quite ordinary . This year however they have added this The Summer Rose, a fast RIB to no doubt to scare the punters silly ;-) |
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The continuing of life's adventures of the kittyman.
(Message 1857893)
Posted 27 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Cats are also the biggest predator of the Red Squirrels here on the island. Whilst I wouldn't call for their extermination here, I would like to see awareness raised so people who live near the largest habitats are aware of the problem. Dogs also cause problems but they are (mostly) under control. As much as we like to believe we are in charge of cats they turn feral at the sight of prey. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1857744)
Posted 26 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Five Leaves Left Was the first album from a little know singer/songwriter Nick Drake His sister Gabrielle Drake, played Lt Gaye Ellis in UFO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Drake |
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Word Link # 91
(Message 1857742)
Posted 26 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Left |
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Beer Drinkers Thread part 26
(Message 1857475)
Posted 24 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting, that when I was in the USA I had no problem finding suitable beer. That picture was taken with my iPhone in a convenience store in Yarmouth MA. (How weird is that). I was travelling between Providence RI and Cape Cod MA . I have never looked at the location before today !! This was not a "big town store" so are UK beers popular over there. I cannot see any in that picture going down well with a regular Bud drinker :-) |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1856988)
Posted 21 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now this is something you don't see everyday in the UK Somerset freight derailment causes severe disruption I suspect there will be a few answers required as to how that happened. |
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A alternate story of Jesus and the Church
(Message 1856791)
Posted 20 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Is the text not available on the web somewhere you can link to? I don't think I wish to be shouted at for four posts. Just my opinion. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1856666)
Posted 19 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: What's the story about that massive tree inside the stone wall? Well you have spotted a most interesting tree and story. Lyndhurst is notable in English folklore for being the supposed location of a dragon-slaying. The local tradition is that a dragon had his den at Burley Beacon in Burley. There are several versions of the tale, one being that the creature "flew" every morning to Bisterne, where it would be supplied with milk. To kill the dragon, a valiant knight (usually named Berkeley) built a hide, and with two dogs lay in wait. The creature came as usual one morning for its milk, and when the hut door was opened the dogs attacked it, and while thus engaged the knight took the dragon by surprise, the dogs dying in the affray. The fight raged throughout the forest, with the dragon finally dying outside Lyndhurst, its corpse turning into a great hill (now known as Boltons Bench). Though the knight had defeated the dragon he had been mentally broken by the battle, and after thirty days and thirty nights he went back to Boltons Bench to die alone atop it, his body turning into the yew tree which can still be seen today. Folklore at it's best. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1856652)
Posted 19 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: A few random pictures from the last few days. I went back to London this week for a check up appointment with the urologist and luckily my PSA is normal for a man of my age! On the drive back I stopped off in the village of Lyndhurst. Where there were several of the famous "New Forest ponies" about. Whilst "owned" they have the free range of the forest to graze. Also on a nearby hill I found one of these A Trig point Don't think I have seen one before. The view from the hill of the surrounding countryside was quite spectacular. I think my favourite picture of the day was this. Quintessentially English, church spire horses(well ponies) grazing in fields. Today I was up on the hill opposite Hurst point on the mainland when the dredger Sand Heron sailed past. And finally a couple of old signs on the inn wall in Yarmouth. Like the phone numbers 32 and 20!! Sadly the railway stations at both Freshwater and Yarmouth are long gone. |
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I am a Christ child, so therefore I shall attempt to save you as well.
(Message 1856590)
Posted 19 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: #1 - The Nazi's and Marxists are Mass Murdering and Enslaving Movements. No moral and ethical person would site any few beliefs they may agree with. No, much to simplistic and misses the whole history and possibly much darker reasons. Whilst I do not know much about Marxism, I have been interested in Hitler and his rise and fall and how one people could have murdered 6,000,000 others Everything I have read or seen points to the belief of the "superiority" of the Third Reich, they didn't have to hate as they felt they were superior to the Jews (and many others) and felt the Jews were little more than animals, cattle. So disposing of them was not in hate but superiority, using phrases like, "the world will thank us". I have seen and read accounts from surviving German soldiers, who when asked if they felt it wrong to kill women and children, they said, they were subhuman, less than animals and deserved to die. I think the most chilling film I have ever seen is Conspiracy, the drama about the Wansee conference. Why? Because for a reason I cannot explain, I believe the way it was portrayed was very close to the truth, the utter disdain of the higher rank Nazis for the Jews is to me real. To me this is much more frighting and evil than hate. So dismissing it all as just "hate" misses the point. |
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The oldies fight back!
(Message 1855648)
Posted 15 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, so why does Vic seem to have so much trouble then in the same country? I think this line from David's post sums it up. My employer-provided insurance is much better than the Obamacare minimum (almost up to the level of a "Cadillac" plan that would have an extra tax). |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1855581)
Posted 15 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: No such thing, to a motorcyclist, either side would be ok. Sorry don't see it as an insult, just a statement of fact. Whilst what you say is probably very true (I have never ridden a bike on the road so cannot comment) the positional aspect and right/left orientation should be easier for a biker to adapt to. I am sure Vic did not mean to insult bikers. |
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Number crunching :
I have roughly 18 HP DL 360's from 2011-2013
(Message 1855238)
Posted 13 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Back in 2010/11 my company was installing new systems, using the DL 360 Lost count of the number I installed. I liked them, and would gladly take one, slight problem, it's called the Atlantic Ocean :-) |
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Ireland's Shame
(Message 1854815)
Posted 11 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I see this has devolved into a silly contest as to who can post nothing longest. Lest stop that now shall we. |
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Ireland's Shame
(Message 1854787)
Posted 11 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Lets try and stay on topic One mans garbage is another man's livelihood. Also can posters stop referring to either the right or left as "hateful" Whilst I will not deny there are some far right and far left fanatics that are just out to destroy the equilibrium and probably deserve the tag I have seen none here As I have been called a "lefty" recently I would not like to believe I am in the "hateful" camp. |
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Mr. Kevvy is now a forum moderator
(Message 1854332)
Posted 10 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you suggesting that if Seti Moderators were to be paid money, they would do the job any differently? As a moderator I am often embarrassed to find clearly hideable post that have been on display for much too long, because the moderators all have another life and moderating has to come low down on the list. However in no way am I suggesting moderators should be paid, it is worth perhaps reminding some posters that we are volunteers and as such do the best we can. |
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Mr. Kevvy is now a forum moderator
(Message 1854322)
Posted 10 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Remember you are professional Moderators, Er, voluntary, a very important difference. |
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Mr. Kevvy is now a forum moderator
(Message 1854048)
Posted 9 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Welcome to the team. I believe Fred often starts new moderators near the weekend. Can't think why😀 |
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TLOTPW - CCLXIII Making Roman numerals great again.
(Message 1853703)
Posted 7 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: You mean the 10-11 hour outage, that is still labeled as 3-4 hours? Not what I see Weekly Outage and Initial Catch Up Maybe an F5 is needed |
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The Graphology Of Avatars
(Message 1853681)
Posted 7 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Spitty my cat of 17 years departed 9 months ago. |
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intergalactic quotes 2
(Message 1853535)
Posted 6 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: “You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen.†|
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OH, Hello again.......I am back for a while.
(Message 1853272)
Posted 5 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Before everyone joins in perhaps a pause is in order. Yes, the best advice would be that if what Mark posts offends you in some way feel free to put him on filter. The moderators do their best to reign in the worst excesses. If you really feel strongly then perhaps put your thoughts to the moderators or Fred directly. |
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OH, Hello again.......I am back for a while.
(Message 1853173)
Posted 5 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst Mark you do leave yourself open to ridicule by your posts. I can really not see any reason for this argument to continue. |
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Immigrant Migrant Refugee SUPREMACY-Is RACIST DEPLORABLE & TREASONOUS KKKOMMIE KKKryBABY KKKLOWNS with Their Continuing TREASONOUS Behaviours, will LOSE All Elections if They Keep Spouting TREASONOUS Free Speech
(Message 1853168)
Posted 5 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Lest not start making lists of people. Lets just say that if you wish to not see anothers posts, click on their name and copy the User ID Then navigate to your account and under Preferences - Message boards and private messages - click on Community Preferences Scroll down to Message Filtering and enter the user ID of the person you wish to filter in the Filtered Users box. Click on the Add user to filter and that is that. As well as not seeing any post you will also no longer be able to relieve PM's from that user. If you have any questions about the above please contact the moderators. |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1852975)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Responding with a Personal Attack, Well personal attacks were never "allowed". However when a line in the post concerned is KKKolaspe of dA COMMIE CRYBABY KKKLOWNS coming Quickly. I might have to take the comment about meds underadvisment. |
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OH, Hello again.......I am back for a while.
(Message 1852959)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the Cafe friends lets not stray into politics. |
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Windows 10?
(Message 1852947)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If I can't do it using Linux, I don't want to do it. If I do it often and Linux can't I don't want Linux. Oh yes and I HATE command lines!!! :-( |
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Whispers in the corridors of the U.S Congress...Impeachment is coming soon.
(Message 1852946)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Should have been done during a Presidential News Conference. Would that not have required some small amount of perhaps proof, or at least a hint of it. Whist I think it is good that an American president has taken to Twitter so well, it does sort of make him seem, well less presidential and more like some of the "snowflakes" that get criticised here. |
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Windows 10?
(Message 1852929)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It is annoying that Microsoft have to work to the lowest common denominater. Trouble is I can remember the many times when helping out "non technical" people with their computers I would find it hadn't been updated for months and months. Personally as I play games Windows is the OS of choice for my main machine. I have tried very hard to like Linux, tried it on several machines, but I guess I am just too much a "Windows Generation" person, I never felt really "at home". |
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I am now very sad to have watched the Oscars.
(Message 1852925)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It was discussed a while back by the mods that the word TROLL will not be used on forums in relation to specific posters as an insult. Not if using it as an insult. I have a mind to remove all posts where one users is insulting another but that would take to long and leave politics with very little useful content. Please attack a persons belief or stance NOT the person. I thought America was the one country in the world where people can say what they believe without fear, and without being "labelled" Seems not. |
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Whispers in the corridors of the U.S Congress...Impeachment is coming soon.
(Message 1852906)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes posts here have "disappeared" and more will likely follow. |
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I am now very sad to have watched the Oscars.
(Message 1852890)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: It was discussed a while back by the mods that the word TROLL will not be used on forums in relation to specific posters as an insult. If you do not wish to see what another is posting and feel that perhaps they are just winding you up then; Put them on ignore. Lets stop the name calling now. I know its Saturday and you all have nothing better to do but the recent standard of posting across all these thread is appalling. |
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I am now very sad to have watched the Oscars.
(Message 1852887)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: All I am seeing here in politics across multiple threads is personal attacks by many people. I think it is time to look at what you are all posting, it is just the same rehashed posts over and over. Nothing really new for days and days now. As someone from outside the USA I would quite like to try and understand what is happening in the political situation currently.. And how it might affect Europe and the world. I am not getting any information from these threads. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (105) Server Problems?
(Message 1852768)
Posted 4 Mar 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Just for the record, anyone can email Eric or Jeff with problems. I have been assured that all e-mails will be read and acted upon if reporting problems in a clear concise manner. However if a person sends a email to report a problem, post the fact here so that we don't get lots of emails saying the same thing, Eric has a spam filter, if you are not on his list of accepted addresses your first email will be returned and you will have to do what it says in the e-mail to get through. Once accepted you should not have to do that again. So lets stop arguing and try and get good clear reports of problems. As you are aware the team is now small and has other things to look after so things might not happen quickly. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1852033)
Posted 28 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I hope this thread isn't dying. There were some really awesome photos posted here. Yes I hope it isn't as well, there were some excellent pictures. I had originally withdrawn from posting pictures here, but a I was reminded by a phrase from 4 gentleman from Liverpool recently. "Life is very short and there's not time for fusing and fighting my friends". So I will put in an occasional appearance here, as I do seem to collect a few pictures. I will start with the oldest one from the end of Jan, I have been trying to for a while to get a good picture of the pheasants that visit dads garden on a daily basis, but they are shy and scare easily. However by keeping very still I was able to get this shot through the glass kitchen door. I think it could just see me moving. Also another wildlife one, I think I could almost use this one in the caption thread. A green woodpecker searching for ants on the lawn. Here is one where I actually learnt something. While trying to get pictutures of a flock of Brent Geese, I notice an RNLI lifeboat in the background. It was too far away to get a good shot, however it reminded me to look up the odd history of the tower in the background. "Sway Tower, built by Andrew Thomas Turton Peterson on his private estate from 1879–1885, its design (and the use of concrete) was influenced by the follies Peterson had seen during his time in India. It is constructed entirely out of concrete made with Portland cement, with only the windows having iron supports. It remains the tallest non-reinforced concrete structure in the world." You learn something every day :-) Here is another thing you don't see everyday. The Belgian Naval Minehunter Lobelia. As far as I am aware it is the first BNS ship I have ever seen. The Solent (the channel of water between the Isle of Wight and the mainland) has been quite busy lately, with the UK Border Force Vessel Seeker slipping through recently. And finally of course today is Shrove Tuesday And the square in Yarmouth looked like this for the pancake races. Now it wasn't the races that caught my eye , rather the alpacas standing by the crowd. They came from here West Wight Alpacas Not really sure why they were there but I can definately say it is the first time I have seen alpacs or llamas in the square at Yarmouth. They looked quite relaxed, even the starting horn for the races didn't seem to worry them. |
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Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens
(Message 1851875)
Posted 27 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Like Father, Like Son. Sorry I thought you said Gary, and Gary is not a moderator. |
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Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens
(Message 1851871)
Posted 27 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Like Father, Like Son. Look again it says "Volunteer Tester" |
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TLOTPW - CCLXIII Making Roman numerals great again.
(Message 1851624)
Posted 26 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes the mods will, so I suggest that politics belongs elsewhere. mods (small m for moderators) group of overworked underpaid dedicated volunteers who often have to spend hours reading both interesting and nonsensical posts mods (small m) are not in fact pan dimensional super beings able to be in multiple places and times at once, but are in fact ordinary human beings, who you might quite like if you met them on the street . |
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TLOTPW - CCLXIII Making Roman numerals great again.
(Message 1851619)
Posted 26 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes the mods will, so I suggest that politics belongs elsewhere. |
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A question of TV's and Videos
(Message 1851114)
Posted 25 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now his memory is a strange thing, names and places often allude him, however with TV he knows what he likes. He recently told me about a character in a long running TV series that he could not stand, and while totally unable to remember the name he was able to describe the character and her actions so well I had no problem identifying her. He then said he didn't want to see any episode with her in, so there went 106 episodes I had brought (the series had 372 episodes in total) Also a couple of days ago I had made a mistake and managed to put the same episode of a program on twice, and he spotted it even with a 2 hour gap between. Personally while I realise he may well not remember everything he sees I cannot just throw a few videos on a stick and not care. It just isn't me He may be 92 and sometimes annoying, but I still want to do my best for him. |
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A question of TV's and Videos
(Message 1851100)
Posted 24 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the suggestions so far Your USB thumb drive must have a lot of storage space. Mine is only 128 GB. Sorry I din't explain very well. I have brought an new 1TB USB HDD, and a 64GB USB stick I currently have about 530 GB of videos stored. I copy the daily videos from the 1TB drive onto the stick. Then arrange them in order. I am afraid my dads colour vision may be affect by his poor eyesight, it is close up that is the problem, I know he can see distances quite well as he has commented on the squirrels and birds in the garden. The TV remote has a green ON/OFF button, but he has to hold the remote so close to see it that it tends to be pointing vertically when he presses the button with mixed results. And no matter how often the guy in the post office tells him to push the green button on the card reader, about 50% of the time he hits the yellow one next door which is "cancel". As to the Apple TV, it sounds OK but with my dads memory the way it is he probably wouldn't remember the program name! And "talking" to a machine!! Hmm not sure how he would feel about that!! Thank you Sirius for the KODI suggestion, it reminded me I had brought an Amazon Fire stick when I first came here, without realising it was a bit restricted and the remote is tiny! However I did find that there is an unofficial way to get KODI onto the Fire Stick that worked a treat. After my dad went to bed I have been watching random TV and films on KODI via the Fire Stick, streamed from my PC in the back room onto the TV in the living room. The playlist function is not "user friendly" and I haven't quite made it work yet. Also the remote is wireless, so the "big button" remote will not work. And I cannot find a "big button" Fire TV replacement. There is a lot of ways to watch a lot of things but for a 92 year old with limited vision it has to be very simple. I haven't found the perfect solution yet but I have a feeling it's out there somewhere. |
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A question of TV's and Videos
(Message 1850958)
Posted 24 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I need to see if anyone can come up with any suggestions to help with my problem. As you may be aware I am caring for my 92 year old father. His main enjoyment is his TV, however with his failing eyesight he cannot manage the remote controls. Even the "big button" ones, whilst better still occasionally result in him pressing the wrong button and losing his program. My first answer was DVD's of some of his favourite programs, set all the buttons on the big button remote to "pause" so he can stop for lunch etc. However that meant several episodes of the same show back to back. My dads TV is not smart but does have 3 HDMI and a USB socket so my current solution is to put a mixture of programs ripped from DVD onto a USB stick. (Yes I own all the DVD's currently about £500's worth) As long as I renumber them 1,2,3 etc I can get the TV to play them in order. The "pause" system still works fine. So far so good, however a couple of drawbacks, firstly I have to transfer the ripped videos to the stick, currently on a daily basis, then renumber them so they play in a nicely mixed order. Secondly the USB "pause" is forgotten once the TV is turned off, so when my dad finishes for the night and he pauses the playback in the middle of a 2 hour program. I either have to leave the TV on overnight (not ideal) or sit and work out whereabouts he has got to and make a note to start playback there next day, before I can remove the USB stick. Putting on more videos is of course a short term answer but putting on say 3 days worth takes a while and if you are not concentrating, as I was not last night, a careless "delete" wiped the stick clean after an hours work. What I need is a way to remotely stream a "playlist" to the TV. That I can control. What I want to know is if anyone has a better solution. I have considered getting an Android smart TV stick but have not had much experience with them and am not sure if they would do the job. My dads TV is only a few feet away from the BT Home Hub so Wi-Fi would not be a problem. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1850803)
Posted 23 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Back on the 4th December I posted this picture of 711 One of the ""East Coast" P32AC-DM's heading for Chicago. Well it has been to Beech Grove Amtrak's maintenance facility in Indianapolis and returned today on the service train. Resplendent in the "Empire Service" Phase III livery it joins 701, 704, 707 and 710. I think you will agree it looks a bit better now!! |
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Windows :
Increase efficiency on Win 7 - speed differences
(Message 1850235)
Posted 20 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: A quick look at the run times on the two machines seems to suggest that the Win 7 machine may well be handicapped by processing work on the inbuilt Intel GPU Others have found that doing this slows down the CPU, so is not recommended. As Rob says de-select the "Use Intel GPU" in you preferences and see if that has a positive affect. |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1850193)
Posted 20 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: ? Exactly |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1850187)
Posted 20 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: *A question mark after such a statement does not make it a question. Why not. It did for me, I understood straight away that it was a question not a statement. Perhaps formed in a way to make it look like a statement, but in the end still a question. Different people express themselves in different ways, and definitely on these forums with many different nationalities and personalities involved comprehension can often be a problem. |
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Windows :
Increase efficiency on Win 7 - speed differences
(Message 1850145)
Posted 20 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a quick look suggests the difference is this: " GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M" In the Win 10 machine. A "proper graphics card" (albeit in a laptop) will process work quicker than a CPU. I suspect that it would crunch even quicker if you didn't have the in-built Intel graphics trying to process work as well. But others may well have better suggestions as to how to set things up. |
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"Don't believe the main stream (fake news) media..." -D.J.T.
(Message 1850052)
Posted 19 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well being a "foreigner" and having watched and listened for the last few weeks. I can say I would trust the BBC before believing one word of what Donald Trump says. |
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Totally FAUX news
(Message 1849996)
Posted 19 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: In a religious context, sin is the act of violating God's will by transgressing his commandments. Sin can also be viewed as any thought or action that endangers the ideal relationship between an individual and God; or as any diversion from the perceived ideal order for human living. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin or any act regarded as such a transgression, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle. Source http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sin |
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44 GOING TO JAIL CONmutiny DESTRUCTIONizer to Have Teachable 'Moments' fO a 'CAPTIVE' Audience
(Message 1849766)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Not advancing the discussion at all. If people really do not like what others post, and do not get satisfactory replies, the moderators advice is always put them on filter. It is very difficult for the moderator in a "he said" type of argument. |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1849649)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie... Which was just about to be my advice to you. Please remember that your opinion on the avatar is just that "your opinion" |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1849633)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: However if attacked Which is where it makes the moderators job much more difficult. You perceive an attack and respond, the attacker replies, others attack or defend etc etc.. By the time a moderator sees things it is an impossible mess of quotes and half quoted posts that are difficult to untangle If attacked perhaps try the red-x and ignore the attacker till a mod can sort it out. However where is the "fun" in that. |
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....................45....................aka CITIZEN No. 1 Calls 'em RIGHT Every Time...Greatest LIARS In PREZ History: O'BLABBY; SHRUB II; SLICK WILLIE 9 to Zero WINNING!!! by American & BEST PREZ EVER
(Message 1849627)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh no, we're not done with you and your Trumpist type yet. No I think not. This is not intelligent discussion it is spamming the boards (4 threads now) to try and get "one over" on another poster. Who in my opinion does themselves no favours,(probably on purpose) I think that any further discussion on this subject should be taken off of these boards. I can give you you own forum if you like, totally free for you to have a go at each other for hours whilst advancing the topic not at all. |
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Totally FAUX news
(Message 1849553)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Carrying your private war of words across threads is not good for these boards. |
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The US has elected its most dangerous leader. We all have plenty to fear.
(Message 1849549)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As name calling often leads to hidden posts and bans. Please try to act like responsible adults. |
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Immigrant Migrant Refugee SUPREMACY-Is RACIST DEPLORABLE & TREASONOUS KKKOMMIE KKKryBABY KKKLOWNS with Their Continuing TREASONOUS Behaviours, will LOSE All Elections if They Keep Spouting TREASONOUS Free Speech
(Message 1849527)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps what some here need to remember is that unless backed up with real facts (as opposed to the other sort) Everything said on here is a personal opinion only. Also if a person decides in the face of facts to ignore them then this is also their personal choice. If they also wish to believe in the "alternative facts" again their choice As has been said many times before attack the belief not the person. If you feel you are being personally attacked then use the red-x. Surprisingly it is used rarely, even here. Use logical arguments to prove why you believe you are correct and the other person is wrong. I do not see enough intelligent discussion here. Any new person seeing these forums for the first time would have to wonder about some of the thread titles, this one as an example, and how any intelligent discussion can take place within them. |
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Windows :
Graphic Card Detection
(Message 1849490)
Posted 18 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: First thing I would do would be to re-install the Nvidia graphics drivers, in case you have the ones supplied by Windows 10. Go to the Nividia site and download the drivers from there. If that still has no effect, restart Boinc and post the first 30 or so lines from the log here so others can see what is going on. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1849330)
Posted 17 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe I posted this happening before. What do you do when your train breaks down on the way to Chicago from Washington. As did the Capitol Ltd train 29 today. Well you wait till the handy Chicago bound train from New York arrives about an hour later and hitch a ride. Those in the know will recognise the Viewliner sleepers of the Lake Shore Ltd 49 in front of P42 #95 and the Superliner behind. I have no idea what exactly happened waiting to see if I have a email later. |
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Computers & Technology 3
(Message 1849315)
Posted 17 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I had already decided that if I ever travel to the USA again I will take only my "spare" phone with nothing but important contacts on. I would also take my older laptop which would have everything I didn't want someone else knowing removed. Also I would change my passwords to simple ones as there is no way I want complete strangers knowing some of my complex 15 digit ones. |
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Who crunches near us?
(Message 1849171)
Posted 16 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am fairly certain that for obvious privacy reasons no location information is available generally and should not be. Project participants may choose to reveal this information voluntarily. However you will just have to ask. Cafe and number crunching would seem logical. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1849132)
Posted 16 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as I haven't posted any grey and boring American trains recently thought I would post one today. Well seems to have some "red" in it as well. A rather sad looking F40PH NPCU(Non Powered Control Unit) 90213 passes Chesterton on the rear of Amtrak 29 today The emblem is the Downeaster where these are used. Shot from the other side when 29 turned on the wye at Chicago. Hopefully all the red oxide on the rusty bits means it is due a repaint. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1847212)
Posted 7 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I haven’t posted here for a while, but as my 5th month here on the island, caring for my dad slipped slowly past this weekend, I have been thinking back over that time. In many ways it has been easier than I had feared, my dad does not need 24/7 care but he does need me here each day. He is able to do all the basics himself; he can make his own breakfast for instance but needs me if he wants to cook something as he cannot read the instructions on packets, the dials on the cooker or the display on the microwave. I also now read all his mail for him and answer the door and phone as he has trouble hearing and sometimes understanding new situations. One of the problems has been the fact that for someone who I always saw as “in control†to find that he had let his finances slip badly so that I have had to help him out, has been a shock to me. His memory is probably the biggest problem as it is not as predictable as his poor eyesight or hearing. Last week he said to me the “milkman†(a delivery service called “Milk and Moreâ€) hadn’t left a bill for a few weeks and he needed to find out how much he owed. I got back from my walk to find he had phoned and asked, so I said how much and he said “276†so I said £2.76 he said no £276 for the last three weeks. Now bearing in mind dad has only had two cartons of orange juice a week, I was a little surprised, but dad insisted he had brought lots of things and started to list all the things we buy at the local shop. When I pointed this out he got confused and finally said “well you phone him thenâ€. Which I did. The guy on the phone immediately said “I knew he had got it all wrong but he didn’t seem to understandâ€. The bill was in fact £2.66 per week for four weeks coming to a total of £10.64. It was this that made me totally understand how easy it is for unscrupulous carers to take large amounts of money from old confused people. Strangely things like this upset me. To realise how vulnerable he is both physically and mentally. One of the easiest things to sort out has been his hearing aids. Dad has two "behind the ear aids" and they get "blocked" very easily and because there was no way he can see to to anything, it just used to make him grumpy and upset and in fact was what caused him to shout at the next door neighbour who was helping him out. Hence the reason I am now here. I have taken him to the local hearing clinic and they replace all the tubes and supply batteries for free and have shown me the ways to look after them. Also I was unaware that the tubes get hard after a few months and start to distort the sound. Possibly my biggest success has been providing dad with entertainment. Whilst his eyes are bad he can see his large TV and can hear the dialogue with his hearing aids. However he cannot operate the remote controls. I brought him a “large button remote†that only had on/off, channel up/down and volume up/down. That was too many buttons and he kept getting to channels he didn’t like or switching the TV off and not being able to turn it on. His DVR was a stop gap, however that just played one recorded program, then stopped and went back to the menu, meaning I had to go and assist every hour or so. I had to remember because he wouldn’t tell me as “he didn’t like to disturb me". Finally I discovered that his TV being quite new has a USB socket that will play MP4 videos from a USB stick one after another, also a discovery of a book he used to use before his heart attack, to make a daily note of all the TV programs he wanted to watch and what times, this has lead me to currently buying over £500 worth of DVD boxed sets of these programs and converting them to MP4 and then arranging a daily “playlist†on a USB stick for my dad’s own TV channel :-) He likes Heartbeat (the old UK one), Midsomer Murders, Foyles War, Law and Order UK , Morse, Lewis and A Touch of Frost. I don't really watch TV so if anyone has any ideas for other programs of that type I would be grateful. Luckily the TV uses play/pause as one button, so setting ALL the buttons on the remote to play/pause means he can stop and start the playlist as and when he wants. I currently have around 463 hours of TV programs with more arriving each week. I suppose the one positive thing is dad quite enjoys watching “repeats†and often ask for a specific episode he would like to see again. As for me it has been an up and down 5 months but I am lucky that dad lives in such a beautiful place and my walks have taken on a new importance as a release for me. I also now try and have a morning to myself each week, when I drive somewhere walk/shop or just admire the scenery and have lunch out. I know dad will be OK for a few hours. I know there are some out there who believe I have “lost it†and the strain has affected my decisions. Personally I believe this whole experience has made me a better stronger person and I am truly glad to be here. |
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Immigrant Migrant Refugee SUPREMACY-Is RACIST DEPLORABLE & TREASONOUS KKKOMMIE KKKryBABY KKKLOWNS with Their Continuing TREASONOUS Behaviours, will LOSE All Elections if They Keep Spouting TREASONOUS Free Speech
(Message 1846552)
Posted 4 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Before posting links please READ them. If they contain obscenities post a warning first or the post will be removed. |
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IS it allowed to discuss moderating on the boards?
(Message 1846307)
Posted 3 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: As I suspected this has developed into an insult thread. However I would suggest that if you don't know what is and is not acceptable in the public forums, refer to Mr Kevvy's first post. I will now lock this thread to prevent further insults. |
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IS it allowed to discuss moderating on the boards?
(Message 1846287)
Posted 3 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: What would you ask |
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Number crunching :
Virtue-L Friend Request ??
(Message 1845932)
Posted 2 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The Virtual-L Computer is a user just like you See here: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=10365759 He/She or it has asked you to be a friend. Simple as that. Implications are if you decline you don't want to be that users friend. |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1845766)
Posted 1 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: That is one step too far Vine, apologise or resign as a mod. So you disagree that the comment was sexist and you were using it in a degrading fashion? |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1845758)
Posted 1 Feb 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok he said I'll see if we have a Ladies one spare Well if he really said that and it was a reputable firm, I would hope he was reported to the management. That is blatant sexual discrimination and has no place today. But you would find it funny and degrading to woman |
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Immigrant Migrant Refugee SUPREMACY-Is RACIST DEPLORABLE & TREASONOUS KKKOMMIE KKKryBABY KKKLOWNS with Their Continuing TREASONOUS Behaviours, will LOSE All Elections if They Keep Spouting TREASONOUS Free Speech
(Message 1845270)
Posted 29 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not read these forums too often, once a day is really enough. Also I refuse to read posts from selfish individuals that believe they have the right to take over these forums with long names and thread titles. Childish and insulting to all other posters However I agree with this in my humble opinion are a hair's-breadth from violating the forum policy on abusive posts targeted towards a specific group, if not beyond it. Yes it is religious hatred and it needs to stop now. Post will be hidden that spout hatred for any religious or ethnic group All Muslims are not terrorists and all terrorists are not Muslims. You really believe that all the terrorists in all the countries now banned have been waiting for the 27th of January just to get stopped at the airport. If they wanted to come they are already there. All the USA is doing is upsetting the rest of the world, but that of course seems to be the plan. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1844559)
Posted 26 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I am glad some of you have enjoyed my pictures. However due to personal animosity spilling across to these forums I will withdraw from posting any more pictures. My pictures are important to me and I don't wish people to post them elsewhere unless they ask first. Hopefully you will understand. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1844294)
Posted 25 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: So some pictures but also a little backstory. As I may have mentioned I have volunteered to help the Red Squirrel Trust here on the island. One of the thing the volunteers do is twice yearly monitoring. This entails walking a pre-planned route and stopping every 100m for 5 minutes and recording any observed squirrels, and where they were, type of tree etc. So yesterday I had a training session with another volunteer who showed me "my walk" which is in the woods behind Fort Victoria near my dads. It was very interesting but still quite foggy so I decided to walk on my own today as there were a few things I wanted to see on a clear day He gave me a list of "stopping points" that were about 100m apart, things like "behind first house" and "junction of footpaths and refreshment sign" However it was number 6 that caught my attention it said "Man on bench", when I pointed out that the "man" may have gone the volunteer just laughed and this is why. There at the side of the path with no explanation a "man on a bench"!! And just above was this. A nesting box? seems to be lacking on holes, however I was directed to look right at the back where there was a small slot. It is a bat box, for of course roosting bats. A little further along the land drops steeply to the beach and a way down this path was this. Once again no explanation, just a rather scary bird, perhaps an owl. Finally just before my last "stopping point" in this view. Hurst castle and lighthouse across the Solent on the mainland. Still misty but better than yesterday. It was at this point I went to check my trusty pedometer to see how far I had walked, only to discover it was no longer clipped to my trouser pocket!! Now whilst pedometers are not expensive I like to keep a record of the steps and miles I have walked and this one has a 7 day memory and I was due to note down the readings today!! I remembered I had checked the reading earlier on and to do that I had to un-clip it so I probably didn't clip it back securely, so I decided to see if I could find it. So I retraced my steps. Here is a map of the area I had started my walk at number 1 in the top right, walked to the sea at number 2 to take my daily pictures, turned right and walked along the sea wall to 3 where I turned inland and walked back to 1 Points 1 to 4 is my squirrel observation walk, point 4 being where I knew I had lost my pedometer, I did in fact find it. Any guesses as to where. Well on the grass about halfway between number 2 and Verdi's, about an hour after I must have dropped it!! There are so few people about no one had been past!! While you may wonder if a noisy human has any chance of seeing a squirrel, I did in fact see one yesterday, doesn't count however as the monitoring has to be done end of Feb beginning of March, this is the time the squirrels are most active. So we will see. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1844212)
Posted 24 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: The last few days here on the island have been notable for freezing fog. At first there does not appear to be much to take pictures of For instance, this is two cormorants taken from the sea wall. You have to look close. Then as I walked along the hedgerow near the estuary I notice this. The freezing fog had deposited ice on the dead flower heads Quite beautiful. Then last night it was still foggy I just liked the way the only streetlight was framed by the trees. So far I have not found a day when there is nothing to take a picture of. |
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Web site :
Account link
(Message 1843987)
Posted 23 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: how to create profile asking 1.0 credit Connect your computer to the SETI@Home project. Download and process some work units. Once work units have been processed, if the results agree with a second computer (wingman), you will be granted credit. Once you have credit of more than 1 you can create a profile. It is set up this way to stop spammers. I am sure you knew that though. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1843667)
Posted 21 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: With all the discussion of cold weather, here on the island over the past few days we have had clear nights and hard frosts. However today was the first time I had seen this. The tide was on the way out when the temperature was the coldest so basically the estuary marshes froze. Even on the actual river, on the banks it froze too Which left a few waterfowl looking a bit lost. You can just see the line between ice and water. Never been here at this time of year before so never seen that. To be fair my thermometer here only registered -1ºC |
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Beet's give us a caption #66: second of 2017
(Message 1842841)
Posted 18 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post:
Well whilst you may be able to see it I can't and if I click it I get Access to ch3301files.storage.live.com was denied |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1842672)
Posted 16 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I and all the VR railfan members obviously had access to the same video but I thought it best to let Virtual Railfan do the honours. Hope they got a good deal!! |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1842559)
Posted 16 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure whether this should be in the Transportation Safety thread!! Ashland VA is the picture book town where the railroad runs right through the centre parallel with the main street. On Saturday night a CSX freight hit an abandoned car about a mile from the camera. Last night this happened. At around 6.22 pm a car turning left missed the street. And ended up here; His front wheels were in the ballast and he was going nowhere fast. Both occupants left the car and at 6.24pm the police arrived. A couple of minutes later a bright headlight appears top right. The driver of the car is the guy at the bottom left of the picture. The next was pretty inevitable. CSX train Q13614 hauled by 3339 made contact with the car. And of course "moved" it out of the way!! Luckily the engineer obviously had been told of the problem and the train was only going slowly and actually stopped here. There were only 2 locos so that is the rear of 3339. Unlucky for the car driver as even at that slow speed his car was a bit bent. As you can see when they hauled it away later. It was another hour before the first train went through as CSX needed to check the track. So one wrong turn caused 3 hours of delays and probably left one car driver wondering how he will get to work today. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1842494)
Posted 15 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Now remember you did ask :-) This is me and my maternal grandfather in the park where I was part of the community garden team 60 years later!! Circa 1954 Our house at the time is the one just out of shot on the right. Now gone to make way for the Croydon Crown Court. |
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Question about credit.
(Message 1842466)
Posted 15 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Post moved to it's own thread for better clarity. |
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Question about credit.
(Message 1842464)
Posted 15 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Upon reaching my 1,000,000 credit yesterday I printed out a certificate, but it is only showing credits from Nov of 2005, Well a couple of points, your sign up date shows 24th November 2005. So only credit from then will be shown. Perhaps you had another user ID Second SETI@Home only started in 1999 so you could not have been processing work units from SETI@Home since the 1980's |
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News :
New SETI@home donation project on Bitcoin Utopia
(Message 1841506)
Posted 11 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I do wish people would read all the posts. To quote myself https://www.hobbymining.com/mining-hardware/ You will get nowhere with an ordinary PC even with a modern GPU. You do need a dedicated Bit Coin miner which in itself will set you back several hundred dollars/pounds/euros and be quite power hungry. In the very first post Eric says If you've got mining equipment and want to help out, please join the effort. |
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Word Link # 91
(Message 1841504)
Posted 11 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: stones |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1841362)
Posted 11 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: In any case this has been a good flame war the mods have allowed, so good for free speech rights! But I think it might be time to get back on topic. |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1841279)
Posted 10 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Or how about this So the Jews should be kicked out of Palestine because their ancestors originally settled it, then they left, so they can't come back? So the Palestinians should be kicked out of Gaza by an invading horde of Jews with an army? Yeah right!! Perhaps context is important. PS that is how I read what Gary posted. |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1841274)
Posted 10 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: IMHO Not used enough here In My Humble Opinion there is nothing wrong with the left. See how I state my case but do not say it is 100% true everywhere. Some here should try it sometime Most of what is said here are peoples "opinions" One can disregard the other without causing the world to end. |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1841216)
Posted 10 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd say having fun at the expense of another poster by deliberately mischaracterizing his meaning might fit into the above. Doing it over and over with many posters is a characteristic of an under bridge dweller. Well I have tried and tried to see what is wrong with what Gary said in "message 1834379" However all I see is him using the two opposite to make a valid point. Not sure what your problem is. All land everywhere belongs to those who have the power to control it now. What a mixed up world it would be if all land was returned to the control of the descendants of those who originally settled it, if they even still exist. +2 So the Jews should be kicked out of Palestine because their ancestors originally settled it, then they left, so they can't come back? I don't see that as a racist statement. I suppose I am reading it wrong. |
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News :
New SETI@home donation project on Bitcoin Utopia
(Message 1840987)
Posted 9 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Having had a look around it seems that if you want to make more than $1 a year you need specialist Bitcoin "miners" Have a look here. https://www.hobbymining.com/mining-hardware/ Note this paragraph. Bitcoin Mining Without Hardware? |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1839971)
Posted 4 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: Chinese drivers in Chinese trains in the UK ????? Logically no Chinese trains or drivers Because of the different railway gauges involved, a single train cannot travel the whole route and the containers need to be reloaded at various points. Just Chinese containers. |
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Panic Mode On (104) Server Problems?
(Message 1839706)
Posted 2 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: If you checkout the Hosts in the Top 30 you'll find they have similar In Progress to Pending numbers. The difference becomes greater the Faster your Host is compared to the Average Wing-Person. Yes and it seems the 8 K80's are really in groups of 3, how else do you explain the machine creation times. 8159697 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:19:59 UTC 8159698 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:19:59 UTC 8159699 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:19:59 UTC 8159701 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:20:02 UTC 8159702 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:20:02 UTC 8159703 Created 10 Dec 2016, 19:20:02 UTC Two batches of 3, 3 seconds apart, not sure I could do that!! Also not all machines are running all the time 5 havent reported since the 10th, 11th and 12th of December . Seems it could be another "test" using SETI@Home to test new clusters of machines. |
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Web site :
SETILive not functioning properly, unable to login
(Message 1839332)
Posted 1 Jan 2017 by Bernie Vine Post: NOTICE: After 12-Oct-2014, live data will no longer be available. |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1839273)
Posted 31 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I just abused the power vested in me like many of our elected officials. What's the big deal? EVERYBODY DOES IT! But you decided to follow in his footsteps anyway. Happy 2017 |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1839268)
Posted 31 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A new year is about 30 minutes away as I start to type this. 2016 has seen my whole life change. From living alone with a cat of 17 years, to living with my 92 year old father as his sole carer I have never really thought about that phrase before I just typed it "sole carer" it is kind of scary and makes you stop for a moment. I have been here now for 4 months and I know from what my father has said I have made a positive difference to his life. It has not been easy, as I have had to adjust to living with someone else after all those years alone, and adjust and adapt to my fathers way of life as it is obviously for him I am here. It does have it's rewards when he says how much he enjoys some of the things I have done, and there are few places better for scenery and escape than the Isle of Wight. I am not sure whether I look forward to 2017 or not, I suspect it will not be any easier. I would just like to wish all in the same position as myself a peaceful and hopefully happy new year. Bernie. |
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US Elections 2016
(Message 1839262)
Posted 31 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I just abused the power vested in me like many of our elected officials. What's the big deal? EVERYBODY DOES IT! No they do not. I know many who would be insulted by you crass statement. It just says more about you than words ever can and is why I for one treat all your posts as _ _ |
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Time for a new Lunatics installer .....??
(Message 1839209)
Posted 31 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Richard hasn't posted for a week and as it is Christmas and the new Year I suspect he may well be away with friends and family. Or just taking a well earned break. I am sure he will devote his free time to a new installer just as soon as he can. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1838788)
Posted 30 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: My car windscreen this morning Isn't nature wonderful. Even better as I wasn't going anywhere in the car!! Also very misty this morning. This is a shot across the estuary. |
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Your favorite tv shows 2016
(Message 1838671)
Posted 29 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting in that for several reason this is the year I switched from "over the air" TV to online and catch-up. I have joined Amazon Prime which has a large array of good TV and Films to watch and an even bigger choice of films and TV you have never heard of!! My favourite series on Prime has to be The Man In the High Castle, which is an Amazon production but in my view is better than a lot of the standard TV available. For "broadcast" TV I have been watching the Chris Tarrant Extreme Railways which I believe is only available on UK Channel 5. I have found I wait till the series has been broadcast then you can watch them all online as and when you want, I have just watched the first two episodes of series 3 again, because I can :-) Also a very modern stand up comedian, Dave Gorman's "Modern Life is Goodish" I saw the first series on TV ( a channel called Dave!!) and have been able to catch up with the next 3 series online. It takes a lot to make me laugh but he manages it! All this reminds me of a book I read many years ago called Being Digital, which discusses the Negroponte Switch Which is now happening. |
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I am hereby announcing that I shall never leave the project.....................
(Message 1838539)
Posted 29 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go "Comfortably Numb" with a slightly different lead guitarist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xXeT2N-_YE |
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(Message 1838102)
Posted 27 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Also not all apps will run on a Chromebook as it runs a different version of Android. I believe. |
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Word Link # 90
(Message 1837824)
Posted 25 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Board |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1837812)
Posted 25 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of cute red squirrel pics for Christmas, taken yesterday. Because it was a bit wet I didn't fill the feeder up the night before like I usually do. Look of shock and horror :-) But it did manager to find a few bits of walnut. Plus a nice pic of the green woodpecker, which hunts for ants on the lawn everyday. |
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TLPTPW 260 Amelia?
(Message 1837694)
Posted 24 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning. One and a half hours into a power cut. Apparently a main HT line is down. Seems my dad is considered a "high risk" as the electricity company have called to check he is OK and to tell us that it should be restored in about another hour and a half. Typing this with my mobile phone tethered to my laptop. Have just had a "hunt the torch" spree to find dad has half a dozen, all with dud batteries, luckily he had some spares. It is dark here now, not quite the way I expected to be spending Christmas Eve!! |
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(Message 1837669)
Posted 24 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: For anyone reading here who is not aware of Nebula and what it may mean for SETI@Home I suggest you look here. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_forum.php?id=1511 |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part IV
(Message 1837668)
Posted 24 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: May I just say. Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practised within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all; Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2017, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, colour, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes. (Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.) Bernie. |
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What are you listening to?
(Message 1837520)
Posted 23 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: "Did she make you cry. Make you break down. Shatter your illusions of love. And is it over now do you know how pick up the pieces and go home" Gold Dust Woman |
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(Message 1837365)
Posted 22 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I am sure the whole world feels a lot safer now. Donald Trump: US must greatly expand nuclear weapons |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1837346)
Posted 22 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well Chesterton has been busy again today. Amtrak 29 went through a while ago with this at number 3 in the consist. Yep 4604 Siemens SC-44 Charger no idea where it is going or why, but they are apparently starting to be introduced to traffic next year. Of course now you can get to see it from both angles. Be interesting to see where that ends up. Also a little earlier there was a 17 loco power move!! At number 6 was this EX Indiana Railroad SD90MAC now NS 7337. For those not into trains that is known as "patched" it has a new number but still shows the previous owner. Apparently Indiana Railroad was leasing these units and decided to let 4 go, NS bought the 4 Indiana Railroad NS SD9043MAC's so they can convert them to an SD70ACU. So there you go! |
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(Message 1837301)
Posted 22 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Time to rescue this thread from page 2 :-) These days as I have to be flexible for my dad, I do not always get to watch the cameras, however I did have a "first this week" I also don't automatically "record" all the trains like I used to but these days the "rewind" function is working a lot better so when I saw a fairly ordinary mixed freight pass the camera I didn't really take much notice, CEFX 1043, proceeding a just a bit more than a walking pace!! Then at position 73 (yes I went back and counted) was this. CP 8724, first time I have see "distributed power" at Chesterton. I have seen it on the Cajon pass cams, but not this far east before. The train was 125 cars and took over nine minutes to clear the crossing. Then yesterday I saw this at Chicago Virginia Railway Express carriages in Chicago, I wonder what they were doing, brought by Metra perhaps? Metra also are the subject of the next picture. The Metra line that runs past the camera at Chicago is the "BNSF Railway" to Aurora. Now this normally has F40PH's in the standard blue and red, however recently a couple of these have appeared. Unfortunately my broadband here refuses to run the Chicago camera in 720p and I have to drop back to 480p , so I cannot see the numbers and don't know whether these are repaints, or brought in from other lines. |
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BAH HUMBUG!
(Message 1837229)
Posted 21 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: 1. maniacs on the roads. Well you should try living in a small village on an island 1.Yes I agree at least 3 extra cars on the road today when I took my dad to the bank (Making a total of about 5) Oh and a whole 1 person in the bank (which only opens Mon, Wed and Fri, and not till 10 on Wed!!) 2.Well yes there was long queue in the Post Office 3 people!! and I had to wait in the chemist (pharmacy to those across the pond) for a good minute :-) 3, Ah yes, there was this lorry driver in the queue for the ferry feeding the seagulls, that is pretty risky round here. 4. See 3 5. Hmm 6. Well now they all seem to be happy here. This snap taken this very afternoon (which was grey and overcast hence the washed out look) As a footnote this will be my first Christmas away from my hometown for 20 years. PS the population of Yarmouth IOW at the last census in 2011 was 865. Compared with Croydon south London at 376,000 |
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UK Nations fined by FIFA for poppies
(Message 1836985)
Posted 19 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: However; In 2010 a group of British Army veterans issued an open letter complaining that the Poppy Appeal had become excessive and garish, that it was being used to marshal support behind British military campaigns, and that people were being pressured into wearing poppies.[29] In 2014, the group protested by holding an alternative remembrance service: they walked to The Cenotaph under the banner "Never Again" with a wreath of white poppies to acknowledge civilians killed in war. Their tops bore the message "War is Organised Murder", a quote from Harry Patch, the last survivor of World War I It seems there are others that seem to agree with FIFA, veterans no less. And an interesting fact Poppies were first adopted by the American Legion to commemorate American soldiers killed in that war (1914–1918). They were then adopted by military veterans' groups in parts of the British Empire: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand The whole problem revolves around the fact that the Royal British legion are the beneficiaries of all the poppies sold and they not only help and support veterans but also support current troops in the field. So, many see that as wrong and political. Armies are after all political. |
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(Message 1836850)
Posted 18 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes it may well be the Windows update that has changed something So what is you idle CPU %, have you checked? If it is anywhere near 25% as Jord said, as soon as the Boinc screensaver starts it may push the load above 25% and it will immediately stop again Your other screensavers will not be affected as they have nothing to do with Boinc or CPU loads. |
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BOINC 7.6.33 improved AMD GPU detection
(Message 1836805)
Posted 18 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I am confused I thought 7.6.33 had been the standard download for the last 10 days. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11342&postid=74678#74678 |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1836746)
Posted 18 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Misty and very still this morning. This is the ferry approaching Yarmouth Also saw this on a lamp post. A dewy web. Isn't nature wonderful! |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#4)
(Message 1836524)
Posted 17 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it at all possible that some of you could stop with the juvenile name calling. I really think this thread needs a day or so to cool down so people can stop attacking each other with almost no discussion of the subject of this thread' Why is it some of you just seem to wish to get "one up" on other posters. I see very little real intelligent discussion here. The moderators try a little "give and take" in these threads to allow the discussions to flow. However I see that many don't like this so I suspect we will have to moderate "by the book" Which could well mean a lot of the previous posts would disappear. |
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(Message 1836475)
Posted 17 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The only computer in your account hasn't contacted SETI@Home since September 2015. So you have no work to process so the screensaver will not run. Restart Boinc and post the first 30 or so lines for the log here. To find the log, go to Tools then Event Log and highlight the first 30 or so lines, click Copy Selected and post here. If it was working up to two weeks ago then you have more than one account and this is not the one you crunch under. |
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Word Link # 90
(Message 1836314)
Posted 16 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: cold |
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Problem with BOINC_7.6.33
(Message 1836147)
Posted 15 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I assume you have actually clicked on "SETI@Home" under project. It is not selected automatically. |
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Beer Drinkers Thread part 26
(Message 1836125)
Posted 15 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Now as some of you may be aware I am currently residing on the Isle of Wight. There is a brewery here on the island today in the local store I noticed. Yep "Wight Christmas Ale" It is not too bad but not really worth the £3.59 a bottle I paid when on the next shelf is Hobgoblin for £2.50, which in my opinion is better. Still got to support the local industry, so time for another bottle I think For those of you interested in ingredients: Cheers!! |
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Weather Forecasts IX Not Another Ice Age Please
(Message 1836118)
Posted 15 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm having a strange problem with Weather Underground's website. A couple days ago, I stopped being able to see my personal weather radar or webcam, but I discovered the problem seems isolated to Internet Explorer, Edge, and Safari. It works fine on Chrome, but I haven't tried it on Firefox. Can a few people check and report back with your Browser's results? On Firefox radar was OK camera didn't show. Hit F5 and both now OK. On Chrome I don't get radar at all. |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#4)
(Message 1836058)
Posted 15 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This is a thread about climate change funnily enough so if we could get back on subject, rather that attacking each other. Personally I think this sort of sums up the problems on theses forums I only attack a persons Political, Economic and Social beliefs. Not their Religion, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, etc. Might it not be better to try and engage people with positive arguments as to why their way is wrong and yours is better. Rather than "attack" Attack is what I see from many here. If a person will not listen to reason, they are not likely to respond in a positive way to an attack. But feel free to carry on, and be glad you can, at least for now. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1835394)
Posted 11 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Gordon I can relate to a feeling of guilt but a bit different for me. I really never got on with my father. I was a child of the 50's my father had fought in a war and returned home to a fairly bleak UK. He had very strong feelings as to how he saw the world and as I grew into my teens I found that I was starting to see things differently. The "swinging sixties" were a complete anathema to my father. Long hair and loud music that I was part of, just went against all he believed in, and probably more importantly to him, fought for. I did not see things his way and left home as soon as I could to get away. My mother was the one who kept the family together, so I did visit . When my mother died in 1982 at the age of 58 my father was devastated, and so was I, but I could not bring myself to share the grief. When 5 years later he married my stepmother, she was instrumental in trying to bring us together again, also my partner at the time was always pushing me to see my dad. So I did visit him and my stepmother several times after they moved here to the island. The rift was not 100% healed but we did at least get on. My stepmother died in 2010 and my father was devastated again. Perhaps it is other peoples grief I cannot handle as I found his phone calls to be so totally depressing that I started avoiding them. It was 2013 before I made the effort to visit him again and to be fair it was OK, but I still found his views and outlook on life to be so opposite to mine I kept the visits short. His heart attack in November 2015 made me realise that perhaps I needed somehow to "make up" for not being a good son. I originally intended to visit him more often, however it became apparent that he really could not cope on his own and there came a day when it was perfectly clear to me I really had to do what I could to make my fathers last years as easy as possible. I now don't think it was guilt I just felt I was acting as a son should. However in the years before I did feel guilt as I know I avoided contact with him. The past is the past you cannot go back and undo things, however I believe what you do now and in the future can make the guilt and pain of the past less. I am going forward each day happy that I am able to help my dad whenever he needs it. I am not going waste these last years feeling guilty, and neither should you. |
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(Message 1835390)
Posted 11 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of not so sharp and clear pictures as I am used to but interesting (to me anyway)' Yesterday it was very misty, but saw this coming down the Solent The ocean going tug Sirius, bound for Lisbon apparently. First tug I have seen since being here. Then today I was much too far away when I saw this. The Border Force vessel Valiant. The reason I didn't know it was coming was the AIS seems to have been switched off. The last recorded position was a month ago in the Clyde!! I wonder if they switch the AIS off occasionally so the bad guys don't actually know where it is. |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1835275)
Posted 10 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: So today I was watching the squirrel on the feeder, it is so common a sight now I don't always take pictures. However I was watching as this squirrel was taking single hazelnuts in the shell and disappearing to the end of the garden to no doubt bury it. I was waiting for it to return when from above on the trellis it appeared again Or was it? This time it sat and eat it's way through 3 walnuts before I suddenly saw the first squirrel returning it climbed up and whilst I stood there without taking a shot chased the other one away. So proof as I suspected that there are a t least 2, problem is looking at the two pictures and allowing for a difference in light, can I tell them apart. Well yes if this squirrel turns with its left side towards the window. You can see behind the ear a dark scar, So I can definitely say there are at least 2 red squirrels visit my dads garden. I also think the second one is lighter in colour. From never having seen one a few weeks ago now two at once. I suspect having a good supply of nuts has helped. Now all I have to to is try to pictures of the two together, not easy as they do not seem on friendly terms. |
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(Message 1835151)
Posted 10 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it is the individual team page being discussed here not the all teams page. There is a discussion about the new site here https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=80569 Where I have now posted about this problem. |
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(Message 1835148)
Posted 10 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Also just a small thing, but on the individual team page it was selectable to display teams results in either RAC or Total Credit order. Now it just displays as Total Credit order and RAC is not selectable. |
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Word Link # 90
(Message 1835052)
Posted 9 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Logan's |
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RIP Greg Lake
(Message 1834842)
Posted 8 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Grek Lake from Emerson Lake and Plamer has died aged 69 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38251936 His voice and guitar were very much part of my life back then!! Still You Turn Me on From the Beginning |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1834837)
Posted 8 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you to those who have posted here and for the messages. Things are always a bit easier to deal with in the light of day. Even though I have been here for three months now, it can still be a shock when I learn a bit more about how helpless my father has really become. I was very positive today, making several little changes and including him by asking him to do something to help. Which he did, without complaining. Hopefully he will see that I really am here to try and help, whatever the problem. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1834705)
Posted 7 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been sitting here with this page open for some time just staring into space. The realisation has started to come that I do not know what is going on inside my dads head. While on a daily basis things seem OK, I am finding some of his behaviour just a little odd and slightly secretive. I will not go into details here, but after tonight I am really going to have to watch all he does more closely, which being the person he is and because of his upbringing I know he will hate. I understand that when you get old your body doesn't work the way it used to and I can come to terms with that, I am not sure he can. Sorry if it doesn't make much sense I just needed to "offload". And that is the most difficult part, being here on my own. I think a glass or two of wine may well be in order. |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1834599)
Posted 7 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems the new squirrel feeder has met with approval. First a little investigation. Then a hazelnut. Which was immediately buried. Followed by several more, then onto the walnuts. The most difficult bit about taking these pictures is to select the best ones as I tend to take quite a few. |
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TLPTPW 260 Amelia?
(Message 1834471)
Posted 6 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Post outage post. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1834388)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This camera shot appeals to me for a couple of reasons. First it is Amtrak's California Zephyr which is train 6, in this instance pulled by P42 number 6. Which is also unusual as the 6 normally is double headed, when it left Chicago on the 30th, 189 was leading 6, wonder what went wrong. It was also over two hours late so I suspect that was when 189 failed. Secondly Chicago kind of looks festive, with the lights and the light covering of snow. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1834371)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Moon Zappa was born Moon Unit Zappa |
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Word Link # 90
(Message 1834370)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Moon |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1834304)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I see by the last picture that you're trying to get her hooked. ;-) Yes it was rather prominent. That was only a temporary arrangement to see if the squirrels would use it. I have now moved on to phase 2 A Wight Squirrel Project feeder. Currently I have left the lid open so they can get at the nuts easily. Apparently they have no trouble lifting the lid once they know what is inside. At the moment a mix of peanuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and walnuts Hopefully some pictures soon. |
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(Message 1834297)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: When I tried to post to that thread it said I have to have minimum average credit to post. Average credit of 3,589.93 isn't enough? If you look at the RAC under this name you will see it is 0 So you have logged onto the site under the other account/email address. As Rob said to prevent fraud you cannot combine accounts. It is not the username that matters, there are many identical users at SETI@Home, it is the e-mail address. Use a different e-mail address with a new computer and you will create a second account and never the twain shall meet. |
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(Message 1834296)
Posted 5 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: silent |
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Weather Forecasts IX Not Another Ice Age Please
(Message 1834137)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just be glad you don't have to face this; Chesterton Indiana just a few minutes ago. |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1834086)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: OK cute squirrel pics warning!! Having now volunteered my services to the Isle of Wight Red Squirrel Trust. I have a bit more information on what to feed them. I started small a few hazelnuts and some sunflower seeds. Well the hazelnuts were very popular. Sat in the dish and eat them all. Sitting back occasionally with paws across stomach . And occasionally looking toward the window. But mostly just enjoying the nuts. Amazing. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1834083)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well time for a few pics perhaps. Firstly this looks like just another shot of yet another Lake Shore passing Chesterton. Except to "anoraks " like me it is unusual. 711 is not a P42, it is in fact a P32AC-DM. The DM standing for "Dual Mode" i.e 3rd rail electric and diesel. If you look closley in the center of the bogies (wheels) you can see the red conductor shoe, which 186 doesn't have. It is one of the locomotives that work in the tunnels in and out of Penn station in NY. They normally work around NY, Albany and upstate NY. The Lake Shore is in fact P32AC powered to and from Albany. I suspect this one is going to Chicago for a repaint into "Empire Service" livery. joining 701, 704, 707, and 710. Just happened to see this yesterday NS 8105 ES44AC in Interstate heritage livery. Interestingly the two guys by the track "high fived" after it had gone past, so made someones day. If you are currently not in Illinois you may not be aware it it snowing quite well So here is my first "snow train" of this winter in Coal City IL Was waiting for a train at Chicago but very quiet there today. Finally a I saw a strange thing today at Chesterton, that was not train related. Just what is going on here. They were there for perhaps 30 seconds then all flew off at once and did not return. |
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Exclusive app
(Message 1834071)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A quick question. As you may be aware I watch several streaming web cams, crunching will often cause problems with the video. Obviously I can stop crunching while watching the stream, but I often forget to restart boinc. Also I could make my browser (google chrome) an exclusive app, that works fine but means I cant crunch if chrome is running even if not watching the stream Is there any way to stop crunching when I am on a particular web site? |
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(Message 1834065)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it is this page. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_status.html Where there is no user name on the right and no way to get to the user page from any drop down. |
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Windows 10 closing session
(Message 1833999)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: New thread created to move post to NC |
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Can I get the old layout back
(Message 1833998)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I want to get back the old layout of the site. How can I do this? You cannot get the old layout back. However if you use Firefox you can adjust the colours. Have a look here: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=80613 First post by TimeLord04 I believe there may be similar extensions for other browsers. |
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12-3-2016 - Using Color-That-Site for Firefox.
(Message 1833997)
Posted 4 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: And of course it works either way. If like me you don't now like the BOINC Dev site you can chage that too. Happy fiddling :-) |
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Weather Forecasts IX Not Another Ice Age Please
(Message 1833608)
Posted 2 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A veritable heatwave here +3C this morning. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1833547)
Posted 1 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: OK two posts in a row I know, but the subject matter is rather different. Today I had cause to take an almost "coast to coast" trip. Now anywhere else that would seem like a long trip, here on the island it was 17.4 miles. I went to Ryde in the east, where I discovered, Railway tracks, and possibly a station. To be fair I did know about this it is called The Island Line and is all that is left of a proper passenger carrying railway. However it has a few interesting features, the terminus in Ryde is at the end of this Ryde pier, why you ask, would you take a train to the end of the pier, well if you look closely there is a catamaran moored on the end of the pier and it provides high speed service to Portsmouth so you can catch a train to London. In fact the timetable lists London Waterloo as the final destination. Also to a Londoner the trains look strangely familiar They are London Underground 1938 stock. There is even a tunnel. Which is not high enough for standard coaching stock hence the ex-underground stock as it fits the tunnels. I didn't have time today to go to the end of the pier, which by the way you can drive down. Hopefully I can do that on another sunny day. |
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(Message 1833538)
Posted 1 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Today was very clear and cold, because I had things to do I went for my walk before the sun was fully up. There had been a hard frost over night and the road up to the old fort looked like this. It is very exposed here with the sea just a hundred yards or so to the right and no buildings close. From the fort looking east you should be able to see the mainland to the left and Yarmouth to the right Not today a large bank of mist was in the way. Even a little way inland the frost had made the hedgerow look very seasonal. When I got into Yarmouth, I could here the approaching ferry sounding its horn but could see nothing till it was quite close. It was the rising sun that made for the best pictures. Looking out across the River Yar estuary Not sure which is my favourite. Probably the second one. |
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Posted 1 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I subscribe to e-mail from the Heritage Units website that tells me when a "heritage" or unusual train has been spotted within 25 miles of Chesterton. Mostly I read them well after the train has passed. However today I read it before the train got to Chesterton. Now it was 3 am at Chesterton and you don see much at that time, however this particular train was difficult to miss Apologies for the quality but the camera couldn't cope Yes the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train It looked a bit better live but unfortunately as it was at a strange time I was using my main machine and had forgotten to suspend crunching, so the recording is very jerky!! A longer view from the other cam, the loco is CP 2246 which is a rebuilt EMD GP20C-ECO Even at 3 am there were some people waiting. |
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(Message 1833434)
Posted 1 Dec 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it is a cold -2C and misty start to December her. |
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(Message 1833376)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the superliner mystery rumbles on. Today the 381 to Quincy looked like this Normally has three horizon and an Amfleet cafe Today 3 SL coach. Even stranger the 391 to Carbondale looked like this While you can't see the first car due to the glare it is a diner, followed by 2 sleepers?? (Don't often get a double superliner meet on the old airline, that is of course 58 The City of New Orleans) Followed by 4 coach. So I assume the diner and the 2 sleepers were there just to make up the wheel-count. On wonders why?? |
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Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Guys, if you expect someone to donate - you'd might want to consider FIXING DONOR LIST. ;) The problem has been reported. |
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(Message 1833312)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: OK as I have posted a few trains in the other thread time for another ship here!! This is the Trinity House tender and buoy layer Galatea. Passing Yarmouth harbour, framed by the masts. And I like this as it looks as though the cormorant that has just landed on the wall is waving!! While this may belong in the "critters" thread I rather liked the way this came out as I had to shot it "blind". It was sitting on top of the trellis above the level of the window so I had angle the camera up and take several shots, luckily some came out OK. |
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(Message 1833310)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting with apparently just 24 days to Christmas. |
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(Message 1833308)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's a frosty -2C here on the Isle of Wight but clear blue skies with a forecast high of 6C. I bet it will fell a lot colder on my walk along the sea wall later!! |
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(Message 1833307)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Today 2 P42's and 13 superliners, stretching back out of sight. As it happens I did video the complete train and as you say it was, trans dorm, sleeper, diner, lounge, coach, coach, coach baggage, then the final 6 were all standard coach. So possibly not another train, but more like holiday extras. Unfortunately I never see the City of New Orleans depart as it leaves at 8:05 pm (2:05 am here) so do't know if it had extra cars. |
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Posted 29 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well whilst the next two pics are interesting and both concern the old IC St. Charles Air line Unfortunately I don't currently have the time or contacts to find out the "backstory". I have either Chesterton or Chicago on in the background all day so I don't see everything, but I did notice these two. Yesterday the coal empties came across the airline at Chicago Now whilst CN owns the line I think this is the first time I have seen CN in the lead as it is usually UP or BNSF. Today it was The City of New Orleans that caught my notice. Normally one P42 a baggage car and 5 or 6 superliners. Today 2 P42's and 13 superliners, stretching back out of sight. I wonder what that was all about. Trouble is not being in the loop I miss out on the useful info. |
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Posted 28 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Unless you install a browser extension that allows you to change website colours. |
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Posted 28 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As this has turned into a personal slanging match I will lock this post for a cool down |
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Posted 28 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Circular |
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(Message 1832922)
Posted 27 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick couple of pictures,; As a side effect of putting nuts out for the squirrel, it also attracted a few birds right outside the kitchen window. A sparrow first then A blue tit close up. Also last week I saw a raptor circling and swoop just near the old boatyard, I lost it in the hedgerow, then I saw a bird fly up and land at the back of the boatyard. It was just a brown blob to my eyes but I pointed the camera, zoomed in and got, A Kestrel enjoying lunch!! Finally another for the red squirrel fans |
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Trying to get back into remembering the times of all the trains I used to watch!! Today saw a nice pairing on The Lake Shore Ltd through Chesterton. An older P40(upgraded to the same spec as P42) 822 in Phase III livery, leading no 42 the Veterans unit. Nice thing is that with the upgraded east camera, you can get a good shot from both angles, arriving and departing. Nice. PS My favourite colour scheme is, I think the phase 3 as the stripe fits in with the baggage cars |
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Criminal with Kevin Costner. Some of the scenes were shot in Croydon. If they kept the scene where Costner goes into a small shop, that was filmed about 3 minutes walk from me. And the CIA medical facility is the old Croydon Art College |
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(Message 1832655)
Posted 26 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: In honour of the "hated" forum overhaul, I thought I would post another pic of the "hated" blue and " Platinum Mist" boring Amtrak trains. This one at least does a "Heritage unit" at number 2, 184 in Phase IV colours. The California Zephyr yesterday. As an explanation for those who may not read all the threads, I have had to temporarily move in with my 92 year old father on the Isle of Wight to help him cope on a daily basis.I put aside everything I was doing back home After nearly 3 months I am slowly getting used to the daily routine and am hoping to get back to watching the cams now and then. One problem was I had to get broadband installed, then I had problems getting a reliable connection in the spare room and finally had to run cat 5. So now I at least have a stable connection. I wont be able to get back to the level I was before as I just don't have enough free time. |
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Posted 26 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Crystals |
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(Message 1832499)
Posted 25 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: From this point on, there's no idea to say "we don't have time", when someone wonders why the staff can't post a short message when something goes wrong. As in a lot of organisations, the person who makes changes to the website does not necessarily know what is happening on a daily basis Strangely for me the darker background makes it easier to read and I am 65. |
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(Message 1832480)
Posted 25 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Is your back ground black now With white lettering? Mine is and have no clue why It is the "new look" for the forums. Whilst I like it, it migfht have been a good idea to let people know in advance |
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(Message 1832479)
Posted 25 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: How wierd, I personally find all white screens much to bright and difficult to read. I was immediately struck by how much better on the eys the darker background is. Looks grey to me not black. |
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(Message 1832362)
Posted 25 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not being 100% happy with the quality of the red squirrel pics. Today I decided to use my Canon EOS600D. Here are a couple of results Once again taken through a double glazed window, but slightly better quality I think. Since I took those I have moved the dish round to this side of the pole so hopefully might get a bit more squirrel that just the head. |
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Posted 24 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As it is Thanksgiving and this thread hasn't had a boring blue and silver train for months here is one now. Amtrak 3/24 leaving Chicago this very afternoon at 2:pm CT. As it happens the last time I looked at any of the Railstream cameras was 3 months ago just before I left for the Isle of Wight. Still not sure if I have enough free time to do what I did before but I may watch now and again. Just to make me feel at home even on Thanksgiving UP 1985 was hauling the empty well cars to who knows where. |
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(Message 1832200)
Posted 24 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: and I installed the latest Geforce driver, 275.95 I hope that was meant to be 375.95 :-) And if it is this machine 7747511 It hasn't contacted SETI@Home for nearly 24 hours. |
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(Message 1832145)
Posted 24 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes yesterday. |
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(Message 1832038)
Posted 23 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I am going to post here as this is definitely a critter. Now as you probably know I am now temporarily living on the isle of Wight and as I believe I mentioned the island is one of the sanctuaries for the UK native Red Squirrel. Which has been pushed out almost everywhere else by the American grey, which eats the same food and lives in the same habitat. The 3 mile stretch of water called the Solent has so far kept the grey off of the island. It is in fact illegal to release a grey squirrel on the island, if caught can land you with a £5,000 fine or two years in prison. This week I finally got round to setting a web cam to watch the bird feeders close to the window here. The web cam can't see the one feeder with the nuts in, but suddenly I saw a bushy tail just on the edge of frame and crept into the kitchen to see. Unfortunately I had to take these through the double glazing so not a sharp as they could be. After prising a nut from the feeder, it then hung upside down to eat it. It then did stay still long enough for a better shot. One web site I looked at said this Not many of us will be lucky enough to have red squirrels in our local area, let alone visiting our gardens, but if you are one of the lucky ones, here are a few tips on helping them. I was able to stand in the kitchen just a few feet away and watch for several minutes as it feed. I have a couple of videos I may post later. Yes I do feel very privileged to see such a rare normally shy animal. I am probably going to try and get a proper squirrel feeder and will perhaps be able to get a web cam to view it. |
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(Message 1831871)
Posted 22 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting after breakfast |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part IV
(Message 1831758)
Posted 21 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Beware of the ugly stuff being introduced to this msg board also. Personally I think it is time SETI@Home moved in to 21st century with its public face. I like the change, but of course at the moment you don't seem to like anything. Still different opinions are what make things interesting. |
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Posted 18 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Brother |
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Posted 18 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Life |
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Posted 17 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Brothers |
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(Message 1831017)
Posted 17 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As I finally have reliable internet (ran some cat6 cable from the router to the spare bedroom), I shall post a few pictures. Whilst I knew nothing about the "supermoon" I took this picture late on Sunday, I just liked the way it silhouetted the tress in my dads front garden This one might be better in the "critter! thread, however for many years now my dad has had a seagull that turns up regularly in the morning to be fed. If the food in not there it comes and stares in through the glass kitchen door. Whilst on the subject of birds, I have seen fleeting glimpses of Pheasants in the garden but not managed to get a good shot of one till last week, when one came right up to help himself to the birdseed that spills from the feeders. I had to take the picture through the glass door as it ran off. Since coming to stay with my father here on the Isle of Wight, I walk everyday along the seashore to the nearby town of Yarmouth. On Monday while crossing the Yar swing bridge I just happened to catch the ferry between the mast of the yachts in the harbour. |
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(Message 1830993)
Posted 17 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Fields |
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Posted 16 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone wishing to read the RAIB report go HERE |
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(Message 1830820)
Posted 16 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: so please be discriminating when looking to penalise genuine bad behaviours +1 |
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(Message 1830804)
Posted 16 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: To be clear, you're saying spammers are creating accounts, crunching data to gain RAC, then aborting all results all so they can post spam in RAC-protected areas of the forums? Well so far no spam has appeared. Also spammers in the Q/A forums get permanent bans. I thought it was more to do with getting their user names noticed. |
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Posted 12 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I would prefer to wait for the RAIB (who I have the greatest respect for) to make a statement. Remember the tram system is "light rail" and was designed to be more like "busses on rails" There are very few signals none at all on the "off road sections" as trams are driven like busses, i.e line of sight and you can often see trams running one behind another at stops with only bus like distance between. There are signals at some junctions to show the way the points are set, and signals where the tram has to cross a road. These consist of a horizontal line made up of 5 white led's for stop, which changes to a vertical line when the tram can proceed. The signals are obviously linked into the road traffic signals. I do not believe the system was ever designed to deal with the sort of junction that exists at Sandilands. The 50 mph to 12 mph change seems to be too severe and perhaps the preceding section needs a lower limit. There are reports of over speed here before. As I said I wait with interest for the RAIB report and recommendations. |
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(Message 1829573)
Posted 10 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: OK adding a little more information, now they have said which way the tram was going, it seems the slope was not a factor. In this picture The tram had come round the curve from the right of the picture and the front of the tram is nearest the camera. Having ridden these trams many times, I too am a little surprised at the number of dead and injured. I suspect it may be due to quite a few people standing, I rarely sit down. |
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(Message 1829567)
Posted 10 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have move all the post I think belong to this topic. If I have moved any that do not please let me know. |
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(Message 1829558)
Posted 10 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Something a little different. This is just for anyone in the UK There is a company in the UK called Sam Knows that provides information about broaband providers. In 2008 SamKnows was awarded a contract by Ofcom, the UK's telecoms regulator, to begin a new project researching and collecting accurate data on fixed-line broadband speeds. I have been one of the volunteers for several years now. What happens is they send you a "Sam Knows" whitebox (mine is a TP-Link router) that has their software on. It is wired between your PC's and the ISP router, it collects information on a daily basis about up and downstream throughput, latencey and packet loss and reports them to Ofcom, also each month you get an e-mail so you can see how your broadband has performed. I have just had an e-mail asking if I know anyone who might be interested in joining. If so apply HERE NOTE this is only for UK broadband and all those that apply may not be selected. |
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Posted 10 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: One |
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Posted 9 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Would be nice to know what those factors are. Having ridden a tram many times down that very gradient, my feeling always was it was too steep for trams and they often seemed to go too fast. That is the point where the trams from/to Croydon, join/leave the old Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway which ran in a very deep cutting. The trams descend from street level over a very short length to run on the same rail bed as the old trains. However if you notice on some of the photos of the accident you will see very sharp curves. The tram line joined the old line at 90 degrees and separates into two tracks one runs south and one north following the line of the old track. So not only a steep slope but a very sharp bend at the bottom of the slope. The RAIB have said the tram was going to fast, if it was coming down the slope as it appears from the pictures then it would almost certainly derail. |
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst on my daily walk round Yarmouth, now very quiet off season, I did not expect to see this. Now those of you across the pond will no doubt recognise the ubiquitous Ford Crown Victoria, that for over ten years until 2011, was THE police car of choice. As it happens that is what this one was as it had the "Police Interceptor" badge on the back And judging from the number plate, which I have hidden for privacy reasons, was registered here in 2008. Wonder why someone would go to all that trouble and cost to bring one to the Isle of Wight. Last one I saw was somewhere slightly different in 2012 Not of course forgetting it's other job as NYC Cab, last one of the "homegrown" cabs, now replaced by mostly Nissans. PS all the pictures are mine. |
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Super |
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Posted 30 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The Man in the High Castle, on Amazon Prime Interesting. |
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Posted 28 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Freeze |
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Posted 28 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Batman: Arkham Asylum. Computer Game. |
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Posted 23 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday as it had been a sunny afternoon I decided to got up to the Fort Victoria to see the sunset. It was quite spectacular, and I think I might use one of the pics as my screen wallpaper As you can see the sunset has moved quite a few degrees SW since the ones I took a month ago. It is also and hour and 15 minutes earlier!! I returned home and just happened to glance at the ship map and saw the something very interesting was due to pass soon. So putting on a thicker coat (it is very chilly up at the fort), I went back up. There in the fading light was the biggest ship I personally have ever seen. The 84,000 ton passenger ship MV Arcadia en route to Cadiz in southern Spain. Totally dwarfing the IOW ferry passing astern. I was worried that the fading light might make taking a good pic difficult, but this little camera never ceases to amaze I have to admit when you see one of these ships close up like this it is an amazing sight. I kept taking pictures . I think this is my favourite as the Arcadia really does sail into the sunset. I stood there watching for a good while not wanting to break the moment. |
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Posted 23 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread is getting personal and with the OP unable to defend themselves this thread will be locked. The OP can ask for it to be unlocked upon their return |
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Posted 21 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well from busses to er ships.. why not. I keep my second PC with the screen open on Marinetraffic.com luckily ships don't move as fast as trains so I can usually get up to the fort in time to see it pass. This is a somewhat unusual vessel that passed through the Solent today. THV (Trinity House Vessel) Galatea. Currently employed with buoy laying. I did see it at a distance at the weekend. Here a lot closer. Passing Hurst Point Light, en route to ST Ives Cornwall, with the buoys in evidence on the rear deck. |
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Posted 20 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think here in the UK outside of London green is more prevalent. Southern Vectis the island bus company is light and dark green This was taken today. And they use very narrow county lanes!! PS Vectis was the Roman name for the Isle of Wight |
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Posted 19 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I keep meaning to post a pic or two here but it photobucket is such a pain these days. I finally got round to uploading a few. The weather here on the Isle of Wight has been a bit changeable. This was an interesting sky last week.. Then a day or two later the wind got up a bit. Luckily I didn't get wet on my walk! In the absence of any local trains, I have taken to watching for the more interesting ships and boats. There are several websites that show the position of most ships in real time. This is the Sea Cadet Training Ship Jack Petchey, manoeuvring in Yarmouth Harbour. On weekends, the yachts come out in force, this one caught my eye. And in full sail. No doubt a Doctor fan. This picture I quite like, taken at Colwell Bay on Sunday. The Trinity House buoy laying ship Galatea passing the needles ahead of the rain. The "season" here is nearly over, but as the island's main industry is tourism, there are still a few events. This past weekend there was a "Beer and Busses" festival, where older busses were running eleven special routes all round the Island stopping at various towns and villages that had pubs that were all serving "real" and "local" ales Yarmouth had two routes passing through and I saw a few old busses, amongst them was this A 1953 London Country AEC Regal This morning I noticed an interesting ship had moored overnight just outside Yarmouth harbour. It was the Dutch 3 master Eendracht And occasionally the combination of light and sky, can make even the mundane interesting. The Whightlink ferry Whight Sun the 10:05 saling from Yarmouth to Lymington |
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(Message 1824549)
Posted 15 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: It's been brought to my attention that elements of my opening post here are liable to be viewed as a gross breach of a vulnerable old lady's right to privacy. Surely only if it is someone who knows you or you mother personally. I suspect my father would not be over the moon to discover what I have said here, but just having somewhere to post my thoughts, somewhere I have posted for nearly 10 years, makes things easier. No one here knows my father or is ever likely to. My father is probably 80% "with it", just age has left him unable to cope with everyday tasks. I am not sure I could cope with a situation like yours. I believe we all share Gordon's feelings "I don't want the end for her to be in a nursing home, and I am doing my best to make sure it won't be." It is why I am here, it is all we can do. |
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(Message 1823682)
Posted 12 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Is there an update to this thread? Check here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_status.html On the top right you can see: "Replica seconds behind master 0" Meaning the replica is running and instep with the master. If you look at your account you should now see it is up to date. |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1823511)
Posted 11 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it has been five weeks since I moved in with my dad. Overall it has been a lot easier than I had thought. My dad is still mobile and likes to do things for himself. However his main source of enjoyment, watching TV has also proved to be a frustration. He has had a PVR for many years and was able to set it to record the programs he wanted. Earlier this year it gave up and a friend got him a new one. This of course came with a different remote and a different menu and settings and as his eyesight is really poor he has not been able to get to grips with it. I have been able to help by setting it to record his favourite programs. Of course I have to set it to playback as he just cannot manage the remote. Lately he has started to become totally confused between "live" and "recorded". He had been watching a recording and came in to ask me if I could switch it over to live as he wanted to watch a program the announcer had said was on next. When I tried to explain that he was watching a three week old program and the program he wanted was on three weeks ago he became even more confused. This happened again a few days later, when I once again tried to explain, he said, "why do they keep announcing programmes no one can ever see" Then on Sunday he had managed to get the tv onto his favourite channel without my intervention. After several hours of watching he came in and said "this Sherlock Holmes programme keeps going, it hasn't stopped yet". Quite sad for me to see. I know he had been able to record and watch programmes when my stepmother was alive but now he just cannot grasp it. Also living "out of town" he has had to rely on friends and neighbours to take him shopping as he cannot walk far. He fell out with one neighbour and lost her help and has been restricted in the last year to a once a week trip, so he has become a hoarder, if he uses one of something in a week he has half a dozen stored, if he uses something everyday he has a cupboard full! Slowly he is coming to realise I walk into the town everyday and I have a car and can get whatever he wants whenever he wants. His fridge struggles to keep cool as it is always totally full to bursting. Hopefully, now I am here I can slowly get things onto a more normal level. Gordon mentioned that it is important to be able to relax, I am extremely lucky that my father picked such a beautiful place to retire. With my love of photography and walking I have been able to relax and enjoy my surroundings. My only regret is that my dads eyesight does not let him share in my pictures. So far it is a positive experience tinged with sadness as I remember the man my father was. |
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Windows :
Tasks page not updated since 5 days ??
(Message 1823252)
Posted 10 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: When lokking at the (my) tasks pages, I don't see anything more recent that 05 october ! Have a look here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=80364 |
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WU do not appear on website
(Message 1823222)
Posted 10 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello, I can understand about replica DB and stats. But I see my credit increasing and my RAC changing ! You ongoing credit and RAC is supplied from the main database. However the user stats are supplied from the replica to lighten the load on the main database. Hundreds of users looking up their latest figures was slowing the main DB down so this function was transferred to the replica. As the replica is down and will be till it is rebuilt from the main during the Tuesday outage, do not expect to see any change till at least Wednesday, |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1823018)
Posted 9 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Many of you may remember I have posted several pictures of the common grey squirrel. Extremely common around south London What you also may or may not know it that along with loss of habitat the imported grey has almost totally wiped out the domestic red squirrel in the UK. Except in a few places. The Isle of Wight being one. Today as I was reversing my car out of my dads driveway, I finally saw this on the neighbours lawn Wonderful!! "The Isle of Wight is one of the few places in England where the red squirrel is flourishing, with a stable population (Brownsea Island is another), and unlike most of England, no grey squirrels are to be found on the island" |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1822836)
Posted 8 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This time, it's helping Trump. Which of course is the whole idea. |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1822834)
Posted 8 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Any man who says he has never engaged in such a conversation regarding a woman is either a lying hypocrite or Gay(no slur intended) Wow, I obviously belong to a different generation, or different class of man. I have and never would use language like that when talking to other men. I have heard that sort of language from others, who I held with the deepest contempt. You have a completely different way of looking at women and it is not good. just goes to prove what several women have said on these forums. Sexism is rife and seen as perfectly OK to admit you behave that way!!! |
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(Message 1821973)
Posted 5 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I realise that some of you are not able to discuss things without getting personal However can you please try, difficult as that may be. |
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(Message 1821479)
Posted 3 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Is that the ship "Sir David Atenbrogh" is replacing Bernie ?? ( all that sh#te with boaty mc boatface ) No this is only 3 years old and replaced the previous "Discovery III". So this is actually Discovery IV and as far as I can tell the newest in the fleet until the RRS Sir David Attenborough arrives possibly in 2019. |
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(Message 1821348)
Posted 2 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Today as I went for my daily walk along the shore I spotted an interesting looking ship on the horizon. Even at that distance it looked a lot taller than the tankers and coasters I usually see. I judged it would pass me just before I turned inland and it did. The RSS(Royal Survey Ship) Discovery, just left Southampton en route to Liverpool. Total one of a kind. Now that is something you don't see everyday in South London!! |
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GPU applications :
[WIN10] GPU missing
(Message 1821269)
Posted 2 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You are probably using the graphics driver installed by a Windows update, Windows drivers do not have OpenCL support as Windows doesn't require it. Go to the Nvidia website and download the latest driver from there. Only ever use Nvidia drivers if you are processing Seit@Home work units. |
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I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law. #3
(Message 1821124)
Posted 1 Oct 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again a thread descends into name calling. It might be nice if the debate could continue without resorting to swear words, even edited ones. Thank you. |
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GPU tribulations
(Message 1820910)
Posted 30 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Please no more red-x of the posts that you think need to be moved, each red-x creates an e-mail to all the moderators. I know there are posts that need to be moved but it is a time consuming job. If there is time they may be done later just not right now. Thank you. |
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GPU tribulations
(Message 1820848)
Posted 30 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have moved the last 50 posts to here. However there are probably another 100+ and each one has to be moved individually. Also each move creates a separate e-mail for all the moderators!! So I will leave it there unless there are any specific post that you think should be moved to here. |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1820269)
Posted 28 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't understand the rules when Glenn gets away with that stuff and others have been censored or banned for the same thing. It is called a "red-X" if you really think all the moderators have the time or inclination to read through all of these post well sorry. I do my best but with the amount of posts recently, I and possibly other mods rely on being alerted to possible breaking of the rules. As a moderator shall I tell you my least favourite task each day? Reading the Politics Forum. Please keep this in mind before accusing the mods of bias. |
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Hillary Clinton - the next president of America?
(Message 1819611)
Posted 25 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As usual these threads descend into personal attacks It would be nice if people could just discuss, without name calling. But I suspect it will never happen. If you all have quite finished can we please get back on topic. . |
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(Message 1818961)
Posted 22 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I had heard that the sunsets at Fort Victoria can be pretty spectacular. So this evening I took a stroll there. The sun sets at the moment directly behind Hurst Castle on the mainland. It was quite cloudy but there were lost of breaks. This was what it looked like when I arrived. Slowly the sun dropped below the cloud and I got this. Finally the sun dropped below the horizon There were quite a lot of people there and it was quite a spectecal. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1818953)
Posted 22 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl is a video game |
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Word Link # 89
(Message 1818952)
Posted 22 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Chernobyl |
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Word Link # 89
(Message 1818921)
Posted 22 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Web |
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intergalactic quotes 2
(Message 1818869)
Posted 22 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Ford Prefect: "I read of one planet in the seventh dimension got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards. Got potted straight into a black hole, killed ten billion people." Is that not Star Trek The Voyage Home |
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Web site :
Tasks running but they don't appear on the website
(Message 1818599)
Posted 21 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Tuesday is the SETI@Home outage day for maintenance and backups. When it returns the replica database is often lagging the master. As the replica is where the users queries go they will lag by the same amount. Anytime to see what the delay is go here Server Status Page And look at the "Database/File Status" where you can see any delay. |
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A Windows 10 update that blocks OpenCL use
(Message 1818596)
Posted 21 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think you will find that this is due to Windows installing its own driver which does not include any OpenCL component. This has been going on for a while now and there are several threads about it. You need to reinstall the graphics driver for your card from the Nvidia website. |
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Crimea 7
(Message 1818591)
Posted 21 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have noticed that this thread is turning into a personal name calling session. Please remember this is supposed to be a discussion forum. So discuss the message not the person. Please no more name calling, and that includes "flooder" Just because you disagree with someone doesn't automatically make them wrong. Find reliable evidence to support your view. Thank you |
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Caring for others - tips and hints, support and strategies, or just plain offloading
(Message 1818044)
Posted 18 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Annie, I cannot imagine how you cope as well as you do. Now I am caring for my dad every day I find it totally different from what I expected. Whilst he is 92 he is still fairly "with it". It is mostly his mobility and eyesight that I am helping out with. However his short term memory is not all it was. He has 7 pills in the morning and 2 at night, all sorted by me into a 14 compartment pills box. It is really difficult to get him to remember the evening ones and if I ask if he has taken them I feel like you, I can't go and check because he would get upset. He also cannot get the hang of recycling rubbish, I am an avid recycler and here we have have separate places to put things, now instead of pointing out that cans bottles and paper go in a different bin to the other rubbish, I just have to check now and then to see what he has thrown in the wrong place. I think my most important function to him is to be able to come to the rescue when as he has trouble seeing the TV remote button he gets totally lost in the mass of channels now available, I can find the correct channel or more importantly navigate the menu to play old recorded episodes of Heartbeat. I think if I never hear that tune again it will be too soon!! He is fiercely independent and really didn't want me coming here, luckily he has seen the benefit I can be. The worst thing for me was finding out how badly he has lost control of his money, and to me seeing my father in that light really hurt, he is a proud man and cannot remember how it got so bad. Luckily I am hoping to restore control. Still as he is 92 all I can do is try to make his twilight years as easy as possible. Thinking of the strong independent man I knew and seeing him now brings tears to my eyes. My one thought is he is my dad, I will do what I can. |
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(Message 1818042)
Posted 18 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice, Quick question: When you've settled in, will you still be providing photos on the train thread? Well to be perfectly honest I don't know, looking after my dad is not too stressful but he does have routines and I leave myself free to be able to help out as and when. Unfortunately because of the distance from where this computer is to the router I am not able to get a good enough connection to watch streaming videos for long periods. However things might change, too early to tell. |
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(Message 1817996)
Posted 18 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As I have previously mentioned I am currently living on the Isle Of Wight, just outside the town of Yarmouth. Everyday I go for a walk along the shore to the town and back again. Today being Sunday there were a few pleasure seekers about. They certainly don't hang about. As I got closer to Yarmouth I noticed across the marina an unusual vessel moored at the pier. It appeared to be a paddle steamer, not a lot of those about. In fact it was The PS Waverley The very last ocean going passenger carrying paddle steamer in the world. Fittingly moored at the end of the only operational wooden pier in the British Isles. As luck would have it she cast off and moved away. She was on a pleasure trip from Southampton, Yarmouth, Bournemouth, Swanage and Weymouth returning this evening going "round the island" I like this last picture as the regular Isle of Wight ferry stops to let the Waverley pass. PS. I would post more pictures but Photobucket is just so slow it is annoying and none of the other picture sites allow me to put all my pictures in folders the same way as PB does. |
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Is Donald J Trump a Rapist?
(Message 1817681)
Posted 16 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As this thread has degenerated into childish name calling it will be locked for a cool down |
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can't edit my profile
(Message 1817096)
Posted 14 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: i've been a member of seti for years, Not on this account it was just created today |
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Hillary Clinton - the next president of America?
(Message 1816739)
Posted 12 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Can we please keep to the subject of the thread. Personal attacks are not constructive. |
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Getting started :
Please explain the graphics to me.
(Message 1815373)
Posted 6 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst this is quite old I believe it is stil valid Screensaver Graphics |
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(Message 1815236)
Posted 5 Sep 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: So no longer residing in south London, I now call the Isle of Wight home on a semi permanent basis. I will be staying with my father who at 92 is starting to need someone on hand to help. Today I got broadband installed which seem to work just fine, however trying to connect to the router from the spare room is posing a few challenges, wi-fi is a bit weak and "powerline adaptors just don't work. However I will attempt to post a few pictures that have taken longer to upload to photobucket than I am used to. Just for those who may not have seen one this is a Lymington to Yarmouth Whightlink ferry, the same one in fact that brought my overladen car across last week. Picture taken from the Yarmouth pier. One of the tourist attractions some may have heard of is the Needles, a rock formation of the western tip of the Island. I decided to have a look on Sunday afternoon. To get there you have to walk down a road to the Needles Battery, looking back you can see the cliff of Alum Bay Famous for its multicoloured sand. The needles apparently take their name from a thin pillar called "Lots Wife" that collapsed into the sea back in the 18th Century That is the first view you get and yes that is a lighthouse at the end, however it has been automatic since 1994. The "battery" I mentioned earlier was just that a 19th century gun emplacement to keep the French away form our shores, expanded later and used right up to the end of WW2, What I did not know was that in 1951, it was taken over to test rocket engines!! Known as the High Down rocket test site The remains of which have been preserved by the National Trust Including a lot of the underground rooms. However as I wandered around looking for any signs of the old rocket test facility I saw this. Note the black "plant" marked by the arrow. Closer inspection revealed 20 or so cut off co-ax cables, quite an odd thing to see on a National Trust property. This end of the battery also gave one of the best views of the Needles, including the gap where Lots Wife used to stand. All in all a pleasant and instructive afternoon. I took a lot more pictures, hopefully when I sort out connection here I will try to post some more. |
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Getting started :
How come I cannot post anywhere else ?
(Message 1813803)
Posted 30 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I assumed you were aware what the project was all about. It is called SETI@Home because it allows the scans from the telescopes to be converted into work units that can be "crunched" by home computers. In the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. The processing of work units on home computers is the prime reason the site exists, all the forums and discussions are really secondary. SETI@home was the first and is the largest distributed computing project and has nothing what so ever to do with "bitcoin" I am not sure what you expected. |
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Getting started :
How come I cannot post anywhere else ?
(Message 1813738)
Posted 30 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You have to have a computer connected to the project. Which currently you do not. That computer has to download work units and process them. Then return the results. All work units are sent to two computers so that they can be verified. Once this has happened you will receive "credit" for the work done. You will then be able to post in the main forums when your RAC or Recent Average Credit, is more than 1. This is average credit over time, so to continue to be able post you have to continue to process work. The arrangement is to stop advertising and other spam on the main forums. This area of the forums does not require credit to post so newcomers such as yourself can ask questions. Hope this helps. |
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SETI@HOME - php web application errors
(Message 1813029)
Posted 27 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: mine works too My ID 812533 Also 6 digits |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1812935)
Posted 27 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting that the song "Take it easy" allowed Winslow AZ to start a tourist trade after the town was bypassed when I-40 replaced the famous Route 66 The statue in the picture is Jackson Brown who co wrote the song with Glen Frey. And a topical event On september the 23rd a life size brone stature of Glen Frey will be unveiled in Standin' on the Corner Park |
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Number crunching :
Validation pending
(Message 1812793)
Posted 26 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Be aware that as some "hoarded" WU's for the start of the WOW event, the same will happen for the end, so that they can take a huge leap in the last hour. I would guess the hoarding is starting now. It will be interesting to see the difference after the finish on Monday. |
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(Message 1812487)
Posted 25 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Having just returned from a quick visit to the Isle of Wight, my soon to be temporary new home(don't ask) I thought I would post a few pics I took on my regular daily walk. Sea and sky, always look good in my opinion The Isle of Wright, sitting right on the Solent gets a lot of shipping passing by heading to and from Southampton. Yesterday was the restored fishing smack Excelsior This morning as I was catching an early ferry home, I went for an early walk and caught the first ferry arriving from the mainland under a pre-dawn sky. I walked down to the old fort at the end of the road and rounding the corner saw a cloudy sunrise over Yarmouth, with the old fort pier in the foreground. It was pretty spectacular, here a closer view. You can't really see sunrises like that in Croydon, too built up. Another thing I don't see on my walks around Croydon (even in the parks) are these. I also found that rabbits are not the easiest to get good pictures of in the early morning light on a long zoom!! I took quite a few pics but these were the only two to come out. I am hoping for enough free time to visit one or two of the other photogenic places on the Island. Time will tell. |
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(Message 1809916)
Posted 17 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Liked the way the grass came out in this pic Almost all the shots I post here are from my Canon Ixus 265 HS I have a belt pouch and it goes everywhere with me. |
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(Message 1809688)
Posted 16 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a few from the park. This one was a few days ago. The contractors who maintain the parks have struggled this year to keep the grass cut. My park especially has had all sorts of different attempts, finally the got the big guns out. Liked the way the grass came out in this pic The growth in the park has been amazing this year with just the right amount of sun and rain so everything went mad. This is my favourite wall in the walled garden on the 1st of May And today And finally I was taking some pictures of our flowering tobacco plants when this chap came towards me. Luckily I always carry a few peanuts, which he happily accepted. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1809680)
Posted 16 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Another wildfire near the Cajon Pass The train on the camera is stopped and one right near the fire has been abandoned. This was about 20 mins later |
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Politics :
Hillary Clinton - the next president of America?
(Message 1808952)
Posted 13 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A little reminder, please discuss the issues and leave the name calling and personal accusations out. Thank you. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1808836)
Posted 13 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, Ashland looks like a perfect model railway project. Thanks for the shots. Yes it is isn't it. However things do not always go to plan as far as passengers are concerned. Here is a group waiting for the train (indicated by the white arrow) However it is not the train they are expecting Worse the train they are expecting is arriving but on the other track Now much has been made of the length of freight trains in the US so I expect the passengers were a bit worried as to how to catch the train. Well luckily it waited the whole 3 and a half minutes it took the freight to pass. However the passengers had not worked out that they needed to be on the other side, so once the freight had passed, they all had to walk to the front of the train where to cross the track to board on the correct side. That was perhaps a bit comical, this however was definitely a safety concern. Passengers are crossing the track to board the next train. However they seem to have left it a bit late!! This lead the engineer/driver to agitatedly sound the horn and Ashland is a "quiet zone" no horns allowed. He actually had to come to a stop short of the station to let the stragglers across. I know Ashland is an "unattended"station but both of those incidents would likely involve the RAIB over here due to the potential for injury. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1808789)
Posted 12 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I look forward to seeing UP 4104 in steam again. Here is a quick one whith some blue in it!! Just gone through Folkston The CSX Officers Car Special or OCS for short. I assume the train CSX uses to impress potential customers!! Powered by two F40PH's |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1808583)
Posted 11 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This is a "Grey American Amtrak trains" warning. If you do not wish to view any of the above please browse to another page immediately Thank you. .............................................................................. As most of you know I am a bit of an Amtrak fanatic since finding a web can site that allowed me to watch the comings and goings of about 10 Amtrak trains a day. I have happily been doing so since December 2014. When in July this year the webcam site suffered a bad power failure while the owner was on a cruise, it meant no web cams for over a week. This led me to look around and discovered a second site, this allowed me to see a further 8 Amtrak trains a day. I have posted pictures here from both sites. There had been a rumour on the second site that they were about to have two more cams that would add even more Amtraks. Well this week they arrived. Just about here Here is a town called Ashland in Virginia about 2 hours (by train) south of Washington and on what might be termed the "bottom of the North East Corridor". No Acelas or overhead wires here. Courtesy of Virtual Railfan.com This is looking north. And this is south Another American town built around the railroad, however this one still has a working Amtrak station that has 12 stopping services a day and as many through trains. The station is the building in the centre of the north view. The trains of course are too long for the station and stop, well here. Yes the train block the crossing, mostly it is only for a few minutes. This was the 67 yesterday, Boston to Newport News Most of the Florida services pass here even the Auto Train So now I can see both, this is the 53 heading to Florida, it passes the other cam in the dark. When the trains pass the south cam on the nearest track it's about as close as you can get without being there. Specially if the light is right. I have to admit to liking these cameras, it adds about 18-20 trains to my list, however it is impossible to see them all and still have a life!! PS. The streetlight in the north cam view will be not be problem as this is a temporary spot for the cams, they will be moving to the next door building and going up a bit higher. |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1808460)
Posted 11 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The current ruling class needs to be broken up if we are save this country. Ahh yes socialism's first move. Definitely left wing thinking |
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Number crunching :
Problem after updating windows: GPU missing on SoG applications
(Message 1808089)
Posted 9 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the fast responses. As I said, if you installed the anniversary update, it is a complete re-install of Windows 10 and it installs the Windows driver, which has no OpenCL. I have just upgraded all 6 of my Win 10 machines and it happened each time. When doing a major upgrade in Win 10 I always suspend BOINC and then after the upgrade check the BOINC log and you can see the error. |
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Problem after updating windows: GPU missing on SoG applications
(Message 1808086)
Posted 9 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If you did the "Anniversary Update" it installs the Windows drivers that do not have OpenCL As Mike says just install the correct driver form the Nvidia website. I had to do it to all 6 of my machines!! PS Just seen Wiggos post, I had the driver update prevented, on all machines it was the upgrade to version 1607 that did it. When I ran O&O shutup, driver updates were still prevented. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1808041)
Posted 8 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally a Siemens Charger has made it to Chicago. On the arriving 6 today IDTX 4604 Front And the whole thing. Not really a lot to see. Not sure where it is going, have to wait and see |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1807941)
Posted 8 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Smoke in the sunrise. Fire seems to have died down a bit. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1807839)
Posted 7 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just noticed this on the Cajon Pass camera Large fire to the south east (I think) |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1807838)
Posted 7 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like we have quite a few Setizens who have a good eye for a picture!! A couple more from me First "Towers and Trees" Taken yesterday from the north end of my local park, the tower is called Altitude 25 It even has a wiki!! This one is the Victorian water tower at the top of Park Hill and actually inside the park A little info HERE Finally I was standing in the old pavilion and just happened to notice the sun shining on several spiders webs in the old windows. |
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Two Accounts, But One Gets The Credit...
(Message 1807833)
Posted 7 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The answer has not changed since you asked it before in 2015 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76643 There is, unfortunately, no way to merge two accounts with different e-mail addresses. What you needed to do was attach your computer to SETI@Home with the new email address in 2004. |
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(Message 1807548)
Posted 6 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: & possibly for extra safety, how about a DVD or Blu-ray disk? Well I did at first consider DVD but it would require nearly 30 DVD's to store the 220GB the "My pictures" folder currently is ( there are also a few videos in there), and around 5 Blue Ray discs. I don't have and do not want a blue ray recorder. So currently they are stored on my main machine, my server and a removable HDD. I will have to hope that is enough. |
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Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject
(Message 1807497)
Posted 6 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: PS At the last count my "pictures" folder on my PC had over 42,000 pictures. Oh yes, I have them all backed up on my home server, plus I brought a USB HDD specifically to back them up. It is only connected when backing up, rest of the time it is off line. So they exist in three places. Time to add a picture or two, perhaps, butterflies. I volunteer for the local Community Garden project in my local park and walk there every day. A couple of weeks ago saw this butterfly on one of our posters. A red admiral, also another one A Comma, due to the white mark on the wing I am actually off to work in the garden this morning so may post a few more pictures later. |
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(Message 1807495)
Posted 6 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I don't hear a "shriek" at all, just what sounds like a rhythmic escape of steam. Still my hearing is not what it used to be. Just looked at another video by someone else taken on Sunday and 41312 is making the same "steam escape" noise between each two smokestack puffs. I am guessing it is something with that particular type of loco. Whilst 76017 only appears in the "run around" it does not appear to make the same sound. I do actually have two videos of 76017 both unfortunately out of focus and it does not make the same noise in either. |
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(Message 1807392)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: It's seems the weather is better now in England then it was when I was there about 40 years ago:) Correcct!! And as they say the weather is always better on the Isle of Wight!! |
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(Message 1807388)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Indeed the second picture is Hurst Castle and Hurst point lighthouse in Hampshire. So where I am taking the picture from? |
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(Message 1807364)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: For some reason I think of Malta when seeing the pics. No, definitely England, I travelled, by road about 100 miles from South London. |
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(Message 1807348)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Seaweed:) Come to think about Nori. Next time I am there I will scrape some off a rock for you :-)) |
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(Message 1807346)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a one of my hobbies is photography (I carry a small Cannon Ixus on my belt at all times) I might just monopolise the thread. However to continue here, another couple of pics taken yesterday. And a clue to where I was. This is my dads garden No not a real goose on the lawn. This one was taken less than 5 minutes walk from where my dad lives. PS At the last count my "pictures" folder on my PC had over 42,000 pictures. |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1807342)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The one of the beach is wonderful. I've never Well it is moss as well as seaweed and algae Here is a bit closer |
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(Message 1807334)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: And yet another video!! Now back home with high speed internet and a better computer, I have joined together some of the action from the Mid Hants Railway. Quite long as I just love the sound of real steam. https://youtu.be/NQFAqCwI4m8 |
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(Message 1807312)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Seeing as how there is no "picture thread" I thought I would post these here Taken yesterday. I like this one because it really could be anywhere. However all I did was turn right 90 degrees and took this. Which is obviously "somewhere", any offers as to where? |
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(Message 1806790)
Posted 3 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: [quote]snipped... Yes you are correct, I thought I had removed that! I was looking up too may things on Google!! I blame hotel Wi-Fi and no mouse, I don't like touch pads!! |
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(Message 1806737)
Posted 3 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I have been to the NRM and enjoyed it. I found all those magnificent machines together under one roof somehow a little sad. Many of them will never move under their own power again. I much prefer the "living museums" we have in the shape of the preserved railways. In fact I visited a new one for the first time yesterday The Mid Hants Railway or Watercress Line The line runs 10 miles from Alton to Alresford with the stations of Meadsted and Ropley in between. This time of year they run two steam engines and old Southern Railway coaches. This was the engine for my first trip Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2 41312 Back in steam since January this year. As many will say there is nothing quite like standing next to a working steam loco, and here on the Mid Hants the staff drivers and firemen were passionate, several young children were given tours on the footplate. However it is the whole experience that makes it special. I haven't ridden in a carriage like this since I was a schoolboy. And stations like this disappeared over the years. Because the line has no turntable or wye, the engines "run around" the train for the return journey, but always face in the same direction. Here is 41312 returning to Alton facing the the "right way". Here is the other engine doing the "run around" at Alresford It is BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 76017. This was the carriage I traveled back on. And 41312 running around. I actually took quite a bit of video, however I am currently using "hotel" Wi-Fi and it has taken ages just to get these few pictures uploaded. I will hopefully post a video or two when I am home again at the weekend. |
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The Last Person To Post Here Wins - 256
(Message 1806451)
Posted 1 Aug 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As a note a banished persons post do count towards the total. However hidden posts do not, so the total will drop if posts are hidden and there were hidden post in this thread. PS Thread now locked per request. |
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The Way Ahead
(Message 1805588)
Posted 29 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Quite, Sir; I wish to make it very clear, that it was Your Excellency, who wanted to continue with this; I did not: I hid your name calling but then decided it was best if you were allowed to speak. All you seem to be able to say is the idiotic "xenophobic simpletons" line, old news please move on. As was said before this thread is called "The Way Ahead" but you seem stuck in the past. I can see that I am wasting my time here. |
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(Message 1805584)
Posted 29 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Very good, Sir. By all means, go on trying. Where did I do that? |
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(Message 1805569)
Posted 29 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Facts are no insults. Once again the no nationality poster using old stories to try and get their worn out point across. A lot of things were said, however unlike you, the UK is now trying to move forward, it wont be quick but if you represent the European mind set it would seem to be a good move. I take not one word of what you say about my country seriously as you xenophobically continue to hide yours. |
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Babylon 5 actor Jerry Doyle dies aged 60
(Message 1805395)
Posted 28 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Farewell Michael Garibaldi. Babylon 5 was one of my all time favourite shows and he is 5 years younger than me. RIP http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36918773 |
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(Message 1805334)
Posted 28 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: No wonder the UK is the nation of xenophobic, racist simpletons it has become. Once again the poster who admits no nationality thinks it is quite alright to insult others as they know no one can argue back. What xenophobic way to behave. |
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(Message 1805215)
Posted 27 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Rather than fill this thread with pictures of grey trains. I have created a couple of Flickr albums for the VR Cameras Cajon Pass and Folkston GA I will add new pics when I see something worth uploading. PS there are a couple of blue trains and I think an orange one as well :-) |
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(Message 1805121)
Posted 27 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not looking very good here. GT 640 is quite good enough for me, and it should be good enough for SETI@Home. |
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(Message 1805011)
Posted 26 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry, yes there was one solitary driver crash and recovery in the event log. Usually I would expect to see more if it went on 100 times for 3 WU's However you are probably right, I forgot this is Vista!! Win 10 seems to be more forgiving, any number of driver crashes on Win 10 does not usually result in errors. Advice on best driver for this setup? |
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(Message 1804987)
Posted 26 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just started up an older machine in advance of the WOW event. 7181449 It has been running OK for 20 or so hours. Then I got 3 tasks all failed with this. Error: Getting Platforms. (clGetPlatformsIDs) BOINC assigns device 0 WARNING: BOINC failed to provide OpenCL device, using own enumeration abilities ERROR: OpenCL kernel/call 'clGetDeviceIDs (second call)' call failed (-32) in file ..\..\..\src\GPU_lock.cpp near line 1128. Waiting 30 sec before restart... Priority of worker thread raised successfully Priority of process adjusted successfully, below normal priority class used About 100 times then task fails with too may restarts. Any advice as to the cause. I have restarted the machine and it is crunching OK at the moment. |
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Weather Forecasts IX Not Another Ice Age Please
(Message 1804865)
Posted 25 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The weather here is South London has been very "changeable" over the last few weeks, extremely hot, heavy rain, hot, rain.. rinse and repeat. Just saw the sunset from my kitchen window. Not sure if that is good or bad for tomorrow. |
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Raccoon Update XXIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1804864)
Posted 25 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I keep meaning to post this here. Twice a week I give IT lessons at my local 60+ Club. The club has a lounge with several chairs. A few weeks back I had the distinct feeling I was being watched. Those Raccoons get everywhere!! |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1804575)
Posted 24 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Islam is a religion of peace... Yes Christian nations are all of course nations of war, why else do they have armies and nuclear deterrents. |
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(Message 1804561)
Posted 23 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Muslim Nation. And where might this "nation" be located. Muslims are not the enemy please remember that. There are some who call themselves Muslims who are not, and who wish to see the west destroyed. They are not true Muslims!! It is people like you with statements like that who are helping DAESH achive their goal by spreading fear and misinformation. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1803984)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Sparrows in London have been in decline for many years now. http://www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/articles/the-decline-of-the-house-sparrow I walk in the park every day and never see any. |
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Word Link # 88
(Message 1803983)
Posted 21 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: decline |
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Cats Part II
(Message 1803815)
Posted 20 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not nearly as easy as for a squirrel. Quote Most people have noticed that squirrels can climb down trees head-first. |
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(Message 1803628)
Posted 20 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately I cannot actually understand all of what you are saying as the translations, either yours or Google translate, do not make total sense. You probably need someone like Mike to explain it in your own language. Mike is well respected here on the forums and he will be able to explain it. Please calm down and let Mike explain. Leider kann ich nicht wirklich alle verstehen, was Sie wie die Übersetzungen sagen, entweder Ihre eigenen oder Google zu übersetzen, nicht total Sinn. Sie müssen wahrscheinlich jemanden wie Mike es in Ihrer eigenen Sprache zu erklären. Mike ist gut hier in den Foren respektiert und er wird es erklären können. Bitte beruhigen und ließ Mike erklären. |
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(Message 1803553)
Posted 19 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You do of course realise that as the newer applications are developed (we have recently moved to version 8) that older data is sent out again for re-checking by the newer app. As the newer app can look at the data in more detail The newer Greenbank work units are all from this year, the way the date is recorded is a system used in many scientific fields across many countries. Remember just because it is the 20th of July not every other country uses the same calendar. |
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(Message 1803547)
Posted 19 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The list was put together by Richard Haselgrove and required time and effort and you obviously have never seen it before and dismiss it as rubbish Sorry but you are incorrect, data from all those yeas has been sent and returned. If you look at the Richards chart you will see 2015 in not "missing". And there are more. Are you suggesting that Richard made this up? |
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(Message 1803539)
Posted 19 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You might wish to look here where Richard Haselgrove has kept a record of all the tapes that have been split. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74238#1483744 As you can see data up to 2015 has been distributed. SETI@Home only gets data when others are using the telescope. We are also now getting Greenbak data which is currently prefixed "blc4_2bit_guppi" then a number which is a modified Julian date. See here for a converter http://www.csgnetwork.com/julianmodifdateconv.html From which you can see the tapes currently being split are 57451 - 03-04-2016 and 57403 - 01-16-2016 Also typing in all capitals is considered rude, please do not do it. Thank you |
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(Message 1803211)
Posted 18 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there I was waiting for Amtrak 79 to pass through Thomasville NC, when a fairly ordinary NS freight came through, after a minute or so I became aware that there were gondolas filed with something that was white and powdery and this was happening. As the train put on a bit more speed it got worse. And worse. Now whatever was in those wagons I doubt it should be breathed in. I assume it must have been breaking some rules surely?? |
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US Presidential Race
(Message 1802937)
Posted 16 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Which Polls should one believe? The one held on November 8th? |
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(Message 1802573)
Posted 14 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I am going to post a few different pictures today. These new cameras take a while to work out how log a train takes from the last stop before the camera to appearing. So I have spent a lot of time watching cars, people, wildlife and skies. As I mentioned Folkston GA is about as far south as you can get and not be in Florida, today while waiting for a very very late southbound Auto Train, I noticed the clouds. Here looking north. And here south I assume the clouds are forming over the Atlantic coast which is about 40 miles that way. Eventually 53 did arrive over 6 hours late and in daylight!! Clouds a bit thicker then. The most picturesque camera is no doubt the Cajon pass. As best just before sunrise. Looking east And looking west Just occasionally a late Southwest Chief complements the actual sunrise. It normally arrives at 4 am in the pitch dark!! As to wildlife, well I have seen a coyote, some very large birds(no idea what they were) and most often jack rabbits. Can you spot the jackrabbit in this pic. Hint, bottom left by the bush. |
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(Message 1802086)
Posted 11 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well having not had any "grey train" pics for a while here are a few. As I have said before, I enjoy trains for many reasons, one is the unexpected. Some of you may have heard of MARC - Maryland Area Regional Commuter. Which runs transport services in and around the Baltimore - Washington area. So it was a bit of a surprise when a few days ago the Capitol Limited, had these in tow. Not just two but four Four MARC Kawasaki bi-level cars bound for?? No one seemed to know just where or why these were going, then yesterday on the California Zephyr. Seems they may be bound for the Transportation Technology Centre in Pueblo, Colorado, still not sure why though. For those of you with money to burn and a relaxed lifestyle how about this. On the 4th of July Amtrak 97 (Miami to NY) had these on the back. A distinctive set of private cars. With a nice dome on the rear. A couple of days later on the 29 from Washington. Obviously dropped of the 97 at Washington and headed for Chicago. Then a day later on the California Zephyr. Off to the west coast. Quite a trip and one I would love to take!! |
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(Message 1801828)
Posted 9 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I would make a suggestion, as I have before, that posters and their personalities are not what is under discussion here. But I won't bother as these suggestion seem to be ignored anyway. It might be nice for an "outsider" to see some intelligent discussion on Mr Trump. No seen much recently. |
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Task gone
(Message 1799997)
Posted 1 Jul 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If I remember there was a problem like this a while back. It had to do with communication with the server. It's something like this: your machine finishes wu contacts the server for a replacement, the server asks how many tasks your machine has and at that point, the connection is interrupted, and the server marks the tasks as abandoned. If you look they were all abandoned at exactly the same second. I cant' find the old posts about this so cannot remember if any definitive reason was found. It was thought to be a bad internet connection of some sort. How do you connect this machine to the internet? Also you say Boinc is using 3.5 GB, where are you seeing this? Looking at mine the Boinc Client is currently using 8 megs. |
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(Message 1799734)
Posted 30 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well to continue to bore those of you who don't like blue and silver trains, this next picture is one I have been hoping for, for a while. All the Railstream cams are in towns and cities, where for instance you can watch the Southwest Chief leave Chicago, however till today I have never seen this. The Southwest Chief that left Chicago 2 days ago in the Cajon Pass CA, over 2,100 miles travelled about 120 to go. Passengers get a pretty good view. Contrast that with this. Where in the world!! Well, the Lone-star State, Fort Worth Texas, where if you look to the right you can just see #142 pulling the Texas Eagle 21(29) towards San Antonio, with tower 55 behind. This is actually a very busy crossing with 4 lines crossing at grade (that means on the same level apparently), and with the traffic whizzing past above it looks like a perpetual motion machine. Apparently the camera is mounted on the Morrison Supply Companies building. As for Railstream, well the site is back but none of the camera work yet. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1799663)
Posted 30 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Possibly the problem is "freedom" Freedom to do as you wish without any intervention. Now I have no idea how it works in the USA, but here, if you are diagnosed with any illness that might impede your ability to drive. The doctor/medical practitioner has to report this fact to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and the licence will be suspended or possibly totally revoked. This happened to my father when his eyesight failed. Medical conitions reportable to the DVLA I assume that this cannot happen in the USA because no one else has the right to know these things. To me the same rules should apply to firearms, pass a stringent test both practical and written before you obtain your licence and that licence lays down things like proper storage and that licence can be revoked for medical or criminal reasons. (same as a car) Now it will never stop the criminals, they will obtain what they need, guns vehicles tools etc illegally, but it needs to harder for them to do so. As I have seen, reading these threads that the "right to bear arms" is deeply embedded in the culture. However it seems that better control is required, but is not possible due to the Constitution, if that is so then this thread can go nowhere really. |
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(Message 1799651)
Posted 30 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Rather than name calling and playground antics, (which just results in hidden posts) is there any chance of constructive discussion. The UK has made a choice the thread is titled "The Way Ahead" How about discussing that |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1799606)
Posted 30 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want to ban a terrible killing machine, get rid of tobacco! Something various governments are trying to do. Obviously the big tobacco companies are taking them to court so it is a slow process. Here in the UK you can only really smoke in the street or at home in private. You cannot smoke in your car if there are young children present. You cannot even smoke in a company vehicle, be it car van or truck. Shops cannot display cigarettes, tobacco etc. they have to keep them behind closed displays I used to be a heavy smoker, had a warning chest problem in 2008 and gave up. So yes, slowly we are taking steps to get rid of it, but it won't happen overnight. Sorry if my comparisons were not clear, I had used the phrase "sole purpose" to try and point out what I meant. I had believed that for an intelligent discussion, people would get my point. I do not say that you need to ban guns, however just like a car, you should have training and need a licence. If that is not acceptable then drivers should all be petitioning for the abolition of any sort of driving tests and checks that they are fit to drive. |
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(Message 1799527)
Posted 30 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I might have watched on Railstream, but got totally absorbed in the new cams and trying to work out exactly what trains I could see and when. Which is one of the reason I am still up, apart from waiting for the 382 at Galesburg, so I could fill in at least one blank space. I discovered I could see the "unusual" which is always good. Here passing through Folkston GA a glimpse of the longest train that Amtrak run. Now most long distance trains run between 8-10 cars. As you can see this has a few more. In fact 15 superliners, but there was more. Yes 24 autoracks!! Meaning this is the "Auto Train" runs from Lorton Virgina to Stanford Florida, basically let you take your car to Florida, by train, handy if you live in Washington :-) I also managed to get a half decent shot of one of the North Carolina F59PH's 1869 to be precise. |
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Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1799406)
Posted 29 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well lets see: Are knives designed with the sole purpose of killing or injuring. No. Are hammers designed with the sole purpose of killing or injuring. No. Are cars designed with the sole purpose of killing or injuring. No Are guns designed with the sole purpose of killing or injuring. Yes. |
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(Message 1799397)
Posted 29 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie! (and anyone else who's interested) UP is cutting in their new signals and removing the old ones at Rochelle today. You can see some of the work, but not a lot of trains, on the web cams. Well unfortunately the Railstream site has been down since Sunday afternoon, apparently a power outage has done something nasty to the server and the site owner left for a two week European trip on Thursday. I know there is a free cam at Rochelle, but it is not quite the same. And they want my email address!! Having needed some distractions of late and having no cams I have been looking at the "opposition", a site called "Virtual Railfan" which has 9 cams in various places. The first I found was Thomasville North Carolina, this has a few nasty grey Amtraks, Notably the 79/80 Carolinian/Piedmont NY to Charlotte NC Quality not quite as good a Railstream, the Crescent, NY to New Orleans also comes through here but in the dark and the cams are just not up to that !! Also on this route is the North Carolina DOT service from Charlotte to Raleigh which while seeming to be an Amtrak service really isn't. Two F59PH-I's like this and 4 F59PH's (of which I have yet to get a good shot, the crossing gates a just too far away to hear and they come through at speed) However the best camera scenic wise is this Cajon Pass CA. They run long trains here 130+ cars seems the norm, and this is a "dual cam" so you get to see the other direction. Three on the front and two on the back. Mostly BNSF freight here but apparently the Southwest Chief 3 and 4 pass this way, but have yet to see them. Another Amtrak cam is the one at Folkston GA which has the NY to Florida trains The Silver Service/Palmetto this was the hour late 97 today There is another camera in Fort Worth TX but I haven't had a chance to watch that yet Hopefully these will keep me busy till Railstream returns |
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(Message 1798996)
Posted 27 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Please do not tempt me to think any further about "good riddance". Well why not, it is what you seem to think we are saying. |
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Arecibo still threatened with closure.
(Message 1798994)
Posted 27 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Please provide link to the Petition. The link was in Eric's first post. The petition was started on the 27th May and as the 30 days have elapsed and it only received 7,979 signatures out of the necessary 100,000, it has be closed and archived. |
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The Way Ahead
(Message 1798991)
Posted 27 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as you see the UK as full of xenophobic simpletons. And the rest of the EU is perfect, you should be glad to get rid of us. (Just don't look up xenophobia or racism for other EU countries.) |
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The Way Ahead
(Message 1798801)
Posted 26 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: "xenophobic simpletons" Nice of you to suggest that a few "xenophobic simpletons" represent 17,410,742 UK voters. Whilst is is inevitable that there would have been some racist bigots in the leave camp, suggesting that there are 17.4 million in the UK is just a bit extreme. |
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Britain Not In The EU. How Will It Effect You Personally?
(Message 1798717)
Posted 25 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Workers of the world, unite! Please note that in the UK, the big service and retail outlets do not have employees or staff they have "colleagues" |
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The Way Ahead
(Message 1798665)
Posted 25 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Never mind, peanut in a gallery, there is an explanation: You are not of course suggesting that everyone who voted to leave are "xenophobic simpletons" are you. |
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Cats Part II
(Message 1798453)
Posted 24 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: My companion for the last 17 years has finally found peace. Spitty my cat has had various problems over the last 8 months, she has has several teeth out and many examinations. Finally she was diagnosed just 6 weeks ago with an inoperable tumour in her left eye. The vet suggested having her put to sleep then, but it just didn't feel right, so I have been looking after her and giving her pain meds and she was doing well until this week when the pain was obviously too much and she tried to eat but gave up. I have just returned from the vet after making the most difficult decision of my life RIP Spitty free from pain at last. |
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LotzaCores and a GTX 1080 FTW
(Message 1798421)
Posted 24 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hopefully I will be able to get some good advice from Mike as was mentioned previously, Mike is currently on what you guys would probably call a "road trip" across your fair land. Whilst he does check in you may have to wait a little longer than usual. And unless he carries all those command lines in his head.... ;-) |
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Britons' Choice
(Message 1798351)
Posted 24 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread locked on request of OP. |
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8 The Beginning of the End
(Message 1798155)
Posted 23 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: We had a good storm here in south London last night, rain, almost continuous lightning but only distant rumbles of thunder. Rain has stopped at the moment Went to vote about 10.30 AM and whilst there wasn't a "queue" there were definitely more people than at the recent London Mayor election. |
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M E T Three
(Message 1797950)
Posted 22 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Moderator's... Personally when I read a thread and see the same few posters going round the same subject over and over again without really saying anything my eyes tend to glaze over |
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Britons' Choice
(Message 1797945)
Posted 22 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Tomorrow the Britons will choose their destiny. In or out. Hang together or disintegrate. Do you mean that if we leave the UK will "disintegrate" or that the EU will. If the latter then I do feel that might overall just be a good thing. |
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Average Credit Decreasing?
(Message 1797800)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I am running the Open Beta test: SoG for NVidia, Lunatics v0.45 on my main machine Since I started on the 29th May my RAC has gone from 6,459 to 10,034 It will drop a bit today as I have been running exclusive app most of the day. |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1797795)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have tried to clean up the thread a little. Please remember, your countries laws and standards are not everyone's. Just because someone lives in a country that has different laws and they defend them does not make them sub human. Constructive discussion does not involve insulting other posters or their beliefs or their country on either side of an argument. Please can we continue with a discussion, not name calling. Thank you. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797754)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: spice |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797726)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: watch |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797653)
Posted 21 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Down |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797362)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Will |
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Number crunching :
Donation problems
(Message 1797361)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Did you get a confirmation e-mail for your donation? If yes was that e-mail address the same one you use to sign in here. If you used a different e-mail address the the star will not show here, logically. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1797338)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Penny Lane |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797337)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Penny |
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News :
Arecibo still threatened with closure.
(Message 1797330)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Re: Funding. As I have said many times you can turn off your green star. As I do for that very reason. So it is not and should not be used as an indicator as to whether a person has donated. Also we all donate money when we crunch. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797328)
Posted 19 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Goodbye |
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Number crunching :
GPU units taking an absurd amount of time to finish
(Message 1797271)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: @Zalster Thanks for the response. If you look at your results for the GT730 the tasks are in fact taking around an hour to complete. Sometimes when you look at a task on a new machine it can appear to be a long time but if you watch the time will drop 20-30 seconds in a second as it adjusts. The 730 has only so far completed and reported 5 tasks so estimates will be off until it reaches 11 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1797197)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Apache Software Foundation |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1797195)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Software |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1797172)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Had another visitor to my local station today , one I had not see before. However I made the mistake of believing that Realtimetrains was correct when it said platform 4, so I was on the wrong side of the station, also a 377 EMU almost got in the way. Still I got a few pics Here is Battle of Britain Class 34052 Lord Dowding. Had to edit that one a bit as there was someone else taking pics. Bit better. Probably the best one. And a couple of fans standing where I should have been!!! You can also see the footbridge it that shot which probably would have been the best place to be. |
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Politics :
Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?
(Message 1797108)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Can we please stop the personal insults. Just because you don't agree with someone or their lifestyle it does not give you the right to insult them. Thank you. |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 1797066)
Posted 18 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Typical, I have been waiting for the 40 Mil and then get distracted when it happened. Oh well on to 50!! ;-) |
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Politics :
Totally sick and life imprisonment is to good for this scum
(Message 1796290)
Posted 15 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You really don't understand South East Asia do you lot . He isn't in Malaysia, if you read the article he was sentenced in the Old Bailey, last time I heard that was in London. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1796052)
Posted 14 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post:
Spot on, here is a fuller description: The EMD F125 Spirit is a four-axle high speed passenger diesel locomotive manufactured by EMD. It is powered by a Caterpillar C175-20 diesel engine rated at 4,700 hp (3,500 kW). The locomotive is capable of traveling at a maximum in-service speed of 125 mph (201 km/h) pulling consists of up to 10 cars. It is EMD's first new passenger locomotive since the DM30AC and DE30AC, and EMD's first domestic passenger locomotive in 15 years. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1795733)
Posted 12 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well via a contact I got wind of a move that has been delayed but was on for today. The newest diesel loco on the American market is the EMD F125 and Metrolink in LA are the first railroad to get any. They are being built at the EMD plant in Muncie IN, which ia a long way from LA!! The first one was moved past Chesterton today protected by 2 buffer wagons Now there is something you don't see every day The future of American passenger travel?? |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
What happens if I do not complete a task before the deadline?
(Message 1795651)
Posted 12 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: And will something happen to my credits? thanks for the answer :) You only get credit for completed work. So no it won't affect you current credit. Also every task is sent to two computers and the results checked against each other, only then will you get credit. If you look near the top of this page you will see a black bar and on the right is the word "ACCOUNT" click on this to see your account details. Under the "Computing and Credit" heading you can click on the "Tasks - View" link to see all you current tasks and also any that have validated and any that are waiting "Validation" this is when you have finished a task but your "wingmate" (the other person crunching the same task) has not. There are other headings and descriptions but have a look first and feel free to ask any questions here. |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
What happens if I do not complete a task before the deadline?
(Message 1795597)
Posted 12 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello guys, I have another question for you: what happens if I do not complete a task before the deadline? Yes any tasks not reported by deadline will be re sent to another user. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1795576)
Posted 12 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have just discovered that NKP 765, the same steam engine from David's photo will be making two special runs from Chicago Union Station to the Galesburg Railroad Festival, and return on the 25th and 26th June, with a stop at Naperville. https://fortwaynerailroad.org/?event=galesburg-zephyr&event_date=2016-06-25 This should take it past the Railstream Chicago camera 4 times. Leaves Chicago at 8 am CT which will be 2 PM BST and returns at 6:30 pm which is midnight 30 here. Hopefully I will get a few pictures an maybe even video. |
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Number crunching :
Open Beta test: SoG for NVidia, Lunatics v0.45 - Beta6 (RC again)
(Message 1795345)
Posted 11 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: However it is also my daily machine and I am typing this on it. I watch streaming videos for several hours a day with no noticeable problems. I play games for around 4 hours per day and then Boinc is off. Sorry, yes forgot to mention the "-use sleep" is the only command I currently use. |
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Number crunching :
Open Beta test: SoG for NVidia, Lunatics v0.45 - Beta6 (RC again)
(Message 1795311)
Posted 11 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well my slow but sure rise in RAC continues: Just so you know it is this machine: 6851722 AuthenticAMD AMD A8-3800 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics [Family 18 Model 1 Stepping 0] (4 processors) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4095MB) driver: 368.22 OpenCL: 1.2 I run two tasks on the 970 and have two CPU cores free. However it is also my daily machine and I am typing this on it. I watch streaming videos for several hours a day with no noticeable problems. I play games for around 4 hours per day and then Boinc is off. Just for a historical perspective during last years WOW event this machine peaked at 15,799 RAC, dipped to 3,899 on the 22nd Jan and has not gone higher than 11,458 since. Before this upturn the lowest point was 6,459. current RAC is 8969 Lets hope it continues. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
GPU tasks have started locking up my machine
(Message 1794977)
Posted 10 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well some say you need to set TDR to 10. I decided to start at 8 and increase if necessary. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1794777)
Posted 9 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Four |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
Can't access BOINC Statistics for the WORLD
(Message 1794750)
Posted 9 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes it would seem that the Boinc Synergy website is down These sites have nothing to do with SETI@Home Hopefully someone might post who knows what the problem is. You also might try asking at the Boinc forums. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/index.php |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
GPU tasks have started locking up my machine
(Message 1794728)
Posted 9 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I had this on one of my machines. When I looked in event viewer, the driver was crashing and recovering every 10 seconds till the machine locked up. You could try updating to the newest Nvida drivers which is now 368.39 However the cause seems to be related to the "Timeout Detection and Recovery" on windows. This is from the Microsoft website Timeout Detection and Recovery is a Windows feature that can detect when video adapter hardware or a driver on your PC has taken longer than expected to complete an operation. When this happens, Windows attempts to recover and reset the graphics hardware. If the GPU is unable to recover and reset the graphics hardware in the time permitted (2 seconds), your system may become unresponsive, and display the error “Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.†if you go here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2665946 There are two methods for fixing this, one requires downloading the "fix-it" programme, the other involves a registry edit. I adjusted mine to 8 seconds Since I increased the TDR my machine does occasionally lock up but much much less frequently. Hope this might help |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1794644)
Posted 9 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Mrs |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1794522)
Posted 8 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just to round off the "you won't see this everyday" experience. Here is very late Lake Shore 48 diverted through Fostoria OH. Different angles and perspectives. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1794497)
Posted 8 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Erase |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1794489)
Posted 8 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: ALT |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1794443)
Posted 8 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I suspect this will be definitely be one for the real "train buffs" but this is the sort of thing I enjoy. Unusually I had been out doing a job in London for a friend I help out. However because of the 5 hour time difference there are no Amtrak trains before 1:15 pm BST so I wasn't hurrying home. Within a few minutes of arriving home I got an e-mail which said Norfolk and Southern had a derailment in South Bend IN, and no one was getting past, which meant that the Capitol Limited 29 and the Lake Shore 49 were detouring via Fostoria OH where Railstream just happens to have a pair of cameras. So this is definitely something you don't see every day!! The 29 via Fostoria Not only diverted, but hooked up together. The 49 And in a scene apparently reminiscent of the good old days, they changed crews as well First 29. Then they moved the whole train forward so the 49 crew could change. Also as an added bonus 10004 American View was on the rear with apparently VIP's on board. Taking pictures of the unexpected scenery safe in the knowledge it wasn't Amtraks fault :-) As I said you don't see that everyday!! Apparently the 48 (Lake Shore East bound) is waiting for a CSX crew and may well take the same diversion later |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1794359)
Posted 8 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I had not heard anything about 6 leaving 156 at Denver and was very surprised when it came through Montgomery without it. This is what I heard about 6 (05): "6 (05) picked up #7 at Glenwood (a crossing victim) and was supposed to pick up 156 at Denver. However, 1:10 delay Granby,CO loading problems with BOTH engines 10 and 824, 6-7hrs at Denver... 7 developed a fuel leak 156 not picked up either...apparently 10 and 824 are “patched†enough to make Chicago. " Seems a bit like the train from hell!! Needless to say I did not get up at 6 am to see it arrive as it would have been too dark at Chicago! As to old baggage cars, 3 went out with one yesterday. I assume that not all the new ones are working 100% but with the embarrassing revelations about Amtrak not doing enough to get them delivered in the first place I suspect they are keeping quiet and trying to fix them. I have seen them occasionally on the 29 and 49 as well. Does not bode well for the Viewliner diners!! |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1794199)
Posted 7 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: So after catching a fleeting glimpse of ACS-64 670 at Galesburg. (Galesburg is a still cam that displays an image at annoyingly varying intervals, between 9 seconds and a minute) Did I wait till 2AM BST for it to arrive at Chicago?? Of course I did. That is the last one, the first one I saw on this camera was actually 630 On the 26th December 2014, then 628 the next day! However also on this train were some of the Amtrak special cars, including my favourite. The only "dome" car Amtrak kept 10031 Ocean View Personally I think it looks good in those colours. Also bringing up the rear was 10001 Beech Grove, converted from an Amfleet 1 coach at the Beech Grove workshops. It just made it as the light was fading. Hopefully Siemens can now start building the replacement for the P42's. Yes I know and pigs might fly!! |
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Number crunching :
Open Beta test: SoG for NVidia, Lunatics v0.45 - Beta6 (RC again)
(Message 1794188)
Posted 7 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Stephen, rather than take this thread off topic, I have sent you a PM. Looking at these results, I think I might take a stab at it, but how much configuring does it need? Or is it fairly automated? I just ran the installer, the only thing I changed was to select the S0G option instead of CUDA. I have to say that today the graph has started a downturn, it is only one day so we will see. My second machine is still crunching the CUDA backlog. |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
Talking about average credits again
(Message 1794132)
Posted 7 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of things to note, the workunits from Greenbank Telescope take longer to crunch so your RAC may not seem to be moving. However you are not crunching on your GPU at all. All the units currently being worked on are CPU. Unfortunately I don't know a lot about the AMD cards. Yours may need a different driver. Hopefully someone may see this post, however you could try asking your question in the Number Crunching forum as most of the people in the know hang out there. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1794054)
Posted 6 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie! And now the Amtrak site is down!! So I have now idea just how late it is!!! As soon as I said that it came back, however 6 (04) is currently 5:44 late with a projected ETA at CUS of 7:25pm or 2:25 Am BST. That is really annoying as I wanted to see the last ACS-64 arrive. Apparently 6 (04) was supposed to leave 156 and the special cars at Denver to be collected by 6 (05) but it just left 156 the special cars are still on 6(04) Also 4 (04) apparently has BNSF 6917 leading, obviously something rendering 84 or 161 (or both) inoperative. |
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Number crunching :
Open Beta test: SoG for NVidia, Lunatics v0.45 - Beta6 (RC again)
(Message 1793950)
Posted 6 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I installed the Beta on my main machine on the 29th. Now I usually only look at my RAC once a week or less. Imagine my surprise when I looked today That is just a quick edited screenshot from Boinc Tasks but the upturn starts on the 29th/30th. I wasn't expecting shuch a sharp rise. I have just installed the 32 bit version on my other cruncher, that only has a GTS 450 so be interesting to see how that performs |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1793880)
Posted 6 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Star |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1793878)
Posted 6 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie! Indeed, as I help spot the Amtrak units on the Chicago and Chesterton cams I get 2 emails a day listing all known LD trains This is the line from yesterday AM 6-04 --- 156-206-45-670 ---- 10021 Pacific Cape-10004 American View-10031 Dome-10001 Beech Grove on rear. However as it is now 4:55 late it seems unlikely to arrive before 1am BST. I will wait and see. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
GPU tasks
(Message 1793650)
Posted 5 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: 04.06.2016 23:27:13 | | Running as a daemon (GPU computing disabled) I believe that line shows you have installed Boinc as a service; That disables the GPU. it's a Microsoft thing not Boinc Borrowing this from an older thread: So you'll have to uninstall BOINC and reinstall it, then in the third installer screen click Advanced and uncheck the Protected Application Execution option before continuing the installation. Once you have done that if you have the correct GPU drivers installed (from Nvidia not Microsoft) it should work. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1793478)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Army Dreamers |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1793477)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Dreamers |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
GPU tasks
(Message 1793466)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: can you instruct me how i can use them because i cant find anything As I said neither of your computers has a GPU that Boinc can detect. This may well mean you do not have the correct drivers installed. Do you know the make and mode of the GPU's you have installed? And is it both machines or just one? |
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Politics :
WWII and Modern Terrorism
(Message 1793452)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread has been split from the "EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar" thread as the arguments were starting to overshadow that thread and its purpose. Please continue that discussion here. |
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Politics :
EgyptAir flight MS804 disappears from radar
(Message 1793449)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have started a new thread here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=79739 For those that wish to discuss the subject that had taken over this thread please continue that discussion there. Thank you. |
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Number crunching :
No more guppi's=vlars on the gpu please
(Message 1793367)
Posted 4 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I just wanted what the thread title says, nothing more, please. Yes but I, and I suspect others are fine with them so there has to be a way to "select" them or not. I personally do not want a blanket ban. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Lunatics?
(Message 1792995)
Posted 2 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You won't be able to do so with the optimized applications. Surely the existing version of Lunatics does not include SoG. I run Lunatics on my machines and none of them get SoG work except the one running the SoG Beta So won't installing the Lunatics 0.44 exclude SoG? Which is why I suggested it. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792989)
Posted 2 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: forest |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1792800)
Posted 2 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: ........... Threads in the Café!......... As long as they are mythical, why not. Seriously are you really offended by the "Thor" thread? |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1792799)
Posted 2 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have watched many many reverse moves on the Chicago camera on many different types of rolling stock. To my eye only PV with a rear platform look safe and I am sure that in the UK there would have to be extra safety precautions in place. As most UK passenger service of all types is "double ended" (even the Flying Scotsman had a diesel on the rear) this type of move rarely happens. I do suspect that our "heritage" railways do this and so far as I am aware there have been no deaths or injuries. If there were then it would have to be stopped then and there. |
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Cafe SETI :
Smart phones?
(Message 1792796)
Posted 2 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I can't uninstall some apps that came with the Which is the reason I don't like Android and the way it works. I had a Samsung Galaxy S2 for a while but went back to my older iPhone 3 for that very reason, and I had a 2GB SD card but most apps would not install on it only on the phone!! So why have an SD slot!! As far as apps, it is the same on the iPhone, you cannot un-install the apps it comes with unless you "root" the phone, thereby possibly causing the problem Bob had. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
GPU tasks
(Message 1792692)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Neither of your computers is showing a GPU |
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Cafe SETI :
Smart phones?
(Message 1792686)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Looking a bit deeper it seem that there is a lot of legal wrangling going on as to whether "rooting" the Android version of "jail breaking" is legal or not. Seems here in Europe and the UK it is not considered illegal to "root" a device. However in the US it is less clear, seems Verizon and AT&T also prevent rooted phones from working. The reason is that "rooting" the phone can allow the install of software and "apps" that can permit things like cheap calls, which of course the providers wish to avoid. |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1792634)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Are there any happy stories in this thread? :P As the thread has been so negative from the start I have not posted. I will just say I have now converted all 7 of my Windows Vista/7 machines to Win 10 and am happy with the result. I acttually paid for Win 8 licences for the Vista machines so I could then upgrade to Win 10. Since I have had a Hotmail account for many many years, a Gmail account for almost as long, used both Internet Explore and Google Chrome and have an iPhone I believe that Microsoft, Google and Apple already know all about me. I don't say I agree with Microsoft's tactics, but they are loosing out to the smart phone and tablet and have to find a way to get back on top. Many people I know these days don't have a laptop, let alone a desktop, all use smartphones and tablets, which are not Microsoft. Microsoft have tried to get into these fields but left it too late. The future belongs to Android and iOS not Windows. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1792594)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Those were excellent videos, you were right about the sound, magical!! Well I have just dried out after getting totally soaked in the name of train spotting! I had heard that a certain Gresley Pacific A3 locomotive would be passing through South Croydon this afternoon. It started to rain just as I got to the foorbridge. I had planned to take my pictures from here; Platforms are from left to right 5-4-3-2-1, and the A3 would be passing on 3 All well and good, however then this arrives Now normally I am happy to see and take pictures of a pair of class 73's either end of a Network Rail train. Just not when it blocks the view and I have to move to here As you can see it is now raining quite hard, and whilst I have an umbrella I can feel the rain getting everywhere, not to mention the fact the footbridge seems to have no drain and I am now standing in an ever growing lake!! Well finally it arrives, LNER Gresley A3 (rebuilt A1) Pacific 4472 the Flying Scotsman Only one of the original 51 in existence. Running as 60103 its later BR number Think I Like this pic the best So what made 4472 special, nothing really except LNER picked it as one of the 5 locomotives that would haul the Flying Scotsman and decided it would be named after the train and then used for publicity purposes. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792588)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Mad |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792545)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Windows |
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Cafe SETI :
Smart phones?
(Message 1792520)
Posted 1 Jun 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: A quick look on the internt show that this is something introduced by Metro-PCS and has nothing to do with the phones themselves or the Android operating system. MetroPCS is committed to delivering an optimal experience on our phones for our customers and we have added Secure Lock to protect the integrity of the phones sold by MetroPCS. Secure Lock is technology that prevents unauthorized firmware from being installed on MetroPCS phones. Preventing unauthorized firmware helps protect against security threats that may result from third-party firmware that has not been tested by MetroPCS and our equipment manufacturing partners. If unauthorized firmware is flashed on a MetroPCS phone that has Secure Lock, the phone will no longer work. Phones that have had unauthorized firmware added are not eligible to be covered under warranty or insurance. Smart phones are often "jailbroken" where you can down load software that can unlock the phone from the operating system and allow you to install other software that is not controlled by Google (Android) or Apple (iPhone) Seems this is an attempt to stop this. The Google Play store is not quite as tightly controlled as the Apple App Store and so you may well have stumbled upon a rouge app by accident. I have to say I have been using a Smart phone since 2007 (Blackberry) then moved to and iPhone and while I would not be lost without it I do find it very useful. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792170)
Posted 30 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Brothers |
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Word Link # 87
(Message 1792078)
Posted 30 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: M.D. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792014)
Posted 30 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Coffee |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1792007)
Posted 30 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Rider |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 255 - We have a winner!
(Message 1792005)
Posted 30 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Possibly winning, possibly not. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 255 - We have a winner!
(Message 1791647)
Posted 29 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems this thread needs a little help getting somwhwere |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1791646)
Posted 29 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Eastwick |
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Number crunching :
No work being done by one of my laptops???
(Message 1791404)
Posted 28 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I personally am a fan of Boinc Task and have run it for years. Currently I am only running 3 machines due to heat and monetary considerations, but have run 8. I love the interface and cannot imagine not using it. You can configure all the colours to what you want. The reason one machine is showing red on the CPU task is because it is this machine and I am doing several things at once including watching a streaming web cam!! I never look at the Boinc manager, even for the local machine. PS there is also a "messages" tab that lest you look straight at the logs for each machine. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1790713)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey, what's with the little "spinning" green stars? A subtle reminder to inform that one's subscription is running out :-) Anyone who donated over a certain amount to the "Crowdfunding" gets one. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=79382 |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1790600)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Now this is a little unusual. I have seen them many times, can't remember the first, think it was here: (yes Croydon is spelt wrong) or possibly here They were my all time favourite band. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1790560)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well to be fair that is a lot older an SD40-2 built for the ONT in 1973!! Actually orange in not a very hard wearing colour, if you look at the body. The darker colour hides the rust from a distance :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1790543)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice pic Older power too. If the internet is to be believed CN 2105 which is a GE C40-8. Started life as Chicago and North Western (CNW) 8558 in 1991 I prefer the look of the Dash 8's and older locos, the "wide cabs" while better for the engineers doesn't have the same history. |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1790534)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Now this is a little unusual. Royal Mail unveils stamps to mark 50 years of Pink Floyd And just serves to make me feel even older!! Nice stamps though! |
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Cafe SETI :
Thor is the Designer Cafe!
(Message 1790532)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Er is it just me or is Gary's green star spinning? Oh and Mr Kevvy too!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Welcome to the 17 Year Club!
(Message 1790501)
Posted 26 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I think this is the first year I have actually remembered "on the day" 17 years, was 2 jobs ago and I am now retired. Forward to the next 17 :-) Cheers |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1790216)
Posted 25 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Latte |
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Number crunching :
Average Credit Decreasing?
(Message 1789543)
Posted 22 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post:
Well actually if you look since the 19th May it is 3,990 tasks. If top users all start doing that we will start getting 10 "abandons" and the tasks will be lost. Worrying. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1789185)
Posted 21 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Another Flame/Hate hijacking, by the same 'group'. As usual in this thread it is difficult to see exactly what is being said. However as many have condemned the violence perpetrated in the name of Islam. Then can some not condemn other religious groups for their extreme right wing views and acts. Saying a group does or does not do something does of course need to be backed with some sort of factual evidence. As far as I can see right wing Christian groups have been involved in violence and murder in the USA, and other countries. For a moderator a fine line. However can we please stop calling people names or attributing actions to people. Perhaps some of you should take a leaf out of the Chinese governments book http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36340514 I particularly liked this:-) The vast majority of the comments and posts made on social media are crafted to look like they come from ordinary people, said the authors of the paper, who were led by Gary King from Harvard's department of government. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1789180)
Posted 21 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: What |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1789035)
Posted 20 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Valley |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1789013)
Posted 20 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Anvil |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1788964)
Posted 20 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Jedi |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1788921)
Posted 20 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Allow |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1788772)
Posted 19 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Theory |
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Number crunching :
OpenCL MB v8.12 issues thread
(Message 1788426)
Posted 18 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread locked. Op request |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1788327)
Posted 18 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case any one has forgotten Penny Lane |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1788325)
Posted 18 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Lane |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 1787939)
Posted 16 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have a banking app on my iPhone, as I suspect do many others, so this was really inevitable. |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
Why is re-logging in necessary?
(Message 1787920)
Posted 16 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I primarily used Internet Explorer before getting Edge with Windows 10 and I never had to log in after the Tuesday outages. Edge is the new MS browser that comes with Win 10. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1787850)
Posted 16 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: SAS |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1787849)
Posted 16 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Airline |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1787586)
Posted 14 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well they appear on my computer. Let's see if you can see the photos via this link I think they appeared on your computer because it is your Microsoft live account. I was asked to sign in when I opened them in a new tab and when I did they still did not appear. The new ones are One Drive and flash a banner asking me to add them. Sorry but since MS reduced my One Drive account from 30GB to 5GB I wont touch One drive. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
GBT ('guppi') .vlar tasks will be send to GPUs, what you think about this?
(Message 1787563)
Posted 14 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have several machines that I sometimes use as "crunchers only" So I don't really notice any slowdowns My main machine, which has a GTX 970, is also my daily use machine. Now, as in the past if I find a program that is slowed down by SETI@Home I make it an exclusive, so SETI@Home does not run when I am using that program. I have about 10 exclusive, programs. Simple, it is the way SETI@Home was designed to work. I leave the machine on 24/7 so it crunches when not in use, seems the best way to me. Even on my dedicated crunchers, if I am doing updates or anything different, first thing I do is deactivate BOINC, always have done. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1787326)
Posted 13 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Knox |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1787313)
Posted 13 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: House |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1787089)
Posted 12 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: River |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1787030)
Posted 12 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: wood |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1786800)
Posted 11 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this pic is from 25th March this year Kaoham Shuttle (CN 10800 & CN 10900 AKA TU-108 and TU-109) – built in 1999 by Jim Busby Services of California, these two diesel multiple units run on the former British Columbia Railway / BC Rail line between Seton Portage and Lillooet, British Columbia in a partnership between Canadian National Railway and the Seton Lake St’át’imc Nation. After passenger service on the line was ended by BC Rail in 2002, the Kaoham Shuttle was established as a replacement to access the isolated communities of Seton Portage and Shalalth (combined population 1,100) which are easier served by rail than by gravel road. “Kaoham†means “to meet the train†in St’át’imcets (Lillooet language) and has been called Canada’s greatest hidden rail trip by the BBC. (March 25, 2016) |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1786197)
Posted 9 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As it was just an observation nothing more, I will leave this thread to go whichever way it wants. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1786172)
Posted 9 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Atlantic |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1785940)
Posted 8 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Drifting a little off topic maybe? |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1785914)
Posted 8 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again your comments fall into the category of "more 'calling fellow posters inferior' nonsense from CLYDE". Indeed. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Another Mass Shooting in the U.S.A.
(Message 1785865)
Posted 8 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: BTW: Still haven't figured out an alternative to Censorship. AKA Red 'X'. well there really isn't one, you either red-x something that upsets or annoys you, or perhaps just except it and move on. Or even challenge it in a constructive way. However you will never please all of the people all of the time, so the red-x I believe has it's place |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Another Mass Shooting in the U.S.A.
(Message 1785790)
Posted 8 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe the idea of these fora is for constructive criticism. Saying my country is good yours is bad, is not at all constructive. I live in the UK and owing any gun is restricted to farmers and a few professionals. I personally do not believe in guns for the masses, however I would NOT for one moment think I can just bad mouth America. I might suggest that they need to control things a little better, make sure that the people with mental health problems get better care, but not attack a whole country and therefore everyone living in it. If the residents of the USA on these boards are happy with the gun culture and gun laws where they live then that does not make them stupid, mentally retarded or any other name you care to throw at them. Please, we are all members of SETI at home here, a little more respect all round would not hurt. Why do I feel I have said this or similar just recently!!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1785322)
Posted 6 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: 4th'd, no issues here using Thunderbird with outlook. Yes but what may happen after the "update" on 30th June? Now I have tried T-Bird before and cannot remember the reason but I didn't like it at all, oh well, time to try again. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1785273)
Posted 6 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not having problems with Win 10 and being overall quite happy with it I have not posted in this thread much. However after the "One Drive" email, I also got this.
Now I have used Live Mail as my mail programme for may years, I have collected over the years 6 email accounts and Live mail allows me to easily see them in an easy to use format, the new "mail" program in Win 8/10 is, well a kiddies toy in comparison. So It does seem that they want everyone to toe their line. I have already saved all my files for one drive and deleted it from my PC. Next I will be changing all places I use my "Hotmail" address to Gmail. Anyone recommend a good e-mail program? |
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Message boards :
Politics :
8 The Beginning of the End
(Message 1785270)
Posted 6 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Lovely jubbley... Yes good for Turkey, they can then keep their "vague" terrorist laws. BBC Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen says Mr Erdogan's hard rhetoric will please his support base but will alarm European leaders. We need more countries locking up journalist for uncovering scandals. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Stars are blue, Panthers are pink and the music plays here
(Message 1784956)
Posted 5 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Listen in to the audio of the WOW signal. There was no "audio" of the WOW signal, just a sequence of numbers recorded on paper tape. Any "audio" is almost certainly a hoax. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1784905)
Posted 5 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The Left is very Hateful and Disgusting. Well as you seem to quite often get confused has to who posted what, I will put your very broad generalisations down to the same confusion. In case you are still confused I posted what you quoted not WinterKnight and as to knowing left wing supporters I was not referring to the UK. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1784825)
Posted 4 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The Left is very Hateful and Disgusting. Well I know many people who consider themselves left wing. There are several on these boards, and I have found none of them to be either hateful or disgusting. Here in the UK and many other countries, the "left" is considered a valid political stance. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Favorite trees
(Message 1784775)
Posted 4 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite. I wondered if anyone might notice. They appear to be a dwarf plam tree. There are 3 next to the path at the south end of the park. Here is a pic from last month. They actually stand in round flower beds. This pic is from last May as I don't have a good one from this year yet. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Favorite trees
(Message 1784771)
Posted 4 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I walk for an hour every day in my local park and have to admit I don't really have a favourite. However I do like the spring for the blossom. This was today. You see a lot of people stopping to take pictures here. I have to say that a possible favourite are evergreens , they keep the park looking green even in winter. The one in the centre here is a one I like |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
app_config.xml Documentation?
(Message 1784761)
Posted 4 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: No you cannot delete a thread, but I have hidden it for you. You can edit a post for one hour after posting by using the "edit" button on the top line If you need a moderator to help with this in the future just click on the small "white x in a red box" next to the "reply" button |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1784505)
Posted 3 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The Left's total failure to understand this, or The USA, is amazing to some. Surely you don't have to be "left wing" to disagree with almost everything he says. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1784466)
Posted 3 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI-Germany was recently hacked and have had to postpone their Pentathlon http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=79379 So I suspect they have increased security. I have sent a PM to Bill Walker to remove the link form his sig, but there may be others. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1784457)
Posted 3 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The server www.seti-germany.de keeps putting up messages that it wants a login and a password. Anyone else getting these messages? No, but then I run Adblock plus which can be used to block everything on the page except the posts! It seem that it may well be in Bill Walkers signature. If I take off adblock and click on his sig it takes me to a login page for seti-germany and asks for a password. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Another Mass Shooting in the U.S.A.
(Message 1784455)
Posted 3 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Or maybe some should just grow up after all if you make stupid statement you should expect someone to call you out and say your stupid for making the statement in the first place . Stupid, in your opinion, that is the difference. Everything everyone posts here unless backed up by solid facts (which is difficult to do as there is no 100% reliable source of information on the internet), is just there belief or opinion. Things that seem stupid in America may well not seem stupid in Australia, and vice versa. So if people could be a little more tolerant to others views and beliefs. I was born and raised in South London UK, and even in this small country there are many regional variations in how people do things and what they think is the correct way to behave. Just post your own opinions in a way that does not suggest anyone not agreeing is stupid and things will be fine. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1784450)
Posted 3 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: phone |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
R.I.P. Bob Hoskins
(Message 1784109)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As this appears to be 2 years old. I will lock this thread to prevent further confusion. Seems it was 30th April 2014 Appears it was Twitter that got the year wrong!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Computer ID question
(Message 1783975)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: going into device manager and doing the driver update manually, That gives you a basic cut down Windows driver that does not have OpenCL. For crunching the only way to get the full driver is from the Nvidia website. For my "crunching only" machines I only ever install the video driver. As I play games on this machine I install everything except the Geforce Experience as it has never worked correctly on this machine. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Computer ID question
(Message 1783956)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I would re-install the Nvidia drivers as you seem indeed to be missing OpenCL Here are the lines from my machine 01/05/2016 16:09:00 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 364.72, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 5.2, 4096MB, 3347MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) 01/05/2016 16:09:00 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 970 (driver version 364.72, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 4096MB, 3347MB available, 4045 GFLOPS peak) Yours shows no OpenCL. Did you get the driver form the Nvida website or Windows? I would download the driver from Nvidia and try again |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Electric cars - Right move?
(Message 1783932)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As I believe alternative technology is a must for the future, I will now unlock this thread. Please can people stay on topic and stop the personal disagreements on-line. If you wish to debate other topics do so privately. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1783915)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Sith |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
R.I.P. Bob Hoskins
(Message 1783914)
Posted 1 May 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: He was in one of my all time favourite movies, The Long Good Friday. As someone said it was a "Londoners Movie" RIP. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1783784)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I posted: Perhaps you might read what I said, "if the Trump Campaign" note the "if" and then "perhaps they might". Nowhere did I state that they did anything, only that they could have. Just speculating. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1783753)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I posted: I thought it was obvious, if the Trump campaign has some really smart people, perhaps they might just be behind some of these so call "demonstrations". It has been done before, organising demonstrations against your own candidate, to show how lawless your state/country is. As you say tactics that could ensure a Trump victory. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Another Mass Shooting in the U.S.A.
(Message 1783750)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As I have already said in other threads in this forum Other people will have different views on life than you other people come from different cultures than you, other people will have had totally different life experiences than you and will disagree with you. None of the above makes them inferior or stupid. Please be civil to your co-posters here, if you cannot be civil please do not post. Note, calling someone stupid or having a low intellect is not considered civil. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Could it Work?
(Message 1783746)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I do but it's beyond yours and others intellect to understand how it would work . just for the record I believe this is an insult to all the posters on SETI@Home. I will leave it for the moment so others may ponder this. Or perhaps an explanation, so we don't think we are all being called stupid |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1783670)
Posted 30 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Android |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
seti still stalled on my computer
(Message 1783512)
Posted 29 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Your machine hasn't contacted the servers for 7 days, so something is wrong. Can you restart Boinc, when it is running press CTRL+SHIFT+E to get the log page, highlight the fist 20-30 lines and copy and past them here. Hopefully something will show there. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1783471)
Posted 29 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Do we stop responding, or use the Red 'X'? Either, whichever suits you better. I see very few posters here these days that "attack" in the way you describe, either right or left. If there were remember from their point of view you are the "hateful" middle of the road. Also please just lets stop referring to other posters in a negative way. These tactics are ensuring a Trump victory. Perhaps the actual people orchestrating these things do understand. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Electric cars - Right move?
(Message 1783450)
Posted 29 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As this has turned into an argument about Wi-Fi I think a short lock is in order for people to consider exactly what they wish the thread to be about. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1783426)
Posted 29 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again, name calling and insults all round. I find it quite strange that if someone disagrees with you then it is time for insults. Can we try and remember that all who post here have their own world view and it is probably not yours. However it does not make them inferior to you. As a moderator I try to keep up with most threads however I have to say the politics forum is definitely the most depressing, conspiracy theories abound and supposed adults squabbling like children. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Electric cars - Right move?
(Message 1783419)
Posted 29 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Instead of this constant "country bashing" perhaps we could get back on topic. Hopefully discussing the rights and wrongs of electric cars, was it not. And please, I don't have trouble reading so large bold letters still count as shouting, and we really don't want shouting here now do we. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Help! No GPU work for Days
(Message 1783137)
Posted 28 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Moved from Q&A |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1782634)
Posted 26 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seems not much going on in rail land these days, and despite possible negative vibes, I present the penultimate Amtrak ACS 64 arriving from California yesterday. #669 arriving on the California Zephyr. Amtrak ordered 70, they started at 600 but with "666" not used 670 will be the last one. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1782349)
Posted 25 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Having a quick look at one machines valids, there were 56 MESSIER031 Nvidia GPU tasks of which 41 overflowed and 14 have apparently run OK So seem to be about two thirds are -9's |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Anyone else supporting Bernie Sanders for president?
(Message 1781305)
Posted 22 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want my opinion, name-calling is puerile and unhelpful, from whichever quarter it arises and for whatever reason it is practised. I subscribe to SciManStev's philosophy, which is to seek workable solutions to problems, regardless of their origin. That requires maturity and objectivity, dialogue and engagement, listening and understanding ... traits and behaviours that are the antithesis of name-calling and baiting. +1 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1780715)
Posted 20 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: extinct |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Anyone else supporting Bernie Sanders for president?
(Message 1780713)
Posted 20 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Because someone believes differently to you does not make them inferior to you or in fact automatically wrong. In the UK we tend to refer to "extremists" or "far left" and "far right" none of our main stream political parties fit in to the "extremest" category. And from what we foreigners see none of you political candidates are anywhere near "far left or far right" You of course may see things differently I know one poster told me that these forums were the home to groups dedicated to the overthrow of the American political system. However I also believe no one on these forum has exhibited extremist views. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Anyone else supporting Bernie Sanders for president?
(Message 1780705)
Posted 20 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Because someone believes differently to you does not make them inferior to you or in fact automatically wrong. Because someone is left/right/centre does not make them automatically wrong In your opinion they may be wrong but then in their opinion so may you be. It may of course be possible that you are both wrong. In the UK many many people would admit to being socialist and proud of it. So can we stop attaching demeaning names to points of view. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1780698)
Posted 20 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: feline |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1780381)
Posted 19 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: improbable |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 87
(Message 1780344)
Posted 19 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Ark |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Say goodbye to SETI@home v7.
(Message 1780132)
Posted 18 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: About 24h later, 1466 left Well over the last 2 days 15 tasks from the above machine have been released into the wild due to timing out, 7 have already validated. There are another 16 timing out on the 21st!! |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
2 computer, 1 account, different Settings ?
(Message 1779555)
Posted 16 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Have 2 Computers and both are connected with 1 account. There are 4 possible sets of "location preferences". Go to your account page and under Preferences heading you will see: "Preferences for this project", click the link. This will take you to the preferences page. Here you will see the "default" preference, plus "Home", "School" and "Work". Obviously the "default" location is used if you have not made any changes before You can set each of these differently as you will see. To change preferences use the "edit preferences" link at the bottom of each preference field. Once your chosen preference is set you need to go the the computer "details" for the machine you wish to change and right at the bottom of the detail page you will see a "location" box with the 4 selectable choices. Select the one one you are using and click update. You should receive a message that the computer will be updated next time it connects. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1779306)
Posted 15 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Apple only expects your iPhone to last three years Oh dear perhaps I won't tell them about my iPad 2 (5 years in June), or my iPhone 4s, (was 3 in Feb, no doubt about to fail then). Or of course my iPhone 3GS which is 6 years old and I will be using in a couple of weeks as a personal hotspot! I suspect it is more to do with the wear and tear they get than reliability. Oh almost forgot about my 2007 Macbook :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1779244)
Posted 15 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not a good day for Amtrak or 2 residents of Illinois Amtrak train hits 91 year old man in southern Champaign County Thursday morning. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1779156)
Posted 14 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems yet another Amtrak incident Fatal collision near Galva IL It was the 381 with 65 in lead. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1778779)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/13/europe/german-train-crash/index.html Single track commuter line in a country like Germany, you would have hoped that inattention by a "dispatcher" would result in both trains coming to a halt some distance apart. Not both being able to proceed at speed. Seems there are many parts of the world without any sort of automatic train protection. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1778683)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: For those interested You are correct, for Unix time started on 01-01-1970 |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1778671)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: For those interested Modified Julian Date, MJD, is a modification of the Julian Date that is routinely used by astronomers, geodesists, scientists, financiers, and even some historians. This dating convention, designed to facilitate simplified chronological calculations, numbers all days in consecutive fashion, beginning at a date sufficiently far into the past so as to precede the historical period. Julian Day Number is an integer counter of the days beginning at noon on January 1, 4713 B.C. (no, even though I may look like it, I was not there...), which is Julian Day Number 0. The Julian Date (as opposed to Julian Day) is the non-integer extension of the Day Number to include a real fraction of day, allowing a continuous time unit. MJD modifies this Julian Date in two ways. The MJD begins at midnight rather than noon (the .5 in the formula), in keeping with more standard conventions and modern representation of time. Secondly, for simplicity, the first two digits of the Julian Date are removed. This is because, for some three centuries following November 17, 1858, the Julian day lies between 2400000 and 2500000. The MJD drops those first "24" digits. Thus, we have as a formula for converting from JD to MJD, MJD = JD - 2400000.5. |
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Number crunching :
New Greenbank Files
(Message 1778666)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have 2 blc3 files on Syphilis. Estimated time of 1hr 12min. It'll take a little while to get to them though... Also if you wish to work out the Modified Julian date go here http://www.csgnetwork.com/julianmodifdateconv.html As you can see the above translates to 03-04-2016 (US) or 04-03-2016 (UK) Time is 5.4 hours after midnight.(Around 5:24 am) |
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Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1778643)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: What an uninformatively filenames! blc3_2bit_guppi_57451_19304_HIP62472_0003 - when it was receieved? Eric posted this in the news thread blc3_2bit_guppi_57451_19304_HIP62472_0003 Using the converter here http://www.csgnetwork.com/julianmodifdateconv.html The date in the example is 03-04-2016 (US) or 04-03-2016 (UK) The seconds past midnight is about 5.4 hours. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1778544)
Posted 13 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I don't suppose you caught the BNSF business train going by Galesburg this morning? Well no the GBB camera have been unreliable of late and they were working on them today However, I did just happen to see it passing the Chicago camera on Thursday https://youtu.be/B6g6JiJIvE8 And just by chance again yesterday when it returned. https://youtu.be/FIahodbCovs The cars were from 6611 back: Snoqualmie Pass, Stampede Pass (hep), Raton Pass, Marias Pass, Stevens Pass, John Reed and William B Strong. I thought video was better as trying to cut and paste them all would have taken too long. I was going to look them all up but it is a bit late here. |
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Word Link # 87
(Message 1778315)
Posted 12 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1778300)
Posted 12 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As promised (or threatened :-) ) here on a bright sunny April afternoon ACS 64 668 makes it's début in the windy city!! Unusually I was able to catch it at Galesburg 2 hrs 45 earlier. Also you may remember when the Southwest Chief derailed on the 14th March, well it appear there was damage to the track caused by a runaway truck Amtrak, BNSF suing Cimarron feed company, alleging ‘gross negligence’ One has to wonder when removing the truck how no one noticed the damage to the track an what that might mean. |
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screen saver disappeared
(Message 1778178)
Posted 11 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: P.S. As an 'aside,' how do I attach a screen shot, a .jpg image, to my post, if need be? I did it once in the past by up-loading an image to my web site and THEN loading it here as a URL. It was VERY time consuming. There has to be a simpler way? Sorry no simpler way, picture has to be on an external web site. :-( |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1778139)
Posted 11 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Read his Posts, then laugh, and move on. Then perhaps you should. |
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Word Link # 87
(Message 1778135)
Posted 11 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Coffee |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1778088)
Posted 11 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, it's American, and yes, it's gray (actually Platinum Mist). 668 will arrive Chicago on 6 tomorrow. Indeed, as I now "spot" for an Amtrak daily whereabouts list I get to hear a bit more and knew about 668 almost as soon as it left :-) Despite it being grey and Amtrak, I will still hopefully post a pic. Currently running 20 minute late at Holdrege NE. It is interesting as I now get a daily e-mail listing all the "spotted" Amtrak services and what is pulling them and any problems i.e. Amtrak 4 (8) was 4.30 late into CUS as 169 died between LaJunta and Lamar,s/o at Lamar and 65 brought it in alone. |
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Politics :
Forget Wikileaks & Snowden :-)
(Message 1778086)
Posted 11 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: All we seem to have here is name calling and straying off topic. Any more and perhaps a cool down is in order. |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1777844)
Posted 10 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: How to lie with statistics. Plot both of them on the same axis. It doesn't look so wonderful then. Correct so whist the deaths per 100,000 in Australia fell from around 3.5 a year in 1990, to around 1 in 2012, the deaths in the USA per 100,000 fell from around 15 to 11 a greater reduction. So it can almost deduced that deaths in Australia may have fallen without the law. Now I am not a supporter of guns but that graph was deliberately set to make the Australian figure look better. You know what they say, there are lies damned lies and statistics. |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1777796)
Posted 10 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: JaundicedEye seeing as you asked a stupid question my answer is Watch the program before one opens ones big mouth What I and the other moderators are trying to do is keep the forums as friendly as is humanly possible in a forum that discusses politics and religion. What ever your personal beliefs and feelings, whatever your personal political convictions. Others are allowed to have opinions and beliefs that conflict with yours. It does not mean because they do not see the world in the same way you do that they are somehow mentally deficient. Please remember they are fellow crunchers and all deserve respect. Pointing out you feel someone is wrong or misguided is fine, referring to links to articles that support your case is also good. Name calling of any sort is not! Personally the more I see someone resort to name calling the lower they drop in my estimation. If you do not think you can reply to a post without name calling and insults, then please refrain from posting until you can. Thank you. |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1777787)
Posted 10 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: JaundicedEye seeing as you asked a stupid question my answer is Watch the program before one opens ones big mouth You are not I hope suggesting that JaundiceEys has a big mouth or is a moron are you? |
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My "Average Work" keeps decreasing day by day !
(Message 1777664)
Posted 10 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: it also appears none of your systems are making use of the GPUs, Well it looks like http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7943740 Is only using the GPU !! Just not very much. |
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My "Average Work" keeps decreasing day by day !
(Message 1777540)
Posted 9 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Drops to 2609 and keeps decreasing... :( OK look at AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Today it has so far returned one task, where my machine with just an old GT240 has returned 6 The AMD FX(tm)-6300 has returned 2. These both seem low to me but I am not an expert. Also the Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 with 100 task in progress still hasn't reported for 9 days. I think I will move this to the number crunching forum where better brains than mine will no doubt be able to help |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1777464)
Posted 9 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as my problem has been solved and this has now nothing to do with SETI or Boinc and is drifting off into fairy land I will ask for a mod to lock it, oh wait I am a mod!! |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1777186)
Posted 8 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I haven't been posting many pic of late as I detected boredom for "American grey" :-) However today I will post a few, and no they are neither American or grey. Firstly 60163 "Tornado" made one of its regular appearances at my local station today pulling the "Belmond British Pullman" Moving faster than normal I only got one good pic!! However whilst I was standing on platform 2 I was finally able to get a close up look at another new trainset. The 387/2, 210 to be precise very, well red!! And an express!! The new Gatwick Express units are finally staring to appear At the other end 387 215, still in "showroom condition" wonder how long that will last!! They are replacing the 28 year old 442's Which despite being 28 years old have only been on the Gatwick Express service since 2008. These were never built to be an express airport service and hopefully the 387, will be better, having more and larger doors. The 442's do have a claim to fame though: "The class holds the world speed record for a third-rail train with 174 km/h (108 mph), attained on 11 April 1988." Not many people know that !! Another interesting thing is that the 442's had the word "Gatwick" removed as some of the trains go on to Brighton and it was causing confusion!! As to the fate of the 442's it is undecided at the moment. |
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News :
Crowdfunding to support our undergrads
(Message 1777175)
Posted 8 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you kidding, we give you the power of our computers, and you have enough nerve to ask us for money ??? I assume you are unaware that SETI@Home relies mostly on donations to carry out its work. "There is currently no government funding for SETI research, and private funding is always limited. Berkeley Space Science Lab has found ways of working with small budgets and the project has received donations allowing it to go well beyond its original planned duration, but it still has to compete for limited funds with other SETI projects and other space sciences projects." |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Seti version 8
(Message 1777147)
Posted 8 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: It is very simple to stop using your GPU - go to your SETI@Home account web page, click on "SETI@Home preferences", then tick, or untick the appropriate "use processor" options - if selecting to use a GPU make sure you tick the correct one! As the user ID gives you someone else's stats I suggest it is possibly a problem with Boinc Stats and you may get a better answer from their forum. I believe they have been having problems recently. Also as a note. You can get BOINC to stop using your GPU when playing games. lots of us do. I play Fallout 4 several hours a day, and BOINC stops crunching while I do, when I stop playing it starts crunching. My GPU (a GTX970) is used for both and my RAC is 11,270 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6851722 Also all of the people answering your questions here are just crunchers like you, not university staff, so please be civil. Thank you |
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My "Average Work" keeps decreasing day by day !
(Message 1776807)
Posted 7 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well your machine with the highest total and RAC hasn't reported in a week and has 100 tasks "in progress" http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7273557 With that machine not reporting your RAC will start to fall as that machine has a higher RAC than all the others combined. As to the other two machines I am no expert but the x2 250 with the GT730 does seem to have a lower RAC than I would expect, the GT 730 is taking about 80 minutes on average per task, that would see about 18 tasks a day, which is faster than my old GT240, which manages to keep an RAC of around 1300 and hasn't varied in months. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6994034 Do you run the X2 250 and the FX 6300 24 hours? |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776788)
Posted 7 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know how Win 10 handles it, but Win 8.1 will only "really" restart, if you choose "Restart" from the menu. If you shut down the computer it doesn't really shut down completely, it only goes into hibernate to "cheat" being very fast on the next system startup. I noticed this by accident, by looking at the system uptime in the task manager and the value wasn't in sync with reality. ;) Well you live and learn. So I was doing a shut-down, that was really a hibernate!! So when people were saying do shut-down rather than a restart it was exactly the opposite of what I needed to do :-)) Somewhere along the line I must have done a "restart" which solved the problem!! So for Win 8 and Win 10 to "shut-down", you actually do need to do a "restart" if "fast start" is enabled. Makes sense as I mostly hibernate my two laptops anyway. |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1776562)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If Trump does become the prez, then the U.S. of A. will just becomes another failed U.S.S.R. in the end for real with very few allies (if any) and that will be the end of just another country born out of conflict following a constitution that was also born out of conflict which in the end just breeds conflic So nice to see you think it is a laughing matter. |
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Windows :
Seti version 8
(Message 1776559)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey, its "Markus", i found my old emailadress ! :) Well if you look at your Einstein account, under the "Projects in which Mark100 is participating" If you click on the "SETI@Home" entry, it comes back to "Markus" so you are using the Markus e-mail at Einstien, but a user name of Mark100!! |
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My "Average Work" keeps decreasing day by day !
(Message 1776557)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I dont know what happened but my average work is decreasing day by day.My computers are still working and finishing work units as usual, i only participate in setiQhome by the way. Well on the 25th of March it seem you had five computers crunching However you now seems to just have two This one last contacted SETI@Home on the 2nd April http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7449397 This one on the 31st March http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7273557 And this on on the 30th March http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7694272 |
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Windows :
Seti version 8
(Message 1776528)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: It might be helpful if you posted from the same account you are using to actually crunch data :-) That way anyone helping will be able to see quicker what any problems are. Also your actual account Mark100 Has a positive RAC so you can post in the main forums. The account you are using here has no active computers so will not get any RAC. As an explanation, Recent Average Credit (RAC) is used as a way to stop spammers and advertisers just crunching once then never again. This way you have to be an active cruncher to post on the main forums. |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776522)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Win10 requires a different way to get into Safe Mode, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-10/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode, Bernie. ;-) Well you learn something new every day :-) Still I suspect one of my 5 restarts did the trick! Will have to remember this for next time. |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776511)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it isn't the crashes and freezes I am having problems with, the crash that cause this problem was a minor one, I had already exited the game and had got back to my desktop when a message came up saying FO4 had stopped responding and needed to be shut down. The problem is that Windows failed to process the shut down correctly and the program stuck in an "exiting" state. I tried to boot in safe mode but it appears that F8 does not work on my MB, it brings up the boot order. I once again looked on-line and apparently some ASUS MB's use another key, might be F5, F9, Del, ESC or any combination!!! So after 5 attempts to unsuccessfully boot into safe mode guess what? The ghost has finally vanished and BOINC is happily running again with Fallout4.exe as an exclusive app! I have no idea how and why it finally went away, but hopefully case closed for now. Thanks for all the advice. |
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Politics :
Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1776507)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Translation: I'm so proud of these guys. They are out there working to make America white again. Yes, make America white. Remember his love for David Duke's endorsement, if only for a day.The inanity of that statement speaks for itself. Good Job! From a foreigners point of view I see absolutely nothing to laugh about. If he said what was reported, he is saying it is OK to beat up down and outs if they are not American. As a moderator I see only a lot of name calling. I realise this is an emotive subject but please can we try and keep poster personalties out of this. Difficult I realise but worth trying. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1776502)
Posted 6 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well according to Operation Lifesaver There were 2059 collisions between a road vehicle and a train in 2015, 244 deaths and 967 injuries in the US. So that is nearly 6 collisions a day. The number is falling from a high in 1981 of 9461 collisions, 25 a day more than on an hour. Obviously it is mostly the fatal ones that get reported. |
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Word Link # 87
(Message 1776343)
Posted 5 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Web |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776338)
Posted 5 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I played FO4 for 3 hours yesterday evening no problem. And yes the "suspended" version is still there preventing BOINC running if I add the Fallout 4 exe to exclusive applications. I have done even more reading on-line and apparently this has been a problem since WIN 7, there are pages of complaints on the MS forums dating back to 2010 describing exactly what I have seen, with programs as diverse as Excel, and Skype. In some cases the "ghost" program stops the actual program from running and yes in many cases a power down and reboot does not clear the ghost. It does seem to be centred around something odd occurring, like a lock up or program crash, which is what happened to me I will try booting to safe mode an using PE next time I need to shut this machine down and let you know. To answer Hal, yes all three shut downs were complete power-downs and I agree I would not expect to see any program still running after that! |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIX
(Message 1776224)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Steve, now you really must take a screenshot at 123,456,789 Only happens once!!! :-)) |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776222)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately FO4 does not show in task manager at all. Only way I was able to see the "suspended process" was in Process Explorer I am on WIN 10 and the task manager is different, and I no longer have any working win 7 systems to compare. I dont see a "processes from all users" But then in Process Explorer, when right-clicking on the offending process, properties, Image, what's it say here for Parent and User? Hopefully this will answers your questions. You're doing reboots, but have you tried a power down, wait 5 minutes, restart? Sorry my fault, they were not reboots, they were power downs and left for several minutes in all cases, the first one was in fact 15 minutes. You could also try from an elevated command prompt (run as admin) It seems from all I have tried that the version of Fallout4.exe I am seeing is now a ghost process, but still valid enough to register with BOINC. |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776201)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: So it is stuck forever "exiting" but never completing!! Tried option 1 same result. Not sure I want to re-install FO4 yet. You're not starting - or ever have started - FO4 as an administrator, are you? I am not running FO4 as admin, I checked and I don't see quite the same options, but the "Run as Administrator" boxes on both are not ticked When you do check in Task Manager->Processes->check "Show processes from all users" and find the offending process, then right-click on it->properties->compatibility, is anything checked here? Unfortunately FO4 does not show in task manager at all. Only way I was able to see the "suspended process" was in Process Explorer |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776193)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I have been looking online and discovered that of course I should be using process explorer. Lo and behold there is Fallout 4 "suspended", but totally un-killable by any means I have found, two more reboots and it is still there, any attempt to terminate/kill the process results in So it is stuck forever "exiting" but never completing!! I have re-run th game again OK and exited OK but the problem persists!! So panic over not a BOINC problem. It does mean I will have to remember to manually stop and start BOINC every time I play now. :-( |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776182)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Depends on what you use to stop BOINC from running? I use Fallout4.exe and it's not just a GPU exclusive app, it stops CPU as well. Nothing is running that I can see not even Steam currently. |
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Exclusive applications problem
(Message 1776169)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whist this relates to BOINC more than SETI I will ask here as I only currently crunch SETI :-) I have a few "exclusive apps" in BOINC on my main machine, one is my current game Fallout 4. It has been working fine since Nov 2015. Last night Fallout 4 crashed as I closed it. I didn't notice right away but BOINC did not resume, saying "An exclusive app is running". I checked and no sign of Fallout 4 running, I actually restarted it and did a clean close, still no joy. So I stopped and restarted BOINC, no change, I then completely shut down the computer and did a restart. No change BOINC still says an exclusive app is running. The only way I can get BOINC running is to remove Fallout 4 from the exclusive apps and restart BOINC, then all is well I wonder if anyone else has had a problem like this and can offer any advice. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1776134)
Posted 4 Apr 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not a good day for Amtrak Rather than a stock picutre of 822 here is 5 (03) leaving Chicago. It is currently nearly 8 hours late, also 3 California Zephyr 3 (03) is 4 hours late. I am sure the problem is that most people are used to seeing long slow freights and are unaware just how quickly an Amtrak train may arrive at the crossing. Also I have seen at least five instances at Chesterton last week where a freight train approached the crossing at walking pace and continued at that pace until almost all 80 or so wagons were across, one actually came to a stop. Whist I know it is stupid to drive around the gate it will continue as people hate being held up. It may get worse as the rumour I have heard is that due to the massive downturn in freight, yards closing many layoffs, at least one company is putting locos in the middle and end of a train and adding 30-50 wagons, thereby running 2 trains for every 3, and saving on one train crew. It will of course mean to the road user that trains take even longer to clear the crossings. |
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Number crunching :
Donation Green star
(Message 1774918)
Posted 29 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: You have a green star. |
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Politics :
We need vaccinations and boosters throughout our lives- About Whooping Cough
(Message 1774678)
Posted 28 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it might be time to get back on topic. Also please can we stop with the personal insults. |
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Politics :
"I'll take Bummer for $400: Canadians no longer allowed on Jeopardy."
(Message 1773467)
Posted 23 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: RAC: 91, haven't reported a WU in over two months, no pending tasks, no longer any attached computers in the database--they'll let anybody post in here, won't they? If it worries you that much I am sure the moderators can come up with a way to help you out. |
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Tlptphw 253: Celt Wins!! Celt Wins!!
(Message 1773453)
Posted 23 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just for some peace of mind…maybe. What city does Julie live in? Julie lives in Genk. She has posted on Facebook that she is fine, Brussels is about 100KM away. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1773145)
Posted 21 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Amtrak's SW Chief derails in western Kansas this morning -- CBS/AP For those of you that might be interested, the 4 (12) involved in that derailment arrived in Chicago today, under it's own power and with baggage car and all 9 superliners. #153 and 152 which I understand did not derail The dining car and cafe lounge with possibly some marks near the bogies. And one broken window. I think perhaps the main damage is on the far side. Overall with no serious injuries I have heard of, it could have been much worse. |
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Number crunching :
No data sets?
(Message 1772601)
Posted 19 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems you downloaded 11 work units on the 16th, they show as abandoned early this morning (UTC)and another 3 were immediately downloaded. Are you not seeing these? |
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Getting back into it, advice appreciated
(Message 1772481)
Posted 18 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: *edit* Oh, and if I change it, will it stop accepting new CPU tasks, but complete the ones that have already downloaded? Yes it will just not download any more CPU tasks but will finish any it has. |
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Number crunching :
Anything relating to AstroPulse tasks
(Message 1771703)
Posted 15 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I got 10, five each on my two machines, but I wasn't trying, just left them to get on with it!! |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Thread locking question.
(Message 1771513)
Posted 14 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Could an explanation for having a thread being locked but still visible be given? Threads may be locked rather than hidden for several reasons: If the OP ( Original Poster) requests it. If perhaps the thread has served it's purpose or is no longer relevant, but might contain information useful to others. Moderators may occasionally lock a thread if perhaps the discussion has become a bit "boysterious" to allow for a "cool down". Thread may be reopened later. Or like this thread. I have answered the question and others can still read it. Also if a thread has no new posts for three months then it is automatically locked by the system. In this case the OP can request the moderators to unlock the thread. As to what the rest of you post is about, I have no idea. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Train Thread 2
(Message 1771425)
Posted 13 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting situation I had not considered till today, what happens on the long distance trains when the clocks change, well apparently when the hour goes forward like today, the trains just automatically become and hour late. When the hour goes back then they wait an hour at the closest station!! So today is not as good day to breakdown, like the Capitol did. Especially when it take two freight engines to haul you to Chicago. "Apparently 78 broke down on the Sand Patch grade east of Pittsburgh,;CSXT 602 added off train N73110 at Connellsville;NS 9628 added lead at PGH(Pittsburg) station (ran light from Conway to station) account no in cab signals on 602." Also CSXT 602, is on the "heritage" roster,(as it is a "named" engine Spirit of Maryland) so the whole thing was a magnet for spotters. It was also turned on the wye as usual. Not often you see NS CSX and Amtrak onn the same train :-) |
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Politics :
Society's Role in Education 2
(Message 1770981)
Posted 11 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Please can we stop the name calling. And no, I do not think rating anyone's posts is a good idea. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1770400)
Posted 8 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: They have been known to ship the 64s out of order before. Yes and wouldn't it be spooky to find there is a 666 but they cant deliver it because it has lots of "strange" problems :-) BTW, the Amtrak inspector general has issued a report on the much-delayed Viewliner II fleet. The builder, CAF USA, has unilaterally slowed down production, thus denying Amtrak the expected benefits of using the new cars. There are still problems with production of the diners, sleepers, and baggage/dorms. They now project the last cars to be delivered about a year from now, over two years behind schedule. CAF says it expects to lose about $41 million on the project. Whilst Amtrak must bear some of the responsibility it seems strange that a company with CAF's background cannot produce 70 baggage cars without major delays and faults. CAF Also how come CAF managed to enter a contract that will end up losing them $41 million!! Seems CAF USA are not on the same level as the parent company. Even now there are still routes using the old baggage cars. This was the City of New Orleans the day before yesterday. Just as a reminder this is a Viewliner baggage car on yesterdays California Zephyr |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1769441)
Posted 4 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: So after the delivery of ACS64 number 665 last month I am sure you have all been waiting with baited breathe to see if the next one would be the "devils engine". Oh you haven't. Well here it is anyway. As was speculated Amtrak have wisely decided to miss out the number in question and have gone for 667. |
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(Message 1769215)
Posted 3 Mar 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparently, I haven't posted here about my latest drone videos. Rather than post all the same stuff over again, I refer you to my post at Einstein. Scroll down (or up if that's how you roll) a few for a detailed description of the second video. Excellent video!!, As have said before it is amazing just how much rolling stock you have there!! Really great seeing C&NW 8646 and 8701 as I have seen them several times on the cameras good to know they are still C&NW. |
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(Message 1768625)
Posted 29 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I see a lot of different trains on the web cams, it is quite unusual for this to happen: Today whilst waiting for the 29 at Chesterton this freight went past. With NS 1071 in "Jersey Central Lines" livery. Then several hours later. The same train passes the Chicago camera, whereas Chesterton has many freights per day, the Chicago cam is mostly passenger, with just perhaps 3 or 4 so it is nice to see the same train as it progresses. The work on the tracks near my local station continued this Sunday. I was a little earlier on my walk so was able to get this shot. DB 66023 waitning on platform 4 with a a few track panels. While it is still in the old EWS colours you can just make out the DB on the rear cab. It's position just below the footbridge allowed me to get this shot. Where the DB is clearly seen, as well as the driver with his feet up. He knew he would be there a while and in fact was still there an hour later when I returned! The eagle eyed amongst you might just notice that on the platform nearest the camera it says "Mind the gap/step". whilst on the other side it says "MIND THE STEP/GAP". Obviously couldn't make up their mind. :-) |
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SETI@home Version 8 for Android and GPU to be released January, 21st
(Message 1768072)
Posted 27 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Running the Seti@home as well as Seti@HomeBeta on my Android now. Both projects have completed several tasks. The Seti@HomeBeta not only shows my Android phone as a computer on my account as well as my tasks and gives me credit for them. As of yet Seti@Home still does not show my Android as a computer on my account, but I can not find single task completed or credit given for the Android. All user information, passwords and relevant info is correct for both accounts. So why is the Android app not giving me any credit to my Seti@Home account? It seems you may have somehow created a new account http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=10280650 This would happen if you used a different email address (even one with a spelling error if you happened to attach as "New Account") |
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This house that Seti built................
(Message 1768027)
Posted 27 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread started out with I believe good intentions, and an initial positive response from the management, No, please please we are just volunteers that have a few extra buttons that allows us to try and keep the SETI@home forums a pleasant place to be. I do not, and never have seen myself as "management" that in my mind would be Fred. As an aside I did not really understand when I took this voluntary position just how the PM system can be used. I have been accused of being a lying, cheating left wing, bastard who only got made a moderator to harass a certain person, I won't even mention some of the language. I have also been "ordered" to un-hide a post "or else". It got to a point early on when I didn't even want to look at my PM's After a time you have to just get on with the job. Which I believe in and feel the current team are trying hard to be fair, all decisions are discussed, no one has a post hidden without a good reason and no one would get a long band without plenty of warning. |
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(Message 1767765)
Posted 26 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: But these posts are not challenging the Moderation policy, not at all, they are simply reporting and agreeing what the current situation is. But they will be hidden in very short time, you just see. Probably because it could start a flame war by the usual culprits, which in itself will only justify what is being said in the first place. I personally believe that any constructive discussion is welcome. I am well aware of Chris's views and on a personal level would welcome any other comments. However should it degenerate into name calling and accusations then yes post will be hidden. Please remember that just because a person has different politics, religious beliefs, or lifestyle does not make them wrong. I have totally different views on many subjects discussed both here and in politics, however it doesn't mean the other views are fundamentally wrong. If a person can convince me with a well thought out argument as to why my views are incorrect then I will listen. I wonder if we can in fact have a constructive discussion. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1767721)
Posted 26 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Before we get all dreamy eyed about the past, here is some down and slightly dirty working trains. Network Rail have been busy round my way replacing track, this was last Sunday between East and South Croydon stations As you can see the track on the left is being replaced. If you look carefully you can see the conductor or "third rail" has been lifted up out of the way. On the far end of the train in front was this 66561, now even a bit grubby, I still think that of all the different paint jobs I have seen on the 66 loco, the Freightliner one suits them best. I then went over the foot bridge and got a nice shot 66561 being passed by a 442 Gatwick Express unit heading south. Oh and unfortunately the works overran to Monday morning and cause commuter hell, well done Network Rail!! And just to change the scene, these two were on the California Zephyr earlier this week. 822 and 145 in Phase 3 paint, now with the VL baggage car having the same "stripe" I think that is a very effective livery, and the one that suited the Genesis diesels the best. |
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(Message 1767501)
Posted 25 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: But America will never ever be able put on anything like that, and that is a fact! Quite an odd thing to say, and of course just your opinion, it can't be a fact as it is of course just your perception. I suspect to most Americans NW 611 returning to steam last year after 20 years on display, would come close, 611 stopped the traffic on a nearby roads as it passed. Also UPP 4014 "Big Boy" will in my mind eclipse any steam engine, when it is hopefully restored. The Flying Scotsman is indeed a British icon and we should be proud, but please don't use it to knock other countries, there is simply no need. I enjoy trains, steam, diesel, electric, and hopefully that is what this thread is about, not saying "mine is bigger and better than yours" |
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AMD/ATI Seti@home task appears to be stuck at 21.130% Complete
(Message 1767481)
Posted 25 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately I am not an AMD user so my experience is limited.. However normal advice is never to use the Windows update drives as they are "cut down" versions that may work for games but have some parts missing. Get the drives from the AMD/ATI website. I think the best option is to move this to number crunching where there is much more expertise. |
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14 GPU in Tasks, 1 running CP. New Boinc install with old settings.
(Message 1767461)
Posted 25 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Go to your account. On Preferences for this project click "SETI@Home Preferences" Assuming you are uising the "default" one, click on "edit preferences" The un tick the "Use GPU" of whichever type you are using, as you have your computers hidden I cannot tell. Then click "update preferences" and the next time the machine contacts SETI@Home the new preference will come into force. Just as an aside most people crunch much more on GPU's some do not even use the CPU for crunching, it is well out of the "testing stage and a decent GPU will return more work at a faster rate than most CPU's |
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(Message 1767459)
Posted 25 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: The Flying Scotsman has just left Kings X on time at 7.40am en route to York, on its inaugural run. I was supposed to have been up there but didn't make it at the last minute. :-((( Intresting that it was one of the services that should have been run by West Coast Railways. It is now listed as being run by DB Schenker. Hopefully a proper rail company can get it right :-) Currently 6 late approaching Hatfield ;-) |
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(Message 1767311)
Posted 24 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Go to your account page; Under the Preferences click on the "SETI@Home Preferences" link (bottom one). In the "Primary (default) preferences"field at the bottom click "edit preferences" Click in the tick box next to "Should SETI@home show your computers on its web site?" Then click "Update preferences" |
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AMD/ATI Seti@home task appears to be stuck at 21.130% Complete
(Message 1767243)
Posted 24 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Have you restarted BOINC? Have you suspended the task then un-suspended it? If not try them first, then report the result. With your computers hidden no one really see what is happening. Un-hiding you computers will not reveal any personal or usable data. Click on my username and have a look at mine to see what can be seen PS You will probably get a quicker answer in the Number Crunching forum, where most of the experts are. |
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(Message 1767129)
Posted 23 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I recall waking Dan up to tell him that the application was down. That was in the old days when all there was SETI there was no BOINC. I came on board ( I think ) in August 1998 or there about. The moderator on BOINC told me that there was nothing he/she could do about it. The application shows me on board in 2002....so what happened to the missing years? Please correct the on board date for Michael Gamble to reflect actuality and give me some piece of mind. I am beyond weary of the moderator on BGOINC and wish I had never heard of him/she/it. Not really sure of you question/problem. Your start date shows as 8th September 1999, which is the year that SETI@Home started. |
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(Message 1767091)
Posted 23 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I heard that AMTK 66 was moved from the scene to UP's Global 3 in Rochelle, which seems like a rather odd move for it to make. I need to read the follow-up on that report. Yes I now help spot Amtrak for a group that posts a daily "Amtrak whereabouts list". So I now get a twice daily update which is how I heard about the accident. This was on the list yesterday AM and PM "66 – turns out after the wreck this was left down at Joliet to be repaired before movement;UP transfer IG4G3B-21 took it right by Proviso and out to Global 3 in Rochelle!" "66 : departed Global 3 on ZLAG1-19 at 1759/22 CT,tucked in behind the road power." (A possible reason for the greater damage, instead of bacon the truck had a container full of the small John Deere tractors) The daily list also interesting info such as why 6(20) arrived at CHI with just #58. Turns out 5(21) had #202 go bad and was set out at Wyanet IL, so #191 was taken off 6(20) at Denver, 5(21) ran with just #138 to Denver where #191 was added!! Did you follow that ;-) For those of you who wonder about the numbers in brackets, for long distance trains it denotes the departure date, as on trains like the California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Empire Builder etc, there is more than one train with the same number running at any given time. |
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Whatcha Watching?
(Message 1766664)
Posted 21 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Great American Railroad Journeys on BBC iPlayer What else :-) |
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Toying with idea of "Hackintosh"...
(Message 1766661)
Posted 21 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: As to the legality of Hackintosh; Apple already tried to put a stop to it, and FAILED. The legality of Hackintosh STANDS as they are using purchased copies of Snow Leopard to get going and therefore Apple is making their money off the purchases of their OS. There is NOTHING preventing other creative PC users from creating MACS out of their Intel based PCs; again NO GROUNDS for suit against the implementation of PURCHASED MAC OS software onto generic, custom built Intel PCs. :-P If you could find a link to any sort of official statement that using Apple OSX in this way is not against their EULA I will be happy. Remember you do not BUY the software, just a license to use it same as Windows. Note this also from the EULA The Apple software (including Boot ROM code), any third party software, documentation, interfaces, content, fonts and any data accompanying this License whether preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the “Apple Softwareâ€) are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Inc. (“Appleâ€) for use only under the terms of this License. Apple and/or Apple’s licensors retain ownership of the Apple Software itself and reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. While Apple are unlikely to prosecute individuals as that would be bad PR they did successfully prosecute Psystar. Psystar was an interesting case. The company actually sold computers pre-designed to accept OS X as a native operating system. As much as Psystar tried to circumvent the EULA by proving a bundled copy of OS X and not actually installing the software itself, Apple’s lawsuit was successful, winning damages and multiple appeals against Psystar, which has since been permanently barred from selling its Hackintosh systems. The problem is not that you are going to use a companies product in violation of the EULA but you are going to detail how to do it on these boards. Whilst breaking a EULA might seem OK, giving details of how to do it on a respected scientific projects forum is possibly not a good idea. Carry on and convert to a hackingtosh if you must but I believe there a better places than here to discuss and document it. |
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(Message 1766433)
Posted 20 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems that one of the Amtrak heritage paint locos was involved in an accident yesterday It was leading train 303 Chicago to St Louis, when a semi in Joliet for some reason was only halfway across as 66 arrived. Apparently there were no injuries. The train was towed back to Chicago. Picture from Joliet FD Facebook page. |
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(Message 1766284)
Posted 19 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Outage, what outage :-)) |
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Toying with idea of "Hackintosh"...
(Message 1766278)
Posted 19 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Just like to mention what you are considering is technically illegal, as apparently the EULA states The grants set forth in this License do not permit you to, and you agree not to, install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. While I don't suppose they would prosecute, you, they did however successfully stop a firm selling laptops ready made to install OSX.. So, discussing it on an open forum is possibly not a good idea and could be embarrassing for SETI@home Remember just like Windows you do not own the software, just a licence to use it in line with the EULA. |
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Posted 18 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: That is a real shame, and is not the run of the mill occurrence with Heritage steam companies. Usually they are ultra careful because of the rolling stock they are using :-( Well deliberately, disconnecting the Train Protection System, in two separate incidences, either suggests staff who finds the "rules tiresome". Or management pushing staff and turning a blind eye to safety. I wonder if there are problems with the TPS and staff are being pushed to run the services rather than take the train out of service, which they should if the TPS was not operating correctly. The original problem was in March, yet in October, it happened again! |
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Posted 18 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear: Office of Rail Regulation bans West Coast Railways from running services West Coast Railways are one of the biggest operators of steam excursions in the UK. Their problems started last year when the driver of a steam train(having disabled the Train Protection System) passed a signal at danger and crossed onto the main line. Luckily there was no accident but the ORR then stated looking at WCRC and this is the result. If they didn't learn then one wonders if they ever will!! |
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Can I use this antique?
(Message 1765670)
Posted 17 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well here is my old Windows Home Server, it just runs SETI on an old GT-240 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6994034 It's only on 314.22 because trying to install newer drivers fails due to an "incompatible operating system". Still it manages around 1,200 RAC on CUDA 3.2. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1765667)
Posted 17 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Here are some interesting stats. Top 100 computers at SETI@Home by OS Windows 7 - 39 Windows 10 - 30 Windows 8.1 - 12 Windows XP - 6 Darwin - 6 Linux - 5 Windows 8 - 1 Win Server 2012 - 1 |
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NVIDIA Driver 353.30 just crashed and recovered...
(Message 1765659)
Posted 17 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I have made a Clean install of nVidia 361.91 over the 361.75 I had running on SETI@home tasks. It reinstalled Geforce_experience but, after rebooting, all 3 SETI@home tasks complained of not finding a GPU, while the switch from 353.54 to 361.75 went painlessly. I aborted the tasks and now am waiting for new tasks both in SETI and Einstein. Wait and see, meanwhile I am crunching CPU tasks on 3 PCs, two Linux boxes ad a Windows 10 PC. Well as your Windows 10 machine is not showing a detected GPU, I would suggest something went wrong with the install. Probably best to try again. I have just installed 361.91 over 361.75 on all three of my Win 10 crunchers, no problems at all. Didn't even need a reboot. Geforce Experience is really for gamers as it tries to set up games for the best possible experience with the installed card. Even though I am a gamer, I prefer to set things myself, so these day all I install is the drivers. |
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(Message 1765421)
Posted 16 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I've downloaded and tried to install. It says this nVidia graphic driver is not compatible with this version of Windows. Thanks anyway for your help. Possibly as that is the link to the US version, I assume you would require the Italian one. Even here in the UK we cannot use the US version, has to be the "English (UK)" one. |
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screen capture software
(Message 1765242)
Posted 15 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the one I use. http://www.flashbackrecorder.com/ Select download and then Flashback Express that is the free one. It does save in its own format .fbr, but it comes with a player and you can export to avi. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1765040)
Posted 15 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Win 10 sends 5500 bits of data out of any computer once you upgrade . Well if you really believe that and I have no doubt you do, then you are not safe either, remember I am on Windows 10 and I have just read and answered your post, so "they" will be able to see what you said. I rather like Windows 10 and have now installed it on all my working machines. Personally if you think any government including yours needs Windows 10 to spy on you then you are sadly mistaken. They already are able to hack any computer or phone they wish. Your government was able to use any data they wished form the NSA and apparently did. GCHQ have just been allowed to hack phones and computers when they need to. So please don't delude yourself that you are safe from prying eyes you are not. Now, are there any other machines I can install Win 10 on. |
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(Message 1764816)
Posted 14 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes NS8978 added near Sandusky after both P42's failed once or twice, one was finally resurrected enough to provide HEP and some tractive effort. Here passing a sunny but cold looking Chesterton over 5 hours late. I was surprised how fast it actually went through, normally used to seeing those freight engines going much slower!! |
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(Message 1764606)
Posted 13 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well Railstream have a new camera, "Oh goody" I hear you say "more nasty grey Amtrak things". Well no actually no Amtrak at all. The site is fairly remote. The new camera is at the Elkhorn Inn and Theater Landgraff West Virginia, Here is the website. Elkhorn Inn It just so happens that an NS mainline runs right past. First train I saw yesterday was a standard NS coal train However this a "helper" district due to the steep hills, so you have to look at the rear of the train too NS Heritage unit 8104 Lehigh Valley, not only that but NS 8100 Nickel Plate Road, some what of a surprise! Also a bit of CP action Then first thing this morning (local time) within five minutes of logging in this came up the hill. NS 8102 Pennsylvania, seems like all three heritage units are being used as helpers. The area is heavily wooded and I am looking forward to seeing it during spring, summer and most of all autumn. The wooded hill in the background should allow for some good shots. |
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(Message 1764369)
Posted 12 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi, Did you use the same email address for the donation as you use for SETI@Home. Or do you have the "Are all your donations anonymous?" field set to "yes" on your account page. The stars normally appears soon after the donation and last for a year |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1764043)
Posted 11 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Why does CN & CP own track in someone elses country? Does the US own Canadian track? If so why? Simply in the US and Canada the railroad companies own the track, so they brought the companies. From the wiki Following CN's purchase of Illinois Central (IC) and a number of smaller US railways it also has extensive trackage in the central United States along the Mississippi River valley from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Today CN owns about 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track[3] in 8 provinces (the only two not served by CN are Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island), as well as a 70-mile (113 km) stretch of track into the Northwest Territories to Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake; it is the northernmost rail line anywhere within the North American Rail Network, as far north as Anchorage, Alaska (although the Alaska Railroad goes further north than this, it is isolated from the rest of the rail network). The railway was referred to as the Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960 and as Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present. Canadian Pacific acquired two American lines in 2009: the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad and the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad. The trackage of the ICE was at one time part of CP subsidiary Soo Line and predecessor line The Milwaukee Road. The combined DME/ICE system spanned North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa, as well as two short stretches into two other states, which included a line to Kansas City, Missouri, and a line to Chicago, Illinois, and regulatory approval to build a line into the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. It is publicly traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CP. Its U.S. headquarters are in Minneapolis. As an aside CP is currently involved in a hostile take over of Norfolk and Southern And yes US railroads own or have track-age right in Canada. There really is no way to compare rail in the UK and US USA track miles - 224,792 UK track miles - 17,732 However it is a freight based network, the US moves more freight miles than any other country, we are 17th whereas for passengers the UK is 7th in the world and the USA is 22nd. |
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(Message 1764040)
Posted 11 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bill, well certainly Canada is a lot more aesthetic than the USA! Actually I really really like that picture, shame it's copyrighted. I'm going to Vancouver and Northern BC this Autumn, I hope my host will point me at some nice railways to take some pics. Just because the lead loco is CP does not mean it is Canada. This was shot in Shippensberg Pennsylvania. As you see there are also BNSF and NS locos CN and CP own track in the US. The "airline" bridge in the pics of Chicago is CN track. However I think one of my favourite colour schemes that is not "heritage" is the KCS You don't see them too often. |
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What is a "Volunteer tester", the various ribbons with percentages, a Star, and sny other decoration?
(Message 1764008)
Posted 11 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: What are the various decorations on people's entries? Like "Volunteer tester" and whatever else people have? Yes, this is temporary as far as I'm concerned. Everyone else knows. I don't though. Volunteer tester menas you have helped out with testing new apps and the like over at SETI Beta The badges refer to your Recent Average Credit (RAC) and show if your RAC is in the top 25%, 5 % or 1% The top RAC is currently 483,481 |
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(Message 1763812)
Posted 10 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Good pics, I always like to see the "inside" of railways and their workings. According to my camera log the train in pic 13 is the 3 (89-134) Time for a little story: Back in 2011 there was a great fuss cause when it was announced that Siemens had won the contract for the new "Thameslink" trains, over Bombardier. The row was due to the fact that Siemens units would be manufactured in Germany while Bombardier had a factory in the UK. The whole process dragged on and the "in service" date for the Siemens units moved fro 2012 to 2016. One problem was the new 700 class unit incorporated several new design features which needed to be tested and approved. However in the meantime to cover this short fall, Bombardier provided brand new class 387 units to Thameslink.These were just an upgraded version of their successful "Electrostar" class 377. Here is a shot of one of the original group 377 158 And for comparison one of the 377's currently working on Thameslink So what happened to the 700's well yesterday for the first time I saw one while crossing the bridge near East Croydon. Sorry it a bit blurred but I wasn't expecting it!! I did get a better shot from the other side of the bridge 700 107, the 100 sub class means it is a 12 coach set, of which there will be 55. They are still being tested and are due to enter service in April. Thameslink service runs across London North to South from Bedford to Brighton. It is a "dual voltage" route OHL north of London and third rail to the south. The 387's will be used elsewhere to replace older stock, oh yes and The Gatwick Express franchise is to use 387's to replace the ageing 442's but that's another story. The moral, whilst the fuss over Bombardier made the headlines, the subsequent orders they have received and are continuing to receive have not. I guess good news is not as interesting as bad news. While looking for some pics of the 387 I came across this which I may or may not have posted here. Far right on the "up fast" is a Southern 377 heading for London, the red unit on the "down fast" is a 442 "Gatwick Express" heading south to Gatwick" and on left GBRF 66758. The 377 and 66 were waiting at the signals and the 442 just happened to pass between allowing for the shot. |
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(Message 1763664)
Posted 9 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Back in Jan Amtrak P42 #69 had a disagreement with a road vehicle whilst on the 383 to Quincy and I have not seen it from the front until a couple of days ago. I am trying to decide if it has in fact been repainted, of just washed!! Now some of you will realise that "special units" i.e, anything which makes a unit stand out form the crowd are highly "spotable" sometimes railfans make up there own, so is the case for Norfolk and Southerns famous "Bar Code" unit,it is an SD70Ace and has the number 1111 which are supposed to look like a bar code. So I have waited for this unit for a while and finally on the 6th I saw on the "Heritage Unit" website that it was heading for Chesterton, so I waited with baited breath and..... Somewhat of an anti-climax, it looked just like , well a blob!! It was moving to fast to get a good clear picture. Oh well maybe next time. Talking of Chesterton, as the Chicago camera was down for a good part of yesterday I was watching Chesterton longer than normal and saw a few interesting things. First was this: Nine NS units, 9876, 7588, 7603, 2628, 9343, 9880, 2533, 1149, and 6998, at the front of a full double stack container train, only the first 3/4 seemed to be running. Next one that caught my attention was this GP60 "sandwich" NS 3035 ex-conrail GP40-2 built 1978 NS7131 GP60 built 1991 NS 7150 GP60 built 1992 NS 3067 ex-Conrail GP40-2 built 1980 NS seems to like the older geeps and keeps them looking fresh. Saying that another coil train came through earlier with NS 5337 on A GP38-2 built 1977, an "Operation Lifesaver" unit. To round off the Chesterton pictures, this was from the 7th. The odd looking BCR 4609 a C40-8M. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1763650)
Posted 9 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: It's quite noticeable that some Moderators haven't got a green star, does that not seem incongruous? That comment is beneath you. People do what they can. Please remember you can choose to "hide" your star as I do. |
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(Message 1762902)
Posted 6 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just to prove I do occasionally take pictures of home grown trains. Here is a pic taken less than an hour ago from the footbridge near my local station. Yes 60163 Tornado at the head of the Belmond British Pullman lunch train. Just in case anyone isn't aware 60163 is the completely new built Pepperorn A1 Pacific locomotive. It is temporarily hauling the British Pullman whilst 35028 Clan Line has its 10 year boiler overhaul. Also a quick pic of a UK freight train, just for completeness :-) Just an old EMD 66 class 044 to be precise, taken from the bridge near East Croydon station this week. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1762165)
Posted 4 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: David said on another board: Thank you I missed that. I actually saw it arrive in Chicago, minus BNSF 8000 However the California Zephyr 6 yesterday was several hours late, and when it arrived, guess what was on point. Yes a very snowy BNSF 8000, I know the number is not visible but it was 8000 With #157 and #14 in tow Have to start calling 8000 Thunderbird one!! Yes I realise that Virgin trains in the UK had "Thunderbird" rescue locos, here in fact is Class 57 307 "Lady Penelope" I saw at Long Marston a few years back. Yes that is the "Thunderbird" logo. BNSF have also been "measuring the track", BNSF 4459 appeared at Chicago pulling these The track measurement unit. That was on 1st, it parked overnight at Galesburg and then on the 2nd Finally I have mentioned that Iowa Pacific and the Hoosier State has been having problems with only one loco pulling the consists. Well last week for several days. Both 4137 and 4135 were to be seen, then on the first, when it is hauled in tow by the Cardinal. Oh dear, just 4135 again, then yesterday, sorry no pic, it was down to three cars instead of four. I wonder if they are having second thoughts!! |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1761705)
Posted 2 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I cannot run WoW or STO on other OSs, so I'm stuck with their crappy POS of an OS. How to install WoW on Ubuntu or Linux Mint |
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The Last Person To Post Here Wins #251
(Message 1761663)
Posted 2 Feb 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning, BT (one of the biggest ISP's) is apparently down nationwide!! Currently using phone as hotspot. |
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New tricks for old dogs?
(Message 1760683)
Posted 30 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I would not expect you to have heard of the iCloud NOTE iCloud not cloud, the iCloud is of course Apple and useful for backups of all things Apple automatically However you can if you wish back it up to you computer over Wi-Fi also automatically. As for knowing who know what about you. If you surf the internet or use e-mail through any normal browser then quite a lot of people know more than you might wish. Can you please tell me when I ask a perfectly simple question you have to put "Sigh" as though talking down to someone. Just plain rude! PS as I am currently showing two over 70's how to use and iPhone and iPad feel free to ask for my help anytime |
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GPU applications :
AstroPulse V77.10 Task Not Running Correctly
(Message 1760647)
Posted 30 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the naming confusion results from the way Boinc display the tasks Whilst there is a space in v7 7.10 and v8 8.00 it is not obvious. For someone not familiar with things it does look like v77 and v88 |
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New tricks for old dogs?
(Message 1760637)
Posted 30 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Backups? How many people honestly do that? I would not expect you to have heard of the iCloud or the fact that you set the phone to either back up to your computer or Wi-Fi or just use the iCloud, it's set and forget it does it for you. A friend had her iPhone stolen and I got her a second hand one from e-bay, she had got a replacement sim card and once in the phone she logged on to her Apple account and the phone was restored exactly as it had been in less than half an hour Apparently he had linked it to his smartphone and that was how he got an internet signal. Clever but a very expensive dongle! Nor the fact that most phone contracts now can be "unlimited" everything, as is mine, I pay a fixed monthly rate for unlimited call minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data. I don't ever use my land line now. You are however 100% correct, someone in your postilion does not need one no idea why you would think you did. I have people at the 60+ who have and use smart phones, and I have others who are happy with their "dumb" phones and I would never dream of forcing anyone to change. I remember you saying that all smartphones and tablets were the curse of modern society and should be banned!! I wonder what changed? |
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Word Link # 85
(Message 1760384)
Posted 29 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: sandwich |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1760373)
Posted 29 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Amtrak 665 is due into Chicago on Thursday. And indeed it did arrive. Just behind a rather now tatty looking #189 "The Big Game Train" The, I assume, vinyls were applied some years ago and now just look old., However it is one of the Amtrack P42's in "special livery that is what the "foamers" "anoraks" or just plain train fans look out for. Which got me thinking, how many of the Amtrak "Heritage Units" had I seen this month. Well #156 (Phase 1) arrived on the CZ 6 on the 14th Jan #66 (Phase II) was eaiser as it was running the 300 Lincoln service and turning on the wye each day. This is the sunny 17th with and empty coal on the airline. #184 (phase V) was on the City of New Orleans on the 20th. The 21st saw #42 (Salute to the Veterans) leading the CZ 6 The 22nd saw the only "Heritage" P40 #822 Phase (III) make an appearance on the CZ 5 Finally to complete the set #145 (Phase III) was on the SWC 4 on the 27th. #145 has been on the 391 to Carbondale the last 2 days. So a complete set in around two weeks. It really seems like Chicago is the centre of the Amtrak diesel universe. To end, when I saw this coming down the wye I could not a first make out what it was, due to the "snowy" front It was of course an old "cabbage" #90368. |
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Windows :
Symantec download insight blocking installation of SETI 8
(Message 1759745)
Posted 27 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: due to this being my employer's PC. Is your employer happy for you to run SETI@Home? If so you will need to speak to whoever controls your employers IT and they will have to set Symantec to allow the file. If you don't have your employers permission, please do not run SETI@Home. |
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tasks downloaded and completed not showing up in my account pages
(Message 1759662)
Posted 27 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: If you look on the Server Status Page http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_status.html It shows that the replica database is offline, and this is where the results are displayed from. Last result I show was yesterday at 17.00 UTC Until this is running again your results will not update, although all work is being received and credited as shown by your totals and RAC. PS Beaten by William:-) |
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Panic Mode On (102) Server Problems?
(Message 1759617)
Posted 27 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I think now the regular dB is being used to do the replica r/o accesses, as I can see WU's dated 1/25 and later AND my validation waiting count has finally changed. Even though the replica is still offline. Still not right though as I show nothing dated later than yesterday at 17:00 UTC, which was pre-outage. My main machine gets through a GPU WU in around 20 mins. Just watched 2 tasks complete and upload, still no change. |
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News :
SETI@home Version 8 has been released.
(Message 1758762)
Posted 23 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: i am having trouble lookin for version 8 on windows 7 on seti@home As you have already processed some V8 work you need to do nothing. If you run the stock app (not having Lunatics optimised apps installed) the update is automatic. |
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Windows :
AVG 2016 detected virus after install of BOINC 7.6.22 (x64) running seti@home v8
(Message 1758696)
Posted 23 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I clicked the nuke it button and all my SETI CUDA jobs failed. What now? I noted the jobs using Intel HD all work, is this an anti NVIDIA policy? I will paste this advice given by Ageless in another thread. We always tell people to exclude the BOINC data directory, its sub-directories and its files from being scanned by the anti-virus software. You can do this from within the AV software, look for an option to set up an exclusive directory, exceptions list or DMZ (demilitarized zone). The default BOINC directory path is to the hidden C:\Programdata\BOINC\ directory. |
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Windows :
Seti disepeared from project list and can not join again
(Message 1757979)
Posted 22 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi, I am crunching now for 12 years so I thought I have some knowledge about Boinc and Seti but now I'am out off ideas. Make sure you have the Categories "all" box selected as below If that fails type http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ Into the Project url box, hopefully that should do it. |
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TLPTPW 250 -- waiting for v8 GPU work
(Message 1757813)
Posted 21 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: V8 will be ready when it is ready. Which is today http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=78860 |
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Word Link # 85
(Message 1757664)
Posted 20 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Dune |
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News :
SETI@home Version 8 has been released.
(Message 1757452)
Posted 19 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: V8 release is a bit disappointing when you have been processing packets pretty much since 2000. I no longer receive any work at all since V8 released. Probably because you had an error downloading 503 V8 tasks. If you don't know why you probably need to post in number crunching to ask for assistance. My guess, looking at your error is that your ISP is compressing jpg files (some do that) and as there are jpg files in the new V8 download it sees the wrong size file, and all WU downloads then fail. If you go to you account page. the select "Computing Preferences" then scroll down to the bottom click "edit preferences" and tick the "Skip data verification for image files" box then "update preferences" and see if this helps. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1757451)
Posted 19 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Noting the accident involving Amtrak train 383, I now know why the 380 did not run Sunday. The 383 Chicago to Quincy on one day forms the 380 Quincy to Chicago on the following morning. So it never arrived. I am thinking it may well have been #69 involved. The loco that pulls the 390 in the morning, usually then plus the 383 the same evening This is the 390 arriving on Saturday (yes it is arriving, it comes down the airline in the background and reverses in). I don't usually see the 383 leave Chicago as it is around midnight UTC, also during the winter too dark to get a good shot. I assume that the accident is why the 381 next morning instead of looking like this The normal four Horizon short distance cars, looked like this. Four coach class long distance cars. First time I have ever seen those on the Quincy service. Interesting. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1757316)
Posted 18 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Did not see it. It is based on a real incident The CSX 8888 incident If you read that you can see how it happened, and yes it was stopped in almost the same way as portrayed in the film. Allowing for the "Hollywood effect" I enjoyed the film. |
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Gripes and Kudos V
(Message 1757076)
Posted 17 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps time to remind people of the rules This thread is for Gripes and Kudos. If you need to discuss things please use another thread. Thank you. |
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Weather Forecasts VIII & Wintry Weather!
(Message 1757075)
Posted 17 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes snow in South London. I have been walking in my local park regularly for nearly 3 years and this is only the second time it has snowed. This is a shot of the Victorian water tower that stands on a rise overlooking the park, A whilst a bit late a very typical scene PS, It was my kind of snow, cars and gardens only, roads and footpaths totally clear!! |
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Whats the scariest weapon?
(Message 1757069)
Posted 17 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread is degenerating into name calling. This is the Cafe. I will lock this thread for a cool off. |
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Windows :
Event Log says "Task for AMD/ATIGPU are available.....
(Message 1757045)
Posted 17 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: but your preferences are set to not accept them"... what or how do I change the preferences to accept them... I've looked and dam if I can find where to change those preferences... any help is appreciated As you don't appear to have an "AMD/ATI GPU" it would not achieve anything to accept tasks. If you wish to anyway, go to the "Account" page. (in the top bar second from the right) Look in the "Preferences for this project " and click the "Seti@Home preferences" On that page you will see all the options, to change any click on "Edit Preferences" about half way down. There are 4 different preferences but with one machine it is usually just the top "Default" one that is used |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1756843)
Posted 16 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not posted for a while so time for a little catch up. "Warning - Train Cam Pictures Ahead" Those who find these boring please vacate this thread for your own mental health!! I was only thinking a few days ago that I hadn't seen a new ACS64 for a while when: #664 arrived on the 11th behind #92 and #75. Must have been a Christmas break!! Some mention was made on the Railstream forums of this incident #42 the Veterans unit looking like it needs a bit of an overhaul. Actually quite a few of the P42's do that as they accelerate just there, to be fair some of the Metra F40PH's do it as well. Also noticeable was the fact it was #42 and #43 as a pair on the Southwest Chief on the 4th. Often I take a screenshot just for aesthetic value. Here we see #207 "The last of thr P42's" heading into a sunrise created by the silver cars of The City of New Orleans. The 13th saw this on the Lake Shore 49 from New York; #10031 Dome Lounge Ocean View, the only dome lounge in the Amtrak fleet. "This car was originally built in 1955 by Budd for the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder train. Conveyed to Amtrak in 1971, the car was numbered 9361. Converted to HEP from Steam Heat in March 1985 and renumbered 9300. Renumbered 10031 in April 1999, the car is now Amtrak's only dome car on the fleet and is used on special trains and is also the featured car on select trains during different times of the year. This car is equipped for food service on the lower level and the entire dome section consists of lounge tables" This time of year the private cars are few and far between, but this was on the rear of the same train, seen here turning at Chicago. The Sliver Iris which is based in Katy TX. There have been several mentions in this thread about IPH and the Hoosier State train 850/851. At first it ran with a GP40FH at either end then both at one end. The last week has seen #4135 all alone. I am hoping that doesn't mean 4137 and 4144 are both laid up with problems. Perhaps IPH have decide it is cheaper(if a bit risky) to just run on one! |
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GPU applications :
How to tell if my GPU is being used?
(Message 1756590)
Posted 15 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks... That would explain it! BOINC is the program that SETI@Home runs on. BOINC is 7.6.22 Many other distributed computing applications use BOINC The SETI@Home application is V8 |
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Windows :
Number Crunching with Version 8 very slow
(Message 1756589)
Posted 15 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: In the last 3 or 4 days my work units have gone from over 6000 to 3600. I notice my tasks are now including Version 8. Is Version 8 this much slower? I am running an i7 processor with the current version of Windows 10. Currently V8 is CPU only, the app for GPU is still bring tested. This means that other than a few stray V7 units and the occasional Astropulse, your GPU is not being used. Hence the fall in your RAC. Everyone is affected the same. GPU V8 is being tested at Beta. Hopefully it will be on main "soon". |
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TLPTPW 250 -- waiting for v8 GPU work
(Message 1756245)
Posted 14 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I hesitate to hide posts in this thread for obvious reasons. Please don't respond here, start a thread in politics. Thank you. |
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TLPTPW 250 -- waiting for v8 GPU work
(Message 1756192)
Posted 14 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: I see this thread is also straying into politics. Please try and keep the discussions non political, whatever you feelings. Thanks |
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Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1756191)
Posted 14 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes this thread has definitely strayed. Angela may well be a little busy currently and not had a chance to read the latest posts. At this point I don't wish to move or hide posts however I think it might be best if anything political is avoided. Thank you. |
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All stressed out?
(Message 1755319)
Posted 10 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Simple enough answer.. take a walk outside, look at the sky & smell the roses :-) Roses a bit few and far between this time of year, will a daffodil do? :-) |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1754882)
Posted 8 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparently, New York State DOT requested the special paint job (I don't remember now if they will be getting more of them done). From what I can make out, the badge has the current Amtrak "3 sheets to the wind" logo at the bottom, the yellow banner says EMPIRE SERVICE (state supported trains running from NYC to points upstate), and the upper right is the head of the Statue of Liberty. I can't make out what the upper left is. Yes I found out the info later. Also I informed the Heritage Units website and sent them that pic. He added it to their roster and I got "first spot" :-). They still need a proper pic as they wont accept web cam ones, so perhaps MH should send them one of his!! PS, there is now a rumour that all the P32AC-DM's will be repainted to Phase III! Followed by all the P42's as they are repainted. First seems possible however as the P42's only seem to get repainted when it is accident insurance that pays, it seems unlikely. |
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News :
SETI@home Version 8 has been released.
(Message 1754806)
Posted 8 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Since I don't have millions of credits and am not in the inner circle I am not allowed to joke with you Apple guys. I have no raccoons, stripper pictures, or personal attacks (like to me in private, so I returned the favor to them) to post like you guys do. But I still have my same question: If you do not run an "optimised app" like "lunatics" or do not have an "app_info" file, then you need to do nothing as V8 will automatically be added. If you look at your preferences for the project you will see there is an entry for SETI@Home V8 set to yes. If you use a GPU then currently there is no V8 work available you will just have to wait along with everyone else As your computers are hidden I cannot really help you further than that. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1754628)
Posted 7 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Not been posting here too much, but just saw something interesting. You may or may not remember back in November I posted this pic That is P32AC-DM #704 a long way from it's home turf which is the east coast, usually on trains out of New York Penn station as it is a "dual mode" loco meaning it can run on the third rail. Well Thursdays as I have discovered is when the "special" from the Amtrak workshop at Beech Grove arrives in Chicago and turns on the wye. So today on the train was. #704 decked out in a heritage paint job (phase 3 I believe) not sure what the badge is about. Interesting. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1754587)
Posted 7 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I used O&O to disable the automatic updates. That worked, but then I couldn't do manual updates either so I tried to enable updates again via O&O and that didnt work. To make a long story short: I couldn't do any more updates, got an error no mattervwhst I tried. That was the moment when I said "screw W10" and went back to 8.1. OK, yes I did that once, by mistake and couldn't re-enable it. I just used the restore point that O&O creates. As I would never advise most people I deal with to disable updates anyway not a problem. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1754554)
Posted 7 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Thx everybody, especially Cosmic Ocean for the link! As I use O&O shutup on 4 Win 10 machines and have not had any problems so far, would you mind detailing what happened. I don't want to have the same problems. I also have recommended O&O to everybody I know running Win 10 Thank you |
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News :
SETI@home Version 8 has been released.
(Message 1753556)
Posted 3 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: These are very bad news anyway. It is not permanent!! Just wait a few days and the GPU app will be released. Remember SETI@Home has never promised work 24/7. In the meantime perhaps find another project that can use your GPU. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1753247)
Posted 2 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Well The City of New Orleans puzzle is as David suggested due to flooding From the discuss.amtraktrains.com website. Apparently both trains 58 and 59 operate as normal to Memphis and Carbondale. 58 passengers would detrain in Memphis and be bused to Carbodale where they will board the 59 equipment and continue to Chicago as train 58. The reverse would happen for train 59 passengers from Carbondale to Memphis where the 58 equipment would return to New Orleans as train 59. However there is no mention of any problems on the Amtrak website. Odd. Apparently likely to continue to the 5th. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752902)
Posted 1 Jan 2016 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I would love to fly a drone over the lines near me, as every mile is fenced here in the UK, I suspect I would be breaking one rule or another!! Onto the 1st of the 1st!! Well not too much happening, 582 put in another appearance with an IPH car I have not noticed before. Yesterday afternoon quite by surprise these two appeared. GP38-2 BNSF 2295 towing Amtrak 47. Now I haven't seen 47 go past the cam in a long while so no idea what happened there. It was several hours later when 2295 returned Now a little conundrum. It takes the City of New Orleans around 17 hours from New Orleans to Chicago and the same to return. Here it is backing into Chicago on the 30th December And here it is on the 31st December And here it is today Now the sharp eyed amongst you may have noted that the P42 at the head of the train is in fact #5, all three times, now either Amtrak has a P42 cloning machine or something else is afoot. I am guessing that the locos are being switched over so at some point but where and why I have no idea. Also somewhere it can be turned. However I don't see the outward bound City of New Orleans as it leaves at 2.05am GMT, so I have no idea if it is 5!! Finally a couple of unusual shots. Because there are only 15 of the P40's in service they are quite rare, to see two on one train is unusual. This was The Lakeshore 49 on the 30th. This is also quite rare, the Southwest Chief 3 yesterday Three different types together, P42 22, P40 822 and original P32 500. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752524)
Posted 30 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well with that second (or third) one my vertigo definitely came into play. It was fine while fairly still, but when you turned to follow 5854, there was a moment of feeling "no floor under my feet" :-0 Very impressed with the quality. Gives a whole new angle on railfanning!! Also not seen many SD40-3's and CSX 4068 looks quite "new" |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752453)
Posted 30 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is the first of three drone videos I'm uploading. These are practice flights. In this one, I'm at the west end of Eola Yard, following a Metra train as it slows down to turn down the lead to the Aurora station. That is slightly unreal it is so steady that at fist it looks like you are on a bridge, then when it moves!! Once again today I witness the strange compulsion to "beat the train" Having watch the Chesterton crossing for a while now, you get to know how long it takes from when the bells start to when a train arrives, also listening to the horn you can tend to judge the speed of the train. So when I saw this, 12 seconds after the barriers had descended I was expecting the worst., For those in the UK he is on the wrong side of the road! I assume a glimpse to his right must have allowed the fact that a train was approaching at speed finally sink in!! I have to say it was a heart stopping moment!! Oh did someone mention it was snowing in Illinois?? :-) |
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Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1752252)
Posted 29 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday it was daffodils, today rainbows!! The cloud nearly obscuring the arch Taken in my local park |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part III
(Message 1752226)
Posted 29 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Guy Beats Fallout 4 Without Killing Anyone, Nearly Breaks The Game Well while I suppose it is an achievement, as it mentions in the article Fallout 4 has a "save at any time" system, you can also set it to automatically save at certain points, so this just means you have to play the same segment over and over and over again till you get the outcome you want. That would drive most people mad. Still at least it keeps him off the street :-) PS Yes I am currently playing Fallout 4 and yes I do unfortunately have to kill a few characters now and again, I do however try and keep the pixel bloodshed to a minimum :-) |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752102)
Posted 28 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So back to the slightly more serious side!! I haven't seen a lot of notable traffic lately till the 23rd when this passed Chesterton SOO 6026, a SOO Line (now of course CP) SD60's. These are now included in Heritage Units roster. This one had me puzzled for a while yesterday A blue CN Dash 8!!(apparently called the Blue Devil). Seems it started life in 1994 as Loco Management Services LMSX 739, then moved to the Illinois Central as IC 2466 hence the "IC" below the number, CN took control of IC in 1998 so if you look up either IC 2466 or CN 2466 you get the same info. On the Chicago front not much new to report, of course if you were wondering what to do with yourself on the 26th, then you could have been the engineer on UP7818 I was recording 126 arriving on the 390 from Carbondale, but notice that 7818 was there, which is where it sat for over and hour! Today it is snowing in Chesterton IN, Chicago IL, Coal City IL, Rochelle IL, and Grand Island NE! So here is a bit of snow with a quite rare sighting genset 582 with Northern Sky's Northern Dreams And finally a littler puzzle that has been bugging me. The California Zephyr 6 and Southwest Chief 4 are scheduled to arrive at Chicago at 2.50pm and 3.15pm CT respectively. Normally they both use this track that the 4 was on last night. The speed is quite fast and the track curves left under the bridge towards the station, this means they need to be turned on the wye later ready for the next day. However for the last couple of weeks the California Zephyr 6 has been arriving on this track. Which is the wye track, it seems to have a speed limit as the CZ passes at little more than walking speed, it then branches to the right under the bridge and I assume reverses into the station as it does not turn on the wye later. This manoeuvre occurs even when, as a few days ago, the CZ was quite late, it still crawled down the wye track!! So what is the reason, something different about the station or the yard. I have no idea. |
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Raccoon Update XXII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1752052)
Posted 28 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Firstly it is a sunny day here in South London currently 11°C And spring has arrived!! Taken today in a Croydon park. I always used to think that the first daffodils were a sign of spring but 3 days after Christmas!!! Also as someone was mentioning crows and the fact they were a different type in the US, don't they look like this? The same park and the local "crows" |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752038)
Posted 28 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A nice bit of "photoshopping" was done to isolate the loco and plant it into a new background. Not sure if you mean my "atomic loco", if so no "photoshopping" was done as it is a model for the game "Fallout 4" and that is a straight screen grab from the game. What you see is how it appears in the game. Five so far in different locations. |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1752029)
Posted 28 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Having done a little research since my pics. I of course discovered that my "atomic steam engine" would of course have been a "steam turbine" The PRR had a few From the http://prrsteam.pennsyrr.com/ page The S2 6200 a 6-8-6, built in 1944 largest ever steam turbine loco. Apparently turbines were most efficient at higher speeds. The emerging diesels put and end to development and 6200 was the only one of it class. Still looking at the picture, it is no so far a step to my "atomic loco". In the "Fallout" game universe, efficiency was never really looked at, it was all "bigger and better". Which was what lead to shortages of everything and eventually to WW3 that sets the whole story. In the game I have found another "trainyard" this has an owner NH&M As the story is set in Boston I assumed the New Hampshire and Massachusetts, although New Hampshire and Maine was suggested on another website. I also discovered a water tower. And a small switch tower (of which there are in fact several across the map). And finally another "steam turbine" I couldn't originally work out how it was propelled. Now I see that the turbine drove the large "cog" between the front two wheels, which is connected to the drivers. So upon reflection it seems the game designers did in fact do little research and in their alternative world, steam turbines could have become a reality. PS, when I did a picture search for "Fallout 4 steam locomotive", my own pictures from here came up 3rd and 5th!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1751301)
Posted 23 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Marshall Matt Dillon |
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(Message 1751300)
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Posted 23 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now for something completely different!! With the approaching festivities I decided to post a couple of train pics from the world of computer games. Now apart from trains my other hobby is RPG, or Role Playing Games, I am a fan of Bethesda Softworks and their games, notably The Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series. The Fallout series takes place in a post apocalyptic future, that differed from our world in that after WW2 the transistor was never developed and the 50's visions of atomic powered cars and robots became a reality. The whole thing ended badly in 2077 with WW3. In various games you play a survivor from a vault who, 200 years after the apocalypse, sets out on various different missions across the hostile wastelands There was just one single subway car(with the same number placed countless times) in Fallout 3 however in Fallout New Vegas which takes place in and around the Mojave, my character stumbled upon a rail-road yard, and this: Not bad for a 200 year old loco :-) The latest offering in the series is Fallout 4, which takes place in "The Commonwealth" in and around Boston. I noticed that there were a lot more railway lines and rolling stock scattered about and eventually I came upon this!! It would appear to be a game designers idea of an "atomic" steam engine. Seems to be narrow gauge!! How do you get in the cab!!! Whereas the Fallout New Vegas E/F unit was the only loco I could find, in Fallout 4 I have so far come across 3 of these totally impractical monsters!! |
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(Message 1750875)
Posted 21 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You have no choice in this. Yes I can verify that with O&O Shutup 10 you can turn off everything you do not require. I get no driver or app updates from MS I do them all myself as required. This is with the Home edition. You can actually turn off updates completely, this however is not recommended by O&O. After any major updates I just download the latest version of Shutup and check that all is still good. So far I have had no problems on any of my three machines running Win 10 As they say YMMV |
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone spot the reference to "Benson Arizona"?? Ahh not a fan of "Dark Star" then a quirky Sci-Fi film made in 1974 by Dan O'Bannon who went on to make Alien Theme song was "Benson Arizona" written by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbbYn7d_W8s |
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone spot the reference to "Benson Arizona"?? |
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Benson |
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Posted 15 Dec 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well life has got in the way again, and I have not been able to see and record as much as I would have liked recently. Hopefully things will settle down a bit now. Just a quick mention, yesterday was my one year anniversary of recording my first long distance Amtrak through Chesterton!! I had found the site a couple of days before but had somehow not been watching when Amtrak came through, I had set up a screen recorder by then and was just recording everything passing when suddenly this rushed past. I was actually totally surprised as I had not realised that Amtrak still ran LD trains. I thought they mostly operated on the East Coast Corridor. How wrong I was. Just as a comparison, this was the same train Amtrak 29 The Capitol Ltd yesterday, one year on. Would have been nice if at least one of the P42's was the same :D With Chesterton and Chicago cams I have now seen all the "roadworthy" P42's. So what else have I seen Chesterton has had quite a few notable passings, on the 4th was NS 1701 Central RR of NJ At least I think that was what it was, as the number is completely missing and it was too dirty to read clearly!! The 5th saw the NS track train, NS 33 and 34 propelled at speed by 5818 On Sunday NS 8025 The Monongahela Yesterday 6th of 6 saw NS 6963 GORAIL Also yesterday the 29 brought 3 brand new Viewliner baggage cars to Chicago. Note how the actual baggage car for the train is a completely different colour!! That's what a few months in service will do!! And surprise surprise one of them actually left on the South West Chief, first time I have seen on on there. Finally I have seen a few people saying that nothing ever happens on the Chicago cam. Now be fair where else can you see 7 F40PH's at once and moving :lol: They all came down the far track then reversed back up track 3. Also yesterday at Chicago, this came across the airline Metra 3 and 3 pulling an odd assortment. The rear bi-level was left in the yard then they came right past the camera. Well do I assume that 98 is one of the F59PH's that was all white back in September. Can't seem to find anything on line. Hopefully I will be a bit more active now. |
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Posted 26 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: BTW, Mike's latest mission is to escort an E unit from Chicago to Oklahoma City. He has to drive a rental car the whole way. Depending on the timing, he may take the Heartland Flyer down to Ft. Worth and the Eagle home again, or fly. Well that reminds me of what we call "farce" here!! Does that sort of thing happen often? Well onto more "Thanksgiving" type things and really only interesting if you are a real train fan. Being in the UK obviously I was not really thinking about Thanksgiving yesterday. The first train I see out of Chicago is the 381 to Quincy, leaves at 7:35am local time usually one P42 and 5 cars. Nothing unusual there, however on the other end: NPCU(cabbage) 90219, something very odd. At the same time 381 is passing the camera, it's opposite number 380 is arriving at Galesburg it is similar, one P42 and 5 cars, it is a still camera so sometimes I miss the train completely, however yesterday I had another first A P32-8BWH in the lead on the 380. I could also see a P42 on the far end. At this point I realised they were running the 380/381 with a cab at both ends, why? So they could run extra services for pre Thanksgiving travellers, the two trains concerned instead of having long layovers at the destinations would return earlier as the "holiday extras" so easier if you don't have to turn them round(obviously something we here in in the UK woked out a while ago ( :-) ). SO here is the 380 arriving at Chicago later with 517 in the lead. And the regular P42 #174 on the other end It was actually late but left again as the "extra" train 385 less than an hour later. Easier when you don't have to turn the train. Also yesterday finally IPH seem to have had a bit of better luck. The Hoosier State turned on the wye and Yes both 4137 and 4135 were on the train. It really looks so much nicer with everything the same colour. |
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Posted 24 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have "tidied" the thread. Seems the Empire Builder 7(22) had a run in with a gravel truck yesterday. Empire Builder vs gravel truck That will put 91 out of service for a while. Also noticed that both the Southwest Chief 3 and 4 had only one P42 yesterday And a first for me, The City of New Orleans 58, arrived with 158 and 120. Then 5 hours later the pair left on the California Zephyr 5. I have not see a "pair" of P42's moved to another srevice so quickly. Seems to me there might just be a shortage of power. |
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Posted 21 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: MH got an incredible, unbelievable shot: AMTK 592 actually moving cars. Well I saw that too!! I have actually seen it a few times moving cars, I will have to see if I have the pics. Well the snow has moved east to Indiana, to Chesterton to be precise. The west bound 49 kicking up some snow. Also spread south west to Galesburg IL Still snowing at Rochelle IL. Seems to be raining at Chicago, camera still covered in water drops, no good shots today. |
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Posted 21 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just so not to feel left out, it is currently snowing here in South London. Typical, the first Saturday in a long while I have two jobs in the City!!! |
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Posted 21 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In keeping with the report of snow in Illinois I had a quick look at the Railstream cams. Unfortunatly Chicago has snow on the cam. So 518 is just about visable. However at Rochelle a waiting UP 3864 makes a good pic.. So snowy cameras and lots of white on the menu for a while now!! |
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: poke |
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Posted 18 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also, as I mentioned, they're not F40PHs Somewhere in the back of my addled brain I did know that! They are of course GP40FH-2's As you say the front is different, however looking through my pictures all the F40PH's I seem to have see recently have been pointing the other way. Of course the irony of that statement is I see loads of F40PH's everyday, but have stopped noticing them!! For those who like me can't tell a GP40FH-2 from an F40PH, here are a couple of clues This is an F40PH Of course Metra have a few, they pass the camera so often I don't tend to see them. And this is one of the GP40FH-2's in question Seen together the difference is rather obvious so I apologise for misleading anyone. |
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Posted 18 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK a few more for the "collection" Not sure if this applies to all railfans but I have always been interested in numbers, and symmetry, so this was a "good catch" for me. 196, on the incoming City of New Orleans, and 195 on the outgoing 391 bound for Carbondale. Another ACS64 turned up on Saturday. #663 on the wye, the shorter days are already causing problems with the shadows!! I have mentioned that the Hoosier State IPH train recently has both F40PH's on one end. Well yesterday deadheading on the Cardinal 4144 was all alone no sign of either 4137 or the seldom glimpsed 4135. Hopefully they don't have serious problems!! I have been watching Chesterton on and off for nearly a year now, but sometimes it still surprises!! 9 locos in full view, but wait, there's more! Three more for a total of twelve!! NS7546-8045-9615-UP4753-NS8392-8463-9972-UP6315-NS9641-9377-1077-8390 Quite a sight! And finally Railstream is testing a new camera at Bellevue Ohio, the camera is in the grounds of the Mad River & NKP Railroad museum Up close a personal with a shiny NS 5262 an ex-Conrail GP38-2 I like how close the camera is to the track, hopefully get a few good shots!! |
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Posted 17 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Fallout |
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Posted 16 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread is starting to drift towards the dreaded "p" word. |
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(Message 1742272)
Posted 15 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not good to lie about theses things when your talking to someone that's 52 and had his first computer when he was 17 which means I've seen and had pretty much every gen of MoBo and CPU and GPU that's come out . Please do not accuse others of lying. It took me two minutes to find there is one similar to the one Richard posted currently on sale on ebay. |
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Posted 13 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Please no more even slightly political comments. This is for "train fans" view of trains. As Gary pointed out there is now a thread in politics for the discussion of the CHRSA, lets keep it there please. |
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Posted 13 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The 6th of December will mark one year since I last watched TV. Can't say I missed it and certainly not the adverts!! |
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Posted 13 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Caught this quartet at Chesterton yesterday and thought it made an unusual mix. In the lead was AC44CW CP 8645 As usual for CP very grubby, the number 2 was no better SD40-2 CP 5833 Old and tatty. Next was a bit better CSX 5204 an ES40DC, I have noticed that CSX tend to keep their locos looking better. However the "jewel in the crown" was the last loco, by far the best of the lot LTEX 3815 A recently rebuilt ex-ATSF GP35. Apparently the job was done by CAD Rail in Montreal for Larry's Truck and Electric now a GP38-M and on lease to CN. |
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Posted 11 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Today's 6 detoured via UP east from Omaha. Indeed, I didn't even see the 6, it was on the Amtrak map way north of usual route. I have been a little "distracted" lately, and while I have seen a few interesting things have not had time to post, and unfortunately things aren't likely to get better soon. I have just had a quick look at what I have saved and I thought I would start with this lesson in rail safety and apparently a growing problem. Yes, taking pictures on working tracks!! I could not believe the female photographer actually "sitting down" on the main line from Union Station. They took lots more moving about on the tracks, only to have to run quickly when an incoming Metra train sounded it's horn, the incoming ones have the loco at the rear so don't make a lot of noise. Total lunacy!! Anyway onto trains :-) This very strange consist came down the wye earlier this week. Some sort of "viewing car", not sure it has enough lights! Followed by a similar coach, all I could see( the light was pretty bad) it was CP. Then this A little "house" on wheels :-) Finally CP 2206 with is a GP20C-ECO, a "new" rebuild. So not sure what that was all about. Now I have mentioned that I only see the IPH Hoosier state when it is brought to Chicago on a Monday. It never usually turns on the wye as it has an F40PH at either end. Well recently that has changed. Last Wednesday, both 4137 and 4144 together, then on Sunday Still together but 4137 facing the other way, they were still like that when they came in on the Cardinal on Monday, again these little things always make me wonder why. Then yesterday while I was busy doing other things I automatically recorded Amtrak 49 (The Lake Shore Limited) passing through Chesterton, I didn't even notice the fact it has 3 locos until it turned on the wye later. So what you may say, well apart from it having a fading "Big Game Train" as number 2, it had my very first P32AC-DM, 704 the "DM" stands for "dual mode" which means as well as being a diesel electric, it also runs on "3rd rail". They are used primarily on trains in and out of NY Penn station which is underground and has long tunnels leading to and from it. They bring the Lake Shore to Albany NY, where it joins up with the consist form Boston, which has diesels on. The P32's then takes the returning Lakeshore back to NY. It looks a bit tatty from both sides. [/quote] Still always nice seeing something different. I assume it has come to Chicago for work of some sort. |
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Posted 10 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the info David, I wondered why the 3 left with 6 Coach cars rather than the 3 it normally has!! |
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Posted 9 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: From CNBC Shares of Norfolk Southern spiked Monday after a report that the company was being eyed by Canadian Pacific. Good or bad? Also California Zephyr in service disruption both ways, the 6 due at Chicago today is no longer showing on map and 5 due to leave, hasn't. Also Southwest Chief 4 is currently over 5 hours late. |
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Posted 8 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Took this a few days ago on a damp misty morning. Hundreds of perfect spheres of all sizes. The world reflected in drops of water. Isn't nature wonderful :-) |
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Posted 6 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There have been a few things worthy of posting however I have been distracted and not got them ready for posting!! However today LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado came to town It was hauling the Belmond British Pullman lunch train For those who are unaware it was built in 2008, the first steam train to be built in the UK for 48 years Also it is the only example of an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 locomotive in existence, the entirety of the original production batch having been scrapped without preservation. Unfortunately I was expecting it to pass on the opposite platform, however as you can see it came in on the platform I was on!! Bit too close for a good shot. Full story of 60163 HERE I would have linked to the main site but Google said it may have been hacked!! Also bringing up the rear was one of the "Royal Train" loco's 67006 "Royal Sovereign" Which are painted in different colours from the other 67's Although as you can see it still bears the EWS logo, when in fact the company was sold to Deutsche Bahn, in 2007 and in January 2009 re-branded as DB Schenker. Wonder if they will get round to painting them in their bright red paint!! |
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Posted 2 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well finally after I have missed it 3 times, and after a longish wait it arrived, on a nice clear November day!! Yes the Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus Train (RED) passed through Chesterton about and hour ago with NS 6798 (SD60M) leading NS 8842 (C40-9). The full video is here RBBB Red Train |
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The LBVCR or to give it is proper title the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, takes place on the first Sunday of every November and commemorates the Emancipation Run of 14 November 1896 which celebrated the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act, which raised the speed limit for 'light locomotives' from 4 mph to 14 mph and abolished the requirement for these vehicles to be preceded by a man on foot. What this means is that around 400 vehicles registered before 1905 pass by the end of my road here in south London. Today for the first time I can remember it was sunny and mild, so here is a very few pictures (I took over 300) to give you peek at the event. Remember the roads are not closed the veterans have to take on the London traffic!! Lets start with a 1902 Oldsmobile A 1902 Pierce 1901 American Bicycle Company An 1899 Decau-ville Quite a few of the participants get dressed up for the event. That was a 1902 James and Browne For those of you in the UK who may have seen the odd TV motoring program. Ed China was at the wheel of this 1903 MMC For some the enthusiasm knows no bounds A 1900 Darraq and an 1899 De Dion Bouton. Of course there is always the odd interloper Not sure who looked more worried the rider or the occupants of the 1904 Talbot. And finally another "Olds" this time 1901 The website is here LBVCR |
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Posted 30 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Time perhaps for a nice train pic. This I saw today. Sunrise reflected off the windows of one of Chicago's office blocks as P42 #16 departs with train 381 destination Quincy, IL. |
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Posted 29 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I posted a few pics of one of the leaf cleaners (Railhead Treatment Trains or RHTT) a while back. Today I spotted this RHTT waiting at the signal outside East Croydon. This gives a better view of the "tanks" that contain the mixture that is sprayed on the rails. Here a close up of 73965, Also a longer view just as one of the newest Thameslink EMU's passes. |
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Posted 28 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It and 8701 were delivered to IRM this evening, for "storage." Yes I saw that both had been spotted on Heritage Units at Union Illinois, although it didn't say any more. Hope they do both find a home! Just a small update today, nothing much odd or unusual about at the moment. I know the Red Circus train went from Cleveland to Toledo on Monday, unfortunately the Berea cam was down!! Possibly next Monday it will travel from Toledo OH to Rosemont IL, now looking at the map the quickest way might just take it via Chesterton! If anyone actually knows when it will move can they let me know. As I have posted before the IPH Hoosier State train deadheads to Chicago behind the Cardinal on a Monday, and turns on the wye It is the only time I ever see it. Whilst most of the rolling stock looks good, 4144 certainly lets the side down!! Originally they used 4135 which was painted in IPH colours, wonder what happened? Monday also saw another ACS64 arrive on the California Zephyr 6 Number 662, 7 more to go? Yesterday the 5 had #184 leading, and whilst is was grey and wet in Chicago I still like the picture. Because the UK clocks go back a week earlier than the US it has completely messed up my day :-o I was so used to the times to expect all the Amtrak services and they are all now apparently an hour earlier ;) |
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Posted 27 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course here in the UK we jumped backwards last Sunday. Which has made getting pics and videos of all the US trains annoying as they all seem to be arriving and departing and hour earlier!! |
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a quick update, which may become less frequent for reasons that are unlikely to be apparent. I just happened to be "cam surfing" a couple of days back and saw this on the Fostoria East cam. HLCX 6334 an SD40-2 of Helm Leasing, don't remember if I have seen any of theirs before but apparently they have around 3,000 various locos. It started life with SP as 7338 an SD40R and was modified for Helm. It was doing a bit of switching "long hood forward" Then later at Chicago, this, which I have seen before, stopped on the wye track and the guy go out and extended the bit at the er front/back and stayed there whilst the other machine worked in the rear Seems there is a lot of "track measurment" happening in and around Chicago, there was the NX train a while ago and this on the 29 recently This is DOTX 216 which you can read all about HERE Then last night on the fairly late (around 3 hours) Southwest Chief 4 there was this; As you can see the light was fading so I think is is DOTX 219 info on which is HERE, however it could have been DOTX 217 which is almost identical but I could not read the number. Also there was a DOTX "baggage car, but not sure what that was. Still the Southwest Chief was not as late as the night before, think you can probably see why!! Yet another Amtrak train towed in. Unfortunately the P42's really need either totally rebuilding or replacing, but that is a discussion for politics!! A little while ago I was again just "surfing the cams" when I saw this perfectly ordinary stack train passing Rochelle, surprisingly led by just a single SD70M UP 4306 Rochelle has one of the best HD cams. It was one of the containers that caught my eye; A "cause container" of which the Hub Group operate 4, this was for Paws animal shelter in Chicago, the idea is that if you take a picture of the container and post it online to twitter/facebook etc Hubgroup will donate $100 to the charity and a extra $1 every time it is "re-tweeted". The website is here. Cause Container Almost forgot Sierra Hotel and Chapel Hill came into Chicago on the 20th on the 29 Captiol Ltd from Washington |
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Posted 21 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I can't answer that either. However, I would like to point out that the one closest to the engine is in fact a food service car -- note the absence of windows in the middle of it. It probably has business class seating in one end and booths in the other. Yes I did see that, as it obviously passes the camera close up and yes I understand wanting the food service car in a particular place in the train, facing in a certain direction, however if it was the wrong way round to start with, why turn it twice? That JCB was a Cat. But then you Brits call all vacuums Hovers. Yep and call call vacuum flasks Thermos. ;-) I didn't call it a Cat as I have mostly seen the term "backhoe" used to describe that type of machine in the US. However in the UK JCB is in fact a word!! JCB was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford, after whom it is named; it continues to be owned by the Bamford family. In the UK and India, 'JCB' is often used colloquially as a generic description for mechanical diggers and excavators and now appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, although it is still held as a trademark |
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Posted 20 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Before the train thread gets moved to politics Time for a bit of an update. I was out most of Saturday so if anything good happened I missed it!! On Sunday a work crew arrived at Chicago. They replaced five ties/sleepers, however whilst I know it was a Sunday, I don’t think here in the UK they would have got away with this. Whilst 173 and 22 are not moving at track speed I believe the workers are much too close to a working track. Still they did get the job done with the help of the JCB/backhoe (interesting how there are several differences in terms between the UK and US) which actually pulled out the old ties/sleepers and pushed the new ones in really easily. It was noticeable how three of the five came out in pieces!! Here showing the finished job is #66. You can just see the five, which stretched across the two tracks just about centre of 66. Yesterday yet another ACS arrived on the 6, this was #661 From all the websites I have found that discuss things “Amtrak†the consensus is they will miss out 666. Today P40 #822 was on the 49 and I think made a nice picture with the sky at Chesterton Very busy today at Chicago, several freights and this. BNSF 3007 GP40M leading Dash 9 4443 and the NXTRACK track measurement train, not sure why 3007 is there at all unless there was a problem with 4443. It came round the passing track, reversed towards the yards then came back at speed. Finally another conundrum. Today P32 #512 came down the wye with two Horizion coaches. It then reversed back towards the yard/station. Around ten minutes later it reversed back down the wye with what I assume were the same two coaches. Proceeded back up the way and was I assume now facing the same way it started. Why turn a train twice? |
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Posted 18 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just doing my rounds of the rail cameras and I can tell you it is snowing in Cresson Pennsylvania !! PS And there was a frost overnight in Chesterton Indiana |
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Posted 17 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A long string of auto racks with one empty center beam lumber car at the front. Yes I have seen that before, I know that they put hoppers filled with sand beginning and end of oil trains, but not sure why they would put one empty centre beam on a 80+ string of autoracks. hardly "protection" |
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Posted 16 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It's been suggested to me that that particular cabbage has long been assigned to southern California and therefore it will probably go back there, to be the west coast veterans' unit. Indeed it would seem so. This was the Southwest Chief this very day Peering past the cloud of smoke left by #200 we can see: 90208 and 455 bound for LA.. Also today a couple of train fans turned up at Chesterton I always watch to see if it is for a specific reason. For one of them it was he left as soon as this had passed. CP 5908 a 36 year old SD40-2 that seem to have been last painted about 1992 and it was leading a very long consist of autoracks. It's partner was an ex-SOO line SD60 CP 6257 That is only 26 years old and was repainted into CP colours in 2012. |
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Posted 15 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick one, The Cardinal has brought the weekly "odd items" from Beech Grove and amongst them was this: NPCU 90208 in Veterans Livery |
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I know two posts in a row!! Starting today with just a simple pic of a "Heritage" Amtrak unit #184 Which is in "Phase IV" styling, I have to say the P42 seems to suite this as well, looks very business like. On the 11th the California Zephyr brought in the NXTRACK track geometry coach Which leads onto this little set of pics. Yesterday this pair crept across the picture. BNSF 3178 (GP50) still wearing the "Santa Fe" livery Followed by BNSF 1795 (SD40-2) in Burlington Northern Green and Black, I wonder if whoever put them together did so on purpose, BN-SF Now as well as being and odd pair it is also quite rare for light engines to come down the wye, so I wondered what it was about. All was revealed several hours later,(and darker) when they returned. They had come to collect the NXTRACK coach Finally something a little strange. I use the Amtrak website for "Track a Train" and any useful updates, recently the track a train has not been working 100%. Now I usually use Google Chrome as my browser, but I tried out Firefox to see if it was any better, imagine my surprise whwn I was presented with a different website!! Chrome on the left Firefox on the right Yes I have refreshed the cache tried everything but Chrome refuses to update, in fact every other browser I have tried works fine and shows the same page as Firefox. Very odd. |
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Posted 14 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I was out last night but left my "automated" recorder to deal with the arriving and departing California Zephyr and Southwest chief 5,6 3 and 4 at Chicago Reviewing the footage this morning I seemed to be missing the California Zephyr 6. Here is the reason Amtrak train hits semi in Somonauk IL So that puts P42 #16 out for a while though it the damage doesn't look terminal and luckily there were no serious injuries. PS Just come across this pic of the damage to #102 in the Vermonter derailment and that does look serious. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=549888 |
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Posted 12 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK time for a quick update!! Starting with this colourful pair at Chesterton today. Kansas City Southern 4154 and 4143 a pair of SD70 Ace's make a pleasant change from the parade of NS black!! I know I have said this before but... As as you know I come from the UK where all passenger services are " double ended" that is a cab at both ends and the trains never need to be "turned" So while I can understand the need to turn a train that has a loco at just one end, I cannot for the life of me think why Amtrak turn a train with a P42 at one end and an NPCU (cabbage) at the other. Now you could say that the train needs to face in a certain direction, or the P42 need to be at one particular end. Fine except yesterday the Pere Marquette turned on the wye. Note the very clean 90229 is on the "east" end. Today it turned again And 90229 is now facing the other way! Anyone have any ideas why Amtrak are wasting time and money turning a train with a cab at both ends every time?? OK now they say a every picture tells a story. BNSF 2003 towing P42 #18. It appears that the California Zephyr 6 on Saturday had a problem and 18 was left somewhere in the wilds, the train was towed in by BNSF 5135 Unfortunately it was so late that I gave up and went to bed and didn't get a shot of it!! A little later 2003 returned (partially obscured) with 5135 in tow It got very noisy at Chicago today and this slowly crept into view. Whilst it was difficult to see anything through the dirt and grime, I do believe it was a rail grinder, in fact in this pic you can see the sparks Finally Amtrak #102 was the P42 involved in the Vermonter derailment last week and from the pictures of it being hauled away still on it's side I doubt I will be seeing it again. It was one of the few P42's I have only seen once, on the 5th of April on The Lake Shore 49 |
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Posted 9 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a reminder. Just because someone perhaps has a different opinion than you, there is absolutely no need to be rude. Number crunching should be a thread for helping others out If you cannot be civil please don't post. Thank you. |
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(Message 1732830)
Posted 8 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now here is something a little different!! On my walk this morning I noticed something unusual parked on platform 4 at My local station Yes it's that time of year again! One of Network Rails leaf cleaning trains With a Class 73 on this end and something a bit different on the other. As you can see from this shot, the all stations to Brighton line stretches off in front. The all stations to East Grinstead branches off to the left. So what happens is that the leaf cleaner comes up the Brighton line stops at South Croydon station the crew change ends and as you can see the signal has just changed for the left branch. I did just manage to get a shot of 73119 "Borough of Eastleigh" However the much rarer Class 20 on the front was a bit too far away for a clear shot before it moved off. The unusual feature of the class 20 for a British loco was the single cab. This in fact did cause visibility problems when running "long hood forward" and resulted in the class often being used in pairs. Whilst there are a few left and this is the fist one I have every seen in service! |
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The Train Thread 2
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Posted 6 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, did you happen to catch Amtrak 6 yesterday? It had 660 behind the power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-HkuLX2tA the video includes the Amtrak engineer calling a foreman for permission through his limits. It will give you an idea of American procedures. Yes I did As to the radio, most of the Railstream cameras include the local scanner feed, however I have found that whilst I can mostly hear what is being said I don't really understand much of it. Sometimes the accents and interference make it impossible to follow the conversations! As to the video I had assumed that the train number was a routing number but seems it is the the loco number as 195 was in the lead. So at least that is something I have learnt. PS whilst typing this I had the Chicago camera on and once again I have head a very loud siren, I keep meaning to ask what they are, I assume some sort of test, but what for? |
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Posted 5 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners special train The Spirit of St Louis has finally completed it's round trip and returned to Chicago today. Twenty private cars and a heritage P42 . Take me too long to separate all the cars into individual pictures, so here is the video of it arriving at Chicago courtesy of Railstream.. https://youtu.be/lK8h_dj0czE |
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Posted 5 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: An overhead view of the Vermonter derailment. Loco 102 and the first car derailed to the left and the following car to the right. |
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Posted 3 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Song |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1731247)
Posted 2 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 3 extra Viewliner baggage cars on their way out from the Hialeah Amtrak shops and ready to go into service. Apparently, the seemingly slow rollout of the Viewliner bags is because the train crews and station agents have to be trained on them. So that could be why an extra new baggage car has been appearing now and then on the 29 This was Sunday This was yesterday Drip feeding them to Chicago. Also 3 P42's on that one!! |
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(Message 1731196)
Posted 2 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello there, You are aware those posts are 6 years old and most likely they have been removed by the posters themselves. SETI@home has no control over the links posted by users. |
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(Message 1730680)
Posted 1 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm still using Windows 10 on my daily driver and I've not had my computer reboot itself ever. I've manually restarted it after software installs, but it has never rebooted on its own. Yes same here |
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Posted 1 Oct 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So you don't see an Amtrak F40PH for ages then two come along on the same day. :D Tuesday I had noted that 406 was spotted on the 29, and sure enough: Behind 167 and 170 there it was. Of course these day where 406 goes the exhibition train seems to follow. So that's 3 engines (well 2 and a half) 5 exhibition cars, then the normal 8 for the 29! Then between the heavy rain that covered the camera for a while this appeared at CHI Cabbage 90200 being one end of the Pere Marquette with #129 being on the other, still haven't worked out the reason for turning a train that has a cab at both ends!! Also got a nice shot of 63 on the outgoing 391 passing 59 with the incoming 58, while Metra is busy below!! Then when 59 reversed into the station it was paced by an incoming Metra that allowed this shot. Which is much more effective in the video: https://youtu.be/AJvmAQMSvTk Now I know I posted about these earlier in the year but I have a bit more info now also a bit on 3313 as well Yesterday at sunny Chesterton: Now 3313 was rebuilt a few years ago. Here in the Juniata shops in 2012: (pic from RRpictures) Looks a bit better now!! :) And of course pulling the NS Geometry Train consisting of NS 34 Which has quite a history. (from a post at Train orders.com) The track geometry slug, NS 34, originally started off its life as Norfolk and Western SD35 No. 1530, delivered in 8/65. It was demolished in a wreck at Lynchburg, VA in in 5/76 when it hit a standing ballast train at track speed. It was rebuilt by the N&W Roanoke Shops and outshopped as N&W RP-E6 (Remote Power - EMD 6-axle) road slug No. 9921. This unit and sister 9920 (rebuilt from a wrecked Erie Lackawanna SDP45) were each mated between a pair of SD45 masters. The 9921 was renumbered to N&W 9951 in 5/81. With NS 33 behind. NS 33 Also 406 and the exhibition train along with Amtrak 145 left on the 5 yesterday apparently bound for Denver. However a slow moving METX 9 with a single bi-level got in the way!! Having had to manipulate the video a bit to get that shot I wondered if you could almost believe 406 could move on it's own!! :-) |
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Posted 30 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Having just re-connected a machine with an empty cache, the downloads are proceeding at pre-colo speeds, around 7 or 8 Kbps. |
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Posted 30 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: excel |
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The Train Thread 2
(Message 1729599)
Posted 27 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it is a ballast tamper. It lifts a section of rails and ties, compacts the ballast underneath, and then repositions the section. Yes I think you could be right as it, and something I couldn't quite see, were working on the passing track right in the corner of the camera view. If they reappear close I will try and get a few shots. Here are a few "odd" items that I have seen over the last few days, mostly "Metra" METX 3 the SW1200 switcher is a common sight on the MH Tower cam, less so is METX 4 the SW1500. So this was quite an interesting shot. Appears to be ballast, perhaps for the work going on just out of sight. Metra do a lot of switching of their F40PH's during the day However I have only twice seen them 7up. All 7 had to clear the switch where the guy is standing before then reversing up track 2 Also noticed these appearing on some of the cab cars So there is obviously still a "car vs train" problem As I said yesterday there is always some "hi-rail" activity, especially at weekends. This came down the Metra track going forwards, then reversed back up the main. A bit of good luck is that the AAPRCO convention train the "Spirit of St. Louis" has Amtrak Heritage unit 156 leading with 154 behind. This means it will be tracked on the Heritage Units website, so I should have a better idea if and when it is heading to Chicago!! It has already been spotted today at Valparaiso, Ossian and Muncie Indiana. |
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Posted 26 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I see a hirail on the airline too. Yep, there are so many of them in all shapes and sizes I don't notice them anymore!! They seem to be doing a lot of work on the tracks here. Hi-rails and men in yellow hat and vests wandering everywhere. Which reminds me, I wonder what this does? Came past yesterday and again today. Seems it might be to do with ballast, but can't be sure. |
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(Message 1729182)
Posted 26 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As some may have noticed my GPU died last week. Well logic suggests that you still have something connected that has been there all along, so memory, have you changed that. Also I once had a bad USB drive that stopped the machine booting. Other than that I cannot think of anything. |
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Posted 26 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 2105, hmm, that's going to be a while. Ooops!! Thanks, dogey finger work corrected. I will add this as I have just witnessed it. There has been some discussion as to the length of freight trains in the US and Canada and I think this just about sums it up. NS 5648 (rebuilt GP38-2) and NS 3067 (ex Conrail CR3399 GP40-2) haul what must be the er.. shortest freight I have seen!! Not often there are more locos than wagons!! Also something only related to trains because it is on camera. Every Saturday Chesterton hold some sort of market, and the place fills up with cars everywhere, I noticed a couple of weeks ago this nice old truck turns up, today I remembered to get a screen shot. Finally I lost this pic yesterday having saved it in the wrong place, but an old friend dropped by the Chicago cam yesterday. Yep CNW 8646 this time not with 8701 but UP 4009 |
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Posted 26 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Some of you may know I live in Croydon. South London, famous in the 60's and 70's as a souless town full of tall buildings. Then in 2011 famous for the iconic image of the riots. The 144 year old Reeves furniture store in flames. So it is not surprising that Croydon is not exactly famous for its wildlife, and especially not deer. So it was something of a shock yesterday when on my daily walk in my local park I was approached by a parkeeper who warned me there was a large red deer in the park. Now this park is bounded on the west by the deep cutting for the London Brighton railway line, on the east by large houses with high fences and north and south by busy main roads. So how did it get here. There are no know red deer within 20 miles. Well it now appears that it was spotted on the railway embankment and someone from the railway security opened a gate in the fence and let it into the park. So it possibly walked along the railway!! Seeing as we have all 3rd rail here it is a wonder it was not electrocuted!! The park has now been closed as it is quite a large animal and if spooked could possibly cause damage with those antlers. So the question is now what to do? It cannot stay there, however to transport it anywhere it would have to be darted, but the rules a regulations about using a dart gun in a public place (the park) are long and tortuous, the shooter has to be properly certified, there has to be a vet and certified nurse present and the dart cannot be fired if there is any chance of a miss resulting in the dart being lost!! And of course no public within range. It made the local news. Stag on the loose And later the London news Evening Standard The other problem is of course sightseers who despite warnings on all the gates are getting in and trying to get close up pictures. All of mine were taken from a long way off. |
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Posted 26 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Certainly seems like 4601 need a bit of TLC :-) Well after having nearly finished this post yesterday complete with pictures and info and for no good reason closing my browser!! This will possibly be a bit shorter!! And created in Word so I don’t lose it again! Well I recently complained about Heritage Units sending me an e-mail about a sighting at Chesterton long after the event, well yesterday it was a reversal of roles. I got an e-mail to tell me Amtrak 156 was 0 miles from Chesterton, which I of course knew as it was my spot they were e-mailing me about!! So the parade of Private Varnish continues.The Lake Shore Ltd (29) on Thursday had these two The Milwaukee Road – “Wisconsin†and one other I was unable to identify. The California Zephyr (6) did indeed bring three PV’s The Canadian National - Burrard The Central Pacific – Promontory Point And another I could not identify. Then yesterday the 49 brought two more. That was the best shot I could get because unusually they were removed from the consist before it was turned on the wye. Then yesterday the 6 brought two more. The Pacific Sands And the fittingly named American Railway Explorer – Kansas Finally not to be left out the Southwest Chief (4) also brought one. Which again I could not identify. The reason for all this PV activity is American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners or AAPRCO for short is holding its 2015 convention. Early tomorrow a large number of PV’s will set off on the convention train hauled by two or more Amtrak locos from Chicago, they will travel to Cincinnati, Louisville and finally to St Louis. The whole train will return to Chicago on Monday the 5th October and if the route stays as planned it should pass the Chicago camera. That would be a sight!! |
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Posted 24 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I haven't uploaded (or even looked at) my pictures yet, but here are someone else's great shots from Saturday. One of them has me in it. What impressed me was the amount of equipment you have there actually working, it must cost a bit to keep it all going!! I have had a couple of days away visiting my dad, and been totally without the internet!! So I am now getting my fix of the cams again! Just before I went I did manage to catch the arrival of ACS64 #657 However #658 came whilst I was away. Today Amtrak 49 is just getting later and later currently over 4 hours, so whilst waiting I have seen a couple of interesting loco's passing Chesterton. First was NS8098 C40-9W Conrail Heritage unit. Then a very interesting consist After a tatty NS lead loco and a slightly better BNSF one came this The white marking says PRLX or Progress rail 8122 an SD60M. Progress rail seem to be an off shoot of Caterpillar and EMD. This was followed by NS 5301 Which seems to have been an eco test unit at one time, note the large white notice on the front. It hasn't been re classed and is still a GP38-2 Then NS 8502 (also with the notice) Which if you look up says it is a C36-7, which this is not, a little further digging reveals this was originally NS 8311 and is now a C40-8.5W rebuilt and renumbered. And finally NS 4704 was GP 50 7020 now a GP33ECO, it say the conversion was only completed this month also on the NS roster it says "Units 4700-4704 funded with federal and state grants and will be assigned to use in the Chicago, IL area." So looks like it was a delivery from Altoona works to Chicago. Nice train :-) |
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What happened was someone only quoted half of Dena's post, she replied, so it then seemed as though she was talking about SETI@Home She was not. This is the original post on the 17th Sept
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(Message 1727048)
Posted 19 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow, that happened! There was a fire in the Colo One of the servers, not a SETI@Home one had a little escape of magic smoke Fire suppression kicked in, A/C shut down, all staff evacuated. Services slowly returning to normal Full updates here http://systemstatus.berkeley.edu/ And a pic here https://imgur.com/DVWpLk6 |
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The Train Thread 2
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Posted 18 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So yesterday was a busy day for oddities at Chicago Firstly the 29 had a fairly rare P32, well interesting enough to be featured on Heritage Units!! 513 Which I believe is in the Phase IV paint. Then a long and odd looking train reversed down the wye, this is on the forward direction Well another P32 and 512 to be exact!!, shows the different paint schemes quite well, but it was what was behind that was also interesting Firstly a totally anonymous Amtrak California superliner coach. Then after two ordinary coaches 10404, which is now a "buffer car", apparently used when ferrying low and high level coaches to and from Beech Grove. Perhaps a clues as to where this has come from?? Then a Heritage sleeper no less! 10021 Pacific Cape, last I can find is that after it was retired it was then used by the Amtrak's Office of Inspector General and renamed "Pacific Patrol" That probably is out of date as it has reverted to it's original name. Then my favourite 10031 Dome Lounge "Ocean View" which apparently is Amtrak's only dome! Which is a pity because I think it looks good in the Amtrak colours. Then there were 3 ordinary baggage cars. Odd train! I have been reliably informed that, as suspected it was from Beech Grove, and as usual arrived on the Cardinal, however as it was so long they separated the two and turned them individually, as they had #62 on the front. P42 #62 has just be repaired after and "incident" in November last year. However not sure why old baggage cars are coming FROM Beech Grove. I had expected with the new ones arriving the old ones would be retiring. I was wondering what next when this came into view Nothing too odd about that you might think, however look again and notice the diaphragm is too low down. It is the first time I have see a "nude" transition sleeper. Used on long distance trains to connect to the low level diaphragm of a baggage car, so the crew have access. Guess what was propelling this consist? Well well, not one, not two, but 3 P32's. 517 making the trio. Wonder what I will see today. |
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well now I am a little upset. The Blue Circus Train went past Chesterton today and I missed it!! One reason I joined the heritage units site was because you can get an e-mail of a sighting of any of their listed trains within 25 miles of a nominated point. So I put down Chesterton and I did inf fact get an e-mail: Now notice my subtle arrows pointing to the "Spotted time" and then the time I got the e-mail And of course the fact that the spotting was actually AT Chesterton, on the very web cam I use!! Then just to add insult to injury 20 minites later I got another e-mail to say that it had been spotted 20 minutes ago 9 miles away in La Porte, heading east, heading AWAY from Chesterton!! I think the system needs a bit of work. |
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now here is a little oddity. Spotted something coming over the airline Metra 3 pushing a pure white, er what? Could not read the number so hopefully it would come past the camera nearer. Yep it did. So 526, well it appears to be an ex GO F59PH It is one of three recently purchased by Metra, to apparently "augment" their spare fleet.. Also the reason it came passed was to turn it on the wye as a little later. Metra 3 brought it back facing the other way and then departed back the way it had come. Next time it appears will it be in Metra blue and red?? |
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Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Mixing Jack Black with anything is a felony in the State of Tennessee, and sacrilege most everywhere else...... ";D) +1 |
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(Message 1725403)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a note; You don't own Windows, MS license it to you. This is from the Win 7 pro EULA, which of course you read? I didn't SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights By using it you have agreed, it you didn't agree you send it back. |
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Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Had to post this Early morning sky over Chicago. With of course the departing 381 bound for Quincy IL. |
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(Message 1725353)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps the use of the comma , is confusing you 500000 is 500,000 the comma denotes the "thousand" Therefore 504,721 is 504721 |
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(Message 1725350)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi guys! Using SETI for more than 15 years and just discovered that I'm lost all my received points (more than 500000 (not counting classic's)) after update to BOINC's last version 7.6.9 and now have only 504,721 with around 400,000 per day. Surely 504721, is more than 500000 |
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(Message 1725313)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think about upgrading my laptop from 8.1 to 10. I have read the last few pages of this thread and while there is a lot of talking about privacy, security, spying, etc., I didn't see much concrete here. I have been using Windows 10 since day one on both my main machine and my laptop. As has been said, MS has gone the way of Android and Apple in that the default install means that MS sees basically all you do. If you do a "manual install" this allows you to disable most to the "phone home" features. Also I have used the free program from here O&O Shutup 10 Which is able to turn off a lot more, here is my list Green is off red is on. Quite a list. (I have since turned on automatic updates just to get whatever was outstanding, you can of course then use O&) to turn it off again till you are ready for the next lot.) However once that is done I have found Win 10 is overall slightly faster and nicer to use than Win 7, and definitely a much improved look and feel from 8.1. I have not had any GPU driver problems on this machine but it does have a newer GPU and my laptop never even tried to install graphics drivers, much too old!! On the two crunchers I upgraded (both using older cards) I had to un-install the Windows driver and install the Nvidia one, that was before I had the "install drivers" switched off. If you want to use Cortana, then you will have to sacrifice some of your privacy. It didn't interest me so no loss. I have to say I am quite happy with Win 10 and would not wish to go back to 7. Hopefully a few others who have had positive experiences will post here. Remember there is no rush, you have till next June to decide. |
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(Message 1725307)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I know people get carried away and start talking about other things as Richard has asked, lets try and keep questions about AP and MB separate. Makes life easier for all Thank you. |
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(Message 1725305)
Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have reached a decision regarding S@H and have therefore cleared my cache, and disconnected from this project. Cliff I assume you realise that SETI@Home has no actual connection to any other project other than the word "SETI" and that Eric made a post here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76730 Explaining his stance, over sending signals to space. SETI@Home has absolutely no control over what other people/scientists do or don't do. So while it is entirely up to you I believe you are being very hard on the project. |
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Posted 13 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I cant' find the post, but I thought I mentioned a few days ago that five PVs I saw on 5 a couple months ago would be returning on 6 today. Someone posted this video of the train in Iowa. Well if you did mention it I had forgotten, however watching the 6 at Galesburg I was just able to see there was something on the end. A rather strange lot this very few markings. On arrival they were slightly obscured by waiting pair of UP locos on the nearer track so I waited for the reverse on the wye. No markings at all on this quite nice dome (roof needs a repaint!!) The next up was the first time I have seen a PV baggage car, says "Passenger Support Car" on the side. Then then an orange and brown Milwaukee Road car with no visible name or number This next one looked bigger and heavier than the others. A Southern one, once again no name or number. Finally one I was able to identify The Missouri-Kansas-Texas 403 The Missouri-Kansas-Texas 403 was originally built in 1913 and used as a chair car. In 1946, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (nicknamed The KATY), started a two-year rebuild of the car to install the wood interiors, bedrooms and stainless steel kitchen. The car was built specifically for the Vice President of The KATY Shops, Mr. Hy Warden. His photograph hangs next to the master stateroom door and is depicted in the painting above the sofa berth in the Observation Room. The four captain's chairs and dining room furniture are original. Presidents Truman, Johnson, Carter and Clinton have all been guests on the car, as well as Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and many other notables. In 1988, the car was purchased by the Dr. John Marshall Family, and has been lovingly restored to its former beauty. The car is based in Orange Park, Florida. As too odd cars the 4 had a Horizon coach at the front, before the baggage car. Don't remember seeing one of those one the long distance trains before. Also the 393 to Carbondale had a Horizion coach first then what appeared to be a heritage diner then a baggage car, then 4 Horizon coaches. I remember that those trains need 7 vehicles for some reason, but normally it is two old baggages cars making up the numbers. All quite interesting |
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Posted 12 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It would seem the Capitol Limited 29 is the PV train of the moment!! Three more today: All shiny and difficult to read the names, but I persevered. At the back was The Louisville and Nashville Royal Street Followed by the Southern Pacific City of Angels Finally the Pacific Union Sleeping car. Oddly there was an extra cafe/lounge car at the back along with a 4th sleeper, usually only 3 and at the front. |
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Posted 11 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Someone said the CP steam engines were in Portage, WI, this morning. Oh well. So that means they may or may not have snuck past Chesterton, probably at night. No one on the Railstream site has mentioned seeing them. Today has seen storms and rain in Chicago and Chesterton, not good picture weather. It is however now sunny. Earlier the 29 brought yet another PV car in. This was the Chesapeake and Ohio - Chapel Hill. Which does in fact have a bit of history: Chapel Hill Railcar EDIT well the "viewliner baggage car" just went back west! 93 and 77 brought it in and 93 and 77 took it out again!! Even Chicago looks better in the sun :-) |
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Posted 11 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post:
Yes I suspect that is correct, I kept trying and suddenly it just worked! I still get a slightly different page on Chrome and Firefox. California Zephyr and Southwest Chief back to the normal delays, 6 got in around 23:45 BST yesterday, complete with the mysterious "viewliner baggage car" Also earlier on the 29 was this; The Georgia 300 which seems to be favoured by politicians as part of a campaign train!! Georgia 300 |
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Posted 10 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now this is a bit strange. As most of you may have guessed I make a lot of use of the Amtrak website and the "Track a Train" map. So after I did a reboot to finally install some updates, I noticed the website had changed. Where the "Track a train" link had been was a a notice about the Papal Visit Track a train had been relegated to the bar below Unfortunately it didn't work, nothing happened, so I tried Firefox Well a different looking page!! What is going on, I have tried clearing my browser cache, no difference, I tried it on my laptop exactly the same, Chrome gives one page Firefox the other? Oh and the track a train map doesn't work on either of them. Any ideas |
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now you all probably don't remember but back around the 7th of August one of the west coast EMD 59PHI's #455 was returned to LA on the Southwest Chief, after being service at Beech Grove. Something happened (stories differ) and it was abandoned in Colorado, it returned to Chicago on the the 11th August and then finally went back to LA on the 14th. Well guess what turned up today on the Southwest Chief from LA. Surely not broken already? Apparently, the first new Viewliner baggage car assigned to the CZ left EMY yesterday and will arrive CHI tomorrow. I will keep an eye out, however if they are made in Elmira NY, wouldn't it have been easier to send them out from Chicago? |
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Posted 9 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I must remember to get to the station in plenty of time if I ever get across the pond to make one of those trips. What does Amtrak advise for passengers expecting to join a particular train at a particular time? Or doesn't early arrival automatically imply an early departure too? Form the website: Please arrive at the station at least 30 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart (Auto Train passengers should arrive at the station at least two hours prior to departure). If you need help with your baggage, bike, tickets or any other services, or if you are departing from a large or busy station, we recommend you arrive at the station even earlier. Plan for long lines at busy stations. Early arrivals should mean the train departs on time. On the long distance services there is an amount of "slack" in the timetable, so as soon as there are no delays all the trains arrive early. Unless of course they hold each other up The Capitol 29 from Washington and the Lake Shore 49 from New York run over the same track from Cleveland to Chicago, with the 29 one hour ahead of the 49, so what happens when the 29 is two hours late and the 49 an hour late; Well the 29 seems to be holding the 49 up, both have now reached the next station together!! |
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Posted 7 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Some day, I want to ride an AAPRCO convention train. I would especially like to ride the last leg of this year's trip, up the CB&Q from St. Louis to Burlington, IA (and east to Chicago, which is the CZ route). Well, maybe I can at least go out and chase it. Twelve months ago I didn't even know there were any "railworthy" private cars in the US, certainly didn't know about AAPRCO, but yes I would also like to ride that train. PS It's the same trip he's done the last few times: drop people in Colorado, pick up more in Salt Lake City, take them to Oakland. Wait a day and go to Seattle, stay for five days. Drop off the people out of Seattle at Whitefish and pick up the original bunch at West Glacier. Home to Chicago on 8, arriving the 19th. Now that is a trip I would like!! A round trip of over 5,500 miles!! Nice job!! |
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(Message 1723174)
Posted 7 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: How soon they forget. Our last extended outrage was extended so they could turn the crank and see what signals were persistent. It doesn't have to be done in real time, once a blue moon is frequently enough. Remember our answer to ET is going to take 25,000 years to so the get there! Yes I have forgotten, could you perhaps remind me and others? |
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(Message 1723135)
Posted 7 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The OP has a valid question please try and think of answers rather than just slagging someone off because they don't have a large credit. As you have noted it's 10K in 2 days. And besides, that was that person's first post ever on this forum. All the more reason to give them the befit of the doubt In answer to that person's 'question': YES! It is worth it. It is human nature to explore and discover; it's been happening for 1000s of years. SETI@Home has been doing it for over 16 years. How long has the original SETI been doing it? I don't know, but I do know they have been doing it much longer than we have. We cannot be the only planet in this vast universe with intelligent life on it's surface. I'm in my early 60s and I doubt we will make the ultimate discovery while I'm still alive. I believe the search will take much longer than my lifespan. I will crunch for SETI@Home for as long as I am still around. Yes that seem like a good enough personal reason. By the way, have you seen how many PCs this person has attached to SETI? 4! 4 PCs with only 10K+ between them... And, if this person joined SETI@Home in 2004, why are their PCs only created THIS month?] Because a person creates an account in 2004 crunches SETI classic (5066 hours and 1471 classic work units) and then never actually crunches using BIONC till now is no reason for some to be rude, as you pointed out the time is 2 days not 11 years and as two of the machines appear to be laptops perhaps the CPU's are getting hot!! |
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(Message 1723118)
Posted 7 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The OP has a valid question please try and think of answers rather than just slagging someone off because they don't have a large credit. Do you have answers as to why they should continue crunching? |
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Posted 7 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again it seems IPH are busy. These went out on the California Zephyr yesterday. The camera lens seems to need a clean as things are no longer quite as sharp as they used to be. Also for all those reading this thread who will have noticed David or myself makes mention of how late the California Zephyr or Southwest Chief often are, it is not always that way. Yesterday, note the bottom right hand number. Not one but two I wonder if the Labor Day weekend had anyhting to do with it, less freight moving perhaps? |
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Posted 5 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have uploaded the video to youtube, not edited just as it cam from the camera, sound drop outs and all :-) If you view it full screen the reaction of the couple who have just arrived is interesting when they see the rear of the Cedar Rapids, she also seem to wave at the camera!! https://youtu.be/NZP3zPmqHOc |
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Posted 5 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the "football special" finally arrived, unfortunately the light was not good, there is a dirty mark on the bottom right corner of the lens and an autorack train was passing on the other track!! Anyway lead by #152 and #202 Caritas was first, which will be the rear on the return journey. Followed by two full length domes,Prairie View and Scenic View Then I assume SLRG 448 and the Baltimore and Ohio one I pictured at CHI earlier. [/img] Two I didn't know Then the four from the Friends of the 261 The "Baggage Car" (actually converted for use as a bar/concession car) then The Wisconsin Valley and ex army medical car now converted to a lounge. Then the "Superdome" And finally the car I was waiting to see, and really couldn't!! The only running Skytop Lounge "Cedar Rapids" from the Milwaukee Roads Hiawatha Streamliners. Unfortunately it was pointing the wrong way. So here is a pic from the web site. And inside. That last pic from the original 1948 advertising material. Quite a collection of Private Varnish, not often you see that many together. |
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Posted 5 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Alert! The football special departed at 1330,not 1500. I am watching the Chesterton camera, hopefully the storm will have moved on, at one point the camera lens was covered in rain drops and it is still very dark!! Update, it's actually getting darker!! |
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Posted 4 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the 8 is nearly 3 hours late now so it isn't expected in till 6:28pm, which is 00:28 here. Hopefully they might want to turn it quickly because of the PV. We will see. On to the cameras, another "first" on the heritage unit front and no warning, NS 8025 "Monongahela", which has quite a history, if you wish to have a look here Monogahela Railway Intrestingly the second loco appears to be a Union Pacific one, however it is in fact NS 7295, purchased by NS around a year ago. Notice while all the UP markings are gone it still has the UP "We will deliver" on the side. It is an EMD SD9043MAC that started life as UP 8067 in 1996. I believe NS brought up quite a few. While I was waiting for the 29, all the cameras failed for about 10 minutes, when they came back I just had time to hit record to catch the 29 and this NS 7146 with a short coil train running long hood forward (or backwards to the non rail fans) quite unusual, but I don't think it goes very far. |
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Posted 4 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I said earlier that it might be nice if the personal insults stopped I see that this appears not to be possible. I have to admit to expecting better. I think a lock for 24 hours for a cool down is required. |
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Posted 4 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose they might turn the train either on or after arrival back in Chicago, which would take it by the MH camera, but it will definitely be in the dark. Checking on the 261 website, the Superdome, Cedar Rapids and First Class Baggage car are joining the Empire Builder today at St Paul, should have been a couple of hours ago but as the 8 is over two hours late it hasn't happened yet. Pity as they might have turned on the wye, now it will be too late for me. |
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(Message 1722072)
Posted 4 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Lets stop the personal insults (yes I realise it is the politics forum). Whatever your personal feelings about a fellow poster it should not spill over into the discussion. I and others really think that perhaps it is time for certain people to read the advice below. If you do not wish to read another persons posts then don't, if you do not wish to even see the other person post please put them on filter, as I keep saying that is what it is for!! |
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Posted 4 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: From an IPH employee, confirmed by other sources: Now that would be worth seeing. Timing should put it at Chesterton around 16:00, which would be 22:00 UK. I will set an alarm on my phone!! |
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Posted 3 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Possibly need a time out here things getting too personal. |
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Posted 3 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So you are saying that during the WOW event because I ran 9 computers, that I legally own (4 I built myself) that if they were not "viewable" then that could be considered fraud. However this There are other reasons that people choose to hide their computers. One is that some posters help out, and are helped out by others to enable them to have an RAC large enough to post, when through many reasons they are unable to crunch for themselves. That is a private arrangement and should remain so. Where you are signing onto another persons SETI@Home account and using their password to access their account to crunch on your computer isn't fraud. Personally I have no problem with people doing that if a person genuinely has a need to keep an RAC of 2 or other personal reasons but it is fraud and sharing passwords is a big no no and should never be done! As you have said there are reasons for hiding computers so lets just leave it there. |
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(Message 1721612)
Posted 3 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I go in person to avoid paying the credit card fee Don't you have "debit cards" with no fee? Over here all debit card transactions carry no fee, and of course can be used for all the same transactions a credit card can. Because of that and the fact my credit card is set to pay off at the end of each month, I rarely use it. |
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Posted 3 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I believe it is important to remind people of Kenzie now and again. Because of a little thing called the internet he fooled a lot of pepole for a long time and upset those same people in a way I will not soon forget Remember people, be careful out there. |
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Posted 3 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting set of pictures of CNW 8646 running on the BNSF Aurora Sub back in April, including crossing the former CNW Troy Grove branch east of Shabbona and the main at Rochelle. Several good pics there, he has a good eye for the rest of the scene as well. |
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Posted 2 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Is there an Amtrak Loco #666? Just curious. Well not yet, but watch this space. As there are 70 ACS64's ordered #666 may be here in a few weeks. However I cannot find any definite info on whether they will use 666 or not. Maybe David knows PS. Of course Amtrak already run a service #666 The Keystone, Harrisburgh to NY on a Saturday and Sunday, which apparently the ACS64's are now used on, so if #666 is used then it might well be on service #666 that would be something!! |
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Posted 2 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well " Siemens in Sacramento, CA." will need something to do when these run out. Today on the 6 #655 Wonder why they don't arrive in order, the last one was 656. Also today another high hood through Chesterton, this time leading!! Another GP38-2 5106, only a short consist, I often see several a day like this, mostly coil cars, not seen a high hood leading before though. |
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Posted 1 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Had an odd day today and nearly didn't get round to watching the cams. However I did in the end and caught 656. Not only that but on the end was The return of the Cripple Creek Sheriffs Railcar. |
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Posted 1 Sep 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Did you catch them coming back on 6 this afternoon? 6 was here at least a couple of hours late, but not horrendously so. I did indeed All present and correct!! Also caught Caritas arriving on the City of New Orleans. Early morning shots are not as good there, sun is in the wrong place. Also the SWC 4 brought this in yesterday. Nice Baltimore and Ohio dome car. I am slightly annoyed, the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus train went through Chesterton early this morning, about 5:10. Heading for Moline IL. I get an "alert" but as it happens I was asleep!! Still October and November they will be at Toledo, Cleveland, Rosemount and Chicago, just have to hope I can see it then!! |
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Posted 31 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now this post will have a lot of pics even for me :-) While waiting for the daily Amtraks to pass Chesterton, the gates went down and this appeared CN 8948 an SD70-M2 (DC traction motors) not that unusual Then this followed CN 5763 and SD75I, followed by yet another CN 5624 also an SD75I. Well that's 3 CN locos, any more? Now this is a bit more unusual, 4618 a cowl bodied C40-8M notice the BCOL under the number, stands for BC Rail, (British Columbia). And more? 2601 a C44-9W shows the difference between the body types. And we are not finished yet!! Well another cowl in the shape of 5529 a SD60F And finally bringing up the rear BCRail 4643 a C44-9WL BC Rail is currently being operated by Canadian National on a 99 year lease. There is a bit of Canadian intrigue around that. BC Rail |
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Posted 31 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What any poster does or does not think is totally their own opinion, mod or ex-mod. A moderator is just an ordinary poster who is willing to help try and keep the forums orderly. Nothing more, the "power" that you seem to believe exists, is possibly with the forum admin. My posts to any thread offering "advice" on the thread is just that advice. I hope I don't issue "orders". The reason this thread is here is because there are still unanswered questions as to exactly what happened, it was thought at the beginning it may have been a terrorist act, and my still be If any OP feels that perhaps their thread needs moving then they can contact the mods. |
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Posted 30 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well these made a pleasant change from the parade of mostly black and white NS locos Iowa, Chicago and Eastern (ICE) 6215 an SD 40-2 Followed by ICE 6211 also an SD 40-2 ICE has a strange history the precis of which is it was part of CP, then sold, off then brought back again, in fact the lead loco ICE 6215, was at one time CP 5744. So ICE is currently part of CP, whose shining ambassador was the third in line. Obviously CP are from the school "paint don't move freight" :-) From what I can see from other pics, it was last painted around 1991!! However to be fair to CP it seem they occasionaly splash out on a can or two of paint. Ex SOO Line SD60 6042, transformed in 2013 to CP 6247 Just ignore the one in front as it seems they don't wash them often either!! |
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(Message 1720260)
Posted 30 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: greedy companies in the US! Please define greedy and give examples, also I assume you are saying that only US pharmaceutical companies are greedy? I personally do not know anyone who has been mistreated by the US health service, quite the reverse. So please lets get a little perspective. Thank you. |
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Posted 30 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know trains are like buses, none for ages then two come along at once!! Well to be fair, exactly the same one :-) 9-1-1 returned yesterday, this time leading and heading east, I prefer this pic. Apparently only going to Elkhart so perhaps it will be back again later!! |
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Posted 30 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread has wandered a bit from the original intention. So if someone wishes to start a thread about different countries healthcare systems it might be more appropriate. Also perhaps posters with a negative viewpoint could please rather than rubbishing a country, come up with ways to improve said system, rather than just saying it and therefor the country is rubbish. Also as has been stated first hand experience of that countries health care system and constructive comment will be better accepted than a slanging match. Remember no country is perfect. Thank you. |
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Posted 28 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "Filter" is your friend! |
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(Message 1719718)
Posted 28 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I suspect most of us here are dying breed. This worries me a lot more than anything MS might do Facebook has a billion users in one day I suspect most of them posted pictures, told people where they were or where they were going, what time they would be home and when they will be on holiday and posted pictures of their pets and or kids. So many Facebook users have little or nothing hidden. Peoples lives are there to see. If you doubt me how do you think I tracked down the Kenzie impersonator, via an open Facebook account where all the pictures were on show. How many of those billion who use Win 10 will even care what MS does. It is a new world where privacy is fast becoming a thing of the past. Of course we don't like it, but I am not sure there is much we can do to stop it. |
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Posted 28 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally today have added this one to my "seen" list Just went past Chesterton heading west. SD60E NS 9-1-1 "Honoring First Responders" Now I just need NS 6920 "Honoring our Veterans" |
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Posted 27 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems IPH are quite busy around Chicago. These just left on the California Zephyr. Is it me or is the dome car green? Well whatever colour, I would still like to ride in one! |
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So here is a bit of an oddity. Most US deisel locomotives have what is know as a "long hood" and a "short hood" Normally the long hood (usually the back) is high and the short hood (normally the front) is low, however there are still quite a few of these out there. "high short hood" Demonstrated here by GP38-2 NS 5168 The most surprising thing about it is that as delivered to The Southern Railway between 1968 and 1972, they were originally used long hood forward. One reason was to protect the crew in case of an accident, another was it apparently placed the engineer on the right side with a good view of the signals, not really sure about that. They are apparently mostly used as switchers where the direction changes all the time so it is not so important. Just so you can see the difference here is a low short hood GP38-2 you have seen before. BNSF 2661 Of course now days all main line units have full width "safety cabs" as demonstrated by C44-9W BNSF 5479 in the picture. These provide better crew safety and better visibility. NS 5168 as you can see in the first picture was being used as a second unit so visibility was not important. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part II You wouldn't believe what they found!
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought this a very good movie on the subject..... Yes I have seen it, but having read up on the subject and visited Bletchley Park, lets just says, I think it was a bit more complicated than that :-) But you do have to try an tell the story in a couple of hours and keep people entertained It was a good film with some excellent acting. |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part II You wouldn't believe what they found!
(Message 1718483)
Posted 26 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In the last few years I have become interested in the work of Bletchley Park and the Enigma machines. I understood mostly how the Enigma machines, however I recently discovered this Enigma Simulator It gives you a small virtual Enigma machine that works exactly the same as the real ones did. You get the three most common versions. It comes with extremely detailed instructions and for me whilst using it allowed the last few pieces of the puzzle to drop into place. And here is that last paragraph in the machines "default setting" HZEMH NVPJA XTMAG NNZMM FPEOX YXWMY YOEIU KAFEW XTWPC BLCDM YSYWS GMZZO JUIRF NYZEP ZMGTA ABZYL KYHRN XDMVQ YLOUP SLRFN RRVFV FFWQW You can copy and paste messages into it for encoding and decoding. I thought some of you might be interested. |
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Posted 25 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Aliens |
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Posted 24 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: For those who missed last weeks Iowa Pacific feature (yes I know you can scroll up/down to see to but wheres the fun in that!!) here is a slightly different repeat performance. Of course since it was turned on the wye last week, it is now facing the other way with SLRG 4137 and the dome "leading" Which puts SLRG 4135 on the other end With one of my favoutite pairs of PV The Patrick Henry Creative Promotions train(Yes I have mentioned these before as well, bit like TV lots of repeats) The dome and diner. Warren R Henry named after his father. Who apparently worked for the Santa Fe railroad for 40 years hence his sons, interest in railroads. And the Evelyn Henry sleeper named after his mother You can see the insides and read all about them here Patrick Henry Creative Promotions Train All yours from just $9,750 a day!! PS Linked fixed. |
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Posted 24 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A little more info 1 of 6 B class purchased by West Coast Railway. Was later swapped with GM19 from Great Northern Rail, with GNR folding B75 was sold to four members of Yarra Valley Railway, sold to SSR/CRL Early 2011. Not Operated by any of these operators yet. So yes it is indeed based on the EMD F unit, except a bit like the UK a lot of Australian locomotives had double cabs, means you never need a turntable or even a "wye" Very nice looking machine. |
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Posted 23 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There is no way I could ever see as much of the US as I would like except by train, perhaps people can begin to understand my fascination with these long distance travelling hotels. Now that is the sort of trip I would like to take. For me it would be Lakeshore NY to Chicago, then the Zephyr to SF. Then the decision whether to go north or south from SF!! I think I would probably take the Coast Starlight to Seattle, then the Empire Builder back to Chicago. I think that would be my "dream trip". |
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Posted 22 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ever had one of those days? To get my camera pictures of Amtrak services I rely on the Amtrak "track a train" app on their website, while not 100% accurate by looking at times and places I have a good idea when a train will pass Chesterton or Chicago. So today I look at the 29 and 49 and see that not only aren't they where they say they are but the times all look wrong. Looking at a few other trains it is obvious that Amtrak are having problems with the "track a train" function. So I that means with actually no idea when the 29 and 49 will pass the camera I have to have the Chesterton camera on and just record every time the gates go down. Fine get the 29 OK, then of course the Chesterton camera fails completely both east and west! Fardles!! Obviously not a day for train watching. :-( |
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(Message 1716616)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The Mosquito was invented in Wales several years ago. Since then, Moving Sound Technologies has been marketing and selling the Mosquito throughout North America. Many cities, municipalities, school districts, and parks boards use the Mosquito to combat vandalism It is being used in the UK as well. " In the UK, over 3,000 have been sold, mainly for use outside shops and near transport hubs." Like it or not it is a form of discrimination, it says if you are young don't loiter here as you are probably up to no good. Over 25 no problem loiter as long as you like as being an older person we don't have to worry about you!! |
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(Message 1716599)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Quickly back to trains To try and demonstrate differences and find and excuse to post these type of pictures :-) Here are a few. well slightly scenic pics; There is no way I could ever see as much of the US as I would like except by train, perhaps people can begin to understand my fascination with these long distance travelling hotels. I just hope I have enough time left to one day travel through scenery like that on a train. |
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(Message 1716545)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well borrowing a line from"The go between" by LP Hartley "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there" America really is a foreign country and has been shown in many threads not least this one "they really do do things differently there" (Of course it works both ways) |
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(Message 1716498)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I know that America is 3000 miles wide, but I just find it ironic that trains can arrive hours or even days late, and people just accept it. If you journey takes a hour or two then delays of day would of course be silly. No one says they accept it. Far from it there are lots of complaints and calls for Amtrak to be sold off/shut down. The trains you are talking about are long distance sleepers, all the local trains I watch arrive fairly on time or usually early, by "local" I mean 100-300 miles and 2-4 hours journey time.. Please imagine if you will travelling from Aberdeen to Penzance a journey of some 697 miles taking 13 hrs 12 mins, 4 times one after the other, then you will have an idea of the distances they cover, also remember a lot of the country is open and wild, there are landslides, floods and due to the "open nature of the railways, accidents. Also while in fact Amtrak are "supposed" to have priority over freight, that apparently sometimes does not happen. I have have been watching the Chesterton camera for either the 29 or 49 and seen several long slow freights pass when according to Amtraks own map their train is stationary a few miles back. Remember in the UK the track is all owned by a third party that has nothing to gain by slowing anything down as they will get fined anyway. Also most of the UK is minimum double track, not so in the US. I will admit there is of course a lot wrong with long distance passenger rail in the US, but to compare with the UK you should really be looking at the more local services funded by city and state they compare more with our system. We really don't have anything in the UK that compares with the long distance sleeper services, that run everyday of they year (Christmas, New Year and all Sundays). The California Zephyr takes 51 hours (on a good day). So arriving an hour late on the Penzance train would be the same as 4 hour late on the Cailfornia Zephyr. Currently the California Zephyr that Departed Emeryville (SF)Yesterday at 9:10am PDT(5:10pm BST) is on time and it is due into Chicago tomorrow at 2:50 PM CT. The one that left Emeryville on Wednesday is unfortunately 1 hour and 18 mins late and is due in Chicago at 3:04PM CT (9:04pm BST) So today both are doing fairly well. As usual when everything is working OK you don't hear much, it is only when it goes wrong and for trains that travel father than some airlines those delays can be pretty spectacular I see David has answered whilst I have been writing an has helped to explain things. I will post as well so as to hopefully put in into the perspective of the UK |
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(Message 1716440)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, now that we have had the great router reshuffle, is there any chance of getting to see our traffic on the crickets, or any other service? Seems some missed what Matt said. Some big news is that campus is, for the first time in more than a decade, allowing SETI@home traffic back on the campus network infrastructure, thus obviating our need to pay for our own ISP. We are attempting this switchover tomorrow morning. Thus there will be more chaos and outages and DNS cache issues but this has been in the works for literal years so we're not stopping now. I apologize if this seems sudden but we weren't sure if this was actually going to happen until this past weekend. So yes SETI@home is now on the Campus network, that was what the outage was for. |
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42,052 update operations?
(Message 1716437)
Posted 21 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think Chris is talking about the "registry updates" that scroll up the screen after the reboot, post MS update. The 45,052 are the files it is replacing/updating not the number of updates being installed. From memory the last WIN 7 update I did before WIN 10 was quite large and did scroll a lot up the screen. And yes it always does a re-boot after that, seen it quite often |
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(Message 1716130)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes famous Cripple Creek Sheriff Railcar, so famous in fact that everyone seems to have heard of it yet no one seems to know it's history. Which is sort of what I meant. Tells you nothing, really, no history of what it was used for from 1917 to 1940. When was it sold off. Also no real info on what is was just "office". Of course most intriguingly, why is it now Cripple Creek Sheriff Railcar. Strange. |
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(Message 1716104)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Canadian Pacfic steam engines cp 1238 & cp 1286 according to Trainorders are in NS Rockport yard Does anyone know when a how they will move? |
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(Message 1716078)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick one today More F40PH but of the cabbage variety! This long train came down the wye today, with a mixture of odd cars and in the middle was 90219 along wtih P42 #33 all of that was actually attached to the Cardinal, so all became clear, it was a move from Beech Grove, Amtrak's maintenance facility. Also this PV came in on the 49 from NY Yes famous Cripple Creek Sheriff Railcar, so famous in fact that everyone seems to have heard of it yet no one seems to know it's history. All the other private varnish I have seen I have been able to find some history, not this one. Perhaps David can fill in the blanks!! |
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(Message 1715849)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: golden |
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misc electronics thread
(Message 1715799)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie thanks for that. I did not Not quite true Colossus is part of the National Museum of Computing and whilst on the same site has no connection to Bletchley Park. |
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(Message 1715788)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it would seem that due to the WOW event I have hit 35 mil. I think I may have missed 34 a while back :-) And over 30k RAC now that has been a long while!! |
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(Message 1715783)
Posted 20 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Brutus |
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(Message 1715516)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Over at the Railstrean forum I have a thread called "Skies and things" Which while it can feature a train if there happens to be one passing it is mostly to do with the amazing skies and weather that seem to happen in the "Midwest" possibly caused by the great lakes. So here is today's post. The first train I saw at Chesterton today was nothing special, however the sky was pretty spectacular. A bit different a little over an hour later when the 29 went through. Could almost be a different place!! Another PS, 8701 and 8646 went passed twice today, first heading west with a consist of empty well cars and then back east again light engine. |
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(Message 1715493)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now it could be related to a machine that is a favorite of mine Took this last year a Bletchley Park And yes it was definitely still ticking among other noises It's a reconstructed Alan Turing Bombe. |
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The British Royal Family
(Message 1715281)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: But all this has nothing to do with supporting the principle of a Royal family. It doesn't matter which individuals in it are liked or not at any one time. Yes it does have a direct bearing on how people view them and how they are not"trained" to be royal as Sirius said The reality is that there are literally thousands upon thousands worldwide that does that. After all, they are human just like the rest of us. Should that be held against them? Which was of course exactly my point, they are human and behave as such they are not trained and are not "special" But you are correct my views have nothing to do with want you wish to hear. I bow to you superior status and intellect I will not trouble this thread again as I know you believe a moderator has no right to an opinion. |
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The British Royal Family
(Message 1715262)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I have not commented on cost at all I asked: "What positive benefits do you see?" I suppose costing us only 55p a year each is good but has little to do with my question. And who does the "Duchy of Cornwall" belong to, well the royal family, could that income be better used to fund other things? Chris said at the beginning of this thread: The Royals do it because they have been brought up and trained, yes trained, to understand that it is their duty to support and be part of the British Monarchy. Yes of course there are "perks" that ordinary people don't get, but ordinary people don't live in a fishbowl 24/7 either. Yes trained, OK so lets see how well that training has worked. Take our current heir to the throne Prince Charles. He unfortunately fell in love with a married woman, and as his forebears did took her as his mistress. His mistress then arranged for a "nice girl" to be his wife. Arranged marriage, yes that is a tradition. Make sure you have an "heir and a spare" then go back to the mistress. Yep that's good training. That whole saga was not one that made the royal family look good in many peoples eyes and just showed they are totally out of touch with reality. I am actually not anti-royal and if Charles bows out and allows William to take the throne then there might just be hope. What the monarchy needs now is younger blood not a pensioner. |
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(Message 1715199)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I wondered how long it would be. Got this e-mail today as I am on the O&O mailing list A free tool to disable all the nasty windows privacy settings. Only basic IT experience required!! Windows Shutup Free for now but? |
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(Message 1715190)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What positive benefits do you see? You may continue as you wish but not having any positive thoughts about the Royal Family surprises me. The tactic of waiting till others have posted and then answering each one line by line seems to me that you don't actually have an argument but have to wait to see what others say then pick the points you wish to answer. But as it is your thread, please carry on as you see fit. PS I see you have insulted me again by saying I support someone blindly and have no opinions of my own. I would only support someone if A) I agree with them or B) I believe they are being unfairly picked on out of dislike |
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(Message 1715177)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 3) The royal family have no other function in modern society. So what exactly is their function. I see you just wasted a whole post rubbishing Es's comments without saying one word as to exactly what actual benefit the Royal Family has for the UK. Apart from tourism, which was discounted as they apparently aren't actually that popular anymore, I see none. What positive benefits do you see? |
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(Message 1715165)
Posted 19 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey Bernie, you weren't by any chance watching MH late Monday morning (Chicago time), were you? Mark himself went out and got some shots of the Cardinal going around the wye... with the Iowa Pacific consist of the Hoosier State attached to the back end. What you mean with 4135 on point And 4137 on the other end Plus the 3 cars? I had wondered why it was being towed behind the Cardinal, seems a very cumbersome way to get a train from A to B when it can do it on its own. Still I suppose it doesn't cost any more. I noted that all three locos were running as it passed the camera. So where does the Iowa get stabled when not in use? I have not seen it on the wye before so I assume as it is double ended it doesn't turn. Oh and just so I can mention Amtrak, this was on the other end ;-) PS Almost forgot. A pair of "old friends" snuck passed the MH Tower cam yesterday Yep CNW 8701 and 8646, light engine. I have seen them several times in the past few weeks. and always together. Using the Heritage Units web site I can usually tell when they are due! I assume that they will be kept in the CNW paint until they are "retired". Be nice if a heritage group could save them and actually restore them, though I suspect that would be a bit of a big job. |
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(Message 1714929)
Posted 18 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Villains |
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Getting started :
No work available to process
(Message 1714915)
Posted 18 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It was a longer than normal outage to deal with the new DNS routing required as the servers were moved onto the Berkeley network. After a long outage there are many more users trying to refill empty caches. I would always suggest waiting in this instance, work will flow eventually, as it has. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1714910)
Posted 18 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Can anyone using win 10 confirm this? Yes there is and all you do is switch it off. Easy. The way I see it is MS can no longer make money from an OS. Many younger people do not even own a PC, they do all they want on phones and tablets, mostly NOT running windows. So Windows 7 is the last traditional OS from MS, you can keep using it as long as you like, support will finish in 2020, but there are many still using XP. If you don't fancy that then you have 5 years to find an operating system you like. I can recommend Linux Mint, I would have used it but it didn't support the games I play. I strongly believe the day of the desktop PC is on the way out. Of course I would be interested to know if all of these "features" will apply to the corporate version of Win 10. Even when I was still working in 2012 my company was looking to replace all the field techs laptops with iPads and all that stopped them was the fact Office didn't run on an iPad. Of course it now does. There was even an app that allowed me to use my iPad to connect to the company VPN. Interesting times :-) |
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(Message 1714584)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: AMTK 654 is on train 6 today. Currently about an hour late out of Ottumwa. If it stays like that, it should go by the MH camera by shortly after 3pm CDT. Thanks for the info, I will be watching the 6, of course I will not post any boring pictures or info. |
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(Message 1714580)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt has posted. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77980 |
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(Message 1714568)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Anybody see the front page news about the project shutdown this evening till Wednesday morning? Well it now says, "next morning" meaning Tuesday, but what about the outage? |
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Paparazzi
(Message 1714305)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not at all. What you saw was something that you, on your own, personally disagreed with. Yet you have worded it as if it is also everybody else's opinion. So, lets have a poll shall we? Hands up all those that agree with ES99, that Chris's post was "horrible, offensive, sinister, and quite fascist". Yes I agree that is what I more or less what I thought but looking at a lot of your recent posts it did not surprise me one bit. Honestly, I assumed you really did not mean to suggest that here in the UK we just round up annoying "foreigners" and deport them, when they haven't apparently actually broken any laws. Then using the personal information to denigrate another poster is beneath contempt. PS I actually believe the Royal Family is good for the UK, as it is a big tourist attraction and brings in more than it costs us. It serves no other purpose. |
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(Message 1714291)
Posted 17 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I still use things such as Gmail and Dropbox so the NSA has access to most of my stuff anyway. Of course therein lies the problem everyone seems to ignore. I have had a Hotmail and Gmail account for many years, Also use Google Drive and OneDrive, as long as they have been around. I use Google Chrome as my main browser. So of course MS and Google already know all they need to about me. I do use adblock when surfing and consign all e-mails from names I don't know to the bin. But as had been said, unless you stop surfing the net stop using e-mail and your smartphone either Android or Apple you really can't say your are safe. I have installed Win 10 on 4 Machines, of course following the privacy advice in these threads but I suspect whatever I do GCHQ and NSA can find out all they need to know about me in a short time. Remember Snowden didn't stop the spying, he just made it go even deeper and probably more difficult to trace. Oh yes the more I use Win 10 the more I like it. |
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(Message 1714016)
Posted 16 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: City |
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SETI@home Science :
Crop Circles Arecibo
(Message 1713133)
Posted 14 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This French Fractale guy is just out to cause trouble here, I suggest that we sideline him. Yes especially as he hasn't posted in this thread in 10 days. |
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Beet's give us a caption #61
(Message 1712253)
Posted 13 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Umm, that's for when no picture is posted... Yes |
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The Car Thread
(Message 1711930)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread locked OP request. |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1711888)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Glenn a little more reading and a little less shouting please. But of course has nothing to do with my comment to Glenn |
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(Message 1711855)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yawn ..... Chis that is just so rude I am speechless, OK so you don't happen to like the pictures and information I post here. Fine, I will endeavor not to bore you anymore with any more of my postings. |
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Donald Trump for President?
(Message 1711834)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Glenn a little more reading and a little less shouting please. Marks statement was he did not vote for him second time round, he may well have voted for the other guy, perhaps. So before making assumptions, perhaps it might be best to get the facts first. As far as I am concerned there is never a need to type in all capitals on these boards. Just my 2 cents. |
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(Message 1711773)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Marked "return to sender" :-) Looks like there may be a few red faces at Beech Grove. Actually another explanation I have heard is. 455 was sent out on the 3, powered down and not ready for service as the final checks would be made in LA, however along the way the lead P42 #18 developed problems and the crew didn't think it would make it over Raton Pass. So they powered up 455 to assist, notices an oil leak but carried on none the less and blew it up!! Of course more questions would come from that scenario, why did a newly overhauled loco have a serious oil leak and did whoever gave the OK to start up 455 know the final checks hadn't been done. All sounds a bit odd to me. |
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(Message 1711644)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I would like to have a 'sent' box as well as the inbox for PMs. Yes I copy and save all my PM's as text files. In my opinion it is a big failing |
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(Message 1711636)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just a couple of posts down I posted this The newly overhauled and shiny F59PHI nunber 455 leaving on the Southwest Chief to return to wok in LA. Unfortunately all did not go as planned and that train minus 455 apparently reached LA 11 hours 29 mins late. The cause apparently 455 which was abandonded in Trinidad CO. So yesterday on the 4 Marked "return to sender" :-) Looks like there may be a few red faces at Beech Grove. |
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(Message 1710732)
Posted 10 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: EDIT- and do we know if there is any particular reason for the lack of a 2nd download server? Been getting quite a few stalled downloads lately. Eventually they do download, but the caches tend to run down significantly by the time that occurs. I might be wrong but I thought that it had been used as the new BOINC server, after that crashed last weekend. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1710731)
Posted 10 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone who isn't 100% happy should leave upgrading until fools like me have suffered through the early stages of Win10.. I agree with Cliff 100%, if you are "thinking about it" well don't rush there is still nearly a year to decide. I wanted to test it out and am glad I did as I like it and I had a 5 out of 5 success with the update even an old single core laptop!! As with anything like this YMMV :-) |
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(Message 1710725)
Posted 10 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I upgraded all 4 of my Win 7 machines and have to say I much prefer the look and usability, with aero gone the whole thing seems faster and cleaner. Two of my cranky old graphics/animation programs that were never very quick or smooth on Win 7 are completely different on Win 10 and a joy to use again. The problem with the tiles is easy, just remove them, I don't have any tiles on my desktop machines but have created tiles for all my most used programs on my laptop and it makes it easy to use. Over all I like it. Having said that there are privacy concerns with how much info wants, also the Home edition allows you little or no control over updates and this includes drivers. It seems the drivers Win 10 installs for my GT640 are different from the Nvidia ones. Basically if you are happy with Windows 7 then stay with it for a while till the various problems are addressed, you have a year to decide. Of course all of the pros and cons have been discussed at great length in the number crunching thread, the reason for it being the is because it does have a direct affect on how your cruncher will perform. Also I don't consider the decision to release it for free political, it is of course a huge marketing exercise on behalf of MS to try and get everyone on to Win 10 so they can sell targeted advertising. Hardly a surprise as Google have been doing it for years. |
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how to change preferences?
(Message 1710301)
Posted 9 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: At the bottom of each section is an "Edit preferences" link. Click on that, which will allow you to change preferences, then at the bottom there will be an "update preferences" button, click that and you should be done. |
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(Message 1709966)
Posted 8 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't you have backup projects???? +1 |
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(Message 1709892)
Posted 8 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Those F59PHI's seem to be all over the place. Today on the Southwest Chief 455 apparently been to Beech Grove for a major overhaul, now heading back west to LA all shiney and clean!! Of course if 47 is running much it will arrive at LA dirty!! |
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(Message 1709825)
Posted 7 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: While waiting for the Amtraks 29 and 49 to pass Chesterton I usually also video the passing freight traffic for anything interesting. Today I got this which I thought was a nice contrast BNSF 7225 an ES44DC leading and older "warbonnet" 4719 C44-9W. The "warbonnet" paint scheme was used by ATSF before it merged with Burlington Northern to create BNSF. However looking online 4719 appears to be a bit special. Before the merger was complete ATSF had an uncompleted order for 100 C44-9W's, they were delivered with BNSF replacing the ATSF logo and apparently 4719 was the last one delivered, so is the last official "warbonnet". Here is a bit of trivia, the Santa Fe railway never actually reached Santa Fe as the terrain was to difficult :-) |
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(Message 1709632)
Posted 7 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I understand there are also two or three still lettered SP. Well actually according to Heritage units, 9 SP-107,177,187,266,309,319,335,343,352. Never seen one on any cam!! |
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(Message 1709516)
Posted 6 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A little PS that I believe deserves a post of its own. As you know I have been recording all the unit numbers of the Amtrak P42's and it soon seemed like I might see them all. Not all 207 are still running as I have said before, large trucks parked on crossings have seen off several, others had fires due to a batch of faulty injectors and three have been involved in train to train accidents. I have been collecting pictures and video but recently have not had time to view or sort them. Well it seems that the last one I needed was 150 Seen on the 25th July. So in just under 8 months all 196 have visited Chicago!! Mission accomplished. So what do I record now?? |
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(Message 1709508)
Posted 6 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes well that NS train has headed east missing out all three cameras it could have passed, bet they did it on purpose. As of 2 hours ago it was in Salineville OH, no I have never heard of it either!! Still, I was busy doing something else with MH Tower in the background, and sometimes you just know something different is about to appear by the sound. Sure enough CNW 8646 appeared. Then to put the icing on the cake the next loco up was CNW 8701! I have seen them both before but not together, that was worth a log on Heritage Units. As I believe has been mentioned before, they are notable as they still have the old Chicago and North Western markings on. Also today another first, not one but two F59PHI's 465 and 466 And running under their own power, well I assume one of them was!! |
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(Message 1709396)
Posted 6 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As Boinc is now up again I will lock this thread to prevent it being used for posts that would be better answered elsewhere. OK that didn't last very long did it!! :-) |
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(Message 1708925)
Posted 5 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: With all the rail fans out there, has anyone took the time to actually ask an engineer or someone in the know? I also don't know a US engineer -:( Not a lot of use asking a UK one as it doesn't happen here, which is why I wanted to know as well!! I think it probably is something to do with the fact that the Lake Shore at The eastern end starts life as two different trains as David mentioned. Also due to the fact diesels are not allowed into New York Penn Station they use a hybrid, the P32AC, which can use 3rd rail then switch to diesel, these only pull the train as far as Albany, where the 449 from Boston also arrives and the two continue to Chicago as the 49. Obviously the reverse happens to the 48 which splits at Albany. The question is do the units I see at Chicago stay at Albany or go onto Boston. Looking at my daily records, the pairs seem to come through on a regular 3 day basis, however the one difference is that 192 and 193 are paired back to back, quite unusual the normal way is nose to tail which reveals something else. The 49 on the 30th. Then on the 2nd I am guessing that only one of the engines takes the 449 to Boston, returns and is re-coupled to the one at Albany, but the opposite way round. Well that's my theory! |
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(Message 1708800)
Posted 5 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A new thread with none of my pictures!! Lets change that. Yesterday was the first day in a week that I have managed to see and record all the long distance trains that pass the Chesterton and Chicago cams. Which if anyone is interested are: 29 - Chicago bound Capitol Ltd 49 - Chicago Bound Lake Shore 5 - San Francisco bound California Zephyr 6 - Chicago bound California Zephyr 3 - LA bound Southwest Chief 4 - Chicago bound Southwest Chief 58 - Chicago bound City of New Orleans The reason I don't get both directions on some services it that they arrive/depart too late. Also the reason I don't see all is usually due to either the 6 and/or 4 being delayed by more than 3 hours, which puts their arrival past midnight here. So that meant I actually saw the 6 and its cargo, even thought it was close to 1am BST 653 arriving so unless any more are ordered there are 17 left. Now continuing on the "why do they turn trains" debate here is something I noted last week. On the 28th the Lake Shore had 192 and 193, interesting in itself. Then on the 31st it was 193 and 192 And then of course on Monday So not only do they turn the train but at some point they just turn the locos. I wonder why. |
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Are your ears burning?
(Message 1708487)
Posted 4 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "It's life Jim, but not as we know it". Well actually the phrase "it's life Jim but not as we know it" was never actually said in the show it was made up for the song Star Trekking What Spock actually said in one episode was "no life as we know it" Same as no one actually said "beam me up Scotty" |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1708477)
Posted 4 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well according to the heritage units map the elusive NS Executive Train with both F9A's and both F7B'spassed the chesterton camera at 00:30 local which is 06:30 GMT. Once again I missed it and once again at night. I suppose it has to sneak around at night to be ready for the bosses early in the morning. Not sighted since so I have no idea where it was going, it was headed west towards Chicago. I would just like to see it in daylight once!! |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
Frequency, time, power graph showing nothing.
(Message 1708435)
Posted 4 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Question has been answered, rest is off topic. |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1708432)
Posted 4 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I apologize if someone has posted this before, I have an ACER Iconia W510 with an Intel Atom processor. When trying to install Win 10 I received a notice that Win 10 won't run due to the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator my display won't work. Just a point, to get Cortana to work you have to enable a lot of the privacy switches that really need to be off. Several sites I have seen discussing Win 10 say that Cortana, as useful as she/it is should be the first thing you disable after install. |
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The train thread
(Message 1708429)
Posted 4 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What I posted yesterday was a screenshot so I waited till the whole thing was in shot. However I usually take a video as well and can advance it frame by frame for the best shot I think it is 2650 Which doesn't have a RRpic for the last two years and that was in Texas, add to that 2650 is the addresss of the BNSF offices, so putting BNSF 2650 into a Google search gets a lot of non relevant hits!! I tried the same trick on the car as well but no extra details are visible. |
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The train thread
(Message 1708200)
Posted 3 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Word is that AMTK 652 is on train 6 arriving Chicago today, last reported almost 8 hours late out of Omaha, and 653 is on 6 arriving tomorrow, 36 minutes late out of Glenwood Springs. Well if the 6 today keeps to the ETA of 9:29pm CT, that will be 3:29am here and a much as I enjoy watching the unusual on the cams I enjoy my sleep even more!! Yesterday the 6 came in on one P42 #158, so seems like another breakdown. Also it seems I failed to actually post sad story of the 4 back on the 27 July According to "Track a Train" it was getting later and later. Before I went to bed it was about 8 hours late. In the morning it still hadn't arrived at Chicago and was nearly 12 hours late. So I decided to watch it arrive even though it was close to 3 am local and dark! When I hear what I assumed to be 4 arriving it didn't sound quite right more like a freight. It was BNSF 5479, however as it came into view I suddenly reaslised the problem!! Oh dear SWC 4 had broken down!! Even with 2 P42's it had to be towed And of course those C44-9W's are not exactly built for speed!! Therefore making it later and later. There was a footnote to this the next day, The Metra line on the camera is run by BNSF and the resident switcher there is 2661 a GP39-3 Normally it keeps to the far track, yesterday however it came across to the wye. It was reversing towards the station and I wondered just what it was doing. Well all was revealed a little while later when it reappeared. With 5479 in tow. if you remember 5479 was the one that rescued the Southwest Chief in the early hours. I assume that it was left in the Amtrak yard and there wasn't a spare BNSF crew available. Not often you see a GP towing a C44-9W :-) Stranger still 2661 has not been seen since. It seems to have been replaced with 2655 Today this appeared. BN 1706 an SD40-2. Whilst it is missing the BN logo it is still in BN green, it also had these in tow Can't see much detail as it is just too far from the camera but it is not 2661 in the middle but 265? looks like a zero but just might be a sploge!! |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1707798)
Posted 2 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I admit that after several days with Win 10 I like it a lot, the interface seems clean and fast, everything is where it should be and I have no user complaints. However hiding the privacy options behind the "Express" option is an extremely bad business decision, and I will be telling all my non computer savvy friends not to upgrade, as MS will share all their data with everybody. I learnt about the options from these forums and was able to turn them all off but they should all be off by default with the option to turn them on. Even if after the install the first screen you got was that option screen then that should have been how any responsible company would have behaved. Then again their attitude is probably "well it was free what do you expect" |
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BBC Shows - An American's Perspective
(Message 1707629)
Posted 2 Aug 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The truth is that UK Humour is nothing like American humour, it loses a certain something in travelling over the pond. We can laugh ourselves silly at Morecambe & Wise, while they would think it rubbish! Well now you might think that, however I have first hand experience that says otherwise. A couple of years back whilst visiting a certain other SETI participant in the wilds of New Hampshire, we were at the top of Mount Cannon waiting for the "aerial tramway" ride down when a woman with her family hearing my English accent engaged me in conversation regarding our comedy shows and in particular "Are you being served", whilst I believe they may have been laughing at us. It appears they do in fact enjoy several, can't actually remember the other shows she mentioned. Also from what I remember Benny Hill was very popular in the US. Also thinking about the thread title in reverse, American Shows on UK TV, you have to remember that in the UK we have been watching US shows since the 50's. I can remember Rawhide, Wagon Train, Highway Patrol and my favourite as a 7/8 year old was Cannonball (OK it was Canadian). About two truck drivers. So here in the UK we also grew up with a lot of your shows and have to admit that before I stopped watching TV last year my recent favorites were the CSI/NCIS shows (except Miami never liked him). |
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News :
Questions and Answers
(Message 1706686)
Posted 30 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the News forum. For any technical question please use the Number Crunching forum where you will almost certainly get an answer. In the Number Crunching forum look for the "Panic Mode on Server Problems" thread which should have the latest info and observations as to any problems. In this case there were changes being made to the database that meant longer than usual downtime. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706663)
Posted 30 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I hate to admit it but win 10 seems to be ok..... Yes I agree. I gave up waiting for "my turn" and downloaded the Content Creation Tool, does seem to take a bit longer but I now have Win 10 on my laptop and I really like the cleaner look and feel to it. I was surprised that there were no problems with my aging ATI 3670, but it seem to cope fine. Also seem to be a lot more "tweaks and settings" to play with. Currently my main machine is at 55% however I know I will have problems as it has dual screens and one is on the HDMI, so I will be interested to see what happens. So would I advise people to change, depends, I will be advising my 60+ students with Win 7 to stick with 7 as it does make changes to the familiar layout. Also my most prolific student loves to make DVD's of his family, and has just got used to Windows DVD maker which of course was removed in Win 8. If they have win 8 then yes I would say upgrade as it has the best bits of Win 7 and 8.1 and if they are used to 8 it wont be a big jump. As for everyone out there, if you are happy with Win 7 then stay with it, after all you have a year to make up your mind. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706483)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that was less than stella!! Well it was a bit late by then as they are installation settings, as far as I can see they stop Windows trying to install a generic driver on a new equipment installation, like the first time you power up after installing something new, nothing to do with updates. Could be wrong, but that is how I read it. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706383)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that was less than stella!! Having already installed the 353.30 drivers from the nvidia web site, all was fine Foolishly I then checked for updates and Windows decided to install the 353.62 drivers, not really sure what happened but I just got a black screen, luckily Team Viewer worked fine and I was able to reboot, remove all traces of all Nvidia drivers, then run the update blocker from MS and reinstall the Nvidia drivers. So there is still a problem, however the update blocker seems to be a way round. I suspect because of this we will eventually see a way to block specific updates rather than an "add on". Otherwise I am quite impressed, it seems to have lots more settings and tweaks, however I don't really use that machine much and I currently cant sit near it. Hopefully my laptop will get the update soon as that is the one I really want to test it on. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706312)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK around 2 hours after I started the download I have a Windows 10 desktop. Interesting note, no videos drivers were installed by the upgrade. They may be installed by updates but I decided to manually add. I went to the Nvidia website and downloaded the Win 10 drivers 353.30 I can now view my screen without have to step back several feet :-) First impressions, It's Windows 8.1 with a start button!! Boinc seems OK and is reporting my GT 640 correctly. Can't try it yes as I assume the dbase is still offline. Everything I have tried so far works, I did have to re-sync One Drive as I believe there is a new version for Win 10. I will continue to explore and report. This is the machine concerned, so nothing special and if Win 10 works OK on this it should work on almost anything!! http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6908844 PS Chris no one is asking you to do anything. I was just saying why I am happy to be the guinea pig that's all. |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706293)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I can fully understand the reluctance to upgrade straight away also the belief that doing so will be making a pact with Satan. However I have several reasons for needing to know how Win 10 works. Most important is my work at the local 60+ club where I teach IT to, well people over 60!! I have already had people there ask me if they should upgrade to Windows 10 and I know whether I say wait or not someone will and I will need to know how to sort it out. Also over the years I have got tired of "boring" why be like everyone else, why not "live on the edge" I have 3 Vista machines that can do my crunching for me, whilst I will be more adventurous and make a deal with the devil. I will post anything important I discover here so as to be of at least some help if it all goes wrong and my computers are left in smoking piles. Whatever happens I plan to enjoy the experience! Well after just over an hour we have reached 20%, could be a long few days :-) |
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Politics :
Calais Migrants
(Message 1706282)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Please lets start discussing the thread title rather than making remarks about each other. |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706280)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So this was interesting, I noticed there was an outstanding update on my laptop, so I installed it, just in case it was "required". I then checked on the othe 3 machines just in case there were any outstanding updates. On my TV/Video machine the "Update" was Windows 10 is ready to install. So I did, it actually had to download it first then "prepare" it then after you had agreed to sell your soul to MS (The EULA), the first thing it did was reboot, after which I got this. Sorry it's only a photo of my TV but not sure how to take a screenshot with no OS!! That was 15 minutes ago and has now reached the lofty heights of 3% |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706233)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: i'm in the process of converting two windows 10 enterprise x 64 10.00.10240.00 machines back to windows 8.1 If you read the link is seems that Windows 10 installs a newer Nvidia driver than the Nivida Gforce Experince is aware of so it immediately tried to downgrade the driver. So how did MS have an Nvidia driver that Nvidia didn't know about!! Seems it may well have been Nvidia who dropped the ball there. Also anyone in the know will have not have Geforce Experience install anyway. Apparently it was fixed at the weekend anyway. |
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Number crunching :
3D XPOINT TECHNOLOGY
(Message 1706216)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Link does not work for me. Is this the page? http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/micron-intel-3d-xpoint-memory,news-50860.html |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 22/4/2015
(Message 1706204)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "William Knight began transporting goods for the local community back in 1865, using a horse and cart. With family members soon entering the business, more work could be taken on and a strong and reliable reputation soon developed. In 1918 the company began to use motorised vehicles and ‘A’ licenses were granted for three trucks on inauguration of the Road Traffic Act in 1933. The company, which became Knights of Old Limited in 1957, was making steady progress, mainly in the agricultural industry until the decision was made to focus on general haulage in 1968. This resulted in the need for a change of location and the company moved to Cherry Hill in the village of Old, Northamptonshire. The new site enabled the company to expand by introducing warehouse facilities." |
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Number crunching :
Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1706200)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The message on the "Get Windows 10" icon has changed in the last half hour PS I have decided to throw caution to the wind and do all 4 of my Win 7 machines. One 6 year old Dell laptop, my daily driver and cruncher, one machine used for TV video and one old slow HP machine I only use to read the news. I will let you know how it goes. PPS. An update, my laptop and daily machine have the new notification the other two still have the old one. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1705901)
Posted 28 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Shame your picture is of 60007 - "Sir Nigel Gresley". Indeed, also it is pity it is a static display and hasn't run in many years, since 1987 it seems. Whilst the Tornado was an amazing achievement, and restoring the Flying Scotsman and others are worthwhile projects, you might have thought that the "fastest steam locomotive" might have had a better fate. |
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Reddit thinks SETI@home is not useful
(Message 1705700)
Posted 27 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "User ID" is not the same as "User Name". The User ID is a constant size, but the User Name as some have demonstrated can vary quite dramatically.... Well your "used ID is - 226846 Hal's is - 792 And mine is - 812533 Quite why you have a lower id than me seems odd but there probably is a reason Seems they vary in length up to 8 digits for people who joined this months So I assume that if all the users had 3 digit id you could ignore 84.66 users, whereas if they all had 9 digits ids you could only ignore 28.22. But possibly there are some overheads we are unaware of. |
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Number crunching :
Reddit thinks SETI@home is not useful
(Message 1705579)
Posted 27 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Quite a few of us would like to see him disappear for good and never come back, but even his little contribution does help and has to be seen as welcome. If he annoys you that much, which of course he deliberately does to get attention, the answer is to put him on ignore. As an international project we cannot stop the mentally challenged from signing up and posting, provided they don't break the rules. Actually when Zapped Sparky reported this a a problem this was David Anderson's answer The database field that stores ignored user IDs is 254 chars long, and Zapped has reached this limit. So it is all to do with how long the users ID's are. |
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Science (non-SETI) :
UK Power Supplies
(Message 1705215)
Posted 26 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: An update here on my APC Smart UPS 1000. I came home yesterday to find that both rigs were turned off?? But the clue was a red light on the front panel of the UPS which means that the battery needs replacing. I re-booted both machines, then unfortunately like a fool I decided to check that by pressing the test button. Yep two dead pc's again and a lot of noise from the UPS! APC recommend changing batteries every 2-3 years. Also if using a UPS, monitoring software is a MUST as it will warn you of a failed self test if the lights an buzzers don't. Otherwise the very thing a UPS is supposed to protect against, is caused by the UPS itself. Your experience satisfies me that for most home users a UPS is a waste of money as without proper monitoring they can cause more damage than they are suppose to prevent. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1704846)
Posted 25 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Steam for new Scotland railway. And the BBC don't have a picture of 60009 So where did I find this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/image_galleries/trains_gallery.shtml?13 |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation safety 2
(Message 1704545)
Posted 24 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: July 18, Elkhart County Indiana. A stretch limo got high-centered on the tracks. Everyone got out, no injuries. Limo driver might be looking for a new job, however. And once again the proof that people just don't understand how long a train takes to stop. On the video the limo driver can be heard saying "Didn't you see me?" Lucky this time no one was hurt. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1704338)
Posted 23 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: NKP 765 is on it's way to Youngstown OH today and earlier they tweeted this With the caption "And every once in a while things are right in the world" PS for those of a less "train like background" The Nickel Plate Road |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1704279)
Posted 23 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Eek!! ;) That looked almost like a real freight train that steam loco was pulling, I hope the railroads aren't that desperate for horsepower.. Yes I thought that at first, but noticing they were all coal wagons, and also the loader in the last one, could it be that NKP765 is carrying it's own fuel? It is in the middle of a quite long tour, and I suspect that large supplies of coal are not necessarily available at most stations. I am sure David will know if that is correct. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1704235)
Posted 23 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Quite by chance yesterday I saw on the heritage unit website map that NKP765 appeared to be heading to Cleveland and would pass the Berea camera. So for me this was a first. https://youtu.be/iOO3MYcoKHY |
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How much do I download?
(Message 1703976)
Posted 22 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I won't call it a home network because it ISN'T! Why wouldn't you want to call a home network a home network. I have a strong suspicion that your three devices have internal IP addresses and that your Home Hub does as well. Otherwise nothing would work :-) And you are showing pictures from your PC's on the TV, well sounds suspiciously like a network to me, because if it wasn't you could not do that. You can call it a spam omelette, if you really want to, but like it or not by all definitions it is a home network. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1703913)
Posted 22 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe this is what railfans apparently call "a good catch" :-) I enjoyed it because I was able to look up it's history and that made it more complete. It really is an "oldie", in between newer and larger BNSF locos we find NIWX 2204 a 38 year old GE U23B Seems to have lead an interesting life: Started life in 1977 as Conrail 2795 one of the last U23B's. 2798 was the last. Moved to Providence and Worcester as PW2204 Then the last 10 or so years with the PRL (Penn Eastern Rail Line) around Reinhold PA Was apparently sold to NIWX (Northern Illinois & Wisconsin Railway), a leasing company, earlier this year but does not appear on their website at all. Made an interesting change!! |
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How much do I download?
(Message 1703816)
Posted 21 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It's OK. Samsung has likely just recording everything you have been saying around it. There was an issue with some company doing something similar not that long ago. However The TV's voice features can be disabled. However, the company adds another caveat: "While Samsung will not collect your spoken word, Samsung may still collect associated texts and other usage data so that we can evaluate the performance of the feature and improve it." also A good way to judge how important your information is to your TV manufacturer is the TV's reaction to your acceptance or denial of its terms and conditions. Also tracking Samsung is not so good here though. Which? magazine found that when the TV was turned on it immediately beamed the user's full location and postcode without even encrypting the information. Samsung claims the data is needed to operate the TV. But something that specific surely can't be required? All the smart TVs seem to do this to a greater or lesser extent but Samsung does seem to be the worst. One article I read suggested it can use over 1 Gb a day on these services. Only real way round it is to disconnect it from the internet when you are not using the "smart" services. |
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Number crunching :
How much do I download?
(Message 1703701)
Posted 21 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course if you really really want see what all your network connected devices are doing on your network and the internet, you could use Microsoft Network Monitor This will show you in real time ALL the traffic on you network as seen by your network card. It will show you what, if any applications are using the network and will show all ip addresses in use, both external and internal. if you leave it running for a minute or two it will start replacing ip addresses with DNS names. Any ip addresses you don't recognise you could use a "lookup" page and that may help identify the software involved. |
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Number crunching :
How much do I download?
(Message 1703665)
Posted 21 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If you are using a BT Home Hub 5 then the quickest way is to log onto the Home Hub, go to Advance Settings, then "continue to advance settings" it will ask for the HH admin password, then just click on Broadband, this will give you a running total of data transmitted/received as long as the HH does not reset. Which it can do for software updates or other unknown reasons. I have not done anything to mine for ages yet it only has the last 7 days recorded. However if you do it on a regular basis it should give you a rough idea of usage. PS most of the "router monitoring" programs don't work on a HH5 as the stats are not available for "Infinity" on the hub. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1703656)
Posted 21 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So it definitely seems to be F40PH month!! None for a while the several come along at once. This one is a bit special and is obviously the best in the "fleet" I know I have posted pictures of 406 here before but this was a nice close up yesterday as the Amtrak Exhibit Train came in from New York on the Cardinal. Whilst 406 is not a complete "cabbage", as it does retain a head end power unit for the heating and lighting in the Exhibit Train, it no longer has a prime mover, despite what the roof fans and vents suggest. Compare it with 90229 that came in from LA yesterday on the Southwest Chief 4 About the only thing in common on the roof is the cab aircon unit!! Also on the end of the 4 and also a long way form home was this. Surfliner coach 6400, do they have surf in Chicago?? :-) As I have said as a train fan it is the different or unusual that I like to see so the occasional 24 year old GE P32 on a scheduled service is good. P42 138 leading P32 514 on The Capitol 29, passing Chesterton heading for Chicago yesterday. Yes the P32's, were ordered by Amtrak as "hold-overs" in 1991, until the P42's were delivered. Most are now user as switchers, but as you can see make the occasional appearance on the main line. Almost always as the 2nd unit. They are just freight locos with the addition of a head end power unit. And yes it is dirty on the other side as well!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1703350)
Posted 20 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: For better understanding of the comments I have moved Sirius B's post to here. So as not to force any to read politics who do not wish to |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1703006)
Posted 19 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Over the past few weeks the California Zephyr has been arriving so late at Chicago that I have often missed it and assumed I have missed some of the new AC 64's being delivered. However it appears not, the last one I saw was 647 on the 12th June and yesterday... Had it arrived earlier there was the most amazing storm in progress. Also being a true "railfan" in US speak or "Anorak" in the UK. I have been keeping a record of all the Amtrak P42DC's I have seen. There were originally 207, due to accidents and engine fires the number left in service is 195. Up to yesterday I have seen 193 of them, number 196 was the 194th, this just leaves number 150 to complete the set. (did you follow that?) These loco's pull passenger trains all across the US and yet within the 7 months I have been watching all have been to Chicago. As the site I use to track them says. "CHI = CHICAGO - THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE AS FAR AS AMTRAK DIESELS ARE CONCERNED". Finally just to prove it's not all about Amtrak, UP got into the act, by lining up 5 units against a sky that was about to unleash thunder and a torrential downpour. |
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The train thread
(Message 1702084)
Posted 16 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Do we know which fire dept it was? Well it looks like a So you could probably find it on twitter. PS gratuitous shot of a cabbage |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 25
(Message 1701379)
Posted 14 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Berni Inn not Bernie :-) And my you are a bit out of date. The Berni Inn chain was sold to Grand Metropolitan for £14.5m in 1970 and then sold to Whitbread in 1995, who converted the outlets into their own Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants. -:) |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1701378)
Posted 14 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, this talk of turntables has got me thinking about your mysterious turning train. Maybe they are not concerned about which engine is where, but are actually turning the entire train. This means the cars arrive at a station on the return trip in the same order as on the inbound trip. Baggage car always first, first class car always last, etc. Well yes that would at first glance seem to be a logical answer. However the trains concerned are both short routes(relatively speaking) and do not have baggage cars. They do have Cafe cars so that might be the reason, however the one in the pic I posted appeared to have one at either end. Of course none of that can apply to the train with 90368 on, The Pere Marquette 370/371 which runs from Chicago to Grand Rapids MI, it appears to be turned every time despite have cabs at both ends and being the opposite way round in the second pic. Just to explain that. Train arrives Chicago with P42 and Cafe car at terminus end, turn train, next time it arrives 90368 is on terminus end, turn train!! In reality that just makes no sense. However I guess there must be a reason. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1701140)
Posted 13 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Caltrans might own that West Coast unit, if it's from California, Amtrak just crews the train here. Yes it is and only comes east for major overhauls at Amtrak's Beech Grove Indianapolis site. Which is why is is unusual to see it in Chicago. Just waiting to see if and when it returns west. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1701113)
Posted 13 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is a little more on the "Why are they turning that train." Spotted last week 90368, possibly the tattiest piece of Amtrak rolling stock in public service. It is of course a "cabbage" or cab - baggage and whilst not having a prime mover can control the loco at the other end. So why is it being turned? Ah well you say that is because they want 90368 pointing a certain way. Yes very good, except same train a few days later. Notice it is now pointing in the other direction add yet it is still being turned, confused, I am!! Having found out about this site https://www.heritageunits.com/ which allows you to see where all the "heritage units" are, both freight and Amtrak, it also lists the whereabouts of the NS Business train that was the object of a previous discussion, you can also look to see where it has been and it was indeed the one that I missed passing through Chesterton. It also list the two Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus trains, which are on continuous tour of the US. The Blue train is currently in Houston TX and the Red train in LA, when moving they are apparently quite a sight. I was able to track one of the heritage units and catch it passing Chesterton NS 1069 Virginian, hopefully with the new site I will be able to catch a few more. One of the west coast EMD F59PHI's has been at Beech Grove for a major overhaul apparently and came in on Friday on the Hoosier. 454 looking clean and shiny, I assume it will head west soon. Today saw an ignominious end for the City of New Orleans journey to Chicago, it was running very late which is unusual, however when it arrived all was revealed. 202 towed in by a little GP38-2 which while it says CN is really Grand Trunk Western 5858. Slightly better view as it reverses into Chicago, you can see the GTW under the number. Finally what could be nicer on a sunny Sunday afternoon in July than to head west in you own private accommodation. Iowa Pacific PV on route to SF via the California Zephyr yesterday. |
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Number crunching :
Cant merge hosts. But they're the SAME host...
(Message 1700791)
Posted 12 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually this one was created yesterday http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7616907 However as it is the only one in the list with 2 Geforce 8800GT's it look like it may have assumed the old identity. |
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Welcome to the 15 year Club
(Message 1700226)
Posted 10 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Combined thread from the two "15 year" threads. |
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Welcome to the 15 year club.
(Message 1700224)
Posted 10 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I will move these posts to the other thread and lock this. Combined thread here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=75017 |
1937)
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(Message 1699597)
Posted 8 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I haven't posted much here recently I have been reading it all, interesting as always how we are similar but divided by a common language:-) Here is another strange thing that makes me wonder if they have quite got the hang of "double ended trains" of course here in the UK almost all passenger services I can think of have cabs at both ends. However I have noticed this most days. This is the Lincoln Service turning on the wye. Nothing odd about that I lose count of the number of Amtrak trains that do that every day, however on the other end. I am actually at a loss as to why it is necessary to turn the train! It runs from Chicago to St Louis, and I assume the reason it has a P42 at each end is that it cannot turn, if so it arrives back in Chicago the same way it left, so turning it actually reverses the train!! Oh well I am sure they will get the hang of it eventually :-) PS also notice the stack train on the airline, it isn't going that way but they seem to use it to switch. It was actually stationary waiting for the OK to come all the way back again. I am also getting a few good pictures from Galesburg, but you have to be quick as the still picture only stays on screen for 15-20 seconds. I find it is really interesting watching the passengers arrive when a train is due. Galesburg actually gets 2 "local" services each way daily and the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief in both directions. This was the scene on Friday last before the holiday weekend, the California Zephyr to SF is due, and because it is late, the Southwest Chief to LA is not far behind. As we know nobody in the US travels by train!! Finally on a wet day a little while back I saw this. Who said steam was dead. (for the non train buffs around the sloping bit at the back of those engines is the radiator (hot) and it was pouring with rain) Just remembered there have been reports of an E or F unit hauling a train through Chesterton, heading east, I did see it at Berea a couple of weeks back but it was 4.30 am local and still dark. Hopefully David might have an idea what it is. https://youtu.be/IPAFOQt6lJM |
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Quake-Catcher Network - someone participate at?
(Message 1698999)
Posted 6 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You might want to look here http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=10318#62412 |
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(Un)Justify Same Sex Marriage
(Message 1698046)
Posted 3 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Welcome back the guy with no name and a deleted posting history. The person concerned was a moderator and moderators can edit their own posts. However moderators cannot edit other peoples posts, only hide or move them. |
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(Message 1697676)
Posted 2 Jul 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you David for the pictures. For someone who watched the whole thing from the top of that camera pole the close ups were really great. I assume you didn't see Mr Lincoln himself, a bit spooky as there was his funeral car. Here he is with what I assume were a selection of VIP's on the Friday afternoon Apparently they employed an actor for the whole weekend to wander about with his "wife". Also I actually didn't get the Leviathan leaving, that is the problem with still cameras and no sound, I looked and it was already halfway down the spur leaving behind 8358. Shortly after the Amtrak Exhibition train, now turned reappeared on the spur, and stayed there for a further two days. This was the last shot I took on Tuesday evening. Place looks a little different. Yesterday morning the train was gone. As to the non ballasted track, it was not fully installed until late Thursday, in fact the crew were there briefly Friday morning. Leviathan and 8358 were to my knowledge the first vehicles to use the track. A BNSF loco and what looked like a couple of ballast wagons in tow arrived at the far end of the spur on Tuesday and was there for over 24 hours. At that point they hadn't even fixed the far rail So perhaps the job "overran" but they need to use the track on Friday. Also the wooden ties already seem to have already been there. If you look at Google maps "earth view" it is before the track was laid and it seems obvious that there was a track there originally that possibly served the old station. Perhaps the end section had just been "buried and was found to be OK when dug up? I will let you know what if anything happens now. |
1941)
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(Message 1696597)
Posted 28 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Busy weekend and not had much time to watch the cameras, however I did notice that the California Zephyr 5 and 6 seem to be in total disarray, the one that left Chicago on Friday has been stuck at Denver and is apparently over 31 hours late. The 5 that left Chicago yesterday has a "service disruption label and hasn't reached Denver yet. No 5 departed today and no 6 arrived, although I saw what appeared to be and empty 5 or 6 sped through Galesburg without stopping, heading for Chicago. Then I spied this coming down the wye Iowa Pacific GP40FH 4135 So was the the new Hoosier State service, well yes and no. As you can see it was actually attached to the rear of the current Amtrak service. Couldn't see the number on the 2nd engine but the rear was SLRG 4144, now I believe Iowa Pacific. So what was that about "route learning"!! |
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(Message 1696030)
Posted 26 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well at a wet Galesburg IL things are starting to happen The problem is that is seems a few people are watching the cameras so the refresh rate dipped to around 5 minutes, meaning a lot can happen you don't see. Firstly this appeared backing down the track, looked like a BNSF freight loco and something else. The "something else" turned out to the "The Leviathan" Built by the same guy who built the Lincoln Funeral Coach. One wonders why it didn't steam down the spur as it fired up straight away. The BNSF unit moved forward and is apparently on display as it has some of its side panels removed. It was during all this that the cameras went into 5 minute pause and so on the next refresh the Amtrak Exhibit Train had arrived and was parked in front, and I saw nothing of it arriving at all! Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow!! |
1943)
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Panic Mode On (98) Server Problems?
(Message 1696011)
Posted 26 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There is no "official outage" read Matt's post Speaking of outages, this Saturday (the 27th) we will be bringing the project down for the day as the colo is messing with power lines and while they are confident we shouldn't lose power during their upgrades we're going to play it safe and make sure our databases are quiescent. They have decided to bring the project down "just in case". The COLO expects no irruptions. |
1944)
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(Message 1696006)
Posted 26 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes that is particularly disappointing as Railstream has an HD camera at Rochelle that performs quite well at night. I am hopeful that if the 6 makes it to Rochelle before 7pm local I can try tonight. As was expected the "Exhibit Train" left Chicago about 20 minutes ago. Caught me out as I was not expecting anything, but as there is a "wind back" slider I was able to get a pic. As usual the "Veterans" unit no 42 in the lead. Be interesting to see what they do at Galesburg. Where it is currently looking very wet. Also today a P32 made a rare appearence at Chesterton on The Capitol 29 No 514 to be exact with 25 leading. Oh yes and railfan included :-) |
1945)
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(Message 1695747)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm a bit surprised to see them setting up the Lincoln car on the portable track they carry instead of on the real one. Well either the nice new track is not ready yet, or they will be something else on it! Here it is in place. Also, NIRC 3 will be coming around the wye in Chicago with one car and METX 401. It has been out of service for months with a bent frame. It's been shuffled around between various Metra shops and is now headed for 47th St. There is speculation that it is being stripped for usable parts. Yes it did Fist time I have seen an M36PH, also fist time I have seen one on the airline! Annoyingly looks like the 5 will get to Rochelle way too late for me. That would have been quite a good shot!! |
1946)
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(Message 1695654)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey guys, could you let some of us outsiders know what the numbers talk is all about. i.e,. 1-6 numbered trains, and stuff like 382 and 383!! I try to follow the talk and the pics but the train buff talk floors me at times :-) 5 and 6 are the California Zephyr, 5 Chicago to SF (Actually Emeryville ), 6 SF to Chicago 3 and 4 Southwest Chief, 3 Chicago to LA, 4 LA to Chicago 381 and 382 are the Carl Sandburg, 381 Chicago to Quincy, 382 Quincy to Chicago 380 and 383 are the Illinois Zephyr, 383 Chicago to Quincy, 380 Quincy to Chicago. To understand things a bit better, either use the Amtrak track a train from here http://www.amtrak.com/home or see the ASM interactive map here http://www.asm.transitdocs.com/ |
1947)
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(Message 1695646)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 4 shows almost to Jefferson City, MO already. 6 is still in OMA, apparently waiting for UP to find a pilot engine. Well that will be interesting in itself!! |
1948)
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(Message 1695641)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 4 shows almost to Jefferson City, MO already. 6 is still in OMA, apparently waiting for UP to find a pilot engine. Yes I noticed. I assume that will mean if the Amtrak display train was destined for Galesburg, it may not get there now!! |
1949)
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(Message 1695597)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I just happened to glance at the Galesburg camera and noticed a few people standing around looking expectantly toward the far end of the station A few minutes later this arrived The Lincoln Funeral car replica, not by rail but road They took a break They are still maneuvering it More hopefully later. |
1950)
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In Memorandum Thread or not
(Message 1695478)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I can see my attempt to have a civil discussion has been hijacked so that will be the end. Please remember that not everyone feels the same abut all things and please a little give and take. And no I do not feel I overstepped. I feel very much that you did I was asking a perfectly simple question and you got upset. My mistake was I should have said I am asking this question as a poster on these forums NOT a mod. |
1951)
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In Memorandum Thread or not
(Message 1695454)
Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: To prevent a repeat of yesterday when people were discussing whether to start one thread for all famous people passing in an RIP thread. This thread will allow a discussion. Please keep it civil. Personally I rarely post in the "RIP" threads as it is just a personal thing with me. However I realise that many people like to express their sadness for the passing of someone who may have been a great influence on their lives or just a familiar face or voice through radio TV or films. I don't personally see a problem with individual threads, it would somehow seem a little less "personal" to have them all together in one. Just my thoughts, what are yours. |
1952)
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(Message 1695204)
Posted 24 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought you might recognise Galesburg! I have to say there is a large amount of freight all day long!!, also with the yard close by you even see this sort of thing. A BN green 1848 SD40-2, from what I read it is one of the yard switchers which often seem to come just up to the station then reverse back, as it is only a still cam that is the best shot I have got. If you also notice the track right in front of the museum is being relaid and is missing a rail! Here is another shot looking the other way and another switcher. Couldn't read the number. Also see the work in progress. I had of course hoped that I might be able to see the CZ and SWC when running late as it is about 2½ hours earlier here. However it is pot luck here was the SWC arriving from LA And on the other camera. Well not going to get any info from those shots. Of course it has allowed me to see for myself something I have previously only read about. The almost mythical "Amtrak Smoke Break" :-) Where all those addicted stand around in groups puffing away, and any railfan will try to get pictures of all the rolling stock!! This was the CZ Last night. Notice also that there are now two rails! I assume they have been trying to get that finished in time for the weekend. Hopefully the 6 hour time difference will mean I can get to see something, as I have a busy Saturday and Sunday!! |
1953)
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Panic Mode On (98) Server Problems?
(Message 1694897)
Posted 23 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: New post from Matt http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77575#1694895 |
1954)
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay?
(Message 1694571)
Posted 22 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As I volunteer to teach IT at the local 60+ club my laptop will be upgraded first thing on the 29th, followed by one of my older non crunching desktops with a GT240 in. So when I go to the 60+ club on the Friday I will know what to expect if anyone has upgraded their machines. The reason to upgrade my laptop, so I can take it with me to show people what it looks like, and how easy/difficult it is to use. Still I expect to have my main machine and my only other Win 7 cruncher upgraded within a few days. I have everything I value backed up in two places so why wait! Live on the cutting edge I say :-) |
1955)
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(Message 1694296)
Posted 21 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is something a little different. I was just looking around to see if there are any other interesting web cams and I found this Now notice something unusual, yes actual passengers!! This is one of the two cameras at Galesburg IL, situated on the Galesburg Railroad Museum It is not a streaming cam but refreshes every 30 seconds. The train approaching is the 380 all points Quincy IL to Chicago. It is 7:38am on a Sunday morning and there are about 50 people waiting to board!! It would be considered a "local train" only 4 cars and it takes about 4½ hours Quincy IL to Chicago Being a 30sec cam the next shot would be boring except the other camera faces north. P42 65 waiting to depart for Chicago. The interesting thing is that both the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief also stop here. For those who like me were never very good on geography here is a map courtesy of http://www.asm.transitdocs.com/ The numbered squares are the Amtrak services, green means on time yellow up to half an hour late and red more than half and hour late. Quincy is bottom left and the 380 has just left Galesburg. Chicago is on the bottom left of the blue bit which of course is Lake Michigan. I have also put a pointer in for the Chesterton crossing camera, which the two red squares, 29 and 49 are both currently approaching. Also you will note the "return service" Chicago to Quincy 381 has just left Chicago. With 100 in the lead. |
1956)
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(Message 1693445)
Posted 19 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, if you're up and paying attention right now, turn on the Chicago camera. 6 has the display train on it, and the veteran's unit. No sorry at 3:01 am I am in bed, interesting train or not! Are you familiar with http://dixielandsoftware.net? Its server queries amtrak.com and displays the status of all Amtrak trains in a fairly friendly format. I just learned that if you scroll down the home page, there's a link called the Hitchhiker's Guide to Amtrak, which has a number of other useful features. One of them is a different version of the tracking map on amtrak.com. Yes use the map and the ASM alerts to find out how late the trains I watch are!! I have the "Solari" station board for Chicago on a screen most of the time, whist not 100% accurate it does remind me which train is due. I have realised that I now have videos and still pictures of all the 29 and 49's since the 15th December, and most of the 3,4,5 and 6 since 1st of Jan, of course if they arrive at 3am I just might give them a miss!! Also I have seen every "trackworthy" P42 except 150 and 196. |
1957)
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(Message 1693205)
Posted 18 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, so how do I get it back without having to log onto another ISP? Annoyances aside, here is a an SD40-2 from a company I have never heard of before. Trans Global Solutions, seems that they do everything "railway related" including locomotive leasing, which I suspect this is. Still nice to see something different. |
1958)
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(Message 1693028)
Posted 18 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am going to post this here, whilst it is a technical issue it is directly related to trains and my enjoyment of them and not really a subject for number crunching!! I make a lot of use of the "Track a Train" on The Amtrak home page Most of the time it works fine, the suddenly for no reason it will just load a blank white box, It will affect all of my machines. However any machine that has the page already open and tracking a train will continue to work, if I refresh it then blank page. This can go on for hours or sometimes a couple of days. Then a couple of days ago when all machines had the problem, I tethered my laptop to my mobile phone and bingo, worked first time, if I kept the tracker open and tracking a train and went back to my broadband, it carries on working. So it is obviously something to do either my router (BT Home Hub 5) or my ISP as my phone is with a different company. I had the problem today on my main machine, which has a wireless card installed I never use. I disabled my NIC, enabled the wireless card, tethered it to my phone and it worked. Disabled wireless re-enabled the NIC and map stays up Anyone any ideas as to what could possibly cause this? PS I have changed my DNS server a couple of times to no effect. Oh yes and rebooted my Home Hub, no difference |
1959)
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Bitcoin Utopia Fund Raiser
(Message 1692726)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Locking thread on OP request |
1960)
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Bitcoin Utopia Fund Raiser
(Message 1692673)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it might be time to calm down and A- stop ordering people to do things B- Stop shouting. This is a open free forum and if others don't agree with what you say just give them the links and move on. |
1961)
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The Last Person To Post Here Wins #240 - K-9?? - Carlos found him. :-)
(Message 1692649)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: All right, this is weird. Was there an outrage today? (I don't have the link to the new Cricket graph.) If so, Scott wins TLP at Beta as well. As yet there isn't one, there was a discussion here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77372 |
1962)
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 1692602)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I deal with it differently but still feel the same. Just because we are moderators does not give anyone here the right to send rude and accusing PM's All PM's I get to do with modding receive a standard reply, asking nicely to contact the modlist or Fred. |
1963)
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(Message 1692570)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day on 21,300 miles (34,000 km) of track with select segments having civil operating speeds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states in addition to three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2014, Amtrak served 30.9 million passengers and had $2.189 billion in revenue while employing more than 20,000 people. Nearly two-thirds of passengers come from the ten largest metropolitan areas and 83% of passengers travel on routes of 400 miles or less. Its headquarters is at Union Station in Washington, D.C." |
1964)
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(Message 1692562)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think we can all agree that these long distance train services are mainly intended for leisure not business. But even so, if you have friends or relations ready to meet you or hotels booked, hours off a scheduled arrival must bugger your vacation up a tad! But I guess the situation is acceptable as it is, else they would go out of business. You do realise that Amtrak is a publicly funded not for profit organisation. It was supposed to become self sufficient , but never quite managed, but it is still being funded by the government, so yes if it wasn't funded by government it would go out of business. It is of course the only long distance rail passenger rail company operating in the US Quote from the Wiki Ridership increased during the first decade of the 21st century after implementation of capital improvements in the NEC and rises in automobile fuel costs. However, through the late 1990s and very early 21st century, Amtrak could not add sufficient express freight revenue or cut sufficient other expenditures to break even. By 2002, it was clear that Amtrak could not achieve self-sufficiency, but Congress continued to authorize funding and released Amtrak from the requirement. Amtrak's leader at the time, David L. Gunn, was polite but direct in response to congressional criticism. Before a congressional hearing, leading Amtrak critic Arizona Senator John McCain demanded the elimination of all operating subsidies; Gunn responded by asking the Senator if he would also demand the same of the commuter airlines, upon which the citizens of Arizona are dependent. McCain, usually not at a loss for words when debating Amtrak funding, did not reply. In a departure from his predecessors' promises to make Amtrak self-sufficient in the short term, Gunn argued that no form of passenger transportation in the United States is self-sufficient as the economy is currently structured. Highways, airports, and air traffic control all require large government expenditures to build and operate, coming from the Highway Trust Fund and Aviation Trust Fund paid for by user fees, highway fuel and road taxes, and, in the case of the General Fund, from general taxation. |
1965)
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Anyone have a used NVIDIA GTX-750???
(Message 1692537)
Posted 17 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: TL, if your worried about electric use, you should probably be crunching at night and not the primetime hours. Yes here in the UK it is 16p a unit during the day but between 12:30am and 7.30am it is 6p. Guess when I now do my crunching!! |
1966)
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My Computer Builds And Other Projects
(Message 1692277)
Posted 16 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This card has those same hex shaped screws, I'm going to have to get one that will allow Me to open that up. Do you mean these TORX You can get driver sets quite cheaply. TORX SET |
1967)
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Major problem with a user
(Message 1692237)
Posted 16 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The best way is to repair the problem with the servers and just stop them getting new work, one fix instead of hundreds. So you are quite happy with various people Doing it your way means someone has to keep an eye out all the time for the problem machines. Rater than a "fix and forget" solution. |
1968)
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(Message 1692231)
Posted 16 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In this thread we tend to talk about the long distance services, that travel over a thousand miles, remember it is about 874 miles from John O Groats to Lands end, the California Zephyr travels around 2200 miles in 3 days over many different tracks all owned by the freight company's who would probably rather not have to make allowances for Amtrak traffic. America is a different country, very little we experience here can be directly transferred to there |
1969)
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Major problem with a user
(Message 1692199)
Posted 16 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know why Seti doesn't just deal with the problem. When the Admin is notified of a "rogue" user that is trashing workunits, then simply block their account. If they are genuine users they will soon realise that they aren't getting any more work and ask why. If they are "set and forget" people, or someone that has inherited one of those rigs without knowing, they won't care anyway. There are currently probably several hundred possibly more accounts that would need to be blocked, then unblocked when they say they have got it working, then blocked again when it transpires they haven't The best way is to repair the problem with the servers and just stop them getting new work, one fix instead of hundreds. Either the person will give up or they just might come here and ask what the problem is, someone can then explain and hope they fix it, of course if they don't then they still won't get any work. Seems to me the simplest way. |
1970)
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James Last Dies
(Message 1692059)
Posted 16 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: At Mark and others Surely there were many tributes to these Setizens on their passing. Are you saying that you do not want any threads here mentioning the passing of famous or influential people. These people did have an influence on many all over the world and I think people here wish to show their feelings Whilst I don't comment in these threads unless I feel personally affected by their passing, I think it would only be a problem if passing Setizens were not being remembered, and I know they are by many. I don't think having an RIP thread for someone famous is disrespectful to any of those Setizens. |
1971)
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(Message 1691834)
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This time a pair of Geeps on the OSR, taken last fall. They are parked beside the CP mainline, waiting to exchange cars with a CP local freight. 5 points to whoever can identify the previous owners. Well I did the sensible thing and searched for OSR 644 And it is not a GP at all but an M420 originally owned by BC Rail, whose colours I recognized. As for 175 "A GP9 built by EMD in 1956 as C & O #6193 (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway). Serial number 22576, 1750 h.p. It later worked coal mines in Kimper, Kentucky as Ridgeway Coal #6193 and then New Ridge Mining #59. Znidar Brothers, which had been the switching contractor at CPR's Vaughan Intermodal Facility, owned the unit until 2002. It then became OSRX #175. You can still see portions of the old Chessie Systems C & O markings under the paint." Had an interesting life!! |
1972)
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Question for anyone running BoincTasks
(Message 1691757)
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Looking at the CPU% and I've noticed that there is now a redbox around the normally Blue color of the % of the CPU. I've tried to look and see what this means but not getting anywhere. I assume you haven't changed the colours? If not it usually means some sort of error, what is the % value in the box. I have had it occur when something else is using a high amount of CPU. Check that nothing unusual is running. |
1973)
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(Message 1691752)
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Metra Service Alert -- BNSF Railway Well will they "assist" it back past the camera? Or have I missed it!! Other odd things happening at CHI today. Firstly I wonder if this is Metra's answer to overcrowding. 20 cars and a helper in the middle! :-) (That is not serious, just shunting) Then Amtrak joined in, I saw a headlight coming down the wye. Ok 59 on the front of the train, and at the back Er well the "other front" 52. I thought the reason for having an engine at both ends was so you didn't have to turn the train! Must be the rain, pretty dark too!! Then a never seen before sight for me, a Metra F40PH, running the other way round and over the airline Apparently so passengers don't have to walk past the smelly noisy engine at Chicago, they are always at the far end, so I always see them facing the other way, as the two below. It then sped past on the wye so I assume it will turn around from there. |
1974)
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(Message 1691645)
Posted 15 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As Glenn has asked please stay on topic. Any further posts on donations or tax deductions will be hidden. Thank you |
1975)
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(Message 1691376)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I had a day out at the Bluebell Railway today. I took some photos and videos. I think most people who come here like trains!! I don't believe David will mind, I would like to see them!! Well as David mentioned the California Zephyr 5 today would have the private cars on. So I was ready and waiting. It was due to leave at 2pm local 8 pm BST 1st Problem - Depature delayed till 2.30pm then till 3pm, then till 5:10pm!! Finally left at 4.30pm, however 2nd problem I had noted that the Texas Eagle 22 had reversed down the wye a few minutes before, so.. Ahh this could be a problem There you go best laid plans of mice. Lets hope it wasn't one of the PV cars that caused the delay!! However The Southwest Chief 4 helped make up for it a bit by having F59PHI, 451 in tow all the way from the sunny west coast, don't see many Surfliner locos this far east. I assume it is bound for Beech Grove. |
1976)
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Word Link #82
(Message 1691335)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Panel |
1977)
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Dallas PD HQ Attacked!
(Message 1691199)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If they where not so stupid with gun laws maybe this would drop by 80% with true gun laws and i'm being very concevative it will be more like 95% less deaths with gun control or keep doing what you are and more people will die than are killed on the roads and yet how many laws are there for driving . You live in Australia, a perfect country we all know. However it is not up to you to tell others countries how to live or formulate their laws. America has guns, people are killed by guns daily, and of course the two are always linked. Many Americans will fight to keep their right as set out in the constitution. In the United States, with an English common law tradition, a long-standing common law right to keep and bear arms has been recognized as existing prior even to the creation of a written national constitution. In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is also an enumerated right specifically protected by the U.S. Constitution and many state constitutions such that people have a personal right to own arms for individual use, and a right to bear these same arms both for personal protection and for use in a militia. The right to keep and bear arms is codified in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads: Not sure how many of the 318 million Americans would vote to scrap that. |
1978)
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The train thread
(Message 1691192)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In true "railfan" style here is a totally uninteresting picture, well to non railfans I assume. Today The Capitol Limited from Washington had 4 extra cars. All brand new baggage cars. Note the actual scruffy baggage car was also still included!! More to use on trains out of Chicago I presume. Also forgot to mention, Railstream, the site these cameras are on, has a Camera in Grand Island Nebraska, it is the camera furthest west. Up till two days ago it was a low quality camera and one I rarely visited. It has had an upgrade and now looks quite good Not sure if there is anything but UP here. Unfortunately no Amtrak just freight. Amtrak did run via here when there was a derailment elsewhere but the quality left a bit to be desired. |
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(Message 1691173)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems that you in fact can own a gun in Austrila As of 2007 about 5.2% of Australian adults (765,000 people) own and use firearms for purposes such as hunting, controlling feral animals, collecting, security work, and target shooting. Also this from last October About 260,000 guns are on the Australian “grey†or black markets, an inquiry into illicit firearms has heard. They belong to people who did not register them after the stricter gun laws came in in 1996, or people had bought them illegally. So with 260,000 unlicensed firearms out there I think that probably it might just be possible for it to happen there. It isn't only guns that make it less likely to happen in Australia, there are many more and complex social reasons, so whilst I do not support for one minute the need to carry a gun, I support the right of any free country to decide they do. It is up to the people and up to them to realise the consequences. |
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(Message 1691157)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie i figured you don't one in Texas . I'm throwing words back at the persons face whom said they had gun laws . In other words i'm being sarcastic at the gun lobby and those whom make excuses why they don't need gun control , it there so called gun laws are a joke . States decided on local laws and in some states there is gun control in others there is not, you cannot judge America on one state. So what you are saying is that it is totally impossible in Australia, for a criminal to get hold of a gun or explosives that there are no illegal guns anywhere. Nice to see that you are so perfect. |
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(Message 1691148)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe you will find that it is up to each state to decide it's own laws on guns. Here are the laws for Texas. Texas Gun Laws Not terribly restrictive. So your question is moot, you don't need a license for a gun. |
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(Message 1691126)
Posted 14 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: day |
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(Message 1691005)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also, train 30 is the Capitol Limited. The Capitols are state-supported trains running from Sacramento, the capitol of California. Now I know that and thought I had put "Limited" but must have had a senior moment. As for the 6 today it is now apparently due at CHI around 8:00pm which is 2 am here so I may have to miss that one!! |
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(Message 1690979)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: chips |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1690940)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The Dandy Comic |
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(Message 1690939)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Comic |
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(Message 1690851)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: They do seem to be shunting a lot of locos around over there! The Siemens ACS64 are the new locos to replace the aging electric locos on Amtrak's North East Corridor service from Washington Via New York to Boston. Amtrak ordered 70 and they are being built at Siemens plant in Florin California. The finished locos are added to the next passing California Zephyr train 6 to Chicago, where they are then transferred to The Capitol train 30 to Washington where they can at last be "under the wire" As you can see from the pic 647 arrived at Chicago yesterday so that was why I said "23 to go" PS here is one of the electrics the ACS64 will replace, it is an AEM7 I shot at New London CT in September 2013 on my last visit. As you can see not exactly in it's prime. |
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(Message 1690824)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Vic, why are you posting pics on someone elses behalf? Sorry if you find it boring here. As this is Davids thread and he has not complained I cannot see a problem. Remember all the pictures I post are from a website that has streaming cameras. I just hit " record" when I see something interesting. Like last night well actually early this morning when the CZ6 finally showed up at 00:32 So 647 probably on the way to Washington soon Only 23 to go. |
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(Message 1690774)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Grey Havens LOTR |
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(Message 1690773)
Posted 13 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Havens |
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(Message 1690591)
Posted 12 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: brothers |
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(Message 1690542)
Posted 12 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it is wet and grey in Chicago today. The camera has rain on the lens but I thought this was quite a nice shot 90368 "leading" what I believe is the Pere Marquette onto the wye. I know a few still have a soft spot for the old F40PH's even if they are just cabbages now. I will try for a few pics of the 5 on Sunday, and I bet the 6 on the 27th will be very late!! As to the CZ 6 today, currently expected 2 hours 54 mins late which will be 11:45 pm here!! And I wont even mention the CZ 5 that left Chicago on the 10th, well maybe just a little mention 19 hours late |
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(Message 1690494)
Posted 12 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Several people have commented on this being a duplicate thread. Whilst this is not normally encouraged, it has also been noted that there may well be crunchers here who do not frequent the number crunching forum and vice versa, so it has been allowed to continue. I suspect sometime in the near future when those here who wish to comment on have done so, it will be combined with the one in NC. |
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(Message 1690276)
Posted 11 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes thanks David. Seems it is every bit as complex as I thought, and yes it does make for interesting watching :-). I was out this evening and got in just in time to see what I assumed was a 9 minute late 3 leaving with DOTX 216 on the rear. It was only when I looked at the "track a train" I realised it was the 5 leaving an hour and 9 minutes late! train 6 on Friday should have new electric 647 on it. Which is fine except due to the diversion 6 has been getting later and later, today it is currently 11 hours and 12 mins late, which is optimistically predicted to be 10 hrs and 2 mins at Chicago, that puts it at nearly 1am CT and 7 am BST, so I might see it tomorrow morning. Tomorrows 6 is currently 1 hr and 46 mins late, hopefully it won't get worse. |
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(Message 1689933)
Posted 10 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: And another "oddity" was on the rear of The Lake Shore 49 Saw it passing Chesterton earlier but couldn't read the number, not quite "PV" It is FRA DOTX 216 High-Speed Research Vehicle Read about it HERE Here is another view, seems the "wye" was out of use for most of today, as you can see they used the main for the reverse. Then came back on the passing track. |
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(Message 1689899)
Posted 10 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry I didn't make myself clear. The locos would all have to have MU capability(Multiple Unit) or be upgraded to do this if they didn't have the capability, but being the locos had been owned by CP, what can I say? MU just allows one engineer to control a bunch of locos in a trains consist as if they were one giant loco, how this is done exactly, is beyond My knowledge. That I understand very well and is not really what I am saying. You as an NS engineer turn up for your rostered duty, can you only ever be in control of an NS loco? So the rail companies like NS lease out engines they don't have enough of to companies like CP? What I meant was do they just use the engines that are available or is there a strict policy as to who can run what where and which engineer can be in charge of which trains? |
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(Message 1689889)
Posted 10 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is an odd one I had never heard of before. ICE 6214 an SD40-2 ICE Stands for Iowa Chicago and Eastern Apparently formed in 2002 and swallowed up by Canadian Pacific in 2008. Interesting history - "Built by GMD as CP 5682 (12/1974). Sold to National Railway Equipment (1/2005), became NREX 5682. Acquired by Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (2006), became ICE 6214" So it was originally a Canadian Pacific loco to start. I have to admit to not really understanding how US freight railroads work. The track at Chesterton is owner by Norfolk and Southern and their trains do indeed seem to make up most of the traffic. However as can be see this is a CP train, or is it? Loco number 4 is an NS loco. So my question is how and why do mixed locos, sometimes 3 or 4 different companies get on one train, and just who drives, I assume that the train in the pic has a "CP" engineer at the controls. What I mean is if you can drive one ES44AC then you can drive any ES44AC belonging to a rival? Or not? I suspect the answer is simple. |
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(Message 1689680)
Posted 10 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 16 years was two jobs and a retirement ago! :-) |
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Choosing a new GPU
(Message 1689450)
Posted 9 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I would buy a 2x GTX 750 Ti...EVGA versions, bigger ones! Well yes so would I if I had more than one PCIE slot. |
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(Message 1689447)
Posted 9 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: My, my my. For someone who claims to be center, you seem to be channeling Rusty Lintball here. Oh I don't know. Google seemed to find a few examples. :-) |
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(Message 1689421)
Posted 9 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well Wiggo nice to see you home and one peace. No you click the button and it magically "reserves" a copy of Win 10 to be downloaded and installed after it is released on 29th July, there is a discussion here http://=http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77121 |
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(Message 1689275)
Posted 8 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: lake |
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(Message 1689272)
Posted 8 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now whilst this might not win any "green" awards, it is nice to see low emissions and recycling together. This is UPY 892 Whilst it might not look much to the untrained "railfan" it is as the sign on the side proclaims. "A Low Emission diesel Genset Switcher." That is instead of one large diesel engine and generator it has 3 smaller ones that are switched in and out as needed by computer control. But that is not all, it is manufactured by Railpower as an RP20CD, or perhaps that should be re-manufactured, as it started life as UP 3249 an SD40-2 Here is a link to a pic(I won't post here as it is copyright) of UP 3249 looking as bit jaded back in 2006. UP 3249 Nice to know that railroads are doing their bit!! |
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(Message 1689164)
Posted 8 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The slight problem I have with these forums is when someone "quotes" another poster, the original posters ID is lost, not a problem when it is only a couple of posts apart. Yes I tried that but unfortunately in this case as there are "in post" quotes added it does not lead you back to the original post. |
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(Message 1689099)
Posted 8 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The slight problem I have with these forums is when someone "quotes" another poster, the original posters ID is lost, not a problem when it is only a couple of posts apart. However when a post is re-quoted multiple times with additions and commissions each time the original posters' ID can be harder to see, and sometimes the original meaning gets totally lost. Especially when as in this case the first quote misunderstood the original post. |
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(Message 1689016)
Posted 7 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So after the other day with 4 Metra Electric cars going past the Chicago camera, today a large consist came by going in the opposite direction, heading west to start. These seem to have been stored in the open, where "artists" have used them as a medium. There were 13 altogether propelled once again by Metra 9 After a pause out of sight Metra 9 pulled all 13 across the airline. I assume they wont be coming back!! And as David predicted the Silver Solarium left today on the Southwest Chief 3 |
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(Message 1688915)
Posted 7 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if this should be here or in the weather thread!! Chicago is currently having a bit of a thunderstorm, and whilst recording a freight train passing the camera I also got this. Lightning hitting the "horns" on the Willis tower and another building. |
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(Message 1688730)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I've been following this thread off and on for a while. Was wondering if there is some other trigger for the Windows 10 offer icon to show up. I've had KB3035583 installed in both of my computers since 5/19 and still haven't seen this icon every one talks about. So what else has to happen to get it? Do you have IE 11 installed and up to date? As I don't use it I was still on IE 9. As soon as I installed IE 11 followed by three more non critical updates I got the icon. That happened on two machines. |
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(Message 1688661)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I see the status page with AP one minute and then they are gone. Perhaps some are "not playing by the rules". I assume that even the SETI@Home server code is crack-able. Although I am not sure exactly what that achieves other than a larger RAC. Of course there are people out there who would do it just to prove they can. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1688657)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Windward Islands |
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(Message 1688656)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Islands |
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(Message 1688618)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: port |
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TLPTPW #239 - ORIGINALITY!
(Message 1688568)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have taken scans of many of my fathers old pictures. Looking through them I discovered this just dated June 44 He is second from the right. He flew on Wellingtons. He will be 91 next month. |
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It is time.....
(Message 1688519)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: No! Tell me they cannot be serious! I suppose it will be to much to hope that something positive will come out of this, like perhaps the aid actually getting to the people it was meant for, or am I wishing for too much? |
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The kittyman music thread...new edition.
(Message 1688515)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I rarely post here. Your mention of the lead singer with Shocking Blue dying young made me think of my of one of my favourite female singers. You may not have hear of her, her voice was "Fairport Convention" He life pretty tragic and short. Her name Sandy Denny Here Sandy Denny a piano and Late November. https://youtu.be/4RgsJ0dVsR4 Here as I first heard it too many years ago to count https://youtu.be/tTH_XE9H6xk |
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(Message 1688447)
Posted 6 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like a 960 or 970, depending on prices I can find. Time to start saving. I have a jar on the side so each day when I come in I check my change, If I have two or more £1 coins then one goes in the jar, current jar was emptied in Feb Looked today £45, so I am almost a third of the way there!! |
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(Message 1688300)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't want to spend more than £200 ($307- €236) |
2018)
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Choosing a new GPU
(Message 1688294)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A few years back I kept up to date with what GPU was what. Recently I have lost touch. My main machine is my workhorse, used all day for surfing recording videos, etc. It also crunches SETI when not doing anything else. This is it 6851722 I also play games, mostly RPG's Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout,etc. Well yesterday I learnt that Fallout 4 is likely to be released late this year or early next, and I just know my 560 will struggle. it had a hard time with Far Cry 3. It was a second hand card and has worked quite well but I never felt it performed as well as I would have liked. So what GPU (Nvidia) should I go for I don't want to spend more than £200 ($307- €236) It would need to be an efficient cruncher and work well with modern games. I am not totally discounting ATI but I have had so many Nvidia GPU's I am just more comfortable with them. PS the power supply is a Corsair GS800. |
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(Message 1688285)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: artist |
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The train thread
(Message 1688197)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe this is the train thread, one close to my heart and discussions of IQ in relation to going through rail crossings are better in the Transportation Safety thread. Or start a thread in politics based on IQ and the ability to see a train. Please back on topic. |
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(Message 1688175)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: http://hamptonroads.com/2015/06/norfolk-southern-makes-train-honor-first-responders Yes saw that recently on the NS site, with a great PR pic. Meant to mention it then, thanks for jogging my memory. Now that really will be one to watch for!! |
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(Message 1688169)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: That being the case it also likely does not set off the track occupied signals either. IIRC to set them off there need to be a few more axle sets shorting the rails. Well in an article I found this. They are generally designed to be insulated, thus they do not activate track (signaling) circuits although some rail operators, normally those operating remote lines without boom gates etc. prefer them to be non-insulated so that they are detectable by train safety systems. So they are in fact designed not to activate tack circuits or crossings. |
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(Message 1688091)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it still propelled by the main driving wheels? In most cases yes, the road wheels make contact with and therefore drive the rail wheels. Since looking at the USA web cams you see these things everyday, all regular maintenance seems to be carried out using them and larger trucks converted in a similar way. |
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(Message 1688085)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Fox |
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(Message 1687993)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Planet |
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James' Puns O Fun 5
(Message 1687992)
Posted 5 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: We must accommodate our European members It would actuality be 7am as we have BST (British Summer Time) |
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(Message 1687879)
Posted 4 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ever tried MPC-HC? I swear by it for my tv-server. Now that is looking better, easy to set up and a simple interface that doesn't required a back and front end which many others do. Will see how it performs. |
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(Message 1687874)
Posted 4 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well today has been a good day for "odd items" Yes you are correct I have a video of it passing in both directions and it did not cause the crossing to operate, it just kept using the horn and slowed at the actual crossing. As you can see a car came along and stopped even though it had passed. I often see the road/rail pickups used by maintenance crews and they never set off the crossing either. As I have said before would not be allowed in the UK, but it's a different country and different rules apply. |
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(Message 1687821)
Posted 4 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well today has been a good day for "odd items" Firstly it seems Chesterton got it's "vegetation controlled" You can just see the sprays at the rear. Also the 49 today had PV on, in fact the California Zephyr car Silver Solarium, however in a strange position, right behind the locos. Not going to get a good view there!! Unfortunatey the camera at Chicago is playing up so I was lucky to get this, they came over the airline, but I missed it with the camera in a "replay" only mode had to wait till they came along the wye. I can say I have never seen those cars before, Metra Electrics I presume. Also never seen the switcher before. Topically with my recent post about the Norfolk and Western 611 being back in stream Here is Norfolk and Southern 8103 "heritage loco" at Chesterton today. Have to admit 611 looked better :-) |
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(Message 1687749)
Posted 4 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not only that, but Win10 will no longer have IE. They are coming out with an all new browser... :\ I forget the name off hand... If I don't use it I don't want it taking up space on my hard drive, why would anyone keep programs they never use? Unfortunately today having found out that Media Center is being removed I may have to keep at least one PC on Win 7 as no other program works for my USB TV stick, Just tried some others and they are either complicated to set up or for some reason fail to see all the TV channels, Media Center just works. Oh well. |
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(Message 1687676)
Posted 4 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not only that, but Win10 will no longer have IE. They are coming out with an all new browser... :\ I forget the name off hand... Hopefully we will be able to delete both if we wish. |
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(Message 1687469)
Posted 3 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK solved my problem, it appears that you have to have IE 11 before you will get the necessary update. Ah but perhaps the required download was pushed out on its own for those markets. Or perhaps I was wrong but it worked for me as soon as I installed IE 11 the update appeared, that was on 2 machines. |
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(Message 1687444)
Posted 3 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: OK solved my problem, it appears that you have to have IE 11 before you will get the necessary update. I never use IE so had not updated from IE 9 on my main or gaming machine, so I installed IE 11 and then went to search for updates, installed them and lo and behold the icon appeared. So if you are having a problem check you have IE 11 installed and working. |
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(Message 1687409)
Posted 3 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: P.S.-the invisible agenda/PM campaign is starting to work against me. I have credible PMs telling me I am 3 hours from being banned for a month.... +1 Also the bans are normally for 2 weeks, you would have to do something really bad, rather that just annoying, to get a month. |
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(Message 1687393)
Posted 3 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have 3 PCs, I have 4 machines running Win7 all Home Premium. My main desktop came with Win 7 installed The other three, a laptop and two desktops(one used for gaming) were upgraded from Vista with the old 3 licence upgrade disc purchased from MS. The laptop and one PC have got the icon, and I have reserved my copies. My main machine and gaming PC have not. I too have performed all the suggested online ways to get the icon to show with to no avail. Today I got out an old laptop I rarely use that I had repaired for friend who preferred I get them a new one, it is old and slow and it got the icon right away!! I suspect it will be the same as the Win8 to 8.1 upgrade, my laptop refused to see the upgrade even after an MS tech spent 3 evenings logged in, all he managed to do was deleted my display driver and render the machine unusable till I reinstalled Vista and then Win 7. Just hope it's easier than that!! |
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Posted 3 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: touch |
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(Message 1686755)
Posted 1 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I was out when it arrived and I had my recorder set to "medium quality" so not a good pic. But if you wait long enough it turns on the wye!! It is owned by Rail Journeys West This is from the history page The Silver Solarium was built by the Budd Company in 1948 as one of the original six vista dome observation sleeping cars for the famed California Zephyr which was inaugurated on March 20, 1949. In the Zephyr consist the car carried the designation as CZ-10. |
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(Message 1686729)
Posted 1 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Prometheus, (my Pentium E5200 machine on Win 7 Pro), now has a white Windows icon to the left of the Action Center Flag. When I hover over the Win icon, it prompts me to "Get Windows 10". As has been said it allows you to "reserve a copy" I did and what it suggests is that on the 29th July when the machine is on it will download the 3GB of WIN 10 and then let you know when it is ready to install. My problem is I have 4 machines running WIN 7 but only 2 have the "Upgrade to WIN 10" icon, I hope this does not mean there will be a problem with the other two!! All the PC's at the 60+ club have the icon except the one that has been reporting an illegal copy of windows |
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(Message 1686569)
Posted 1 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: internet |
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I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law. #2
(Message 1686568)
Posted 1 Jun 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: More guns does seem to lead to more killing. "Between 2008 and 2011 there were 14 lethal shootings by police in Australia." Note police in Australia are armed. "Between 2008 and 2012 there were 9 fatal police shootings in the UK, despite having double the population of Australia . The UK primarily operates on the model of general duties police not being armed. They rely instead on backup from armed response teams if the need for lethal force arises. Authorisation to use lethal force is vested in senior officers." It is human nature, police or not, if you have a gun and feel threatened you will likely use it. Guns are a fact of life, if the majority of people in the US wish to keep laws allowing legal gun ownership that is really up to them, it is a freedom they cherish. At the same time they have to live with the fact if you allow legal guns illegal ones are much harder to find and control. So people will continue to die by both illegal and legal guns, by both police and criminals. It will take and huge shift in attitudes to change it for the better. |
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(Message 1686354)
Posted 31 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: tunnel |
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(Message 1686329)
Posted 31 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Continuing the story 0f 611. Yesterday it left The NC Transportation Museum at Spencer to return "home" to Roanoke and the Virginia Museum of Transportation a journey of about 130 miles Trains magazine had their mobile camera at several points. Here leaving the museum about to join the mainline. Here passing Lexington NC Passing near Jamestown NC And here at Villamont VA with the Blue Ridge mountains in the background and nearly home. Unfortunately they were unable to get a shot of 611 arriving at Roanoke. Today 611 was joined by Class Y6a NW 2156 and Class A NW 1218 All three built at the NW workshop at Roanoke VA Unfortunately 611 is the only one currently able to steam. |
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(Message 1686198)
Posted 31 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: My Machines are still getting GPU tasks. Yes full GPU caches here too |
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(Message 1686080)
Posted 30 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Quark |
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(Message 1685720)
Posted 29 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: chips |
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Major problem with a user
(Message 1685584)
Posted 29 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I doubt that Glenn did, or indeed ever will. I had an (unpleasant) exchange with him some time ago. His GTX560 is monstrously overclocked, and "it works fine for games, so why not for S@H?" (only with a pile of four letter words). If ever there was a computer and user that deserved to be cut off at its roots then this combination would be my nomination. Whilst I can see his initial reaction might be that, surely if he looks at his recent results and out of the last 883 tasks only 11 are vaild, wouldn't that suggest a problem? He has a 560 and an RAC of 200! In reality why is he bothering to run SETI at all? |
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(Message 1685579)
Posted 29 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If you mean plans This is quite up to date and is typical of US locos. Different manufacturers and models of course differ, but the basic layout is the same for most diesel/electric locos the world over. Large diesel engine drives a generator, which supplies power to traction motors connected to the wheels. Obviously you have oil filters, air compressors, dynamic breaking blowers etc.. And if you look closely even a toilet. |
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(Message 1685317)
Posted 28 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Something a little different Quite often on a Thursday afternoon a young railfan spends a few hours by the Chesterton crossing, he seems quite "keen". Today when he spotted this in the approaching consist he didn't really seem to know quite where to stand to get the best picture. (he is in the foreground) SOO 6053, an SD60. The SOO line was taken over by Canadian Pacific in 1990 and fully consolidated in the early 2000's so these locos are extremely rare. And our young railfan was suitably pleased. Nice to see the enthusiasm. |
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(Message 1685019)
Posted 28 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Two things: Yes I noticed that, a rather tatty 118 It left Chicago on the 22nd with 199. Also the wrap is the same car that first appeared on the 6 that arrived on the 3rd (coach baggage 31017) and was used on the yard excursion train for Train Day at Chicago on the 9th. Since then it has been going back and forth on the California Zephyr The phrase on the orange band is "Never the same always San Francisco - Always" As far as I can make out . |
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Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking... (#3)
(Message 1684793)
Posted 27 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have found the questionnaire online, you can now test your level of ambivalent sexism for yourself. It did that for me and it was right I had missed one answer. Mine Hostile Sexism 0.00 Benevolent Sexism 1.73 I thought I answered honestly but 0.00? |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1684403)
Posted 26 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I know Angela has always said "there are no off topic post here". This is now veering towards politics so perhaps time to move to lighter subjects. |
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Youtube is getting greedy.............
(Message 1684402)
Posted 26 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark I told you this last time you complained. Install Adblock Plus No ads simple, Also it allows you to block any items you do not wish to see. Hence I see no badges, or any signatures which are too big, without turning them all off. |
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(Message 1684395)
Posted 26 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Have you seen the pictures of 642 since it was painted at Beech Grove? I actually saw it the when it was brought from Beech Grove to Chicago. However it was just a few days after the Amtrak 188 crash and I did not post it then |
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(Message 1684274)
Posted 26 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well went past the camera at 7:01 local Now I am off to bed!! |
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(Message 1684152)
Posted 25 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Word is that #6 arriving Chicago today has two new ACS-64s. Currently running about 4 hours late; if it holds to that, it should arrive Chicago a bit after 6pm local. Oh great, I would like to see that !! Looking at Amtrak "track a train" it says 4 hrs 19 min currently, ETA at CHI is 6:44 local, and it has been slipping back so I expect nearer 7pm, that is 1am here and I have an early start tomorrow. Have to see how it goes!! |
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Happy Birthday Khaleesi, Mother of Raccoons!
(Message 1684058)
Posted 25 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose I must be one of the few people in the civilised world who had absolutely no idea what Eric was going on about. Googling Khaleesi took me to "Game of Thrones" which didn't really help till I came across the "Mother of Dragons" reference, then I realised!! I was stumped again when looking for a suitable "Raccoon birthday picture" I went to "copy URL" and noticed it said "setiathome berkeley" :-) Happy Birthday Angela. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread IV
(Message 1684012)
Posted 25 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case anyone doesnt' know Devils Tower |
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Word Link #82
(Message 1684011)
Posted 25 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Devils |
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(Message 1683998)
Posted 25 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This struck me as quite apt, two pictures I call "Sunrise on The Lake Shore". Just before 6 am local Then about 20 minutes later I'll leave you to work it out :-) |
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(Message 1683666)
Posted 24 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday 611 was based at the NC Transportation Museum at Spencer. It was doing the "throttle time" run, where people had paid to be allowed half an hour at the throttle of 611. It was parading up and down the line at the front of the museum. Just had a caboose on the rear so someone was able to watch out when it was reversing It also spent some time parked up so people could view the cab from the platform constructed espically for the occasion. Also posed for a few "closeups" I wonder if anyone knows what the white lines at the bottom of the wheels are for? Also while at the museum, Jim Wrinn, the editor of Trains Magazine and man in charge of the camera, was able to get a few other shots. This is my favourite. Southern E8 6900, always had a soft spot for the E and F units as they are so evocative of that bygone era when they seemed to rule the rails. As a young boy in the 50's they seemed to be the engine in all pictures and films of the period. The 611 will be returning to Roanoke on the 30th May and Trains Magazine is hoping to cover the journey, plus the preparation on the day before. If I can I hope to get a few more pictures and video As to video it seems that certain antivirus/malware programs block Onedrive and Google drive so here is a link to a video of 611 reversing off the turntable yesterday Talk about close up!! https://youtu.be/SDCaBcH-lRg |
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Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking... (#3)
(Message 1683357)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Struck me as quite unreal and I kept it. High flying women in the personnel dept not as real engineers , that was seen as a mans job even now by some, so please don't patronise me. In 2008 I had to fight to take on a female engineer at my last company, she was the best but it was an uphill struggle. I have read this thread over many weeks and decided that nothing I could say would make anyone who has these views that they treat women the same and yet every post suggests in fact they do not, see that. It was a waste of time on my part and I am not sure why I felt I could make a difference.. |
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Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking... (#3)
(Message 1683337)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I assume you do not remember this comment you made to me when discussing the word "manager" I did not need to look through your old posts the comment "They got short thrift from me. They were females and they got treated as such, none of this modern pc rubbish for me." Struck me as quite unreal and I kept it. "They were female and got treated as such", not, they were treated the same as the male managers which is now what you say you meant. What I am trying to say is that if you were brought up in the 50's as I was there is absolutely no way women were treated as equals. My father worked and earned the money my mother stayed at home and brought up the children. That was how it was. In 1979 While working for BT a female friend of mine asked me if she thought becoming an engineer would be possible. I said go for it. Do you know what happened I was called aside by my boss a couple of weeks later and asked if I knew the female who had applied to become an engineer I said I did and was told in no uncertain terms that this was a very bad idea and they were going to have to find a way to make sure it didn't happen. That was when I started to question what I believed about women. Sexism was rife in all the big companies and yet you apparently didn't notice. I worked for BT for 22 years and never had a female boss or even worked with any female engineers. |
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(Message 1683316)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Park |
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Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking... (#3)
(Message 1683310)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have treated women as equals since 1979 Why only since then? I have treated them as equals since 1944. I think you will find several women who will disagree with that as you don't seem to be treating them as equals now. I assume you do not remember this comment you made to me when discussing the word "manager" Managers are male, Manageresses are female. Administrators or Supervisors can be either. It is just words at the end of the day. I encountered many androgynous females in my time working for an ex Civil Service outfit, that wanted to play that game. They got short thrift from me. They were females and they got treated as such, none of this modern pc rubbish for me. |
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(Message 1683282)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: My comment was of course sarcasm. :-) I meant "wrong sort of women" by your standards. Right sort of women by mine. (The women of course could well be the same) I have treated women as equals since 1979, I wonder if that is why maybe I see things differently. As someone here might say, comments were predictable and... |
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(Message 1683230)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well all men know that women look down their noses at men as "things" to be tolerated in "their" world. Let's face it we get told that enough all the time around here. All men really? I have to say that of the women I have met both personally and professionally, I cannot think of any that "look down their noses at men as "things" to be tolerated in "their" world." I must be mixing with the wrong sort of women then. |
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(Message 1683225)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: piano |
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(Message 1682851)
Posted 23 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just managed not to nod off Light is starting to go!!.. Been busy at Chicago today. First time I have ever seen CP on the airline, with CIT in tow! Those long coal trains and the empties are usually pulled by BNSF. Also the 6 was going so slow when it arrived that the departing 393 kept pace with it! 1.25 am here definitely time for bed |
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(Message 1682816)
Posted 22 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Great pics, Bernie. I wish I'd had time to watch the video today. Yes I noticed. It currently says 7.02pm CT at CHI Which is 1.02am BST Might not make it!! |
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(Message 1682732)
Posted 22 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you who did not see the streaming videos of the 611 yesterday, I have edited them all together. This was publicly broadcast, you did not need to pay or be a member to see it, however I am not intending to post this on YouTube as even "private" videos can be reached with the link. So if anyone would like a copy PM me and I will send you a link. It is 430mb and 17 minutes long. |
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The Good Morning - Thread #2
(Message 1682481)
Posted 22 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Good Morning everyone. up and still kicking. "Memorial Day 2015 - Monday, May 25, 2015" |
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Word Link #82
(Message 1682478)
Posted 22 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: cricket |
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(Message 1682282)
Posted 21 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A few more pics of 611 and it's run to Greensboro today. All of these are taken from the Trains Magazine streaming mobile cam. On the mainline She was really moving in that one!! Backing down the wye at Greensboro And returning . Now on the return leg. Approaching Thomasville NC at speed 611 was supposed to go past the museum to the next town Salisbury, that had a wye and return to the museum facing the opposite way. However the wye at Salisbury had recently had the track renewed and the alignment was out and the loco cab was nearly touching the tender at one point, so it had to be abandoned. 611 reversed out and back to the museum. Whilst they can turn 611 on the turntable they were not sure if they would be able to turn the rest of the train in time for the trip back to Roanoke Virginia next week. Close up on returning to the museum. And finally backing onto the turntable. |
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(Message 1682221)
Posted 21 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also Matt's latest POST seems to suggest there isn't a new one as yet Yes, the cricket traffic graphs have changed during the migration. Did any of you find the new one yet? I haven't actually looked - we have our own internal graphs so this isn't a pressing need - but I did ping campus just now about it. Oh - just as I was typing that last sentence campus responded saying they are still evaluating options for how to gather/present this information. Looks like changes are afoot. |
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(Message 1682115)
Posted 21 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Today is grey and misty in North Carolina. By the time I looked at the camera the 611 was all set up and waiting in the museum yard. Of course when it pulled out it did so slowly and covered the camera in steam!! So they relocated to a hill near the mainline to wait for 611. First time on the mainline under it own power for twenty years. |
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(Message 1682112)
Posted 21 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I meant to post this yesterday but had a bit of "excitement" on one of the cameras and I didn't so here is yesterday pics of 611 I believe there will be some of the videos on the Trains magazine Facebook page. Here are a few screen grabs I got Started with the 611 building up pressures and having the finishing touches done here, just outside the roundhouse. You can see GP30 2601 in the background that was apparently forming up the train that 611 will be pulling. They have built a platform so people will be able to see into the cab on Saturday and the camera was moved to there as 611 pulled across to the roundhouse. Gives and unusual view. The camera was out for about 15 minutes and by the time it came back 611 was over the pit for a quick inspection. That done it was back out onto the turntable. Then finally reversed back to where it started. Tomorrow there is supposed to be a test run to Greensboro, hopefully there will be some good steaming shots!! |
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(Message 1681560)
Posted 19 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Steam is has not been often mentioned recently in this thread. Especially American steam. Well I understand that NW J class 611 has finished its overhaul at The North Carolina Transportation Museum and is now being tested. It last ran under it's own power in 1994 "Trains" magazine will hopefully have a web cam there tomorrow and Thursday and I will hope to see a few pictures. You can read about the J class and 611 HERE It looks like an impressive loco Today the Trains magazine web cam was just outside Spencer NC to wait for the arrival of the water and tool cars for 611 along with a period coach. NS 4717 pulling the train, it is a "green" conversion of an older loco (GP50) and is called a GP33ECO. Here is a closer look at the water and tool car. It would be nice to see 611 at the head of that train. |
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Panic Mode On (97) Server Problems?
(Message 1681190)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Tracing route to setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.20] Ever since the move to the colo I have never been able to ping the 169. ip address. I was just showing I can get to Berkeley with no problems, If I ping "setiathome.berkeley.edu" it gives me 169.229.217.150, which fails, which by reasoning must be wrong as here I am posting. Also of course if I try a tracert to that IP I get the same as you. There is something stopping the ping and trace. I always thought 169 IP addresses were used for something else. I am sure someone will explain it!! |
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(Message 1681184)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Tracing route to setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.20] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms BTHUB5 [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] 2 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 217.32.146.170 3 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 217.32.146.222 4 6 ms 6 ms 5 ms 217.32.147.226 5 6 ms 6 ms 5 ms 217.41.168.15 6 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms 217.41.168.109 7 6 ms 6 ms 10 ms acc2-te0-4-0-11.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net 109.159.255.206] 8 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms core3-te0-12-0-20.faraday.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.249.145] 9 6 ms 7 ms 6 ms peer2-et-9-3-0.faraday.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.201.1 67] 10 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms 213.137.183.38 11 86 ms 85 ms 86 ms 166-49-208-123.eu.bt.net [166.49.208.123] 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 145 ms 148 ms 149 ms 10ge9-2.core1.pao1.he.net [184.105.213.177] 14 145 ms 145 ms 145 ms 64.71.140.42 15 149 ms 147 ms 148 ms 208.68.243.254 16 150 ms 148 ms 147 ms setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.20] Trace complete. All good here |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1681182)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie and Donald both make very good points. You mean as well as the bells flashing red lights, and the very loud train horn. No, I have watched the crossings on the Railstream cameras and I have seen many people drive around the barriers, I counted one and there were six seconds between the car leaving the track and a 60mph Amtrak crossing the same spot. There are many problems with road/rail crossings as I have read in the very detailed RAIB reports I get. Having watched the situation in the US, there are definate problems, the trains are so long they can take several minutes to pass, so people don't want to get stuck waiting. Secondly I was watching last week as they used a machine to re-ballast one track either side of the crossing at Chesterton, the machines had to approach the crossing stop then raise their, plows/scoops, cross the crossing stop and then lower them again and proceed off at a walking pace. The whole time the crossing was down. Probably for about 4 minutes, with no other train but the ballast machine in sight. Of course several people working out it was the ballast machine causing the gates to stay down drove around them. I know the US is big, but that sort of work would not have been allowed over here without the crossing being put into "manual" and operated from the box at the side, which I know can be done because I have seen them do it when testing. The RAIB have stressed several times that lots of motorists using crossings will be locals and will have a feel for how long the crossing is down before the train arrives and how long it stays down after a train has passed. This "timing" should be interfered with as little as possible when work is in progress hence the need for manual intervention. I was surprised to see this happen, and it makes me wonder if a company like Norfolk and Southern are not taking crossing safety seriously then the motorist never will. |
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(Message 1681129)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks as if it works from inside the U.S... And the UK |
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(Message 1681125)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As I recall the improvement was not going to improve the bandwidth for SETI just for inter-campus connectivity. Correct Matt's other post in the outage thread NOTE: this upgrade is largely to allow 10-gigabit connections between machines throughout the data center, which will speed up various campus services, but do nothing to speed up SETI@home traffic, or grant us more bandwidth. Nevertheless, as our servers are part of the data center, we are affected by the upgrade. PS I am also having no problems with fourm loading and all caches are full, I am also watching streaming 720p video on my other monitor. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1681108)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also of course the system in the news, Positive Train Control, in it present form will not prevent grade crossing accidents. If the barriers and lights are working the train will proceed, I do not believe there are any plans to put detectors in the roadway of the 38,000 grade crossing that are used every day. From the FRA website The reality is that nearly every 180 minutes in America, someone is hit by a train. Combined, highway-rail crossing and trespasser deaths account for 95 percent of all rail-related deaths and most of these deaths are avoidable. Still some way to go. |
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(Message 1681043)
Posted 18 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Motormen? Good grief, obviously a slow news day. |
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(Message 1680834)
Posted 17 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: All task uploaded OK here and replacements downloaded. PS, you may need to "help them along" |
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Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking... (#3)
(Message 1680732)
Posted 17 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What it did portray was a gutsy character that just happened to be female. Rather a big difference. Watch Alien again then, Ripley, even before the creature appears, questions Dallas, tries to prevent Ash opening the airlock to let the Alien in because she works out the signal is a warning. Also is portrayed as a character who is NOT subservient to men, just because they are men. Watch the engine room scene, Brett and Parkers reaction, to me was always because she was a woman not because she was an officer. I have to admit at the end of the film I had to think why I was surprised that the only survivor was a woman. It might not have been made as a "feminist" film, but I believe thanks to Sigourney Weaver's portrayal that is what is became, she was a strong female actress cast in a strong female role. If that had been usual in Hollywood we would not be having this discussion now. Ahh yes Barbarella, not sexist at all of course. |
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(Message 1680497)
Posted 16 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am still looking for a point of reference. The locomotive involved is the Siemens ACS 64 The locomotives are designed to be capable of accelerating 18 Amfleet cars to maximum speeds as high as 125 mph (201 km/h) on the Northeast Corridor in a little over eight minutes, with trains of eight Amfleets taking two and a half minutes to reach the same speed I believe this was an 8 car train so 0 to 125 in 150 seconds. |
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BOINC Statistics for the WORLD! ??
(Message 1680380)
Posted 16 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Problem with statistics site BOINC Statistics for the WORLD! I believe it is a problem with Internet Explorer and an MS update, that link works OK for me and I am using Chrome Bob beat me too it. |
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The kittyman music thread...new edition.
(Message 1679966)
Posted 15 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bonnie Raitt and BB King Night Life |
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Valid Tasks not changing for nearly 24 Hours
(Message 1679837)
Posted 15 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Again back to frozen "Task Status"??? Please someone, anyone try to post this issue as high as possible... Same error twice in one week? Something is going terribly wrong... I am a comparatively new user (Nov.1994), and this is my first serious error confrontation, and it gets very frustrating. No something is not going terribly wrong, there is a problem but it does not actually affect your work or totals, just the display of your work and totals. The work is still being done which is the main priority. SETI@Home is run on a shoestring and relies heavily on donations. They will sort the problem out in time. It has been said many times here that "patience isn't just a virtue it is a requirement." |
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(Message 1679697)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 3 charts - US Train Risks explained Why is it shocking? It is well know that passenger rail in the US has been underfunded for years. I remember when I traveled to the US and told some people I was taking a train to visit Washington and Boston, they were surprised. Some Americans I have spoken to have never traveled by train, car and plane yes train not so much. As you are aware whole passenger network collapsed in the 70's due to firstly the car and later cheap air travel, almost all the existing passenger services were bankrupt by the early 70's Amtrak was funded by the government and was expected to fail. In fact this quote sums it up. Nearly everyone involved expected the experiment to be short-lived. The Nixon administration and many Washington insiders viewed the NRPC(National Railroad Passenger Corporation) as a politically expedient way for the President and Congress to give passenger trains a "last hurrah" as demanded by the public. They expected Amtrak to quietly disappear as public interest waned. Proponents also hoped that government intervention would be brief, but their view was that Amtrak would soon support itself. Neither view has proved correct. Popular support has allowed Amtrak to continue in operation longer than critics imagined, while financial results have made a return to private operation infeasible. Somehow it has limped along ever since. Note the "financial results" line, long distance passenger travel is still not profitable Remember whilst there is "State Controlled" passenger service, there is no central control of the actual tracks, signal and stations, they are looked after in the main by the freight railroads. The Northeast Corridor is the only place that Amtrak controls most (but not all) of the track. There is still not a universal signalling system across all railroads, historical differences mean that signals and even signal heads on different lines may not look the same or mean the same. Some of the larger cities like Chicago took over the local commuter services themselves Throughout the rest of the country track and signals are maintained by BNSF, NS, UP, CSX, CP etc... who really don't need high speed track and signals for freight trains. It is down to under investment and whilst things are starting to improve it will take time. Please no political statements in reply to this, under investment is a fact of the past, if you wish to discuss the future of rail and investment, please start a thread in politics. |
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(Message 1679675)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I see SETI@home gets data from a Low Frequency Array in Europe. Now the JPL site shows a new Long Wavelength Array in Owens Valley, California, managed by Caltech. Any hope of getting any data from it? Actually no it doesn't if you look in the top right hand corner it says. Current data is entirely collected at Arecibo. We are working to include data from GBT and LOFAR. |
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(Message 1679650)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not a good week for Amtrak, I guess. Oh dear there was a batch of fires a couple of years back that was traced to faulty injectors. Completely took out 4 or 5 locos that have not been repaired. Hope there aren't any more. |
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Network Outage - Sunday May 17
(Message 1679582)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Nor did he post the twitter feed for the event ..... Ah well I don't "twit" |
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Word Link #81
(Message 1679516)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: mill |
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The Last Person To Post Here Wins #237 It's a Grimm night!
(Message 1679504)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Maybe the Mods, could just step in. This thread is way out of bounds. Perhaps if the consensus is to keep threads below 1000 post and or two weeks it can be included in the rules for the next winner to post. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1679502)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it appears that Amtrak does have the more advanced Positive Train Control system installed on most of the Northeast corridor, just not where the accident happened. Very probably not as Amtrak has fitted PTC to all it locomotives and nearly all of the Northwest corridor, so why not this section. Amtrak is currently taking delivery of 70 Siemens ACS 64 locos, the same as involved in the accident. The Northwest Corridor is Amtrak's most profitable area and has had more investment, possibly because unlike most of the rest of the US Amtrak owns most of the track. It is the rest of the county that desperately need the investment in rail. So it is very disappointing that this accident should happen here as it will have the anti train lobby saying that even with advanced systems fast trains are too dangerous. PS It would seem that Positive Train Control in the Northast Corridor is still "a work in progress" and it is just the sheer scale that means it cannot be done quickly. Amtrak's Jan/Feb news letter suggests it will be finished the year. In this case it seems time rather than money was the issue |
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(Message 1679499)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As the same discussions and the exact same posts are now being made in two threads I will move the Amtrak crash posts to the Transportation Safety thread. Please continue the discussion there |
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(Message 1679496)
Posted 14 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it appears that Amtrak does have the more advanced Positive Train Control system installed on most of the Northeast corridor, just not where the accident happened. And yes it would have most likely prevented the accident. Why it was not installed there? I am sure that will be revealed as investigations progress. |
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(Message 1679392)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As I know some of you may not read the news thread I would post this here. Matt has posted: On Sunday, May 17th campus is upgrading the network infrastructure at the facility hosting our servers. We will bringing the projects down for about 6-8 hours (starting at 8am, Pacific Time) to avoid complications during the upgrade. For those in other locales. 8am PT is: 9am MT 10am CT 11am ET 4pm BST 5pm CET |
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(Message 1679307)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that should not have really been possible. Amtrak The Siemens ACS-64 are fairly new and definitely had PTC(positive train control) installed. Hopefully they will find out just what went wrong. |
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(Message 1679285)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: We humans have survived for thousands of years handling food and knows whats bad or good. I assume you and I do not read "Shame some people can't keep theirs out of where it is not wanted" quite the same to me it does not say " I disagree with your opinion" it says, "Your opinion on anything is not worth you posting it" Which is of course I suppose is a valid comment but as it seem to refer to the original poster of this thread was a little excessive. |
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(Message 1679273)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: We humans have survived for thousands of years handling food and knows whats bad or good. So are you by any chance suggesting that the OP's opinion is not wanted in their own thread? |
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(Message 1679149)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately the time behind is actually rising... Well seems to have gone down since my earlier post now just over 12 hours behind. |
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(Message 1679083)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As of 13 May 2015, 2:50:04 UTC the replica database is about 33 hours behind the master server. It will be interesting to see how long it till take to catch up. As of 07:20 UTC down to around 16 ½ hours |
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(Message 1679081)
Posted 13 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Australia would fit into the US 1 and a quarter times. However in population terms America has 13 times the population. USA 320,864,380 (approx) Australia 23,608,104 (approx) So the problems of the two countries cannot really be compared, most of Australia's population is concentrated on the coasts. Just a a comparison the UK (about 40 times smaller than Australia) has a population of 63,181,775 (approx) |
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(Message 1678819)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I will make a separate post for this as it is a different subject One of the other members of the Railstream website has just posted these pics. He has posted no info so I have no idea what this is and how I missed it!! It looks like a pair of E or F units with matching PV. Hopefully David will know what is going on and if it is returning!! |
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(Message 1678810)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it a reasonable question to ask, that why do the American railways have to shunt so many of their locomotives all over the place all the time. Is it just to keep the train spotters happy, or are they just incompetent? If you are referring to the ACS-64 number 643, it is a brand new electric loco for the Northeast corridor - Boston - New York - Washington. It is built in Florin CA and the quickest and obviously cheapest way for Amtrak to get it delivered is to hook it onto the next passing California Zephyr, that gets it to Chicago and then it goes on the Capitol Ltd to Washington, where it can finally be powered up. The Northeast corridor is all overhead power. Others that you see are either being brought to Chicago, where there is a large service facility, or they may be on route to Beach Grove Indiana the main Amtrak depot where much larger scale repairs and maintenance are done. All the freight locos you might see here from my camera shots are working hauling freight, you cannot move 70-100 cars with one loco. So two and three are usual. Any of the "Heritage" units I have featured are just ordinary locos with a custom paint job, they have to earn their keep like any other. PS to my knowledge, there is still a shortage of available freight locos so some you see may look old and tatty but if they run, they will be used, doesn't really matter about the cab if it is a trailing unit. |
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(Message 1678769)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This may help some understand the sheer size. City or State New York City - 8,491,07 New York State - 19,746,227 Nordic Countries - 26,091,396 (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) |
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(Message 1678760)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday the CZ 6 had a couple of extras in the consist 74 and 169 bringing up ACS 64 number 643 from Florin CA Then bringing up the rear was this rather nice looking PV The Patron Tequila Express which appartently is owned by billionaire John Paul DeJoria founder of the The Patrón Spirits Company. It is also pretty unique inside I'm not going to cross post pictures from other websites but just type "The Patron Tequila Express " into Google images a see what comes up!! |
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(Message 1678694)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone who cares to answer, the UNITED question, the United Kingdom is not United either was my point. How can the United Kingdom be United when it seems a large part of it wants to be independent? Also Wales has it's own language and I believe all official communication, street signs etc have to be in English and Welsh. Being a much smaller total land mass the differences are smaller but we are not and never really have been a United Kingdom. In my view it has nothing to do with being internally united, but more to do with being united against external threats. |
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(Message 1678692)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the United Kingdom is untied in law? As Scotland in in the news it might be worth noting there are differences between legal systems The United Kingdom is a quasi-federal state that, judicially, consists of three jurisdictions: (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland. There are important differences between Scots Law, English law and Northern Irish law in areas such as property law, criminal law, trust law, inheritance law, evidence law and family law while there are greater similarities in areas of national interest such as commercial law, consumer rights, taxation, employment law and health and safety regulations. Or do you not consider Scotland part of the UK |
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(Message 1678682)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Your problem was answered in the other thread. Please do not create multiple threads for the same problem. |
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(Message 1678680)
Posted 12 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This is now reaching 2 days and still there is no change in my "All Tasks for B. Ahmet KIRAN" window. The last reported task was on 10.05.2015 15:44:15 UTC and since that time no change has been made to the list. AM I THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM??? Somebody, anybody, HEEEEELP... please No the problem affects everyone. If you notice two post before you there was a link, if you follow that it will take you to the thread where it is being discussed. The replica database that displays all the account data is currently offline. It is expected that this will be addressed during today's outage. |
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(Message 1678412)
Posted 11 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: One of your more senior Moderators had this to say recently The moderators are all equal and there is no such thing as "a more senior moderator".. I also believe the quote is mine. When posts need hiding and threads need locking then I am sure one of the moderators will do that. |
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(Message 1677867)
Posted 10 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Latte |
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(Message 1677809)
Posted 10 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am wondering if this was on "display" at the "Train Day" UPY 722(Y strands for yard I understand) pulled it down the wye this morning UP 2002, one of the two UP SD70M's painted for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. |
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(Message 1677636)
Posted 10 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: friendly |
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(Message 1677635)
Posted 10 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Been and gone here. Mothering Sunday in United Kingdom Mothering Sunday, sometimes known as Mother's Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or early April. Mothering Sunday 2015 Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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(Message 1677275)
Posted 9 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it was "Amtrak Train Day" at Chicago Union Station, where I know David was going. Not much to see here except: From The Train Day webpage Want to experience traveling on Amtrak? Take a 45 minute excursion train ride and sit in comfortable seats and recline as you imagine traveling to one of over 500 destinations that Amtrak serves. And as luck would have it after the yards it came down the mainline Heritage paint job loco 145 leading Hauling a rather strange consist; coach, lounge, strange car that came from SF this week, lounge and coach. With another heritage paint loco 66 on the other end. It in fact turned on the wye so next time it came round 66 was in the lead. Unfortunately the camera decided to go into buffering mode and I did not get very good shots. Speaking of the camera, a spider took up residence on top, with web streamers that you could only see in sunlight, however I did get this video, while watching a quartet of UP locos I saw Spider Attack Of course people complained and yesterday saw(this is for David) The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief |
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(Message 1677068)
Posted 9 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I seem to remember saying in the past "Attack the message not the messenger" |
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(Message 1675227)
Posted 8 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Excerpt from "For the Fallen Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon" |
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(Message 1675148)
Posted 8 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: do |
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(Message 1674806)
Posted 7 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I honestly don't think a group like Boko Haram has the intellectual capacity to think that far ahead. Of course I could take offence at your statement, as I do not know any Islamic Jahidists personally from the news their behavior does appear to be psychopathic. However I have known and do know people who belong to Left Wing Organisations and you accusing them of being psychopaths I could see as an insult, or is that not what you are saying? You see just because one person uses a phrase in one way does not always make it "within the rules" but you know that and just do it for effect. I wish you had something meaningful to say but recently I have seen very little. |
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(Message 1674765)
Posted 7 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a reminder: This Saturday on the Chicago camera, besides multiple runs of the yard tour train (probably with at least one heritage unit on it), #5 will have two (or is it three?) IPH cars on the rear, including the unpainted full dome Sky View. I will be watching for any unusual activity, hopefully the camera will be working, there have been issues with the sitse ISP that caused problems yesterday. Seems better today. Well today has been an eye opener as to things that worry me slightly about safety and the general standard of equipment on the US rails!! Firstly there has been work on the tracks at Chesterton. Today this comes past. Stops just past the crossing lowers a plough into the ballast and sets off at walking pace. Note the crossing gates are down. They stay down for a while as it takes time for the ballast machine to get to the point where they open. Then about 5 minutes later this appears. Note the departing end of a very long freight that has just cleared the crossing. The machine stops and this time the lowering has to be done from the outside, so the guy gets out and fiddles around for several minutes, the gates are still down because there is still something on the track. After a while longer this happens. Note the gates are still down and the operator is still fiddling with the machine. The car driver was wrong but you could see why he did it. The machine then moved off and the gates finally went up, then went down again a minute later then up, then down again then up again without a train passing, I could hear the machines still working and I assume they were causing this to happen. With all the grade crossing accidents that happen in the US shouldn't someone somewhere be aware that this is happening, you need people to trust the barriers and lights so when they are active it means danger. I am a subscriber to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch reports and I know that work like this could not have taken place in the UK without the crossings being put into manual mode and operated on site. If this can't be done and this happens often in the US I can start to see why people don't believe the gates and lights On a slightly different note I have long thought that the poor state of some of the freight loco's reflects badly on the company, I have noticed that UP and BNSF are the worst offenders with CSX better but NS stands out as the best looking fleet. Whilst I realise "paint doesn't move freight" Bad on the outside may well mean bad on the inside. So it is refreshing to see that In case you thought that was just as it pulled away, nope it carried on. Iv'e seen steam trains generate less (Rant off) |
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Posted 6 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: dream |
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Posted 5 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hammer |
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(Message 1673959)
Posted 4 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am beginning to realise that the PV (Private Varnish or privately owned railcars) is a lot bigger than I realised. Obviously during the winter they are not used so much but recently I seem to see a new one every few days, and today was no exception, arriving on the Texas Eagle The imposing pair of "Patrick Henry Creative Promotions" railcars. These even had a spot on the "Travel Channel" check the website. The PHCP Train Just $9750 per day charted trips! |
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(Message 1673788)
Posted 4 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: More odd things turning up on the end of scheduled services The California Zephyr 6 brought these two east yesterday. Unusual. Not sure why as I thought all the maintenance was done locally, I can only assume they are in transit to Beech Grove. Unfortunately as the California Zephyr is running much later than normal due to track works, it doesn't get in till around midnight here so I didn't wait for it to turn on the wye, when the pictures would have been a little clearer. I just hope there is nothing interesting on it today as it has just reached Denver 7 and a half hours late, with a projected arrival at Chicago of 11:13pm CT 5 hours 23 minutes late. Which will be 5:13am BST!! |
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(Message 1673777)
Posted 4 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: horse |
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(Message 1673617)
Posted 3 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Lore |
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(Message 1673443)
Posted 3 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As you may or may not be aware Toledo OH held its "National Train Day" yesterday and the Amtrak Exhibition train was there. I did not see much of the move to get the equipment there, however today the After the standard train came the Exhibition train, 2 coaches and 3 luggage vans, On the end of which was the "exhibit" F40PH 406 It hasn't actually got a prime mover anymore but I believe has a head end generator for light and power. Coupled to that was the "Salute to the Veterans" no 42 Which had 3 superliners in tow. If you would like to see the whole train pass the video is: HERE Possibly the most unusual set up I have seen passing Chesterton. |
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(Message 1673132)
Posted 2 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: clean |
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The kittyman music thread...new edition.
(Message 1673073)
Posted 2 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually what I meant was the comments are posted on Youtube as well as here. But as Youtube is full of some very weird people I don't suspect it matters. As moderators we have to be aware that nothing defamatory is said about anyone, that could come back to hurt SETI@Home. |
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(Message 1673072)
Posted 2 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So more PV (private varnish) appears today on the Amtrak 29 However this one is a bit special - 7503 The Francis L. Suter For over five decades, Pennsylvania Railroad Business Car 7503 served PRR presidents and vice-presidents as a rolling, 90-ton office on wheels across the vast PRR system. Outfitted to function as an office to the railroad official, his secretary and crew, it also boasted all the elegant appointments necessary to entertain visiting shippers and dignitaries. Kept virtually intact over the years and spared the dubious “modernization†so popular in the Fifties and Sixties, the Class Z74 car was rescued from a neglected side rail in 1983. Suffering from extensive rust and water damage, it has undergone a series of structural and cosmetic restorations, much of it lovingly performed by hand and under the watchful eye of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society. From its original nickel-plated fixtures and Italian marble sinks, to its working brass fireplace and porter call box, Pennsylvania Railroad Car 7503--reborn as the Francis L. Suter--is truly a unique piece of history. The oldest car in the United States capable of traveling 110 miles per hour behind a modern locomotive, this legacy of the rich tradition of the Golden Age of Railroading will transport the traveler back to an age when our nation's great railroads were the royalty of transportation. Sleeps 6 and can accommodate 16 during the day!! Oh and how about a 15 day "Circle" trip to the west coast, Starting in Washington, to Chicago, then San Francisco, from there to Seattle, then return to Chicago, and finally back to New York. I wonder if that is what it is on now if so it will appear on the California Zephyr later. All on the back of Amtrak scheduled services. How much? Well just a little over $53,000 (£34,500). Hmm just need to win the lottery, well actually I suppose I need to buy a ticket first, something I have never done!! |
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(Message 1673019)
Posted 2 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: And I've had my fun with storytime. Yes but Youtube is a bit more public is it not. |
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(Message 1673008)
Posted 2 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Moon |
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(Message 1672809)
Posted 1 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: CD |
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(Message 1672768)
Posted 1 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Still seeing new "heritage units". This was a couple of days ago at Chesterton NS 1070 Wabash Today I was rather surprised as no one had mentioned that this would be on the Southwest Chief 4. The rather splendidly named Cyrus K Holliday Built in 1921 it apparently rarely comes east. Cyrus K Holliday was the founder and first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, or ATSF, nowdays the "SF" in BNSF |
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(Message 1672653)
Posted 1 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Army Dreamers |
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(Message 1672652)
Posted 1 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Dreamers |
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Posted 1 May 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: ball |
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(Message 1672123)
Posted 30 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bernie, perhaps my previous poll of whether the Politics forum should be closed is beginning to make more sense? As you are the main offender, it makes perfect sense to me. |
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(Message 1672119)
Posted 30 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: More way off topic posts. Please this is supposed to be a serious thread however I see little evidence of that in the last few posts. |
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(Message 1672004)
Posted 30 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: First step is to politely remind posters about personal attacks and to stay on topic. Second step is to hide the posts that continue to fall into the above categories The last step will be to lock the thread. Your choice |
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(Message 1671903)
Posted 30 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Kong |
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(Message 1671874)
Posted 30 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: charmer |
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(Message 1671688)
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe this thread is about racism. Not snide schoolboy type digs at each other. Please back on topic and try and remember "attack the belief not the person" Thank you. |
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(Message 1671555)
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Who says they're not doing repairs anymore? Well I saw it HERE on the news and views page. I assumed he knew what he was talking about but perhaps not. |
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(Message 1671535)
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst Amtrak is apparently hard up again and will not be repainting anymore of the P40's or P42's and not repairing any damaged in accidents I suspect that this is one of the last "repainted" P42's we will see. Number 90 was involved in a crossing accident in December 2013. Today it was brought up from Beech Grove IN (Amtraks repair facility outside of Indianapolis), on the Hoosier State train 851. I suspect it won't look as clean next time I see it :-) |
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(Message 1671454)
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just had a "Windows 10" e-mail from MS, following the link to a page with a video, play the video and it seems the "New Operating" system is called "Windows" no mention of "10" and the voice over says "Windows" three times. I wonder if this is the last "numbered" release and from now on it will simply be "Windows" you will then install or purchase add-ons and updates as needed. Anyone else seen the video? |
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(Message 1671423)
Posted 29 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: David Thanks for those pictures, you tend to forget just how big those Genesis units are when viewing from a web cam!! Which reminded me of my only encounter with one back in September 2013. I was touring New England and had stopped off in New London CT, one to take pictures of the town and two to take pictures of the Amtrak trains (NE Regional and Acela). While I was there this appeared. Emblazoned with. Which seemed reasonable as I was in Connecticut! However this was bringing up the rear and of course propelling the train. As I only traveled the North East Corridor I had not seen a Genesis unit and was totally unaware that it was in fact a P40 and that it and was on lease to Connecticut DOT, so I was a little confused!! However it stayed at the New London Platform for about half an hour so I was able to get a few close ups. I was also able to get a video of it departing (didn't realise it would stop right next to me) 842 Departs |
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Posted 28 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Fey |
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(Message 1670889)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah right... A guy 500 feet up spots a woman smartly dressed & looking gorgeous , so he wolf whistles.. 500ft where did you get that!! At 500ft it is unlikely anyone on the ground would hear. Please get real wolf whistles and comments called out to passing women are degrading. Pleas don't make excuses and join most of the men here, some of whom are just paying lip service to this thread. |
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(Message 1670883)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: More or less when expected the 6 arrived with 119 and 7 on point and a very naked looking 642. Bit of a close up. A just for comparison this was 640 earlier this month I wonder what they are going to do with it and why 642? |
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(Message 1670862)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Machine |
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: nothing |
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(Message 1670837)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I hope 10pm isn't too late for you to be up. #6 should be going through Mendota right about now. Nope rarely before midnight. 6 currently says "Naperville 3:34PM CT Chicago 4:17PM" As to late nights, last week I saw this at Berea Heritage unit NS 8098 Conrail. It so happens that Railstream has a temporary camera at Toledo for "National Train Day" this coming weekend. As I was viewing it about two hours later I saw this. And it occurred to me that if it was heading for Chicago I could get a good shot at Chesterton, that would be about 5-6 hours time It was 6pm BST when I saw it at Toledo. So I stayed up, about 00:35 it came through, unfortunately there was an eastbound freight with hoppers on the other track and all I saw was a glimpse of the blue top of the loco. :-( Of course the annoying post script to this is, what was one of the first trains I saw at Chesterton next day? Yep you guessed Now in the lead! |
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(Message 1670812)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Nuts. It made up 8 minutes from Mt. Pleasant to Burlington. Probably not but on a 51 hour journey 8 minutes it not really noticeable :-) It is now apparently due in Chicago at 3:57 PM CT, or 9:57 pm BST. I will be ready but my recent luck with these cameras has been poor! As you can see here, the City of New Orleans train 58 was early and I got a shot on the bridge, however the sun at that time was not helpful to see details. I then totally missed the first two cars coming into camera on the reverse. However got a quite nice one of the Iowa Pacific dome car And the Pullman behind. And an overall shot of the whole lot backing into the station. It seems I may have forgotten to post this pic I got last week form the Rochelle IL camera Seem it is the $8.3 million UP EC-5 track geometery machine. Of course it would have looked more impressive if it wasn't being towed!! |
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI |
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: diner |
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: beer |
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(Message 1670613)
Posted 27 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Attention Bernie! Thanks for the heads up, luckily the Chicago camera was fixed late Saturday so I will try for some shots. Amtrak says currently 21 minutes early at Chicago, 8:39am CT which is 2:39PM BST. It was 40 minutes early yesterday and had to wait at the end of the airline bridge for the 391 to reverse out of Chicago cross the tracks and pass it on the bridge!! |
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Posted 26 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Pear |
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(Message 1669440)
Posted 24 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Silent Hill |
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Posted 24 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Should be posted here? No the poster is trying to stir up debate so best left where it is. |
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Posted 23 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Sex and religion keeping youg girls well informed in 2015 Girls at Catholic school warned sex before marriage can 'destroy soul' and 'make bodies sick' |
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Posted 23 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: dance |
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Posted 22 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there are a LOT of different freight locos operating in the USA If we take a sample The EMD SD90MAC: The EMD SD90MAC is a 6,000 hp (4,470 kW) C-C diesel-electric hood unit locomotive produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division Wheras the GE- AC6000CW is a 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) diesel electric locomotive that is built by GE Transportation. This locomotive, along with the EMD SD90MAC, is the most powerful single-engined diesel locomotive in the world, surpassed in power by only the dual-engine EMD DDA40X. Which makes the Class 70: The locomotives utilize a GE PowerHaul P616 diesel engine rated at 2,750 kW (3,690 hp), look a bit small. Remember it is of course and American built loco, designed for the UK (A little aside: while delivering 70012 it was being lifted out of the ship when the lifting gear failed and it fell 20 feet back into the hold of the ship, and bent the frame, it was returned to GE, I wonder what they did with it? However there are a lot of SD70's and Dash 9-44CW's around with more modest outputs Early SD70ACe models are rated at 4,300 horsepower (3,200 kW), while later units are rated at 4,500 horsepower (3,400 kW). Dash-9 4,400 hp (3,281 kW). Also it is unusual to see a freight train with just one loco in the USA. Here it is the opposite, it is unusual to see a double headed freight. With the passenger service it is more complicated. The Acela has 2 power cars giving 1,150 kW (1,540 hp) (Per Motor) 4,600 kW (6,200 hp) (Per Power Car) Whereas the 225 has just one class 91 loco and a driving van trailer (DVT) Power output 6,300 horsepower (4.7 MW) Compare speeds: Acela 165 mph (266 km/h) (150 mph or 240 km/h max operating speed) IC 225 125 mph (201 km/h) (Service) 161.7 mph (260.2 km/h) (Record) Also the Acela is treated as "all first class" The latest locos for the north east corridor are the ACS 64: 6,400 kW (8,600 hp) Maximum (Short-Time) 5,000 kW (6,700 hp) Continuous Speed 125 mph (200 km/h) Service - 135 mph (220 km/h) Design. These will pull the normal trains in the north east corridor and are so new that all 70 are not yet in service. One comment, having ridden Amtrak on the north east corridor from New York to Washington and New York to Boston, the seats are more comfortable than comparative trains in the UK. However on 3 out of the 6 occasions I traveled I was delayed for more than an hour. Our two countries are so different in many ways the distances so vast that to try and compare the rail systems is possibly a futile exercise. |
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Posted 22 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: cake |
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Posted 22 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well now for something completely different. After my visit last year I have been meant to keep tabs on the Bluebell Railway which is not too far south from me. However after they ignored my application to volunteer I sort of forgot about them, so it was with mild surprise that as I was walking across the bridge above the main London Brighton line yesterday, I looked down (as I always do) and thought I saw the shape of a Deltic coming towards me. Well I did not however one but two The front one D9009 (55 009) Alycidon and D9019 (55 019) Royal Highland Fusilier on the rear. They had been at the diesel gala at the Bluebell Railway and were now on their way to the Seven Valley railway for the rest of the summer. Because there were only every 22 built and 6 remain preserved and in service they are a rare sight, but are held in high regard by diesel enthusiasts. You can read about the Deltics (class 55) here Also the Deltic Preservation Society which owns 3 of the 6 still running. |
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Posted 21 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm surprised the host isn't able to take care of it himself. The host is out of town till tomorrow. Typical. |
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Posted 21 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well things are not good on the Chicago camera front. Apparently on Sunday evening somebody knocked down a power pole, this apparently caused all sorts of problems with the local electricity supply. The upshot being that once all power was restored, the router and encoder are working fine however the camera has failed. The guy who runs the site lives in Trenton MI which is about 278 miles or 4 and a half hours away. He is hoping to get there tomorrow, in the mean time I am getting "Amtrak withdrawal" :-( Of course this just means I have been watching the other cameras!! Coal City IL always seems to have very interesting skies with or without a train, more releveant with!! I know railfans all over like to the the "older" paint on units so here is one from yesterday. I call that "Old paint dark clouds" Another Fostoria OH picture, it was quite dark as this train approached then right at the last minute the sun broke through. Here is one from a couple of weeks back. This is from Berea OH, now normally all 4 Amtraks pass here in the early hours local time so it is too dark to see much, however this particular day the Lake Shore 49 was so late it was daylight. Just for a comparison, this was the 49 today. |
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Posted 20 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Kilt |
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Let me get this right now, ... No they put perishable items in cigarettes!! |
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A reefer is also A Refrigerated Container |
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: container |
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Make it astrobiology. Well we all know about Knut, personally I believe most of the posts from many of his aliases are just from a pre-programmed "forum bot". i.e. a computer or computers that tries to make intelligent posts using the other post from here and other threads. So if he insults the whole SETI at home team well it's just one of his bots. |
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: west |
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Posted 17 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is the text of the original post on Facebook: Amtrak # 3 on Thursday will have the following private cars on the rear: Birch Grove, Moonlight Dome, J. Pinckney Henderson, Cimarron River and Caritas rearmost, heading for ABQ and the AAPRCO Spring trip. Well it wasn't quite like that!! The 3 yesterday had an extra loco. 145-146-142 Possibly 145 to be used as one of the locos to haul a possible train of 20+ PV cars over 1100 miles from Albuquerque NM - Lubbock TX - Houston TX - San Antonio TX. For the AAPRCO Mid-Term event. The AAPRCO is the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners they hold "events" when it seems people from far and wide bring their privately owned railroad cars join them all onto a train and rent a couple of Amtrak locos to pull the train So on the rear we had No idea about the first two but the last one Is PPCX 800045, Iowa Pacific SLRG Business Car - Caritas. Then shortly after the 3 had left the arriving California Zephyr brings in these two They seem to be a pair the rear one is Sierra Hotel and based in Chicago So today the Southwest Chief heading for Albuquerque NM had this line up on the rear. Either those plans David mentioned changed again or someone can't count!! The first two I don't know, and number 3 is the Sierra Hotel from the previous day, the 4th one is "Built by Pullman in 1956 as Union Pacific 11 double bedroom sleeper "Placid Lake". To Amtrak 2263. Rebuilt for American-European Express as AOEX 800255 Berlin. Acquired by current owner in 2009. Reconfigured with kitchenette, 3 master bedrooms with full size beds, 1 single bedroom (crew x 2), 1 master bedroom with upper and lower berths, & 1 Presidential Suite (sleeps 4)." And last but by no means least comes "Dearing" "The Dearing, as she is now known, rolled out of the Pullman shops in 1925. She was originally named Thompson and was one of nearly 4,000 sleepers built and operated by the Pullman Company. The 12 section - 1 drawing room design was the single most popular Pullman floor plan. The current owners purchased the car in Oct 2006 and re-designated it Dearing with the number 29. The name is in honor of the owner’s grandfather an Agent-Operator for the Georgia Railroad who lived in the town of Dearing and spent most of his career as the Agent at Dearing. If you want to know more about the AAPRCO click the link, there are several pictures of the insides of some of these cars, and yes according to the website it IS an expensive hobby as they all have to be maintained to Amtrak standards before you can attach to an Amtrak train. Unfortunately the APPRCO train will not come near any of the rail cameras I am aware of. However the 2015 convention will be held in St Louis MI and on the website was this. "On Tuesday, September, 29 our special train will depart Cincinnati and proceed south on the former Southern Railway's CNO&TP First Subdivision. We will cross the Ohio River and travel through scenic Northern Kentucky to Danville, KY. The special will then head west on the former Southern Railway's line through Kentucky into the historic city of Louisville, KY. Our special train will remain parked in Louisville for the evening and throughout the next day." Now if Gordon had a spare hour or so perhaps he could pop down a take a couple of pictures. :-) Then on the return "Following the convention activities the special train will depart St. Louis on Monday, October 5 and travel on the BNSF's former Burlington Route's line alongside the Mississippi River to Burlington, Iowa. The special will then take the Burlington Route's line through Galesburg, Illinois to Chicago where the special will terminate. PV's will depart on scheduled Amtrak trains." And that should bring it hopefully past the Chicago camera, I can but hope. |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Semantics! Drug death is drug death, you after categorising it now? I really believe that says a lot about you. I see anything else I say will fall on willfully deaf ears. |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello Archie Bunker So nothing like the circumstance that Zapped described. |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello Archie Bunker You found a childhood friend with a needle in her arm on a train? |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello Archie Bunker Yes I saw that but, you quoted a story that about a drug addict who came clean as soon as challenged, then lost his job anyway. I really can see no connection to Archie Bunker just because somene compared you to him. Still at least we all know how you really feel, all drug addicts in your eyes only have themselves to blame and should be laughed at correct? As I said "Lovely attitude" goes with UKIP I suppose. |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello Archie Bunker So what has the story got to do with "Archie Bunker" Archie Bunker Secondly you really believe that drug addicts are to be laughed at and made fun of. "Lovely attitude" |
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(Message 1666065)
Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: 1100100010 |
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(Message 1666037)
Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A no Sparky contact post, I need a thread changed by a mod, that is in n/c from Sparky to Me(Computer Build), since I have all but 1 post there, and Sparky isn't one of them, please. You will have to start a new thread yourself, then ask the mods to move all the posts across. We can then hide your "starter" post. |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Trade |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Highlighting another side to undue 'pressures'... Do people really need to be pressured into overly expensive 'fashion-wear' before they can feel they can get fitter?!... Interestingly in that article all the companies were started and run by women. Not sure what that says! |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Why export them? That Carp Burger looked tasty enough. Scoop up all the carp for plenty of burgers, get the Yanks off their beef diet, would help enormously with their obesity issues. Seems the UK could do with that too, strange how people attack the USA when the UK is among the worst for obesity in Europe http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/29/uk-western-europe-obesity-study |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: bone |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In case anyone has forgotten BABE |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Pig |
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: honey |
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Back to Amtrak. Today on the Capitol train 29 from Washington these were on the rear. The one at the back is AMTK 10004 "American View" which was converted from one of the two prototype "Viewliner" sleepers used on routes out of New York. It seems to be used as an office and promotional car by Amtrak president Joseph H. Boardman. As you can see they cut the end off a installed a large window, must give a good view!! However I cannot find out what this one is. I have tried to read the nameplate but the light was wrong. I should have had better luck at Chesterton, however the HD feed from there is down and the low res shot I got was worse than here!! So hopefully David can fill us in as to what that is all about. |
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Another non Amtrak post! Another great sky!! Coal City IL around 8am CT |
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So time for something non Amtrak It's funny how sometimes you miss interesting things because you are looking at bigger and faster. Metra have shunters, this one I see probably every other day. METX 3 It moves Metra coaches and Metras F40PH's, it is an EMD SW1200 of which over a thousand were built between 1954 and 1966. Believe it or not Metra 3 is a late 1954 build, yes it is over 60 years old!! It started life as Milwaukee Road 2048, was renumbered in 1959 to 600 and then sold to NIRC in November 1982. NIRC is the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, the operating arm of Metra. I won't post pictures here that are copyright so Here is a link to pics of MILW 600 in 1978 and 1982 Here is a link to NIRC 3 in 1987 Now obviously is has not survived for 60 years without a few "repairs" This is a picture during a rebuild in 2008. (Sorry if the links are a bit slow seems to be RR Picture Archives end) So it has been around. Apparently quite a lot of the SW1200's are still in service. Now to a question, where does Metra 3 go with these coaches and engines. I am sure David will know. As I am having a "non Amtrak" post, because they were replacing the crossovers at Fostoria I was watching that camera more than normal, you couldn't actually see much as it was just at the edge of the east cam. However I did get a couple of quite nice shots. Here UP 8493 passes the west cam and you can see the on track plant machines on the other track. Here the same train from the east camera and you can just see the yellow jackets of the track workers in the middle right who had stepped back to let 8493 pass. |
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Posted 14 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Maybe the OP was expecting an April's Fool's Joke? Now that is an interesting thought!! |
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Posted 14 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It was edited the same day as Fred posted the swearing reminder in the Politics forum. However I am trying to understand exactly what was likely to cause the reaction "Oh this is going to be good."But then I noticed it was just an edit. Oh well :-) what was it you hoped Fred was going to say? That comment and the 2 seeming to agree with you make me as a mod wonder if you wanted Fred to make some sweeping new rules, as you all seem disappointed he did not. If the answer has to do with moderator actions please feel free to use the modlist e-mail |
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Posted 13 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not Croyden, London:) I have no idea what you two are arguing about now, but note Chris does not live in Croydon (note the correct spelling) I do. PS Typing in all capitals is seen as extremely rude, please don't |
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Posted 13 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes the old St Charles Air Line does have double track. Wouldn't want to be on either of those trains if it did not!! Thing is that it is only used by two Amtrak services The City of New Orleans and the Saluki and this is the first time I have seen them cross. It is used by occasional freight but usually not with another service on the other track. The rumor was that it could only take one train at a time, seems that was wrong. Here is a Google street view from the road bridge west of the camera (to the left). the air line is the two tracks directly in front. Camera position indicated by black arrow. |
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Posted 12 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So before the train thread turns into the car thread I had better post some more "railfan" pics The City of New Orleans brought a 500 north today in fact it was 500 Also because it was early, this was a first for me, it passed the outgoing Saluki on the St. Charles Air line In fact it is the first time I have seen any trains pass there |
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Posted 11 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if this should be in the "Transportation Safety" thread but I have just had a heart stopping moment. While waiting for the daily Capitol Ltd to pass through Chesterton, I heard the crossing bells and the train horn, the barriers went down and I heard the train horn again closer. Several seconds pass and I know that the train is close, suddenly a car approaches from the left and moves out to go round the barrier!!, luckily the driver must have looked right!! As you can see the car is actually on the wrong side of the road. I really thought I was going to see the first accident at this crossing!! |
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Posted 11 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: How could a "grateful nation" help restore the place when it was intentionally forgotten for 40 years. It is only now that people are starting to realise what happened. Slowly the place is being restored. I am 64 and was almost totally unaware of the true significance of Bletchely Park until only a few years ago. You inferred that Bletchely Park "cant be such an amazing place" if it took gambling money to restore, in an effort to have another dig at Chris. The Lottery has ensured that lots of money has gone to good causes and I do not believe the average person considers it heavy gambling. I and I am sure others are totally fed up with both of you and your personal feud. I don't care who thinks who started I believe as both of you are gown men it is time for it to stop. |
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Posted 11 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It can't be such an amazing place that it took... I do not believe to this day that many people realise what happened at Bletchely Park because so many of the people there kept their silence till death in some cases. How could a "grateful nation" help restore the place when it was intentionally forgotten for 40 years. It is only now that people are starting to realise what happened. Slowly the place is being restored. I am 64 and was almost totally unaware of the true significance of Bletchely Park until only a few years ago. The generation that was grateful without knowing it has mostly passed on and cannot offer anything. Please do not run down something just because Chris S likes the place, find something to run down that is worthy of you very acid whit. |
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Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Product Specs My iPhone, iPad and laptop worked perfectly on Wi-Fi in the US on several visits. Even on Amtrak!! |
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Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Where can I get your screen recorder software? It's called Blueberry Flashback I tried several others but this one works for me. I use two screens normally which makes it easier but I have used it successfully on my laptop. You can uses "hotkeys" to record and end recording. As I have a gaming keyboard I have set one of the "extra" keys to record and one to stop, so I can leave the program running in the background and quickly hit the "record" key when I need to. On of the guys at "Railstream" couldn't make the software work but I have it installed on three machines now no problem. Strange you should mention that the 500's are sometimes used in service. This was the 29 yesterday Possibly coming to Chicago for an overhaul? |
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Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Presumably you are using "print screen" for these pics, or am I being silly? I actually have a "screen recorder" that will take videos of the cameras, it has it's own playback and video editor, so I can step through frame by frame and then "print screen" the best one, I then paste it into my picture editing program and save it as a normal jpg. Just as I was posting before I noticed an Amtrak P32 coming down the wye. These were just basic freight engines but with a head end generator, for heat light and power for the carriges, there were 20 built in 1991 and were used as a "stopgap" until the P40' and later P42's (the sleeker ones in the other pic) arrived they were ment to be retired years ago but as far as I am aware 19 are still in use. Mostly as this one a yard shunter. Number 506 |
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Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Looking at the Chicago camera a few minutes ago and I notice the sky was very ominous looking. I wanted a train in the pic and was hoping the Southwest Chief wouldn't be late. It wasn't Another one for the Flickr album. |
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(Message 1663573)
Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am looking at Kiosk. There a lot of WUs are sending out. What the matter, i have nothing for days and i thought no WUs generated at all. What is happens? As an almost totally blank display would possibly not look very impressive. I suspect that it is displaying data from when there was some to display i.e several days ago. |
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Posted 10 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If we can get back from computer games to trains, has anyone got a link for these USA webcam photos please? They are screenshots I have taken over the past 3 months from a site called Ralistream.net If you just want to look at some of the screenshots I have got over the past 3 months I have a Flickr album HERE If you want to view the cameras you only get 3 cameras for free, Chesterton West (which is where I get a lot of pics from) Chesterton East and Cresson PA, also they are only low res unless you pay. If you join you get 7 more cameras including Chicago where I get most of the other shots some cameras are available in HD including Chesterton West and Chicago. You do have to create an account to watch the free ones but no money is required. |
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(Message 1663124)
Posted 9 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: New post by Matt http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77094 |
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Posted 9 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: When will it be back Online? Unknown at present. As it is only 3am in Berkeley at present it will possibly be some hours before there is an answer Please check either in the Technical News thread or in the Number Crunching forum Panic Mode on Server problems thread. You will get better answers than here in the Cafe |
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(Message 1662901)
Posted 9 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Please note Matt explained the problems here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76852&postid=1662650#1662650 Can I ask that people check in Number Crunching, Panic Mode On thread if there are problems. Then create a post there if your problem does not have an answer. Thank you. |
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Posted 8 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There are also a smattering of engines still running around in their actual predecessor paint, a few of which even still carry their old reporting marks. Fans keep close tabs on these. Around here, CNW 8646 and 8701 are popular (and usually kept close to home so the paint shop won't get ahold of them). Ah yes CNW 8646 Seen a couple of weeks ago Definitely not see a paint shop recently!! Southern? NS 8099 heritage loco painted in Southern green PS The song "She caught The Katy" probably best remembered from the Blues Brothers does actually refer to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad, ie The Katy. |
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(Message 1662332)
Posted 7 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am now wondering why today's train 391 shows on Amtrak Status Maps as cancelled after its first stop out of Chicago. Even stranger, Amtrak's own status page shows it made its stop at KKI and is expected 19 minutes late at Gilman, and their interactive tracking map shows it charging along at 72 MPH about half way between those stops. Okay, further poking shows that Amtrak does indeed show the stops at Du Quoin and Carbondale cancelled, and under those circumstances I think the independent Amtrak Status Maps server stops tracking it, even if it will make all the other stops. I'll hazard a guess that CN derailed somewhere south of Centralia after 390 went by, or perhaps the track washed out. I'll see what I can find out. Now Amtrak go to all that trouble to have a Service Alerts and notices Page Saluki Train 391and Illini Train 392: Bus Service Provided to and from Centralia, Du Quoin and Carbondale The 391 went out with 36 on the "front" and 71 on the "back", I assume that they cannot turn at Centralia |
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The train thread
(Message 1662330)
Posted 7 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: when he saw the Burlington Route and "MH Tower" signs on the balcony of the apartment where the camera is Well I thought the camera might just be sitting there quietly relaying video to the fans. I had no idea it advertised it's presence!! However promoting the website would make sense! I usually post Amtrak pics and whilst I do have a lot of freight loco pics I rarely seem to post so here is one I saw today at Chesterton that I quite liked. This is UP 1988, now Union Pacific locos are usually yellow that seems to get dirty quickly on a freight loco. UP 1988 is painted as a "Heritage" loco, meaning it is in the colours of one of the railroads that disappeared over the years during take overs and amalgamations This is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, MKT or simply The Katy Yesterday NS 1074 came through Chicago, this is in the colours of The Delaware Lackawanna & Western Yes I think that some of the UK freight locos should be painted in some of the pre British Rail colours!! |
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(Message 1662092)
Posted 6 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As has been said here in the UK we have privately owned and operated locos and rolling stock. Also as has been noted a lot of the steam and older diesels are certified to run on the main line ( hopefully that won't change). However as I understand it in the US this is not the case, as of course unlike the UK in the US there is no single body that controls the track. However there are a few private coaches that I have seen around, know by railfans as PV or "Private Varnish". Today on the returning Southwest Chief number 4, there were three PV coaches bringing up the rear What is interesting is that in the doorway of the 2nd private coach there is someone who seems to be taking a picture of the camera I am viewing with!! Obviously a train fan who has used the Chicago camera!! The last PV cars was a unusual colour, most of them are either the stainless steel or brown. I quite liked that one, also notice there was a proper "dome" car as well. I also like the "porch" at the rear. I am sure David will know all about them. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1661491)
Posted 4 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What can be done to prevent theses accidents is more to the point. I wonder just how police officers using their common sense is going to stop drivers carrying too many people in vehicles. Or have I missed the point. |
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Hard drugs
(Message 1661418)
Posted 4 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The MPAA rating system is a voluntary scheme that is not enforced by law. This is a thread to discuss hard drugs and peoples attitudes and perhaps experiences, not a thread to tell you where to get the best deal of how to prepare drugs for use. If you were to start a thread discussing bomb making it would be hidden you would be banned and I expect you would receive a visit from the authorities. Also note this from the forum "rules" These forums are a free service on servers controlled by SETI@home, a project supported by the University of California and various funding sources. If we find anything on these forums we deem inappropriate, it will be removed. No debate (public or private) is necessary before removal. Case closed. If you don't like it, we welcome you to have your discussions on one of the almost infinite other forum services elsewhere on the internet. Further violent aggression between users will not be tolerated. Such user accounts may be deleted outright. Note the purposeful use of the word "may" - we don't claim to be 24/7 police force, either. SETI@Home forum SETI@Home rules, simple. |
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(Message 1661050)
Posted 3 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear this is sad .... I wondered if something like that might happen when I read the incident report https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dangerous-occurrence-at-wootton-bassett-junction-wiltshire |
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The train thread
(Message 1660864)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: And this train is one heck of an Ugly Duckling... This is a train from the Amtrak Cascades on what is called the NW HSR corridor(BC to WA to OR). Yes the Talgo 8 I believe, this is the NPCU (Non powered cab unit), there are pics a videos of it being powered by almost anything!! Though normally by an F59PHI Of course the other end looks strange and if they run it without power at that end you have BAT TRAIN or is that Kitty Train |
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Seti is under Attack!!
(Message 1660835)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: APRIL FOOLS!!! Yes Matt announced it yesterday Here |
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SETI@home World Visualization
(Message 1660818)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: very nice! But why not more users?! The World is sooooo big and only a couple of flying points around the world? If you notice it uses ip2location Going to that page it reports my ip address as "London" with a north London postcode and I am definitely south London. That is just where my ISP registers its ip addresses. By the look of the map it is only using data from the larger cities. |
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I need some help to find a software
(Message 1660797)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Has anyone tried 'Mouse without borders' from Microsoft Garage. I use it all the time. You do have to have a screen for each computer. I use it on two laptops on a daily basis from my desktop. One laptop has a second screen and Mouse without Borders copes with that no problem One nice feature is it "shares" the clipboard across all machines. If you have screens on your machines I can recommend it. And it's free!! |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1660794)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So how to change things? Personally I believe politicians have to realise that they have to be "squeaky clean". They have to be above fiddling expenses and trying to earn "a bit on the side". All parties have to stamp down on corruption wherever they find it. Mass media and the internet has made politics more transparent than ever before and they have to realise that. Politics is not and never should be and "easy ride" As has been said no party can ever deliver all it promises but it has to make the people believe it will try. All the parties have to have our trust before we can move forward positively. |
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(Message 1660791)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "I've been high on drugs and I've killed a prostitute." Cant see any mention of cannabis in that story. Of course nobody "high" on alcohol has every killed anybody. |
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The train thread
(Message 1660676)
Posted 2 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the 30 was even later today (over 4 hours) being the last of the 4 (29-30-48-49) through Berea rather than the first!! I can confirm the second ACS-64 was indeed on the 30 today. So both now on or near the east coast!! |
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(Message 1660414)
Posted 1 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Update: April fool |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1660338)
Posted 1 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whose fault is that perception? The Electorate or Politicians? The fact that we are all human and no one I have ever met is perfect. We want our politicians, police, judges, and most importantly the reporting news media to be honest and truthful 100% of the time, sorry but in my experience 75% is a good day. There are decent people out there, but they are just not interesting to the masses, the scandal, and dirty deeds are. When I see the growth of reality TV in this country it worries me. Do the populous really care? I just wonder? Bread and circuses. |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1660327)
Posted 1 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a Fact that many perceive politicians to be only in it for themselves. I believe the key word there is "perceive" Why I wonder, perhaps it could be the fact that in 1944 you just had newspapers to get the news and form your opinions, by 1972 you also had TV and politics brought into peoples homes, but still mostly on the news and special programs. Now you have wall to wall 24 hour news available to everyone anywhere, with live reports on TV, you phone your tablet, and of course online 24-7, with 24 hour news come the need to have stories to fill 24 hours. So these stories are brought to you by a media who in the last few years has show to be as untrustworthy as the politicians in the poll. Remember a politician who is a decent, honest, hard working family man, is not news, so the media have to dig. I don't actually believe politicians are less honest than they were in 1944, I just believe we now know more than we did 70 years ago. |
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Forms of Government
(Message 1660320)
Posted 1 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This is not a thread about moderators, please stay on topic |
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The train thread
(Message 1660191)
Posted 1 Apr 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well unusually the 30 was nearly 2 hours late today which means I got to see it through Berea, which I normally don't. It was too dark for any clear pics, but one of the electrics was there. Couldn't see which one, I could see that neither P42 was 145 as neither were heritage. I did see 145 arriving on the 380 yesterday. |
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Close the Politics Forum?
(Message 1659931)
Posted 31 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It has been requested that this thread be re-opened. However the OP (Chris s not myself) has requested it be locked. Just to let you know. |
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The train thread
(Message 1659521)
Posted 30 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the California Zephyr is suppose to arrive at Chicago at 2:50Pm CT which is 8:50pm BST. However it decided to be 2 hrs 48 minutes late, 5:38pm CT or 11:38pm BST Also just before it arrive the Texas Eagle turned on the wye and stopped thereby blocking the view of the inbound track, it had only just moved out of the way, you can still see it just under the bridge, when 158 and 158 finally appeared. And behind them (with just 2,500 miles delivery milage) were 638 and 639!! Also if you look very closely in the bottom right just above the "Railstream" logo, you will see somebody doing exactly what David said would be " both stupid and illegal" and they were waiting for the 6 as they are walking away in the 2nd pic!! |
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(Message 1659180)
Posted 30 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I heard #6 is coming with TWO new electrics on it. If it wasn't Sunday, it should be Monday. Yes I have actually made contact with the guy who runs this site 4rr.com As he run a list of the current whereabouts of the P42's, I sent him a few screenshots of some of my sightings and we have exchanged few e-mails. He originally said 638 and 639 were coming Saturday, but that was the day they were picked up, so I will be keeping and eye out around 14:00 CT. I also noticed that these are finally starting to appear The new baggage cars, I suppose that was the reason the 29 yesterday had 4 old ones!! I assume taking them to Chicago. I have also discovered via him that I have seen all but 8 of the working P42's as he was able to fill in the blanks so that 10 I had not seen I now know are out of service. I only knew definitely about 143 and 149 |
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animal care
(Message 1658914)
Posted 29 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This was Tigger. Indeed they do Not sure what the problem was!! |
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(Message 1658723)
Posted 29 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Please lets not degenerate into a name calling contest. The discussion up to now has been useful in my opinion, lets keep it that way. PS I do not "drool" over trains. |
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(Message 1658690)
Posted 29 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Wasn't the answer from the 1st "survey" good enough for you? To be fair attitudes change over time, so do the moderators. I can see no harm in asking this question now and again. It also allows the current moderators to see how people feel, which is important. |
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(Message 1658677)
Posted 29 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You only need to look at the thread holder to see the reason for it. No definately not!! What happened was Chris made the first post here in a different thread, I decided that if this was going to be debated in needed to be in it's own thread. To do that I had to "create" the new thread and then move Chris's post into it. I then hide my "place holder" first post. It is the quickest way to do it. My name then shows as the thread OP. My name on the thread has no bearing on my feelings. Quite the reverse, I do not want to see it closed, I am certainly not "tired "of being a mod. So please read nothing into my starting the thread. |
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Close the Politics Forum?
(Message 1658402)
Posted 28 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now, if all the 7 mods say that they are happy to continue Moderating the Politics forum, it is no problem and none of them think it is onerous in any way then fair enough, we have our answer. You are not necessarily going to get all mods to be happy with politics, no reason, they should, different people bring different strengths and outlooks to being a mod. As long as Fred and the project is happy with the way the moderators are coping then that should be enough. |
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Close the Politics Forum?
(Message 1658366)
Posted 28 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: "is this forum simply more trouble than it is worth?". For who? |
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Close the Politics Forum?
(Message 1658362)
Posted 28 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Why should the overworked and underfunded staff at S@H have to put up with this? Well of course in reality, they don't, which is why there are volunteer moderators. Having only really been a mod for a short while I echo ES's sentiment, that closing the Politics forum and then banning all discussions of Politics or Religion would certainly make our job harder. |
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Animal hunt for entertainment
(Message 1657933)
Posted 27 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this could well be the thread where I finally get myself banned ...... But I am quite prepared to go into exile for something that I passionately believe in, and this issue is one of them.Carefull Chris S: And which rule did he break? |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1657693)
Posted 27 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Still all to play for on May 7th. Well certainly came across to me that your point was not so much that "fiddling" was occurring but that they were "all at it" or is that not what you were implying? |
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(Message 1656846)
Posted 25 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The Superliner is a bilevel car used by Amtrak on long-haul trains that do not use the Northeast Corridor. The initial cars were built by Pullman-Standard in the late 1970s and a second order was built in the mid-1990s by Pullman's successor, Bombardier Transportation. As delivered, the cars came in various configurations, including coach, diner, and sleeper. And for those who wonder what all the "configurations" are: (I am sure David will correct me if I am wrong :-) Coach class, standard long distance "aircraft type" seating but with more leg room. Having traveled Amtrak "coach" on the North east corridor those seat were very comfortable. Has 64 seats on the upper level and 12 seats on the lower. Coach baggage, no seating on lower level, some of these cars were converted to "smoking" on the lower level, but have all apparently now been converted back. The Lounge sightseer car, has a cafe with some seating on the lower level The all important restaurant/dining car, no windows downstairs, this is where the kitchen is located. You need good food if you are on the train for 51 hours!! Finally the sleeper, 10 2 person "roomettes" and five larger "bedrooms" upstairs, 4 "roomettes" and a "family bedroom" downstairs, also downstairs are toilets, bathrooms, and showers. Now if I could just afford a trip! |
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(Message 1656773)
Posted 25 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Today I was waiting for the City of New Orleans to come over the airline at Chicago, when this appeared. Seems like 821 may have suffered some sort of breakdown, however what was stranger was this. Number 41 on the end and when it reversed into the station I could hear that 41 was running but 821 was not. So I wonder why 41 was not on the front? Here is the reversing shot a nice close up of CN 5686, I am trying to remember if I have ever seen a CN loco on the Chicago camera before!! |
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The NEW youtube thread....
(Message 1656318)
Posted 24 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: One for Bernie, next time we're driving and I hear this song I think I'll sing along:) You remembered! Thanks |
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The train thread
(Message 1656312)
Posted 24 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The trackers follow the conductors' phones, I think (educated guess) Which is what I thought, however it appears they bussed all the passangers for stations between Omaha and Denver then the train carried on via the "northern" route as the 6 was spotted by one of the other Railstream devotees passing Grand Island Nebraska Not the best pic but still interesting given the circumstances! However the 6 was over 11 hours late at Chicago. Today they seem to be back on the normal route. |
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Weather Forecasts VI
(Message 1656005)
Posted 23 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of us basking in a warm March day, here is a reminder from the USA If you saw my "sparrow" picture yesterday of Chesterton Indiana, well here it is today. |
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(Message 1655957)
Posted 23 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Amtrak 5 and 6 will be busing between Omaha and Denver for a day or two. Here's why: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27763975/coal-train-derails-near-hudson-no-injuries That will be why the "train" icons on the Amtrak "track a train" map are a long way from the rail track currently!! I assume that they are the only places that the trains can be "turned" as they are over 500 miles apart and 8 hours by road!! I also assume that the passengers will be compensated for the inconvenience, 8 hours on a bus is hardly comparable with "sleeper accommodation". Will BNSF have to compensate Amtrak at all? |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1655822)
Posted 22 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the video, it, only 3 seconds!! Sparrow |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1655808)
Posted 22 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I wasn't sure where to post this as it is taken with a "train cam" However, one of the cameras faces a road/rail crossing in Chesterton IN. These cameras also have microphones and during the day what I assumed to be flocks of sparrows seem to congregate on or near the cameras, occasionally flying right up an seem to be landing on top. I have never, managed to catch one in flight, until now, the website has recently added a 10 minute "playback" feature allowing you to wind back the action, so when I saw a sparrow fly up to the camera today I got this. I showed this to a friend who said it didn't look real, I can assure you it is, I just advanced the action frame by frame to get it. |
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(Message 1655494)
Posted 21 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah yes that would be Merchant Navy class "Clan Line" 35028, that sped through South Croydon station this afternoon. And who just happens to be leaning out the cab. Well done Mr Clarke!! |
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Panic Mode On (96) Server Problems?
(Message 1655104)
Posted 20 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A "weekend" post from Matt http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76956#1655100 |
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(Message 1654714)
Posted 19 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course if you are a crook and you deal with other crooks, who do you turn to when they make off with all your virtual money BBC-Big dark-web drug market goes offline |
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Win 10 will be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users!!!
(Message 1654216)
Posted 18 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for all installations of win7/8/8.1--genuine or not. Hmm MS is serious then!! "One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them" |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 24
(Message 1653842)
Posted 17 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer for St Patrick's Day |
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Panic Mode On (96) Server Problems?
(Message 1653689)
Posted 16 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt has posted a new update http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76933 |
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(Message 1653324)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also a large number of the messages from weather stations always started with the place, date, and time and ended with "Heil Hitler" It was slightly more complicated than The Imitation Game suggested, however I did indeed enjoy the film. |
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(Message 1653304)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Also a large number of the messages from weather stations always started with the place, date, and time and ended with "Heil Hitler" |
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Codes & Cyphers
(Message 1653201)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I already gave that quote Some people believe what they want to believe no mater if the evidence is right in front of them. Either that or there is a language problem. |
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Codes & Cyphers
(Message 1653196)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: doco's i've seen say England did get a enigma machine from a sub and England only had 3 months to crack it or they would have had to surrender . OK fair enough, which website or Wiki can I see them on? |
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(Message 1653118)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: ...Pity the yanks only see dollar signs in everything otherwise they mite not have released crypto to the world but then that would have meant they had to use there brain which there not too good at . I believe he is referring to Crypto currency |
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(Message 1653057)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Indeed it is an expert opinion, but no more or less than Glenn saying "that code above all the others which if you had not broken would have lost you the war ." Also an opinion. Yes what he meant was naval Enigma. He was saying that if the British hadn't broken it we would have lost the war, that of course cannot be proved beyond doubt. So I was just using what was said by the experts about Bletchley Park and the work done there, it is of course all conjecture neither point can never be proved beyond doubt. |
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(Message 1653050)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: From your link. They retrieved the U-boat's Enigma key setting sheets with all current settings for the U-boat Enigma network. Not the complete working Enigma machine. By this time Bletchely Park had cracked Enigma, but settings had been changed, hence the " unable to read U-boat Enigma for nine months" Also remember the analysts have said that the work at Bletchley Park shortened the war by about two years" Indeed it is an expert opinion, but no more or less than Glenn saying "that code above all the others which if you had not broken would have lost you the war ." Also an opinion. |
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(Message 1653047)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post:
Sorry so exactly what was I incorrect on? |
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(Message 1653045)
Posted 15 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been to Bletchly Park, I have seen the bombes, both pictures, diagrams and the working recreation. I have seen displays and read a lot on the work there. The rebuilt Colossus is not actually in Bletchely Park but at the National Computer Museum a little removed in a separate building. The first thing you are told by the guides is that Alan Turing and Enigma had almost nothing to do with Colossus and then they explain exactly what happened and how. They have a working "Tunney" machine, the forerunner of Colossus. Remember Colossus was not working till December 1943 and not installed at Bletchely until Feb 1944, the bombes were in use from 1941. The Enigma team did get code books and rotor position charts from captured subs and ships, but no complete working naval enigma machine with all 8 rotors and plugboard. Naval Enigma was cracked by Alan Turing and his team with help from the bombes and lazy German Enigma operators. The weakest link in any code is the user. |
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(Message 1653038)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie the point about the Enigma machine was simply the fact you guys nearly lost the war because of it . I know they had other forms of encryption but it was the subs that where doing the real damage and it was that code above all the others which if you had not broken would have lost you the war . OK so which part? |
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(Message 1653035)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie the point about the Enigma machine was simply the fact you guys nearly lost the war because of it . I know they had other forms of encryption but it was the subs that where doing the real damage and it was that code above all the others which if you had not broken would have lost you the war . But they did NOT have a working naval Enigma machine to break the code, so your assertions are wrong. You also suggested that Colossus was used to break the naval Enigma again wrong, that is what I was correcting you on. You have stated several "facts" about Enigma that are incorrect. I have a very high regard for the people who worked at Bletchley Park and do not want people getting the story wrong, it was hidden for too long and many never received the recognition they deserved. Also remember the analysts have said that the work at Bletchley Park shortened the war by about two years, we still would have won it just would have been longer and bloodier. |
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(Message 1653014)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It was not till the had the enigma machine that they where able to reprogram Collussus to break the codes quickly and make the information use full instead of being stale and useless . They were reading the standard Enigma traffic well before Colossus. Alan Turing and his bombes along with poor practice by German operators allowed Enigma to be broken. They did have help from code books from submarines. Colossus was only built to help crack "Tunny" messages which were used by the German high command. The code was generated by a modified teleprinter called a Lorenz machine. It had 12 rotors. If you want to know how it was cracked look up John Tiltman and Bill Tutte. Bill Tutte's sucess was described as "one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War II" Colossus was built for one reason to find the start position for the Lorenz rotors, it decoded nothing , and yes they did see a Lorenz machine in 1945, just before the allied victory. |
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(Message 1653004)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Saturday's should have Amtrak anniversary unit 822. Yep over two hours late but now leading |
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(Message 1652696)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Friday's Amtrak 6 is supposed to have another ACS-64, No you were right another one tonight!! |
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Panic Mode On (96) Server Problems?
(Message 1652528)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt has added an update yesterday, one little snippet we might have Astropulse rolling again tomorrow, but more likely Monday. Now please don't get your hopes up, but you never know |
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Political CONvEnience of Madame Yoga. No Politician 'Is' Too BIG to FAIL. And NO Politician 'Is' Too Big, Not to go to JAIL. Plenty of Time for Yoga coming.
(Message 1652498)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: These Threads are not important to me, Correct it bothers me not at all, no matter of life or death, however it seems to bother others. They are like your straight men, feeding you the lines that you then make the comeback on. Starts out as being entertaining, but gets boring quite quickly. As I said it matters not to me so just carry on. |
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Racist? [yes you are]
(Message 1652413)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: These Threads are not important to me, nor should it be to anyone. It will not change anything in this world. It is nothing more than passing some free time, among friends, over coffee (beer?). Please note the word "threads" meaning all. Except of course this one I assume. Don't mind me just carry on. |
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Political CONvEnience of Madame Yoga. No Politician 'Is' Too BIG to FAIL. And NO Politician 'Is' Too Big, Not to go to JAIL. Plenty of Time for Yoga coming.
(Message 1652411)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: These Threads are not important to me, Something I realised quite a while ago. As an outsider who hardly ever post here it was obvious to me. Maybe others will see that now. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1652409)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Surely the whole reason it had an escort was because it was a large load that was likely to cause problems. Did whoever planned the route not notice the railroad crossing? Seems it was an accident just waiting to happen and it did. That is going to cost someone a lot of money!! |
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(Message 1652408)
Posted 13 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I though you might know what it was all about!! Friday's Amtrak 6 is supposed to have another ACS-64, Well seems Thursdays did as well :-) and Saturday's should have Amtrak anniversary unit 822. Well I more or less expected that seeing at it went out as the 5 on the 9th :-) PS so when will the Ski Train return, on Monday's 6? |
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(Message 1652197)
Posted 12 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This will probably only be of interest to train fans (though others are free to look :-) ) Today the California Zephyr left Chicago with 4 locos, not too unusual However not only did it have twice as many locos as usual, but it also appeared to be two trains separated by a baggage car. It was definitely separated as the coach to the left of the baggage car has a high level connection and therefore no one can access the baggage car from the front 7 coaches. the train is in two halves. The front 7 coaches are standard coach class. The rear train appears to be the actual California Zephyr as it has coach, dining, observation car and sleepers. Could this be a "rescue" train, the front half and 2 locos detached on route to pick up stranded passengers? Here is the video of the departure. California Zephyr 12 March 2015 |
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Can I just ask some thing?
(Message 1651982)
Posted 12 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You have the donation "Green Star" next to your name. Shows you have donated in the last 12 months. |
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Getting started :
Question about tasks
(Message 1651778)
Posted 11 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: One is an AP task which is waiting validation but as the AP database is down I assume it will be a long wait. The other is waiting for the task to be finished by the other wingman, which doesn't look to good as the machine hasn't made contact since it downloaded the task on the 30th Jan. It will expire on the 24th March and then be re-issued. So you will have a bit of a wait yet!! |
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(Message 1651593)
Posted 11 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems some of the north east USA has fog this morning. Made for different and (to me anyway) interesting pictures. This is Fostoria OH (known and loved by train buffs apparently) And here Berea OH and approaching train As to "dispatcher" the nearest we have is Train Controller To improve the efficiency of train working, Train Controllers (also known as Controllers, District Controllers, Line Controllers and Area Controllers) were progressively introduced on many British-style railways in the early years of the 20th century, the first being on the Midland Railway in 1907. Although the specifics of their duties varied between railways, Train Controllers were responsible for tracking train movements (especially freight), ensuring freight trains were loaded economically and provided with suitable locomotive power, liaising with train crew rostering personnel, ordering additional trains to run for the carriage of extra freight tonnage or passengers as required, allocating paths for unscheduled services and making alterations to scheduled working in order to maximize efficiency and deal with any irregularity in traffic which may affect smooth operation. On busy railways such as the Midland, it was at times very difficult for Signalmen to keep track of train movements and make optimal traffic regulation decisions whilst operating signalling equipment. Consequently, fast trains could be delayed by slower trains on the line ahead. Moreover, there was no-one with specific responsibilities relating to the efficient, economical use of rolling stock in traffic, which made it difficult to manage the contingencies of under utilisation, wastage and allocation of inappropriate locomotive power. In the face of rising costs, operating economies were particularly important to the private British railway companies in the early twentieth century. The Train Controller was intended to manage these and other difficulties. In many railways, modern technology has seen the positions of Signalman and Train Controller united (or reunited, in the sense that traffic regulation and train path allocation were originally duties of the Signalman anyway). So really these days, except on a few lines that are not centrally controlled, the "signalman" is now also a controller. Most "signal boxes" have gone or like the one at East Croydon are now Network Rail offices. As an aside "signal boxes" in the US are usually called "interlocking towers" My second picture here shows the one at Berea Ohio. Also the term "interlock" is a UK one patented in 1856 by John Saxby and refers to the "interlocking of points (switches) and signals. |
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(Message 1651432)
Posted 10 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: On a different track (oh a pun) This sped through Chesterton today. At first glance it looked like a "toy train" On closer inspection. It turns out to be NS 34 and NS 33 a track geometry train Apparently NS 34 was a Norfolk and Western SD35 No. 1530, delivered in 8/65,wrecked in 1976 and converted to a road slug, then after many years, in and out of storage, finally this. Seems it has a fan following as some seem to think NS should adopt the colour for all their rolling stock. |
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(Message 1651412)
Posted 10 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting. I have just seen the Illinois Zephyr 380, arrived on what I have always seen as the depart track. More interestingly The Lake Shore has just entered the wye locos first!! It and the Capitol always reverse in. I wonder what is going on and is it related to yesterday? |
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(Message 1651132)
Posted 9 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So here is a question. I have notice this happening recently on either the Southwest Chief or the California Zephyr, as they leave Chicago, I believe here in the UK we call it "clagging". My observations are that it is always the 2nd loco that does it, I have seen it on 4 different locos and it is never the lead loco. I realise that just at this point the power is being applied after the curve but why only the rear loco?? |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 22/12/2014
(Message 1650931)
Posted 9 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: That reminds me, how much Alcohol can I take from Germany to the UK This what I found "There are no longer any duty-free allowances for journeys within the European Union (EU). Instead, you can bring back an unlimited amount of goods from travel in any EU country, as long as it is for your personal use or as a gift. In practice if you are over 17 you will be allowed up to 800 cigarettes, 10 litres of spirits, 90 litres of wine and 110 litres of beer. If you bring in more you will have to persuade customs that it is for personal use. Not sure how that applies as a "non EU resident". depends if you have a German passport. Seems to be quite a lot!! |
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You're driving me buggy! (or, don't post bugs in my thread thread)
(Message 1650769)
Posted 8 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Another hopeful sign of impending spring was this pic I took yesterday also in my local park. A red admiral butterfly catching the sun! |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1650601)
Posted 8 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as we haven't had a critter pic in a day or so, here is the tame squirrel from my local park, I can't be sure but is seems to be the same on that will come and take food from my hand, all the others run off. Also quite happy to sit and eat there and then and not disappear into the bushes. |
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(Message 1650256)
Posted 7 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks David, I looked up "WRIX" on Google and got pages of things that were not Western Rail!! Nice to know it may be for a rebuild. I know they are not an "endangered spices" I see loads at Chicago wearing Metra colours, but still nice if old locos can be "re-purposed". Found this as the last known "whereabouts". AMTK 315: TANX 315, acquired by NCDOT for passenger service between Raleigh and Charlotte (the Piedmont); in storage after failing FRA inspection Wonder how long ago that was!! |
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(Message 1650178)
Posted 7 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick pic so perhaps if David sees it he can tell me where this might have been headed and why. Came through Chesterton heading West. AMTRAK 315-060315 by Bernie.Vine, on Flickr Looks a lot like Amtrak F40PH 315 and it has definitely seen better days!! It even has "do not fuel" written on the tank! |
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Getting started :
connection issues
(Message 1649510)
Posted 5 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If you look in the NC "Panic mode" thread you will see you are not alone. Out of my 4 running machines, one downloaded 84 tasks last night, another machine 20 about an hour later, one filled it's cache overnight and the last one only just got tasks about half an hour ago. So it is very much "patience is not just a virtue it is a requirement!" |
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Panic Mode On (96) Server Problems?
(Message 1649478)
Posted 5 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Couldn't sleep (it's 2:30am here near Boston) so I tickled both of my machines with an Update, and guess what? Each of them got exactly ONE WU - and a VLAR at that. Matt has posted an update in tech news http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76871&postid=1649365#1649365 |
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Panic Mode On (96) Server Problems?
(Message 1649346)
Posted 4 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Very much luck of the draw, my two identical rigs were both out of GPU work, one got 87 new tasks about half an hour ago, the other got 20 a couple of minutes ago! |
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Word Link #79
(Message 1649108)
Posted 4 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: King |
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Windows :
Cannot get any more units
(Message 1648830)
Posted 3 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this machine http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7510292 Hasn't connected to SETI@Home since the 28th Feb. |
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(Message 1648743)
Posted 3 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Did you happen to see 49 today? It was supposed to have engines 42 and 406. Those would be the "Honoring Our Veterans" and the 40th anniversary F40PH (which I believe is now just a HEP cab car with no traction motors). Indeed I did! Passing Chesterton IN Turning on the wye at Chicago Later 42 took the 393 to Carbondale via, of course the airline. |
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(Message 1648124)
Posted 1 Mar 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: MMmm, I didn't see the rescue, just a train cruising thru Bernie. Yes it was really for train buffs, Donald is right. The Lake Shore comes through first with 11 coaches then loco number 12 (the one with the problem)and the Capitol Ltd are on the rear. Interesting to train buffs possibly not to anyone else. |
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(Message 1648032)
Posted 28 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: All I ask is a little explanation. Well a few contributors anyway. I run 6 older low power machines. None ran out of work, If I was not someone who came here and read these pages I would probably not have known anything was wrong. Looking at my machines now all have full caches and there are no upload or download problems. |
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(Message 1647998)
Posted 28 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You must now post justification for trouncing same.. No on the boards Mark. Please direct any comments to the mods via modmail or Fred. Thank you. |
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(Message 1647994)
Posted 28 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I would have thought this forum software would just allow the thread to be moved to another forum. Indeed you can move a "thread" this however was a "post" so needed a new "thread" in NC to move it to. Yes, confuses me sometimes!! |
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(Message 1647983)
Posted 28 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: And now for something completely different. Here is something that David might like. Since finding the Railstream webcams I have become a bit of an Amtrak fan. When possible I try to see The Capitol Ltd and The Lake Shore as they pass. both Berea OH and Chesterton IN. The Capitol, train 29, comes from Washington to Chicago and The Lake Shore train 49 from New York to Chicago, they converge on Cleveland and from Cleveland travel the same route to Chicago, The Capitol Ltd usually runs about an hour in front of the Lake Shore. Yesterday afternoon I was using the Amtrak "Track a Train" page, where you can view all of Amtrak's trains, where they are and how they are running by clicking on the train icon. I noticed that The Capitol had stopped for an extended period outside Waterloo IN and when I clicked on the train icon, the message said it was unable to give any information due to a "service disruption", strange I thought. Well eventually The Lake Shore went past the still stationary Capitol, it stopoped as scheduled at Waterloo and then the little icon switched directions and it seemed to reverse! Sure enought it stopped next to the Capitol icon, then after a while both started to move in the correct direction together! Had the Lake Shore stopped to rescue a stranded Capitol, well luckily they were still a way from Chesterton so I was able to wait, and this is what I saw. You tube link Whilst like your average railfan I like order and predictability, I also enjoy the unexpected:-) |
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(Message 1647767)
Posted 28 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: EDIT-- and how is it the author in the thread is groovecutter, but in the Number Crunching forum list it's Bernie Vine??? Which is what I did, but I have to "start" and new thread so my name gets put there, I then hid my "thread starting post" Just trying to be helpful! |
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TLPTPW # 232 - Julie wins! Yer #786!!
(Message 1647272)
Posted 27 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yuppies and their trinkets .... Good :-)))) Why Good? |
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Will SETI@Home support this Card.
(Message 1647189)
Posted 27 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The only disadvantage of the GTX 750 is it is double width. And over 3 times the price. |
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(Message 1647038)
Posted 26 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Was watching the Chicago cam earlier and all you could see was snow, luckily it cleared up and just got this. Yet another ACS-64 hauled up from Florin CA. If they are numbering them in order then nearly half way through!! Sky looks pretty good as well!! That is the Lake Shore in the foreground turning on the wye. |
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(Message 1647027)
Posted 26 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: From an article on trains.com Newswire-- I hope not! Personally I like the 66 in Freightliner colours, better than DB I really don't think orange will suite them at all!! |
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One Computer will not download
(Message 1646890)
Posted 26 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose it couldn't be the "hosts" file with an entry for georgem? |
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Splitting an internet feed
(Message 1646782)
Posted 26 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Err... Ahh but you didn't include a pretty picture. :-) Also confusion as to what an "internet feed" might mean, phone or LAN (for those who might still be confused the title of this thread should have really been "Using a Y adapter on a LAN") Now what else can we talk about ;-) |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1646288)
Posted 25 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I wouldn't be too sure that a "quick blow" would stop all those who amble cross crossings without a care - we have barriers, bells, lights, warbles and still folks insist on crossing, or should that be start to cross - too many of them end up finding that catching a train with ones anatomy is not as pleasant an experience as waiting for one at a station... My hobby as a "railfan" has seen me join a site that has several "railcams" located at different places in the US one in patricular is in Chesterton IN and looks down on a grade crossing As you can see a very good view. The trains here are nearly all very long freights that would not be able to stop quickly, yet everyday I see cars and in one case a truck, driving around the barriers. Even in one case a pedestrian walked right up to the side of a speeding freight waiting to cross. I don't believe the average person appreciates the real dangers of rail crossings and railways in general |
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Splitting an internet feed
(Message 1646108)
Posted 24 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post:
Not the one Chris is talking about, his has absolutly nothing to do with phones. His has an RJ45 plug on one side and two RJ45 sockets on the other. Not sure how it is in the US but you can't plug a phone into an RJ45 as in the UK our phone plugs and sockets look like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_telephone_sockets Chris's splitter uses the fact that cat5 has 8 wires but only uses 4 so a second LAN connection can be run over the spare wires. However that needs two splitters and two sockets on router or switch. The other type has all 8 wires connected straight through and allows 2 pieces of equipment to share a LAN connection, just NOT AT THE SAME TIME. If you read the description on several retailers websites it explains the difference and how they are to be used. Now there is a splitter made for phones in the US that looks similar to that but would not work here as we use the 431a plug not and RJ11 |
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Splitting an internet feed
(Message 1645973)
Posted 24 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think this diagram explains it best, and the clue is you need TWO one at each end. It is for using two computers down one cat 5 cable, you still need two ports on the router/switch. Cat5e has 4 pairs, so in normal use half the cable is redundant, these splitters make use of that. This is only for speeds up to 100meg, 1GB uses all pairs. |
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Superfish
(Message 1645909)
Posted 24 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Lenovo's security advisory says "This advisory only applies to Lenovo Notebook products. Well the original article did say Superfish was only installed for three months I believe from October to December last year so it is unlikely Lenovo were selling any Windows machines with anything other than Win8 on. |
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Word Link #78
(Message 1645906)
Posted 24 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: tree |
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Word Link #78
(Message 1645709)
Posted 23 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Manhattan |
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FrozenCPU/Heatsink Factory Trouble, might be closing down
(Message 1644834)
Posted 21 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Their website says nothing about not taking orders. Actually it does under "Latest News" dated today Site down until further notice |
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Panic Mode On (95) Server Problems?
(Message 1642785)
Posted 16 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Malwarebytes have a program called "Chameleon" that will install Malwarebytes on an infected compute which I am afraid to say yours is. Download here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/chameleon/ |
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The train thread
(Message 1641482)
Posted 13 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course it is a fairly useless to try and compare UK rail with the USA. UK - Miles of mainline - 9,788 US - Miles of mainline - 149,000 US - Miles used by Amtrak - 22,000 Railways in the UK had to fit on a small island that was already inhabited. Rail in the US created towns and cities as it moved west. Whilst both suffered from the car, truck and plane because the UK railways had been nationalised for many years it was much more integrated. Having one body in charge of the track makes it easier to control train movements. With the freight railroads owning and maintaining the bulk of the track in the US it means that passenger services are the poor relation. You cannot run a passenger service with these sort of delays on a daily basis That is today from Amtrak's own website and is far from unusual. Mostly held up by freight trains. Amtrak are supposed to get preference over freight, but watching the webcams on US rail-sites, there is just and endless stream of freight these days. Even on the East Coast corridor where the Acela express runs, mostly on Amtrak owned track, from Boston to Washington via New York, it can never really be considered "high speed" why, because it has to slow down at places like New London CT, where it would be much to dangerous to travel at high speeds as the track pass right through the town. It doesn't stop here just slows to a crawl. I took this picture standing on the road, nothing between me and 2023. There is just a small half barrier that separates track from the town and river. To have proper high speed rail you need dedicated tracks that do not cross roads and foot-ways, most of the US seems to treat railways like roads, no fences or dividing the track from the surroundings. Whilst we only have 9,788 miles of track, most it is fenced off and difficult to access. It is expensive to build high speed rail, it cost £80 million per mile to build High Speed 1 and HS 2 is coming in for all sorts of protests. It can be done but it would take a dramatic reorganisation of the railways in the US and the will to make it work. I for one believe it would work there given the distances. I do not however expect to see it in my lifetime. |
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Your patience levels?
(Message 1641443)
Posted 13 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I had thought better of both of you but I see we have descended to name calling and insults. It is not pretty, has absolutely nothing to do with the other posters on these forums so please take it off line. Further posts that snipe at each other will be hidden. You both know better. Thank you. |
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statistics question
(Message 1640667)
Posted 12 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: refuse to put chrome on my machine. For those out there who would like the positive side of Chrome without the risks can I recommend. Comodo Dragon Browser. Or if you prefer Firefox there is Ice Dragon Have a look at the links and see. |
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Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1640230)
Posted 11 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Lets just put is totally correct Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers. There is a difference very a very small and totally insignificant difference but it is a difference I for one support. |
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(Message 1640092)
Posted 11 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Working fine here with Firefox, but didn't someone mention a month or 2 back that there was a problem with that site when using the latest I.E.? Yes it is a problem with the latest update to IE. Apparently other browsers work fine. |
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M E T Two
(Message 1640086)
Posted 11 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Such negativity. Which is why I didn't post in one of your newest threads. BTW, care to try to spread lies about me again? Go on. Have a whack at it. ??? Care to explain yourself? Whatever differences you two have or seem to have this is not the place to discuss them Take it off line and please get back on topic. Thank you. |
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CSS style sheet issue
(Message 1639666)
Posted 10 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: On any forum page, in the user names on the left, the send PM message button now overlaps other elements. Hit F5 and now all is good. |
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Weather Forecasts VI
(Message 1639476)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Indeed the weather here in the UK lives up to expectations My local park last Tuesday And today with the crocus in bloom A day and a half of snow was quite enough!! |
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GPU applications :
Mac not using(Downloading) CUDA tasks
(Message 1639358)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi. Shortly after you posted your machine downloaded 12 work units (wu) so you should be processing them now. |
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Various thoughts and thingys from the kittyman.......
(Message 1639162)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Work for you now? Yes, perfectly. |
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Various thoughts and thingys from the kittyman.......
(Message 1639159)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I told you when I came back off a ban for months, I was not gonna stand for any pissing on me. You are subject to the same rules as everyone else. If a post gets modded it gets modded, any questions or objections can be discussed with the mod team or Fred. Not here on the boards, or they will be hidden Just like everyone else no special rules. I suggest you drop this now, no good will come of it. |
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(Message 1639143)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: What part of mod action did I miss??? You missed the word "moved" not "hidden". |
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(Message 1639140)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the important line is has been moved to another thread As I said no post hidden but one moved. If you look it is about six posts down (or up depending on how you read you posts) it is still visible to all. |
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(Message 1639132)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Two more posts hidden by those who do not understand how deeply felt by me they were.\\ Nope again, you haven't had a post hidden for 6 days, so you must loose track of days during the week as well. |
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(Message 1639125)
Posted 9 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Two more posts hidden by those who do not understand how deeply felt by me they were.\\ Nope, no post have been hidden today, one post moved yes but none hidden. |
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(Message 1638987)
Posted 8 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I dunno why that would be. It's adblock plus that I have installed, removes ALL ads, even on youtube. |
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(Message 1638979)
Posted 8 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark you may be interested to know, there is no commercial when I watch Now whether it is because I am in the UK or because I run adblock-pro I am not sure but none of the you-tube clips I view have ads. |
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Your patience levels?
(Message 1638900)
Posted 8 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In 2012, Tandy Corporation Ltd, a UK company, acquired the UK rights to the Tandy brand from RadioShack. It now operates as an on-line retailer of electronic components and kits at tandyonline.co.uk. |
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Your patience levels?
(Message 1638894)
Posted 8 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Raidoshack in the UK was called Tandy |
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The train thread
(Message 1638346)
Posted 6 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Changing the subject slightly, I have just been reminded of the Southwest Chief I saw leave last week (before the snow). I wondered if they did it purposely and if there was anyone on board who was superstitious!! Interestingly on it's return 4 days later it was 10 and 13 |
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Cats
(Message 1638333)
Posted 6 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Today was cold and bright, I came in from my walk and Spitty was not in her usual place curled up on the sofa. I did a quick search and my bedroom catches the sun in the afternoon. Spitty stands guard |
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(Message 1638321)
Posted 6 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: And there wasn't a proper Guards Van on the back either .... Nor will you find one on any UK freight train no matter how short or long. You may of course find an EOT or FRED End of train device Although I believe most in the UK are "dumb" PS freight by rail in the USA has boomed so much in the past few years they are having problems finding enough rolling stock to cope. So high costs don't seem to factor in there. |
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(Message 1637783)
Posted 5 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Keep in mind that that train goes 1,000 miles each way, but only goes backwards for a mile and a half 3 times per round trip (into and out of Chicago, and into New Orleans). It would not make a lot of sense to dedicate a loco or cab car (and drag it around) for such little use. I understand that, but if the train has 2 locos, as a lot do, why not one at each end then you wouldn't need a wye as both ways can be forward. Or is it to do with the loco noise, which is why the sleepers are mostly at the far end? |
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The train thread
(Message 1637643)
Posted 5 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: A question. Exactly how does the conductor control a 10 car train reversing into what is a very busy station? The do seem to go quite fast! Ah yes I see, the fine art of train control using air pressure. I seem to vaguely remember reading about that somewhere but as I said not something you see here in the UK as there would be a loco or control cab on our passenger trains. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1637531)
Posted 4 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm gonna take a wild stab and say the bus was in the wrong lane Driver error!! |
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The train thread
(Message 1637513)
Posted 4 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like you got the Pullman cars on the rear end too. You are right and I had completely forgotten about them!! A question. Exactly how does the conductor control a 10 car train reversing into what is a very busy station? The do seem to go quite fast! Here in the UK I am desperately trying to think of a main line passenger train where that happens, and I cannot. Of course all our passenger trains are the "push pull" or double ended type, so I assume it never occurs |
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Various thoughts and thingys from the kittyman.......
(Message 1636975)
Posted 3 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: If Mark has stated the stories are just that, stories, then whilst I suppose someone could take Mark to court over stories, I really don't believe they would get very far. I don't have any personal grudges. never have never will, but I will stop correcting you as I would not want you to get the wrong idea. |
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Weather Forecasts VI
(Message 1636961)
Posted 3 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: My local park this morning |
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Various thoughts and thingys from the kittyman.......
(Message 1636960)
Posted 3 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: my close association with Mick and Stevie, I had never known before. I think Mark explained a little while back. And furthermore.......... If you and others don't like what is written here or it offends you then I suggest you please don't read it. There is absolutely no reason to keep repeating the same criticisms. Thank you. |
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BOINC GPU not detected in Ubuntu 14.04
(Message 1636782)
Posted 2 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Title changed. |
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The train thread
(Message 1636646)
Posted 2 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Been trying for a while to see this and have been thawated for various reasons, yesterday was a snowed up cameras. However today it all fell into place. The City of New Orleans and the City of Chicago PS for those who really don't know City of New Orleans |
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The train thread
(Message 1636581)
Posted 2 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Despite the snow and temps it seems there are trains running in Chicago today; This was on the BNSF line from Aurora a little while ago.(Which calls at Naperville) Despite appearances the F40PH is actually "pushing" Just love the icicles. PS to all the people living in or around London the white stuff is snow! Just a note there are two more lines between the train and camera which haven't been used yet today! |
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The train thread
(Message 1636231)
Posted 1 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you watching today as they make their way through the snow? Well now, there seems to be a little problem. :-) Can't think why!! The cameras are supposed to have heaters in but it doesn't seem to be working too well!! |
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(Message 1636176)
Posted 1 Feb 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: New Thread here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76652#1636173 |
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The train thread
(Message 1635869)
Posted 31 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: David, as you noted back on the 23rd Sometimes the California engines come east too. On the Southwest Chief today from LA An EMD F59PHI if I am not mistaken. Didn't expect to see one of those!! Glad I finally managed to get my "motion sensitive" program to work otherwise I would have missed it!! |
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book readers
(Message 1635847)
Posted 31 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: but the author I seemed enjoy the most was Anne McCaffery with her 'Dragons of Pern' series of books. Her other books about Brainships, Crystal Singers, Dinasour Planets were also enjoyable. Agreed, my favourite author, I have everyone one of her books, two copies of some of the "Dragon" books because they changed the covers often!! She wrote some memorable characters and I enjoyed every one. Not been able to find an author I enjoyed as much since. My favourite, both book and cover; |
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Web site :
What happened to my statistics?
(Message 1635833)
Posted 31 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: It is not the user name that counts, if you look you will see many users with identical names. It is the e-mail address, you must have used a different one for the two "identities". Unfortunately you cannot, merge them together. So you will need to make a choice as to which one you keep. As Ageless says the original account you posted with has no credit so it easy to "loose". PS looking further, you seem to have aborted 8 tasks, if you did this to "reinstall" Boinc it was not needed as you were crunching using the right account, but logging on here using the wrong one, the two actions are seperate. |
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Politics :
We have the results .....
(Message 1634045)
Posted 28 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Whatever you vote is private to you and is never disclosed to anyone. Seems you don't really need to as you already have a good idea Any canvasser of any party knows before they knock on any door whether who answers it is a soft/hard Tory, a soft/hard Labour, a Lib Dem, a Green, UKIP, or undecided. That info has been gained from multiple local and national elections over many years, and many other opinion polls and data. If you thought any different then you are naive. And please treat me with a little more respect. Mr Vine. Sigh Oh Lord, an even bigger sigh .... I know that as you are involved with a political party you believe that you know better than others here when it comes to politics. However I find your attitude to be condescending in the extreme. I was just pointing out that in your original statement you used "absolute" language to express an "opinion". Like many politicians do. Please rejoin the real world and realise there are in fact millions of people in the country praying for a Conservative victory, the same as there are millions of Labour supports hoping they will be successful, most of them will also be hoping that there is no coalition. I agree that there are also millions of people hoping neither of the major parties has a majority, but please lets stick to reality. |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1633571)
Posted 27 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Mr Vine. Sigh. May I ask how many doorsteps you have canvassed in the last month asking for peoples opinions and possible voting intentions in May, and what their main concerns and worries are? I have, and at night in the cold and the dark. I care about the future of my country, enough to get out there and want to try to do something about influencing it. So I don't make generalisations, I have hard facts gained on the street. Ah and people aren't likely to tell doorstep canvassers what they think they want to hear? You said "nobody wants to see a majority Tory Government" now it's "people" Remember "nobody" means everyone who has a vote. Sorry but I believe a lot of "people" will be voting Conservative or Labour hoping for a majority. Now whether they will be disappointed we will have to wait and see. |
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We have the results .....
(Message 1633550)
Posted 27 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Then as now, nobody wants to see a majority Tory Government, No of course not, not even the 10,706,647 who voted Conservative in 2010 They all voted Conservative so there would be a coalition . Please less of the sweeping generalisations. It might be better to suggest based on the last election. Given that there was a 65.1% turnout with 29,653,638 votes cast. you could say 18,946,991 people don't want a Conservative government. Roughly two thirds of the people who voted. I would suspect that quite a lot of the 10,706,647 who voted Conservative might well do so again, but quite a few will be hoping against hope not to be in a coalition again. |
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(Message 1633005)
Posted 26 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: NO Bernie I don't . And seeing as I know what is going on stuff bionic there is a problem but ..yours . I will keep what I have found out to myself roll back the offending program to a older version and stuff you all if you get problems and find your bank account empty bad luck . I tried to warn you but now F you's Well you seem upset when several other posters have said that this sort of thing can and does happen. If you believe there is a problem with Boinc, you should perhaps report it to the Boinc developers. If you believe there is a problem with SETI@Home that might involve people on this forum, then you should report it to Fred who is in charge of the forums, doing nothing seems to be a bit mean spirited, however it is your choice. |
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(Message 1632948)
Posted 26 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Glenn it can happen due to lots of reasons, sometimes the user has to do nothing for it to happen. I remember a thread a while ago about this. I never said YOU did anything I just said until the facts are known typing Seti has been hacked in capitals is just a bit alarmist. If you wait I am sure someone here can explain the technicalities as to why and how this can and does happen. I get from your post that you suspect I have hacked into your machine is this correct? |
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(Message 1632929)
Posted 26 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: SET@HOME HAS BEEN HACKED and it's my account that has been used If that were true it would be most likely that your computer that had been hacked, instead a clone appears to have been created, both machines are identical so as has been suggested try to merge them. And please stop making alarmist statements until the facts are known. Which they are not. |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1632687)
Posted 25 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: (1) Why has this group been so inactive lately? (1) Perhaps the critters are hibernating. As for (2) One of your machines got two tasks yesterday and the other hasn't connected to SETI since the 7th Jan. |
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Various thoughts and thingys from the kittyman.......
(Message 1632653)
Posted 25 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Google is you friend Kay Starr was born Katherine Laverne Starks on a reservation in Dougherty, Oklahoma. Her father, Harry, was a full-blooded Iroquois Indian; her mother, Annie, was of mixed Irish and American Indian heritage. |
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The train thread
(Message 1632639)
Posted 25 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I never did see the railgrinder, but being 5-6 hours in front if it did come Chesterton way it was probably whilst I was asleep. I did however get a rather poor shot (I was a little late hitting the record button and it was getting dark) of AMTK 509 coming in on the Southwest Chief on the 23rd, behind 139 and 192, I have see a few pics of this loco hauling trains in CA. Also this pair went out on the Southwest Chief on the 20th. In the UK regular passenger trains never ever haul any thing extra, all of that is done on special trains either steam hauled or in some cases preserved older diesel freight locos so it is quite strange to see it. Today is pretty grey and wet in Chesterton, snowing in Chicago, but I did get this earlier, I could see as it approached it had a several older locos on the rear I wasn't however expecting this as loco number 5! Seems to be HLCX 503, but can find nothing much about it online, only a brief note on a forum in 2003 that it had been hauled way to be scrapped. Possibly not. Seems to be snowing on most of the cameras now!! |
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Getting started :
Credits reset?
(Message 1632510)
Posted 25 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I had to reset my password today. After I did this, my account does not reflect BOINC seti@home project. So I've been running seti@home for about 4 years with two computers and have about 1.7 million credits, but that's not reflected in my account. Is it possible that I mistakenly made another account when I reset my password. I'm by no mean a computer geek. I really have no fracking clue. There are two accounts created on the same day , 23 Oct 10, both with the name David Henry, you are posting from the on that has never processed a work unit. However this one David Henry has and has 1,689,393 credits. As has been said it is the e-mail address that identifies you to the project so the other account will have a different e-mail. |
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Win 10 will be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users!!!
(Message 1631752)
Posted 23 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Well my laptop came with Vista, I upgraded to Win 7, then to Win 8 when it was on sale cheap, no problems. However when Win 8.1 came out it totally failed to find the upgrade in the Microsoft store, yes that is how it worked in Win 8. I tried in vain to find the answer, I even contacted Microsoft support and had a tech remotley connected for several hours on three separate evenings, he totally failed to get it to upgrade and as a last resort uninstalled my graphics drivers and bingo, my screen which is 1440x900 wnet to 600x800 and could not be changed. Being and older dell there were no Win 8 drivers for the old Mobility Radeon HD3670, which had worked fine under Win 8 because it was an "upgrade" So I told the MS tech not to do any more and had to do a complete reinstall of Vista then Win 7 where it still is. So the only problem I foresee is that older hardware (especially in laptops) may not have compatible drivers. Or may not perform as expected. I will give Win 10 a try, after backing up my laptop and know I can re-inistall from the ground up if all else fails |
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Win 10 will be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users!!!
(Message 1631219)
Posted 22 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So the cheapest I can find Windows 7 on Amazon is around £40, I wonder if that will go up when people realise that for £40 they can go from XP/Vista to 7 and then to 10 (XP would be a re-install I know). Hmm Windows 10 for £40 |
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(Message 1630792)
Posted 21 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Dog that we are so well informed, that nobody needs to wonder why the Astropulse science database marvin is down and out again. Perhaps there is no one there to tells us. |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#4)
(Message 1630790)
Posted 21 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe we have already decided that the word "troll" is in fact an insult I don't really wish to remove posts as it breaks up the flow of any thread. However a little less use of certain words and a reminder again: *No messages intended to annoy or antagonize other people, or to hijack a thread. *No messages that are deliberately hostile or insulting. I know that might be difficult for some here but please try. Thank you. |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1630564)
Posted 21 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: olive |
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(Message 1630529)
Posted 21 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post:
Wait are you saying that if you and I both crunch an AP on a similar GPU one of use gets more credit than the other? And if my cpu is identical to yours and we crunch MB or AP we get different amounts of credit for the same task. I didn't realise that. Or is it that we both get the same credit, just less than it used to be. And it is high credit you really want? If I missed the point please explain. |
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(Message 1630208)
Posted 20 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes. It is about recognition for effort. You get less recognition for effort on MB than you do for effort on AP. I do not think you or anyone deserves "more recognition" you can just afford to spend more on equipment than I can, so you are saying that because you have more money to spend you deserve more recognition? That is not what distributed computing is about, if someone can only afford a low powered computer but wants to help SETI@Home, you are saying they deserve less recognition than me, as their total and RAC will be a lot lower. I know several who would love to build high powered rigs and crunch more but cannot afford to, me being one. Still nice to know you look down on people like me. People give what they can and all deserve the same recognition for doing what they can. Still if that is all you care about I hope they fix things so you can get your recognition, the "credit problem" has little effect on poor people like me. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1630034)
Posted 19 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ford Taurus |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1630033)
Posted 19 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ford |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1629968)
Posted 19 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: photo |
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The NEW youtube thread....
(Message 1629967)
Posted 19 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Roses bats and seals |
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Seti woes.
(Message 1629310)
Posted 18 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: greetings You don't need to start a new thread if you read what Julie said she started one for you and moved all the posts here. |
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Seti woes.
(Message 1629274)
Posted 18 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: i have over 20 CPU operating just on my home account and persons with only 8 CPU overtaking me , something is not quite right SETI Currently you have exactly 20 CPU's working on SETI. As this is only your second post and you have never complained before, it might just be better to ASK, why people in you team are doing better than you rather than throw insults around The answer as Wiggo pointed out is enabling Astropulse and GPU work, this will boost your RAC. In some of my machines I no longer use the CPU at all just GPU's So you see even when you insult the people at SETI we are still nice enough to answer and try to help you. As Wiggo also said this is not the tread to ask or complain about your specif problem, please start a thread and I will move the posts there. |
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The train thread
(Message 1629134)
Posted 17 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now being a train buff I find it's the odd or unusual that makes my day. Like this, it came in on the Southwest Chief from LA today Surfliner Coach Cafe 6301 usually only seen on the west coast almost exclusively in California. I wonder what it was doing in snowy Chicago? Then of course there were these a few day back at Berea OH at 3.30 am And then this A Herzog Multi Purpose Machine, the "excavator" on the back can have several different tools fitted and can travel the length of the connected wagons. Never even heard of one before let alone seen one!! I believe the "loco" HZGX 202 is built from an old EMD, not sure, but looks like it on top! PS The other end is weird too |
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Web site :
Ignore Function Broken
(Message 1629051)
Posted 17 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The database field that stores ignored user IDs is 254 chars long, and Zapped has reached this limit. So taking the average user ID as say 6 characters 254/6 = 42.333333 To quote "FORTY TWO" Crikey do that many people actually post!! |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1628974)
Posted 17 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: jet |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1628913)
Posted 17 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: sea |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1628872)
Posted 17 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: sundae |
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Politics forum moderation
(Message 1628630)
Posted 16 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There isn't any rota for being on duty apparently which is surprising to me, but it is a voluntary position. Exactly it is a voluntary position and and unless you had at least 2 mods per time zone how else could it work. Having said that, they will not take any notice of reports that "I just don't like him or her". You can all see the rules on the left when making a post, if you genuinely think that a post breaks one of those rules, then say which one. Personally I don't believe it is for anyone but a mod to say what they will or will not take notice of. Speaking for myself I will read all Red X posts and act accordingly, please do not put people off using the Red X But ES99 is right, the Red X system is there for a good reason, and it would be very helpful if it was used responsibly and only when necessary. Yes she is. |
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Lots of invalid results?
(Message 1628408)
Posted 16 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I too am getting lots of invalid results is this because there is a problem with my fan when I switch on my machine. Have to log in then out again as the fan is making a terrible noise then restart my machine. Think I need a new one even though I have not had it a year it has been into the shop because the P.S.U. went down and now the fan All your invalids are due to this http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76479 |
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Ebola and Infectious diseases Part Two
(Message 1628316)
Posted 16 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 - WHO Unfortunately while it looked like it might spread to the west the media were all over it. Now it seems to just be an "African" problem it gets dropped. No longer newsworthy. Not sure what message that sends. |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1628101)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: hunger |
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Je suis CHARLIE
(Message 1627937)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I am charlie I assume you read the article linked a few posts earlier http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/olivier-tonneau/110115/charlie-hebdo-letter-my-british-friends |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#4)
(Message 1627875)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is a little phrase I picked up somewhere "Attack the belief not the believer" If you cant do that posts will continue to disappear |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1627872)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: post |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1627861)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: line |
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Invalid Tasks Proliferating All of a Sudden?
(Message 1627858)
Posted 15 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I just noticed I am getting lots of WUs (239) marked as Invalid with the status of "Completed, marked as invalid" or "Completed, can't validate" on both of my crunchers. Almost all of them in the last few days (since Jan. 11, to be precise). Do they match the tasks in this thread http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76479 If so then yes there was a problem |
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Middle East Timebomb
(Message 1627570)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: So don't you dare tell me that I don't know what it was like. Er I didn't I just said what I did, never mentioned anyone else here. Any freedoms lost will never be regained the terrorist will continue. If after 9/11 we did not stop them you really believe anything that happens now will change that. As many have said here we do not and cannot understand them, they come from a different culture. Remember the IRA, how many of them would have strapped a bomb to them selves. All of these terrorists are willing to die for their cause, are happy to do so. Unfortunately until we can try and understand how they think we will have little success in defeating them. I am glad I will not be around in the world where "to allow us to go about our lawful business" we will have sacrificed our freedoms and the terrorists will have achieved what they want. |
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Middle East Timebomb
(Message 1627532)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it not important that people here can say what they like about governments without the fear that they will be automatically seen as an undesirable or terrorist. Terrorist, note the word terror, that is what they wish to create and what we must not let happen, this is not an excuse to clamp down on freedoms. I was working in London in the days after the tube bombings, some said I was mad and they wouldn't go on the tube, I did. Terrorism is evil, what happened in Paris is evil, but if we loose our freedoms because of terrorism, and fear to live our lives then they have won. |
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Middle East Timebomb
(Message 1627522)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't you hear yourself talking? Radical views? You think that again, noting a very simple fact, is having a radical view? +1 |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1627454)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'll buy Linux Er Linux is free, though of course if you want a new PC you have to pay for that. Why not try out a Linux flavour now, you can download the iso file, burn it to a cd and try it out without installing. You can also run "dual boot" where you can install Linux on an existing PC and boot to either Linux or Windows. I have done this on a couple of my machines. There is a learning curve and as I don't hate Microsoft or Windows I always tend to come back to what I know, plus there are some programs that will not run on Linux. However if you are serious about Linux it is totally free and I am sure you could get any help you wanted on these forums!! |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1627403)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: There of course is an HGV sat nav Halfords HGV Sat Nav Of course it also is about 3 times the price I just paid for my new Tom Tom. Unless the company supplies it I suspect most HGV driver will use a standard one Also if you are in an HGV and find you are travelling up a narrow country lane, then how do you turn around. You just have to keep going and hope it gets wider. |
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Windows :
Two (2) SETI programs programs running and alternating on my computer. Why?
(Message 1627395)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it perhaps the screensaver you are watching that seems to suggest it is switching between tasks, when in fact it is just alternating the display. If my memory is correct, on a dual core processor only one task at a time is shown on screen, however BOTH are being processed. They swap from time to time between tasks but that is just a display and has no effect on actual processing. What does the Boinc Manager show? |
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CLOSED** SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVIII **CLOSED
(Message 1627392)
Posted 14 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm seems I passed 30 million whilst I wasn't watching. |
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Solar Electric Power (Photovoltaic Panels)
(Message 1627064)
Posted 13 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: For most states in the USA Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. For example, if a residential customer has a PV system on the home's rooftop, it may generate more electricity than the home uses during daylight hours. If the home is net-metered, the electricity meter will run backwards to provide a credit against what electricity is consumed at night or other periods where the home's electricity use exceeds the system's output. Customers are only billed for their "net" energy use. On average, only 20-40% of a solar energy system’s output ever goes into the grid. Exported solar electricity serves nearby customers’ loads. |
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Strange, utterly strange MB v7 run as MB v6 with MB v7 app....
(Message 1627045)
Posted 13 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm gonna stop until this nonsense is sorted out .Do they not read the forums? As far as I am aware no "they" do not. However there are some of the "senior" members of these forums who do have contact and will alert the lab if the problem is considered serious enough. Whether the lab will react will depend on how serious they see the problem and how well staffed they are at the time. |
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The train thread
(Message 1627039)
Posted 13 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you David for pointing out that the devices abound to steal a train. Strange how different people see different things. I took from what David said that it is particularly complicated to steal and drive a train. However as has been pointed out you can learn anything, mostly these days on the internet, and if terrorist were planning to steal a train then I suspect they will already know all they need and the best place to steal one. A spur near a gypsum mine would probably not be ideal. The only thing I see wrong in that video is the doors were left unlocked. |
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'puter aint crunchin'!
(Message 1626841)
Posted 12 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: You could try posting the first 30 lines or so from the Boinc log on start-up. That might help others see any problems. |
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The train thread
(Message 1626777)
Posted 12 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I hope that David will enjoy this, I did. Amtrak usually run The Lake Shore Ltd with 2 locos, obviously not enough, 3 today. However even that wasn't enough, had to ring the rescue service. Amtrak 49 passing Berea OH |
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The train thread
(Message 1626718)
Posted 12 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: The idiocy is infuriating. Not only that of the poster himself, but also some of the commenters. Actually as was pointed out, the "reverser" was not in it's slot so without that the train won't go anywhere. In simple terms it's a bit like having a removable gear shift on your car, the engine is running but you have no way to put it "in gear". |
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The train thread
(Message 1626596)
Posted 11 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick question. We here in the UK get criticised for our railways failure in bad weather. I was wondering if the recent extreme cold and snow had anything to do with a lot of Amtrak trains to and from Chicago being late, er well very late, some 6-8 hours and the Lake Shore yesterday I believe left Chicago 14 and a half hours late!! Now I know the trip takes 19 hours but that is some delay. What do you do with a trainful of people for 14 and a half hours. Seriously though the weather didn't seem to slow down the freight trains!! PS if a train in the UK was that late it would be the next days train!! |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects and Politics: DENIAL (#4)
(Message 1626137)
Posted 10 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: People can I draw your attention to this No messages that are deliberately hostile or insulting. One of the rules that you see each time you post. Please take heed or posts will start to disappear followed by posters. Thank you. |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1625828)
Posted 9 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: port |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1625380)
Posted 8 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: music |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1625346)
Posted 8 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: PPK |
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TLPTPW #228: Happy New Year 2015
(Message 1625345)
Posted 8 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: I wasn't expecting one of Gibbs' ex-wives to die, though... I hope he kills the SOB!!! OK please remember here in the UK we have to wait sometimes up to a year to see USA TV so that is a massive spoiler one I wish I had not seen. Some people in the UK and possible elsewhere do not have satellite or cable TV hence the long wait. I can get neither as the leaseholder of my flat does not allow dishes or more cables to be run on their building. |
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Panic Mode On (94) Server Problems?
(Message 1625202)
Posted 8 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Lionel I find it ironic that the loudest whiners seem to those who have spent thousands on computers yet won't even spend $10.00 to buy a green star. You are getting much more than what you paid for. Please remember "green stars" are user selectable, the absence of a green star does not mean a person has not donated. I choose to not to have a green star when I donate. |
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Word Link #77
(Message 1625151)
Posted 7 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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Panic Mode On (94) Server Problems?
(Message 1625067)
Posted 7 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This may seem odd, but here goes: Mark Sattler e-mailed all at the lab and got a reply, I will paste his post from the BIONC boards. Some news from the kitties that should be relayed to Panic Mode in NC that might explain a few things for some folks. |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1624822)
Posted 7 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: byte |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1624807)
Posted 7 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: tadpole |
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Racist? [yes you are]
(Message 1624294)
Posted 6 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Now lets get back to the point at issue. This thread is about Racism towards blacks in America, which most of the world can see is pretty clearly endemic to Americans. Any solutions yet? +1 Agreed, according to the title this is about race NOT colour My father hates Irish and French for many complicated reasons but you are saying he is not a racist because the Irish and French he hates are white? |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1623370)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: periscope |
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The train thread
(Message 1623359)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Just thought I would post this. As I was watching the Chicago cam waiting for the Southwest Chief to arrive, another train reversed into the "Y" to turn round and these two were on the rear. Apparently special "Pullman excursions" on The City of New Orleans Pullman Rail Journeys Plus it looked quite good with the snow and skyline |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1623351)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: dolphin |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1623295)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: never |
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NVIDIA GeForce7950GTX Question
(Message 1623177)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as I am aware laptop "graphics cards" are just chips built into the motherboard, you cannot change or upgrade. Of course there is this. http://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card-p-934367.html Slightly messy and possibly noisy!! |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1623090)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: outlaws |
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The train thread
(Message 1623088)
Posted 4 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: As some railroad managers have pointed out, paint doesn't pull freight. Indeed it doesn't however as a customer you might wonder if it looks like a rusty old heap on the outside, is it a rusty old heap on the inside, and will it be able to pull my freight from A to B. |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1622795)
Posted 3 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: frequency |
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The train thread
(Message 1622788)
Posted 3 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: In the context of lack of motive power, this went past the Railstream Chesterton West camera yesterday http://youtu.be/Z-79KUyiMVg I think someone was moving engines, there were only 70 cars in the consist!! |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1622766)
Posted 3 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: sandwich |
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Panic Mode On (94) Server Problems?
(Message 1622764)
Posted 3 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: This was posted by Mark Sattler on the Bionc boards, he has apparently e-mailed all at the lab. Got word back from Matt that he believes these are datasets which have already had the AP work split and sent, but not the MB work. |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1622574)
Posted 2 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: doorway |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1622418)
Posted 2 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: bus |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1622348)
Posted 2 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: studio |
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(Message 1622299)
Posted 2 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: dirty |
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The train thread
(Message 1622173)
Posted 2 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: NS is taking the time to run their old power through a major rebuild program that involves rebuilt engines, new electrical systems, and even new cabs. That explains why all the NS power looks good, as you say I have even see several older ones that looked like they had had a repaint. Just had to like this one. Wonder if that will get a repaint!! |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1621886)
Posted 1 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: best |
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The train thread
(Message 1621883)
Posted 1 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Watching the web cams at Chesterton and Chicago I am coming to the conclusion that some of the railroads are short on motive power. Yesterday this gem appeared at Chesterton And later at Chicago I seem to remember being told that the number on a US loco had to to be big and easy to see. The last time I saw a loco in that state in the UK was one that had been rescued from a scrapyard and was being towed to be restored!! Here is another classic In both cases these were the lead loco also in both cases the leading "8" seems to have been removed. What is going on here? |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1621775)
Posted 1 Jan 2015 by Bernie Vine Post: Waldorf |
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Cats
(Message 1621409)
Posted 31 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a quick pick of my cat Spitty today, trying hard to avoid having yet another photo taken. |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1621406)
Posted 31 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I think the critter cafe needs a few "critters" I actually took this on Christmas day in my local park. Both Robin and squirrel had partaken of food provided by me. This was Monday in another park, |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620866)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: drift |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1620823)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: In case you don't know Arthur Dent |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620820)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dent |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620813)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: knight |
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Panic Mode On (93) Server Problems?
(Message 1620771)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And it was 3:30am all day yesterday ? This issue has been building the past few days. Easily time enough for someone to at least begin studying the issue and put out a status. Again, all we hear is crickets. And don't even start about how this is a holiday week. When people are out, you arrange to have coverage. Now as I believe all in the lab work part time that last line might just be difficult and is not necessary. SETI is run on a shoestring as most realise. We crunch the data when it is available, and when it isn't we crunch for other projects or we shut our machines down and save electricity. I personally would not expect anyone to be in the lab before next Monday. Most people here are hopefully happy with that, if not OK go ahead and moan Happy New Year. |
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Oh No ...
(Message 1620746)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: CC there is a thread in Politics on this tragedy As some people will not go to politics this thread is OK here. |
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Tomnod Imagery in for Air Asia Fl QZ 8501
(Message 1620745)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This now the third thread on this matter ..... This is a thread about using satellite images to help in the search An as such if fine. |
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Recipes and Food
(Message 1620565)
Posted 30 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "Toad in a hole" Toad in the Hole |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620253)
Posted 29 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: static |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620217)
Posted 29 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: moonshine |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1620169)
Posted 29 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: video |
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Windows :
Seti not updating
(Message 1619488)
Posted 27 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well to be fair there is a computer connected to that account, it just hasn't connected to SETI for almost 3 years. 937193 |
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The train thread
(Message 1619481)
Posted 27 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well on Christmas day I saw no freight on any camera, only thing moving was Amtrak and Metra. However yesterday I saw this: Now 630 is surely one of the new ACS-64's, for the Notheast corridor. The train was the 6 California Zephyr, so I assume as the loco's are being made in California, they are being "towed" up to Chicago. So today on the 6 California Zephyr Number 628 "in tow" I suppose it is the best way to move them. |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1619368)
Posted 27 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: orchestra |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1619321)
Posted 27 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: horse |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618887)
Posted 25 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: treat |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618860)
Posted 25 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bait |
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The train thread
(Message 1618751)
Posted 25 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks David, a very full explanation!! One more thing, here in the UK today, there are no trains at all, passenger or freight across the network. Is there any sort of "shutdown" for Christmas in the US I can see that Amtrak are running all their services, but I haven't seen a freight train on the Chesterton cam and they usually run all night. Also both the Capitol and Lake Shore are running to time!! An event I have not witnessed recently!! So I assume there is not much freight about! |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618491)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: limitation |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618488)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: permanent |
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The train thread
(Message 1618487)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Didn't look at the location on the web site just found it in a minute or two on Google maps. As I said it is behind and to the west of the Metra yards |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618452)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: software |
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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015 Seti@Home Members
(Message 1618411)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all; Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2015, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes. (Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.) Cheers |
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Raccoon Update XX I - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1618410)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "And a partridge in a pear tree" No OK how about a wood pigeon and a squirrel Compliments of the season to all |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1618406)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we going to go through the complete DS9 character list :-) |
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The train thread
(Message 1618404)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So on a nice quiet Christmas Eve I decided to reveal my latest time wasting trains related thing. I stumbled quite by chance on a site called Railstream which has 3 free web cams, the one I found most interesting was at Chesterton Indiana positioned on Rileys Roadhouse, where freight is definitely king. What also impressed me was the length of the freight trains, most over 100 wagons long the longest I counted was 146. However Amtrak's 29 The Capitol Limited (Washington - Chicago) and 49 The Lake Shore Limited (New York - Chicago) pass through once a day each way. This was the 29 on the 21st December Which had P42DC 145 in "40 years of Amtrak colours" (Note railfan with camera) I then took the plunge and joined the site and got access to 7 more cameras, my second favourite is now The Chicago cam, it is behind and to the west of the Metra yards and gets a fair bit of both freight and passenger This one was 150 cars long and going about 5 mph. However what I would like to know, and I hope David can answer this is why do Amtrak trains back down this line. They disappear completely, the engine sound dies away, then about five minute later re-appear on the same track and go back the way they came?? This particular train was the Lake Shore today (100-76) Would like to know the answer. I will leave you with this, nice to see Metra is investing in the latest low pollution locos. :-) PS Are those double stack cars comfortable, we don't have those here in the UK, gauging issues, ie. very low bridges and tunnels. Must try them out one day!! |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618392)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dukat |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1618293)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Quark |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 22
(Message 1618008)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Used a coin purse for years, in fact brought a new one in a market on my recent trip to Cumbria. |
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Weather Forecasts VI
(Message 1618005)
Posted 24 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Forecast for Illinois. Well it looked pretty good earlier today! I belong to a "railfan" website that has a webcam at the back of the Metra and Amtrak rail yards on West 16th Street, that was the view of the skyline today. |
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The train thread
(Message 1617857)
Posted 23 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well if you read my tale of woe in the "berks" thread you will know there was a steam excursion through my local station today. It is doing a trip to Dover and back called "The White Cliffs Christmas Circular" Which you can read all about HERE It was pulled by a pair of Black 5's They changed the platform at the last minute but I go a few good shots. 44871 in the lead complete with Christmas tinsel They don't actually seem to be driving" And 45407 bringing up the rear and they are definitely not driving. And finally my departed camera got this video. http://youtu.be/tJXXJ8I0pAM |
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The Berks R Us Report
(Message 1617845)
Posted 23 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ouch. My Sony blew over on a tripod a few years ago, but it only received a few dents to the metal work and continues to work just fine. Hope your Canon is recoverable Bernie. I think probably will not be worth the repair The lens will not come out and camera just shuts down. |
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The Berks R Us Report
(Message 1617839)
Posted 23 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have had my Canon Ixus 140 for just over a year now and it goes everywhere with me, I have taken over 6000 pictures with it and you have seen some here. Well today there was a steam train through South Croydon and I set up my cameras as I usually do, I use my Canon 600D in sport mode to take lots of pictures quickly, and I put the Ixus 140 on a tripod and use it to video the scene. Well I suppose I should have known better, It took the video of the steam train fine, then a non stopping train went by. I will leave you to see the result. Camera demise I will post it's final video in the train thread later. |
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Word Link #76
(Message 1617552)
Posted 22 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Latte |
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TLPTPW #227: The TARDIS Flies Again. :-)
(Message 1617109)
Posted 21 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: 50 minutes to the solstice. Then the days start getting longer. Yaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!! Well sort of yes and no, it's er complicated Why do mornings still get darker after the winter solstice? |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1617082)
Posted 21 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: roll |
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News :
Marvin crashed
(Message 1616968)
Posted 21 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It is nice to see that someone is bothering about this project at all. Over the last few weeks we have been kept up to date with all the problems. We also know that Matt and Jeff have been involved. So please be a little more respectful. |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1616720)
Posted 20 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: player |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1616594)
Posted 20 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: beards |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1616493)
Posted 20 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: solar |
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BOINC Statistics for the WORLD?
(Message 1616325)
Posted 19 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes there are several threads about it. It is a problem with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox work fine. |
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Own a piece of SETI history.
(Message 1616161)
Posted 19 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know if it's because I don't live in USA (I'm in Canada...) but I don't see ANY items. The Ebay page tells me that there are 0 items for sale. Well I am in the UK and see the page. Are you using this Auction of SETI@Home museum pieces Sun 450's - the ultimate server chassis for a beer fridge! I sincerely hope they're on wheels... See my pic a few post back. |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1616147)
Posted 19 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: DVD |
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Own a piece of SETI history.
(Message 1616012)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: These computers are rather ordinary and don't have any historical value right now. Mind you should we ever decipher a signal from ET, their 'value' would jump through the roof. Not really as they would not necessarily be the servers that were involved. Were these not the "original SETI@Home Classic servers, if so they are historical as being part of the first distributed computer project that led to BOINC. I know when I visited The National Computer Center at Bletchely they were keen to get hold of any and all old computers especially if they had a known history. |
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Imaginary work available
(Message 1616010)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have six low power machines, with equally low power GPU's, and I do not have problems, all my machines have CPU work for my 3 day cache and my GPU's all have 100 wu's For people like me the project appears to be working exactly as it should. I currently have a few AP's as well. I don't run out of GPU work during the outage so don't encounter any problems. Remember we recently ran out of work to process, so perhaps things have been "slowed down" a bit so we don't totally run out before the next batch arrives. Also as far as I am aware Nitpckr is still not running so I don't see there is any hurry. Just my 2 cents. |
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Own a piece of SETI history.
(Message 1616003)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow! I had thought these were long gone. Well I know that this lot would take them The National Museum of Computing But that's a bit far away, so how about here. Computer History Museum California |
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Imaginary work available
(Message 1615948)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I am having no problems getting MB work. MY machines that do MB are bouncing off their limits actually. Getting new work each time they upload completed work. Same here |
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Own a piece of SETI history.
(Message 1615719)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: No items left in the auction anyway. All gone fast. Not sure where you are looking but I still see 5 days left to go. Plus a new addition Agilent 16555A timing module Uli, I really don't think you would want to get into shipping servers around the world!! |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1615715)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: loose |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1615693)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: channel |
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Own a piece of SETI history.
(Message 1615678)
Posted 18 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: May not ship to Netherlands.. too bad then. Own a piece of Seti history, but only if you live in the USA. And have the money. :) May not ship to UK either! If you click on the pic it takes you to another page click where there is a generic set of pics, but is does show the insides. |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1615410)
Posted 17 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bringing back an old topic, but I saw these in my home town today and wondered what the "art critics" at SETI thought; First a bit of background, look here Year of the Bus Transport for London are celebrating "The Year of The Bus" with events, one of them is described: "Presented in partnership with Wild in Art, the Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails have brought businesses and artists together to create a series of free and accessible public art sculpture trails across London until 11 January 2015." These are the ones I found in Croydon, all have a plaque: Which explains what they are. Here the "Magic Carpet Bus" Here is the "Surrey Street Market Bus" (Surrey Street market dates back to 1276). The "Poppy Party Bus" And the "Moquette Bus" So what do the gathered minds of SETI think, art or bus shaped bits of wood? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 22
(Message 1615192)
Posted 17 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Just discovered that Wychwood Brewery, who produce Hobgoblin, one of my favourite tipples, also make I have a few bottles for the "festive season" Cheers. |
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Word Link #75
(Message 1614706)
Posted 16 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Red |
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CLOSED** SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVIII **CLOSED
(Message 1614339)
Posted 15 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Depends which scene you mean Blue Danube Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30" by Richard Strauss Both are very memorable |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1613990)
Posted 14 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Progress report on my trying to tame the squirrels in my local park. Yesterday went to the park and sat in the walled garden, threw a few bits of bread for the birds, before any birds turned up this chap appeared. Obviously inquiring if I was the strange human who gave out free food. At which point I offered a nut which he was quite happy to eat then and there. In fact for the next nut he even rested against my foot!! Today he (or a squirrel just like him) took me by surprise by running up to me as soon as I entered the walled garden. So it seems I am making progress!! |
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Web site :
enermous amount of errors ?
(Message 1613581)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The errors are because this computer 7413965 hasn't contacted the servers since 26th November and all it's tasks have timed out. This computer hasn't contacted the servers for three days. 7413972 . So it seems all task are not completed within 1.5 hours and sent off. |
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The train thread
(Message 1613388)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Catching this thread before it drops off the page. In the UK around this time we get an increased number of "steam specials" Most don't come this way as it is difficult to fit them into an already overcrowded schedule. Looking at the "realtime trains" on a normal day between 50 and 60 trains an hour use this section of the line. However there were two scheduled for Tuesday, but the Fire Brigade strike caused one to be cancelled and the other moved to Wednesday. The Wednesday outing was being pullled by one of my favourite loco's a Bullied light Pacific 34067 Tangmere, named after the WWII fighter station neart Chichester. Unfortunately when it arrived it was in it's own shadow and I was not able to get a good pic Here is the video http://youtu.be/WrtxPvq_Et0 Today the "Christmas Lunch British Pullman" did a trip and although I have seen this train several times now it is always nice to stand on the platform as 35028 rushes past. Today it was 15 minutes late, but thanks to "Realtime Trains" and my iPhone I was aware. While waiting on the platform I finally got a pic of one of these, a Multi Purpose Vehicle, basically two back to back flatbed trucks with standard container mounting points allowing for different "modules" to be bolted on. 98925 on the front It is configured as a RHTT with water tanks and Sandite modules. And 98975 on the rear. It was now approaching dusk and the light was fading but 35028 finally appeared, with christmas decoration above the number!!, with just about enough light for a picture. And 67020 on the rear just in case. Still in it's long obsolete EWS livery |
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(Message 1613314)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Apple |
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A World With Cow-lifting Girls
(Message 1613300)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "Surprisingly strong Girls" |
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What happens to your points when you quit and join another team?
(Message 1613245)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: From my understanding: Any credit earned with the old team stays with that team. From the time you sign up with the new team any credit you earn will go to the new team. Your total credit will not be affected of course. |
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(Message 1613243)
Posted 13 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Laptop |
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(Message 1612660)
Posted 12 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Fries |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1612476)
Posted 11 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The picture of Uli and Julie was taken at St Pancras International when Julie arrived by Eurostar, taken by Chris. The one of Uli was taken by me at Heathrow two days earlier when Uli arrived. Clear now? |
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(Message 1612410)
Posted 11 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cruncher |
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(Message 1612154)
Posted 11 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Found |
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Are you a psychopath?
(Message 1611737)
Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure that describes me!! |
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(Message 1611662)
Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: octal |
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(Message 1611607)
Posted 10 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: blood |
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(Message 1610932)
Posted 8 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: frozen |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1610896)
Posted 8 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Spotted on my walk today on the bank of the river Wandle in Carshalton Surrey Also in The Grove Carshalton today. Seems they were enjoying a bit of winter sun The fox, after looking at me, carried on sitting there allowing me to pass right by on the opposite bank. |
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Gods joke on Hitler
(Message 1610375)
Posted 7 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well A Channel 4 spokesman said: “In the nineteenth century, many Ashkenazi Jews in Germany converted to Catholicism, so Eva Braun is highly unlikely to have known her ancestry and - despite research he instigated into Braun’s race - neither would Hitler.†So just a possibility at the moment. |
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I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law. #2
(Message 1610301)
Posted 7 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How about you lock the damn thread? Which should have been done awhile ago. Possibly the best way forward. Locked for people to calm down and think. Thank you. |
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(Message 1610281)
Posted 7 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: saucer |
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The train thread
(Message 1609882)
Posted 6 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If anybody wonders about the need for these cleaning trains,trains, ask the driver of of this Virgin 221 as he tried to stop at Chester last year. Data showed that whilst he was in full braking the wheels slipped on the rail. You can see the buffers stops on the platform and the glass was from a screen, wonder who left a bike there. In daylight Shouldn't the wheels be touching the rails. Both images are from the very detailed Rail Accidents investigation Branch report, which can be read here http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/141124_R262014_Chester.pdf. While leaves weren't the only cause the residue did not help. |
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The train thread
(Message 1609771)
Posted 6 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: As we are still talking about leaves and cleaning, here is something I noticed. Yesterday before I left the last train to come through was the RHTT, I decided to try for a different angle from the foot bridge. This showed something unusual, as it comes round the curve you can see it is steaming away. However it is about to cross a set of points (switches I believe in the US), and as it does it stops cleaning. Once past and under the foot bridge it starts again. I hadn't noticed but it did the same the day before. Not steaming over the points Steaming again as soon as past. So I am guessing that whatever is in that steam is not good for points/switches, and these are lever operated from the nearby signal box so nothing to do with electrics. Interesting. PS someone cleaned the front of 66428!! |
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(Message 1609400)
Posted 5 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Waterloo |
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The train thread
(Message 1609397)
Posted 5 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: More coolness, Bernie. What are they treating the railheads for and with? Fallen leaf sludge? This is what they use and why. Sandite |
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The train thread
(Message 1609246)
Posted 4 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So my last full day before the 5 hour drive tomorrow back to London. Today as the last 2 days 57311 came through again same time, I swapped platforms. I like that pic as you can see the station, the footbridge and the signal box, just behind 57311. I also found some info on various websites, that this is not a "Thunderbird" job, but "route learning" from Preston to Carlisle. Then finally I managed to get the elusive RHTT or Rail Head Treatment Train, that has been coming through mostly in the dark, or suddenly apearing 45 minutes early. Today I set up one camera on a tripod to video and the other set to high speed photos. It is 66428 on the front, even if it is too dirty to read. The train is made up of three wagons, the first and last have three tanks each and the middle one two tanks and I assume the control unit, where the "treatment" seems to be done. I assume they get so dirty from the spray blowing back, yes it is 66427 Bit cleaner at the other end, not by much though. My other hobby is walking and here in Cumbria I have found several "railway themed" walks. Today I found this. Smardale Gill Viaduct, part of the now closed South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway. There are miles of track bed and three restored viaducts, The fully story is here South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Good thing is enthusiasts are working to restore as much as possible. This is where Merrygill Signal box used to be. This was it in 1960. So all in all a good time was had with over 500 photos and videos. Must do it again sometime. |
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(Message 1608881)
Posted 4 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The ideal one to teach an electronics class of mostly horny teenage boys - Hmm wasn't the mnemonic I was taught :-) |
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The train thread
(Message 1608879)
Posted 4 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So here I am currently living in a working railway station. The freight trains pass and the passenger trains stop, right by my living room window,and my front door is on the platform. Kirkby Stephen station. People even park a tamper in your back yard. Well at the end of the platform. First train is at 06:45 Carlisle to Leeds passenger and the last one seems to be the Fiddlers Ferry Power Stn to New Biggin British Gypsum freight at around 22:30. The passenger trains all stop here but the freight goes past a line speed which is 60mph! I have several videos but my laptop doesn't want to let me edit them so they will have to wait till I get home. This is the 158 I returned on from Settle yesterday, noticeable by A - having a reversable number 158851 B - Having a mustache painted on, no they don't all have. This light engine travels from Preston to Carlisle each morning(and back later in the day) apparently stands "Thunderbird" duties at Carlisle(i.e. rescue broken down passenger trains) Virgin trains had several all named after characters from Thunderbirds. This is just a boring old class 57! Today I ventured to Carlisle and into politics, well sort of. Carlisle is a good station for seeing a variety of trains, locos and well odd things. The chancellor today in parliament made his "autumn statement" in which he revealed "Northern Trains" are to have their fleet modernised, specifically these would go. Now surely a train designed by British Rail and Leyland buses would be a good thing? Well no apparently the "pacers" were unreliable (until they changed the engines and gearboxes), noisy, and they didn't corner well caused by the long wheelbase and lack of bogies. Few will morn their passing. As for freight there is a long procession of Freightliner 66's going north and south here 66552 pauses at a red signal at the head of 477O - Fiddlers Ferry Power Stn to Hunterston High Level. Also I was alerted by a sudden rush of "spotters" to the south end of the platforms that something was coming. Indeed my first look at the latest loco to arrive on British soil the 68 Built by Vossloh in Germany for DRS a "mixed freight and passenger" loco. Interesting few days. |
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(Message 1608140)
Posted 2 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Break |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 21
(Message 1608132)
Posted 2 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: As I am "on holiday" in Yorkshire this week and have already done my days walking, looks like time for lunch and a pint or two😃 |
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(Message 1608117)
Posted 2 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Forest |
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Weather Forecasts V
(Message 1608116)
Posted 2 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The sun is trying to put in an appearance but the clouds are making it difficult. Currently a chilly 5°C. Well you should try it here in North Yorkshire Currently sunny and 3C, feels like -1C. |
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(Message 1607884)
Posted 1 Dec 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: spectator |
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Recipes and Food
(Message 1607359)
Posted 30 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe this is the recipes and food thread. Please feel free to continue this current discussion over in politics. Thank you. |
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(Message 1607249)
Posted 30 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tropical |
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Question About Backup Projects with Resource Share = 0
(Message 1607230)
Posted 30 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Einstein can be set to 0 that's how I got it set. Beta should also have no problem but haven't tested it. The whole point of resource share zero is that it should only download one task at a time from your backup project only if your main project runs out of work. Then when your main project returns, the backup stops getting work. No need for NNT at all. |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1606997)
Posted 29 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So raccoons, chimps but no squirrels! And not just any squirrels but genuine Park Hill Croydon squirrels. Fed this one by hand!! First time in this park!! Also liked to pose. http://youtu.be/ayW6YDegi-Q |
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Getting started :
I cannot start my Seti@home project, i need help
(Message 1606894)
Posted 29 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Same problem here. I'm returning after a long hiatus and am not able to get any work units. Is it me or are we just in the middle of a dry spell? Yes there are currently no new work units to process. If you look at the home page "News" you will see a couple of problems Or have a look here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76108&postid=1600710 |
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Panic Mode On (92) Server Problems?
(Message 1606735)
Posted 29 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Someone mentioned that their RAC doesn't seem to be falling/is frozen. I can see where you get that idea.. from your hosts page. Mine still shows my main cruncher as having 3637.38, whilst my overall is reported as 696.75. In fact, I just opened up the statistics XML file and took a look, and the useraverage has been steadily falling, but the host average has been static/frozen since the 7th. Well on my best machine according to the statistics XML file on the 15th November the user RAC was 38032, today 16122, the host avg was 11503 and now 4694. So it does seem to be falling!! |
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(Message 1606614)
Posted 28 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: pay |
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(Message 1606571)
Posted 28 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What exactly is the superiority of BOINC Version 6x? Whilst perhaps the wrong question, I would also like to know why so many people want to stay with Boinc 6. What would I gain by switching back? **Please note I never use the Boinc manager I only use Boinc Tasks, so any difference in the GUI I would not notice. What other benefits would I see?. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1605822)
Posted 26 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Forever Autumn |
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Word Link #74
(Message 1605821)
Posted 26 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Forever |
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Phishing in the Cafe...???...
(Message 1605759)
Posted 26 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Celt posted this in "The Seti is down cafe" thread over at Boinc yesterday Yep...... |
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Phishing in the Cafe...???...
(Message 1605734)
Posted 26 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you go to to www.tootpix.ca, there an error which I suspect is the problems I don't get any warnings, but half of celts sig is missing. |
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(Message 1605695)
Posted 26 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Gates |
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TLPTGAWUW!!! #0
(Message 1605433)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Just been out for a meal, came in and clicked "update" on SETI and got 2 resends!! 25 Nov 2014, 23:01:48 UTC |
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TLPTPW 225 happy birthday to Ozzy Osbourne, Holly Marie Combs, and Julianne Moore (oh, and me too)
(Message 1605431)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Everyone have their Turkey defrosting yet? That's another month here. |
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(Message 1605367)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: coke |
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The train thread
(Message 1605353)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want to stay on a train but not go anywhere, you may like this. (But you have to go to Indianapolis.) (And that pretty much means driving or flying. Amtrak is there at midnight eastbound and 6am westbound.) Well I can't match that!! However next week I will be staying here. This is Kirkby Stephen station in Cumbria. It is still a working station, but the old booking office has been turned into a holiday cottage. See Booking Office Cottage And the other end of the station into the Platform Cottage. If it isn't actually in the middle of nowhere, I believe you can see it from there. |
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TLPTGAWUW!!! #0
(Message 1605331)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A look at the Cricket Graph show the project has been shut down for almost a day now. Last post indicated the data base didn't restructure correctly so they have to do it another way. The good news is they left the board up so we can still post. Over in number crunching, it was noted that all cricket graphs for Berkeley show zero from the same time. Also I and others are still crunching Beta, I have downloaded over 100 WU's today which uses the same graph, so I believe it is a problem with the cricket graphs. |
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GOod GOodly MOogly.*** U.S. Embassy in ***Yemen ***Oh Heeba Habba GOoba Gabba
(Message 1605016)
Posted 24 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Would you ask The Same, face to face, if I were 6' 6", 350lb. and Black as The Ace of Spades? Yes. No matter what size shape and colour you are/were, if you were talking face to face with me and said, ShaaaaZaaaammmm, Gomer and Goober, 5 Million Down, 6 Million to Go. Or 15 Million, so Some Say. And Then, The New Arrivals of 10-20 Million Seeking Pardon before AmnestyForAliensHustlin'Hussein puts Down Signature on Da Pardon fO All Of Them, before DaEmperor Goes Private. That would be my first question. |
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(Message 1604779)
Posted 24 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: tomorrow |
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(Message 1604612)
Posted 23 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Present |
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TLPTGAWUW!!! #0
(Message 1604607)
Posted 23 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: None here for many an hour 23 Nov 2014, 11:36:55 UTC |
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(Message 1604493)
Posted 23 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: prayer |
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(Message 1604461)
Posted 23 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sausage |
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(Message 1604286)
Posted 23 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Romulan |
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TLPTGAWUW!!! #0
(Message 1603281)
Posted 20 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: My fastest machine,has just picked up 90 new tasks, all GPU, as it only does GPU all seem to be _0's and _1's Just one out of 6 with no tasks currently. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1602278)
Posted 18 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Definitely a Darwin Award... Why |
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Talk about your profile pic
(Message 1602254)
Posted 18 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: My profile pic, is er me. My avatar is a painting by a good friend of mine Janet Cook she comes from Croydon but now lives and works in New York. My previous avatar pic was also one of her pics but apparently offended some people so I changed it. The light on the dark side |
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(Message 1602115)
Posted 18 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tractor |
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Panic Mode On (92) Server Problems?
(Message 1600573)
Posted 13 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I will say though.. at least for me, since the maintenance this week, all of the pages on this site have been very snappy and responsive. They're done loading practically before I'm done clicking. Well I just took a few of my tasks at random and all loaded fine. |
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What's happening... (Nov 8, 2014)
(Message 1600422)
Posted 12 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dear Byron Leigh Hatch I believe Byron was showing his support for SETI@Home and all those who help keep it running. |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1600389)
Posted 12 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Linux can't have it all it's own way with the OpenSSL issue, time for... I read that and what struck me was "The bug had been present in every version of Windows since 95" even I assume XP, so are MS going to release a patch for XP? If not it could be the final nail in the coffin. |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1600388)
Posted 12 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Some weeks ago you may, or may not remember me posting pictures of squirrels in a park not far from me that are so tame the will even climb up your leg, and are the only squirrels in any of the parks I have visited that run towards you, all the others run away. In fact this lot are so bad you only have to drop a peanut and you are surrounded. So I decided to see if I can coax a squirrel or two from my local park to partake in a nut or two. Well for several days all I saw was the bushy tails of the local squirrels, retreating to safety. Then yesterday I was able to get close enough to one to stand still, it watched me and for once when I threw the nut instead of running away it ran a grabbed it!! Success, of course what did it do with it. Typical!! However after burying that one it came slowly back towards me and waited. I threw another nut and this time it decided it was to eat. Ran up the tree and posed nicely for me. Peanut in hand!! A small success but I am hoping that during the winter they will be hungry enough to take up my offers. Oh yes they don't hibernate in winter, just sleep a lot!! |
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Panic Mode On (91) Server Problems?
(Message 1600278)
Posted 12 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread refresh, the new one is here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76097#1600261 |
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Not receiving credit
(Message 1600189)
Posted 12 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: You are receiving credit, but due to a server problem figures are not being exported to the external stats sites. Check on your account here and you will see you have received over 400 credits in the last 2 days. A good place to look for any info on problems is in the number crunching forum and the "panic mode" thread http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=75931#1589437 Currently it is not known when the problem will be fixed, but when that happens all you credit will appear on the external stats sites again. |
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The train thread
(Message 1599821)
Posted 11 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes that is a very rare train to see over here!! Just about saw it once when travelling from London to Carlisle by train. The article also mentions There are other track inspection trains but they are not high speed sets. These other measurement trains run at a more sedate pace – typically 30mph – and do jobs which cannot be done at high speed, such as measuring the voltage on overhead lines and using ground penetrating ultrasound, which inspects the condition below the line. Here is one I saw last year on the line near me, just two of those very distinctive yellow Network Rail coaches pulled by a couple of the old 37's |
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What's happening... (Nov 8, 2014)
(Message 1599351)
Posted 10 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you, Eric. Well from Eric's post, Next week we're planning to replace Bruno with a Sun X4540 that the Lab was removing from service. Not exactly new but if it works!! |
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What's happening... (Nov 8, 2014)
(Message 1598929)
Posted 9 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you, Eric. I believe someone mentioned that Bruno ran several processes on Beta, so I would guess it will be back when Bruno is replaced. Seems fair to me that main would be restored (with still a few things that are not working)at the expense of the Beta test site. |
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Panic Mode On (91) Server Problems?
(Message 1598797)
Posted 9 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Eric has posted in technical news. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76068 |
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What's happening... (Nov 8, 2014)
(Message 1598796)
Posted 9 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you Eric for that! And on a Saturday too!! |
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The train thread
(Message 1598300)
Posted 7 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What was a surprise was what was bringing up the rear, normally Clan Line runs with no backup, this time however. Well that did occur to me, however I must have seen 35028 eight or nine times in the last 12 months and it never had a diesel on the end before. In fact I believe there is a power car in the consist, either the 2nd car or the last in the video. http://youtu.be/dWASfJnVb00 Perhaps that wasn't working. The guy on the platform (another spotter) was also surprised as he hadn't seen that before. |
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Welcome to the 14 year club
(Message 1598232)
Posted 7 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Great! We have two fifteen year threads now, thus the more celebrating:)) Cheers! So where do people post who have been here for 14 years? I thought that was the idea of reopening this thread, I'm confused. |
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The train thread
(Message 1598224)
Posted 7 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The monthly steam luncheon train came through again today, this time I went to East Croydon station to take a few pics (well a video actually) As usual hauled by 35028 Merchant Navy Class Clan Line What was a surprise was what was bringing up the rear, normally Clan Line runs with no backup, this time however. Class 67 015 was there. Don't see many of the 67's down south as they are mostly use on passenger services up north, a few freight services and of course the royal train, 67005 Queen's Messenger and 67006 Royal Sovereign. Plus only 30 were made, as opposed to over 400 of the 66's So it was unusual to see one at East Croydon. |
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Panic Mode On (91) Server Problems?
(Message 1597108)
Posted 5 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally, some new tasks are turning up here. Have your downloads gone into backoff? All my machines had, just a quick "retry now" and all uploaded. Getting new task is a bit more hit and miss of course!! |
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Panic Mode On (91) Server Problems?
(Message 1597105)
Posted 5 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally, some new tasks are turning up here. Just got 100+ GPU tasks across 2 machines. One of my 2 GPU only machines however keeps getting "No Tasks available" I am sure it will sort it self out during the day!! |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 20
(Message 1596837)
Posted 4 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I was just looking at the top participants and computers, and so even though someone's banished, they still count? The person is only banned from posting not from the project. That would not be very fair really. |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1596835)
Posted 4 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Cool Samsung do make fantastic stuff much much better than Apple i have to get one . Good bye Apple your going to go broke . Just like back in the 80"s. Well depends which business articles you read, but the overall feeling is that it is Samsung that is struggling to catch up to the iPhone 6. Last I heard Apple has quite a bit of spare cash and Samsung is struggling because obviously it is easy for cheap Samsung copies to exist as they can easily use Andriod, whereas iPhone copies may look like an iPhone but obviously don't work like one. I have used Blackberry, a Samsung Galaxy, and an iPhone 3G and 4S and the iPhone won hands down. However in this cutthroat business world you never can tell and sometimes the best man doesn't' win. |
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The Berks R Us Report
(Message 1596703)
Posted 3 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There should be no door overrides and every accident like this should be reported as it means there most probably was a fault and the train should have been taken out of service. I get these mailed to me regularly http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2014/report222014.cfm http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2014/report192014.cfm |
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Cafe SETI :
LBVCR 2014
(Message 1596358)
Posted 3 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK a few more pics then A 1900 Clement Panhard A 1904 De Dion Bouton and a 1902 De Dion Bouton A 1902 Panhard et Levassor A mad rush to get across the trasffic lights before they change. The brakes on some of these vintage cars gave me a few heat stopping moment as I was standing at the traffic lights!! A 1903 Mercedes I like this one, a classic Jag and a vetran 1903 Tony Huber And this lots getting into the swing, in a 1902 James and Browne PS I will try and post a few more but some need a judicious edit to look their best!! |
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Cafe SETI :
LBVCR 2014
(Message 1596000)
Posted 2 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For all the people around the world who would like to see the more eccentric side of good old England here are some pics I took today as the London Brighton Veteran Car Run passes the end of my road. If you want to know more go here LBVCR 2014 The run takes place on normal roads with no traffic restrictions, it is 60 miles from Hyde Park Corner to the seafront at Brighton, this year there were over 600 entries. Vehicles must be pre 1905. A 1900 De Dion Bouton Our very own Steve Redgrave ex olympic rower, driving a 1904 Thornycroft. Number 148 a 1902 De Dion Bouton and number 178 a 1903 Humber Forecar The weather today was mild but very wet, this takes dedication A 1900 Mignonotte Luap Love these guys Number 297 a 1904 Bolide and Number 320 a 1904 Oldsmobile, nice hats!! My favourite a 1904 Darraq Of course some people try and muscle in, this is pre 1905, I don't think so!!! I did also video some cars, it's a bit dark but it's here http://youtu.be/CcuCWVzpNKc I have loads more pics I may post if anyone is interested. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Ebola and Infectious diseases Part Two
(Message 1595860)
Posted 2 Nov 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have noticed since becoming a mod that people seem to like pointing out all the problems with the USA. Discussing what might or might not have happened in your own country seems a little redundant as you cannot prove it till it does or does not happen. I do think this thread has wandered off topic, and please a little better manners as well. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 20
(Message 1594938)
Posted 31 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Warmduscher:
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Intel GPU - computation errors
(Message 1594368)
Posted 30 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: To be on the safe side, I am talking about the CPU and not GPU, I don't use the internal GPU for Boinc. I think perhaps the title of the thread may have confused people. The original poster was talking about his Intel GPU, not CPU. Might be better to ask you question in the "number crunching" forum I am not sure you should be getting errors with that CPU, but the guys at NC will know. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
AstroPulse Work Fetch Thread
(Message 1594280)
Posted 30 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: like most people. I shouldn't have to play around with it To be fair, you are not "most people" Running a mixture of both AMD and Nvidia cards on a mixture of operating systems. Linux, OSX, Windows XP,7 and 8.1 I run a modest set of machines, all Windows and all Nvida GPU's and I have never noticed a problem getting enough work for my GPU's, admittedly I do crunch anything that comes along MB or AP. Surely "most people" are happy if their machines crunch and return results and don't "play around" at all. It is interesting that things appear to have changed, but it will not affect "most people". |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1592358)
Posted 26 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I have never heard of a steam cleaning train. Is it used to clean ballast and or the tracks? Nice looking loco by the way. Here in the UK we have a problem with "leaves on the track" causing wheel slip across the network, and here in the south where it is predominately third rail, loss of electrical contact. Back in the day of steam the cuttings and track side were kept clear of vegetation to lower the risk of sparks from the steam locos causing a fire. After the end of steam the vegetation was mostly left and so the current problem got worse. The cleaning trains run in the autumn and because they require locos often the older working heritage locos are used, as seen here. Of course Network Rail now have started to keep embankments and cutting clear however not all the trees are on railway property and so the cleaning trains are needed. As to the Bigboy, I read the restoration is expected to take three to five years so I suppose it is a bit early yet. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1592128)
Posted 25 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: 74 class is earlier than 73 class? Well they were actually rebuilt 71 class so they were "originally" built before the 73's as 71's then 10 were converted to 74's with limited sucess. So were all scrapped while the more reliable 73's continue in operation today. That's the short story, the longer on is here. Class 74 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1592046)
Posted 25 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Recently in another thread there was mention of the "leaf cleaning trains" that run around this time of year. Today I was walking in my local park, which is right next to the main London-Brighton line when I heard the distinctive sound of the steam cleaning train. Unfortunately I was not in a very good spot but managed to get these couple of shots. 73207 on the front, painted in the old British Rail "Large Blue Logo" And 73136 bringing up the rear, imaginatively painted in the operators colours!! I have been trying to get some pictures of the Class 73 as they are unique. Whilst looking like a fairly standard late 60's diesel freight loco, these are unique as they can also operate off the 650V third rail, the earlier 74 class was similar but all have been scrapped, whereas there are still 39 of the 73 class still in existence. At one time they use to operate the Gatwick express with a Class 498 on the other end. Pity these two were both so dirty |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Problems with bit.ly 10.25.2014
(Message 1591874)
Posted 25 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems it is Chrome and Firefox, flagging Bit.ly as having malware http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/10/25/chrome-firefox-flag-bit-ly-links-malware/ |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 20
(Message 1591238)
Posted 24 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Morning, Jules. Actually there apparently is very little difference. Both audio and data can be duplicated onto both music and data CD-Rs. I’ll say it again. Audio and data can be burned onto music and data CD-Rs. However, whether or not you can get data onto a music CD-R depends on what type of hardware is used to burn the blank CD. |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation safety 2
(Message 1591219)
Posted 24 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Guv, I ran out of cement You should try an Ad-blocker, I get no ads on most sites, video or otherwise. none on that page. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Society's Role in Education
(Message 1590784)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I had a pretty bad school experience as I was a slow learner, so my primary school only focused on the bright ones, I failed my 11+ but had the good fortune to to to the best secondary modern in my area, however I was still not spotted as a slow learner till it was almost too late. I scraped a few CSE passes due to the hard work of a few dedicated teachers. All in all I hated almost all my days at school, they were not the best days of my life. In the late 50's at my Secondary school, the girls went off to do Home Economics which was basically cooking, and typing classes, and the boys went off to do woodwork and metalwork. We met up later in class for the general subjects of maths, History & geography. Yes I suppose looking back it was sexist in a sort of way, it was designed to turn out stereotypes i.e. the dutiful little housewife and the breadwinner. But it was the way it was then, everybody was happy with it, and nobody queried it. Germaine Greer and womens lib came later and upset the applecart. Of course it was sexist, no question about it. Are you really sure "everybody was happy with it". Perhaps the men were. People like Germaine Greer and womens lib, allowed women to take their correct place in society, allowing women a lot more freedom than they had up to then (it is still not perfect). I would hate to go back to the 1950's way of thinking. I was never taught to cook, how many men would have found that useful. Instead I was taught woodwork and metalwork two skills I have never used to this day. No I was glad to get out of school and start my real life. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1590779)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst walking around London yesterday I happened to venture along the Thames Path halfway between Battersea Bridge and Wandsworth Bridge where there is an unnamed railway bridge that amongst other things carries freight. Caught a quick picture of 66016 with Basil Spence's tower at Hyde Park barracks in the background. On the way back caught 66085 hauling a long line of new DB Schenker hoppers, and in the background one of the chimneys and roof of the now derelict Lots Road power station. Interesting fact, Lots Road power station played a part in the birth of commercial radio in the UK. When the first two radio stations, LBC and Capital Radio, opened in October 1973, the site for their medium wave transmitters was not complete. As a result, a temporary 'Tee' antenna was strung up between the two chimneys (transmitting LBC on 417 m (719 kHz), and Capital Radio on 539 m (557 kHz)), until the permanent site at Saffron Green was ready in 1975. See you learn something every day!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1590766)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Rugby |
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Cafe SETI :
Retro: tv,movies,radio, CS,etc.
(Message 1590646)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seems I must have been a UFO fan The SHADO HQ was famous for the girls with purple hair. No the SHADO HQ was famous for people with fairly normal hair MOONBASE was famous for girls with purple hair. And Sky-Diver for people wearing string vests These things matter to a fan. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
v7.00 crashes entire desktop
(Message 1590598)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: You might consider posting your problem in the main forums "Number Crunching" section as it has lots of knowledge people. This part of the forums is really for people who have no RAC and therefore cannot post on the main forums. It is rare for problems not to be sorted out at number crunching. |
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Cafe SETI :
Retro: tv,movies,radio, CS,etc.
(Message 1590591)
Posted 23 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Space 1999. It is like "Star Trek" but on Valium. No that is another Gerry Anderson series UFO |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
not getting jobs from SETI
(Message 1590247)
Posted 22 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a 780 and I haven't received any GPU tasks since yesterday. I think there's a problem on some server, not sure if it is still ongoing. Well I have 5 low power machines with GPU's and all were running low, but during today have all filled up to the max. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (91) Server Problems?
(Message 1590078)
Posted 22 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And going to the account page is still slow, and it's still not possible to view any tasks. Seems OK here must be intermittent, just viewed all my task pages and had a look at a few random results. PS I can also view your tasks. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Retro: tv,movies,radio, CS,etc.
(Message 1590035)
Posted 22 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How about Wagon Train, with Ward Bond. Or Rawhide with a very young Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates All B&W here to |
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Politics :
Ebola and Infectious diseases
(Message 1589781)
Posted 21 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Locking thread. OP will start a new one due to length. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1589778)
Posted 21 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: lemons |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1589482)
Posted 20 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: juvenile |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1589471)
Posted 20 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ellen |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1589340)
Posted 20 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Today I went for a walk in a local park, that has a beautiful waterfall. And really tame squirrels. And I mean really tame They even help themselves. Possibly in the abscence of raccoons here in the UK, squirrels are a good replacement. |
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Questions and Answers :
Wish list :
Naming Pulsars & Black holes
(Message 1589197)
Posted 20 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Read more here: Well as both of the articles in your links say astropulse is "new" they are a little out of date. Also the word is "might" find, and as far as I am aware there is still currently no platform for actually checking any work units, MB or astropulse, to see if they contain any usable data. So it might be just a tad premature to encourage "naming" of anything until at least some start on analysing the data has begun. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1588707)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Perfect Dark computer game. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1588706)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: perfect |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1588658)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: star |
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Cafe SETI :
In case someone saw something in the sky they could not explain
(Message 1588656)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: As moving posts would make no sense now. I will lock this and direct people to here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=75869 I think it's high time the Mod Squad employed "a woman who does", in other words a home help that generally cleans up the place, does a bit of dusting, and puts books back on the right shelves. We do they are called "moderators". This was posted early today, it is a Saturday I was out, as perhaps were the others I have returned and will now tidy up. No post in this thread were RED_X'd so it has to wait till the forums are read. The term is "volunteer moderator". |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #223 My, it was the fashion
(Message 1588653)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Got a cold or deadly man flu win. Depending on the phone and system it probably only uses the first 10. |
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Cafe SETI :
Just some Questions reguarding SETI@Home.
(Message 1588600)
Posted 18 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Under author if you have of a thread "Banished :ID *.*", I'm taking it that those people have been Banished from the DC Project SETI@Home. Is that right! What or why would you get banished for from hear, such as the forums, and the SETI DC project? Break one of these rules. Usually more than one or more than once. Rules: Posts must be 'kid friendly': they may not contain content that is obscene, hate-related, sexually explicit or suggestive. No commercial advertisements. No links to web sites involving sexual content, gambling, or intolerance of others. No messages intended to annoy or antagonize other people, or to hijack a thread. No messages that are deliberately hostile or insulting. No abusive comments involving race, religion, nationality, gender, class or sexuality. Do not post pictures of graphic violence or links to images or videos containing graphic violence. Do not posts comments related to specific moderator actions. The moderators may be contacted at seti_moderators@ssl.berkeley.edu Your posts may be deleted if it contains material from another post which has been deleted. You should avoid including material from a post you expect will be deleted. Team recruiting is only allowed in the Team Recruitment Forum They are only banished from the forums, they can still crunch. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1588426)
Posted 17 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: solar |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1588294)
Posted 17 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: plug |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation safety 2
(Message 1588160)
Posted 17 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: In the UK we have special leaf cleaning trains that run during the "fall" to steam blast the rail clean of leaves as it is a big problem Here is the south it causes two problems: Loss of adhesion on the wheels and problems on the third rail as the conductor shoe cannot make contact. A few years ago we had the "Wrong kind of leaves" incident. |
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Message boards :
Technical News :
Back on line after some repairs... (Jul 24 2014)
(Message 1587827)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been with SETI for a long time and my one issue is heat. I am presently running an Intel 6 core machine and thinking of going to their new 8 core box. BUT that is over a grand and I hate to toast it with SETI. Is there anything at all that can be done about the heat that SETI creates? It is the application that generates the heat and you are one of the programming gurus so fix it already! You might do better asking in the Number Crunching forum, that is where the technical "gurus" mostly hang out. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1587728)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: fish |
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Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1587727)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: But I wouldn't use ammonia (NH3) to do it. Well I know nothing aboout this subject but a couple of websites and Wiki, say “Crack†cocaine is a smokeable form of cocaine made into small “rocks†by processing cocaine with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water." |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1587720)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: drink |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1587714)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: nightmare |
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Number crunching :
Boinc not requesting cpu tasks
(Message 1587713)
Posted 16 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: You have some Astropulse v7 work now, But you haven't completed any yet, and they haven't done their 11 validations yet, so they probably have their initial long estimates, so taking up some of your cache size. Same happened to me as I only keep a small cache. Have a look at the "Remaining (estimated)" column, on my fastest machine, the GPU estimated time is 46 hours, whereas they are being completed in around an hour. As for CPU is says 217 hours!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1586763)
Posted 14 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: tooth |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (90) Server Problems?
(Message 1586713)
Posted 14 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The AP splitters doesn't fire on all cylinders. Too many: Of course it could have been the "Astropulse doubters" I have never crunched AP on main, yet with AP v7 I have decided to take the plunge and will be allowing all my machines to crunch AP. Even got 4 overnight!! |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1586711)
Posted 14 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh boy, don't know whether to laugh or cry... It would be interesting to know if it was just "how to use an iPhone" or how to use the many gadgets and apps produced for the iPhone that turn it into a media recorder and broadcasting tool. There are several low cost add-ons that allow studio quality speech and interviews to be broadcast straight from an iPhone/iPad. Using wi-Fi/3G Not so many for Android. |
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Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1586563)
Posted 13 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The third mod supporting use of an illegal substance. Well I didn't actually say I supported it I said that there are a lot of people using it who you might not suspect, you probably won't be arrested for carrying small amounts. Also I am not as convinced as you that it turns people in to psychotic wrecks. And yes I would use it for pain relief if it helped. PS. This is the politics forum, it is why it exists, for calm rational discussion of important topics!! |
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Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1586545)
Posted 13 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hard working people don't use pot Hmm OK in that case we had better stamp out pot and all the national debt will be cured overnight as thousands of workers will suddenly be able to work harder. I suspect you will find that pot is smoked by a lot more people than you seem to think. Here in the UK, the police have the option to either caution or fine someone who has a small amount of cannabis on them if the are happy it is not for selling. The fine is an on the spot fine so no criminal record. I have seen several American "reality cop shows" where possession of cannabis is treated as a misdemeanor. So I suppose in you estimation society is doomed as the "pot heads" will soon have the upper hand. Personally I never got into it as it was just to expensive and now having got this far I hope I won't need it to dull pain in old age, but I would not hesitate to use it if I felt it would help. |
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Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1586531)
Posted 13 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hard working people don't use pot So you are accusing a very good friend of mine of being a liar, because he is a recreational smoker, you are saying that he doesn't hold down a normal job and work hard 5 days a week. I am afraid to tell you that when I was working I knew several people who worked hard 5 sometimes 6 days a week and were "pot heads" as you describe at weekends. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
AP v7 Credit Impact
(Message 1586121)
Posted 13 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The credit system appears to be structurally flawed and needs a fresh new look at. I was under the impression that Jason and others were doing exactly that. |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
I cannot start my Seti@home project, i need help
(Message 1585673)
Posted 12 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again... How do I get the screensaver running? I suspect you have created a second ID The one you are posting here with is your original 748127 created in Feb 2000. The new one I suspect is 10056649 created on the 11th October 2014 Not sure how that happened, however it does show the second ID has SETI@Home WU's However you say that you have the Einstein@Home screen saver running, so that means Einstein@Home is crunching OK and the SETI@Home screensaver should come on when SETI@Home is crunching. Unless you have set it so that say Einstein crunches on GPU and SETI on CPU they cannot crunch together. I found Einstein was too aggressive and tended to have shorter deadlines meaning it was in use more than SETI, one reason I stopped crunching Einstein. PS you cannot combine ID's, so you need to decide which one you want to use. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1585434)
Posted 11 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: steering |
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Message boards :
Politics :
on the political correctness of political correctness
(Message 1585433)
Posted 11 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I am not sure what you are trying to achieve with this thread but the Cafe is not the place for politics. Perhaps you could enlighten us as to exactly what want. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1585409)
Posted 11 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: lore |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Scientists Say 'Life After Death' May Be Possible, In A Way
(Message 1585171)
Posted 11 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OP has requested this thread be closed. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1585002)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: By all means, keep pouring detergent down your throat, and burn leaves :-) And of course, caffeine, sugar and salt all bad for you if taken in excess, as is red meat. However I believe red wine in moderation is actually good for you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1584987)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark - Luke Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1584982)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Luke |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1584976)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And as you may have noted, I have mentionen "medical use" as an exception several times. I never said they were ill or needed medication. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1584974)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Please stop the personal attacks, just because you disagree with someone, don't start name calling and insults. Any more and the thread will take a break,. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1584970)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not on topics that in itself and by its own nature isn't sane. Did I say I needed any? I personally do not. I know some who do and some who believe they benefit from cannabis, and I am not in a position to disagree. I haven't touched it in 40 years. However your statement was an opinion and I was just clarifying that, not saying you were right or wrong. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cannabis use & Smoking
(Message 1584961)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not on topics that in itself and by its own nature isn't sane. In your opinion. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1584927)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: heaven |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1584603)
Posted 10 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: beacon |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1583979)
Posted 9 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Space |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (90) Server Problems?
(Message 1583336)
Posted 8 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here's a thought how about Anderson or one of the other big wigs get off there arse and come here and start of with a "sorry guys " and tell us what the hell is the problem , instead of letting everyone try and guess or is that too much to ask for them to take a few minutes and post something ? Dr David Anderson has little to do with the daily running of SETI@Home and so would probably not be able to tell us much. This project has been short of funds for many years now and they unfortunately have not had the manpower to keep people informed. That is just the way the project had been run. Credits are meaningless, and just seem to get poeple stirred up, which is why I have never bothered with AP's. Please do not start being rude just because you are upset about meaningless credit. PS They will not post anything as they will say something that mite just get them modded It just seems a shame that all those "others" are incapable of expressing themselves in a clear concise way, as I for one would like to here what they have to say. They won't get "modded" just for being critical. You weren't! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1583172)
Posted 7 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: failure |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1583164)
Posted 7 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: stack |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1583088)
Posted 7 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Centigrade |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #72
(Message 1582940)
Posted 7 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: telescope |
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Cafe SETI :
Scenery
(Message 1582757)
Posted 6 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, that water tower looks like it is leaning a bit... Nope the photographer is!! Here is one I took today, just a a rainbow was fading away. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1582756)
Posted 6 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "The ship who sang" is a brainship, and of course, all brainships have a brawn aboard... When I saw "brawn" and "sang" I just thought "Helva". Now there is a book I haven't read in a while. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1582442)
Posted 6 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: CRS. By Rallie McAllister, M.D Sooner or later, it happens to everyone. Sometime in our mid- to late 40s, we succumb to CRS (Can't Remember Stuff) syndrome. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1582341)
Posted 5 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice pics, always liked the F40PH, don't know why, just do. Your three were AMTK 242,283,and 289. AMTK 242: Algoma Central (division of Canadian National) Agawa Canyon Tour Train CN 104 (formerly Denver Ski Train, SKTX 242) AMTK 283: Algoma Central (division of Canadian National) Agawa Canyon Tour Train CN 105 (formerly Denver Ski Train SKTX 283) AMTK 289: Algoma Central (division of Canadian National) Agawa Canyon Tour Train CN 106 (formerly Denver Ski Train SKTX 289) Always nice to see the more usual older locos still in use. |
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Scenery
(Message 1582191)
Posted 5 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of pictures taken in my local park this morning. It is not a castle in the background, but a Victorian water tower. |
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Word Link #72
(Message 1582149)
Posted 5 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: round |
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Word Link #72
(Message 1582062)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: box |
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GPU applications :
extraneous information when requesting a certificate
(Message 1581985)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi I have passed this info on to to someone who can hopefully deal with it. Thanks. |
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Word Link #72
(Message 1581860)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: blowing |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1581777)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Red Leicester |
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Word Link #72
(Message 1581776)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Red |
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Number crunching :
Server for SETI@Home
(Message 1581773)
Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Or does he mean as a cruncher? |
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Number crunching :
BOINC Manager not choosing tasks chronologically.
(Message 1581465)
Posted 3 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm guessing this is a fairly basic fix.....but I can't see any option in BOINC to solve the issue. Boinc processes tasks in FIFO, first in first out, so they will be done in the order they were downloaded. |
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(Message 1581193)
Posted 2 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: circle |
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Should the west now send in the troops : ISIS & IRAN
(Message 1581166)
Posted 2 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I tend to agree, so a slight pause, while things calm down Please no personal insults. Also please do not post any addressees of anyone here. The SETI rule is not to comment on moderators ruling! He was asking for moderator intervention, not commenting on past action. |
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(Message 1580848)
Posted 2 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: run |
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Favorite candy bars
(Message 1580844)
Posted 2 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I've heard the deep-fried Mars bar is very popular in the UK. Mostly north of the border in Scotland, where I have seen them on the menu in fish and chip shops. You need the high temperature fryers to quickly fry the coating without melting the chocolate. |
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(Message 1580590)
Posted 1 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: demolition |
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(Message 1580558)
Posted 1 Oct 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sick |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1580147)
Posted 30 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Windows can't or don't count?!! Exactly |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1580028)
Posted 30 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: private |
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(Message 1579908)
Posted 30 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: fall |
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(Message 1579866)
Posted 30 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: boat |
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TLPTPW #221 We have a winner!
(Message 1579450)
Posted 29 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So we are moving right along..... Someone want a mod?? :-) |
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@Pre-FERMI nVidia GPU users: Important warning
(Message 1579100)
Posted 28 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There have been complaints of personal attacks and off topic posts here. To hide all the posts concerned would rob the thread of useful info as the posts have been "quoted" a lot. Please can I ask for a bit more control this is number crunching not politics and this is a serious topic. Thanks. |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1579012)
Posted 28 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: My point is that such reasoning robs art of its meaning. If everything is art then by extension nothing is art. Hence, art becomes meaningless, it loses its point and its value. Such reasoning literally kills art. So then what is "art"? Are my photos and videos art, if I take time and effort over them rather than just snaps? I know that many who create digital pictures feel themselves artists. I created this in a digital rendering program called Poser, is it art? or this created using the same software. What you are saying is that art has boundaries and some things can never be art. So can you define what is art and what can never be art? |
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(Message 1578865)
Posted 27 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ford |
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Detecting Alien Radar Signals?
(Message 1578847)
Posted 27 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Deep in the SETI@Home description SETI@home covers a 2.5 MHz bandwidth centered at the 1420 MHz Hydrogen line from each of the 14 ALFA receivers That was dated 2011 so not sure if it is still true. I do remember the original purpose of SETI@Home was to look where other SETI projects were not already looking. Also to be looking for a purposely created signal, hence the 1420Mhz hydrogen line, rather than RF signals from radar TV, etc. |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1578815)
Posted 27 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I was wandering around London Docklands this week and came across this It is at the bottom of Cubitt Steps, Middle Dock. Called "Two men on a bench" by Glies Penny Here is a closer view from the other side. The question, is it art? |
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Civil Rights will soon be losing its biggest champion since Robert Kennedy!
(Message 1578307)
Posted 26 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: To avoid any further confusion. I have edited the title. |
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Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1578203)
Posted 26 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ahhhh Bernie . you paid to much for your Mac so either you got to much money and no cents or your a dummy for paying way to much for your computer but that ok mate i'm not offeneded Well you might not be offended but I now am. So you know how much I paid? Well I brought it second hand for roughly the same price as similar spec second hand Windows laptops and I like it much more than Windows machines. But as you say I have no "sense" so what do I know. I don't hate Windows or Android users I have Windows machines and had a Samsung Galaxy Ace, I now have an iPhone and iPad and would not be without them. I just prefer Apple. |
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Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1578180)
Posted 26 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mac users are dummy's Sigh! Genralisation, stereotyping. I have found that most Mac users I have come across tend to be more switched on and can use a computer properly. It is the hoards of Windows users I have dealt with that do dumb things. But that's fine I don't mind being called a dummy, as they say it takes one to know one. |
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关于项目图形显示
(Message 1578126)
Posted 26 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Google translation. Why click display graphics only after a dark display nothing .. Should not it have a color chart screen saver is black seek answers |
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Panic Mode On (90) Server Problems?
(Message 1577635)
Posted 25 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I can also confirm this, if you have the "Don't' move sticky posts to the top" box ticked. |
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Panic Mode On (89) Server Problems?
(Message 1577297)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I will lock this thread now. See Panic Mode on (90) Server Problems |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 27/7/2014
(Message 1577283)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Have you not heard of IOT -The Internet of Things! |
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Panic Mode On (89) Server Problems?
(Message 1577170)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Things seem to be returning to normal, code wise |
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FORUM_QA_MERGED_MODE
(Message 1577092)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This is discussed fully in Number Crunching Panic mode on. Richard Haselgrove is collating a list of problems and forwarding them to David Anderson. I will close this thread as no need to have two. |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1577083)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bentgate Carry my on my belt, have done for a while now. Belt case |
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Panic Mode On (89) Server Problems?
(Message 1576909)
Posted 24 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: um what does this mean it show'd up on my browser It's the top line on the Message Boards home page. |
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A basic income for all?
(Message 1576715)
Posted 23 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So who are these 'lucky' people doing 'nothing'? I didn't say they were lucky, I said YOU were lucky to live in a country that has no one living on benefits and refusing to work. |
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is it a hoax?
(Message 1576710)
Posted 23 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Now what was that sci-fi movie or series that had the 3 breasted woman in it? Or of course: Eccentrica Gallumbits |
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A basic income for all?
(Message 1576700)
Posted 23 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Many people I know would gladly sit around doing nothing if provided with enough income to feed and shelter themselves. Then they would take that income and buy drugs. I know because it is already happening. There is a whole sub culture here who are proud to live of benifits and see no reason why they should work. Even made a TV program about it. You are very lucky to not have people like that :-) |
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(Message 1576428)
Posted 23 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: limit |
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Scenery
(Message 1576077)
Posted 22 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not perhaps "scenery" in the true sense, but I have found that a good scene is one that makes you stop and take it all in and in my case reach for my camera. So this is a view of my home town, Croydon, South London, taken this afternoon, from the Purley Way Playing Fields. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1575723)
Posted 21 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ink |
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Jumbled word game
(Message 1575670)
Posted 21 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Cheated - homecoming You really don't believe that there aren't websites where you can just enter the jumble and out pops the word. I have done it for all the words so far but obviously haven't posted. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1575229)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: engine |
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headless computer?
(Message 1575223)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Could I just use a simple usb wireless adapter to connect to my netgear router for internet access? Would 300Mbps be good enough? It would be fine for SETI I used one for a while. It does however make logging on remotely a bit slow depending of course how close the PC will be to the router. It will work. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1575217)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: meter |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1575183)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If people remember that art is a personal thing no one is wrong to love or loath any artwork, so no insults should be traded. I am interested to see what people here like and dislike. Surely we can discuss art without insults? OK strike all that, great pity. |
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The current top cruncher
(Message 1575177)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Speaking of number crunching, can someone please explain why my average work done for Seti@home is dropping right off?? It's basically flatlined since the start of September. You appear to not have downloaded any new tasks since the 30th of August. |
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(Message 1575030)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bad |
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(Message 1575021)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: headlines |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1574898)
Posted 20 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: night |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1574567)
Posted 19 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Art, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder As I believe this thread has ably demonstrated, people can say "The Birth of Venus is an 1486 painting by Botticelli, and is most definitely art" but it leaves me totally unimpressed. I see a lot of buildings here in London and all round the world that in my opinion were designed by artists and are art. Please note the phrase "in my opinion", you cannot state "well that is art and that is not" Unless you first say "in my opinion" What people consider art varies, All would probably agree that this is art However most would say this is not. As it is just a photograph However I would be happy with both or either on my wall. The photo took time for the conditions to be just right, I took lots of shots with different settings at different levels of light, and I like to think of photography as "my art", as I lack the talent to paint or draw. Art is what pleases you and what attracts your eye. Simple or complicated, art is what you want it to be. Long live freedom to decide what I consider to be art. No one can "tell" me what to like. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1574390)
Posted 19 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: stick |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1574274)
Posted 19 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Needing 5.8 gig of storage is ridiculous though, what the hell are they installing on there? Obviously that was wrong as I only have 2.5 Gb free on my 4S and it installed fine. The download was 895mb, which was expanded, but then after install all temporary files were removed and I have exactly the same free space on both my iPad and iPhone as I had before. There is a lot of mis-information around plus I suspect people with less that 895mb free space tried to update over Wi-Fi. I wonder if most people even know how much free space they have? |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1574199)
Posted 19 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Pound |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1574021)
Posted 18 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Technology continues to confuse people... Yep no problems here, iPad 2 and iPhone 4s both worked first time, now I can text and make calls on my iPad via my iPhone. Overall technology works quite well for most people so they don't need to know how it works, but as soon as I saw the update was 895mb, I went straight to iTunes. |
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Cats
(Message 1573716)
Posted 18 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh my, Bernie ... Spitty is a full-colored tortie. Wow. Won't ask how she got the name, though. Before I got her, as a kitten, she was introduced to a house with two boisterous young dogs, and spent most of her time "spitting" at them, hence the name. After her owner died and I took her on I decided to keep the name, she doesn't see to mind. |
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Cats
(Message 1573499)
Posted 17 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is my cat Spitty And here she is doing what she is best at |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 19
(Message 1573493)
Posted 17 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Guess where I went today! Haven't tried it yet I decided to give the Royal Choice Single Malt at £150 a bottle a miss this time. |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1573285)
Posted 17 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see the pic fine, in Comodo Dragon Doesn't appear In Google Chrome, Comodo Ice Dragon or Superbird. And no I will not try it in IE!! So it appears to be a browser setting. Though I have no idea which one. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1573139)
Posted 17 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: forest |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1573111)
Posted 17 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bike |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572949)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: coffee |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572895)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Gordon |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572720)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: peace |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572716)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: trench |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572667)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Zebra |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572586)
Posted 16 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: phone |
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ARGH!!!
(Message 1572251)
Posted 15 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Minor ARGH, set BOINC to snooze, and it decided all by itself to go back to crunching, no reboot or any other such. With the AC off, no crunch. Has anyone else seen this? I thought "snooze" was supposed to suspend things just for 1 hour, after which it restarts. I use it often as I tend to forget to "un-snooze" |
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Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1572119)
Posted 15 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A couple of "critters" from my recent walks. This grey squirrel was sitting up eating the nut, however as soon as I stopped to take the pic he/she was ready to run!! I help out at the community garden on a Saturday morning and while a group of us were stood talking this robin appeared and was obviously impatient for us to start work in case we tuned up anything edible. |
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Word Link #71
(Message 1572106)
Posted 15 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: pie |
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(Message 1572104)
Posted 15 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: flake |
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I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law.
(Message 1572014)
Posted 14 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Officer arrives and requests to see ID from both of them. I suppose that what might worry some people, is as far as I am aware it is not a legal requirement to carry any sort of id in the UK at any time and certainly not if you are walking down the street. Is it a requirement in the US? I have noticed on the "reality cop shows" from the US the first thing they ask a driver is "driving licence and insurance" once again in the UK there is no legal requirement to carry your licence, you can be asked to "produce" it at a police station within 7 days. I believe without a better knowledge of the laws in the US it is difficult to comment. |
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Scenery
(Message 1571928)
Posted 14 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: From the top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. I have one of those as well :-) |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 19
(Message 1571580)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I've got one on tonight's hitlist :) A Hobgoblin or an Old Speckled Hen? The nice thing about Hobgoblin, other than the taste, is the labels on the bottles If you look the goblin on the left is holding and axe, the next one along is also holding an "axe" in the form of a Gibson Flying V, the next one is a Fender Telecaster and the last one a pumpkin, well they are hobgoblins. I always look out for different labels and the Telecaster is the latest. |
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(Message 1571568)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whist not "scenery" in the true sense of the word, this was the view of the sky at sunset yesterday from my kitchen window. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 19
(Message 1571558)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Since my er "medical problem" I have tended to stay off the beer, just drinking the odd glass of wine. However my local Tesco's had this on sale (it's the bottle on the left The other one is njust there for comparison) Now how could I resist!! It's good beer as well!! Cheers |
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(Message 1571479)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: songwriter |
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The train thread
(Message 1571468)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Slightly more successful video taken yesterday. Merchant Navy class 35028 Clan Line on the British Pullman Passing South Croydon, unusually on the "up slow" normally speeds past on the "up fast". http://youtu.be/cEkL6FO1Vyg |
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I'm going to bed now...night night everyone. 2 (and may all our moderators have sweet dreams :)
(Message 1571433)
Posted 13 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Locked at Annie's request |
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The train thread
(Message 1571224)
Posted 12 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The perils of trying to video steam trains. http://youtu.be/u6l6x809Fx0 S15 Southern 847 departing Sheffield Park on the 10th September 2014 |
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I'm going to bed now...night night everyone. 2 (and may all our moderators have sweet dreams :)
(Message 1570501)
Posted 11 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well... my internet connection is so slow :( it's making me wilt, so I'm going to go to bed now - two hours should be alright :) who knows... I might even find that stupid downloading circle thingy will have finished going round... You mean this Or possibly this This is my favourite |
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Word Link #70
(Message 1570388)
Posted 11 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: me |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 19
(Message 1570359)
Posted 11 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Come to think of it, I wonder where that phrase, "raining cats and dogs" came from? Here you go "The probable source of 'raining cats and dogs' is the prosaic fact that, in the filthy streets of 17th/18th century England, heavy rain would occasionally carry along dead animals and other debris. The animals didn't fall from the sky, but the sight of dead cats and dogs floating by in storms could well have caused the coining of this colourful phrase. Jonathan Swift described such an event in his satirical poem 'A Description of a City Shower', first published in the 1710 collection of the Tatler magazine. The poem was a denunciation of contemporary London society and its meaning has been much debated. While the poem is metaphorical and doesn't describe a specific flood, it seems that, in describing water-borne animal corpses, Swift was referring to an occurrence that his readers would have been well familiar with" Er nice!! |
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(Message 1570358)
Posted 11 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Richmond Park London last Wednesday |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1570109)
Posted 10 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It was also a spectacle when Union Pacific moved the Big Boy out of L.A. Nobody called that art. Funny you should say that. Can a picture/photo/painting of the above object be art? Look at this. At first glance it appears to be a picture of Big Boy 4012, however it is a digitally created model rendered in 3D. It took time and skill with several computer programs, but is it art? |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1570014)
Posted 10 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I take it Julie your taking the picture and that is Anneit sitting next to Chris . Actually I took picture and from left to right: Richard, Chris, Annie and Mike. |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1569967)
Posted 10 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There is nothing wrong with a blue chicken per se. Some will see it as art some will not. Good so we are agreed to some it will infact be seen as art and there is no longer any reason for a public fight back? There are far too many avant garde artists in this world whose only aim is to shock and be controversial. They haven't got a shred of real art in their little toes. Yet they make a living from it. It's high time the public fought back. Yes of course the world would be a bleaker place without art, but let's have real art not all this pseudo namby pamby luvvie stuff! At first found it a bit strange, however the more I thought about it and seeing the reaction here leads me to believe it is things like that maker London more interesting and unpredictable. Surely there is nothing wrong with an artist trying to shock or be controversial, artists have been doing that for a long time. It was never intended to be permanent, nothing on the 4th plinth is. I wonder what will be next? |
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CLOSED*SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVII*CLOSED
(Message 1569588)
Posted 9 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Another million!! It was the WOW event that did it, I fired up all my "winter only crunchers" for that. Oh well on to 27 mil |
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(Message 1569524)
Posted 9 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: rolling |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1569501)
Posted 9 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case any one was wondering exactly what "the blue thing in Trafalgar Square" was, well it was a chicken. Well actually a cockerel on the "spare plinth" in the square. Is a 4.72 meter tall blue glass fiber cockerel art? |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1569228)
Posted 8 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh no. That ugly house:) I quite like it, why should a house have to look like a house. It is not the outside I care about, you live inside. Yep definitely could live there |
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Lump of rock or artwork?
(Message 1569221)
Posted 8 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh no. That ugly house:) I thought you wanted a picture everyone could see! Well there you are. |
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(Message 1569219)
Posted 8 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW #219: US Open Women's Finals!
(Message 1568651)
Posted 7 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "Downloading 152 updates, 329.6MB total, 73% complete" Very slowly winning after laptop HDD fail!! |
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(Message 1568613)
Posted 7 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: garage |
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TLPTPW #219: US Open Women's Finals!
(Message 1567806)
Posted 5 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Enjoy, after all Bacon is the chocolate of the meat group. Now why chose, why not have both. Chocolate covered bacon. |
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What does being GREENmean to you?
(Message 1567606)
Posted 5 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Respect for every living being on the planet (and in the Universe...). May it be a mosquito, an Oak tree, a human being, a dog, a bird or even a bacteria. Personally yes, I would try my hardest not to kill any of the above, I do not knowingly kill any animal or insect that I come across. Anything that gets into my flat, I try my best to help leave and would not kill. On my daily walks I keep a sharp eye out so I do not step on anything that crosses my path. I only eat meat because I believe my body needs the proteins. We evolved from hunters and still need the protein. I am not 100% happy but the alternatives are not easy or cheap. I also recycle all I can, and now drive a car of the lowest polluting category other than electric or hybrids. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1567603)
Posted 5 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally got a freight going south, all the others have been going north This is 66150 running as 643E, Didcot to Crawley New Yard and it was running 4 minutes late (isn't the internet wonderful) As you can see I was just next to South Croydon station as this passed,so another "hand through the fence" job. This is a still from a video,normally these trains crawl along in this area as they are often held at signals as this is a very busy passenger line. However this one obviously running on greens!! 66150 Pulling 17 Hoppers |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What does being GREENmean to you?
(Message 1567541)
Posted 5 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a reminder, Uli's question was Anyway, what do you do to be Green? Not discussions about what you consider to be green, that is for the politics forum. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1566894)
Posted 4 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case anyone thinks I was harassing the deer, all my photos were taken with the zoom. There are notices like this all over the park Everyone I saw was keeping a safe distance away. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Fundraising time again......
(Message 1566884)
Posted 4 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I was looking at the statistic, not many green stars there at the top 1000 cruncher So there is a lot more work for the kittyman to get them to make a very small $10 donation. it's not a lot but it will make a great benefit to this project. it's worth it for the advice we get from other users and massage board community Please remember the lack of a "green star" does not mean someone has not donated in the last year. Green stars can be turned on or off at the donators wish, as some people would prefer to give anonymously. I have turned mine off. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1566614)
Posted 3 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I think they might be Aliums, not thistles... Thanks Angela, however I was informed that they are probably Echinops Or as I think I will call them, Globe Thistles. Also talking about wild animals, I had a close encounter with some deer today in Richmond Park Plus shared my lunch with a bunch of crows |
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Cafe SETI :
Blown the budget, so no new cruncher...
(Message 1566545)
Posted 3 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mine however is I am afraid much more sensible New today: Nissan Note Acenta 1.2, with a greener engine that means I pay no road tax for the first 12 months then only £20 per year after that saving £105 over my old car. Never going to win any races , but I have had a few cars over the years that might have!! This is 100% practical. But no new crunchers either! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Beta Site Down...
(Message 1566537)
Posted 3 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Still down!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What's for breakfast?
(Message 1566159)
Posted 2 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For me coffee and cereal, currently Alpen. Occasionally and I state occasionally the "Full English" from the cafe across the road. |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
Android phone seti@home
(Message 1565778)
Posted 1 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: seti@home/AstroPulse beta SETI@Home beta is a separate project so the stats cannot be combined. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
AMD GPU?
(Message 1565772)
Posted 1 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Industry, the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 2006." Hence ATI is AMD and has been for 8 years. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
UK terror threat level increased to severe
(Message 1565618)
Posted 1 Sep 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: i believe the rules also say we can self censor our words .I seem to have no trouble understanding others slang and idioms i just don't whinge about it Just to clear things up, this is Fred's statement on the subject. Swear words need to be self censored. (&%(^##^ is perfectlly accpetable as is f***, f**k, f-ing, and WTF. If you do not censor yourself, we will be forced to do it for you. Repeat offenses and repeat offenders will find themselves banned from posting. Bannishments may increase in length of time for repeat offenders at the request of the Mods. Thank you. Bernie. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The kittyman's home thread.
(Message 1565384)
Posted 31 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: work tomorrow. I believe tomorrow is a holiday in the USA. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Free SMS text messages to Mobiles!
(Message 1564984)
Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And how does the recipient reply? Sorry I meant the original http://www.afreesms.com/intl/ |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1564979)
Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you like chromes minimalism interface give comodo dragon a try. I found it an absolute doddle. Install it, copy your chrome profile over, fire it up and off you go. Word of warning, it'll want to change your DNS to their own secure servers but you can just skip that. Used to be my browser, but I found it just too slow, back to Google and I was surprised just how quick it was!! Still it is much more secure and never "phones home" to Google!! I suppose you can have speed or security no both. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Free SMS text messages to Mobiles!
(Message 1564978)
Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And how does the recipient reply? PS. The link given did not work. I could not type in any of the fields. Worked OK for me once I clicked though several attempt to get me to log into Facebook. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool Time V4
(Message 1564944)
Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Does it have a railroad connection? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1564928)
Posted 30 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK as Angela has always said that nothing is off topic here and I cannot find the gardening thread: Can any body help identify these: I have had thistle and teasel suggested by I cannot find a match. The flower is almost perfectly round and intricate and liked by bees. Any suggestions would be most welcome. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1564046)
Posted 28 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Never realized the "European" style locos I watched coming out of the Electromotive plant for so many years were just re-packaged SD40s. I guess the European right of way clearances didn't permit the big cab that North American crews loved? From the Wiki on the original 59/0's Derived from the EMD SD40-2, the cab layout was based on the British Rail Class 58 for easier driver assimilation. To meet the British loading gauge, an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 man-hours of design work was carried out by EMD. Some compromises were required; the large exhaust silencer required to meet BR noise levels left no room for Dynamic Braking equipment. However, it was possible to retain the all-important Super Series wheel creep control, which because of its superior traction can eliminate the need for double heading. Foster Yeoman therefore reduced their original requirement from six to four locomotives, ordering four in November 1984, and a fifth in 1988. All five locomotives were custom built by General Motors Diesel Division at its La Grange, Illinois plant. The 59/1's and 59/2's and all the 66 class were built in London, Ontario. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1563802)
Posted 28 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Freight scheduled via South Croydon today. Purley Foster Yeoman - Acton T.C. 11.08 Purley Foster Yeoman - Bardon Hill Quarry Fhh 11.37 Newhaven Day Aggregates - Acton T.C. 13:45 Acton T.C. - Purley Foster Yeoman 13:55 TC stands for Terminal Complex or "yard" This is an almost daily occurrence. Foster Yeoman "Foster Yeoman transports most of its stone product from Merehead to various UK distribution points using the services of jointly-owned rail company Mendip Rail, with Hanson plc." |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1563768)
Posted 28 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Talking of the class 59 (as we were) yesterday spotted from a bridge near East Croydon heading north, was 59103 Village of Mells This was a loco from the second batch built, shipped and in service in 1990. How do I know it is 103? because rather than have huge numbers like other operators, Hanson have little stars in the middle of the front yellow section and there are 3 and as Hanson operate 101 to 104 that makes it 103 It also has the distinction of being the only one of the 15 class 59's to have been damaged in an accident. While working the 6A20 Whatley to Acton (West London) stone train locomotive number 59103 and the first ten hopper wagons derailed at 23:20 on 12 September 2000 between Great Elm Tunnel and Bedlam Tunnel on the single track branch line to the Hanson Quarry at Whatley. The locomotive and the first two hoppers rolled and 59103 came to rest on the parapet of a small bridge on the driver's side (left by direction of travel) with the trailing bogie partially torn off by the following hopper wagon. The locomotive was pulled upright on 19 September 2000 and removed to Whatley Quarry where an initial assessment of the damage was made and repairs made to make the locomotive safe for removal by road. The locomotive was then moved by road to Derby on 2 November 2000 for further assessment before moving to Eastleigh for repairs Also On 26 May 1991 class member 59005 set the European haulage record for a single locomotive, with a stone train weighing 11,982 tonnes (11,793 long tons; 13,208 short tons) and 5,415 feet (1,650 m) long And all based on an EMD SD40-2 Today through the railings next to the footpath near South Croydon station I managed to get a shot of 66529 Hauling a long consist of hoppers, which were immediately obscured by a passing passenger train on the down fast!! I did manage to get a shot as the end wagons rolled by. PS both pics were obtained by me holding the camera through the fence, I did not trespass on railway property. Safety first!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #70
(Message 1563695)
Posted 28 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: beanstalk |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Gripes and Kudos IV
(Message 1563111)
Posted 27 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Jim S has asked the mods that we remind people the rules of this thread. As he feels the last few posts have strayed from the idea of this thread This thread is for Gripes and Kudos. Post have been hidden for being off topic. Jim is currently indisposed and does not want people sending him PM's about this. Thank you. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Are humans born evil?
(Message 1561979)
Posted 25 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: [off topic] As a 60 something male I agree with Es! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1561951)
Posted 25 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Penelope |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather Forecasts V
(Message 1561950)
Posted 25 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bank Holiday here in the UK so wet and 14ºC - 57ºF |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1561946)
Posted 25 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It feels like fat, although I may have been a bit dehydrated last Monday due to a massive hangover. Whilst I am no expert, I believe consumption of large amounts of alcohol are not necessarily helpful in loosing weight! I have a prostrate problem and was advised to cut down my alcohol and caffeine consumption. Having been in hospital for for 4 days that was all the advice I needed. From drinking almost every day (two or 3 pints or two or 3 large glasses of red wine.) I have not touched a drop in over two weeks now. I will not give up completely, but reserve it for special occasions. Where health is concerned you need to be serious! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Telco Problems
(Message 1561747)
Posted 24 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Annie, is this what you have at home: If so you are saying that the "power" light on the home hub starts flashing by itself? That as far as I am aware means the Hub has reset, nothing to do with the broad band or any phone or internet cables, but could be a dogey power plug or adapter. It could also mean the Home Hub is faulty. I assume you have had an Openreach engineer to check it out? And yes if you unplug the Home Hub as far as I am aware it wipes out the log, also if the hub is rebooting it may also erase the log. Here is a copy of my hub log when I disconnected then reconnected the cable to the Infinity modem(the white box underneath in the picture) 00:23:28, 25 Aug. NTP synchronization success 00:23:15, 25 Aug. NTP synchronization start 00:23:12, 25 Aug. WAN connection ETH connected 00:23:12, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Receive Configuration ACK 00:23:11, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request 00:23:11, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Receive Configuration NAK 00:23:11, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Send Configuration ACK 00:23:11, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Request 00:23:10, 25 Aug. PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request 00:23:10, 25 Aug. PPP CHAP Receive success : authentication successful 00:23:10, 25 Aug. PPP CHAP Receive Challenge 00:23:10, 25 Aug. PPP LCP Receive Configuration ACK 00:23:09, 25 Aug. PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK 00:23:09, 25 Aug. PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request 00:23:09, 25 Aug. PPP LCP Send Configuration Request 00:22:50, 25 Aug. WAN connection ETH disconnected It reads bottom up. As you can see it is timed and dated. Do you know how to "log in" to the hub? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Telco Problems
(Message 1561537)
Posted 24 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So over to Annie, are you interfering to the orange and blue lights on the BT home hub? Any other speculation at this point will not be helpful until that question is answered. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Telco Problems
(Message 1561453)
Posted 24 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I may be wrong but as a BT customer also, I believe Annie is referring to the orange light on the BT Home Hub, that signifies loss of broadband. It starts flashing when it looses sync. If this is correct then it is not a problem with the computer or internet card but from the router outwards.. Also a speed test won't help because if the above is true the line is disconnected and will not be able to test anything. I am not sure what model of Home Hub it is but all have fairly detailed logs which can be accessed. As long as the Hub is not powered down all logs should be retained. Maybe copying them and sending to BT might be helpful. I am quite surprised at the problems with BT as I have never had any real problems, just last month the Wi-Fi started to play up on my Home Hub, so after explaining to the call centre they arranged for a brand new hub to be sent free of cahrge. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 18
(Message 1561448)
Posted 24 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as my medical condition precludes the consumption of both alcohol and caffeine. I have been looking around for replacements haven't tackled the alcohol yet, but I have found that the decaffeinated coffee in Costa is not too bad, also the little cafe across the road does a good decaffeinated latte. Surprisingly, Sainsburys decaffeinated rich instant is quite acceptable. Of course there is no caffeine "buzz" so I fall asleep at lunch time instead of early evening. As to beer, it has been over two weeks now completely beerless!! Do I fell better, unfortunately... yes, I am sleeping much better, generally feel fitter, don't know how long it will last of course! :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1561047)
Posted 23 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Err thank you TA, I think, but I knew all that. What I wanted was an answers to the question as to why the 66 series locos built in Canada for the UK would have been tested with different gauge trucks, which were then changed before shipping. As I thought Canada and the USA had the same gauge as the UK. However it seems the same style loco was sold to other countries where the gauge was different. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1560860)
Posted 22 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: They are track alignment marks, the figures give the distance to the running rail, the cant inclination of the rails, and any gauge widening applied. They are there to allow the confirmation that the track hasn't moved too far out of its right location. I see!! So what is the slider for? Also what do they do for the rest of the track, not in stations? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1560718)
Posted 22 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So today I finally managed to get a decent picture of a fairly regular visitor to my local station. Belmond British Pullman runs luxury dining trains and one of these does a circular route from London Victoria via Shalford Surry and on the return leg passes through South Croydon. The problem is it doesn't hang around, it is usually going at line speed which here is around 50-60 MPH so getting a decent close up pic is difficult. Today I got one, it is nearly always pulled by Merchant Navy Class, Clan Line 35028 and today was no exception. One thing that always struck me was just how clean the engine always looked. Must have a dedicated team!! Also a question I have always wanted to ask, is does any of our esteemed readers know what this is They are space out about 10 meters apart under the platform, if you look at the bottom right of the first pic you can just see one. They have fascinated me for years, all platforms seem to have them. Any suggestions would be welcome. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Extra care with technology
(Message 1559968)
Posted 21 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: But from what I've read, we (in the US)are behind with our credit cards tech. So it's easier to commit credit card fraud here. I can remember being totally stunned when shopping in Macey's New York back in 2009 to be asked to "sign" the credit card receipt!! The UK has had chip and pin since 2004. Then finding all I needed to do to get fuel was to swipe my card in the pump reader, no pin, no sign, just swipe. It surprised me even more when that was still the case last September! I guess that is is to do with the sheer logistics of getting a chip and pin card to all users and then rolling out the necessary hardware to all outlets. Still it must make the USA a fraudsters paradise. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The kittyman's home thread.
(Message 1559387)
Posted 20 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm back. We do try to be fair! I'll learn some day. Hopefully sooner rather than later.:-) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (89) Server Problems?
(Message 1558668)
Posted 18 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ok; let me understand as absolute newbee in term of SETI: we are running out of WU for GPU ? No we are not, there was a point over the weekend when that might have happened but extra splitters were brought online and all seems OK I have 7 rigs running and all 7 are totally full of GPU work. There is no such thing as a "GPU WU" your PC asks for CPU or GPU work and the servers comply, if you are not getting GPU work the problem may well be your end. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SIV64
(Message 1558290)
Posted 17 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What! Are you saying no one is checking anything of our results including MB? No it's not a sham, the results are being stored, however as far as I am aware there is not enough money to advance to the next stage. |
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Number crunching :
SIV64
(Message 1558261)
Posted 17 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I am interested only in ETI work here at S@H. Should I even be bothered running Astropulse since it appears no one is examining the results for ETI, or apparently so. As I said in the other thread "nitpckr" is for checking ALL work done, starting with the standard wu's. As far as I am aware no one is examining anything astropluse or non-astropulse. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1558190)
Posted 17 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: conquer |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CLOSED*SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVII*CLOSED
(Message 1558079)
Posted 17 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well looks like I crept past 25 million sometime in the last few days! And 30 million Boinc combined!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1557438)
Posted 15 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK just had to post this here. Walkers "Raccoon Crisps" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu6cGrPeJ5M |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1557381)
Posted 15 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: private |
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Cafe SETI :
We all haz badges!
(Message 1557335)
Posted 15 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as I cannot remove my "badge"... Not really the issue, I don't want to be in any "top one percent club" The feeling here has always been that everyone is equal from the user with the huge farm down to the lowly old PC user with a small RAC . Now that is not the case as it is easy to spot the "have nots" as they don't have a badge. It is not the clutter I object to it is the fact that suddenly not everyone can participate, these badges cannot be earned, if your machine is slow or you cannot crunch 24/7 you can never "earn" a badge. It probably should be based on time with project and total credit not RAC, that way everyone can achieve a badge eventually, this way they cannot. |
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Cafe SETI :
We all haz badges!
(Message 1557264)
Posted 15 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as I cannot remove my "badge" I have removed my green star an will not be renewing it. |
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Number crunching :
analysis of astropulse wu results for ETI?
(Message 1557196)
Posted 15 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for your responses. It was neither of those and I went back and couldn't find the thread. No one else has posted about my question so I guess there is no problem about our results being analyzed re. ETI. False alarm, sorry. Actually we don't know, The Near Time Persistency Checker or "ntpckr" for short was supposed to be analysing likely candidate signals but there has been no real word on this for a long while. If there had been any progress I believe there would have been some sort of announcement. So I believe the answer to you question is probably no the WU's are not being checked. The problem I believe is money but without any info from the lab, your guess is as good as mine. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1556796)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd post something in here, but I got a PM from a hater of HSR, who is not a Mod, not to post and to withdraw a post, that person is now blocked here, so I do this on FB instead, where I control the content and where I have 194 Friends... Well that is unacceptable the only people who can control what you post are Fred and the mod team. Take no notice of what people say, if you post something that is unacceptable the mods will soon let you know. Remember you do NOT have to do what someone else tells you in a PM. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Car transmissions - Standard or automatic?
(Message 1556754)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: All this talk about foot brakes vs. hand brakes, reminds me of the bright light controls operated by the foot on a Chevy Malibu my parents had in the 70's. I thought that was pretty neat. :~) I believe a lot of the Fords from the 50's and 60's in the UK had that, a floor mounted headlamp dip switch. This one certainly did 1955 Ford Consul The first car my dad had that I remember, this is the actual car. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1556743)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A lot of these locos left the plant on a flat car, having been built with a non-standard (in North America anyway) wheel gauge. They were test run on the plant track on temporary trucks, and then switched to the narrow trucks before shipping. I wonder why, as apparently USA, Canada UK and Europe share the same standard gauge 4 ft 8 1â„2 in, and I can find no mention of the truck swap. I know that the Flying Scotsman toured for several years in the USA and again I can find no mention of gauge problems and that would have been quite a job to convert that!! I suspect the answer is out there somewhere. |
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Cafe SETI :
Weather Forecasts V
(Message 1556712)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there is definitely a lot of weather about today! Just had the sort of storm I remember as a kid (were the storms bigger and louder or was it just you were smaller and more easily impressed). Lost of forked lightening which I almost captured on camera! It wasn't hitting the houses but somewhere more distant. The reason the pics look a bit grainy was due to the fact it was raining felines and canines!! |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1556689)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dragging this thread from the second page, just a quick comment on a pic I snapped by chance yesterday while returning from my walk, I always glance over the railway bridge and most times there is nothing really interesting. Yesterday however there was one of the 15 diesel freight locos that was responsible for changing the freight hauling business on the UK railways. At first glance it looks like a class 66 that is the mainstay of UK railway freight hauling. However it is a class 59, 59202 to be precise. Which have an interesting story. Back in the mid 80's a compay called Foster Yeoman were fed up with the reliability of the then British Rails freight engines, and as they owned an EMD SW1001 and were very happy with it, persuaded British Rail to allow them to approach EMD to see if they could come up with a design. Well apparently EMD sensed they might be onto a good thing and pulled out all the stops in designing the JT26CW-SS or class 59 in the UK. Foster Yeoman ordered 5 (59001-59005)and after seeing how powerful and reliable they were. Hanson's ordered 4 (59101 - 59104) Finally National power 6 (59201 - 59206). The general reliability and cheaper running costs were a large factor when the UK freight was privatised and Wisconsin Central Transportation Systems (Later EWS now DB Schenker) brought up a number of the newly privatised companies and was looking for new and more reliable freight loco, they saw the class 59 and approached EMD and the class 66 was born, it differs from 59 in being slightly less powerful but faster. To date EMD at their London Ontario plant have built 466 locos for the UK. Unfortunately that looks like the total as new emission regulations are not able to be met within the UK loading gauge. EMD also went on to build 651 "Series 66" locos for the European market, and it all started with one company looking for a reliable freight loco, pity it was an American company built in Canada!! That's life. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 18
(Message 1556671)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have some sad news as far as beer is concerned!! Due to ongoing medical problems that landed me in hospital for 4 days a while back I have been advised to avoid caffeine and .... ALCOHOL!!! This means I will have to give up beer long term, possibly totally. Whilst I can drink decaffeinated coffee, alcohol free beer??? I don't think so!! Getting old sucks!! |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1556622)
Posted 14 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting, I wondered how long it would be!! HP Slatebook Pity it doesn't seem to be much cheaper than a standard laptop. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (89) Server Problems?
(Message 1556327)
Posted 13 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I´m disapointed, seem's like no one in the lab read antyhing we post here, the tape is stuck for more than 24 hrs now and aparently nobody see that. Where are they? As far as I am aware no one in the lab does or has ever read these boards. |
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Politics :
I hope that this cop gets to feel the full force of the law.
(Message 1556227)
Posted 13 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Er a little off topic |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1555906)
Posted 12 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: phone |
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Cafe SETI :
Robin Williams dead at 63.
(Message 1555790)
Posted 12 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I believe "asphyxia" means he hung himself |
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Number crunching :
Gripes and Kudos IV
(Message 1555489)
Posted 12 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Gripes: One little badge is pollution? They should be user selectable, I don't want or need to be in any "percentage club" so unfortunately the only way to get rid of the damn thing is to reduce my RAC below 25%. I can select my green star why not my badge?? |
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Number crunching :
How close am I to the next badge?
(Message 1555154)
Posted 11 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I mean, when a 13k-14k RAC gets you the same badge as a 600k RAC, it's kinda a shrug for me. Indeed they mean very little and are just a distraction to me. I believe it should be down to personal choice whether you want it displayed, the same as a donation green star. Most here crunch what they can afford and it seems wrong that people with one slow machine are excluded from the "award". To me it has never been about "how big is your RAC" but if you care about the project and do whatever you can afford!! These "merit badges" are sending the wrong signals in my humble opinion. |
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Number crunching :
How close am I to the next badge?
(Message 1555149)
Posted 11 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see we gots badges everywhere..... Not sure I care for that !! Anyway to turn them off, other than to stop crunching!!! |
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Politics :
The Israel and Palestine conflict
(Message 1554670)
Posted 10 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ..and yet at least 3 of the people here in this thread who vehemently oppose you are female.Supposedly female. To you perhaps but I have met one and a friend has met the others. So yes female. As to you? your post suggest male, but, well you are currently unknown. |
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Cafe SETI :
SETI Beta has been down for at least one day.
(Message 1554544)
Posted 10 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have it on good authority that Eric may not be in a position to answer. I am currently running down my cache to concentrate on main |
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Cafe SETI :
The NEW youtube thread....
(Message 1553690)
Posted 8 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And I have to confess a faux pas here now... Indeed, the whole thing is a spoof, the Andrews Sisters apparently didn't sing "Candyman" The song was written by Aguilera and Linda Perry and produced by Perry. The Andrews Sisters version was apparently "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" with Christine Aguilera's song. So the "racey lines" are all down to Christine Aguilera!! |
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Politics :
Ebola and Infectious diseases
(Message 1553550)
Posted 8 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ... cretin countries. Yes I would like to know that as well, but Mr Up is not know for answering questions. |
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Politics :
The Israel and Palestine conflict
(Message 1553549)
Posted 8 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The mods dislike double posts, so go read it! What mods also dislike is 10 posts of "he said she said" without advancing the topic of the thread by one iota. Lets try a little civilised intelligent discussion. Which this is not. Oh PS this is just me, no one has red-x any posts, yet. |
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Politics :
Against ALL women - Infanticide, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking...
(Message 1552931)
Posted 6 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So, some women can grow a bead. What does that have to do with chess and poker being dominated by men. Especially chess.And?. Market research clearly shows that girls play games about as much as boys,Like chess and poker? You know it's remarks like that will keep this thread necessary for a long time. But I expected no more from you. I will not hide this post so all can see. PS. some are concerned that this post had been RED-X it had not. Sometimes moderators do read the boards as well. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1552589)
Posted 5 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: house |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1552561)
Posted 5 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: space |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1552522)
Posted 5 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: work |
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Politics :
The Israel and Palestine conflict
(Message 1552521)
Posted 5 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This will be the never ending thread. It's a gigantic version of he said, she said. Everyone here has about as much of a chance of agreeing as the two sides in Israel do. many of the comments I have read violate one or more of the rules I see to the left of my screen as this is a volatile subject to start with. In light of Bob's comment, perhaps a reminder of what Fred posted a while back. As I'm sure you all know, discussing sensitive issues such as religion or politics can cause intense disagreements and emotions. I would strongly encourage anyone that is getting upset or angry to walk away before posting things that might cause more tension. If necessary, write a response but don't post it, then wait a few hours and decide if the post is a good idea. Of course this applies to ALL threads here in politics. |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Staff Blog :
What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing?
(Message 1551954)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you read Eric Korpela's post in the news section he states there is a bug in the forum software that causes this. This requires intervention by David Anderson. As he is the Project Administrator he is obviously aware of this. I am afraid that only being a moderator Dr Kopela is as high as I can go. If you click on the link in the Boinc Manager it takes you to the News thread entry not this one, so there is something wrong with the software. Obviously just locking the thread has not stopped it. No sure what the next step is. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
foreign surrogacy
(Message 1551773)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems to be developing in a slanging match, so locking for a cool down |
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Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551756)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: You are quick to moderate :) I am trying to be reasonable and find out what the problems are, and not "moderate" to quickly or for the wrong reasons. I have read his statement several times and I still don't understand it all At us not adopted to sort things out with the moderators and administrators... But if all this "personal stuff...", I'm ready leave the this forum ... Communists, marginal creatures that destroy neighboring countries and instigators from Moscow - closer in spirit to for most of you (except CLYDE,janneseti and other)! However, that from You is would expect... And this Also remember that any any situation like this there will be propaganda from both sides and sometime the internet doesn't help. Just means "don't believe everything you see hear or read" But you are probably correct I do not live in the area and cannot understand how it effects people who do. So I will leave this thread alone. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551687)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Are English language required to discuss in this Forum? Yes it is best if things can be posted in English, but if that is not possible or the translations are poor, please remember not to get upset at the moderators if we have no idea what is being discussed. We do try our best. Also remember that any any situation like this there will be propaganda from both sides and sometime the internet doesn't help. Of course Alex is upset. Have you been in war lately? But he was saying something about moderators I did not understand. |
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Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551682)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is becoming more difficult for non-Russian or Ukrainian speakers to understand. As a moderator I cannot tell what is said on videos or linked pages. Also the translations are sometimes difficult to understand. I see that Alex is upset but it is difficult for me to see why. I believe he feels that some here support the Russians, to be fair I have not read it that way, but I might be wrong I believe some have felt that they don't want their country to intervene, but that doesn't mean they support one side or the other. Can we try and calm down and remember people might not be saying exactly what you think they are. |
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Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551675)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: we are all aware that your tax dollars went towards the funding of this board Well you might think that, but I was reminded that US tax dollars fund SETI@Home so anyone else should just be grateful. |
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Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551669)
Posted 3 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dude stop posting links if you don't want comments. Those people yelling at the cops all sounded and looked alike. And perhaps you to should stop posting rather juvenile remarks if you don't want people to comment on them. Whilst I have no idea what was being said I could detect the difference in vocal tones and voices and I can see no reason for the "looked alike" remark. But as I said earlier you just like to stir things up. You rarely have a positive thing to say but that's fine as we are all aware that your tax dollars went towards the funding of this board, so continue to make a fool of yourself at your own expense. |
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Politics :
Crimea 4
(Message 1551611)
Posted 2 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This is how residents treat foreignersYou people all look alike to me. How do you know who to hate? No that is Mr Up being his usual self. If I was you I would ignore him, best in the long run. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
You're driving me buggy! (or, don't post bugs in my thread thread)
(Message 1551487)
Posted 2 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here are a couple of "bugs" I took pictures of in my local park. I live in a flat/apartment so don't have a garden/yard. This was last week and is apparently a "Gatekeeper" butterfly, (might be a meadow brown but that doesnt' sound as impressive.) This one was this morning and is a Jersey Tiger moth, a day flying moth, and not the sort to invade mobile homes :-) |
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Politics :
Another conspiracy
(Message 1551432)
Posted 2 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see lets just carry on as before. OK I will lock this until the OP says it is OK to continue. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Another conspiracy
(Message 1551410)
Posted 2 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I agree the title of this thread could lead to an off topic discussion. As the original post was about drug companies and health care I really fail to see what the last dozen or so posts have to do with that. Can we at least stop the USA vs "The rest of the world" sniping. And no I do not suggest starting a thread about that! A little closer to the original topic please. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1551102)
Posted 1 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This was once a serious thread, perhaps it is time to lock it . Please back on topic and everyone remember you are discussing a civilian airliner that crashed killing 298 people. So a little respect from all please. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1551078)
Posted 1 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: California |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1550970)
Posted 1 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Even neanderthals took care of their love ones! Perhaps batter up doesn't have any loved ones. |
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Politics :
First Scientific Proof Of God Found
(Message 1550928)
Posted 1 Aug 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I took it to mean that the previous post was "as clear as mud" I sentiment I echo. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Society's Role in Education
(Message 1550523)
Posted 31 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I sent my children to college why should I send other. You people have to get your hand out of my pocket. I would be open to a military academy type of situation where they have to put in six years after graduation in public service.Bring back student grants!Get a job. However you are saying that while you could afford to send your children through college, as I could not afford to, my children should not get the same chances in life because I am poor. In fact my children should be made to do community service because I am poor. Of course that is the best way to keep the poor in place make sure they don't get an education. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Show us your cruncher(s)
(Message 1550385)
Posted 31 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank's Hal for the info makes a bit more cents now what another user said in a pm Put you pictures on photobucket or flickr or ay of the dozens of photo-sharing sites out there and you can then like to them and the picture will appear here. |
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Politics :
Society's Role in Education
(Message 1550384)
Posted 31 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bring back student grants!Get a job. I see, so you are suggesting that only the rich elite should be able to send their children to college/university. Is that correct? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1549789)
Posted 30 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: photo |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1549049)
Posted 28 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bottled |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1548838)
Posted 28 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: garden |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1548641)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: house |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #69
(Message 1548585)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: theory |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 17
(Message 1548569)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And tonight's refreshment "A pale copper coloured, rewarding beer brewed with pale and crystal malts and hopped with English Goldings and American Liberty hops. The aroma booms with peppery hops and bitter oranges, balanced by fresh bread maltiness. Hops and fruit dominate the palate, while the finish has sappy malt, tart fruit and lingering hop bitterness.." Yep nice, not heard of it before, but a very good beer!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1548431)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It still goes on, the law as it stands is ineffective. Yes you are correct I totally with draw any comment I made to suggest there is a law that prevents pit bulls being bred in the UK Stupid of me to think that |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1548417)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: 3b For Pitbulls, shut the breeders down and put them out of business, and make it illegal to breed and own them. It is already illegal to breed pit-bulls in the UK and has been since 1991 Pitbull ownership is leagl but subject to certain restrictions brought in under The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Corporations are people?
(Message 1548317)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: In any case he still hasn't responded to the question asked by two different moderators. Which in fact answers the question for me, so perhaps the thread need to get back on track. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1548303)
Posted 27 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Me |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 17
(Message 1548078)
Posted 26 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: My tipple for tonight Another nice dark beer 5.6%ABV |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1548025)
Posted 26 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: beer |
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Politics :
The Israel and Palestine conflict
(Message 1548015)
Posted 26 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: They created the page so what does that say about Facebook? It doesn't say that. That is not how Facebook works, anyone with access to the internet can create a Facebook page. Read the story " the man behind the page, Gavriel Beyo from Tel Aviv, told BBC Trending. "Historically soldiers looked at pictures of women before battle for encouragement and this is a version of that." |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1547640)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: finger |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1547634)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: wallpaper |
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Politics :
Corporations are people?
(Message 1547631)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Term limits only say the voters don't have the necessities to make an informed choice. The founding fathers knew this so they limited suffrage to white men freeholders. Bringing back the principals of the founders would go a long way to restoring the US of A to what it was meant to be. Please explain exactly what you mean. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1547596)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: space |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1547582)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Big |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 17
(Message 1547565)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just re-discovered this "Adnams Broadside commemorates the fierce battle of Sole Bay fought against the Dutch Republic in 1672 off the Southwold coast, just across the green from our brewery. The fullness of the beer makes it a good accompaniment for stews and steak or kidney and ale pies. All sausage dishes complement Broadside well. A mature cheese ploughmans or cheeseboard of hard English cheeses are a perfect match for bottled Broadside." Now that is serious beer, dark and malty with a 6.3%ABV kick. Time for another. |
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Cafe SETI :
The kittyman's home thread.
(Message 1547520)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mods, Fred, I ask for a little bit of leniency here. You are a member here same as everyone else. Rules are rules, please don't break them and all will be fine. I can assure you if you do break them then others will use the red-x and it works just fine |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Double standard on violence
(Message 1547506)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It was Arizona who chose the method of the botched execution not the federal government. Colorado and Washington are now ignoring Federal marijuana laws; So as we have established each state makes it own laws, it is in fact the Non-United States. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1547498)
Posted 25 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "This is Zaphod Beeblebrox from Betelgeuse Five, you know, not bloody Martin Smith from Croydon!" Yep even then it was in insult, ie,"This is the most import person in the Galaxy, not the least important, from the least important place" apparently most of the "Martin Smiths form Croydon" left shortly afterwards by unknown means. I can say that at least three of the Italian restaurants practice bistromaths and two are no longer there so who knows!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Power Outage
(Message 1547039)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: See Matt's explanation HERE |
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Message boards :
Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1547031)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well Mr Pack certainly doesn't seem to like modern preachers, even the Christians, seems they are all emissaries of the devil Only managed 15 minutes, that was enough. Oh well each to his own. |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Staff Blog :
What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing?
(Message 1546873)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie dsl and adsl use the copper networks not fibre Yes and they connect to the internet at the exchange, as does fibre,it might be different in other countries but fibre and copper are going to exist side by side here in the UK for some while. But all of that still has nothing to do with the ISP's charging twice to deliver the data you requested to your PC either by fibre or copper. |
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Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1546866)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been asked to unlock this thread, I cannot really see anything productive coming out of this but one last try. Please keep things civil and remember if a persons links to something or quotes something on the internet, please do not treat them as if they wrote it. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Delete Old Computers from List
(Message 1546843)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi, Go to your account Then view "computers on this account" Then click on Show "All computers" Click on "Details" of the computer you wish to delete Scroll down to the bottom of the page and the last line should have "Delete this Computer" Note you cannot delete a computer if it still has active tasks waiting for validation. |
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Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1546838)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a lot of accusing going on here and as neither side can prove anything I can see little reason for this thread to continue, as it will just end up with everyone on one side and Johnney on the other. I will lock this thread for now but am open to any good reasons as to why it should be allowed to continue. |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1546588)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Which confirms that those who operated the BUK didn't care what the target was as long as they hit it. Yes leading to the conclusion that they didn't actually realise that normal international passenger flights would be in their airspace. Just means that all along they thought they were targeting a Ukrainian military plane. Not sure they would have wanted to have the world looking closely at them, as Russia might just get jumpy and scale down support, Which I suspect they have done, no more BUK's. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1546584)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Have a great time lurking in Devon Chris! :) Hello everyone. Thought we'd accidentally caught a non-stop train to Brighton coming home tonight. Fortunately we didn't have to wave at London but were able to get off at Kings Cross :) First person I have met that has anything good to say about Croydon!! |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1546583)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry Martin I have 6 Windows PC that I am totally happy with, plus one Linux machine I use for odds and ends, I know the situation and am happy with my lot. I have to admit only posting what I did to see your reaction, the company I used to work for was 100% Windows until a switched on developer noted that Linux was free, within a year the main operating system for the new user terminals was Linux, not because it was any better, but because it was free. That is the only reason it is used as much as it is because of the bean counters. Thousands of Windows licences costs!! Thousands of user terminals running Linux, free!! Priceless |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1546577)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Have a great time lurking in Devon Chris! :) Hello everyone. Thought we'd accidentally caught a non-stop train to Brighton coming home tonight. Fortunately we didn't have to wave at London but were able to get off at Kings Cross :) That's OK I know they all stop at East Croydon, so you could have said hello!! Or at least waved!! PS I live about 2 mins walk from the London to Brighton railway line. |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Staff Blog :
What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing?
(Message 1546573)
Posted 24 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah yes, Eric forgot that everyone also has access to a telephone network. Not sure what that has to do with internet neutrality! There a very few dial up connections available here in the UK If it is not a dial up then what are you trying to say. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1546565)
Posted 23 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Meanwhile, Linux is here and welcoming to all those willing to try an uncluttered non-Marketing-advertising-infested experience of computer freedom. Get the Linux developers to allow me to use ALL my current program AND games and I may think about it, until then I will stick with WINDOWS. Just to clarify, I use Linux EVERY day to surf the web and send emails on a PC I just haven't got round to re-installing windows on(just for fun) because its free, works fine for that,ask it to run any of my games or paid for software and it fails big time. Great for day to day things not good for real time. |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1546559)
Posted 23 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This info has been on the wiki since day one The fact is that an SA-11 (BUK)working alone will NOT use IFF to identify any target it needs the "TAR" or target accusation radar unit to be able to use IFF. As far as anyone can tell no TAR units were operational at the time, so the TELAR (SA-11 BUK)was quite able to lock on but did not have the IFF ident available. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1546551)
Posted 23 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Makes me wonder why you read the Bible 4 or 5 times Anniet? You didn't seem to learn anything from reading it. Please don't insult people on this thread. |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1545860)
Posted 22 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How do we know our boards aren't under surveillance either?? Any government can monitor any communication they wish to. To believe anything else is just wishful thinking. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Krisiya Todorova  [Signal found but was hidden - just Listen (1st April)    9 | !9 -> ?]
(Message 1545796)
Posted 22 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Your ISP is Belgacom Skynet! No you are seeing your ISP on his little notice I see British Telecom. Everyone sees their own ISP |
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Cafe SETI :
Missing Persons Bureau (a.k.a. The Mother Hens Thread)
(Message 1545482)
Posted 21 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I havent seen a post by EX in a long time. As he is a mod I would assume he is working behind the curtain? You might think that, however I could not possibly comment. |
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Politics :
Tesco's latest PR blurb
(Message 1545364)
Posted 21 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: At grass roots level, if Tesco's are doing a better deal than Asda, Sainsbury's or Morrison's, people will continue to shop with them. If not, they'll go elsewhere. My local Tesco Express is always packed any time I shop there, it is also clean, light and tidy, which was more than could be said for the local Spar and Nisa shops. And no it's not about price for me, but cleanliness and service, which has always been lacking in the so called "local shops". |
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Message boards :
Politics :
First Scientific Proof Of God Found
(Message 1545175)
Posted 21 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I read the reason banns are not permanent is because many on this board have mental problems. That's why Allie form Vancouver still has an active account. There are permanent bans. Daryl Wilson broke none of the board rules. |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1545002)
Posted 20 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Stop the presses, breaking news from Cap. Obvious. Dated yesterday, |
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Cafe SETI :
James Garner passes at age 86...
(Message 1544984)
Posted 20 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Indeed Maverick and the Rockford files were two of my favourite TV programs. RIP |
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Politics :
Tesco's latest PR blurb
(Message 1544948)
Posted 20 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course here there was a long derelict pub, which was a dive when it was opened. Tesco's now has the nicest brightest shop in the area. So I have definitely no axe to grind here I use the shop daily and for me and all the people in the area it is a godsend. |
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Message boards :
News :
What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing?
(Message 1544816)
Posted 20 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dr. Korpela, 4Pablo2 = me does SETI 24-7 since last millennium. Dec. 2011 was start of this Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit 16 Meg Memory. You can see at Willy de Zuter Stats that the ten best 24 hour periods degraded within 12 months from ~ 100'000 down to now hardly 17'000 credits / 24 Hrs. This thread is not for asking questions, and I very much doubt Dr Korpela would have time to go into that sort of detail. You would be better off asking in the Number Crunching forum where there are experts in Windows and Linux who would definitely be able to advise you. |
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Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1544597)
Posted 19 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A second try? Please do not descend into name calling. The subject might be not to everyone's taste, but please keep it civil. |
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Politics :
Flight MH17 : U.S. official: Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
(Message 1544500)
Posted 19 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: so you're saying it is all staged & did not happen? No he is suggesting that the site has been looted for valuables, and the passports were not valuable so were left. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #216: The end of 216 is nearing...
(Message 1544449)
Posted 19 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Note!! Another rule No double posts! Well done Vic |
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Politics :
How I learned about God - David C. Pack
(Message 1544352)
Posted 19 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is becoming a hate/flame war so we will have a little cool down. Jonnney Guinness your other thread was locked because you put "Thread Closed" no other reason. Lets just all cool down and remember just because you don't agree with someone there is absolutely no reason to start calling each other names and disputing a persons identity. |
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TLPTPW #215: 11 Regenerations left... What to do, where to go???
(Message 1544267)
Posted 19 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How good/evil are you? Hmm 88% - 12% An Angel??? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 17
(Message 1544011)
Posted 18 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently drinking Yep, the old label used to say "A Beast of a Beer". It is a nice mellow kick, a fairly typical darker English ale nutty and hoppy, just how I like them. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 17
(Message 1543995)
Posted 18 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently drinking Ringwood Brewery "Old Thumper" Local English Ale 5.1 ABV very nice. |
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Another musical legend, Johnny Winter, passes at 70.
(Message 1543726)
Posted 18 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark is he Edgar Winters brother? Yes. "Winter, along with his musician brother Edgar (born 1946), were nurtured at an early age by their parents in musical pursuits. Johnny and his brother, both of whom were born with albinism, began performing at an early age. When he was ten years old, Winter appeared on a local children's show, playing ukulele and singing Everly Brothers songs with his brother." |
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Advanced warning
(Message 1542986)
Posted 17 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For all who don't read the front page: Planned Power Outage - July 23rd-24th, 2014 My thanks to Richard for spotting this!! |
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Modswap 2014!
(Message 1542261)
Posted 15 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Welcome Julie and Es. Rob and Lynn, take a well deserved break!! Bernie |
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Politics :
Net Neutrality
(Message 1540737)
Posted 13 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I find it amusing all of this net neutrality talk was started by a false premise that this will be harmful to low bandwidth users. How seriously do you think the FCC will take those writing stating such? Nice to know that Dr Korplea has got it all wrong, and in fact he and distributed computing have nothing to worry about. I sure he will be so relieved!! |
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Net Neutrality
(Message 1540583)
Posted 12 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it so hard for you Batter Up to swallow the fact that other countries have a much better system than you do?That's preciousness. Let's look at the facts. UK 30.4 Mbps Number 20 Hmm thought we would be higher. Which of course has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, so perhaps I had better mod myself. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538805)
Posted 10 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thread locked at OP request. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538742)
Posted 9 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If a person refuses help, then perhaps it is best to stop offering. If this thread upsets you so much the I would suggest not reading it any more. The OP has refused help so perhaps people should just let the thread progress naturally. I will not answer any more questions on this subject as it achieves nothing, and just fills up the thread. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538732)
Posted 9 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Vic did not ask for a donated PC, he was worried he might not get online, but it seems pretty clear to me that whilst he was offered an old PC to help him get online he did not wish to accept. Vic may have may reasons for not accepting the PC so once the offer is turned down, as generous as it was then the subject can be dropped. I see no reason to continue to flog the subject. Vic does not want the donated PC. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538692)
Posted 9 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I will unlock the thread now. Please read my previous post if you haven't yet. Thank you. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538520)
Posted 9 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst you all offered advice, perhaps you by now realise that Vic does not want or require it. He just likes to let people know his situation, he does not necessarily expect suggestions as to how to proceed. I will pause this thread for a few hours so people can perhaps re read it and discover what it is really about. |
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I have a PC Problem that might get worse
(Message 1538513)
Posted 9 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you cannot respond positively please do not respond with negative anger. Vic has already stated what he intends doing, so unless you can add a positive slant perhaps you should not reply. I wont lock the thread as I will leave that to the OP to decide. |
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Politics :
Canada offers to bring water to 3rd world!
(Message 1537966)
Posted 8 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It is not SETI just the political forum that I have lost all respect for. Ahh sorry it was you use of the word "site" that made me think it was SETI@Home. I stopped posting here some time ago, unfortunately now being a mod means I have to come here now and again, not the high point of my day!! PS I don't want a mutual admiration society and that is exactly what politics isn't :-) |
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Politics :
Canada offers to bring water to 3rd world!
(Message 1537957)
Posted 8 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have lost all respect for this supposed site. You are debating in a political forum, that has been provided as an extra by the admins of the Seti@Home project. Politics is well known for bringing out the best and worst in people, the only people likely to post on this forum will have strong political views, that may well run counter to yours, they are from all over the world so may have a different outlook. So because of one forum you have lost all respect for Seti@Home. Yet you continue to participate. It is really your choice, keep reading the posts here and keep getting annoyed or do something else. |
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Missing Persons Bureau (a.k.a. The Mother Hens Thread)
(Message 1537504)
Posted 7 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Zapped moderated a post 2 days ago, and a little bird told me that he is just taking a break. |
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The train thread
(Message 1536984)
Posted 6 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Built as works number 8758 by the Lima company of America in 1945, No. 5820 was shipped to Britain and then almost immediately to France to help with the World War II war effort. After the war had ended, it went to Polish Railways where it was numbered Tr203.474 and allocated to Katowice shed. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway |
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Friendship requests.
(Message 1536765)
Posted 6 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so the OP is happy for the off topic posts to continue. However hate/flames will not be tolerated. Please try and keep things civil. Thank you. |
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Friendship requests.
(Message 1536764)
Posted 6 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread seems to have wandered way off topic so it will now be locked. If the OP wishes it to be unlocked please contact the moderators. Thank you. |
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Friendship requests.
(Message 1536445)
Posted 5 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: But that does not remove a rather unique bit of Seti history from memory.Indeed it doesn't |
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Politics :
More on how Neo-Darwinism has it wrong again...
(Message 1535663)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Unlocking thread Please keep to the rules or this thread will have to be closed Rules apply to all. Thank you. |
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What are you YouTubing today?
(Message 1535508)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I know it was written by Billy Joel but this to me is the version http://youtu.be/CBhKSzKkuvY |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 15 year Club
(Message 1535501)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'll be here in another year. I see you are a prophet now, well I intend to be here life willing, as I have been for the last 15 years. Why do you think I would not be? |
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Politics :
More on how Neo-Darwinism has it wrong again...
(Message 1535484)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It should be remembered that discussion of moderator actions of any sort is a no no so perhaps a little time out is required to restore sanity. Thank you ladies and gents. |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 15 year Club
(Message 1535450)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: In 6 days I shall join you at my 15 year Seti anniversary. Not according to your start date "9 Jul 00" I make it 14 years |
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Word Link #68
(Message 1535322)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: star |
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Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1535320)
Posted 3 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What do you exercise people see in it? Well I felt the same way last year when I realised that since "retiring" my clothes had started to shrink and felt too tight. Now, I have zero interest in sport full stop, but I did quite like walking. So I started walking round my local park, to give myself a purpose I took my camera to record anything notable. Well a year later having met a few other people I am now the unofficial photographer for the "Friends of Park Hill Park" a group that is working with the local council to improve facilities in the park. (My pictures are used on flyers that are being posted around Croydon) I also have thousands of photos of the park throughout the seasons and as a plus my clothes fit again, though the original reason I started my daily walk I sometimes forget! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #7
(Message 1535037)
Posted 2 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: But it does get harder to find new pics as time goes on, I do accept that. Which is exactly why I don't normally play |
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Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool Time V4
(Message 1534844)
Posted 2 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Something to do with aircraft/airports. |
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TLPTPW #215: 11 Regenerations left... What to do, where to go???
(Message 1534400)
Posted 1 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning as finally back home after 4 days in hospital. The problem isn't totally sorted this is just a reprieve. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 16
(Message 1534392)
Posted 1 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: (4hrs on/4hrs off/4hrs on) No they were separate routes I never drove. These shifts were to cover morning and evening rush hour usually 6-10am, then off then 2-6pm. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 16
(Message 1534381)
Posted 1 Jul 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: (4hrs on/4hrs off/4hrs on) Oh yes the much hate "split shift". I drove buses for 4 years and that was the shift I dreaded. I found the various shifts required on that job just completely ruined my social life. Luckily I was able to get out. |
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TLPTPW 214.....The joys of summer
(Message 1532907)
Posted 27 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from my hospital bed. An explanation of why I find myself here is not likely to be forth coming soon! Feeling a lot better today than yesterday and as long as everything is OK I will be going home tomorrow. It's only been two days but that is too long. I am keeping everything crossed. |
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The PTSD thread
(Message 1532742)
Posted 27 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If any one who posts are justs reads here who is on dial up. Please PM me. I want to know. There is a better reason for keeping threads short, mobiles, I am currently having to use my mobile and if the signal is weak the longer threads take longer to load. Just a thought. |
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The PTSD thread
(Message 1531952)
Posted 25 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a dial up user who posts regularly in NC. |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1530814)
Posted 22 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: One of the unintended side effects of the "Kenzie Affair" was one of the newer members of the forums was accused of being "Kenzie" Well after a very enjoyable afternoon in a pub in Whitechapel, Richard, Chris, Mike and myself can confirm that Anniet is indeed real. And a good time was had by all! |
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James' Puns O Fun 4
(Message 1530552)
Posted 21 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: No it will be a pain in the neck for anyone so highly strung |
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Word Link #68
(Message 1530505)
Posted 21 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Walk |
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I feel like a hero!
(Message 1530457)
Posted 21 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: OP has requested this thread be locked. |
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Word Link #68
(Message 1530326)
Posted 20 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: home |
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Word Link #68
(Message 1530161)
Posted 20 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: inches |
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Recipes and Food
(Message 1530155)
Posted 20 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Liver to Me tastes and feels like shoe leather, As quite often with food it all depends on how it is cooked. Liver should not be dry and tasteless, but still moist and it has a very strong flavour. I personally enjoy it, with onions mashed potato and gravy, this being UK gravy In British cuisine, as well as in the cuisines of Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, the word gravy refers only to the meat based sauce (and vegetarian/vegan alternatives) derived from meat juices, stock cubes or gravy granules. Use of the word "gravy" does not include other thickened sauces. One of the most popular forms is onion gravy, which is eaten with sausages, Yorkshire pudding and roast meat. Not the many different sauces that those in the US call gravy. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (88) Server Problems?
(Message 1529959)
Posted 19 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Is anyone else seeing download problems. Yes I am seeing the same about 50% of downloads fail first time, usually OK if given "a helping hand". |
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Please welcome Bernie Vine to the Modteam
(Message 1529775)
Posted 19 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you all, whilst I was aware it was about to happen due to the time difference I was asleep when it did. Just need to catch up and get used to all the new buttons to press!! |
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World Cup Woes
(Message 1529667)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I will watch the germans matches tho. No I expect in this instance you are quite normal!! I could just never get excited about football!! |
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What are you YouTubing today?
(Message 1529665)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: An old favourite of mine Nick Drake - Northern Skies. Died young, was also the brother of Gabrielle Drake Who many will remember as Lt Gaye Ellis from UFO |
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World Cup Woes
(Message 1529408)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I suspect (like Chris) I am in the small percentage of the UK male population that has absolutely no interest is football. I actually have no interest in sport period and when the Olympics were held in the UK in 2012, I made sure I had booked my holiday at the same time so as to avoid it as much as possible. I suppose one good thing, with the 40+ TV channels (that I consider worth watching- there are over 100) available on Freeview, only 2 are regularly carrying the games and I almost never watch them anyway. So I was probably one of the last people to become aware of the England result nearly 20 hours later. Also perhaps someone can explain if the game starts at 8.00 PM why does the coverage start at 7.00 PM? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 16
(Message 1529406)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I just added my mom's computer to the fold, and I noticed my RAC has tripled. Hers has 4 processors, and my iMac just two. Also hers is crunching on the GPU, whereas yours is not. |
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TLPTPW 213... hot and steamy all week
(Message 1529393)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A win before a walk. |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1529392)
Posted 18 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: belfry |
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TLPTPW 213... hot and steamy all week
(Message 1529171)
Posted 17 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: 24 Mb/sec DL and 1.5 MB UL helps, too. 74 Meg down and 15 Meg up help even more! Win |
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Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1528626)
Posted 16 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I should have stated that Android is starting to see more attacks against it. Gosh I can't think why!! Couldn't be because it is the most popular now could it?? Android dominates 81 percent of world smartphone market Not a lot of point in bothering to hack a Windows phone that only has a 3.6% market share. |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1528213)
Posted 15 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: chip |
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You're driving me buggy! (or, don't post bugs in my thread thread)
(Message 1527997)
Posted 14 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Snapped this today in my local park. It is a comma butterfly. I was lucky as it was quite happy just to sit there and let me take several pics, of which this was the best. |
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Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1527221)
Posted 12 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I was going to post this in the "bugs" thread but decided it didn't really qualify. Just a snail. But I liked the translucent shell. Yesterday I went to Battesea Park in South London and managed to get this shot. A grey heron giving me the beady eye. |
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Politics :
More on how Neo-Darwinism has it wrong again...
(Message 1527071)
Posted 11 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well you say science but from my quote: There have been 12 detailed reviews of Icons, from scholars familiar with the subject matter, which have come to the consensus that the book's claims are a politically motivated The scientists say it's political, who to believe? |
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Politics :
More on how Neo-Darwinism has it wrong again...
(Message 1526989)
Posted 11 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I know little science, but I read Jonathan Wells article and find I don't quite grasp what he is saying, so I look on-line to try and find out a little about Jonathan Wells. I find this is typical Wells is best known for his 2000 book Icons of Evolution, in which he discusses ten examples which he says show that many of the most commonly accepted arguments supporting evolution are invalid. The book is rejected by many members of the scientific community and has received much criticism by those opposed to his views.There have been 12 detailed reviews of Icons, from scholars familiar with the subject matter, which have come to the consensus that the book's claims are a politically motivated extreme exaggeration and misrepresentation of a scattering of minor issues. Scholars quoted in the work have accused Wells of purposely misquoting them and misleading readers.Biology Professor Jerry Coyne wrote of Icons, "Wells's book rests entirely on a flawed syllogism: ... textbooks illustrate evolution with examples; these examples are sometimes presented in incorrect or misleading ways; therefore evolution is a fiction." So I have to decide, do I believe the link you have posted with absolutely no background information about Jonathan Wells. Or do I believe my own internet research on the man. As you obviously WANT people to do this, I believe what I have found is closer to the truth. |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1526850)
Posted 11 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: velvet |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #67
(Message 1526834)
Posted 11 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Signal |
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Questions and Answers :
Wish list :
Make it so 6.10 setiathome_enhanced (cuda_fermi) tasks don't error out one download
(Message 1526511)
Posted 10 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI "Enhanced" (6.10) WU's were finished last year so no one is really sure what is happening. You may like to read the thread here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74914 |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 15
(Message 1526365)
Posted 10 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: When I was staioned out at Shemya AFB Alaska I had to remember the 6 hour time differance back in NY. How many hours are you ahead of us wiggo? Shouldn't that be the other way round? Current time West Coast 1:10 Am East Coast 4:10 Am BST 09:10 Am Your time 18:10 PM |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #67
(Message 1526096)
Posted 9 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: blue |
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Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1526072)
Posted 9 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: But as Uli says, it is more the person inside that matters. Very true, however as one who is 14 stone(196 pounds), 6 ft tall and a BMI of 26.5 and officially overweight, I will be looking at some of the alternatives suggested on the NHS website. Extra weight puts a strain on the body and can obviously lead to complications in later life. I will see how it goes. Just as an aside before I started my "walking" I was 14 stone 8 pounds. Now to not be "overweight" I need to lose nearly a stone (11 pounds) |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1526049)
Posted 9 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: golf |
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Politics :
6a: Setting Europe Ablaze - Part 2
(Message 1525951)
Posted 8 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It also means they can't complain about it after the elections If you didn't vote for them of course you can and are supposed to complain. Just like everyone who didn't vote for the Conservative or any other party will be expected to keep them on their toes by pointing out ALL their mistakes. Same with any party or politician. It is what keeps a free democracy alive. If people don't express their anger and disappointed in decisions made we become controlled state. I personally don't wish for that. Free expression should be just that. |
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Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1525918)
Posted 8 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And the irony is, I didn't even use a step to buy it! The internet can make us lazy!! |
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Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1525913)
Posted 8 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm going to buy one of those things. I think it would be interesting if we all get one, and report our number of daily steps. Well being in the UK the the models are slightly different, and my one has been replaced. I got mine from Amazon.uk and this is the closest I can find on Amazon.com Omron HJ-321 Tri-Axis Pedometer I find mine easy to operate and has a pocket/belt clip I don't go anywhere without it. |
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Lose Weight With Monday
(Message 1525899)
Posted 8 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm going to buy one of those things. I think it would be interesting if we all get one, and report our number of daily steps. Had one for over a year now. I decided that after I "semi-retired" I was not getting any regular exercise, now never having been of a "sporty" disposition I was wondering what I could do. So I started walking round my local park. Started slowly with one circuit, built it up to 3 circuits daily now about 4 miles total, I try for the magic "10,000" steps per day but even I don't often manage that. In the first 12 months I had the pedometer I did; STEPS - 3,230,795 AEROBIC - 2,496,313 Mins - 22,437 Miles - 1,983 "Aerobic" steps are when walking at more than 60 steps per minute for 10 minutes you have to work up to them!! Over the 52 weeks that was a daily average of Steps - 9205 AEROBIC - 7112 Mins - 64 (of aerobic walking) Miles - 5.65 (Total not just aerobic) I try to walk every day but that is not necessary to keep fit, half an hour of "aerobic" walking three times a week will definitely help you keep fit. |
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Politics :
It is time.....
(Message 1525456)
Posted 7 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Really? So all "professionally run" private institutions don't have pen pushers? Er you said "useless bureaucrats" which seems to suggest government, which this was not. You did not say "pen pushers". Also nowhere in that article did it actually say anyone had tried to stop him quite the reverse. So Secondly, where does a member of staff get off telling a WWII vet that he can't attend a remembrance ceremony? Seems a bit redundant as the article you linked to says no one tried to stop him. |
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Cafe SETI :
It's D-Day! Have We Finally Forgotten?
(Message 1525437)
Posted 7 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here in the UK the BBC covered all the various events to commemorate. I noted that several of the other TV channels, like Quest had D-Day documentaries. As it was 70 years I do not believe in the UK you could have forgotten |
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Politics :
It is time.....
(Message 1525284)
Posted 6 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry but which "useless bureaucrats" Seems he just went and didn't tell them "Peter Curtis, chief executive of Gracewell Healthcare, which runs The Pines, confirmed Mr Jordan had attended the events in Normandy. Also as the care home was privately run, if it had banned him from going it would not have involved any bureaucrats any way. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #67
(Message 1525161)
Posted 6 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: branch |
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Politics :
Linux hits the world (cont #2)
(Message 1525088)
Posted 6 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What is the point of writing virus software for an operating system that has around 2% penetration. I am not saying windows is better,but if you are a virus/malware creator you are surely going to go for the OS that has the greatest chance of success apparently Windows in all forms accounts for 90% of the OS market. So if you send a malicious e-mail to someone, there is a 90% chance it will end up on a Windows PC. Android as the most popular mobile OS is stating to see virus and malware attacks. I agree that the way Linux is constructed makes it more difficult for a virus or malware to infect a Linux PC, but reading articles on Linux websites they urge caution and say that Linux users should not be blasé. Never say never. |
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Cafe SETI :
Air Force pilot helps land a United Airlines B737 after pilot suffered a heart attack
(Message 1525080)
Posted 6 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: but how did the airline manage to sit on the story for five months. Perhaps they didn't want people to think what might have happened if he hadn't been on board |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #67
(Message 1525079)
Posted 6 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ice |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1524486)
Posted 4 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: yum |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #67
(Message 1523979)
Posted 3 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Honeymoon |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1523622)
Posted 2 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: side |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1523497)
Posted 2 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: jacket |
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Number crunching :
CLOSED*SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVII*CLOSED
(Message 1523487)
Posted 2 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it seems the stats box in my sig has broken It should say: Boinc combined 28,089,606 23 million of that for SETI and I am not really trying very hard!! |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1523246)
Posted 1 Jun 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bus |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1522988)
Posted 31 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Apple |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1522772)
Posted 30 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: crossing |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1522736)
Posted 30 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: beat |
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Weather Forecasts IV
(Message 1522733)
Posted 30 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: then get some bug spray and some weed killer. Spray the weeds, then mow them on Sunday, with a liberal application of the bug spray to myself. Just don't get them mixed up. As it is soon due to set the sun decided to put in an appearence!! 16ºC 61ºF cloudy |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1522695)
Posted 30 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Walk |
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(Message 1522394)
Posted 29 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Disney |
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(Message 1522112)
Posted 28 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: hip |
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(Message 1522101)
Posted 28 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: reception |
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(Message 1521863)
Posted 28 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ruby |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1521666)
Posted 27 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: contract |
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CLOSED*SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVII*CLOSED
(Message 1521636)
Posted 27 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Missed my 15 year anniversary by 1 day. Oh well onto the next 15 :-) |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1521633)
Posted 27 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: video |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1521442)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Styx moon of Pluto |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1521441)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: moon |
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6a: Setting Europe Ablaze - Part 2
(Message 1521375)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The UK people are not disillusioned by the EU. Sorry I didn't realised you lived in the UK and talk to English people every day. People in the UK ARE disillusioned with the EU, I am not active in politics and have no axe to grind, but I know people in the UK blame the EU for the current large number of unemployed eastern Europeans in the UK. They blame the EU for the UK being unable to make it's own laws and rules without having to kowtow to Brussels. This is not necessarily my point of view but I hear it every day from English citizens. I agree with Sirius, certainly in the UK, they want their sovereignty back. |
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What are you YouTubing today?
(Message 1521371)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Imogen Heap - The Walk |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1521369)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: looks like it might be PCI-e 16x; however, it could also be AGP They are quite different |
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Weather Forecasts IV
(Message 1521366)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bank Holiday in UK so here it has been raining all day. |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1521178)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The system is almost finished. I need to take it in to Central Computers in Santa Clara, (the only computer store I trust), and confirm that the open slot on the motherboard is indeed a PCI-e slot. The three types of PCI-E slot Hopefully it looks like the longer yellow one. Though it won't necessarily be yellow. |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1521176)
Posted 26 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: system |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1521004)
Posted 25 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bank |
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The train thread
(Message 1520869)
Posted 25 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thats old. But what a design. It is pleasing to the eye. Here is the full span of the bridge end to end. As you can imagine it is quite a landmark!! |
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What are you YouTubing today?
(Message 1520767)
Posted 24 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3WsZeGFJA |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1520723)
Posted 24 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Circuit |
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The train thread
(Message 1520699)
Posted 24 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well finding myself in North Yorkshire with a few hours free what self respecting anorak would not just happen over to Ribblehead and the Viaduct. A unknown local Northern Rail service Deutsche Bahn 66003 hauls a line of hoppers.(Yes it SAYS EWS but it was sold years ago) And finally 23 minutes EARLY so I more or less missed it, just visable in the atrocious weather The Network Rail Network Measurement Train. An old High Speed Train, |
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Word Link #67
(Message 1520679)
Posted 24 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: tea |
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TLPTPW 212 Oh Yeah! ......David Winner!
(Message 1519720)
Posted 22 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in a pub that has apparently served all the British Prime Ministers up to Edward Heath. Has been a tavern or inn since 1434. |
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What are you YouTubing today?
(Message 1519308)
Posted 21 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What were you doing in 1993 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pceU2F_b3QM |
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Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1518703)
Posted 20 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Cravendale milk used that idea for a UK advert Cats with thumbs |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1518175)
Posted 19 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: breaker |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1517878)
Posted 18 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: elevator |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1517697)
Posted 17 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: under |
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Happy 15th anniversary!
(Message 1517576)
Posted 17 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Now that makes me feel old. Is it really 15 years since I saw it on Tomorrows World.!! |
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I'm going to bed now...night night everone.
(Message 1517574)
Posted 17 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well folks, I'm going to crash and burn and hopefully not the plastic bed. I'd burn right threw it. Annie good Night, your the greatest for a good laugh. I thought it was an ice bed in the Ice Hotel Here is another |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1517350)
Posted 17 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: master |
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SETI@home Science :
UFO lights over Phoenix Arizona, real or not?
(Message 1517245)
Posted 16 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Good detective work Bernie. Hmm seems I have heard that before somewhere :-) |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1517074)
Posted 16 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: computer |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 7/5/2014
(Message 1517072)
Posted 16 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: HGTTG was one of Douglas Adams best remembered pennings. What is so fascinating about it is that it was to a great extent a parody on life as we know it, and was totally believable. And you thought the Norway coast just happened? No way! Sorry but that would cause a few HHGTTG fans to get upset!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1516558)
Posted 15 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cake > space ? Spacecakes |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1516557)
Posted 15 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: dish |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1516482)
Posted 15 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cake |
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Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1516435)
Posted 15 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Another Windows "give-away": I worked for a charity several yeas ago and we just approached MS and they gave us copies of Windows and Office for all 4 of our machines. As far as I am aware they have done this for several years, no one made a thing about it back then. I use Windows, I have a Mac, I installed Mint on an old XP machine and on a machine I use for e-mail and surfing. I use them all for what they are best at. Linux in its' pure form and Windows will eventually die out and Android will become the most used OS as it moves from phones to tablets to netbooks, then in maybe 10-15 years most people will store their files in the cloud and have a small portable device. Probably Google will own it all. IT is what the big companies want it to be. Unless enough people care, and I find most don't |
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UFO lights over Phoenix Arizona, real or not?
(Message 1515461)
Posted 13 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This was just released by the Pentagon. It shows what appears to be a UFO bringing smoke on the Taliban. IMHO it is a warning to Putin. Yes nice - Take a 2007 video of American jets bombing a bomb factory, mirror image it and photo-shop a UFO in, very convincing...not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTjTufJnXI |
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Where are the Asians?
(Message 1514999)
Posted 12 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And also a user can have no flag or change his or her flag like his or her underwear. I believe it is based on the "Country" field. Which defaults to "none". But has a drop-down box of all countries, so you just pick a country you like, doesn't have to be your actually location. (I just changed mine to Uganda, and I got their flag. - Changed it back now.) |
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The PTSD thread
(Message 1514548)
Posted 10 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So please everyone, don't bother, My mind was made up long ago. Pity because you are wrong, everyone has the same chance with colon cancer Most colorectal cancer occurs due to lifestyle and increasing age with only a minority of cases associated with underlying genetic disorders And while it can't be "caught" it can be brought on. Greater than 75-95% of colon cancer occurs in people with little or no genetic risk. Other risk factors include older age, male gender, high intake of fat, alcohol or red meat, obesity, smoking and a lack of physical exercise. Approximately 10% of cases are linked to insufficient activity |
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Happy Star Wars Day
(Message 1512519)
Posted 5 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For those wondering about the date of "Star Wars Day" "May the fourth be with you". :-) |
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Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool Time v3
(Message 1512503)
Posted 5 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Calling Donald, hopefully RL has not completely taken over. Well something has, as he hasn't posted the "freekibble" thread for 3 days either. |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1511163)
Posted 2 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: neon |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1511140)
Posted 2 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Another reason why our crossings should return to manned gates... Strange because as stated in the report,the car driver behind did see the lights. From RAIB report Report 17/2013 v2 This was confirmed by the driver of a car that was following the car involved in the collision, who stated that the brake lights were on. She stated that she had seen that the wig-wags were lit as soon as she turned off the main road, which is 600 metres from the crossing, and thought that the car in front was going to stop at the crossing. So a 50/50 I would say. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 13
(Message 1510838)
Posted 1 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Can Word open a LibreOffice document? Well Office 2007 can I tried. |
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TLPTPW 211 - Care for a jelly baby? Or, perhaps a Jammie Dodger???
(Message 1510831)
Posted 1 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: However you spell say la vee in French, that's my response. Just so you know!! C'est la vie |
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Win 8.1 Issues and Questions.
(Message 1510681)
Posted 1 May 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it is a shame that CNET is now bundling ALL their programs with Malware, making people think that good and useful programs like 7-zip are the culprit. As has already been said here but bares repeating NEVER download anything from CNET don't even bother following the link!! |
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The train thread
(Message 1510261)
Posted 30 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seeing that pic reminded me of a question I wanted to ask. I think I know the answer I just want to confirm. I assume the hopper wagons at the rear are to provide extra braking force as 4014 doesn't have full brakes and while the locos can stop themselves they rely on any coupled wagon/coaches to supply their own brake power. I also assume that is why it can't go over 30 mph as stopping 1.2 million pounds with no brakes must be quite fun!! |
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TLPTPW 211 - Care for a jelly baby? Or, perhaps a Jammie Dodger???
(Message 1510236)
Posted 30 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Over here it is always the 1st Monday in May, which is better as it makes a long weekend. Not that I notice!! |
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Word Link #66
(Message 1509956)
Posted 29 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: prayer |
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Zero day IE vulnerability. Effects all OS's. XP users not to get a fix. - Update published
(Message 1509873)
Posted 29 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you who like things just a little more secure, have a look at these Comodo Dragon based on chrome. OR Ice Dragon based on Firefox These are the only browsers I use these days. |
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The train thread
(Message 1509864)
Posted 29 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice pic's wish I could have been there!! Still I have promised myself that if I am still alive and kicking when they get it running I will be there to see it!! Also nice to see so many people interested. Great PR job for UP. And I think its very fitting that they had a diesel unit with the same number:) Apparently one of them is now officially UPP 4014 and one UP 4014, cant remember which is which!! Edit just found the reference: On the morning of January 26, 2014, UPP 4014 (recently re-numbered on the U.P. active locomotive roster so as to avoid confusion with UP 4014, a diesel locomotive) was pulled out of the Los Angeles County Fairplex by the 4,300 horsepower Southern Pacific liveried diesel locomotive UP 1996 |
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The train thread
(Message 1509633)
Posted 28 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: the map doesn't show Jellico and Dusty ever meeting, Not sure what map you are using but on Google maps is does, you have to follow the road down but according to me; X marks the spot and it is right next to a rail line that runs almost outside the main yards. Also they have said they want as many people to see 4014 as possible so I suspect they will allow people to view and take pictures. |
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Crimea 2
(Message 1509150)
Posted 27 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: "Hide signature's" is not marked.The tuque is a giveaway. No he means the flag at the top of his stats I believe. |
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The train thread
(Message 1508754)
Posted 26 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well by the "worlds most powerful diesel" did you mean the EMD DDA40X If so then the best I can find is this or this DDA40X 6900 and Big Boy 4023 not exactly "side by side" I think because of the way they were placed it is difficult to get a good photo of both engines at the same time! I am sure David will know if there are any better ones. |
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Word Link #65
(Message 1508406)
Posted 25 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Wine |
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(Message 1508204)
Posted 24 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: plate |
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Word Link #65
(Message 1507919)
Posted 24 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: red |
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TLPTPW 211 - Care for a jelly baby? Or, perhaps a Jammie Dodger???
(Message 1507530)
Posted 23 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Happy St Georges Day form the UK!! Closest thing we have to a national day and we don't really celebrate!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1507528)
Posted 23 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Neck Road is a stop on the NY subway "Q" train between Avenue U and Sheepshead Bay on the way to Coney Island. |
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(Message 1507527)
Posted 23 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Road |
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(Message 1507248)
Posted 22 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: barbed |
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(Message 1506954)
Posted 21 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: world |
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(Message 1506412)
Posted 20 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: pig |
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(Message 1506109)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: mirror |
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Word Link #65
(Message 1506017)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Trumpet |
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TLPTPW 211 - Care for a jelly baby? Or, perhaps a Jammie Dodger???
(Message 1506014)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Outta here win At least it was only a short day!! |
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Computers & Technology 2
(Message 1505975)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Is this the takeover of the known cyber-world by Google? Not really a surprise, they have been quietly building their empire. Look at Android, the "acceptable Linux OS" Google made sure that it succeeded, it may be free to use and modify, but where do people go for their "Apps" the Google Play store and "by reusing the "Android" trademark; however, device manufacturers and wireless carriers have licensed the trademark from Google". Whatever people may think Google "own" Android and I am sure are quite happy that "As of May 2012, Android became the most popular mobile OS, having the largest installed base, and is a market leader in most countries So we have a choice MS, Apple or Google, I wonder who in 20 years will be running the consumer IT market, my moneys on Google. Should we worry, well as you say Martin, "IT is what we allow it to be.." However do the masses actually care? |
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TLPTPW 211 - Care for a jelly baby? Or, perhaps a Jammie Dodger???
(Message 1505939)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before work Working Good Friday AND Saturday!! That seems like a bad deal to me. Hope you get paid extra :-) |
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(Message 1505935)
Posted 19 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: mittens |
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Rocky Mountain oysters
(Message 1505245)
Posted 17 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok... I do believe it is and brewed by the Wychwood brewery who make one of my favourite beers Hobgoblin a few of which will be enjoyed later this evening. I haven't tried said beer as it is seasonal and hard to find. "The Dog's Bollocks Seasonals - November Standing out from the crowd, an old favourite returns that always lives up to its name. Pale golden, well rounded flavours warm the palate & come together with a hint of nuts, resulting in a robust fulsome aroma that hangs low 'til the last. A great excuse to go & see a man about a dog." |
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The train thread
(Message 1505204)
Posted 17 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: We were talking a while back about Big Boy #4014 being moved to Wyoming for restoration. Some good pics with this story. There is also a GPS tracking map 4014 GPS tracking map |
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You're driving me buggy! (or, don't post bugs in my thread thread)
(Message 1504653)
Posted 16 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: SHUDDER !!! The only bugs I like are the VW ones :-) No I do not knowingly kill any bugs. Any that get inside and wish to leave I help by opening windows or doors. The only bug I have respect for is the common wasp, got badly stung as a child, so I give them a wide berth, but will definitely "assist" them in leaving. There is just something sinister about them |
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Question about windows 7
(Message 1504301)
Posted 15 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I did buy retail. But that does suck you cant reuse an OEM when a computer goes up in smoke. Well I have a mix of OEM and retail on my 7 machines, if one dies, MB,or HDD I just reload the OS or swap HDD to new MB and have never had a problem yet, this is with WIN7 and Vista. I have occasionally had to "re-register on line" when I change the MB, but at least 3 of them don't have the original MB. |
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You're driving me buggy! (or, don't post bugs in my thread thread)
(Message 1504296)
Posted 15 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: SHUDDER !!! The only bugs I like are the VW ones :-) Er you don't I hope "Kill" bugs?? |
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Windows :
Problem with New Win 7 Install
(Message 1503888)
Posted 14 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I did try that site too..It also tried to load a malware. Finally gave up on it and went to the WinRAR. At this point, I'd done with 7z expanders.Then the problem lies on your computer. The 7-zip site redirects to sourceforge.net for download and there never existed any malware from that site! Agreed I just tried it no malware. |
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You never heard it this way.;;;;;;;;;
(Message 1503076)
Posted 12 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I ran a studio, back in the 60s, 2014 - 54 = 1960 ran a studio aged 9!! Wow Say 18 in 1969 born 1951 age 63 and I lost a lost a lot in a flood 'in 62 Born 1951 - age 11 in 62 Born 1960 - age 2 in 62 Obviously Bistro maths! |
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Double standard on violence
(Message 1502932)
Posted 11 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Women should also have to register for the draft or face the full penalty of the law Sorry I didn't realise the USA still had conscription, and how you managed to turn a simple thread about the use of guns into a thread about women having to sigh up for conscription your country doesn't have I have no idea. The original premis of this thread was comparing cars and knives to guns. You asked me to state a yes or no, when I do you just play the childish games and say "oh well what about the farmers", er what about them, if you want to ask an adult question ask, "Who do you think should allowed guns?" or perhaps "Do you think there is ever a reason to have licenced firearms?. And allow me to answer, but you don't want a discussion you just want this childish "My arguments better than yours" Without ever hearing my arguments. Pathetic. no one hear really want to listen, no one here is prepared to think, obviously to you having guns freely available is natural, I agree it is completely logical for the USA and I believe in freedom. Just remember the overriding reason you all wish to hang onto your guns is to bring down a corrupt government, I wish you luck there, it will of course be a blood bath and from what I see it will be soon. |
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Double standard on violence
(Message 1502776)
Posted 11 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So back to my question; is there ANY useful reason for a civilian to have a gun? A yes or no will suffice without the red herring editorializing. No |
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Double standard on violence
(Message 1502742)
Posted 11 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Guns were designed with one purpose in mind - to kill, animals and humans, sport came afterwards. Newer and later guns can kill people much more accurately. No other reason for the existence of guns, they kill, and maim that is what they are designed to do. |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1502413)
Posted 10 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a photo that surprised me after I took it. It has such clarity... Why not PM the person? |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1501539)
Posted 8 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Some of you may know that Steve (SciManStev) on these boards, keeps snakes. When I was visiting NY in 2012 visited him For those of a nervous disposition or who don't like snakes I would skip this next pic I actually found out that day that I don't mind shakes, of course my one was a bit smaller. Last year when I visited we went up the Mount Cannon tramway where at the top you can by beer from "The Highest Tap in New Hampshire" While there I was experimenting with my new camera to try taking a pic with us both in, of course nothing happend for a while then when the shutter fired we were both looking a bit puzzled!! |
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Real Pictures of Real Seti Friends
(Message 1501346)
Posted 8 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: While I wait to get the OK for a couple of photos I thought I would post this. There is a story connected to the previous photos. Whilst on his 2011 trip to the US Chris developed a liking for a certain brand of crisps "chips" to the American contingent, that you cannot get over here. So last year knowing I was going to visit Steve, Uli contacted him and me and asked if Steve would purchase some and I would bring them back for Chris!! All great however have you tried getting 20 large packets of crisps into your luggage, there were a few casualties, bags broke, which I of course eat. This is Chris when we met up at a pub it Croydon for me hand over the goods!! |
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Au Revoir
(Message 1501291)
Posted 8 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see no reason to continue trying to have dialogue with people that are simply not interested in any sensible or meaningful discussion. There are posters here who are so entrenched in their attitude that they will never consider an opposing view. There are those that simply use the Seti boards as a free soapbox for their own radical religious and other dogma, and others that have nothing to say at all, but just deliberately cause mischief and bait others for their own childish amusement. Oh I thought that was what is was there for to keep the radicals and nutters out of the Cafe. :-) I gave up with Politics last year. You'll feel less stressed!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1500656)
Posted 6 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: mirror |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1500608)
Posted 6 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A wet and grey Sunday morning here in South London Cheered up by a sausage and egg baguette with brown sauce win!! Not forgetting COFFEE!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1500100)
Posted 5 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Circle |
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(Message 1500092)
Posted 5 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: due |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1500083)
Posted 5 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we there yet Is there light at the end of the tunnel, or just and oncoming train!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1499279)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Napoleon Solo The man from UNCLE |
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(Message 1499278)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Solo |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1499269)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Comma Butterfly |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1499268)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: butterfly |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1499145)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ice |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1499074)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: access |
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US Department of Transportation mandates rear-view cameras in all cars built from May 1, 2018
(Message 1499011)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you're careless you're careless and adding $800 worth of devices are unlikely to help after you start ignoring them. If you're a careless driver then you probably never used them in the first place. You don't realize the 'Blind Spot' directly behind the vehicle, until you have this camera. Agreed!! Had one for a year now and use it all the time when reversing, not the mirror. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 11
(Message 1499003)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Is that why suspenders were invented for us old guys? :) OK living in the UK just for a second there I had a very disturbing vision. Over here "suspenders" are what you call "a garter belt" I realised that you meant what us on the other side of the pond call "braces" |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1498985)
Posted 3 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 1261 |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1498796)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I like big pages only page 5 here |
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It is time.....
(Message 1498558)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: To be fair the language was challenged, Asked later if the word "Muppets" was the kind of language the prime minister should be using in Parliament, his spokesman said: "PMQs is a unique parliamentary occasion. It has been the way it has been for many years." I find the use of the word demeans the users who cannot put a point across without sinking to a "schoolboy" level. PM included.(You know he only did it to get a laugh) However just because the two of them exchange insults at this level doesn't mean you have to. I stopped reading the posts here because even if I didn't respect some one, calling them a "muppet" or worse would actually just bring me down to their level. |
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Religion - is one better than another?
(Message 1498556)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Blaming the whole UK for a few not too bright local cops? seriously? Not being a "native" Sirius B likes to keep us on our toes!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1498544)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Love |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1498539)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: No 1202!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1498519)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: festival |
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Letter to Professor Stuart Bale, Director SSL
(Message 1498517)
Posted 2 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What I object to is one disgruntled super cruncher speaking for all of us. Agreed |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1498234)
Posted 1 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: villains |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1498184)
Posted 1 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Drama |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1498125)
Posted 1 Apr 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: leaf |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1497786)
Posted 31 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: hacker |
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Hello. I've Returned.
(Message 1497774)
Posted 31 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So, with that out of the way, how is everybody? Anything new here? From what I have just read seems a few here might be inclined to help you in that direction!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1497114)
Posted 29 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: aphrodisiac |
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How's life going for me?
(Message 1497068)
Posted 29 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: While I of all people would be the last to defend him, remember once in the bottle he no longer knows or cares what he does, or who he offends or hurts and I know he had a lot of friends here once. I still feel he should be subject to longer bans, nothing will change until that happens. It may of course be too late. |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1497064)
Posted 29 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: circuit |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1496864)
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, ye ol' "report to the all powerful Fred" schtick. The person s/he wants to welcome back with open arms even though he continued his charade and scam AS A MOD. What you have here is a con artist, a snake oil salesman and all his sycophants come running back - Oh please sell me your new improved snake oil! Even though you have shown yourself to be completely dishonest and untrustworthy we cannot think of a single reason not to trust you again! We believe in you! Pleeeeeaassee Keeennzzziiee! Ahh revenge! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1496763)
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hopefully Fred has been made aware of this as we wouldn't want the wrong person to get the Yes he has, As I said I will post no further information at all on this forum. If it is important I will pass it on to Fred and a few trusted friends. |
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Transportation safety 2
(Message 1496699)
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/VISION-IN-CAR-ACCIDENT-CAMERA-Recorder/dp/B0085ZD17G/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396026505&sr=1-4&keywords=dash+cam Brought for my trip to New England last year, use it all the time. Records for 5 hours in 5 minute segments on a 16GB SD card. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1496614)
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There are times when people on these forums make me smile, laugh sometimes even cry. The exhibit intelligence, compassion and understanding. So when I make a post suggesting someone is "after" our mystery man, I do not expect people to start sending abusive PM's to an other poster accusing them. I named no one, I have no proof as to who it is only suspicions. I posted what I had found to keep you informed. I can see that some here cannot be trusted to behave in an adult manner. I personally do not believe it has anything to do with Blurf, he said he would step back and nothing I have seen suggests otherwise. I will post no further information at all on this forum. If it is important I will pass it on to Fred and a few trusted friends. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1496493)
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps they truly thought they were being more entertaining than sinister. Perhaps they did not understand just how good they were at being kenzieb and how much some of us came to truly like this fictitious character they created. And how saddened by the news of her 'passing'. And eager to take under our wing and console her adopted Allie. Perhaps they just did not understand. Perhaps it was first started on a lark, and once under-way, became very difficult for them to reign in. I belive you may be right, if you remember in the "death announcement thread, Allie came back an made a post saying "people had been asking" I suspect he got a lot of PM's, then aka_Sam had to "step in" and "take Allie away for a few days". I suspect due to the fact he had totally underestimated the reaction and needed breathing space. As to him coming here and talking to us, I believe that possibility is getting more remote. It would seem someone from here is running a campaign of revenge, I cannot say what as that would in fact help their cause but I have seen evidence that ties back to these boards. So he will be aware someone from here is "after him". Pity as I suspect the people who would like to hear his side of the story outnumber those seeking revenge. |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1496361)
Posted 27 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Doctor |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1496067)
Posted 27 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: song |
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uploads not working but downloads work
(Message 1496061)
Posted 27 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Still no uploads... This is getting frustrating. 33 units on 'Project Backoff' Any updates? As it is still only 7.17 am in Berkeley, a little patience is required. No doubt once someone arrives in the lab, things may start moving again if it is a quick fix. |
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Jack Bauer be comin' at ya again soon!
(Message 1495986)
Posted 27 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There were 8 24 episode seasons, each about an hour long, that's 192 hours, less commercial breaks. All my DVD's of CSI and NCIS run around 42 minutes so roughly 135 hours or about 5 days 12 hours without sleep!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1495725)
Posted 26 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: barbecue |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1495650)
Posted 26 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I somehow do not think we are talking about the same person, unless the Mackenzie Joan Ballentyne we are talking about here, moved on from SETI, and told no one and her SETI and other accounts were taken over by her neighbour, who then concocted the fantasy were are discussing here. |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1495552)
Posted 26 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: spring |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1495513)
Posted 26 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: reef |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1495194)
Posted 25 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Outrage, did I miss the outrage???? Er yes |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1495191)
Posted 25 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Elton John - Tiny Dancer |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1495190)
Posted 25 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tiny |
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What are you watching on YouTube today?
(Message 1495189)
Posted 25 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Imogen Heap - Headlock |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 10
(Message 1494700)
Posted 24 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have no idea what a jammy dodger is but sounds like a real kick the butt drink? :)) It's what us Brits call a biscuit. |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1494472)
Posted 24 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: tight |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1494431)
Posted 24 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: away |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1494417)
Posted 24 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see the wisdom of letting the thread run, as I too would like to have a few answers. I hope most here can see past the initial shock and surprise and just wonder how and why. There is, in my mind, little point in recriminations, so maybe lets just wait and see if time can convince our mysterious author to come here and tell us the full story. If by chance he does I suggest he is allowed his say, without any attacks. PS Lets also not attack each other, not a good way of encouraging him to post!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1494360)
Posted 24 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Boy |
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I'm falling, I bought a parachute. From 100% AP, to 100% MB.
(Message 1494193)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: He is preparing for impact - remove all loose items from you pockets and stow in the lockers, ensure your seat is in an upright position........ Well of course as RAC never actually gets to zero, he may be hovering between 1 and 0.05 ft from the ground for a while, several years possibly!! |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1494175)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: body |
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I'm falling, I bought a parachute. From 100% AP, to 100% MB.
(Message 1494173)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post:
For reasons that may not become apparent Sten-Arne has decided to remove his name, picture and flag. Earlier on he was "Nobody". |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1494124)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see, well as you brought it up but are not prepared to substantiate your accusations I do not see the point in taking it any further. Nope I am no detective, and have absolutely no interest in pursuing another conspiracy theory. Because I uncovered the "Kenzie" scam it does not mean I see hidden agendas round every corner. Matter closed due to lack of interest. |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1494090)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning but trying hard!! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1494057)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I see, well as you brought it up but are not prepared to substantiate your accusations I do not see the point in taking it any further. I will however record in this thread that you believe either Fred or the moderators are part of a cover up, is that what you are suggesting? |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1494052)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: This issue brought to light many discrepancies which has shocked many. However, has it had repercussions behind the scenes? As I for one have absolutely no idea what you are talking about could you please explain in plain English, for all SETI members to understand, if not then best say nothing. |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1493968)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sugar |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1493952)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Peanuts |
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Word Link #64
(Message 1493927)
Posted 23 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: wine |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493541)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: LOL............. Yes I can see the headline now, "55 year old Canadian man poses as a woman online for 6 years, fools hundreds, posting pictures of glamorous models he pretended were her. Kills her off online, and is now posing as her 16 year old adopted daughter. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493536)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: LOL............. Yes that seems likely, there are LOTS of photos of Patrice on the internet that I could not link to!! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493533)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There must be a lot of Kenzie in him, wouldn't everyone just want Kenzie back even if she now has a beard?? I don't believe some here could "forgive and forget". I too would like answers and perhaps an insight into how and why. I believe that his job as a photographer working with lots of outgoing young women must have had a big influence, possibly even to the photos he chose. Perhaps in his mind Samantha Lightfoot was Allie as Hunter Reilly became the final Kenzie. I suspect we will never know. In my report the last line is I believe he made a mistake in killing Kenzie off the one big mistake, that led me on a trail of beautiful women to one who never existed but still touched many lives. |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1493522)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-) You sure about that? |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493519)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: All links appear to be broken. That actually is a model called Patrice Bowler who of course lives and works in Vancouver at the Vancouver Circus School. That info just like all the rest I found is freely available on the internet, no hacking required. A bit scary really. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493510)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: All links appear to be broken. Well not quite all http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=9943855 |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493506)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: aka_sam's picture and profile at cosmologyathome.org Well without any evidence to prove otherwise it would seem so! I found it surprising as well! I would still like an explanation. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493260)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How is this basically different than the use of an alias which it appears that many of us do. At first glance not that much, however using pictures of models to represent you dead mother in my opinion stepped across the line. While I have explained that as a professional photographer he almost certainly retains the right to do as he pleases with any of his images and has broken no laws, morally he certainly has a case to answer. The fact that all the Photobucket links to all the pictures disappeared within 24 hours probably suggests he is not about to answer here. This person must have resided mostly in the Cafe as I don't even recall seeing her/his posts. They were most active from 2007 to 2011 and were active in the number crunching forum, doing their "first computer build" almost online there. Some will no doubt remember Q-Baby. They were also quite active in the science forums. And just to clear things up, as far as I can tell no money was ever requested and offers of money at various times, for various reasons, were all politely refused. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1493216)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So perhaps the story told by Allie is partially true and only photos were faked. Allie told us that “She was always uncomfortable about her looks†due to a car accident that left scars on her face. She might be hiding behind an avatar of a person she knew or photographed. Perhaps after Kenzie’s death, teenage Allie got carried away and added a few things on her own. We can’t be sure about any of that. I agree that could be so, but why then did Allie feel the need to also hide behind avatars of two different models? But I want Allie or any other person behind these accounts to please come forward and explain it to us. Kenzie’s fans and friends at least deserve that much. I believe that was one of the reasons Fred started this thread, I too would like answers, though seeing some of the understandable reactions here I doubt they would receive a friendly welcome. |
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Cafe: more harm than good?
(Message 1493027)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I am confused, you were upset over something posted in politics and nearly left, but you couldn't post here?? So you create a thread complaining about the cafe because of the Kenzie saga? What you have seen in the cafe over the last few days happens once in a blue moon, the real arguments and heated discussions are here in politics. So are you saying the Cafe is bad but politics is good? Or all threads not connected with science or crunching are bad for SETI |
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Cafe: more harm than good?
(Message 1493014)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I almost unplugged and quit because of what was posted in the political forum a few days ago So what has it got to do with the Cafe, politics and the Cafe are separate. Why pick on the Cafe?? |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1492844)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ladder |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1492813)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: line |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1492812)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: We would not want Misfit to get sued for libel Because it would look bad for SETI. :-) |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1492791)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Before anyone starts posting links to people can they check with me. We would not want Misfit to get sued for libel I have asked for the posts to be removed it is not the right person!!! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1492695)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Guess which ones me!! That Zoom 314 is obviously a large black and white cat with a frightening stare!! |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1492586)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Fields |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1492583)
Posted 21 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I can also confirm that SciManStev is a real person. Taken in New Hampshire August 2012 Guess which ones me!! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1492306)
Posted 20 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not related. Just discovering my rights...I posted my request & it's being honored. It's all good. No the "Allie" one was removed from Photobucket, has to be by the owner. I removed mine to help calm things down. I suspect this thread has been read by aka_sam/Kenzie/Allie/Daryl Wilson and he will start to remove his photos. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491964)
Posted 20 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: With the fact that a serious point is being discussed interspersed with jokes shows me this thread is getting near the end. aka_sam/Kenzie/Allie has broken no laws as far as I am aware, he had not broken any rules as far as SETI is concerned. So all the accounts should be closed? Why? For posting pictures it is almost certain he has the copyright for? For posting pictures he has the copyright for and suggesting they are of a dead person who never actually existed. My main purpose in contacting Fred was to get this to stop, that's all, just get the fantasy to stop. I believe that has been achieved. Unless anyone has good reasons perhaps it is time to close this thread. I will still answer intelligent PM's. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491735)
Posted 20 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie--please tell me if you have seen the exact wording of the contracts from the models/subjects? As the person concerned is a professional photographer and I do not believe he is stupid, then this is a standard model release form, look on the internet, there are lots of versions that all basically say the same thing THIS MODEL AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (“Agreementâ€) is dated ___________ and is between the undersigned The model waives ALL rights even to the name on the picture being changed and being altered in any way. Blurf you are seeking revenge, and I do not think you will get it, learn and move on. I contacted Fred because I believed all of you who knew and liked the Kenzie persona need to know the truth, not to engage in witch hunts, I will not support that. Kenzie/Allie never existed, who the pictures were of is now irrelevant. Most of us were fooled for years, we now know the truth, unfortunately you cannot actually believe anybody you meet on the internet, until you either meet them in person or meet someone who has met them and has been photographed with them. So currently there are around 8 people on SETI who I consider my friends 2 I am not sure about, and the rest, while you might be who you say you are and might be trustworthy I just do not know and reserve judgement and however you ask and whatever your cause I will never send money to you. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491597)
Posted 20 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Kenzie was among us for a long time and was much loved by people. Its the same person we are talking about here, fact or fiction, whoever the person was they must have put a lot of themselves into being Kenzie to be able to keep the charade up for so long. Hold on, you cannot make those accusations!! There are no "child" pictures involved here. Please be aware this is a public forum and as I have said several times here, as far as SETI is concerned no laws have been broken. It is totally the moral issues. If you wish to ban multiple accounts, how about also banning all people who don't use their real names? Wouldn't work, neither would banning multiple accounts, with the mobile devices I have I can log on without using a proxy from my own living room with at least 4 totally different IP addressees, so 4 different people. No there are no easy answers here, I felt you all needed to know the truth but in the end we learn and move on. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491425)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sidney Snodgrass has been an alt of another person here for ages...although I am not comfortable revealing who it is without a fact. Indeed and the moral of this is to not take all you see on the internet/chat rooms/forums/Facebook etc.. as real. On the other hand please don't start suspecting everyone as being fake, I am sure there are some nice people out there! |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491390)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Edit: And at the same time this new account was created, the computers of "Allie/KenzieB", and aka_sam, and aka_Patrice was hidden. Go figure.... Are you really sure, they have been hidden for a long while now, in fact as far as I know they always were. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491379)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Btw, any money given directly to Kenzie (no matter what she allegedly did with it) under false pretenses I believe is wire fraud, a felony. Since this was done over the internet and state lines this would be under the jurisdiction of the federal government (DOJ). If any victim wishes to press charges feel free to contact your local FBI office. That money is easily traced. I can find no evidence that any money was ever given to "Kenzie", quite the reverse all offers of monetary help have always been refused. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491365)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So you're saying this message was posted by Kenzie, but now it comes up with Allie's name on it. That must mean it's the same account with the name changed, right? No one noticed. No one. Anyone who looked at the avatar on Allie's first post realised it was the Kenzie account. And anyone who had Kenzie as a friend could have notice the name change, as Sirius said, in light of the "death notice" no on thought it strange. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491335)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm just wondering how you found out. I started from the premiss: How can I prove Shannon/Kenzie is a real person. And went from there. All you need to do is read all the posts by Kenzie, aka_sam and aka_patrice and check the profiles, it's all down hill from there. It will lead to FB |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491321)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm just glad Bernie searched for the truth. The pictures are not "stolen" they belong to aka_sam under another identity, he is a professional photographer and almost certainly paid the models for their time meaning he owns the copyright to the pictures and can do whatever he likes with them. The picture I posted came from a post "kenzie" made on the 9th Jan 2013 The link went to a photobucket picture. It is still there at the moment though for how long I could not guess. |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491257)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I am going to be 100% honest here and say I was one of the people who approached Fred and I have prepared a full report on what I found.100% honest? This picture was posted BEFORE I discovered the truth. Please before you accuse me of dishonesty make sure you are in possession of all the facts. I did not start my investigation until a week AFTER I posted that picture, at the time I posted it I believed it was a picture of Kenzie taken by Allie. It is Hunter Reilly. |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1491185)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: camera |
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Seven Fiftytwo
(Message 1491184)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: To countenance your extreme hatred of the press, here's the same from the Baghdad Broadcasting Company..... What the BBC headline actually says is: "New pound coin designed to combat counterfeiting" |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1491157)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cut |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1491132)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: document |
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Shannon/kenzieb
(Message 1491110)
Posted 19 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ladies and Gentleman I am going to be 100% honest here and say I was one of the people who approached Fred and I have prepared a full report on what I found. Fred has a copy however I do not believe it would be a good idea to publish it here. I also think the models should be made aware of the improper use of their images. I would be willing to reach out to them personally. Blurf, one of the things I did discover is that in the model/photographer world, models will often sign away the rights to their photos, just in the hope that some will be published. This means that it is quite likely that Allissa Harkin, Samantha Lightfoot, Mihola Terzic, and Hunter Reilly signed away the rights to their pictures. The person behind this was a professional photographer and knows what he can and can't do. If he paid the models the copyright is 100% his to do as he pleases, Please be aware that no criminal activity had taken place here, morally, well that is a different story. I will accept questions by PM if you need to. |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/3/2014
(Message 1490794)
Posted 18 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Comment by Eric on Beta Matt and Jeff are out of town Might have something to do with it. |
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(Message 1490764)
Posted 18 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Comment from Eric on Beta Matt and Jeff are out of town Might have something to do with it. |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1490708)
Posted 18 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: East |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1490571)
Posted 18 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tarot |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1490563)
Posted 18 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ship |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1490021)
Posted 17 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: master |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1489749)
Posted 16 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: red |
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TLPTPW 209 - Grimm Is Back, But I Miss Dracula 2013!
(Message 1489747)
Posted 16 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a bright sunny Sunday afternoon! |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1489477)
Posted 15 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: answer |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1489307)
Posted 15 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: joint |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1489284)
Posted 15 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: perfect |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1489265)
Posted 15 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Purple |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1488809)
Posted 14 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: luck |
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The train thread
(Message 1488509)
Posted 13 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here's a pic of the UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy for comparison. Er yes I posted one two of my posts back, which is why I posted the other on for comparison!!! |
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The train thread
(Message 1488435)
Posted 13 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually Bernie, the H8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny can/could beat a Big Boy, as the H8 had more horsepower(7,498 hp) than any other steam loco according to the wiki. Now I didn't actually say it was the most powerful loco. It just is the epitome of the big US steam engine, sounds right too "Big Boy" as apposed to "H8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny" kinda doesn't roll of the tongue so well. And boy they are certainly not the prettiest loco I have ever seen.(Still like to see on close up) :-) More of those strange "things on the front that started this particular conversation. Still form versus function, it didn't need to be beautiful to do the job. |
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The train thread
(Message 1488383)
Posted 13 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I know as well as you do that you like British steam engines Well actually only because they are the only ones you can see in the UK!! I actually like all types of trains. First time I went to the US, this was quite a highlight Standing on the platform at Gettysbug station as this totally ordinary SD40-2 passed. As was seeing this Amtrak GE P40DC at New London,last year pulling New Haven stock The Americans lost interest in railways from the 40's onwards when the car took over, whilst Dr Beeching tried we never really did. We still think steam is great. I just like trains and am just as happy taking pictures of 34046 rushing through South Croydon As I am a pair of 37 class diesels pulling the Network Rail test train. |
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The train thread
(Message 1488349)
Posted 13 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And whilst in BR service a lot of British locos, were, well black and boring. For sheer power you can't beat the "Big Boy" and I don't think it looks boring at all, quiet the reverse. Love to see one of those in steam!! If you want to talk boring, guess what train made the fastest ever run from London to Brighton on the 11th September 2005 Well one of these. Well this actual one 377 472 Here is the video London Brighton Speed Run September 2005 |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1487340)
Posted 11 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Helios |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1487339)
Posted 11 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Helios |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1487075)
Posted 10 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: store |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1486783)
Posted 9 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Journey of the Sorcerer - The Eagles Theme for the BBC radio series of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1486782)
Posted 9 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorcerer |
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Word Link #63
(Message 1486696)
Posted 9 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mac |
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The train thread
(Message 1486672)
Posted 9 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: We have had trams in Croydon for years now. When they were building the system I was driving a bus, I hated it with a passion and could never see why it was needed. Now with my free "oldies pass" I use them all the time, best way to get around locally!! Here is 2545 in the middle of Croydon last August. They are numbered 2530 through to 2559. This follows on from the highest numbered tram in the original London Transport tram numbering system. 2529 was the highest numbered tram in London. While there have been a few accidents, I suspect that most people would agreed the benefits outweigh the disadvantages |
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(Message 1485812)
Posted 7 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: At this point, we don't even know if this was a hardware or software crash. Indeed we do not, but whatever I doubt the COLO is to blame. I remember seeing that the LAB is paying for the COLO, in that case it would be embarrassing for the COLO if servers were failing all over the place due to their power or AC. |
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(Message 1485672)
Posted 7 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems to be a lot of server crashes lately, I just have to wonder how well the COLO facility is looking after them. From what I understand, the COLO provides, rack space, solid power, AC and a big fast pipe to the outside world. Plus someone who can reboot a server if it cannot be rebooted remotely. It does not provide new hardware, that is the same as was in the lab and is nothing to do with the COLO I am sure the guys at the COLO do not have direct access to login into the servers and do not monitor each one. That is the job of the owners, in this case SET@Home. As I see it the problems are still 100% SETI hardware or software, COLO has no bearing on the current problems |
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(Message 1485480)
Posted 7 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: From front page The machine that serves the boinc database crashed a few hours ago. The project is down until the database recovery is complete. |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1485238)
Posted 6 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Blue skies with light cloud 6ºC - 43ºF |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1484991)
Posted 5 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bowie Knife |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1484989)
Posted 5 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Knife |
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What are you watching on YouTube today?
(Message 1484986)
Posted 5 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dear Prudence |
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Validation Inconclusive
(Message 1484783)
Posted 5 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The most important things to check regularly are these two An occasional one or two are OK, I had a cruncher crash recently and left 4 errors, none since it was rebuilt. I check two or 3 times a week. |
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BOINC lost attachment to S@H project
(Message 1483959)
Posted 3 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I re-installed Boinc and connected, and I have lost no tasks and had no errors. I just installed Boinc and reattached, I didn't copy any files form any other machines, just started from new. The machine reattached as it's old ID as I had kept everything the same, PC name, ip address and OS. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1483958)
Posted 3 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: blanket > Jackson ??? Is one of Michael Jacksons children |
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BOINC lost attachment to S@H project
(Message 1483863)
Posted 3 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Last Monday the 24th Feb the HDD in this machine 4241618 failed. I replaced it on Tuesday and re-installed the OS, as I had to start with Vista then "upgrade" to Win 7 it took till Wednesday afternoon before it was ready. I re-installed Boinc and connected, and I have lost no tasks and had no errors. So it would seem as long as the machine is the same there should not be a problem. |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1483829)
Posted 2 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well spring has arrived here, Picture taken in a park near me on Thursday My local churchyard same day. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread III
(Message 1483729)
Posted 2 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Leighton Buzzard |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1483726)
Posted 2 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Buzzard |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1483416)
Posted 2 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bear |
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(Message 1483246)
Posted 1 Mar 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: FYI, I sent E-Mail to David, Eric, Matt & Jeff - because SSP frozen & UL not possible. Why it's a Saturday!! Monday will be quite soon enough. Why do people expect to have work 24/7 and the staff "on call the same" If there is work, fine if not fine. Also I suspect the Co-lo would not do anything unless asked by the owners of the servers, so the very idea that we should be able to contact the Co-lo is totally laughable!! Relax people, if it's not about RAC two, three, four days downtime means nothing. |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482714)
Posted 28 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cocoa |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 10
(Message 1482449)
Posted 27 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Time to switch from coffee to beer. Cheers everyone! :) Don't expect any sympathy in the beer drinkers theread. Just having a few "Old Speckled Hens" here Yes it's a beer! Also have to admit I like a cup of coffee as well!! |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482446)
Posted 27 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: cable |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482246)
Posted 27 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: trio |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482211)
Posted 27 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: musician |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482131)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: table |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1482041)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: guitar |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481941)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: geometry |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481889)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: break |
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TLPTPW 208. I'm British, it's all about the Weather!
(Message 1481888)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win Yep |
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James' Puns O Fun 3
(Message 1481887)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow, what a lot of current puns here |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481838)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: on-line |
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TLPTPW 208. I'm British, it's all about the Weather!
(Message 1481836)
Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Breakfast and coffee win |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481602)
Posted 25 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whole |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481575)
Posted 25 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Alien |
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(Message 1481452)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: UL starts to give a lot of retry´s it´s only me? Over 30 stuck here when I looked. 20 won't move even after a little "help" Brings back memories of BC (Before Co-Lo) :-) |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481433)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Jane |
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Word Link #62
(Message 1481367)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: fictional |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1481232)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: nest |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1481159)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: water |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480922)
Posted 23 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: up |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480920)
Posted 23 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: half |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480894)
Posted 23 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: rugby |
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Rescheduling - final attempt
(Message 1480721)
Posted 22 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seriously, my electric bill is going to have to come down, guess what's at the top of the cut list. Which is exactly as it should be. SETI@Home was conceived to use the spare cycles of you CPU, not to leave the machine on 24/7 and certainly not to build machines that do nothing but crunch 24/7. That was our choice, yours and mine. Bottom line is the work that the lab wants getting done? Probably faster than it can be supplied. Are the results being processed into something useful.... |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480534)
Posted 22 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sanders |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480224)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: matter |
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Rescheduling - final attempt
(Message 1480211)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Staff, as in Berkeley payroll. Mods certainly can't. I don't think they want to argue, just to get the most efficient workload out of their machines. Boinc is flawed we know but allowing users dump WU's so they can stock up on higher paying AP's is just wrong. However as there are no checks or rules to stop this happening people are annoyed. The only thing hiding your machines actually hides is how many you have, everything else is pretty standard and tells you little except when help is needed. It can and does provide a way to "hide" when you are cheating so, I would vote for no anonymous machines, those who didn't like it could leave. |
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(Message 1480207)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It sure would be nice if someone would tell us what's really going on, though. Well as we know Eric is working on tight deadlines for the Android app and it appears as though Matt has been "on tour" this month, mention of San Diego to Vancouver on FB. With pics :-) |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1480197)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Fae is a term for fairies I thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480166)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: star |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1480164)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunch break win. +1 |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1480054)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Web |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1480018)
Posted 21 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with my latte from the cafe across the road. |
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Rescheduling - final attempt
(Message 1479824)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post:
And I believe it was Raistmers point as well, although something may have got lost in translation. From what I have read here most seem to be in agreement, rescheduling within limits is OK Outside of that it is bad for the project and considered cheating and there should perhaps be a way of stopping it. So what is the way forward. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1479818)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And if I have to explain "Ticket and Ride"!!! |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479817)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ticket |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 14/12/2013
(Message 1479745)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to see the image I used in the Raccoon Lovers forum for new year is being recycled!! |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1479739)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, I still see your old avatar, even after a reload. CTRL+F5, clears browser cache on all modern browsers, not sure what you do for IE |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1479654)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a nice new avatar, courtesy of my friends new painting Both. It was a pic of her combined with the painting of my avatar before that ! As I have posted here before see her work here Janet Cook |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1479618)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a nice new avatar, courtesy of my friends new painting Here is the full painting. It's called: Girls with the Dragon Tattoo |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1479616)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Quaker - Friends |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479615)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Friends |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479609)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: wheat |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1479608)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's quite sunny here after some rain this morning. 12ºC - 53ºF |
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The train thread
(Message 1479552)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: The engineer saw the idiot and hit the brakes, But we all know how long that takes. I saw the above comment and thought yes WE do but unfortunately most of the Darwin award candidates actually have no idea. I also read somewhere that a motorist in collision with a suburban tram was surprised the tram driver hadn't manoeuvred to avoid the accident. There was no report as to whether the driver was blond. |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1479327)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while realising I have forgotten a large chunk of yesterday!! |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479309)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: board |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479303)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Bishop |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1479295)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Kensington Gore |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479294)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Kensington |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1479273)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Crime of passion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479114)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: crime |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1479103)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Land Camera |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1479102)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Camera |
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Another kittyman moment to share....
(Message 1479059)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark As you probably realise I am one of the friends you have "lost along the way." I have made many friends because of SETI and have even had the pleasure to meet a few in person. That is why these forums are special to me, I consider them to be a "second home". So to open them on a Friday/Saturday and see your drunken rants feels like someone is doing it in my home!! I have left these forums for a time even stopped crunching for SETI because I did not want to be associated with a project that allowed you to have your drunken rants on a regular basis. You have spoiled SETI@Home for me. Your post is more tragic in that you actually realise what you are doing. You do have friends here and I know they are on the point of despair seeing you appear to slide lower and lower. You will only restore yourself in my and other peoples eyes if you can take control of your life and stop this downward spiral. Unless and until you do I will be watching and red-x ing your posts and calling for you to be permanently banned It is really up to you. Bernie. |
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CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1478751)
Posted 18 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: 21 million for SETI and 25 million for BOINC |
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(Message 1477964)
Posted 16 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: free |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1477928)
Posted 16 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bin |
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Word Link # 61
(Message 1477893)
Posted 16 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: release |
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The train thread
(Message 1477889)
Posted 16 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I like looking at trains. I dont care from what country either. If its on tracks I like it. Well I quite like the look of the Acela that runs from Washington to Boston via NY. Last year I visited several towns on the east coast and one of my favourite was New London Connecticut. Here is a pic I took of the Acela from NY passing through New London. Of course being in the US you can get right up close unlike the UK. |
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(Message 1477718)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: China |
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The train thread
(Message 1477716)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: On the Wisconsin Central, where that paint scheme came from, it was maroon and yellow. Yes it was here too perhaps he meant GB Railfreight EWS 66 GBRF 66 |
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(Message 1477676)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: chain |
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(Message 1477564)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sandwich |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1477563)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: er Beefcake |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1477531)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well we actually got no rain last night, just very high winds. Quite a bit of damage and 2 deaths according to the BBC According to my weather widget it is raining here now, but it is not. Here is a slightly worrying map I found on the BBC website |
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(Message 1477528)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: salad |
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(Message 1477527)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: basketball > work ???? You both answered at the same time. Team > Work A lot of people don't look to see if someone else has posted or they don't realise you can edit a post for the first hour. |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1477515)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a large JD and ice. Bernie posted the above, sounds good. Oh it was :-) |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1477392)
Posted 15 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a large JD and ice. |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1477367)
Posted 14 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Floods getting closer. http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/WEATHER-WARNING-Croydon-braced-Friday-night-storm/story-20631965-detail/story.html This is a couple of miles south of me!! On Wednesday I had a job just a few miles south and on the way had to drive through flood water for 200-300 yards, in 2 separate sections they had reduced the road to one lane with lights I assume to stop the "bow wave" from passing cars, it was not a pleasant experience. They are currently using a pedestrian underpass a church car park and school playing fields as a "holding ponds" for flood-water. If I get flooded everyone else will be in trouble, I am on the second floor (third floor for the US). |
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The train thread
(Message 1477321)
Posted 14 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: You don't see many EWS locos there days. EWS no longer exists it was taken over by DB Schenker Rail So any you do see haven't been repainted yet. Also they didn't win the Foster Yomans contract Freightliner did. AFAIK |
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The train thread
(Message 1477318)
Posted 14 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How about a Freightliner Class 66?? Here's one I shot earlier: 66598 and 22 empty hoppers forming the 11:14 - 726F Crawely Foster Yomans to Acton. Here approaching East Croydon station on the up slow Interestingly it was Foster Yomans who originally purchased the 15 EMD's that became class 59's that started the whole thing off and occasionally a 59 will haul the Foster Yomans trains |
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New email virus?
(Message 1476034)
Posted 12 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hence my trying to look at them on a Linux machine. If it supposedly comes from a bank or other institution, they normally have specific "spam e-mail" address that you can forward the e-mail to, all the banks in the UK do as does the Bank of America. I know because I have forwarded many e-mails to various banks and companies over the years. I have given up recently as it seems to make no difference to the number you get. Having had several e-mail address over the years I probably get 20-30 a week. And no they are not new, virus loaded attachments have been around for a while now. |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1474182)
Posted 8 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: [quote]There was hope 2014 would be better. hmmmmmmm[/quote It has not got off to a very auspicious start! |
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My Mom
(Message 1473958)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP |
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Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1473883)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well talking about colourful birds, there are always these. This back garden backs onto my local park; Indian green parrots that have either escaped or been set free have flourished in the English countryside. There is a large flock in the park. PS This pick was taken on 28th December last year |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1473839)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Lesson of 2014 - don't buy a house on a flood plain, or below sea level, or on a sea shore .... Or anywhere near a river or stream or water works!! http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Battle-protect-Kenley-flooding-touch/story-20584639-detail/story.html Kenley is about 5 minutes drive from me!! |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473837)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1473785)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you in both Aus and the US, this is water, we have rather a lot of it at the moment. Want some? |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473784)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Open |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1473698)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Wonderous stories - Yes |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473697)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Wonderous |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473648)
Posted 7 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: sea |
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Panic Mode On (86) Server Problems?
(Message 1473509)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Yeah, I meant a bit more than that. Now come on you know that unless Matt happens to post we do not get told about problems. |
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Panic Mode On (86) Server Problems?
(Message 1473369)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sure would like a little detail about what happened. About 00:30 UTC when I last tried this message was on the front page The machine that serves the boinc database crashed a few hours ago. The project is down until the database recovery is complete. PS If you look at the status page the database replica is "offline" |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473367)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: abdicate |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1473364)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And for me a couple of these |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 14/12/2013
(Message 1473285)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: As it happened I copied the front page at 00:20 UTC and it was still on my log The machine that serves the boinc database crashed a few hours ago. The project is down until the database recovery is complete. So nothing to do with the network, all down to SETI@home kit. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473261)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: name |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 14/12/2013
(Message 1473260)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I couldn't be bothered and went to bed. We seem to be better off down the Colo (mostly) but the network infrastructure at Berkeley sucks :-( Why do you say that, I thought it was the database server that crashed. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473232)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: order |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1473219)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Im enjoying a few brewskis after shoveling that heavy wet crap out of my drive way Without reading the other posts my mind boggled when I saw that!! |
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Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1473218)
Posted 6 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: What is doing in the sparrows of London? Cats? Street and garden tree reductions? Well they are not sure but this from the Wiki In Great Britain, populations peaked in the early 1970s, but have since declined by 68% overall,and about 90% in some regions. In London, the House Sparrow almost disappeared from the central city. The numbers of House Sparrows in the Netherlands have dropped in half since the 1980s, so the House Sparrow is even considered an endangered species. This status which came to widespread attention after a female House Sparrow, referred to as the "Dominomus", was killed after knocking down dominoes arranged as part of an attempt to set a world record. These declines are not unprecedented, as similar reductions in population occurred when the internal combustion engine replaced horses in the 1920s and a major source of food in the form of grain spillage was lost. But mostly due to us humans. I walk in my local park most every day and I see Robins (UK variety) Wrens, Blackbirds, Pigeons, Magpies, Rooks, Crows, Jays, the occasional Kestrel and of course loads of Green Indian ring necked parrots but hardly ever see a sparrow. |
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Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1473044)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: And as the serious bird watchers know, Europe gave North America starlings and house sparrows. Humans can be so dumb sometimes. Well you can send the sparrows back, they have declined by up to 90% in London since the late 70's I for one miss seeing them! |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1473020)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: password |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472961)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: binary |
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Gripes and Kudos III
(Message 1472850)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Would it be possible to get the off-site people to NOT start the outage until 9:00 AM PST? It keeps creeping earlier...(7:30 AM 2day...) Ahh dial up I assume? I am sure there was a program or script I used once that could be set to auto connect via a modem at set times, we use to use it at work. Can't remember the name. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472842)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Why |
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TLPTPW 207 - Running around the house starkers
(Message 1472840)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Win before bed!! |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1472838)
Posted 5 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Absolutely p... er raining felines and canines with added wind!! Still mild though 7ºC in early Feb! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1472807)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I just knew TL would post WHO!! |
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Gripes and Kudos III
(Message 1472798)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Would it be possible to get the off-site people to NOT start the outage until 9:00 AM PST? It keeps creeping earlier...(7:30 AM 2day...) Why? And I believe the backup is still done from the lab, and I remember someone saying that if Jeff does that backup he like to start early. Being in the UK I would p-refer they did it a lot earlier, can't see it really makes a difference 4 hours is 4 hours any time of day. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472795)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Doctor |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472751)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Friar |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472729)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Abbot |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472695)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Keyboards |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472671)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Nature |
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CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1472646)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well well 24 million in total Boinc!! |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1472639)
Posted 4 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Fact |
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SETI@home Science :
Let's see some results!
(Message 1472100)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I started with SETI several years ago. Then I had to quit for a few years. Now back. I don't know if I missed something or haven't gone through all of the site's info, but way back when I first started, you could see a vertical chart of the project or a page with numbers crunching etc. I had no clue what any of it meant, but it was fun looking at it, and made me feel like I was actually doing something. Was that discontinued, or have I not looked in the right place for it? Do you mean this Server Status You can find the link on the home page. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1471957)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Coast |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1471948)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Boil |
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Number crunching :
AMD ATI work Units finished after 0.018% work finished? That can't be right?
(Message 1471923)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post:
Indeed, but it doesn't hurt to try a PM first. |
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AMD ATI work Units finished after 0.018% work finished? That can't be right?
(Message 1471902)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post:
Actually I find a post with someone asking "Are you streaming invalids" BEFORE trying to contact me would be a lot more "creepy" If it was me I would want to know about it via PM BEFORE someone resorted to posting the fact that I was having a problem for everyone to see. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1471899)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Brotherhood of Steel From the "Fallout" series of games. |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1471898)
Posted 2 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Brotherhood |
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Arecibo telescope closed by earthquake - no new data for a while
(Message 1471616)
Posted 1 Feb 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There's the SETI@home Data Distribution History page. It says it was updated last summer and the dates goes to this January but I'll let somebody else guess when it was really updated. I think what was being hinted at was that the last actual entry was May 2007!! |
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Abandoned tasks?
(Message 1471240)
Posted 31 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know if this is related but. My grandson has loaded Steam on one of my computers that I do not use for SETI. That computer occasionally will overload my entire system both wired and wifi. That computer is wired to the router. Anyway the only way I can recover control of my network is to turn off that computer and disconnect the network cable. Just turning it off is not enough, the network cable needs to be unplugged. I have Steam on 3 of my machines that all crunch 24/7 for years now. I have never had a problem that I could blame on Steam. I of course have all the games as "Exclusive Applications" in Boinc so I never play and crunch at the same time. Your problem sounds like REAL Malware. Steam is definately NOT. |
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WCG + Ripple Labs, lets discuss
(Message 1471143)
Posted 31 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: ...and after the promotion is over? What then? Access to 17,000 e-mail addresses? |
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WCG + Ripple Labs, lets discuss
(Message 1471100)
Posted 31 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Ripple Labs and WGC |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1470402)
Posted 29 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Power |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1470286)
Posted 29 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Mile |
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Word Link # 60
(Message 1470243)
Posted 29 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Farm |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1470204)
Posted 29 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Basset |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1469960)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: In before the outage |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1469948)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tube |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1469939)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Er, one tends to in precipitation without ones gamp .... I have found that they are next to useless as the rain always seems to be accompanied by strong winds, I have had 3 brollys destroyed by strong gusts recently. |
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Weather Forecasts III
(Message 1469925)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Was bright and sunny earlier 8ºC, but then it clouded over and guess what?? It rained and I got wet. |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1469924)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: A postprandial win. |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1469901)
Posted 28 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: chips |
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Show and tell your machine. Here's mine.
(Message 1469070)
Posted 26 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Here are 6 of mine The one under the desk on the left of the picture is my daily machine 6851722 Next is a 16 port KVM Then my WHS 6994034 currently crunching Beta Then in order left to right 5089492 5708417 6906753 and finally just visable on the right side of the other desk 6908844 My two other machines are out of shot. |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1468686)
Posted 25 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win! More coffee! |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468681)
Posted 25 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Brass |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468668)
Posted 25 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: box |
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Weather forecasts II
(Message 1468618)
Posted 25 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Rain overnight, now misty, damp grey 9ºC |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1468617)
Posted 25 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with Saturday morning coffee |
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Logmein.com
(Message 1468411)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Look forward to the feedback Bernie :-) So I tried it out from the 60+ clubs computers which are connected to a slow wireless network. I have to say it was very good and as I believe David mentioned they have a web interface that means you don't even have to install it. It was fairly quick even to my PC that is connected by wireless at home. So all in all "So far so good" |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468327)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Credit |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468220)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: DVD |
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Panic Mode On (86) Server Problems?
(Message 1468200)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Having just returned home I find it is as speedy as ever. Must have been something my end. Panic over!! |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468199)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Rugby |
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Panic Mode On (86) Server Problems?
(Message 1468083)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems the forums and other pages are taking ages to load!! |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1468082)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it me or are the forums just a bit slow?? PS Just took 30 seconds to load my computers page!! |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1468080)
Posted 24 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Emerald |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467922)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Loan |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467911)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Planet |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1467910)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Let me see, it's between three and four o'clock on Ah yes but here it is between 10 and 11pm and my cat never normally sleeps on a chair at night. Usually on the bed by now!! |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1467904)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, peep to you - but how close are you to the end?? OK, My cat is currently asleep on a chair, see you didn't know that! |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467824)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: another |
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The train thread
(Message 1467822)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: From the BBC Website "Part of the Victoria London Underground line has been suspended after wet concrete flooded a control room. Transport for London said the mixture of concrete and water was being used to "fill voids" while upgrade work was being carried out. Nigel Holness from London Underground said: "We've isolated the cause of it and we're hoping to get the service up and running as quickly as possible." The line has been suspended between Warren Street and Brixton." The pictures are here Wet Concrete Nasty. |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467763)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: some |
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It's hot.
(Message 1467692)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well once again, it rained, then the sun came out, then it rained even harder. Currently sunny with patchy cloud 8ºC |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 14/12/2013
(Message 1467691)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want to drink coffee have a proper one, not all this nancy pancy continental rubbish! Well not all! - I prefer Latte's myself, occasionally an Espresso. We don't all drink tea! |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467657)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Drink |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467629)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: supper |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467610)
Posted 23 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: barbecue |
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Logmein.com
(Message 1467418)
Posted 22 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Many thanks for the advice received, I will mull it over. Chris, if you were used to the Logmein web console, the Teamviewer Web Management Console will feel very similar. I have added my 9 machines and so far no problems, though I have yet to try a remote access. I will try on Friday and see how it goes. There is of course a mobile "App" which I find quite useful. |
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Logmein.com
(Message 1467257)
Posted 22 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I switched to TeamViewer and it seems to be working somewhat. How do I change computers that I want to control? and it seems to generate a new PW ever time I log out of the computer. This is OK when the computer is in another room, but will not work when I can not walk to the computer and see what it generated (in other words, how do I get it to keep the same PW?) Open Teamviewer on the remote machine. (ie. the machine you want to connect to) Click on "Connection" in the top bar, then "Setup unattended access". This will allow you to specify a set password |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467254)
Posted 22 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sheep |
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Logmein.com
(Message 1467068)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: [quote]Logmein.com has stated that their free version will end on 31/1/2014. That is a shame as it was a very good program. Is there another free program that does the same?[/quote Not to be used if you are crunching on you GPU as it replaces the video driver with one of it's own whilst you are logged in and can cause problems. |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1467066)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. Yep |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467049)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Independence |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1467042)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn I think |
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Logmein.com
(Message 1467033)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I have switched to Teamviewer, though I suspect it wont be long before they are asking for money too. |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1467030)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: theory |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1466970)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tree |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1466969)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangely the last course of antibiotics I was prescribed had a warning leaflet as long as your arm telling you all the things you should and should not do along with a massive list of possible side effects, yet no where on this yard long list of doom was there any mention of alcohol ! |
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TLTPW - 2014 two-th chance...
(Message 1466965)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Having lunch in SW7. |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1466908)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Five |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1466826)
Posted 21 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: contest |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1466736)
Posted 20 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well sorry but we seem to have drifted a bit where's the beer! Well there are the empties! PS Sorry Chris but "real shared service" ie two phones on one pair pre-dates 1+1 carrier by about 30 years! |
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Weather forecasts II
(Message 1466644)
Posted 20 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: It was indeed a cold and frosty morning here with a brilliant sunrise! Currently light cloud and 8ºC 46ºF |
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Word Link #59
(Message 1466643)
Posted 20 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: deceive |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1466642)
Posted 20 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry, an urban myth Grant. UK telephones work on a nominal 50V and I believe 10ma ringing current. I say "believe" because I was in External Plant Engineering Development, latterly Computer management, not the transmission side. Well not so sure. The incident described is on what the UK called "shared service" and was known as a "party line" in the US. In the UK a normal line has 50V DC across the line and ringing in its most common format is an AC waveform 75vRMS at 25Hz with a cadence of 0.4 sec on, 0.2 sec off, 0.4 sec on, 2 sec off. This is applied across the pair in a normal line. On a shared service line in the UK there were only 2 subscribers and they were connected on either leg with the return via earth, usually a large spike driven in the ground in the garden. The dog in question was supposedly connected via a metal chain to the earth spike as it was a nice solid place to attach the chain, if the ground was particularity dry then then phone didn't ring but the dog barked!! And I can tell you from many experiences that ringing current hurts!! It was a story told regularly by our "subs app and line" men. As an apprentice I went to a house where the phone did not work because the lady of the house had removed the "unsightly" wire that "only went into the ground" |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1464037)
Posted 13 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Halloween |
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TLPTPW 205 The year is brand new
(Message 1463863)
Posted 13 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning as my new avatar has been lost, the old one magically reappeared and will not change!! Had to go blank again. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1463862)
Posted 13 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: expand |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1463506)
Posted 12 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Tower |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1463459)
Posted 12 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Clown |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1463154)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dove |
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Number crunching :
Seti, you need to give Standard Credit to GPUs
(Message 1463149)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I have seen various threads and discussions about this topic I have to admit I do not know the full story, so those who do please correct me. BOINC was inspired by the original SETI@Home and a product of Dr Anderson? Credit New is also a product of Dr Anderson, designed to level the credits across different machines AND different projects.? SETI@Home is one of the few projects actually using credit new. So until all projects use exactly the same credit system comparing credits from different projects is like comparing apples and oranges! |
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Number crunching :
Amount of tasks to keep the computer busy & more
(Message 1463091)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: How have you set 9 days My fastest machines have the maximum 100 CPU and 100 GPU tasks with this setting in the Boinc Preferences - Network Usage "Minimum work buffer = 3.00 Days" "Max additional buffer = 0.5 Days" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1463031)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: America |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1463015)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: UPS |
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What are you watching on YouTube today?
(Message 1463014)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you Julie, but the link won't work here. Actually it's Dire Straits - Private Investigations. Think you may have pasted it twice!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1462974)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Army |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Tasks fail download even though it says Finished in the logs.
(Message 1462969)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Firstly you computers are hidden so it is not easy to see what is happening. Second it is sometimes helpful to post the first 20 to 30 lines of the Boinc log on start-up. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1462956)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: o'clock |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462832)
Posted 11 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Spades |
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Number crunching :
New Nvidia driver available - worth upgrading?
(Message 1462741)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I much prefer the way XP does it. Load the driver, then reboot to finish the actual changeover. I have found in the past that whilst Vista and Win7 appear not to need a reebot, I have had instances where Boinc cant find the GPU till rebooted. I did my 7 yesterday, took a while but rebooted them all after install and no problems so far. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1462732)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: prejudice |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 205 The year is brand new
(Message 1462731)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a win? |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462724)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: hammer |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462700)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: detective |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you watching on YouTube today?
(Message 1462696)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Echoes... Classic!! |
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Number crunching :
CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1462586)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally 20 mill for SETI. Seem to take a long time!!! |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462495)
Posted 10 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Birthday |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1462180)
Posted 9 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Contract Bridge |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462176)
Posted 9 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Contract |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462113)
Posted 9 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Subway |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1462087)
Posted 9 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Cloud |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1461801)
Posted 8 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Farm |
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Cafe SETI :
Mysterious Miscellaneous Tool Time v1
(Message 1461346)
Posted 7 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: I just checked Q & A, maybe the pm system was down? Not Sure. Well a PM I was sent on 4 Jan 2014, 20:04:21 UTC The e-mail arrived 6th Jan 2014 17:53 UTC so perhaps there is a backlog!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1461197)
Posted 6 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: waves |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1461073)
Posted 6 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Coffee |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1461008)
Posted 5 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: tent |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1460867)
Posted 5 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dot |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1460856)
Posted 5 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: run |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1460830)
Posted 5 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: bottle |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1460711)
Posted 5 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: pulp |
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Word Link #58
(Message 1460689)
Posted 4 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: insect |
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Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1460545)
Posted 4 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Dunno, but you can have the UK's as soon as you like, we don't want it any more!! Well slow down now can we have a majority vote please, I for one prefer mild and rain to freezing and snow!! These current temps mean I haven't yet had to put my heating on, 9 crunchers are doing the job just fine!! Currently grey and damp 10ºC 50ºF |
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Number crunching :
Waiting for validation
(Message 1460285)
Posted 3 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Your wingman has not finished processing the WU in question However if you look a bit closer the machine in question seems to have been recreated as a new machine, so the 181 WU's in progress have been trashed as the owner did not know what he was doing. So you will have to wait till the 16th Jan when it will be resent. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1460281)
Posted 3 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Transatlantic |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1460250)
Posted 3 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Network |
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Number crunching :
BOINC version 7.2.33 (x64)
(Message 1460160)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Weird how people can't seem to get Boinc Tasks to work, only problem I even had was not reading the instructions properly!! Couldn't do without it, never even open Boinc Manager anymore on any machine cannot think how I could cope with 9 machines and you can set ALL Boinc functions from Boinc Tasks Looks good too. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1460156)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: men |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #58
(Message 1460052)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Year |
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Number crunching :
Quick question about the GPU count
(Message 1460008)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: So these are 8 TITANs?! What kind of a motherboard would be used... What kind of power supply... My head is spinning! From what I understand these are DUAL GPU cards so in fact there are only 4 actual cards, but show as 4x2=8 So something like this https://www.asus.com/News/8F6yRQS9yi9RBCJl |
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Cafe SETI :
Travelling in Safety
(Message 1460003)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as I remember the First Capital Connect trains change from overhead to 3rd rail at Farringdon, the previous station. So perhaps the driver forgot to lower the pantograph and the new roof a Blackfriars was the first thing it hit. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1459971)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: river |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 205 The year is brand new
(Message 1459881)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Julie, first winning post! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1459880)
Posted 2 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Hole |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
BOINC will not Upload results or get new tasks. Recommendation requested.
(Message 1459563)
Posted 1 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a problem which is resulting in no new tasks being available. It will be looked into when staff return to the lab, possibly tomorrow, but not before. So in the meantime if you have any other projects, crunch them. If in future if you want to check whether it is you or the servers, have a look HERE first |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Perfect Timing here again.........
(Message 1459561)
Posted 1 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: Most people don't notice unless something goes terribly wrong. ;-) Which of course it has!! Nothing to do with any "update" or "project maintenance". There is a problem, which will be fixed when anyone is next in the lab. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (86) Server Problems?
(Message 1459531)
Posted 1 Jan 2014 by Bernie Vine Post: FYI, I sent an E-Mail to David, Eric, Matt & Jeff. I have to ask WHY? They are allowed time off. Remotely or not time off is time off!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Happy 2014 everyone.
(Message 1459206)
Posted 31 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the dateline has got as far as Karachi as I type!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1459205)
Posted 31 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bank |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1459096)
Posted 31 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: control |
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Number crunching :
SETI@home Enhanced v6 is now done, finito, kaputt.
(Message 1459088)
Posted 31 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Still got 13 on my task list completed & validated, just waiting to be cleaned up. Yep I've got 12! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1458821)
Posted 30 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Nebula |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1458768)
Posted 30 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Link was a bit broken Hen Jackets |
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Questions and Answers :
Wish list :
Smartphone/Android client
(Message 1458673)
Posted 30 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Will the Android beta ever be connected to my S@H account? Or is the beta phase nearing an end? If you mean will any credit gained on your Android device at Beta be added to your SETI@Home account then the answer is no. SETI Beta is a totally separate projects that exists solely for testing. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1458668)
Posted 30 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Vespa |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1458616)
Posted 30 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: coat |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
BOINC will not Upload results or get new tasks. Recommendation requested.
(Message 1458465)
Posted 29 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: That might have been it. I uninstalled Norton and got an immediate increase in my total units from 620+ to 621 +. Nope neither of your machines last contact times have changed. |
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Word Link # 57
(Message 1458426)
Posted 29 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: attract |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
BOINC will not Upload results or get new tasks. Recommendation requested.
(Message 1458266)
Posted 28 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: So did you fix your problem? As the last connect times have not changed I assume no! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1458182)
Posted 28 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mice |
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Word Link # 57
(Message 1458173)
Posted 28 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Tame |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
BOINC will not Upload results or get new tasks. Recommendation requested.
(Message 1457997)
Posted 27 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am running seti on 2 computers. #1 running win 7 has been running reliably for several years now. #2 is new, w8.1. I recently noticed that my statistics are hung up on the numbers as of 12-20-13. Any idea as to what my problem is? I'm pretty ignorant as to computer technology. Also your win 8 machine has 100 tasks "in progress" Your Win 7 machine hasn't contacted SETI for 7 days, hence the reason you stats haven't moved, it also has 100 tasks "in progress" Do you allow Boinc internet access all the time? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1457993)
Posted 27 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hobbit |
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Number crunching :
Observation of CreditNew Impact (4)
(Message 1457927)
Posted 27 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have been breaking in a couple of new cards in my 3rd and 5th host and I have been logging my top 5 host totals and RAC on a daily basis since 4th of December On the two host with new GPU, there has been an overall RAC increase of No3 Plus 2130 No5 Plus 1122 Much in line with what I had hoped However the other three machines which I have done nothing to over the same 3 week period. No1 minus 1033 No2 minus 281 No4 minus 234 It should be noted that I did this to make number 2 and number 3 identical machines and number 4 and 5 are also now a pair. I don't actually care about RAC except in trying to see how well my machines perform against each other and for my team, I am definately of the school 1 point per WU. Just thought someone might like the figures. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1457915)
Posted 27 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: photo |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1457736)
Posted 26 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: keys |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Second computer not getting any work.
(Message 1457662)
Posted 26 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It will help if you could post the first 30 or so lines of your event log on that PC (CTRL+Shift+E from advanced view) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 204 - Christmas edition
(Message 1457658)
Posted 26 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth nations. But what do you call it, not the German equivalent of "Boxing Day"? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 204 - Christmas edition
(Message 1457651)
Posted 26 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth nations. Not a "universal" holiday in fact very "British" |
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Weather forecasts II
(Message 1457640)
Posted 26 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it was really nice here first thing. Croydon viewed from my local park at 09:44 this morning Clouded over now not raining yet 4ºC |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
Astropulse not using GPU anymore
(Message 1457260)
Posted 25 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have never crunched AP and never will, it isn't about the highest numbers, done in the quickest time, for me it has always been about the science. Yes I have spent a few pound and yes I currently have 7 rigs crunching MB and yes my RAC is currently 40K+ which of course your single machine cannot match, does that make me "different" than you. None of my rigs are "mega crunchers" yet there are people here who have thousands of dollars/pounds to spend on building bigger faster PC's so they will be able to crunch more and faster than you, is that wrong? What you are saying is that APs should be shared out equally across all users who want them in turn, rather than first come first served? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1457161)
Posted 24 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Leap |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1456593)
Posted 23 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oates |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1456354)
Posted 22 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beginner |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1456027)
Posted 21 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Delta |
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Word Link # 57
(Message 1456010)
Posted 21 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: chickadee |
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Cafe SETI :
Christmas Thread
(Message 1456008)
Posted 21 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a very "Happy Winter Solstice" to all of you living in the northern hemisphere. (If your a "Southerner" then it's midsummer day, but I don't celebrate that) So how did the official "First Day of Winter" dawn here in the UK, well wet and grey, in keeping I suppose. And just to be clear today marks "the suns minimum elevation at noon" As to sunrise and sunset they are "local" times depending of course exactly where you are on the surface of the planet. Here in the South Croydon (latitude 51.362755 longitude -0.096712) the sunset reached it's earliest between December the 9th and 15th 15:51 GMT Sunrise om the other hand reaches it latest between December the 29th and Jan the 1st at 08:05 GMT |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1455726)
Posted 20 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep, Mafia Theme... Funny could have sworn the pun thread was next door!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1455725)
Posted 20 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dog |
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Word Link # 57
(Message 1455544)
Posted 19 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Grey |
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Word Link # 57
(Message 1455436)
Posted 19 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pudding |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1455435)
Posted 19 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Evolution = Mitshubishi???? It's a model the Evolution. Evolution As used in all the best "fly on the wall" UK Police pursuit TV programs. Known as the "Evo" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1455393)
Posted 19 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hunger |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1455177)
Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I generally don't like the "independent entity owns the track and operators have open access" model that European railroads have adopted, but I must say it's great for steam excursions. I can see that in the USA it might make more sense for the train companies to own the track but the UK is a lot smaller and to me it is much more sensible that if an engine is main line certified it can then travel the length and breath of the UK. The steam clip I posted a couple of months back was a train that was celebrating a preserved line The Bluebell Railway finally getting reconnected to the mainline again. The train was able to run down the mainline and the cross over to the Bluebell Railway. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1455159)
Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: insurance |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1455086)
Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Got to ask, how come LMS Black 5's are in Croydon. It seems the London to Brighton line gets a few steam hauled services this time of year courtesy of companies like this Steam Dreams This was the Cathedrals Express And for Chris Realtime Trains. Fairly easy to use, just enter the station, the default date is today and time is + and - an hour. To see everything, click the "switch to detailed" link You can also track individual trains by clicking on the "ID" number and it will list the complete journey for that train. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1455069)
Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hammer |
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The train thread
(Message 1455067)
Posted 18 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: We are railfans. Indeed we are!! I find that since I "retired" I have more time for what use to be a passing interest. Living as I do just a few minutes from the main London to Brighton line, I have discovered that this time of year there a quite a few steam specials that pass my way. This was Friday at 3:25pm on the return leg. 35028 Merchant Navy Class "Clan Line" I have also discovered various web sites that list all steam excursions and routes. Plus a really amazing website that list, every station in the UK and EVERY train (passenger, freight and excursions) that is stopping AND passing, in realtime, so standing on the platform with my iPhone, I new to the minute when 35028 was due! And this is where it leads 23:30 on a deserted South Croydon station to get a not very good shot of 44871 and 45407, 2 "Black 5's" double heading "THE CATHEDRALS EXPRESS Christmas Carol" run on Monday. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 57
(Message 1454846)
Posted 17 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: power |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 204 - Christmas edition
(Message 1454845)
Posted 17 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Did I miss it? Not yet! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1454528)
Posted 16 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: data |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1453596)
Posted 13 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: tyre |
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Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1453535)
Posted 13 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I subscribe to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch e-mails and just got this The RAIB is investigating the failure of a steam locomotive hauling a passenger train, which occurred between Fleet and Winchfield stations on Saturday 23 November 2013. At about 18:50 hrs, train 1Z94, the 17:48 hrs charter service from London Waterloo to Weymouth, was approaching Winchfield, where it was due to stop for the locomotive to take on water. While the train was travelling at about 40 mph, the right-hand connecting rod of the locomotive, former British Railways (Southern Region) 4-6-2 34067 “Tangmereâ€, became detached at the leading end (referred to as the small end), and dropped down. The end of the detached rod struck the conductor rail, and there was some electrical flashing. This was noticed by the locomotive crew, and the driver stopped the train immediately, about one mile outside Winchfield station. After running along the conductor rail for some distance, the connecting rod dropped onto the sleeper ends just before the locomotive came to rest. Just as a footnote almost all of the lines south and south west of London use the "3rd rail conductor" system. |
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Number crunching :
Error while computing
(Message 1453532)
Posted 13 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: When one of my machines started to do this, first every 2-3 days then slowly once every 24 hours, then finally hard drive crash. Have you run any HDD check software? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1453531)
Posted 13 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beef |
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Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1453504)
Posted 13 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ye Gods, a quarter of a century ago ..... That day I got as far as Wimbledon on the train, then everything just shut down, and Station staff were talking in hushed whispers. They obviously knew the seriousness of the situation, but the commuters at the immediate time were not told. I got to work via the tube from Wimbledon, and only found out later at lunchtime what had actually happened. It was a wiring fault. There was a big re-signalling project in progress. One particular signal wireman had a job two weeks before, where he had to replace the wires to a certain signal relay, this he did, however investigation discovered that rather than remove or at least insulate the old wire he left it in situ close to its original relay and made no attempt to disconnect the other end that went to a power connector. Two Sundays later work was going on next to the relay concerned and the stray wire made contact with it's old relay and the signal it controlled would now show a green proceed aspect when there was a train on the next block. It was not noticed on the Sunday as the traffic is quite light. The accident occurred when the first train was halted at the signal after the faulty one and as it was out of direct sight of any following train round a curve, the following train saw a green proceed aspect and continued. The accident actually led to a lot of changes in the UK railways. It was discovered that the wireman who made the mistake had been working 12 hour shifts for 14 days straight and no one realised, also there were no independent checks carried out on his work as there should have been because his boss was also too busy and he had always been a good worker. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1453166)
Posted 12 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: running |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
BOINC will not download new tasks
(Message 1452887)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There was a problem with the servers overnight (Berkeley time) It will hopefully be working again soon. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1452761)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really a critter, but nature in all it's beauty A frozen web Taken this morning after the first real frost here. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1452679)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: single |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 13 year club
(Message 1452677)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: How about just naming one, the X number of year anniversary. All these stickys is stupid, Let alone confusing. +1 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 203 - Winter Wonderland
(Message 1452527)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Time |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1452510)
Posted 11 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jail |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1452468)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: seed |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1452467)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cripes I haven't even put up my decorations yet :( Probably, but as I am an agnostic I don't really "celebrate" Christmas, I send no cards or presents, and apart from the fact that all the shops round me will be closed, it is just another day. I do have a "celebration" meal, but for me it is more of a "thanksgiving" or a celebration of the winter solstice (21st December) as these things seem more relevant to me than the commercialisation that Christmas has come to symbolise. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 203 - Winter Wonderland
(Message 1452455)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting, as I haven't for a while |
3488)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1452454)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cripes I haven't even put up my decorations yet :( Decorations? probably 15+ years since I did that!! |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
Team membership - multiple projects
(Message 1452358)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want the same team across several projects you need to be the team founder. Then go to "Administer" from the team settings. Then find this line third up from the bottom: To have this team created on all BOINC projects (current and future) you can make it into a BOINC-wide team. Where "BOINC wide team" will be a clickable link. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1452337)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It would have been a simple matter to have a quiet word with the station staff. Was over the weekend, no station staff. The notice has now gone and the area the notice was in is now closed off while the footbridge is being rebuilt. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1452304)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Now whilst not actually safety related, this notice went up in my local train station car-park recently. You can see the platforms behind and the roof of a school in the background, proving I was the right way up when I took the picture. Has to make you wonder just who Southern Railways are employing these days. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1452300)
Posted 10 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lore |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1451843)
Posted 9 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: From the Rail Accident Investigation Branch website Latest investigation Wrong type of rain?? "At 12:10 hrs on Wednesday 20 November 2013 a passenger train collided with the buffer stop at the end of platform 1 at Chester station and became derailed. The train involved was the 10:10 hrs Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Chester. Two passengers on the train were slightly injured in the collision. As the train approached Chester station the driver applied the brakes to reduce the speed for the 20 mph speed limit into the platforms. The weather at the time had been dry but a rain shower was just starting and the adhesion between the wheels and rails was reduced. The train’s wheel slide protection system detected that the wheels were sliding on the rails, regulated the application of the brakes, and the train was able to achieve a rate of deceleration sufficient to bring its speed down to within the speed limit as it approached the station. As the train approached the platform the driver lightly applied the brakes again but the wheels immediately started to slide. Despite the immediate automatic activation of the wheel slide protection system, the train’s deceleration was insufficient to bring it down to a safe speed as it moved along the platform. Consequently, the emergency brakes were applied by train protection and warning system and the driver pressed the emergency stop button very shortly afterwards. The combination of emergency braking and the detection of wheel slide triggered the automatic sanding system on the leading vehicle to drop sand onto the rail head. The presence of the sand improved adhesion for the wheels that ran over it and the speed was reduced before the train collided with the buffer stop at the end of the platform. The buffer stop was of an old design with only minimal capacity to absorb energy. The train destroyed it before overriding its remains to mount the platform where it came to rest. The front bogie was lifted off the track as the front of the leading vehicle rode up onto the platform." |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1451425)
Posted 8 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: down |
3495)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1451248)
Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: found |
3496)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1451229)
Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: defy |
3497)
Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
Profile pic
(Message 1451167)
Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: And remember this; Image must be - JPG or PNG. Size: at most 4 KB, 100x100 pixels |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1451048)
Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: rubber |
3499)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1451022)
Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bat |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450570)
Posted 6 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: debts |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450432)
Posted 6 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: microscopic |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450406)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: going |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450375)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Harley |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450125)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
AMD ATI work Units finished after 0.018% work finished? That can't be right?
(Message 1450124)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If you want to check what your results are doing click on "ACCOUNT" in the top bar, that will take you to your account page, about half way down you will see "Tasks" with a clickable "View" link, if you click this you will see your GPU has 300+ "Invalid" tasks. I am not an expert on AMD GPU, hopefully someone will be along to help you out. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 203 - Winter Wonderland
(Message 1450112)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Or not!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450111)
Posted 5 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: German |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 203 - Winter Wonderland
(Message 1450057)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning for a post |
3509)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1450055)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Greek |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
China Moon Mission
(Message 1449884)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps I am in a minority but I hope things go well for the Chinese space programme. I agree 100% if they can do it all well and good, it just might make the USA/Europe sit up and take notice. All power to them if they can land a man on the moon! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449883)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: fate |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Christmas Animations 2013/2014
(Message 1449840)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449839)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: child |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449698)
Posted 4 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: forever |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449690)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: shovels |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1449688)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am getting quite peed off with people posting direct opposites ro what has been posted. Er who says, how weird |
3517)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449687)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ace |
3518)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1449686)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that is two of you with no image ..... I see them both as well. |
3519)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449610)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: push |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
presents
(Message 1449533)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Is that the George Takei from Star trek? From the description Product Description So yes! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449532)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cattle |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1449531)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have 7 computers and an Andriod TV box currently crunching 24/7 and I haven't had to put the heating on yet!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1449489)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Interestingly a quote form the Wiki. The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, North American songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada. It is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand). Note the section in bold |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1449487)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm turning off the computer for the night What!! You mean it doesn't crunch all day and night! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449485)
Posted 3 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: far |
3526)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449309)
Posted 2 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Actor |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 56
(Message 1449224)
Posted 2 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Life |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1449207)
Posted 2 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: screen |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1449084)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: snake |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
train safety
(Message 1449083)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The number on the lead coach is 6222, identifying it as a Bombardier Shoreliner IV - Shoreliners are a class of locomotive-hauled rail car used by the Metro-North Railroad for service on non-electrified portions of their system. Can't find any info on braking! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1449038)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Romulan |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1449035)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beer |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448987)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: core |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448927)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: field |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448878)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Surgical |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448685)
Posted 30 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Nouveau |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448613)
Posted 30 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: current |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448478)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Destroyer |
3539)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1448468)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 7 Brides for 7 Brothers |
3540)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448466)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Brothers |
3541)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448436)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: seven |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448336)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pill |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIX - All are welcome in the Critter Cafe
(Message 1448334)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Can't see it here... For those of us not in the USA, here it is on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGspoOoK69s |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
When can some better controls be put on runaway rigs?
(Message 1448254)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Made your link clickable. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7060336 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448252)
Posted 29 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: nervous |
3546)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 202 - White Christmas? Lets make it happen
(Message 1448131)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting with red wine Cheers |
3547)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448120)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: byte |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1448035)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: box - cardboard - box someone didn't look at the previous few posts!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1448018)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cardboard |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447976)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: chestnut |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
"good cracker, good cracker!"
(Message 1447961)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trader Joes does a whole range of them. Do shopkeepers give you strange looks for taking pictures of food?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447959)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: curd |
3553)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447659)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: parachute |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1447531)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Claudia Black was Aeryn Sun in "Farscape" |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447529)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: wet |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Twenty Four Seven
(Message 1447454)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war Chillaxing |
3557)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
"good cracker, good cracker!"
(Message 1447445)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Now, can we work on getting "muffin" straight? er possibly not: "A muffin is a type of quick bread of American origin that is baked in portions appropriate for one person. They are similar to cupcakes in size and cooking methods. The can come in both savory varieties, such as corn or cheese muffins, or sweet varieties such as blueberry or banana. The term also refers to a disk-shaped type of bread of English origin, commonly referred to as an English muffin outside the United Kingdom. As quick bread-style muffins are also available in Commonwealth countries, the term muffin can refer to either product, with the context usually making clear which is meant." |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (85) Server Problems?
(Message 1447442)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: (As I recall, Eric went in on Thanksgiving last year to kick something.) Which then immediately fell over again!! So I suspect he won't do that again in a hurry!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
"good cracker, good cracker!"
(Message 1447436)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: <picture of cookies> I suspect they are in fact what our American friends call "biscuits" and do strange thing with them; " Biscuits and gravy is a popular breakfast dish in much of North America, especially in the Southern United States. It consists of American-style biscuits covered in thick gravy called "country," "sausage," or "white" gravy, also known as sawmill gravy, made from the drippings of cooked pork sausage, flour, milk, and often (but not always) bits of sausage, bacon, ground beef, or other meat. The gravy is often flavored with black pepper. Red eye gravy, made from ham drippings and coffee, is also served with biscuits, especially in the South." Whereas; " Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders, Kenyans, Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, Singaporeans, and the Irish use the British meaning of "biscuit" for the sweet biscuit. In Australasia, the terms biscuit and cookie are used interchangeably, depending on the region and the speaker, with biscuits usually referring to hard, sweet biscuits (such as digestives, Nice, Bourbon creams, etc.) and cookies for soft baked goods " |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1447353)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pooper scooper |
3561)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447351)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: scooper |
3562)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1447027)
Posted 26 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: lover |
3563)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446951)
Posted 26 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Good |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446777)
Posted 25 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Earl |
3565)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446743)
Posted 25 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mouse |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446673)
Posted 25 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: quarry |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446515)
Posted 25 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: product |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446267)
Posted 24 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Blue |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446216)
Posted 24 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: smallest |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1446015)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Nicole |
3571)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 9
(Message 1445978)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't like spicy. I don't like the flavor and I don't like the feeling, and I don't understand why anyone would like the feeling. I think people confuse "spicy" and "hot", spicy to me adds flavor and enhances the food, it certainly does not have to be mouth burning hot. I enjoy a variety of "spicy foods" however the moment the spice overpowers the flavour of the food, I stop. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1445977)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The actual recipe from the book Casino Royale (1953) Bond first ordered a drink to be shaken in Fleming's novel Casino Royale (1953) when he requested a drink of his own invention which would later be referred to as a "Vesper", named after the Bond girl, Vesper Lynd. After meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter for the first time, Bond orders the drink from a barman while at the casino. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1445965)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seems last time I looked I had a way to go before 18 million. Time flies when you are having fun! |
3574)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445962)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Roman |
3575)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445932)
Posted 23 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beef |
3576)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445498)
Posted 22 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sour |
3577)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445460)
Posted 22 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: detached |
3578)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445328)
Posted 22 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sea |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445208)
Posted 21 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cutter |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1445180)
Posted 21 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: naked |
3581)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1444961)
Posted 21 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: disease |
3582)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1444687)
Posted 20 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dove |
3583)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1444409)
Posted 20 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: endings |
3584)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1444188)
Posted 19 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hopefully it won't take as long as the A2 did to get to completion "The P2SLC is building the seventh member of this class and will demonstrate how the design can be fully realised through use of modern computer design and modelling techniques, enabling it to deliver its full potential hauling passenger trains at high speed across the national network. Around £5million will be needed to build No. 2007 over a 7-10 year period, with funds being raised through public subscription. The formal launch of the project will take place in February 2014." |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1444115)
Posted 19 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: blue |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1443850)
Posted 18 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: island |
3587)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 55
(Message 1443832)
Posted 18 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: doctor |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 201 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it....
(Message 1443830)
Posted 18 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's this Saturday isn't it? "It has been suggested that the transmission of the first episode was delayed by ten minutes due to extended news coverage of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy the previous day; whereas in fact, it went out just eighty seconds late. Because it was believed that the coverage of the events of the assassination as well as a series of power blackouts across the country may have caused too many viewers to miss this introduction to a new series, the BBC broadcast it again on 30 November 1963, just before the broadcast of episode two." |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1443113)
Posted 16 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Knight |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1443001)
Posted 16 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: smoke |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1442449)
Posted 14 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: air |
3592)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1442445)
Posted 14 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Croydon's light switch on was tonight as well. Over here 95% of ads on TV are Christmas ones!!! Depressing! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1441939)
Posted 13 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Child |
3594)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1441894)
Posted 13 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My local park at 7:30 am 0ºc First frost |
3595)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
BOINC v7.2.33 - recommended now.
(Message 1441612)
Posted 12 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Did my 5 this morning. three Vista, one Win 7 and one Windows Home Server V1, all went without any problems and all seem to be running OK since. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
John Clark
(Message 1441197)
Posted 11 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP John my friend. Speechless |
3597)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1441064)
Posted 10 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: rain |
3598)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1440882)
Posted 10 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: So yesterday evening I knew that the excursion train would return, however I only noticed at the last minute that it was actually stopping to pick up water one station down the line from me, so a quick trip in the car to Sanderstead station. http://youtu.be/6omsh3Oan6g Now of course with The Black 5 44932 in the lead. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 201 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it....
(Message 1440775)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Been a busy day,time for bed. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1440774)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: exam |
3601)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1440752)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: walk |
3602)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1440621)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I think they are known as Track Clips Bernie. I thought Track Clips are used between the two running rails to simulate a train occupying the rail. So if there was an accident where a train is blocking both lines, a track clip can be placed on the other line and immediately put the signals to red. |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1440599)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: How do they synchronise between one pulling and one pushing? No idea, experience? I am sure someone else will know. While I was waiting there was an announcement to say another local line (to Caterham) was blocked by a vehicle and services were suspended. Here's why (courtesy of my local paper.) No trains were involved but that is a road crossing at the bottom of the picture. no idea how it got there, notice the buckled 3rd rail, that carries 650 volts DC. Notice also the "earthing bars" inserted between the 3rd rail and running rail to make sure the current stays OFF |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1440589)
Posted 9 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Took this video this morning, 34046 pulling the Blue Bell Explorer through my local station on route to the Bluebell Railway http://youtu.be/IMCf0wYzpUQ With LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 44932 on the rear |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1440399)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Forth |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
where have you been? (in the US)
(Message 1440231)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mostly North East Corner |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 201 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it....
(Message 1440222)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ..... holes dug by squirrels .... ? Who me?? Taken yesterday in my local park. |
3608)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1440221)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: who |
3609)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 201 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it....
(Message 1440170)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at the 60+ club(I teach IT) |
3610)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1440169)
Posted 8 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: where |
3611)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1439925)
Posted 7 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 987 |
3612)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439899)
Posted 7 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: recipe |
3613)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439884)
Posted 7 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posh |
3614)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1439851)
Posted 7 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A win in time saves 9? |
3615)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439846)
Posted 7 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cooper |
3616)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439088)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: horse |
3617)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439038)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: daffodil |
3618)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1439030)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pencil |
3619)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
I got a question
(Message 1438944)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry not permitted to discuss mod actions. Well why mention it then? Unless people were part of whatever it was, it seems like a waste of time to just make a point that no one but you understands. |
3620)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
I got a question
(Message 1438853)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Quite true and there's a reason for that. There is still inconsistency occurring. As I have not the faintest idea to what you are referring, could you please explain? |
3621)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1438731)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Spring and Autumn are the best seasons in the UK Indeed, you get such amazing light My local park a couple of weeks ago Of course today is grey and wet 11ºC |
3622)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1438729)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a "wet walk"!! |
3623)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
I got a question
(Message 1438702)
Posted 6 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: But to say all who have mulitiple accounts are up to no good is wrong also. +1 |
3624)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1438501)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dave is a TV channel in the UK http://dave.uktv.co.uk/ |
3625)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438500)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: TV |
3626)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1438498)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 639 |
3627)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1438443)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 624 |
3628)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438439)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pressure |
3629)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1438438)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I wish people would look when they post to check they have not been beaten to the post, otherwise the links make no sense. It is possible to edit a post! |
3630)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1438430)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: (-: ¡¡¡¡¡פNINNIM puÉ 'doʇ Çɥʇ Ê‡É ÊžÉ”Éq |
3631)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1438426)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Or not |
3632)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438415)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mile |
3633)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438329)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: leap |
3634)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438287)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: microscopic |
3635)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1438286)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well well seems my "dabbling" in other projects has seen me reach 20 mil in BOINC |
3636)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Travelling in Safety
(Message 1438274)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow. Just wow. Just gotta love those Russian dash cams. |
3637)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Hello
(Message 1438270)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I occasionally take a back seat, for various reasons, sometimes stopping crunching for a while. My heart is here, I remember that moment watching "Tomorrows World" on TV when they showed this screensaver that would also help search for intelligent life is space. I was hooked then and am still now. I didn't "discover" the forums till 2007 but I have no plans to go anywhere else, I have tried a few but this is where I belong. |
3638)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 54
(Message 1438267)
Posted 5 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: little |
3639)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1436980)
Posted 2 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: green |
3640)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1436617)
Posted 1 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: scientific |
3641)
Questions and Answers :
Windows :
我该如何使用安å“客户端?
(Message 1436465)
Posted 1 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ã“ã“ã«ãƒ—ãƒã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆã®ãƒªã‚¹ãƒˆã‚’見ã¤ã‘ã‚‹ã“ã¨ãŒã§ãã¾ã™ï¼šhttp://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |
3642)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1436457)
Posted 1 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after shopping and lunch. |
3643)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1436394)
Posted 1 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: long |
3644)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1436393)
Posted 1 Nov 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with ... |
3645)
Message boards :
News :
Berkeley SETI at California Academy of Sciences
(Message 1436299)
Posted 31 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This event was nearly 3 weeks ago. It will stay at the top of the homepage news until a newer event is added. |
3646)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1436297)
Posted 31 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: buoy |
3647)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1436086)
Posted 31 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: asprin |
3648)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
GTX780Ti availabler Nov.7th
(Message 1435966)
Posted 31 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Are you planning on replacing that GTX460 that turns AP's into trash with 1? Sorry to disagree but your 460 is producing invalid results, at lest 4 yesterday and 5 today already. Just thought you would like to know. |
3649)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435809)
Posted 31 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: collection |
3650)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1435798)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winnin' |
3651)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435678)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: liberty |
3652)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435625)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Break |
3653)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1435624)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Fish (even drunken zombies) are in schools. Dolphins are in pods. Depends where you look, I found several site that said whales are pods, dolphins are schools. The same amount said the opposite. All I can say is http://www.schoolofdolphins.co.uk/ |
3654)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435514)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dolphins |
3655)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1435513)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just browsing |
3656)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 8
(Message 1435512)
Posted 30 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Paris France Julie is in Belgium which is Central European Time UTC+1 So currently it is 08:51 in the UK and 09:51 in Central Europe UK and European time went back one hour last Sunday |
3657)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435329)
Posted 29 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: earl |
3658)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 200 - If you know what I mean :)
(Message 1435169)
Posted 29 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outrage. |
3659)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435168)
Posted 29 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: trimmer |
3660)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1435137)
Posted 29 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: image |
3661)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1434737)
Posted 28 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: All those train cancellations seem to make a bit more sense now This was taken over the fence in my local park, yes that is the main London to South Coast railway line below. PS the park is full of broken branches big and small. |
3662)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1434481)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well looks like the south east is shutting down overnight. South West Trains passengers have been advised not to travel on Monday with most services not running until at least 08:00 GMT - Eurostar says it will not be running trains on Monday until 07:00 GMT, with early services from London and Brussels subject to delays of at least an hour and all morning departures operating with speed restrictions. - London Overground also said it will not run a service on Monday before 09:00 GMT, while First Great Western has warned of extended travelling times and Southeastern says it is likely to start running services later in the morning. - First Capital Connect and C2C - which have also advised against travel on Monday - and says services are unlikely to begin until 09:00 GMT. Greater Anglia, Southern and Gatwick Express services all say they will not run services on Monday until it is declared safe to do so. Not a good day to travel by train!!! |
3663)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1434476)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Pre storm win. |
3664)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1434423)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: earth |
3665)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1434410)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: over |
3666)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1434267)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Are those your own weather station figures Berni or someone elses? Mine are from my wireless station in my back garden. My wind speed is affected a bit by trees surrounding the mast, and the real wind is usually about 20% more than indicated. Actually an average from my two most accurate weather apps apps. Having been out this morning I knew the wind was a lot stronger than 7 mph!! |
3667)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1434265)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: under |
3668)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1434261)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning. Good morning Mike. Silly hour going back I was still awake at my normal 7am, but now it was 6am!!! |
3669)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1434259)
Posted 27 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Barometer 984 and falling, 54F, wind 7 mph, batten down the hatches! Only a few miles away yet Barometer 996 rising a bit 55ºF(13 ºC) wind chill makes it 47ºF(8ºC) wind 16 mph gusting to 28 mph. |
3670)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What are you watching on YouTube today?
(Message 1434098)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't watch anything on YouTube, today or any other day. I don't like Youtube. Gosh you're turning into Vic!! |
3671)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Halloween Chat Room
(Message 1434074)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: How about a nice friendly card. |
3672)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1434056)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cows |
3673)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1434029)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: spray |
3674)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Your Puns O Fun
(Message 1433975)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My goodness your all bats. |
3675)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1433974)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: microwave, the video, the boiler controls, mobile phones, and of course battery and clockwork clocks No video here all TV recorded on PC, my smartphone updates automatically, and 2 of my battery clocks are radio controlled, as is my wristwatch. So just microwave, alarm clock, cooker and of course the car. |
3676)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433972)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: house |
3677)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
CLOSED - SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXVI - CLOSED
(Message 1433947)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 17 million and 30k RAC (well it was before I posted!!!!) So nearly 30K RAC |
3678)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts II
(Message 1433946)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: UK clocks go back 1 hour tomorrow. USA is next weekend |
3679)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433933)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
3680)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433931)
Posted 26 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: chattels |
3681)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433704)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for |
3682)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433555)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: head |
3683)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1433508)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: For anyone interested, there are more "coffees" than I imagined. Whisky Coffee, with whisky Gaelic Coffee, with whisky Highland Coffee or Cup o' Evening, with Scotch whisky Irish Coffee, with Irish whiskey Bailey's Coffee or Sultan Special Coffee, with Baileys Irish Cream French Coffee, with Grand Marnier Brandy Coffee, with brandy (any sort) Parisienne Coffee, French coffee, or Cafe Royale, with grape brandy, such as cognac or armagnac Café com cheirinho (scented coffee), Portugal German Coffee, schnapps, such as Kirschwasser or Himbeergeist Italian Classico, with Amaretto Caffe Corretto, with Grappa and/or Sambuca English Coffee, with gin Calypso Coffee, Spanish coffee, or Jamaican coffee, with rum and Tia Maria or Kahlúa Shin Shin Coffee, with rum Australian Coffee, with Bundaberg rum Monk's Coffee, with Bénédictine Seville Coffee, with Cointreau Witch's Coffee, Strega Russian Coffee, or Karsk with Vodka Corfu Coffee, Koum Quat with liquor Skye Coffee, with Drambuie The Real Foul One, with Absinthe American Coffee, with Bourbon Kaffekask, with schnapps Now who has tried them all?? |
3684)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433491)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
3685)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433441)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bright |
3686)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1433299)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: MARK-IV Tank |
3687)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433296)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Tank |
3688)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433289)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while missing the TGIF feeling (semi-retired) |
3689)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (85) Server Problems?
(Message 1433180)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Server must still be down. Still getting same message. "request failed, http service unavailable" Still only just after 06:30 in SF so wouldn't expect anything to happen before 08:00 PDT |
3690)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433174)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bunnies |
3691)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433169)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: particle |
3692)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433166)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after giving up smoking in 2008 |
3693)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433105)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: O'Clock |
3694)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433098)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wine |
3695)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1433083)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: house |
3696)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1433082)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
3697)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
VIRUS WARNING
(Message 1433078)
Posted 25 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A friend who I do occasional work for runs a small IT business. One of his customers got this via an email, it looked like emails they do get. When your accounts department gets hundreds of e-mails a day it can and did slip through. It proceeded to encrypt EVERY document on every share this machine had access to. Which was a lot. They were not recoverable. Of course my friend had instituted a back up system and nothing was lost but it took a while to find the machine and then clear it before the backup was restored. Moral always have a SEPARATE backup. |
3698)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432874)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cupid |
3699)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432834)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Er win?? |
3700)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1432807)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Grain Elevator It's an American thing :-) |
3701)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432748)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sweet |
3702)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432729)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: double |
3703)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432613)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dragon |
3704)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432587)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: shell |
3705)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 53
(Message 1432568)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
3706)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432544)
Posted 24 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bottle |
3707)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432453)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: propane |
3708)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432452)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win before |
3709)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432399)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
3710)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432381)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: greeting |
3711)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432322)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: positive |
3712)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432313)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: kinky |
3713)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432311)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Am I winning? |
3714)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432287)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: honor |
3715)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Weather forecasts
(Message 1432283)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: What's that they say about red skies!! Lets hope the shepherds/sailors are delighted Taken from my kitchen window this evening. |
3716)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432232)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it rained felines and canines last night and winds up to 50mph |
3717)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 8
(Message 1432230)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trying to find a quiet corner away from moths, trains, and old Ford Escorts. Can someone give me a pint of something nice please ...... Here you go |
3718)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432228)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a walk in the park on a blustery but sunny day! |
3719)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432226)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: forever |
3720)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432186)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch. |
3721)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - restocked & opened 16/10/2013
(Message 1432125)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it infectious? Actually quite drinkable, and I have been known to imbibe when in the US Can't get it over here |
3722)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432113)
Posted 23 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: diamond |
3723)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Mac, NVidia GPU and Seti@home
(Message 1432026)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Why call it Mavericks? |
3724)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1432023)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
3725)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432022)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: oak |
3726)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1432007)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Rosebud |
3727)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1431988)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: discuss |
3728)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1431984)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh well can't edit it now! |
3729)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1431963)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: WIN? |
3730)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1431943)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trillian Triffid |
3731)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1431917)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Zaphod |
3732)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1431895)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a win |
3733)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1431894)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jimmy |
3734)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 52
(Message 1431838)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cat |
3735)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 199 - autumn specifics
(Message 1431837)
Posted 22 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning for many reasons |
3736)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Now I gotta ask this.........
(Message 1428477)
Posted 14 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately for us it is a holiday in most US states Columbus Day or one of it's many alternatives. |
3737)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1427828)
Posted 12 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have in the interim, not only donated my considerable computing power, but the raw cash to power them, and the once in a while cash donation to Seti. If it was ONE bad night I might have sympathy, but it is EVERY WEEKEND, and while you have done much for SETI@home it does NOT give you the right to treat the Cafe as you own personal forum. I do not post here as my own personal protest at you being allowed to pollute these forums every weekend. I had hoped being in Angela's team even for a short while might have made you more disciplined, I see that was a false hope. |
3738)
Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Do you think the pace of technology innovations has slowed down?
(Message 1427221)
Posted 11 Oct 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Every semester, at least one of my students asks me, "How come none of you computer teachers have a smart phone?" The quick and simple answer is, "I don't need it." I teach basic IT at my local 60+ club and I have a smart phone,(I am also 60+) probably a third of my time is spent helping students use their various smart phones that sons and daughters have given them, to try and get mum/dad into the 21st century, doesn't always work though!! My feeling is to teach IT you have to know as much about it as you can and smartphones/tablets are going to be the way forward. PS like it or not smartphones ARE computers with operating systems. |
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Thunderbirds are Go again!!
(Message 1422356)
Posted 30 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Aptly suited for here. Ever heard of cynical humuur? After all this is the Cafe for all funny posts :) Except of course you actually meant it!! |
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Thunderbirds are Go again!!
(Message 1422340)
Posted 30 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Good god no wonder the UK is screwed. People entering politics so that they can make changes from within, only to see those very same people regress into a second childhood.... This is the cafe. Much too cynical for here I too have fond memories of Thunderbirds. Nice to see it being re-done. |
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(Message 1422072)
Posted 29 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: King |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1421730)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for bed. |
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A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1421722)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It was not a sad end. I agree, and thank you. |
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A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1421712)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mark hopefully Sten was not accusing you of rigging the auction. If he was I would also demand he provides proof. I also think it is time to let it go. You have done more over the last few days than many of your detractors They will now try and lead you out so you get banned. It was a sterling job that raised funds for SETI@home which in the end is ALL that matters. Please sleep on it if you can. |
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(Message 1421703)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: them |
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A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1421678)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I knew from the very start that the risk of this so called auction were to turn into something "rigged", was very high (due to knowledge I select to keep for myself). That's the reason I never entered any bids. I really wanted to enter a bid, but now I'm glad I didn't. Which is why I didn't add my final bid till the auction finished Dear Bernie Vine, Thank you for your gift of $30.00 via Visa on 09/28/2013. Your gift will benefit the following area: SETI@home - $30.00 Your confirmation number is: 117711 I'm shaking my head wondering why the auction starter didn't react when strange conditions where introduced, and turned it into something else than an auction. Not really fair as I do not think Mark was expecting it. Took me a while to see it could cause all sorts of problems. |
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(Message 1421668)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Fred???? Jesus, where is he when I really NEED him? LOL. No Fred needed. You made the decision, GPUUG won! I am happy with your decision!! |
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(Message 1421661)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: As this seems to have become total confusion. I suggest as it was Marks auction he decided the rules he should;d have the final decision. I am sure all teams will abide by it. |
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(Message 1421654)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: nightmare |
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WTF for Seti???
(Message 1421628)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: He locked it so the total confusion can be sorted. Please just wait. Being locked so Uli can sort out the winner without pressure from anyone. |
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A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1421612)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: What changed? Nothing except no one understood the way it was supposed to work Because you DIDN'T increase your bid the $300 went to The Raccoons But your intention was for GPUUG to win!! |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1421600)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope |
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(Message 1421596)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Pity the bidding wasn't left simple. At the end I had no idea who was bidding for who As Mr Kevvy did not state where the bid was for I was totally confused. Should have been kept simple. |
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(Message 1421559)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: field |
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Raccoon Update XVIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1421546)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Snapped on my recent visit to Northern New Hampshire |
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Word Link Discussion Thread II
(Message 1421495)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Victor-Vulcan Two of the UK's the V bombers. |
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(Message 1421493)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Vulcan |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1421383)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: the last of the CSI:NY spree was on tonight. Shame about the news of the Doc :( As it's the last ever series they can easily kill them all off!! Having seen them all via download, I can tell you they knew it was the last series. You'll know what I mean as Ep 17 ends. PS Winning. |
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(Message 1421369)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mythology |
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(Message 1421187)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: absolute |
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(Message 1421181)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ground |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1421136)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Friday night win? |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420940)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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(Message 1420937)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hotel |
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(Message 1420879)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Board |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420878)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420773)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A win before |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420759)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a win? |
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(Message 1420688)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: $50 for the Raccoon Lovers Dear Bernie Vine, Thank you for your gift of $50.00 via Visa on 09/26/2013. Your gift will benefit the following area: SETI@home - $50.00 Your confirmation number is: 117622 |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420678)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Post to win |
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(Message 1420466)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sin |
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(Message 1420236)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: doctor |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420234)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning. Or no |
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Word Link # 51
(Message 1420225)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jungle |
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(Message 1420216)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: baby |
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(Message 1420190)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: atlas |
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The last person to blah blah 196: library edition
(Message 1420182)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting |
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Word Link # 51
(Message 1420179)
Posted 25 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dog |
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A new kitty auction..........
(Message 1419100)
Posted 22 Sep 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: As one of your critics can I just say this is what you do best. |
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train safety
(Message 1398960)
Posted 5 Aug 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hazardous chemical leak after Louisiana train derails |
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Count to 10,000 to 20,000 # 19 A the Rest
(Message 1398957)
Posted 5 Aug 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You need to add another rule. No copyright pictures, copyright or suspected copyright pictures will be deleted. That is why this thread was stopped because it is too difficult to make sure no copyright pictures are posted |
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OK...another kittyman moment.
(Message 1398851)
Posted 5 Aug 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's very simple. As soon as he is seen posting under the influence he has one warning, if he continues, he is banned for 48 hours. That way he will be able to post when sober. As far as the SETI@Home boards are concerned that is the only thing that will work. These boards are public boards anyone can read them. As far as Mark is concerned he is the only one who can help himself, or ask for help, I fear however it may just be too late. |
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Now I gotta ask this.........
(Message 1398357)
Posted 3 Aug 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: And YOU have the gall to call me WHAT?? Actually I didn't call you anything, what I said was: It is a travesty to everything SETI@Home stands for, we all know he has delusions, a lot believe he should be permanently banned for the depths he drags this public forum to. I have decided not to post on these boards any more as long as you do. I was alerted to the fact that you were "calling me out" by friends. I have nothing to add to the above statement. |
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Continueing from where I left off.............
(Message 1396100)
Posted 29 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My apologies let me rephrase: It is a travesty to everything SETI@Home stands for. |
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Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1395979)
Posted 28 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Çןƃooƃ oʇuı ʇxÇʇ uÊop Çpısdn Çdʎʇ In case you cant read that just type "upside down text" into google. |
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Continueing from where I left off.............
(Message 1395978)
Posted 28 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bump Why not? It is a travesty to everything SETI stands for, we all know he has delusions, a lot believe he should be permanently banned for the depths he drags this public forum to. Please do what most others do and ignore him, let this fanciful garbage sink to the bottom of the pile where it belongs. |
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Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1391231)
Posted 16 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In my local park the squirrels have taken a fancy to Pizza. That is what this guy is eating |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1391229)
Posted 16 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: And that has to do...what...with the Word Link thread? None, and I asked for it to be removed but obviously it has a good reason for being here. |
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Sometimes............
(Message 1390598)
Posted 14 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You are one of the few who has expressed such dismay at my 'midnight ramblings'. In public yes, I know people who feel just as I do but cannot be bothered to waste their time with you as they know it will be ignored. Others fear to take you to task as they worry what you might do. And frankly, Bernie, I don't give a rat's petoot whether you approve of my online personna or not Oh I know you don't care how much harm you do. I know you will ignore me and all the rest, some who do care about you and worry you are harming yourself. As you have said you don't care About sums you up. PS Leave the project on MY account? Really? Others already have. |
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(Message 1390575)
Posted 14 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You Mark are the reason I hardly ever post here now, I do not care what your total or RAC are or will be, you have no more or less rights on these boards than someone with an RAC of 1. Starting "discussion" threads is fine, but too many of them are drunken ramblings with no point! In my view you have sullied all the good work you have done for this project by not being able to control yourself on a public forum. I used to post here every day, I used to enjoy it and "put up with you" because you had done so much for the project, now you have sullied it for me. You need to get a grip and think of the damage your drunken ramblings are doing to this project, the project you say you care so much about. If I hadn't put so much time and effort into this project myself, I would walk away tomorrow, I really don't want to be associated with a project that allows you to crunch. |
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TLPTPW # 189 Da Bulls
(Message 1389025)
Posted 8 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Didn't Mike win several post back?? We have a winner....post #777 (My daughter was born 7/7 and the year ending with a 7.) |
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NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - revealed
(Message 1389024)
Posted 8 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Facebook is for garrulous teenagers, and Twitter is for showbiz luvvies. End of story. Well I joined Facebook some years ago I am not a great user but I know lots of people who do use it and probably the youngest is mid twenties and the oldest mid seventies. There are a LOT of people from my generation and below using it everyday. In fact "garrulous teenagers" moved on years ago. My sister uses it to try and re-home rescue dogs, my artist friend uses it to publicise her artwork and her teaching. If you looked you would be surprised at the number of people you know who use it regularly. I can think of several on these very forums and none are "garrulous teenagers" If I were one of them I might just be insulted. Somehow I suspect https://www.facebook.com/eric.korpela?fref=ts might or might not be pleased to be called a "garrulous teenager" PS If any of you think anything said or done on the internet is private think again. Everything can be recorded and almost certainly is. The only thing on our side is the sheer amount of data collected will need really fast computers to analyse it all, but don't worry that wont take too long. |
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(Message 1388626)
Posted 7 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Unst If you put in Unst and Yell to Google http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Unst-Yell/ Seems it is a place in Shetland took me all of two minutes Perhaps there should be a rule, the two words need to link in Google at least. Save all arguments! These two did. |
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Panic Mode On (84) Server Problems?
(Message 1388358)
Posted 6 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jean, first your use of capitals has drawn attention to yourself as being very rude and impatient. Don not shout, you will find a quiet word will be listened to, but a shout is the best way to be ignored around here. +1 |
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No new jobs after change to Seti@home7 for Windows?
(Message 1388301)
Posted 6 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M Which would appear to be a laptop, so updating drivers may not be possible, and I would certainly NOT got to the Nvidia site for laptop drivers, but the laptop manufacturer site or possibly here http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers however that site does require a little technical understanding. |
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Loss of Dignity
(Message 1387984)
Posted 5 Jul 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Good for Cleggy and good for Sainsburys, Well what I actually read was that it was a checkout assistant that asked the women to finish her conversation. Sainsburys have no such policy and the assistant was reprimanded. I suspect none of the big stores would dare introduce such a policy as they would probably loose custom. However as far as I am concerned it is the height of rudeness to be talking on a phone while interacting with another person. However the modern generation have no concept of polite/rude. |
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The train thread
(Message 1386237)
Posted 30 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The poor old Flying Scotsman 4472 isn't doing too well though. Basically they are saying that repairs in the past have been bodged and it now needs to be done properly. Seems it's a bit of a curse as it nearly bankrupted two previous owners |
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Parents role in Education ?
(Message 1385060)
Posted 27 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I suspect you are going to like this. A close friend has 3 daughters her eldest 2 both have good jobs and have turned out well. Her youngest (14) has had a few problems at school and to cut a long story short, Social Services have become involved, despite providing a stable home and having 2 daughters with no problems my friend is seen as at fault. One thing the social worker said was that she must allow her daughter to use "street speak" otherwise she will feel isolated. My friend is furious and hates hearing her daughter "sound so uneducated"! Hopefully her daughter will realise not to use it when she eventually applies for a job!! |
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Observation of CreditNew Impact
(Message 1384545)
Posted 25 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The lack of acknowledgement and the silence around the impact (from its creators and the project owner) indicates to me that they have no idea. So you do not consider these post by Dr Eric Korpela's to be any sort of acknowledgement http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71805&postid=1378218 The fall in credit was most definitely not deliberate. I wouldn't even know how to cause such a thing using the BOINC credit new. I had assumed it was a case of "fast machines report results first" which usually drives the granted credit to low values when a new version is released, but there should have been ample time for that to fix itself. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71889&postid=1381896 I suppose I should make a couple points. |
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Portugal
(Message 1384370)
Posted 24 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am angry, in fact I'm bloody angry, how the hell dare they Because perhaps unlike the UK they have laws and stick to them. Mind you, what would you expect from a pathetic little third world country who is Western Europe's poorest in per capita terms, has a flat-lining economy, and is now getting handouts from former colonies like Angola and Brazil, in addition to EU bailouts. Hmm yes you are angry, but don't know what insulting a whole country and its people has to do with arresting people breaking the law, ignorance is no excuse. However silly the law might be. |
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Moving on... (Apr 08 2013)
(Message 1381662)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: We haven't heard from you in a couple months now. Yes, I wonder why?? |
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Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1381658)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh yes bird pics. Took this recently in my local park. Was trying to get photos of a pair of wood pigeons, as I zoomed in and took the pic they both flew off and I got this: |
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The Kitty Electric.
(Message 1381655)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting to note that you totally ignored my post about your posting history. That is you all over just ignore what doesn't fit your view of the world. Well let me restate it: You have a posting history of two years NOT TEN |
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TLPTPW # 188 Let's all go swimming.....
(Message 1381652)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trying to resist the temptation to turn on the AC. It's not hot, but it's getting humid and I just got a recall notice for my dehumidifier. Having lived in the UK for more years than I will admit to, and also having experienced New York in July and August I can say that the UK can get by with the occasional large fan, and open window, however you do need efficient A/C in NY!! |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1381651)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bearing |
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Trooping the colour
(Message 1381501)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: LOL... Yes unfortunately that was a link to BBC1 live TV feed, which due to the BBC licence is only available in the UK. Same reason the BBC Website is free in the UK but carries adverts everywhere else. Seems the rule is "You don't pay the licence fee you don't get it for free" |
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The Kitty Electric.
(Message 1381481)
Posted 15 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You want my life's history? Every post I have made in the last ten years or so is available to you. Unfortunately not true for me at least, furthest back I can see is 3 Sep 2011, which is only 8186 post back, out of the 34673 you have made. Seems your need to post so often has hit some sort of limit. I have made 5791 post and can see all the way back to my first post. So remember every 20 post you make consigns, your older 20 posts to oblivion. |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1381052)
Posted 14 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: under |
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The train thread
(Message 1381049)
Posted 14 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: WE have the same controversy in the UK regarding HS2. Anyhow more cheerfil news is here. Mallard Great shame it is no longer "steamable" and has to be hauled to Grantham! |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1379584)
Posted 10 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Prepare to be disrupted....... As an iPhone 4s and iPad2 owner I can't wait!!! |
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No new jobs after change to Seti@home7 for Windows?
(Message 1378903)
Posted 9 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The thing with optimized apps is you need to be aware of the updating yourself, it is not automatic. To get the latest version go HERE Or if you no longer wish to run optimized, stop Boinc, delete or rename app_info.xml and restart Boinc. You should then get work. |
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What has your RAC done......since.....
(Message 1378719)
Posted 8 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is a graph taken from Boinc Tasks showing 5 of my machines. As you can see it the smaller the RAC the smaller the drop, so the 5th machine has not suffer any drop. They are the top 5 of my machines. |
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NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - revealed
(Message 1378715)
Posted 8 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Governments have been trying to spy on their citizens for as long as there have been governments. The IT revolution just makes it very very easy. In the days of analogue phones someone had to actually go into the exchange and connect the black box. Now if you have an internet connection, you can be bugged, observed, emails intercepted. It is much too late to try and stop this. Any government can say "No we don't do that" while having whole departments doing just that. To be fair with over 3 BILLION phone calls PER DAY in the US (that's over 34,000 per second) Unless you are worth watching you will probably slip through the net. However you never know. Oh PS Emails per day 294 billion means more than 2.8 million emails are sent every second. Even a computer will have difficulty keeping up with that. |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1378693)
Posted 8 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Birthday |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1378607)
Posted 8 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: love |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1378523)
Posted 8 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well even with all that's been going on and a plunging RAC still managed to hit 15 Million!! |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1378265)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: For which I will gladly pay you on Thursday! How many people here will get that !! |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 7
(Message 1378264)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the first of my "Badgers Poachers Choice" has gone down very well. I often see descriptions on beer and wine labels that describe the flavor " a hint of cherry and burning hay" you know the sort of thing so I was skeptical as this was described as "Notes of Damson and Liquorice" Well actually that about sums it up. Its is a darker beer with a nice "soft" feel, a slight bitter tang but the slightly stronger taste of plums. I think it the sort of beer that goes down really easily and before you know it your "very happy" Highly recommended. (The beer that is not getting blind drunk) |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1378081)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oak |
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What has your RAC done......since.....
(Message 1378064)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ... Well not quite Richard has my company, I do not believe it is a deliberate plot to cut RAC. Actually just typing that made me smile, lets try again "Eric and the team are involved in a deliberate plot to cut RAC". WHAT? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 7
(Message 1378059)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was perusing the beer shelf in my local supermarket when I spied these, Ah yes Badgers beer has and both my local supermarket and off licence stock several of the different varieties, just not this one. I will imbibe later and report my thoughts. |
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The train thread
(Message 1378053)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: That's cause airports and interstate highways(aka freeways) are federally funded to a larger extent, Amtrak is grudgingly funded and there have been attempts to exterminate passenger rail service in the US by some in Congress, Like Rep Jeff Denham(R-CA) and the Republican party are against HSR, they largely don't like it cause a Black Man in the White House is for it, plus they don't really like foreign ideas for the most part, though they do like austerity... Strange you wouldn't have thought congress would like it that most Europeans, Chinese and Japanese can easily say they have a better public transport than the US. I have traveled Amtrak, NY to Washington and NY to Boston and have to say while the trains are probably larger and more comfortable than the UK the infrastructure leaves a bit to be desired, on both journeys I was delayed at least one way due to "power or track" problems. PS The Wi-Fi was free, please note UK train companies. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 7
(Message 1378035)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was perusing the beer shelf in my local supermarket when I spied these, Badger Poachers Choice beer. Not seen them before. So bought a couple to try. 5.7%ABV |
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NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - revealed
(Message 1378029)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I worked for BT for 22 years and I can assure you the government were recording exactly who they wanted when they wanted back in the 70's. We had a far right wing organisation called the National Front who reported faults on their phone line just to get the bug removed for a while. Once the system fell down and I was given the fault to investigate in the exchange. I discovered and extra pair of wires going to a concealed black box under the main frame. On reporting this to my boss I was told to forget it. Next day the black box was gone. The only upside is that apparently in the US three billion phone calls are made every day which breaks down to 34,722 per second, the best they could do is scan the conversations for tell tale words,which apparently terrorists no longer use, or just keep the records until something happens, then go back and see if there is any evidence. The advance in all things IT actually means we now have almost no privacy compared to just a few years ago. The best way to avoid this is only make a phone call from a pre paid cellphone, then burn it. Have no online accounts at all, destroy your computer/smartphone/iPad/android tablet, with a large hammer. Oh yes and don't go anywhere that has security cameras. |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1378016)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: antidote |
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The train thread
(Message 1378008)
Posted 7 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: So you can go from San Fran to Vancouver by train then? The simple answer is no. As I found last year not all towns and cities have a passenger rail connection. You can however take a bus at both ends and for the princley sum of $212 (£137) you can make the approx 930 mile (1,500km) trip in around 27 hours. Unfortunately all journeys seem to be overnight and I cannot find a daytime one! That is the Weekend price, drops to $136 on a weekday. (Edit) Wasn't awake then, that's why it'll be called the Coast Starlight then DUH!! My experience is that the majority of Americans don't travel by train, they either drive or fly and if cost is an option take the bus. Hence the fact that Amtrak is mostly government funded, I believe if it wasn't then it would have collapsed years ago. |
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Cafe SETI :
A Day to Remember
(Message 1377696)
Posted 6 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: To the Men & Women of that generation - My thanks. And mine. I do not wish to contemplate the world had they failed. |
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Cafe SETI :
Hello World
(Message 1377409)
Posted 6 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A welcome from me as well. Do you call yourselves crunchers, or is there a common term? I think Setizens is our preferred term, but crunchers will do :-) |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1377224)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Theory |
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I suddenly feel old.
(Message 1377212)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: How "old" you feel is a state of mind. My father is 89 next month has had two wives, out lived them both and was in his garden cutting down a small tree on Sunday afternoon. He is quite active just problems with his eyesight frustrate him. We still discuss politics and set the world to rights. I hope I am as active as him if I get to his age. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1377207)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1377192)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ladder |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1377186)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dragons |
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Politics :
Hospitals
(Message 1377185)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It won't be long before it becomes deadly to even enter a hospital as you won't come out..... I do believe things have changed for the better over the years, but because of the explosion in "news media" more of the cases get highlighted. News media need to have hundreds of news stories every day, so bad stories about the NHS are high on the agenda. |
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Politics :
Hospitals
(Message 1377178)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It won't be long before it becomes deadly to even enter a hospital as you won't come out..... This sort of thing has been happening for many years, I worked in hospital wards for 12 years. There are many reasons this sort of thing happens, both management and not all nurses are angels! This is hardly the first case like this and will not be the last. |
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Number crunching :
Why is the validation so slow altleast 70% slower
(Message 1377173)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: But when do we go to normal again? At least a week possibly longer. Eric said yesterday over at beta I think that we're having problem because the APR of the CPU versions of S@Hv7 hasn't stabilized yet. It's still strongly weighted toward fast CPUs, and that's reducing credit grants across the board. I'm hoping that a week from now things will be showing higher APRs. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1377168)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear, it seems to never end..... Well not for at least 60 days. Apple is free to continue selling the models involved during the 60-day review period. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
A couple of small bugs I found in the software.
(Message 1377159)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You might do better posting on the Boinc development boards as this is not a Seti@Home problem BOINC Boards |
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O brave new world. That has such crunchers in't.
(Message 1377152)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have done a bit of charity "volunteering" and I in my experience: Volunteering Ain't About Bitchin' and Complainin' 'bout Volunteers. Is exactly what it is about :-) |
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Word Link #45
(Message 1377000)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: foot |
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Number crunching :
Observation of CreditNew Impact
(Message 1376921)
Posted 5 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The only time I can see this as a problem is if different crunchers with similar rigs (I have an identical pair) see large differences between the two. Over in beta Eric commented; I think that we're having problem because the APR of the CPU versions of S@Hv7 hasn't stabilized yet. It's still strongly weighted toward fast CPUs, and that's reducing credit grants across the board. I'm hoping that a week from now things will be showing higher APRs. I am going nowhere, but suggest that others give the project a chance to stablise. For the few comments Eric has made I get the feeling he is quite busy. |
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News :
AVG 2013 virus scanner false positive on SETI@home 7 for Windows
(Message 1376755)
Posted 4 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: May I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using it for about a year and it works great. One thing I like about it is that it upgrades definitions 2 or 3 times a day. It's also free. Whilst it is free it regularly comes last in virus detection tests and is not recommended. Avast, Panda Cloud, Zone Alarm, Avira, Bitdefender, and AVG free editions all score higher than MSE. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1376443)
Posted 4 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Morning all. Hope everyone is well? Yes shame, well for those of you who have to go!! Me I am off for my morning walk in the sun! |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1376441)
Posted 4 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ear |
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Number crunching :
What has your RAC done......since.....
(Message 1376229)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm in it for the stats and Bernie Vine is not going to catch me even though he's 11 places above me in RAC... for the moment. If true, slightly sad. If you like I will switch a couple of machines off for a few days so you can overtake me a bit quicker. |
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Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1375979)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Barkeeper, something strong please. |
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TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1375975)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I still think that people who say they like eating custard skins are totally weird ....... They of course may say the same about you. ☺ |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1375974)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: eight ---> infinity ?? Put Infinity and eight into Google and the answer "Why is infinity represented by a sideways eight"!! |
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What has your RAC done......since.....
(Message 1375921)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie But my position has risen, so it is an across the board thing. Also my number 3 cruncher has had no GPU tasks since Friday due to me making a mistake in the app_info. I crunch SETI for science not numbers, the only thing I use credit for is to see how my machines preform against each other, not anyone else. If you don't like what is happening I suggest you e-mail D Anderson or Eric and complain. Whatever happens even if they stopped giving out credit tomorrow and just recorded the number of WU's completed, would make no difference to me, been here almost since the start. The only thing that matters is that we are doing valid work for the project, hopefully V7 will ensure we are! |
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Number crunching :
BoincTasks Suspending VLAR's
(Message 1375920)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Here it is: http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/download_beta.html Thank you. I will admit to not reading the notes!! Boinc Tasks has worked so well for me I just accept the new versions without really checking what they do!! Lesson learnt |
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Number crunching :
VLAR's to Kepler cards.
(Message 1375810)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: BoincTasks automatically suspends any vlar's it finds. Ahh is that what is happening?? I was away this weekend and remotely logging in. The 3G connection was flaky at best and I was seeing user suspended tasks when I knew I hadn't suspended anything!! Because of the poor connection, I didn't even look at why, I just un-suspended them!! |
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What has your RAC done......since.....
(Message 1375804)
Posted 3 Jun 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This time last week I had an RAC of around 54k and was 178th by user. Today my RAC is around 50K but I am 168th. The RAC drop seems to be affecting everyone, so I suggest anyone who only crunches for high RAC to crunch somewhere else. |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1374460)
Posted 31 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Download |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1374279)
Posted 31 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Waltz |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1374066)
Posted 31 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: honey |
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train safety
(Message 1374058)
Posted 31 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I subscribe to the Rail Accident Investigation Board RAIB bulletin and I as you can see ...Was he also deaf? On our trains (mainline as no need for audible alarms on the Underground as the tripcock enters play if one passes a red signal), an audible alarm is given if a train passes a red signal - as Metrolink didn't have their whole system on ATS, surely audible alarms were in place? Doesn't always apply. Description of the incident At about 07:45 hrs on Wednesday 16 January 2013, train 1A60, the 06:45 hrs Grand Central Railway service from Sunderland to London King’s Cross, passed signal NW36 at danger at Norton-on-Tees West and passed over a level crossing adjacent to Norton-on-Tees West signal box. The barriers were still raised and the crossing was open to road traffic. The Norton-on-Tees West signaller saw that two cars, one in each direction, had stopped at the level crossing as train 1A60 was passing over it. The train should have stopped at signal NW36. The driver of train 1A60 was unaware that he had passed the signal at danger and the train continued on its journey. It was not stopped until it reached Bowesfield,around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) beyond Norton-on-Tees West. There were no other trains in the area at the time of the incident, so there was no risk of a collision between trains. Why? Because this part of the line still has semaphore signalling, and will have for another two years, and. The driver of train 1A60 received a caution indication and an audible warning at the distant signal located just under ¾ mile (around 1.2 kilometres) from signal NW36. However, this signal was a ‘fixed distant’ signal, which meant that irrespective of whether signal NW36 was on or off, the driver would always receive a warning. Basically it was dark and as the signal was had a "fixed distant" signal on the same pole that could only show yellow or green, he saw red over yellow and instead of stopping continued, although he was trained on semaphore signals. So it's not always as straight forward as it appears. |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1374047)
Posted 31 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: tales |
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train safety
(Message 1373780)
Posted 30 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Railway tracks have the same signalling system that road users do, i.e. red, amber, and green. The railways call them signals, the roads call them traffic lights. The red green and amber is not universal, as I am sure David can confirm, different railroads in the US use different systems. In the UK we use the "block system" trains are separated by an electrically isolated block of track. Also in the UK green means you can proceed at maximum line speed, a green signal would only change to red in an extreme emergency. Single amber means the next signal is red proceed at half line speed. In a 4 aspect system a double amber means the next signal is amber be prepared to slow at next signal and of course red means stop. The amber, and red signals can change as the train approaches. A fully laden UK freight train at 40 MPH can take up to a half mile to stop, so I am afraid the only answer is to phase out all vehicle crossings. If you want the full picture go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_railway_signalling |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1373698)
Posted 30 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I think you will find it is more than just "modern yuppies" that use mobile devices, probably most people from 12 to 50 seem to have them. Having just traveled from South Croydon to Shadwell and back I saw a lot of phones (both Android and iPhone) being used, they all looked like regular people to me. Some were reading books or news, some listening to music, the guy next to me was sorting though his photos. Someone was even making a phone call, outrageous. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1373691)
Posted 30 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: walking |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1373357)
Posted 30 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: washer |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1373162)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Tree |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1373119)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: relief |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1373090)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hail the Mighty "Creeper" Caesar! Censorship at its best! So these & the rest of the Internet needs to be shut down then as what was named was a Public Retail Park! Certainly agree that these threads should be shut down yes.!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1373043)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: shoulder |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 14 year club
(Message 1373000)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Missed it again, 14 years and 14 million seems apt. On to the next 14 years :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372997)
Posted 29 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: borscht |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1372796)
Posted 28 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Are your passwords hashed using the same open source library everyone uses? So it all depends on whether the website where your password is stored gets hacked and the hashed passwords stolen, then it with enough computing power and time most passwords can be cracked. Hopefully for you the website concerned will own up that this has happened before someone steals you ID. One way round this is a different password for each site changed at the minimum of once a month preferably weekly, all at least 24 characters with a mix of letters upper and lower case numbers and any special characters allowed. Oh and don't write them down anywhere, or tell friends or relatives! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372785)
Posted 28 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bridge |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1372595)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Unless one is born with a silver spoon in their mouth, one has to WORK for a living! My father worked till he was 65 as a commercial traveler, then with money saved he brought a small shop and worked hard for 15 years till he retired and would be highly insulted to be called "working class" I spent 22 years working for BT. For the last 12 years I worked as an engineer, I also own the flat I live in and I would also be horrified to be called "working class" as I do not believe in class, so it's a matter of perspective. Means nothing unless you care about a totally worthless system. I just know I am gonna love the reply, oh by the way I have red x these posts as you should not really mention places on a public forum. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372585)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Singer |
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SETI@home Science :
Near Time Persistency Checker
(Message 1372583)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 1) Things are up in the air since the colo move, and the staff are very busy. Things should settle down soon and we'll know what's required. Or of course since they no longer need anyone to look after the servers they will cut back on staff. I am glad the GPUUG has enough funds for the 24/7 public NTPCKR as the website says $19,446 to go |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372557)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hive |
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SETI@home Science :
Near Time Persistency Checker
(Message 1372453)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was under the impression that a version of NTPCkr is being run, just not on a public facing machine. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372452)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jeans |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1372416)
Posted 27 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Crow |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1372284)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: flight |
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Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1372273)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Only goes to show what your mind focuses on when reading online. Oh my what a pathetic response! A third of the page is given over to the sidebar, it's a bit difficult NOT to notice it. Your making excuses for the gutter press you use as you main source of "news" I can see there is no arguing with you. |
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Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1372264)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The er "Mail online" again, just look at the right hand bar to see what they really care about, and it is NOT factual reporting. Saving the best for last! Hollywood goddess Uma Thurman stuns in classic satin gown on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony And this as Britain faced its biggest terror crisis since the 7/7 bombings in 2005. Biggest, how about "only". I assume the police and security services can operate without the prime minster for week or so? Obviously Ibiza doesn't have any modern communications that mean he could be in touch with however he needs instantly. |
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Number crunching :
NVidia Drivers
(Message 1372241)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Back from work again & booted up rig, no issues experienced. Just wondering if the reboot after driver upgrade failed for some reason as booting up from cold seems to have done the trick. If in doubt I power completely off, pull the mains lead and wait for five minutes, then re-power and reboot, works 95% of the time! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372206)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lady |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1372179)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Love |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1372148)
Posted 26 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Large |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1372009)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: So no thoughts for the victims then? How nice! Sorry not sure what you mean, victims, all of us are potential victims because we live in a free society, I do not want to see police and service personal armed to create more "victims". No one can say that being armed would have made any difference at Woolwich You know more legally armed personal is the slippery slope the fanatics, and some in government want! We should step back and look calmly at the situation before making any decision. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1371995)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I understand Win8 can be set to boot up to a Classic Win7 desktop. At the moment no, not out of the box, but there are plenty of free programs that will I use Pokki, strange name but does the job well. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1371971)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dr Wallace Breen a character in the video game Half-Life |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1371970)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Half-life |
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Number crunching :
What I'd Really Like
(Message 1371968)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have never deleted a cruncher from day one, some of them got "merged" but there all still there, all 19 of them! |
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Number crunching :
Now that v7 has rolled out..........
(Message 1371966)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: What I got out of it is this. Isn't that the whole idea, SETI@Home should be set and forget, even if you have 4 GTX 680's and just want to run the the program. The people who want more come here and know what is going on, so we might have a bit of work to do but we will know what and how and hopefully and nice side affect will be that all those Kepler cards will suddenly stop producing errors, won't that be nice. |
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Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1371962)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The day all active personnel in the armed forces are required to carry a side arm will be the day we take the first step down the road the fanatics are desperately trying to push us. Hopefully we will remain calm, we are mostly not a nation to react without thinking. The fanatics know that with all serving personal armed there will be mistakes and innocent people will be killed. Which is what they want. What then, an armed policeman mistakenly shoots an armed serviceman who he thought was the bad guy. A lot has been made of service men and women being Trained Professionals so I assume our police are not, as they have on several occasions shot and killed unarmed suspects, of course our Trained Professionals won't make mistakes. The fact that a lot of soldiers go on to commit very violent crimes probably due to PTSD makes even more sense to have them armed 24/7 Personally I would rather live in a country where only the fanatics are armed than be caught in the crossfire. |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1371952)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ferengi |
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Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1371749)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It is correct to say that in several Eastern European countries, some middle east states, the likes of China and North Korea, this atrocity could not have happened, the authorities would have arrested him a while ago either locked up without trial or made to disappear along with any family and friends the authorities wanted out of the way. Everyone even a radical Muslim cleric is innocent until proven guilty, if that ever changes that will sound the death knell for our society. It is not an answer to say just deport all the trouble makers, it is much too late for that. 9/11, 7/7, Boston, Woolwich and countless other atrocities were all possible because we live in a democracy, freedom and the rule of law still have a tenuous hold. Part of any campaign of terror is to try and get the authorities to react, to clamp down on the perpetrators and destabilize the rule of law. Radicals WANT gangs of white English thugs attacking mosques, they WANT hate to fester it is all part of their war. It is unfortunate that we do not understand the fanaticism behind them, suicide bombers and murderers who stand in the street with blood on their hands preaching to the crowd. It is totally foreign to us, we need the ordinary Muslims on our side. Whilst that may go against some peoples principles and prejudices, until we can fully understand we will always be vulnerable. |
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Number crunching :
NVidia Drivers
(Message 1371591)
Posted 25 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Upgraded all 6 machines(3 Vista - 3 Win7) yesterday, not noticed any problems. |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1371560)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst in principle I agree, how do you deport someone to a country that will not accept them. Like it or not we signed up to the human rights laws and as such no country has to just accept anyone we no longer want. If that was to start innocent people who the government just didn't like could be deported. It is unfortunately the price we pay for a democracy. Now I would support more surveillance, on these people, 24 hour if necessary, I have no problem with my taxes being spent to LEGALLY kick these people out, or lock them up. Anything else would erode OUR freedoms. |
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Number crunching :
Now that v7 has rolled out..........
(Message 1371550)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Up until arkayns' statement a couple hours ago, SETI version 7 was said to NOT WORK with XP Pro. Try that scenario out for size. In that scenario, next week all XP Hosts would suddenly stop working with OpenCL Apps. Panic wouldn't accurately describe what would be flying around here. Forgive me if I wish to hear it from another source. Anyone else want to chime in? Surely this is only for AMD?? Someone who knows should please explain. |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1371523)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: With a pizza a good red Italian |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1371513)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A was mentioned the "D notice" is of little use if something happens in a public area. Modern phones are capable of recording acceptable video as we have seen. The modern world now sees events in almost real time, look at the Boston bombing. I was speaking to a friend about this recently. When I was young, you had the story, but in newspapers and TV you had to wait for pictures and even longer for film reports as they had to get a film crew to the scene, now anyone with a phone is a film crew. Is this instant "in your face media" a good thing? Possibly a discussion for another thread. |
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Mystery Kitchen Tool three
(Message 1371512)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I got that but have absolutely no desire to scroll through hundreds of photos of nasty looking tools to pick something :-) |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1371511)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the chef concerned actually calls it a deep pan pizza pie. So as it's his creation it's a pizza pie? PS This is from the Guardian an English newspaper, work that one out!! |
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Mystery Kitchen Tool three
(Message 1371505)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow, didn't realise there was a machine, my mum used to do that by hand, so I still do!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Angela's Birthday Pun Thread!!!
(Message 1371502)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Happy birthday |
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TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1371496)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with Win8 :-0 |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1371492)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparently this is a pizza pie! Surely it should be one thing or another! Trust those colonials :-) |
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Number crunching :
Now that v7 has rolled out..........
(Message 1371421)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The cake is a lie.... |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1371417)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: With no modern technology as we have today, it's truly amazing that our security services were 1st class during 1939 - 1945 with most spies either turned or hanged. I wonder if this helped a little. Enigma was for more than just submarines. Public perception in Britain at that time was that the country was full of well trained German spies who were deeply integrated into society. There was widespread, as Churchill put it, "spy-mania". The truth was that between September and November 1940 less than twenty five agents arrived in the country; mostly of Eastern European extraction, badly trained and poorly motivated. Also helps being an island. |
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Number crunching :
A growing problem with GT/GTX 6xx series cards.
(Message 1371390)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you for this hint! If you see Jason's post, hopefully soon it will be a thing of the past! In about a week, (give or take), the problematic 6.10 (Cuda 3.0) application will probably be supplanted by x41zc as stock on main, for V7 Cuda multibeam processing. These applications are not susceptible to the Cuda 3.0 library faults concerned.. Although as you are using x41zc, you don't actually need the environment variable setting anyway. Just one needed not all three: Solution/workround: a) Use an optimised Cuda application, where available. b) Downgrade to the 301.42 driver - only possible on GTX 670/680/690 cards, not on newer releases like the 650/660 or their Ti variants. c) Set an environment variable. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1371385)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: promenade |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW # 187
(Message 1371384)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Mike Don't somehow think I'll win yet!! |
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TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet?
(Message 1371336)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No back to winter here, wind and rain. Cold 6ºC Feels like 3ºC Not dressed for it so froze while filling up the car! |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1371317)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In my opinion these people are missing out. I have for the first time been using Win 8 on a touch screen laptop. For an "iPad" person like myself it is brilliant, I was using the "metro" interface and the standard desktop and it is quicker and much more intuitive. Now I just need to justify getting a touch screen laptop!!! A company like MS has to make a decision at some point, so they did. They could have given users a choice, but you can see where that would have ended, they would have sold only old GUI versions, at least this way some people know at least the more modern interface is available. The majority of Windows users are not able to make the change, some WILL not change and so MS will probably have to go back to offering a 10 year old interface as the way forward. So yes it is what we make it.. unfortunately |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1371066)
Posted 23 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: room |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet?
(Message 1371060)
Posted 23 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: South Croydon, United Kingdom 5°C Feels like: 5°C Cloudy Hi: 10° Lo: 5° Wind: NNW 3 km/h Humidity: 81% Hmm my weather bug seems to have missed the fact that there is currently heavy hail falling!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1371058)
Posted 23 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems to be a problem that could be cropped out of the picture, if ya know what I mean. What an outrageous suggestion!! "Oh that's only someones property, I'll just steal it and hide any evidence" I am actually dumfounded that someone would make that suggestion on a public forum. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1370908)
Posted 23 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: village |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet?
(Message 1370855)
Posted 23 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win? From a sunny but chilly South Croydon, United Kingdom 7°C Feels like: 4°C Partly Sunny Hi: 7° Lo: 5° Wind: NNW 18 km/h Humidity: 71% |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1370764)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: seek |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1370760)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sky said at the time it was buying Acetrax for its experience and expertise in streaming. With the establishment of Now TV, Sky presumably reckons it no longer requires the Acetrax brand. Privately held, Acetrax never published subscriber numbers. Over here it has almost certainly been largely eclipsed by the Netflix and Lovefilm, firms that marketed themselves to potential subscribers far more than Acetrax ever did. A small player trashed by Murdoch and "Super Sky". Sky can do exactly as they please here in the UK, try complaining to the advertising standards about SKY, you don't even get a reply. |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1370729)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Why must you link to that rag of a website? A story about a madman possibly hacking a soldier to death and the right side bar is talking about a possible "wardrobe malfunction" and TOWIES jetting off to Marbella!! Scroll down to read the story and it gets worse!! That website says so much about what is wrong with the press and the country. |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1370725)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I've just downloaded Internet Exploder 10 64 bit and it is certainly very fast. Interesting about IE 10, I have not used IE for many years. At the 60+ club where I teach, logging on to hotmail takes about 10 seconds with Chrome and up to a minute with IE no idea why, but obviously no on there uses it. I have graduated past Chrome and Superbird to Comodo Dragon, definately the best and fastest I have used, based on Chrome but doesn't phone home. As to "change.org" they got my e-mail address from somewhere and kept sending me e-mails galore to "sign" this or that petition. I don't deal with junk mail so they just get blocked and deleted. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - open 05-05-13
(Message 1370721)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I've been reading all the likes and dislikes here and can say that there is nothing I have tried that I actively dislike, I like liver, haggis, black pudding, fried squid, sushi. I hated mushrooms as a kid, but strangely love them now! I like ale, real or otherwise, preferably server chilled and without the cricket. Whiskey is my favorite spirit and I drink red wine more often than I should! So I consider myself lucky that I am able to appreciate a wide selection of food and drink. All typed while on my second pint of Newcastle Brown. Cheers |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet?
(Message 1370718)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we winning yet! South Croydon, United Kingdom 10°C Feels like: 10°C Clear Hi: 13°C Lo: 9°C Wind: NNW 18 kph Humidity: 58% |
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Number crunching :
Best Linux for Windows users?
(Message 1370536)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry again Tullio but In stead of a VM can I load Ubuntu on the system with Windows and have a multiboot system with the windows boot loader or do you need a different boot loader , if I need a different boot loader then i'll have to just use a VM . Not very experienced with Linix only used it once with a VM but I did not like it , but that was a long time ago . Yes Ubuntu will dual boot with Windows, as will most Linux distros. My laptop dual boots Windows 8 and Linux Mint and can be set to auto boot to either. For Ubuntu go here and follow the instructions. http://www.ubuntu.com/ |
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Number crunching :
"While processor usage is less than __ percent" doesn't work
(Message 1370533)
Posted 22 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: well the writing looks like it's Russian or some where near there on the graphic not that I looked at his flag or know what country it repesents Which of course means nothing as it is changeable by the user as often as they want. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1370390)
Posted 21 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Moving |
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Cafe SETI :
The train thread
(Message 1370389)
Posted 21 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have to admit to never seeing a US steam engine, a few UK ones but strangely I am attracted to diesels and one of the highlights of my first visit to the US was catching SD40-2 CSX 8901 when I went to Gettysburg in October 2009. It came through the station while I was taking photos. I will be around NY and New England in September, anywhere I can see anything?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1370348)
Posted 21 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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The train thread
(Message 1370079)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have always been a "closet train fan" myself. Living in a small flat I never had the room for a model layout, so I have had many versions of this Trainz Simulator 12 including that one. I still have the occasional ride! This is a screen shot from the game about 4 years ago. I also went to the National Railway Museum in York last year where due the large size for the rolling stock and the small size of the museum, it was very difficult to get any really good shots. Quite like this of the BR class 76 and early electric loco designed by Sir Nigel Gresley the famous steam loco designer. Info here BR class 76 Just a few minutes walk from me is South Croydon station, which is on the London to Brighton and south coast line, where I have been known to take the occasional picture from the handy footbridge. Both local commuter trains(the green one) and non stop services to the coast(the blue one)can be seen every few minutes. Probably enough for now!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1370048)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: As we all know a Raccoon knows where it's well off Escaped raccoon breaks back into Drusillas Park Zoo |
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Number crunching :
Questions about Boinc tasks
(Message 1370034)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes that long string of letters and numbers is the password. You copy that string of letters numbers and use it as the password in the "computers" tab for that PC in Boinc Tasks. Do that for each PC, using their respective "long string of letters and numbers". |
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Number crunching :
Zotac Infinity Edition GTX 580/EVGA X79 Classified upgrade
(Message 1370017)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's the card I suspect that has to have all the sensors. My GTX 560 doesn't have them either. Nor my GTS450 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1369964)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Berg River |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1369963)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: river |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1369817)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Boy |
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Cafe SETI :
Who is The doc's new companion ???
(Message 1369814)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Is anyone seriously telling me that adults actually care??? It's for the kids!!! I don't believe Dr Who has been aimed at kids for a while. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1369785)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: students |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1369676)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Judges |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1369661)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: assault |
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Word Link # 44
(Message 1369598)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: paper |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1369487)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1369486)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Coffee |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1369476)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wish I could just hit 50,000 RAC!! Oh I did!! |
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Number crunching :
Questions about Boinc tasks
(Message 1369367)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was wondering about this program: Yes the PC's need to be on a network. It needs a little setting up but well worth it. I have 6 PC's running and Boinc Tasks let me monitor and adjust all from my main PC. Here is a quick screen shot, with computer names removed. All functions of the boinc manager are available from boinc tasks |
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SETI@home Science :
UFO lights over Phoenix Arizona, real or not?
(Message 1369309)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Or perhaps the X-47B unmanned combat air system. Which has just successfully taken off form an aircraft carrier. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1369303)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Any thoughts on this? Nice find! I hadn't even heard of these yet they are available on Amazon Justop Android Internet Adapter Or Justop II Android 4.1 TV Adaptor Quite a few positive reviews. Basically an Android PC on a stick!! Having recently brought a new TV(not internet connected) I may well look into buying one of these. PS. And loads on eBay |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1369294)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like another iconic High Street chain is biting the dust, following Woolworths et al. Not sure I read the same article: Quote Sales in its shops fell by 5 per cent in the six months to the end of February, but profits actually rose 5 per cent to £69 million. So not exactly at deaths door then Also Dissatisfaction with WH Smith is not new, and it has been one of the lowest-rated shops for the last four years. Bosses have introduced a string of cost cutting measures and the company holds a near-monopoly in hundreds of railway stations, leading to admiration in the City. As I remember WH Smith shops have always been “messy and expensiveâ€. Somehow though the one in Croydon always seems to have lots of customers! |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1369253)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems I made 14 million recently, that's a million in 3 weeks, never thought I would do that !! And that is with one machine off and one doing 50/50 main and beta. Wish I could just hit 50,000 RAC!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 44
(Message 1369244)
Posted 18 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Skies |
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Cafe SETI :
OK, the BACON thread.
(Message 1369137)
Posted 17 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: OK now she is making: Macintosh Maple Crumble with Candid Bacon I had no idea bacon was so versatile. Alla prossima |
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Cafe SETI :
OK, the BACON thread.
(Message 1369129)
Posted 17 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just been watching Nadia G on "Bitchin' Kitchen" She has just created Bacon Chocolate OKay!! PS normally I hate cooking programs but Nadia G certainly brings a new slant to it!! Nadia G |
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OK, the fish stick thread...
(Message 1369110)
Posted 17 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In the UK they are called fish fingers and considered "food for kids". Not good for you if eaten in excess as the processing causes an increase of fat content and as they they are usually made with cheap white fish have very little health benifit |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1369100)
Posted 17 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Probably a clever thing to do but it's so nice to stay in contact with friends from the past and the present... But of course you can't reconnect with friends and family you have lost contact with via emails and forums. Whilst I don't use facebook much, without it I would not have reconnected with several long lost friends and my sister(who had moved to the US) It defiantly has its place but it is not for everyone. |
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News :
Server Relocation
(Message 1368908)
Posted 17 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Since the relocation of the servers, I have noticed a marked improvement in "download and upload" speeds. Before the relocation, the speeds were almost unbareably slow and somewhat "iffy". Now, however, I can see 50 files download and or upload in as little as 45 seconds to one minute. I don't know what the relocation team did in addition to the relocation, but things have improved in a dramatic way. Great job for the relocation team! For internal reason the link to the old "server closet" was restricted to 100meg and became saturated very easily. Now the servers are located in a dedicated facility they have access to a 1Gb link(as far as we can tell) so the link no longer slows traffic down. The next bottleneck will probably be the speed the data can be written to disk. |
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Cafe SETI :
I'm leaving Seti@Home
(Message 1368490)
Posted 16 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: All very strange, he first joined SETI in July 2007, the first machine never returned any results. He had another try in November 2010, this machine also never returned a result.Then it would appear the same machine got a new identity and tried again in June 2011, but still returned no results. Finally what looks like the same machine again with another identity successfully connected on the 7th March this year. Also sad as the hard drive is one of the things that SETI does not really stress, so had he asked the question and waited for replies we might have been able to assist, Can't see the reason in posting then leaving before reading any replies! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1368120)
Posted 15 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dreaming |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1367977)
Posted 14 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I wonder how Microsoft are going to spin this one?... Sorry but posting the same link in two threads just seems like gloating to me, and it's very petty. We all know Linux has is uses. I am surprised that NASA have 140 laptops running er XP. Linus is an industrial type OS that my company used for all major servers and projects. I would say NASA are just catching up. |
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Cafe SETI :
OK, the BACON thread.
(Message 1367889)
Posted 14 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Chris. ??????? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1367888)
Posted 14 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: leveret |
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Number crunching :
Lost Results
(Message 1367839)
Posted 14 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: At 12:40 UTC today there were 8 WU received and validated. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=6958709&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4&appid= |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - open 05-05-13
(Message 1367609)
Posted 13 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a sausage casing rather than an actual stomach. Well with what has been found in our meat recently you may well have eaten all of the above from, cow, sheep, horse, pig, goat....etc and never noticed. :-0 |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - open 05-05-13
(Message 1367602)
Posted 13 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yayks!! Haggis...just the thought of eating that...ugh... Well I was a bit that way myself, but there I was in Scotland sitting down to eat with a Scotsman, just seemed right. Glad I did. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1367327)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: enemies |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - open 05-05-13
(Message 1367326)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You can with a large hammer, but it still tastes horrible .... I assume you have tasted proper haggis. Several years ago I was staying in Scotland for a course and haggis was on the menu. Also staying there was the Scottish area manager, a real Scot who ordered the haggis the first night so I asked him if it was "real haggis" he said it was pretty good, so I tried it an liked it, but have not had it since, Hmm perhaps a visit north of the border is on the horizon. |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1367313)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't believe any version of Linux, be it Android or Chrome OS will ever get in to the masses unless a company like Google get strongly behind it and market it as an alternative to Windows.. Then you swap MS for Google, will they be any better only time will tell. I would like to see Google or some other company challenge MS as I would hope with serious competition the customer would be the winner. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - open 05-05-13
(Message 1367307)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hold the black pudding ...... Swap the black pudding for Haggis, can't beat it. |
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Cafe SETI :
Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ?
(Message 1367305)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Chris, I have actually asked for this thread to be closed twice. Did you use the "red x". Otherwise mods may may not see it. I have now used the "red x" so hopefully a mod will see it. Mark beat me to it!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet?
(Message 1367297)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It was never here in the first place John :-)) Mud?? No mud here, pink snow though Took this today in my local park. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1367240)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pressure |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1367064)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: grinding |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1366966)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie I am wondering have you told your nabour his Wi-Fi is unsecured .....or are you a naughty boy and use the extra bandwidth ....lololololol Well as I live in a flat in a highly built up area, I can see 15+ Wi-Fi signals and I have absolutely no idea who "HUI-PC" is so not much I can do. As I have unlimited 75Meg broadband and his is about 8Meg, there is really no reason to use it, except when I am testing out customers laptops to see if they can connect as it is a weaker signal than mine. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #185 has arrived at its destination with most of the rules intact
(Message 1366963)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning cos I can.. wait changed my mind, I'll win later. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
app_info help please
(Message 1366960)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: why an install would mess up the lunatics app_info ? I was wondering the same thing as I update BOINC on almost every release and never had that happen. |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1366946)
Posted 12 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Bernie, appreciated. Well as you know I am a committed iPad fan and since going into a similar field to you last year my iPad has become my first tool, as long as there is Wi-Fi it can be very useful, I have configured routers and WAPs using it, much easier than a laptop. The Momo 7 has one advantage over the iPad (as do most Android tablets) USB! The Momo 7 can connect to a PC like "flash drive" so you can use it as storage and it can run USB sticks and external HDD's, all of which I have done. As it is not mine I have not tried it in a work environment, but it has connected easily with both my router and separate WAP and my neighbours unsecured Wi-Fi. it seems to have everything going for it. As for long term reliability I cannot comment. The online reviews seen to be split almost 50/50 with "it's amazing" to "it's rubbish" |
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Cafe SETI :
The giant spaceship on the moon
(Message 1366933)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM5ODA4OTgw.html I like the part when they mention the light reflecting off the derelict spaceships shape edges. Then proceed to show no sharp edges. To answer your question, yes most people here would consider the video as false. |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1366920)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If you don't mind me asking Bernie, what tablet was that? This one Momo 7 It's actually £5 cheaper now!! I brought it for her and have given it a good once over and am impressed. |
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Politics :
Last Chance Hotel..come one, come all
(Message 1366915)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It looks like she's on a loser here. Tesco's just lost a regular customer as I've sent my cut up clubcard to their head office along with the reason why! Just wondering how much passed hands at that local council? Hey you should have said, I'll have your points. Strange but I have shopped for years in my local small cramped "supermarkets" which were grubby and you definitely had to check expiry dates on everything!! Also had to avoid the local drunks who were buying alcohol as soon as the shop opened at 7am. And the staff never seemed to smile!! When Tesco's were known to be looking to open an "Express" store nearby everyone was up in arms. One person was in the local paper saying that alcohol would be available from 7am till 11pm and this would encourage drinking.!!!Obviously never shopped in my local Nisa! Since the Tesco's opened I now shop in a bright clean environment, that has security guards to keep out the drunks and where I am greeted with a smile by the staff. and the selection of items is first rate. Tesco's was definitely the best thing that has happened round here for a long time. |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1366903)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Android is at a point where it could easily subvert windows on net books and laptops. However it will have to be secure, and clamp down on "app stores", most of the problems I have read about are cause by rouge apps. Apple keeps a fairly tight reign on it's apps, because there is only one store. Android has several. Also of course once hackers realise that people are keeping all their valuable data on Android phones and tablets, antivirus and anti malware programs will become necessary, and of course they all work on Wi-Fi. I would quite like to see it happen to give MS and Apple something to think about, remember however Android is free, the hardware is easy to make and distribute, a friend recently asked me to look into a sub £100 7 inch tablet from a Chinese manufacturer. It is really amazing, Android of course, not as slick as an iPad but for the money excellent value. |
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Politics :
Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects: Solutions
(Message 1366894)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a popular misconception that the Greater London Area covers all that within the M25. It doesn't! Indeed it does not, just a few miles south of Croydon where I live bus passes issued by London councils cease to be valid. A place called Whyteleaf. Which is inside the M25. For my sins I once drove buses out that way. Try explaining to an OAP that the pass they used to get to Caterham in the morning is not valid for the next 6 stops until we get back in the London area and they will have to PAY!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW #185 has arrived at its destination with most of the rules intact
(Message 1366891)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for a quick win? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1366890)
Posted 11 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beer |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1366532)
Posted 10 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: box |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1366321)
Posted 10 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: peasant |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1366242)
Posted 10 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Army Dreamers - Kate Bush |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1366241)
Posted 10 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dreamers |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1366240)
Posted 10 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Count to 10,000 to 20,000 # 19a in the thread Here needs a picture with a number in the picture. Due to the copyright issue, may I respectfully suggest the "count to thread" is abandoned. Also the higher numbers make it difficult to post interesting pictures. Just my thoughts. |
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Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1366130)
Posted 9 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I still find it weird that people think Win 8 ONLY works with touch screen and not a mouse or you have to make a choice! IT DOES BOTH! Why when sitting at home more than an arms length from the screen would you want a touch screen? You wouldn't! Just use the mouse, it will work fine. Why when sitting on a train with a tablet would you want to use a keyboard and mouse, you wouldn't, just touch the screen! Have you ever tried to use Win7 on a touch screen? I have, I own a Win 7 tablet, it's not fun. I hate the fact that MS has a monopoly and can charge what it likes but what I see and hear is mostly anti MS hype, people WANT to see MS fail, in many ways I really hope it does. Then finally LINUX can take it's proper place as the worlds premier operating system, well that's what I'm told |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects: DENIAL
(Message 1365850)
Posted 8 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: EU finally realises that those solar panels are not as efficient as some people think. After most European manufacturing and research has been halted. Not sure where in the article you linked to does it mention solar panel efficiency, or mention that research has been halted. Seems to be a complaint about cheap Chinese solar panels causing European firms to complain. Or am I reading it wrong? |
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(Message 1365705)
Posted 8 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: wax |
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(Message 1365525)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Screen |
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Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1365521)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
Oh no Microsoft you changed they way my 10 year old operating system works, I now have to click 3 times to get to my desktop!! Oh it's terrible sob sob!! If you showed someone who had only ever used Windows XP Windows 7 it would only take them a few moments to get into it. Windows 8 is progress, pity the human condition hates progress. I use Windows 8 every day on my laptop it is BETTER than Win 7 but different!! Well done Microsoft for TRYING to drag operating systems into the modern world, pity most customers can't see the wood for the trees. |
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(Message 1365511)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Giant |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1365507)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hawkmoth |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1365504)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hawk |
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(Message 1365495)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lady |
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Loss of a Wizard...
(Message 1365494)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A definite innovator. RIP. |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1365493)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Silly pair of sods, they would be worth money on Ebay today. Really, because I know my parents kept mine, but I haven't seen it in many years!!! |
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(Message 1365403)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Prince |
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DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1365401)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Crumbles originated in Britain during the 2nd World War. As there was strict rationing the ingredients needed to create the bases of a normal pie weren’t available. Pie’s would require too much flour, sugar and fat to make the pastry. So people got creative and made a simple mixture of flour, margarine and sugar and used this to make the top of the crumble. The dish is also popular due to its simplicity. Did you know that? |
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(Message 1365382)
Posted 7 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: vocation |
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(Message 1365292)
Posted 6 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jet |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1365282)
Posted 6 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ethel, old English name meaning noble!! |
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(Message 1365281)
Posted 6 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: noble |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1365092)
Posted 6 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
Well he has made his discovery public and registered as an arms manufacturer. So the authorities know who he is. To make the gun, Mr Wilson received a manufacturing and seller's licence from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Surley we should be more worried about someone who makes a similar discover but keeps quite and sells hundreds of these "home made guns" to criminals. Because if he has done it others will. |
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Tasks getting "Timed out - no response" errors
(Message 1364845)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was not aware there was an update version for my GPU I just updated it Where do you download it from. The Nvidia site has the latest drivers. Nvidia Drivers 314.22 |
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(Message 1364839)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: argument |
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(Message 1364753)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: disorder |
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25 GPU Monster
(Message 1364743)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
No problem, I hate Microsoft and Linux more!! |
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Anything goes thead......almost.
(Message 1364741)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: it has to have both an open {quote} and a close {/quote}. Yes but if you post that and a close it disappears and becomes a quote! |
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(Message 1364739)
Posted 5 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Android |
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(Message 1364465)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: nobody |
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Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1364460)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well on my 4 running rigs I have has a few "project has no tasks available" but it soon passes and all caches filled!! |
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Suddenly seem to have lots more "slots"
(Message 1364458)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: So you will see this as a new post. I upgraded to 7.0.64 when it was released, but I was already on 7.0.52, so it isn't that. Clock is fine, and since I posted everything is back to normal. Strange. |
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(Message 1364425)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mariner |
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(Message 1364390)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: coal |
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changing app_info.xml after upgrade to 7.0.64
(Message 1364389)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: jgopt appears to be down Working fine from here. |
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Suddenly seem to have lots more "slots"
(Message 1364387)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I was doing my regular check on my main machine when I saw 9 cuda WU's "waiting to run" a look in the logs shows this 3136 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:35 Reporting 1 completed tasks 3137 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:35 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 3138 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:39 Restarting task 31ja13ab.26341.21087.7.11.58_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 4 3139 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:39 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 3140 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:39 Project has no tasks available 3141 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:49 Restarting task 31ja13aa.31740.23140.8.11.110_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 5 3142 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:35:56 Restarting task 31ja13ac.14061.4570.8.11.204_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 6 3143 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:36:02 Restarting task 31ja13ac.14061.4570.8.11.209_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in 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in slot 14 3151 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:03 Starting task 30ja13af.5758.22562.11.11.248_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 15 3152 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:11 Starting task 31ja13aa.28595.12097.9.11.217_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 16 3153 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:18 Starting task 31ja13ad.27707.7024.9.11.87_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 17 3154 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:26 Starting task 31ja13ae.9358.10157.5.11.86_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 18 3155 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:33 Starting task 31ja13ae.9358.10157.5.11.76_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 19 3156 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:40 Starting task 31ja13aa.28595.22731.9.11.115_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 20 3157 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:50 Starting task 31ja13aa.28595.22731.9.11.113_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 21 3158 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:37:58 Starting task 31ja13ac.31713.4161.9.11.59_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 22 3159 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:05 Starting task 31ja13ae.9358.10157.5.11.84_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 23 3160 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:15 Starting task 31ja13ae.9358.10157.5.11.146_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 24 3161 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:23 Starting task 31ja13ad.27707.15204.9.11.29_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 25 3162 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:30 Starting task 30ja13af.18974.19392.12.11.40_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 26 3163 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:37 Starting task 30ja13af.18974.19392.12.11.50_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 27 3164 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:38:45 Restarting task 31ja13ad.10135.991.8.11.134_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 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version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 4 3193 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:18 Restarting task 31ja13aa.31740.23140.8.11.110_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 5 3194 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:25 Restarting task 31ja13ac.14061.4570.8.11.204_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 6 3195 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:34 Restarting task 31ja13ac.14061.4570.8.11.209_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 7 3196 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:41 Restarting task 31ja13ac.14061.4570.8.11.202_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 8 3197 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:43 Computation for task 02mr13ae.25160.108897.5.11.153_1 finished 3198 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:43 Starting task 01mr13ag.2972.19295.14.11.124_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 1 3199 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:45 Started upload of 02mr13ae.25160.108897.5.11.153_1_0 3200 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:48 Restarting task 31ja13ad.10135.10398.8.11.233_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 610 (cuda_fermi) in slot 9 3201 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:49 Finished upload of 02mr13ae.25160.108897.5.11.153_1_0 3202 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:51 Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. 3203 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:51 Reporting 1 completed tasks 3204 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:51 Requesting new tasks for CPU 3205 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:53 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 3206 SETI@home 04/05/2013 13:42:53 Project has no tasks available I only have 4 slots CPU 0 and 1 GPU 2 and 3 Anybody know what happened!! |
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(Message 1364354)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: healthy |
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(Message 1364204)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: field |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1364203)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In France pizza comes with an egg in the middle on request. Turns out I liked it but I will not do it at home. LOL! A quick search online suggest this is probably not best tried at home, you need the temperature of a proper pizza oven (550ºF) plus the airflow. One reason Pizza Express stopped was the concern that eggs might be infected with salmonella bacteria and not cooking them properly could cause food poisining. I don't think there were any actual cases form eating an under cooked pizza but the precautions stuck. |
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Linux hits the world
(Message 1364191)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry but I will stop listening to anyone who describes the state of an OS as " freakishly awesome" I know Linux is everywhere and yes it is a good operating system, I have use it professionally but "freakishly awesome" Too much coffee I think |
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Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects: DENIAL
(Message 1364189)
Posted 4 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A bit of research suggests that "Friends of Science" historically were anonymously funded but the oil industry. Now I am not saying there is anything wrong with that but I do not believe you can even slightly suggest these "10 Myths" have been disproved. Further research will reveal several of the "Myths" are in fact "Confirmed". Once again may people will ignore you "stories". I would love to believe what you do, but please quote an totally independent "foreign" source, more people will believe you then. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1364161)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In France pizza comes with an egg in the middle on request. Turns out I liked it but I will not do it at home. LOL! It's called a capricciosa used to be available at my local Pizza Express, but now days they have to use a hard boiled eggs due to problems with raw eggs. Pity they were a favorite of mine. |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1364144)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mathematical |
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"Your app_info.xml file doesn't have a usable version of SETI@home Enhanced" errors
(Message 1364060)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I hid the computers because when they were unhidden we were getting "attacked" a lot but sites in China. As far as I know there is no information displayed to the world on un-hidden computers that could be used in any sort of "attack". We cannot see ip addresses or computer names, only the owner can. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1363957)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: State of Independence |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1363956)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Independence |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1363954)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: North America Yes well Chris just makes it up as he goes along |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1363953)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Constitution |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 7
(Message 1363952)
Posted 3 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's nearly always beer/wine o'clock when your retired. |
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Please change the RAC calculation to a 5 day average
(Message 1363732)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I will say right out, I have been crunching for nearly 14 years. I have a smallish total, and a small varying RAC. However I do feel belittled when I see these crunchers with massive totals and impossible looking RAC asking for things to make their cruncher experience better. I would love to run a farm of multi GPU monsters, I however cannot afford it. So I suppose these multi crunchers believe they can call the shots. I mean us small crunchers don't count. To me and a lot of other crunchers the RAC is either irrelevant or fine the way it is. I definately feel that multi crunchers with huge totals and massive RAC feel superior over small crunchers like me. |
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(Message 1363729)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Globe |
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SETI@home Science :
UFO lights over Phoenix Arizona, real or not?
(Message 1363710)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Airliner 'had narrow miss with UFO' |
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Rocky's Original Cafe. Renewed 29-01-2013. Celebrating John's return
(Message 1363703)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My favourite "Chilli cheese fries" from Nathan's Coney Island |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1363699)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: reefer>trailer |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1363698)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: trailer |
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Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1363696)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If they are holding back data, then they need to let us know this explicitly. It's a lot harder to get work units now compared to last week, but I'm making the assumption that this is temporary and we will return to a somwhat normal condition in a little while. If this is not going to be the case, I just want to know. You have been with this project a long while so surely you realise by now that "project communication" is at best sparse. Someone, probably Matt, will eventually let us know what has been going on. I suggest just waiting a while, I am sure all will be revealed when the team have time. |
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(Message 1363600)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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Error 194 EXIT_ABORTED_BY_CLIENT
(Message 1363551)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: @ Mike, I don't think it is the 560 as CPU tasks have errored as well. @ William, I have put Cuda 4.2 back! I will try running with elevated priority. I have just realised that this only started after I upgraded to 7.0.64. If it continues to happen I might go back to 7.0.52 which I ran for a while with no problems. Boinc is excluded from AV scans. |
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(Message 1363528)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: wise |
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(Message 1363512)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: considerate |
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Error 194 EXIT_ABORTED_BY_CLIENT
(Message 1363510)
Posted 2 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as I don't really understand the previous post and no one seems to have any answers, I am going to have to stop crunching on this machine as I hate causing errors. I brought the GTX560 especially to crunch!! I have checked the machine for viruses and malware with several different products, nothing found. I have cleaned the fans and air vents, that were to be honest not really very dirty. I have actually seen tasks error and the temps are fine. Oh well that's that then. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1363336)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cakes |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1363319)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: shale |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1363302)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: lift |
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Cafe SETI :
Having Fun Wrong (a.k.a., "WFG: Mach II")
(Message 1363301)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: +1 (for Bernie!!) I believe this could be a reference to Chris being a Luddite where mobile phones are concerned, and myself who would not wish to be without my smartphone. Picture of Chris on his mobile |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1363212)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Random House |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1363211)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: house |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1363137)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: particle |
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Number crunching :
Error 194 EXIT_ABORTED_BY_CLIENT
(Message 1363127)
Posted 1 May 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In the last few days I have been getting batches of these errors on one machine 6851722 194 (0xc2) EXIT_ABORTED_BY_CLIENT http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2966434528 They are mostly GPU but occasionally CPU http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2959524209 Temperatures are optimal and I have cleaned the fans. This machine is also my daily machine, but if I am using a graphics intensive program or gaming I close Boinc. Any assistance with this would be appreciated. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1362986)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My main cruncher just downloaded 98 GPU tasks, but my second one still can't get any. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1362928)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bunker |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1362912)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Derby |
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Science (non-SETI) :
Broken clock
(Message 1362884)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Time is continuous and flowing, not in discrete steps. Actually we are not talking about actual time flow but our perception of it. The premise was "a broken clock is right twice a day" Perhaps better expressed as " an analog clock, with hands that is not running will tell the correct time twice a day" Now if that clock was a modern "stepping" clock with a second hand. As a normal human being we would see it say the correct time to the second twice a day. As for "Planck time" I don't have a vacuum handy nor a way of measuring light travelling 1.616199(97)×10−35 meters!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1362852)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: hinge |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1362834)
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: intoxicated |
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Rocky's Original Cafe. Renewed 29-01-2013. Celebrating John's return
(Message 1362638)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Only if it is HP Is there another?? |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1362604)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am not say there is anything wrong with XP, Vista or Win 7, but then a lot of the negative things I have read about Win 8 do not seem to be based on someone who uses it every day like I do. Yes it is different, yes it takes a bit of getting used to, perhaps MS should have carried on with Win 7, but they exist to make money. People are always resistant to change, anything that looks different people are naturally wary of. Me I love it! I brought a Nissan Juke when it first came out simple because it did look different! I had an iPad within the first month, simply because it was new and different. Embrace change |
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Rocky's Original Cafe. Renewed 29-01-2013. Celebrating John's return
(Message 1362595)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wish you could get a decent bacon butty in this country. The question is ketchup or brown sauce??? |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1362589)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: They should honestly consider a PC mode/touch screen-tablet mode switch. Not really necessary, as one mouse click is all it takes My laptop screen after boot, if you look top left under the word "Start" you might just make out the double tile with the picture is labeled "Desktop" Click on the "Desktop" tile and !! Surprise surprise you are on a non touch screen desktop. Simples!! |
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Science (non-SETI) :
Broken clock
(Message 1362570)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It really depends on you definition of "right" and "broken". If it is an analogue clock with no second hand it would be difficult to say exactly what second it stopped, so plausible. If it did have a second hand then it depends on how far you want to break time down into, milli, micro or nano seconds, even then with an analogue clock, it might be difficult to tell the exact time it stopped. If you had the finest measuring equipment on the planet then yes the instant of time when a working clock and the broken clock read the same would be so small to be non existent, so busted! Of course if you just take the spirit of the saying and happened to look at the broken clock when the hands appeared to be in the exact same position as a similar clock you could well believe that both were telling the same time, so confirmed. Of course if it was a digital clock, all bests are off. :-0 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1362556)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: study |
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Politics :
Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1362555)
Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I don't agree XP was fine but out of date these days Vista is acceptable Win 7 Is fine Win 8 is the next generation and a great improvement over Win 7. I am still discovering all the ways Win 8 is better than Win 7. It has given my 3½ year old laptop a new lease of life. I can say hand on heart if I had the money I would upgrade all my machines to Win 8 but that would cost around £300 ($464-€357) so I will wait. Also there is a difference between "touch screen" and "tablet" no one is expecting people who need large screens to work on tablets!! Full size touch screens are made and Win 7 was not "touch screen" friendly Win 8 is. When I was working I was on site and in the office, so I use a tablet/iPad on site and a PC/Laptop when in the office, despite what people think Win 8 will run perfectly on a desktop, touch screen or not. Cannot both PC and tablet exist and make life easier? I know it did for me! |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1362252)
Posted 28 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There has to be a happy medium somewhere. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1362250)
Posted 28 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Emergency |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1362077)
Posted 28 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trilby |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1361996)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My old company trialed an iPhone app that allowed managers to track engineers. It was quite successful. You could view an online map that gave a position update at set intervals. No idea if they used it as I moved to a different group. This was 3 years ago so phone tracking apps are not new. And yes if you don't want anyone to know, where you are or what you have been doing, it's best to switch you phone off forever and disconnect any computer or tablet from any connection to the internet. That is the only way to be totally safe. Enjoy. PS Your "friends" on Facebook can report to all their and your friends if they are with you and where! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1361922)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hope someone gets this - my processed files are not uploading back to SETI. Is there something wrong? You computer has not successfully connected to the servers for the last 18 hours. Are there any clues in the Boinc event log? Is you internet connection OK? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361919)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Landlord |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1361778)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The devices may be a "matched pair" but I'd be interested to know what encryption they use. Somehow I doubt they would be as secure as a well set up WiFi router. Just much less noticeable. From what I have read you are correct but of course you can only hack them if you are on the same circuit, but yes a determined neighbor would probably have more luck than with a strong WPA-2 Wi-Fi password. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361777)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: tears |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1361720)
Posted 27 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 13 million and my highest ever RAC. Currently 201st by RAC! RAC won't last as I am about to switch off machines to save electricity and cut the heat. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361557)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Islands |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361552)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: passage |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1361546)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparentely all modern powerline adapters come as a "matched pair" with inbuilt passwords that the user only need to alter if adding extras. But yes the actual data is available to all homes on the same feed from the main transformer. I have to say "hating" Wi-Fi is a bit strange. While staying away I kept in touch 100% on Wi-Fi. Also while on holiday in the US once again I kept in touch 100% on Wi-Fi, no other way. To me Wi-Fi is one of the best advances in recent technology wouldn' want to be without it. The customers Wi-Fi router DID have a hardware switch and it was OFF. That was the reason NOT to have them. PS Everyone who uses the internet should have the best possible protection as ANY site can harbor nasties. Expect the unexpected. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361542)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Albert |
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Word Link #43
(Message 1361423)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: lose |
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Politics :
Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1361408)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: That will stop the neighbours getting free internet :-) As long as you use the powerline security, as anyone on the same phase and on the same side of the transformer could also see your adapters. Apparently it has happened!! My last three BT home hubs have a secure Wi-Fi password set by default. So no real chance of the neighbors getting free Wi-Fi. Saying that I am part of the BT FON program so my router has a small part allocated to free BT Openzone Wi-Fi for any BT customers within range. Also gives me free Wi-Fi almost everywhere. Possible reason for no "switch". One of the customers I do support work for has a shop in Covent Garden. The were having problems with their Wi-Fi. I was asked if I would have a look. So traveled from home to Covent Garden, checked the router, switched the Wi-Fi back on, traveled back home and charged the customer for two hours work. No one realised there was a switch!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1361398)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: From memory only 6 have been active for some time now. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361395)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: hide |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #43
(Message 1361331)
Posted 26 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: purloin |
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Number crunching :
Boinc 7.0.64 Available , faffed up my ATi tasks
(Message 1361186)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: See this thread for the answer http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71160 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1361158)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Arroyo |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1361147)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Dirty |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1361096)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wands |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1361066)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: idiot |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1360982)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well don't know what the "problem" was but all OK now here in the UK. All uploads uploaded, all reports reported, all downloads downloading, all caches at max and all is right with the world (well the SETI one at least). |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1360978)
Posted 25 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: aural |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1360648)
Posted 24 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn From Jeff Wayne's - War of the Worlds. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1360622)
Posted 24 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: man |
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Number crunching :
Uploading and not reporting
(Message 1360369)
Posted 23 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been participating in Seti for years, but I am so frustrated I am going to give up my participation. Things used to run so smoothly, but not anymore. Everyting shows as uploading, but doesnt report. All of my other projects run fine, but not Seti. I have always enjoyed participating, but it's just not worth it anymore. Actually I believe they are on the same ip's as before . |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1360364)
Posted 23 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wallop (assuming the last word was supposed to be bang) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1360297)
Posted 23 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: ship |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1359984)
Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1359888)
Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The poster is French. In french the word for Lawyer and avocado are the same avocat I believe. |
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Politics :
Independent Scotland
(Message 1359841)
Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cows Cowes |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1359830)
Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Westvleteren Brewery The three beers made are 8 Blonde and 12, and are 8% ABV 5.8% ABV and 10.2% ABV respectively. |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1358848)
Posted 20 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with no rain front or back :-) In fact SUN!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Bombing at the Boston Marathon
(Message 1358847)
Posted 20 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This thread is meant to mourn the loss of those who died or support those who are injured. +1 |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1358822)
Posted 20 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangely enough, despite the apparent lack of work I've been bouncing off the limits on all three of my crunchers. I just don't understand what's going on with the splitters and downloads. Has DA done something and not told anyone?? Which strangely isn't a problem here, all my machines have max WU's and are staying that way. Odd. |
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Cafe SETI :
arghhhhhhhhhhh.
(Message 1358817)
Posted 20 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't worry, Mark, he's as guilty or more of the the type of posts of which you've been accused. Yes but he mostly stays in "politics" where I expect wild irrational posts. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1358707)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Cafe SETI :
arghhhhhhhhhhh.
(Message 1358703)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as I am concerned Mods have a difficult job. I support their decisions 100% If it means a little less of your rambling rather self centered sometimes incomprehensible post so much the better. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1358682)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: All good here 5 machines with max tasks. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1358598)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: time |
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Number crunching :
Lunatics
(Message 1358546)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am using 8.8.8.8 as my DNS and still both fail |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1358543)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep Friday the traditional day to win! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1358542)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Display |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1358456)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: All task now reported and new downloaded! Now idea why, just lucky I guess |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1358452)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The limits are there to prevent issues from arising in the first place. I fail to see how raising them would help the project at all. +1 |
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Cafe SETI :
Bombing at the Boston Marathon
(Message 1358450)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Link to Vic's story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22211764 Reporters arriving at the scene were told to turn off their mobile phones. One police officer reportedly told them: "If you want to live, turn off your cell phone." |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1358445)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: glacier |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1358434)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: doughnut |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1358401)
Posted 19 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently, uploads and reporting failing. Downloads get "projects has no tasks available" |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1358240)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1358221)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mollusc |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1358117)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mother |
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Number crunching :
Lunatics
(Message 1358106)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I can get to http://www.kwsn.net but http://lunatics.kwsn.net still fails. Same here |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1358104)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after, sun, rain, sun, wind and rain, sun then hail with thunder. Yeah now sun again, must be April? |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1358090)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after, sun, rain, sun, wind and rain, sun then hail with thunder. Oh to be in England!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1357990)
Posted 18 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: congeniality |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1357893)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mushroom |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1357825)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: side Well it was the nest logical word! |
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Number crunching :
How to make the WrapperApp to work?
(Message 1357809)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Have you tried here: Boinc Message Boards |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1357806)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: side |
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Number crunching :
rising and falling gpu usage while crunching[solved]
(Message 1357762)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just an update my machine runs with one core free, so that might be part of the answer. |
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Number crunching :
rising and falling gpu usage while crunching[solved]
(Message 1357713)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this is my totally standard EVGA GTX 560. Whilst the dips are not a pronounced they are there |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems?
(Message 1357708)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Everything seems better now but uploads are still failing occasionally, |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1357707)
Posted 17 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mid week win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1357585)
Posted 16 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Post outage win |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1357581)
Posted 16 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: And here I thought it was Tuesday. er it is isn't it?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1357579)
Posted 16 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: down |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST PIES IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1357288)
Posted 15 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Number crunching :
Windows XP 365 days support remaining
(Message 1357211)
Posted 15 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My paid and voluntary work is requiring more and more a knowledge of WIN 8 so I installed it on my laptop. Once you are past the flashy "Metro" interface it's just a slightly newer version of WIN 7. It is true that you can't "boot" to the desktop , but it is a tile on the interface so a click and you are on the desktop. If you download one of the many free "Start Menu" programs it will boot to the classic interface. I tried a couple and like this one Pokki for Windows 8. It now feels like Win 8 should have "out of the box" |
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Number crunching :
Win 7 update bomb...
(Message 1356939)
Posted 14 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course here in the UK you can upgrade to Win 8 for £49.95 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Pro-Upgrade-Edition-Vista/dp/B008GRKGXK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365969219&sr=8-1&keywords=win+8 OR OEM version for £68.98 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-WN7-00403-English-Version/dp/B009HI2W66/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365969219&sr=8-2&keywords=win+8 |
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Politics :
North Korea
(Message 1356797)
Posted 14 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Panorama will be interesting to watch later this evening..... Tomorrow actually Panorama: North Korea Undercover can be seen on BBC One at 20:30 BST on Monday. If it goes ahead http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22140716 |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1356778)
Posted 14 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My newest rig 6851722 has reached 1 mill in just over 4 months, which also sees my highest ever RAC and put me in the top 300 (293) this morning!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1356488)
Posted 13 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I claim the first post! :-0 OK so if that's the case probably not winning yet!!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1356378)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the reason to at least run down your GPU work Which means you WILL need to run down you GPU cache |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1356371)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the reason to at least run down your GPU work http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71160 |
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Number crunching :
Problem can't download cpu wu's, gpu's wu's are fine though[solved]
(Message 1356370)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seem to be quite short at the moment my last 2 on the 560 were 2.33 |
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Number crunching :
Problem can't download cpu wu's, gpu's wu's are fine though[solved]
(Message 1356360)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it the new 580 you are using? If so how quickly does it crunch tasks? How many instances are you running My less powerful not overclocked or water cooled GTX560 is doing one every 8-10 minutes, running two instances. So as you get you 100 GPU units it is already finishing and asking for more. Personally I don't have any problems but am running Boinc 7.0.52 PS anonymous platform is supported,. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #42
(Message 1356270)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pawn |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1356223)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The new Colo is a godsend to those of you at the highest end of the top cruncher list. Now that you can get all you can eat, your TC and RAC are going to skyrocket. The limits of 100 tasks in progress per processor(not 100 per core) and 100 per machine for GPU (no matter no of GPU's) are still in place. |
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Number crunching :
Win 7 update bomb...
(Message 1356062)
Posted 12 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If I may borrow your thread, Win7 users might be interested in this Microsoft tells all Windows 7 users to uninstall security patch, after some PCs fail to restart |
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Mystery Kitchen Tool three
(Message 1355832)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sort of like this? |
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We are NOT the greatest country in the world anymore.........
(Message 1355708)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course it really depends on how you define "greatest" and who is doing the defining. I suspect a lot of countries in Europe, the middle east and definitely the far east never for one moment considered the USA the "Greatest country in the world" It's a matter of perspective. |
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Windows8: The Beginning of The End? Or... Win9 v soon!?
(Message 1355704)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: On that basis, is it demonstrably better than Win 7? I don't know, I haven't tried it. I have it installed on my laptop and once past the "Metro" interface it is WIn7 just a bit sleeker. I quite like it. It has breathed new life into my 3 year old laptop. However the metro interface is for touch screen and as mine isn't I just go straight to "desktop". |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1355699)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Leaves me stone cold, it's just an electronic filofax. Lose it and your whole life disappears. Backups? Hahaha they don't do it at home, so why bother with one of those? 21C Yuppies all over again with more money than sense Well now I know you are possibly not up to date with the "modern phone" but certainly on my iPhone or iPad it only takes one button press to set "backup" to the "iCloud". I recently went onto a new contract iPhone, when setting it up you can download your old phones automatic backup straight to you new phone. In a few minutes my brand new phone had everything from my old phone, including contacts, music, photos and browser settings. Also any photo I take with either iPhone or iPad is automatically copied to the other device and a folder on my PC. It almost all automatic, you just have to remember your Apple ID and password. If you set it to use the iCloud, backups are automatic when you are logged onto Wi-Fi and the phone is not in use, usually overnight. Being able to get e-mail, texts, phone calls, maps, music and a decent camera all on one handy device is great for me. |
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(Message 1355669)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Truck |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1355577)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Rainy morning win |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1355576)
Posted 11 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Once again Google is your friend Cardinal Point |
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Moving on... (Apr 08 2013)
(Message 1355467)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
I see, can you give us mere mortals a link to the thread that contains this information? |
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(Message 1355424)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Google Pinophyta Yep you might think that. But there you go! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1355420)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Google Pinophyta |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1355418)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
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Moving on... (Apr 08 2013)
(Message 1355413)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A "NTPCKR" dedicated server, is the way to go. As discussed a while ago there is an "offline" nitpicker that it being used, just not talked about for some reason. |
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Windows XP 365 days support remaining
(Message 1355245)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My paid and voluntary work is requiring more and more a knowledge of WIN 8 so I installed it on my laptop. Once you are past the flashy "Metro" interface it's just a slightly newer version of WIN 7. Still seeing that extended support for Win 7 will run till January 14, 2020. And Vista till April 11, 2017. I'm OK for a few years yet!! |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1355239)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Coffee time |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1355238)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: right |
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RIP Annette Funicello
(Message 1355237)
Posted 10 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Im old enough to have watched the Mickey Mouse club when it first aired. Here in the UK we never really heard of her unless you count the line in the Dean Friedmam song "Ariel" "I took her home with me, we watched some TV Annette Funicello and some guy going steady" RIP |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1355067)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am very uncomfortable when I see people who did not have a good word for her when she was alive saying nice things about her now she is dead. Either say what you feel or don't spout platitudes. She was not universally liked when alive but seems to be revered in death. Yes people who actually liked and admired her, can and should say what they feel, but in respect of her grieving family all others should shut up. |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1355029)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't feel one way or another about Margret Thatcher she did her job the way she thought was best. RIP However if you hated someone and what they stood for when they were alive, it would be two faced not to say what you felt. I am very uncomfortable when I see people who did not have a good word for her when she was alive saying nice things about her now she is dead. Either say what you feel or don't spout platitudes. She was not universally liked when alive but seems to be revered in death. We are strange. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1355025)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: denounce |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354959)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cursed |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1354947)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Congratz Mike :) +1 |
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(Message 1354945)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No I was not suggesting XP would vanish, but because it was so popular it currently has 39% of the OS market world wide, it will be well worth it for the code monkeys to target XP from next April unless that number decreases significantly. If you read the article, the most popular OS is Win 7 with 45% so currently XP is the second most popular OS world wide. From next April it will be an easy target. Just saying!! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354939)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: loving |
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(Message 1354725)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm pretty sure I don't want to make a spectacle of meself! I seem to be in the wrong thread! Wait oh no it's not me!!! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354723)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: person |
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Windows XP 365 days support remaining
(Message 1354679)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win XP finally ready to retire?? Windows XP death watch: 365 days remaining. I personally upgraded my last two XP boxes at the weekend. It was a good OS but it is 11 years old and I prefer Vista/Win7 anyway. |
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More Bandwidth = Raised (or Dropped) Limits?
(Message 1354655)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I understood that the limits were imposed due to database problems nothing to do with bandwidth. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354649)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: circles |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1354628)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354599)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: foal |
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I suddenly feel old.
(Message 1354598)
Posted 8 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My first real computer in about 1986-87 The Amstrad PCW 8512. No hard drives just 512kb ram and two floppy drives, ran CP/M operating system and the screen was a "green on black" Printer was included in the price of £399 ($608 - €469) lot of money for 27 years ago. It was killed off by DOS and IBM clones in the late 90's |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1354480)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No it isn't a "fix" it is the way it is supposed to be. MS decided to "break" it, no one can say why. |
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(Message 1354479)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd probably get fresh eggs if I lived nearer to the store, You do know that fresh eggs keep in a refrigerator for 4+ weeks! |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1354443)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting after having ordered two 2.25lb cans of eggs for $35.99 delivered... Interesting, apparently we here in the UK don't use powered eggs very much, preferring the fresh ones. The only easily available powdered egg I could find here was from a nutrition firm selling them to "build body mass"!!! |
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Too many backoffs - fetching master file
(Message 1354418)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The remote host my server tried to connect to was 169.229.217.140 (thinman.ssl.berkeley.edu). Thinman is the web server. The list above is incorrect as .18 is now .21 |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1354366)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A few days ago I supported the appointment of a young girl to be the first Youth PCC. I did so on the basis that it was an initiative that was at least worth trying. I still think that is the case, but if the allegations in this report are correct, then clearly the wrong person was given the job, and should be dismissed. Perhaps the question should be, why did no one check her twitter or facebook account before giving her a public job. Sorry but if you have anyone in the public eye the press/media obviously try and find out all the dirt they can, it's the way they operate. |
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SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1354293)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My new GTX560 has helped me reach 12 million for SETI 5 minutes ago |
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Kate Moss has a brain
(Message 1354288)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry right person I just spelt it wrong If you click on the name you will see Kate Mosse who wrote Labyrinth is an author and is not the model Kate Moss. Not saying Kate Moss doesn't have a brain but not the same person. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354286)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: unity |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1354284)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting to win not winning to post |
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Kate Moss has a brain
(Message 1354282)
Posted 7 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday I watched a 2 part movie called the LABARYTH ,It was ok ,about the grail but not the holy grail as you find out but considering it was written by Kate Moss I was very surprised she is hot and has a brain as well don't know why I was surprised a model could write a good story guess it must be that male showvernistic side of me , any way well done Kate Er not Kate Moss but Kate Mosse different person. |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1354215)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
As has been said before, Eric made this comment over on Beta Our new network connection should be able to handle about 5 times the bandwidth of the old one. We're currently running it at about half capacity. So hopefully we are good up to 500MB/s |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354195)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cumberland |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1354104)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Да вроде и вправду ÑкороÑÑ‚ÑŒ подроÑла. Хорошо еÑли так и оÑтанетÑÑ. Google translate says: Yes, like the speed and really grown up. Good if it remains. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354101)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hallucination |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354045)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Moraine |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1354014)
Posted 6 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: valley |
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Colo! (Mar 28 2013)
(Message 1353342)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, I missed that figure Richard, thanks for pointing it out. This move must obviously have been costed out in advance and found to be affordable, as well as beneficial. Having had a brief look at the map, it most certainly doesn't seem to be a 5 minute trot down the hill from Gauss Way to Hearst Avenue. It looks like it's either round the houses via Centennial Drive, or cross country via Cyclotron Road :-0 With modern remote access tools they should only really need to actually have "hands on" when installing or repairing hardware. Power and cooling problems should be a thing of the past! Did anyone notice IST has it's own diesel generator! |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1353242)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: From Matts' post: We are seemingly limited by the disk i/o on the upload server at this point, and I have other throttles in place to keep other congestion down until we see if various backlogs clear by tomorrow morning. It is currently still only 6:45am in Berkeley so things will hopefully change later today. |
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Colo! (Mar 28 2013)
(Message 1353184)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you who did not go to the Boinc boards during the outage Here is what is suspected of being the "New Home of the SETI@Home servers" Warren Hall, 2195 Hearst Avenue Google Street View Home of the IST On the IST page have a look at the "Service Link" for a full description. Thanks to Richard Haselgrove for the info |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1353183)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I can't wait to see the pictures of the new home sweet home of the servers, Matt ! :p If you read Matt's comment, they were not allowed to take photos in the colo. |
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Challenge
(Message 1353178)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Eric believes the we might be able to top 500Mb/Sec to the new server closet after the next outage... See if we can top 500Mb/sec?? Which I suppose for me would mean having all 6 machines running and my hopefully soon to arrive GTX560 installed! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1353177)
Posted 4 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: orchestra |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1352956)
Posted 3 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win!! |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1352880)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Still here? |
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TLPTPW - 183 Angela wins, She was #609
(Message 1352863)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If all is set for 8am PDT then 13 minutes till the shutdown |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352854)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Legal advice given in England is not necessarily applicable to the USA. Does the inverse not also apply. |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352755)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No snow here either |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1352706)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: That sounds Great, Matt. I hope the Relocation proceeds smoothly, and things are Up-And-Running again ASAP. I just use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1352704)
Posted 1 Apr 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's going to be a long 3 days drinking alone at Beer O'clock. :( There are other places to meet!! The SETI Cafe is down thread at Boinc Which apparently will still be working. |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352603)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I expect to be here till about 4pm BST which is 8am PDT. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352592)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This pointer causes a user's browser to jump to the proprietor's server and fetch the image file to the user's computer. US courts have considered this a decisive fact in copyright analysis. Tel me does your browsers jump to the server Can you see anywhere on this page where this picture is located. No you have to right click on the image to find out anything This is a hotlink http://daciagallery.com/artwork/janet-a-cook.php I would still abide by the University of California advice. PS the website I have used here I have the artists permission. |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352583)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It's on the front page: We are moving most of our servers to a colocation facility with better cooling, power, and network, which should improve uptime in general. This procedure will start on Monday, April 1st at 08:00 (PDT) and should take 3 days to complete, during which our entire project will be unavailable. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352580)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: examination |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352555)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This is taken from the University of California website. Because copyright protection vests automatically to any original work that is fixed in a tangible medium, anything and everything on a posted Web site could potentially be under copyright protection. Copyright law protects not only the content of a Web site, but also the arrangement, the graphics, and the selection of links. The decision to post material on the Web and to give unrestricted access does not put it in the public domain. Likewise, the lack of a copyright notice on a Web page does not put it in the public domain. Therefore, you should assume that copyright protects almost everything that you find on the Web. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352459)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: breaker |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352445)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not caring about the weather or whats on TV. I'm inside and have a few DVD's |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352388)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: seal |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352386)
Posted 31 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A BST win! what with the hour going forward and me taking a nighttime "cold capsule" I didn't wake up till 10.00!!! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352265)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: language |
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The joke thread Part 3.
(Message 1352259)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not wanting to have to post in the "feeling old" thread I will pretend I have no idea who Arthur Askey was!! |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1352256)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: just relax and sit back folks... Maybe, just maybe (idle hope I think) this relocation might get the limits lifted in time. The limits were put in place due to database overload, nothing to do with the link. I have to say that for the past 3 weeks since I "enabled timestamps" I have had zero problems with downloads, maxed out link or not. Until the servers are online at the colo all speculation will have to wait. I for one am quite happy to do just that. I have all machines set to NNT and Einstein set at 0% share so roll on the 4th April :-) |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352232)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I came by chance upon a discussion about copyright and the new way Google displays pictures, you are able to see the full size picture without going to the website concerned, artists and photographers were up in arms because this meant less people were visiting their sites and therefore not seeing the copyright notices. They had not put copyright notices on because all you could see before was a thumbnail. So in a nutshell it is probably safer to avoid photos and paintings unless you are sure it is OK. I liked the thread, I used to enjoy searching Google and I always tried to find unusual pictures but am obviously of low intellect. |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352196)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Tape |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352193)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No apologies necessary Clive. The thread had become boring long ago with picture after picture of locomotives. Let's just scrap the whole thing and find another game that is more intellectually challenging than just using google. Might have been nice to have been told in advance. I was not expecting 22 "Thread Closed" emails |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352192)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like all pictures are banned. After all, 100% of pictures are copyrighted. I think a more sensible action would be to disable the [ img ] tag and be done with the problem. Well not pictures you have taken yourself, I believe that if you are in a public place all self shot photos belong to you. So in theory you can post them anywhere, and I do. |
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For those addicted to Chocolate
(Message 1352155)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: For someone who wants a really "HOT" Easter..... Warlingam is just a couple of miles from me, not seen any dragons lately!! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1352151)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Trek |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1352150)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Possibly time to call an end to the "Count to thread"? Mods should not have to search back through threads to delete over copyright issues at least that is what I assume is happening, and while the thread continues this will always be a problem. I stopped posting in the thread after being accused of planting a virus(it was just a dodgy site link) of which there have been a few. I for one would like to see it gone. |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1352055)
Posted 30 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with |
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another RIP
(Message 1351897)
Posted 29 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: but I thoroughly enjoyed his Pie in the Sky series as well. As did I |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1351657)
Posted 28 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: With both hands in the "10 to 2" position? Always seemed like the best way to me!! |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1351654)
Posted 28 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: you telling me that you still drive the way you were taught to? Mostly yes. |
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TLPTPW - 182 April Fool? Won by VBobier with #442
(Message 1351548)
Posted 28 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: July the 3rd 1938 this steam engine set a world record speed of 126mph, which has never been beaten. |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1351426)
Posted 28 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Filling our caches & overloading the database again would not help in any way. +1 |
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Linux hits the world
(Message 1351033)
Posted 27 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Had to happen: Of course that only applies to "new shop brought PC's" any existing laptop or PC that upgrades to Win 8 will dual boot better than it did before. My laptop has never been better since I upgraded to Win8, funny how they don't mention that. |
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Don't forget about the Server Relocation on 1st of April !
(Message 1350456)
Posted 25 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
As long as you and all the other high volume crunchers promise; 1 - Not to all try and download a full cache at the same time. 2 - Not to all try and upload 3 days worth of your results and demand new work as soon as the project comes back online! Please be sensible a massive download and upload at this time makes no sense! |
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Word Link #42
(Message 1350212)
Posted 24 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bell |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1349722)
Posted 23 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: lithophyl http://www.wordnik.com/words/lithophyl |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1349482)
Posted 22 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Any chance of removing download limits before the outage so as we can build up a sizeable cache of work to perhaps keep us crunching for the project during the outage, like in the old days ? Which would result in all the fast crunchers trying to upload and download 3 days of work when the project comes back online. Sounds like the last thing anyone wants!! Personally I will be running down my cache next week so all my machines have finished all work before the first. I will only restart when the "rush" is over. |
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Word Link #41
(Message 1349467)
Posted 22 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: film |
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Word Link #41
(Message 1349373)
Posted 22 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Black |
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Server Relocation
(Message 1349370)
Posted 22 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If I remember correctly the original announcement about the possibility of making this move, it would allow for more bandwidth for downloads (I could be wrong). Well actually it looked more like a "hope"!! Maybe we'll also get more bandwidth (that's a big maybe) |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1349260)
Posted 21 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I've never had a stuck queue since I was told about RFC1323 (take a bow, those who tracked it down), 100% agree! |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1349131)
Posted 21 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: We have a WINNER post 486 Shannock9 PM on the way. |
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Word Link #41
(Message 1349000)
Posted 21 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: space |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1348999)
Posted 21 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Why does the count to thread say 19 a? Have a look at the early posts, all possible copyright pictures were removed and the thread restarted with an "a". |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1348997)
Posted 21 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This is 467, nearly there, but unusually I have a days work ahead with possibly no time to check here. I suspect the magic number will be reached today, but you may have to wait till after 17:00 hrs UTC for the thrilling announcement. |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1348754)
Posted 20 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh look post 434, not there yet |
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(Message 1348752)
Posted 20 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: thatch |
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(Message 1348715)
Posted 20 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sea |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1348622)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey Bernie! This is post 404. How's this thread doing? It's getting there! Still a few to go! Probably won't make it before the outage though. |
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SETI@home Science :
Notification
(Message 1348607)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There are two nitpickers??? WHY a private one, I am a little bemused? |
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Number crunching :
Limits and 19/20 March Outage
(Message 1348605)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I trust the guys in the lab to do what is right. Lets leave it there, if they feel it is right, if they have the time, they will do it. If either they don't feel it is right or do not have the time it won't be done. It's only a 14 hour outage not 14 days. |
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Limits and 19/20 March Outage
(Message 1348588)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: How about raising the limits (or even removing them) so that we have enough WUs to cover the period of the outage. After things are restored, just re-impose the limits. Why? |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1348544)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting before the next outage, which according to the front page will be in about 4½ hours!! |
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Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1348542)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I am on my second as we speak.. err well all right type!! |
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(Message 1348540)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: yard |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1348538)
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer o'clock now, just imbibed my first: Special off at my local Sainsburys. How could I resist Of course you had to buy 3 to get the offer!! |
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Rocky's Original Cafe. Renewed 29-01-2013. Celebrating John's return
(Message 1348265)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: That is excellent news, Julie ... +2 |
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(Message 1348262)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ireland |
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(Message 1348210)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello |
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(Message 1348079)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: spring |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1348078)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Still ain't seen any Ides yet ... yawn .... Apparently this is an Ide Perhaps not what you were expecting? |
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Abandoned tasks - Ongoing issue
(Message 1348071)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps it is due to a combination of network problems at the client end and totally maxed network at the servers. I don't believe any other project has the same network congestion as SETI@Home, so it is difficult to compare. |
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(Message 1348016)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: wardrobe |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347905)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm a bit bereft of where we are supposed to be now, but I expect someone will remind me ... I'm in the winning thread, not sure where you are |
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I suddenly feel old.
(Message 1347903)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Last Mini I drove was one of these Mini 1275 GT 1275 engine in a mini body. Very fast!! |
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I suddenly feel old.
(Message 1347834)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: All this reminiscing suddenly make me think of this I was there from Friday night till Sunday night, through several torrential downpours but what an experience. |
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(Message 1347785)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Memories |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347783)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The only train rides I've ever been on were at Disneyland in Anaheim CA... Well as a UK resident I have done something that a US resident hasn't in their own country, I have ridden Amtrak from New York to Washington and New York to Boston. Great way to see the country especially the NY to Boston, goes right up the New England coast. Spectacular!! |
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Haunted by the 197 (0xc5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED error
(Message 1347722)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks, reseting the project. I hope new tasks will be ok. They should be, it is because you were trying to complete GPU tasks with the new version of BOINC that had been started in a version prior to 7.0.33 Anyone else reading this who hasn't upgraded above BOINC 7.0.33, and who has no flops values supplied in the app_info, set NNT and run down you GPU tasks before upgrading, after which all new GPU task will be OK |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347715)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I cant win, I think just avoiding electrocution is a win!! I was having a tidy up and deciding that there were far too many 4 way power strips. I have recently come by three industrial strips that are much better, as luck would have it I unplugged the old ones first, as I went to pick up one of the 4 ways it crumbled to pieces in my hand, to say I was surprised is an understatement. It one of those moments when you freeze in place thinking "I did unplug this, didn't I???! It didn't appear to be burnt and just old and brittle. The pick shows what was left!! I suspect it was a cheap one. I shall be testing my others. |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347702)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case the eagle eyed bus spotter notices that the bus in the photograph is a Routemaster, no longer used on London routes. The test is still carried out on modern busses and the tilt requirement is still 28º |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1347589)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I see the count to thread has suffered from the dreaded "copyright" problem. For separate reason I recently did some research on this. Artists and photographers who own copyright are annoyed with sites that use their images without a direct link back to their site, so Google get round this by making all photos "clickable" links, i.e click on the photo and go to the original artist website. Unfortunately once we "hotlink" to those same pictures the "direct" link no longer exists. From what the artist and photographers are saying they don't even like the way Google does it, saying that no more than a thumbnail should be shown and to see the original you must be forced to go to the site. Whilst what we are doing may seem like harmless fun, these images are peoples livelihoods. I knew an artist many years ago who had an image stolen and used as a logo, he did not have the money to fight it and lost out. I know the "count to thread" will be a little more difficult now but not impossible. |
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(Message 1347582)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: national |
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Haunted by the 197 (0xc5) EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED error
(Message 1347580)
Posted 17 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In will repost Claggys answer to me when I had the same problem: This is because of a change in Boinc 7.0.33, the flops value for GPU tasks gets increased by by times 10 (when no flops values have been supplied in the app_info), existing GPU tasks will be put on the verge of going Maximum time exceeded: I reset the project and everything was OK after that. |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347359)
Posted 16 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting in real life, not playing starwars games in escapism. Surely you mean "Battlestar Glactica" games!! |
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(Message 1347331)
Posted 16 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beer |
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(Message 1347213)
Posted 16 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: rhyme |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1347107)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately, that's the main problem in today's society. Actually quite simple, I have a very very small circle of friends I trust. For everyone else, I assume they are on the take, less surprises that way. I EXPECT most people in power to be corrupt (probably how they got there) and most "workers" are after everything they can get. The news doesn't give me any reason to think otherwise, as you are kind enough to point out on a daily basis. |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1347086)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning on "THE IDES OF MARCH" Which historically is said to be the 15th March, not a win for Julius Caesar. |
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(Message 1347082)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: eye |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1347072)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
I actually didn't realise, I am fairly trusting, hopefully honest person so had no idea what was going on until the people concerned had either "got away with it" or were suddenly "suspended". I was friends with some and had I known I would have acted but they made sure the few honest people had no idea what was going on. |
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(Message 1347056)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: vole |
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Haunted by SETI Past, How to Delete a Rogue Machine?
(Message 1347052)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post:
And so it is but possibly not with 57 tasks still in progress. Seems like a sensible precaution to me. Why can't you wait till the tasks expire? |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1346797)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh well, the gits at the top do it, so why shouldn't we? So you suggesting that the CPS should only hire non corruptible super people. Sorry they don't exist everyone has a price and in my experience a LOT of people are on the take, comes with being human. |
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(Message 1346795)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: consuming |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1346794)
Posted 15 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Has about 30 downloads in back-off this morning, hit retry and they all downloaded without pause at same sort of speeds as before. Also a machine I had set for NNT on Einstein I switched to SETI-Beta and it downloaded 45 tasks with no pause. So it seems even with the "fix" some people have more problems that others!! |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1346649)
Posted 14 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Congrats Julie |
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(Message 1346468)
Posted 14 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: receiver |
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(Message 1346343)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: gravity |
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(Message 1346268)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hell |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1346262)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Getting you all one post nearer to wining, cos I'm nice like that. |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1346206)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Something like this? 22595 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:53:38 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 22596 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:53:38 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 22597 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:54:08 Scheduler request failed: HTTP gateway timeout 22598 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:55:45 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 22599 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:55:45 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 22600 13/03/2013 15:56:18 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 22601 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:56:18 Scheduler request failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data) 22602 13/03/2013 15:56:19 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 22603 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:59:26 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 22604 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:59:26 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 22605 SETI@home 13/03/2013 15:59:56 Scheduler request failed: HTTP gateway timeout 22606 SETI@home 13/03/2013 16:04:45 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 22607 SETI@home 13/03/2013 16:04:45 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 22608 SETI@home 13/03/2013 16:05:17 Scheduler request failed: HTTP gateway timeout |
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(Message 1346181)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Jewels |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1346177)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm not so sure. At 09:35 this morning (-4hrs UTC), one of my machines requested work and was told it had reached its limits. Checking with BOINCTASKS it had 94 CPU and 92 GPU tasks on board. This may sound silly but you did include the ones "in progress" and "ready to report"? |
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(Message 1346175)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: King |
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Can we really trust IT?
(Message 1346134)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Most routers are sold new in an unencrypted state. If you get one from your broadband supplier, BT, Virgin, Talk Talk, etc they have a password already set. From my flat I can see a dozen or more different WiFi routers and only one is not encrypted. My feeling is if you leave your WiFi wide open you have to suffer the consequences . In my eyes Google did nothing wrong, in fact they performed a public service by highlighting the problem. And now as part of the judgement have to run a publicity campaign to get people to protect their data. |
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(Message 1346079)
Posted 13 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: down |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1345938)
Posted 12 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning, because I already did!! |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1345920)
Posted 12 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok as one of the "important people" who has set "timestamps on" I am reporting that after the outage all three current crunchers downloaded over 80 wu's without a pause. Any other "important people" have any comments. |
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(Message 1345859)
Posted 12 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bat |
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(Message 1345764)
Posted 12 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: eye |
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Raccoon Update XVI - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1345612)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just seen this ad on TV Thought I would share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEArtwFF0dk |
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(Message 1345607)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bottle |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1345583)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, TCPOptimizer wants to set my MTU to 1,500. Problem here is that I have Jumbo Frames on on my LAN, meaning that I run with an MTU of 8KB on the 1Gbit LAN. The MTU onto the internet is already 1,500, as set by my router, it can't be any greater anyway. I never mentioned TCP optmiser, you can set timestamps without altering any other settings. I have no idea what "this class of important people means" personally I want everyone to set "timestamps" why would I not? It is the way TCP is supposed to work. All Windows users who can should set their machines this way not just for S@H but for the internet in general to deal with what will become more common, congested links. |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1345539)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have not applied the patch and am not going to do so either, as I don't mind waiting for my downloads to retry. :-) To be fair it is not a "patch" it is setting the correct parameters for TCP, that Microsoft in their wisdom decide to leave off. Whereas Linux and Mac have the settings correct. |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1345535)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have just watched several downloads on my 3 active machines. Absolutely no difference, no back offs, speed between 2-10kps about 50sec per wu, so still working here. |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1345439)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Everything was going smooth for downloads until yesterday.Now the only way I can get these shorties to come through is to suspend net activity and resume about three times / task. This is downright frustrating. Anyone else seeing a huge problem with downloading today Nope all machines downloading same as last 4 days. (with TCP fix) |
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(Message 1345434)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Rig |
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(Message 1345360)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Poker |
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(Message 1345325)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sell |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1345324)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I wanna know why the IOW is so special, how come it gets snow, and the rest of us doesn't!! It is usually the other way round, but there's plenty of snow about today in South London!! |
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Please rise the limits... just a little...
(Message 1345154)
Posted 11 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There are 200 potential CPU's in the top 20 machines, currently they are allowed 100 WU's each 20x100 = 2,000 So the top 20 machines will possibly ask for an EXTRA 10,000 WU's per day. As we have no idea how many GPU cores there are out there if there are only 500 double GPU machines that would be 50,000 requests that would all hit the servers and database on the day the limits were raised! I know as an average cruncher who runs a few single GPU slower machines I am not considered as important as the multi GPU monsters, however since I put the TCP fix in SETI@Home is running better than it has for a long time. I would like to keep it that way. The project has years of results than have not been analysed, I know that is supposed to change, but it is not a race to crunch as much and as fast as you can. I suspect SETI@Home currently has more data than it will be able to handle in my lifetime. There is no rush!! |
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Please rise the limits... just a little...
(Message 1345136)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: There are 200 potential CPU's in the top 20 machines, currently they are allowed 100 WU's each 20x100 = 2,000 Increasing the limit to 100 per CPU will mean just those 20 machines could try and download an extra 18,000 WU's How many other multi CPU rigs are there out there? Each quad would need an extra 300 each eight core and extra 700 and so on. Even my little farm of 6 machine would be able to download an extra 1,000 As Bill says without the numbers it could be a disaster. |
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(Message 1345089)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: freak |
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(Message 1345085)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: reef |
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(Message 1344984)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: net |
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(Message 1344866)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: divide |
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GTX 590 questions
(Message 1344780)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The fourth which is unpacked reads CROSSFIRE Crossfire is the AMD/ATI equivalent of SLI so I would discard that one! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1344779)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Clapham omnibus |
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(Message 1344777)
Posted 10 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Clapham |
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New work download issues
(Message 1344764)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: See..here is where I agree and disagree. If there was a problem with the download speed or lack of data I could understand. To me this is a program issue. There is not a network traffic issue as far as speed. Give me one good reason why a WU downloading quickly should abort at 99.78% to just a WU that is just at 8.7%? Let that WU finish so work can be started. This is not a one time thing, watch it (I'm sure you have) they will stop in the high 90's and jump to lower ones. Sorry, the program can be designed to allow the WU to download fully before moving onto the next one. I have been running this long enough, and never had this issue until recently. Sure, it may be more popular now, so adjust the program to deal with the added people. There is no money to do anything but just keep running as is. I suggest you try the TCP fix it does work and is how Windows TCP should have been working for the last 13 years. Don't blame the project all their servers run Linux which includes the CORRECT setting for TCP . If you apply the fix no Wu's will abort they all run to conclusion as intended. |
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(Message 1344756)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: gas |
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TLPTPW - 181 Beware the Ides of March
(Message 1344706)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Carlos for the win. Winning post set! Have fun. |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1344681)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without giants or beans! |
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Yess Yess !!
(Message 1344544)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The "vintage Aston Martin" was not all it appeared to be. Skyfall Aston Martin |
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Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1344499)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: With AP splitters off line and TCP Optimizer fix working we are in the SETI Paradise, ask for new WU and the DL are very fast, but criket still shows 100% of bandwidth utilization. Not really all six machines showing a variation of: 18078 SETI@home 09/03/2013 10:35:13 Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA 18079 SETI@home 09/03/2013 10:35:19 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 18080 SETI@home 09/03/2013 10:35:19 Project has no tasks available |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1344496)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Or not |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1344454)
Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting to win! |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1344260)
Posted 8 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Me three |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1344033)
Posted 8 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while waiting..... |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1343880)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't know if anybody else is seeing this but since the fix came out my backlog of pendings has been climbing. And my RAC has deteriorated a little when it should be climbing. I would have thought the opposite but perhaps what I'm seeing is a new population of turnaround times being superimposed on the old one. I'd guess a lot of the faster nodes have applied the fix and there is a new faster-turnaround bump building up in the distribution of result run times and that bump is still forming. I would say you would need to wait a week or so before attributing ANY fluctuation in RAC to this. RAC is not an instant yardstick and of course there is no way of knowing the total number of machines that have had this setting applied. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1343874)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dictionary.com: No results for abrus. Google says ABRUS |
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Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1343869)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 11768 is 403 forbidden. I see it fine |
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TLPTPW - 180 - Old post win
(Message 1343764)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A soggy Thursday win |
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(Message 1343762)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: growth |
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Linux hits the world
(Message 1343695)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mint 14 looking good. Slight hiccup though - it doesn't seem to pick up monitor resolution very well. Both 13 and 14 picked up everything for me. However I use a KVM which causes all Linux distros I have used to default to 1024x768. If I plug the monitor direct into the machine it immediately gets the correct resolution, until a reboot!! I know you can set the resolution but I just could not make that work. |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1343693)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh so it's not me!! Just installed Mint 14 on an old XP box and I knew that Ubuntu could see the Win network, but Mint can't. As i have a WHS with all my media on looks like it back to XP. I just don't like Ubuntu. |
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Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1343690)
Posted 7 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the first morning in a long while when checking Boinc Tasks there are no stalled DL's across 6 machines!! I will be interested to see what happens after the weekly outage! |
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Number crunching :
Windows TCP Settings - Follow up - Help with server communication
(Message 1343424)
Posted 6 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: To add a bit more info. I have recently set up Freeproxy on my Windows Home Server, but was unable to see any benefits from any of my machines. Having seen this thread I ran TCP optimizer on my Windows Home Server, and set window scaling and TCP timestamp. I also had a cruncher that had NNT set as I was going preparing to switch it off for a while. So I allowed it to down load tasks. Well to say I was surprised it putting it mildly. It has just downloaded 106 tasks without a pause at speeds between 2 and 10k and around 50-60 second per wu. I haven't seen anything like that for a while and this is with the TCP Optimzer on the Windows Proxy not the client!! It would certainly seem that TCP timestamps and window scaling have an effect.!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1343277)
Posted 5 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 404 error on 11736. I can see it fine in Chrome - Safari - Superbird and Pale Moon browers. PS And Sea Monkey as well. Don't use Firefox or IE so don't know about them. |
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Number crunching :
Unable to connect with Boinc to any project
(Message 1343241)
Posted 5 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: 3/4/2013 7:29:46 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 9600 GT (driver version 19107, compute capability 1.1, 512MB, est. 37GFLOPS) Also might just want to update the NVIDIA drivers HERE as 191.07 is over 3 years old!! |
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Number crunching :
SETI@HOME -- A Victim of it's Own Success?!?
(Message 1342632)
Posted 3 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been running SETI@home for over 13 years. I am unemployed. I have a hard time paying for my internet service. After what I have read here about donations, I amd quitting the project. There is absolutely no reason to leave, the views expressed about donations were from one individual who has a bee in his bonnet about donations. Your crunching is as valuable to the project as anyone else donation or not!! |
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Number crunching :
SETI@HOME -- A Victim of it's Own Success?!?
(Message 1342203)
Posted 1 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: You have a green star, or you have no right to complain. I choose NOT to have my green star displayed so NOT having a green star means NOTHING!! And you think that gives any less significance to what I say? No but the next remark devalues you in my eyes. And, have contributed more than most of you. You are no one special on this project, many many people have done lots for this project and do not take the liberty's you do. Try and get people to donate great! Telling them how great you have been will NOT get people on you side. Certainly turns me off. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1342196)
Posted 1 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Any good? Yep nice light malty tasting very refreshing! Very drinkable. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1342159)
Posted 1 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Any good? Been a busy day, not quite beer o'clock here yet. Let you know later. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1342056)
Posted 1 Mar 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Saw this on sale at my local supermarket today so brought a couple of bottles Baltika 7 Yep Russian beer, never had it before so thought I would give it a try. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems?
(Message 1340880)
Posted 25 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: have a bunch of GPU units trying to download , so far has taken a couple of hours to download about 6, and they are only short ones. Strange, I have 3 machines crunching S@H and when I got up this morning 08:00 UTC all three had dowloaded their maximum WU's. I have been out most of the day and all 3 have maintained maximum WU's!! So as far as I am concerned there are no problems. In fact I am surprised at how fast it has recovered form the weekend. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1340857)
Posted 25 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Reprise of the rules: -Only one word per post -No comments or ~ -The word has to be linked to the word of the previous poster |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1340801)
Posted 25 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I seem to have hit 11 mill and 20K RAC!! |
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News :
Successful Lab Repairs
(Message 1340740)
Posted 25 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you for the updates, Matt. Might I suggest that in the future, when this website will be down, that notice be posted on the seti@home Facebook page? I don't think there is an "official" Facebook page. The one I found seems to have very little to do with this project. |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1340555)
Posted 24 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems the "count to" thread is slowing down, had to rescue it from the almost the bottom of the page!! |
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Cafe SETI :
How many passwords?
(Message 1340543)
Posted 24 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: One main password that is letters and numbers that can be rearranged. Simple for forums, more complicated for e-mail etc. Paypal has unique password I have never used anywhere else. Bank has IB code plus keyword, then you have to have the little calculator sized number generator to log in which is itself protected by another unique code. |
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Cafe SETI :
Yess Yess !!
(Message 1340241)
Posted 22 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In the UK, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, are paid for by the TV licence fee. ITV and Channels 4 and 5 are commercial channels funded by adverts. Of course there are numerous other Freewiew and Freesat channels, that require a set top box or dish. Well unless you have a TV with built in digital tuner then you actually need a set top box to receive anything!! As there is no analogue TV in the UK. Of course all new TV's come equipped with a built in "Freeview" tuner, with a channel line up of over 50 TV channels plus 26 radio. I would gladly pay for all TV channels so I didn't have to watch adverts, I hate adverts with a passion. Even good adverts get old pretty quickly. Which is why I would never have SKY TV, you pay for the privilege of having the service and some of the SKY channels have adverts??? Why! Did I mention I hate adverts |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems?
(Message 1340019)
Posted 21 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: They always do this now. I have seen this on every single outage that they plan for upgrades. They will stop allowing their volunteers to work for them. Not sure why you are having problems, my three S@H rigs have uploaded 100+ and have downloaded the max tasks each, granted it took a little button pushing!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems?
(Message 1339982)
Posted 21 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I just wish I could upload the tasks I have completed.. not having any sucess. Abuse of the "retry" button :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1339976)
Posted 21 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so lets move the discussion here oi! But you were supposed to link to Byzantium, not centurion. If you see someone has posted before you you can "Edit" your post for up to one hour afterwards. Or click the "RED X" and ask a moderator to "hide it". |
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Cafe SETI :
Yess Yess !!
(Message 1339818)
Posted 20 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: as I don't have an antenna or aerial - and therefore don't have a TV Licence. Well if you watch "live streams" from any source you do in fact need a licence, aerial or not. You do not need a licence if you only watch "catch up" or time shifted programs. |
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Number crunching :
NV driver 314.07 WHQL
(Message 1339752)
Posted 20 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I always reboot as I have noticed sometimes the new driver isn't "seen" by BOINC. No problems here with my main machine. Going to do the other 5 later. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1339750)
Posted 20 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I had a bit of a mental oopsie going from thermal to nuclear. I was thinking thermonuclear. You do know you can edit your post for up to an hour afterwards |
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Cafe SETI :
A General Discussion of Phobias
(Message 1339631)
Posted 20 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My fear of heights is exactly as described by Skilldude, inside tall buildings and aircraft I'm fine, observation decks, total fear. However my phobia takes a strange turn, I cannot watch on TV or film anyone in a high place, action movies where they give you lots of views down. Even stranger, as a video gamer I find first or third person games where climbing is involved very difficult. In one of the Tomb Raider games our heroine has to traverse skyscrapers by jumping form building to building using, whatever she can grab. I can tell you at the end of that sequence my heart was racing and my palms were sweating. So why, I was sitting comfortably in a chair, I could not get hurt, Lara Croft is just pixels and she could not get hurt. Exactly the same at the end of Batman Arkham City where he has to scale a tall tower to catch the bad guy! So why my irrational fear?? |
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Number crunching :
Error
(Message 1339476)
Posted 19 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks I knew it had to be 7.0.52 but did not know what!! Why did it only affect this machine? PS I did a reset and the tasks are being downloaded now. |
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Number crunching :
Error
(Message 1339473)
Posted 19 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems like I have more problems, all the GPU units in this machine error. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=5708417&offset=0&show_names=0&state=6&appid= I did a re-boot when I saw the problem then noticed this in the log SETI@home 19/02/2013 22:25:09 Aborting task 08dc12af.32581.62739.7.10.36_0: exceeded elapsed time limit 2143.66 (53690.16G/25.05G) I have just changed to BOINC 7.0.52, I have 4 other machines using it and not reporting errors Any help wpuld be appreciated |
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Politics :
I have been slimed..
(Message 1338644)
Posted 15 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: What surprises me is that NO retailer had apparently been testing the food they had been supplying to the public. One, and only one retailer in the UK, the CO-OP, has said that they and only they must be responsible for supplying the public with food no one had any idea what it was and where it came from. Personally I have no idea where to buy my food but what it actually means is no one in Europe, perhaps anywhere has any idea what they are actually eating!!! |
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News :
Scheduler is back up...
(Message 1338635)
Posted 15 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Which, parenthetically, is the same kind of lack of information that hid the root cause of the Apollo 13 accident. +1 |
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Number crunching :
computer for Boinc/seti ?
(Message 1338271)
Posted 14 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: GT 430 Nvida cards back form the GFX 8800 have run CUDA |
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Number crunching :
Error
(Message 1337847)
Posted 13 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes they were all GPU and yes they all errored in seconds. First thing I did was reboot. I am running GPU Tweak and it reports a steady 65ºC at 30% fan |
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Number crunching :
Error
(Message 1337791)
Posted 13 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just noticed one machine had a problem yesterday and errored 97 tasks. Any one know what this error is? http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2832633964 |
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Number crunching :
How many Computers do you have Running BOINC Projects?
(Message 1337089)
Posted 11 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Six across both main and Beta. At the moment 3 and 3 as Beta is a little short of work. I used to run WGC and Einstein but none gives me the satisfaction of SETI! |
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Politics :
Be Prepared
(Message 1336392)
Posted 9 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: No don't do that, I just feel the Critter Cafe thread should be warm and cuddly, like a critter. Whilst I know nothing is off topic, I just like to feel more relaxed here, I saw a comment that made me see red and reacted!! Don't mind me!! |
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Politics :
Be Prepared
(Message 1336385)
Posted 9 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well folks, we are getting quite a way away from the thread title which is Raccoon Update XVI - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe. +100 |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems?
(Message 1336329)
Posted 9 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: For me no problems at all. I switched a machine from Beta to main today, and within a few hours it had downloaded its 200 WU's and is happily crunching, actually has a small RAC 6906753 that is in less than 12 hours. It used to crunch here but had a HDD fail and when I rebuilt it I set it on Beta. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems?
(Message 1335268)
Posted 6 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I keep getting: Looks like an expired proxy. Working OK for me. 7391 SETI@home 06/02/2013 22:06:30 Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 7392 SETI@home 06/02/2013 22:06:30 Reporting 27 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA 7393 SETI@home 06/02/2013 22:07:53 Scheduler request completed: got 27 new tasks |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems?
(Message 1335148)
Posted 6 Feb 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose it's a question of scale, I run one medium cruncher here on SETI@Home 6851722 And 5 medium to slow on Seti Beta, yet have not had any problems keeping my modest caches filled. I don't babysit my machines very much. 6851772 has download it's maximum tasks today without any help from me. So from my perspective there are no problems!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 178- Upshifting, and We're in the home stretch.....
(Message 1331710)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with rain |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 178- Upshifting, and We're in the home stretch.....
(Message 1331604)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning as the sun goes down |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331603)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ornament |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331526)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: blue |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331517)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: needle |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 178- Upshifting, and We're in the home stretch.....
(Message 1331501)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a nice early shop on a bright and sunny Saturday morn!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331499)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Videotape |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331486)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it Chesil Beach, in Dorset? It is indeed!! Your Turn PM on way. |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331358)
Posted 26 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thames Estuary? No SW England is warm, so will try Dorset coast. Yes! Much much warmer!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331328)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Italian |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331327)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Belgium? Nope not Dover but your closer than Belgium! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331316)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: College |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331314)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Belgium? No I thought my earlier answer might have helped. |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331305)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: France...English Channel side? No |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1331286)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: house - pink?? Could I suggest that if the link is as tenuous as that you could do what I did for "wondrous" Just add a link pink |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1331281)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: house - pink?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331276)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ireland? No The Baltic? No SW England? Getting warmer!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331254)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: wonderous |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331242)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Europe? Yes |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331217)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The North Sea on the left and a part of Holland on the right after a storm? No |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331215)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Amusement |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1331186)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry I meant they way it was written. |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331174)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: OK thanks. I must remember not to enter these games without having a pic ready!!! I'll be back! OK I'm back - Try this |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CPU only question and is login info from 1999 still available?
(Message 1331173)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: As to the graphic card question, personally I have several spare cards, not because they went faulty, but because I have upgraded to better and faster cards. As I suspect most of the serious crunchers here have. GPU's do fail but not often and mostly "overclocked" ones!! I currently run 5 crunchers 24/7 all with GPU's on SETI Beta and my daily machine, here. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331167)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wulf |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery landscape game #2
(Message 1331152)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Goreme Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey |
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Number crunching :
SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXV [ CLOSED ]
(Message 1331135)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just hit 1,000,000 at SETI Beta!!(no milestone thread over there) Oh and 12,000,000 combined! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 178- Upshifting, and We're in the home stretch.....
(Message 1331134)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after my IT class |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331131)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Triplane |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1331126)
Posted 25 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Red |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330943)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: pig |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330894)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: busted |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330844)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning for no reason at all :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330842)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: chain |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330761)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: seeds |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1330736)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Horse shoes is two words |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330705)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Blacksmith |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330694)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Home |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330680)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: beggar |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330679)
Posted 24 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while actually being to warm (That's storage heaters for you!!!) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330529)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Goats |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330524)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mother |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330519)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Snow + UK = Chaos So no thanks!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330492)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It snowed here again in London...post. I must have blinked and missed it!! PS As far a temperature goes this seems to have been and extremely mild winter so far as all my heating is only on normal, and I have not turned the heating on in the bedroom at all!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330491)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: matron |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330450)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a days work, when the sky never brightened, at least the temp stayed above freezing all day and the snow is starting to dissipate! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330448)
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bells |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330241)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: postponed |
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Number crunching :
Missing coprocessor
(Message 1330201)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems those Geforce 8400GS's aren't the newest models. Perhaps they are no longer supported by the newest drivers (just guessing;-). They are according to the Nvidia website. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330185)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: adorn |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330184)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1330105)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Supercharger |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1330104)
Posted 22 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1329945)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: State |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1329918)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: primate |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1329896)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Money |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1329820)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch! Having braved the great outdoors!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 39
(Message 1329819)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Army |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #5
(Message 1329818)
Posted 21 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought one of the rules of the "Count to thread" was that the number had to be visible!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1329637)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329543)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: River |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329513)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: mobile |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329453)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Shock |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329393)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: diameter |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329378)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Howitzer |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1329367)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Lenka - The Show |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1329366)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with more snow on a Sunday |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329365)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: oil |
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News :
Servers are back on line after Monday's outage
(Message 1329271)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I've had nothing for 10 days, Looks like you just got some |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329270)
Posted 20 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Fire |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329244)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Law |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329227)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Love |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1329196)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while watching TV |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329194)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Canal |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329113)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: futile |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1329107)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Voltage |
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Number crunching :
Seti credit vs Einstein Credit
(Message 1329058)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Compared to S@H, Einstein has very short deadlines for the WUs, so your computer "is forced" to run Einstein with high priority. I must have had my cache set wrong then because I had never seen a task run at high priority till I joined Einstein, if I remember all the GPU tasks had very short deadlines and forced SETI to take a back seat till they had all cleared, I haven't touched my cache setting since I set them for Boinc 7. |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1329047)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice one Mike, allowed me a winner!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1329046)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Raccoon |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1329045)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after shopping!! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328953)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328951)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: elated |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328918)
Posted 19 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: shut |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328832)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: A snowmageddon didn't happen win. Yep apparently another 4" - 10cm tonight!! |
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Number crunching :
Seti credit vs Einstein Credit
(Message 1328802)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Compared to S@H, Einstein has very short deadlines for the WUs, so your computer "is forced" to run Einstein with high priority. The reason I stopped Einstein, I am in in for the science not being forced to crunch one project over another. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328795)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Honey |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328764)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: camera |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328712)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Australia |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328632)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328622)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with no snow in town. Got plenty here, want some?? |
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Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........
(Message 1328616)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not looking hopeful No Spitfires buried in Burma |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328612)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while waiting.... |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328611)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Life |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328592)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with snow? |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328590)
Posted 18 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: screen |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328396)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: argument |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328356)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while expecting lots of snow tomorrow!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328354)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Light |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328329)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Monster |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1328252)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunch |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328227)
Posted 17 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Mad |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328091)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: humpback |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328031)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: divided |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1328028)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: City |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1327882)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Across my 6 crunchers (1 main and 5 Beta) I have 300+ stuck d/l's 130 of them partly downloaded!! PS Now 430+ d/l and 170+ partials!! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327880)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, just winning |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327878)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ring |
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News :
Servers are back on line after Monday's outage
(Message 1327876)
Posted 16 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: is it still down as i request updates but just getting deferred It's not"down" just after an outage of this length (project was down for a day before this) there are thousands of machines all trying to report completed work and request new work, could take a few days before things settle down. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327728)
Posted 15 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: super |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327711)
Posted 15 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: reaction |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327710)
Posted 15 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: And me!! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327672)
Posted 14 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning (?) with cold rain - the worst kind :D Yep just got very cold and wet walking from the car!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327647)
Posted 14 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: goodbye |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327646)
Posted 14 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning also with a light dusting of snow! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327426)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: heads |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327425)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Widespread snow forecast for the UK. Might even make it here to South London, currently 1ºC |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327359)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winter |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1327337)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: and with the Hurricane link only being lightly utilised downloads are very fast, Currently yes, but up until today the downloads on my Beta machines have been as slow as Seti main!! |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1327319)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Not that there's much point - the tape pool is empty so all we are getting are APs and resends. Don't forget it's the AC repair tomorrow and Tuesday then I suspect the outage will be Wednesday, so may be Thursday before things return to "normal" or whatever passes for normal wherever you are. |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327317)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a cold |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327316)
Posted 13 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Valley |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327199)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: follicle |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327160)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thor |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327151)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: nail |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327143)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: help |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1327098)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 10 minutes of "morning" left |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1327097)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Medical |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326895)
Posted 12 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326822)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Pathfinder |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326793)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Monkeys |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326757)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hammer |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326639)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Friday |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326638)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: roll |
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(Message 1326513)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt has posted an update and I believe that all serious Setizens should read: Matt's Post Here |
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Technical News :
The New Year Unfolds... (Jan 10 2013)
(Message 1326512)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the update and insight. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326511)
Posted 11 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: dust |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326508)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: field |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326493)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: square |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326485)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: forum |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326448)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Large |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1326447)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I'm going to assume that the fact that you've got nothing better to do than argue semantic points from a post eight messages, two days and a maintenance outage ago is a good thing. Quite correct I haven't been panicking for ages |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1326412)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I did say my "fear" is that nobody cares, and by "nobody" I meant anyone who could do anything about server issues. I understand the words but why even hint that perhaps no one cares, because that is what that statement suggests. Anyone who has been around these boards should realise that "a lack of caring" is NOT the problem and it is disingenuous to even suggest it. Also coming from someone with a total of 95,733,064 and running 13 machines. It just strikes the wrong note with me. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326409)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: River |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326408)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while deciding what to eat? |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326340)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: off |
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Gripes and Kudos II
(Message 1326320)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Gripe: People who say no one cares when things go south. +1 |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326319)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sedimentary |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326318)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after form filling for my Income Tax registration!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326236)
Posted 10 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: menagerie |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326211)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ship |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1326191)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I did say my "fear" is that nobody cares, and by "nobody" I meant anyone who could do anything about server issues. I do not believe that Matt Jeff and Eric "don't care". Sorry that is going too far. I don't believe they have the time and resources to do what they want but to say the guys in the lab "don't care" is to me and insult. |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326183)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with.... |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326182)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: cards |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326106)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Starship |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326105)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning just for fun of it. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326101)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Commerce |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326069)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: River |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326067)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a good morning! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1326010)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with coffee |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1326009)
Posted 9 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ritual |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325851)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after working!! |
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Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1325849)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: If any explanation of a word is needed could I suggest a link like this "Link" |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325847)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Loose |
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Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........
(Message 1325834)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry I wasn't clearer Bernie. The Spitfire that had the "incident" yesterday is owned by Rolls Royce. No Problem! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325833)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Duchess |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325767)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: old |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325743)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: @Bernie: IIRC (it's been 40+ years), it's called the "skin effect". Low frequencies travel near the center of the wire, higher frequencies travel towards the outer edge. When a change in wire direction occurs, especially a 90-degree (right-angle) bend, signals traveling near the surface of the wire can interfere with each other due to the short bend radius. Thanks Donald I knew there was a good reason. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325741)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Space |
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Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........
(Message 1325738)
Posted 8 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: The Rolls Royce Spitfire is repairable. Rolls Royce made the Merlin engine. Supermarine made the Spitfire. It was designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928). He died of cancer in 1937 so never saw the Spitfires "finest hour". |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325592)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: racket |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325587)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Video |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325571)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cotton |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325569)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: He also said the right angle RG6 connector could kill a connection, why I'm not sure, it's there to keep the coax cable from being hit by the desk which is on wheels. My previous job was to do with providing TV/Data over co-ax, we found that the right angled connections performed badly and actually had a project to replace all the original 15,000. One of my techs used to have a theory as to why. Something to do with the way a signal travels in co-ax, i.e. on the outside of the cable rather than "in it". Never was big on RF. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325546)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Machine |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325508)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Widow |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325507)
Posted 7 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after my first encounter with Windows 8 Windows 8 - 1 Bernie - 2 |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325345)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before, during and after!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325344)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sedimentary |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325264)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wheat |
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(Message 1325225)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bread |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1325224)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon win with lunch! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325118)
Posted 6 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Water |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1325069)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just now downloads are back to their normal - about as fast as a snail with arthritis moving across coarse glass paper... Hmm that fast!! I was getting speeds of 350K now I'm lucky if it 3K!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1325014)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cold |
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(Message 1324970)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Cream |
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(Message 1324940)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Evil |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324932)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Change |
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Happy New Year From Our Home To Yours
(Message 1324876)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Also a bit belated but Happy New Year Angela from me and a cat Her name is Spitty for those who have not met her before! As this seems to be animal orientated this was the year I had a close encounter with a snake! To be fair it was only a small snake!! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324862)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while deciding should I have that second cup of coffee! |
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(Message 1324861)
Posted 5 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Solvent |
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(Message 1324671)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Saw |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324628)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: bees |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324627)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while the boards are still here!! Well not so much move as take away altogether for a few days |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324617)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: club |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324610)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Spade |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324609)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while the boards are still here!! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324552)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Star |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324510)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Keyboard |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324509)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while I still can!! |
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First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1324508)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Moff Tarkin, as I live and phew, what an awful stench... I have actually checked online and all sites seem to agree on the above! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324433)
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Book |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1324420)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems from around 21:13 UTC started downloading GPU tasks, filled right up to 100!! |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324414)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324357)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: sorrow |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324336)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Wall |
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First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1324300)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Moff Tarkin, as I live and phew, what an awful stench... I believe the full quote is: Governor Tarkin. I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I thought I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324294)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Pottery |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324293)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting in a just case!! |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1324290)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes the downloads are some of the fastest I have seen peaking at 350k here. Still have not received any GPU tasks, plenty of CPU! |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324245)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: capping |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324244)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after doing my duty. |
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Word Link # 38
(Message 1324043)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Support |
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TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1324042)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not at work. |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1324041)
Posted 3 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Still just getting VLARS for the CPU. Never seen this many at once. Nothing for GPU. |
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Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1323928)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Just got 24 CPU tasks when I want GPU, when I looked all 24 are VLARS!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323925)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Intelligence |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323738)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Hunting |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323724)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: gaggle |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323704)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Bog |
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Number crunching :
Smartphone Crunching (Reprise)
(Message 1323703)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well how about this Ubuntu for smartphones |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1323687)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: My 303 reports spread across here an Beta disappeared in a flash!! Unfortunately here has "No tasks available" |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1323675)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: In my 20's I was out one day when I saw a dog in a garden in a very sorry state, it was badly limping and covered in sores, and whimpering and scratching at a door to get in. I phoned the police who transferred me to the RSPCA and I reported it. 2 days later I got a call from the local RSPCA inspector to say that they had been round there and taken the dog away to be treated by vets for a broken leg and many other problems. It wouldn't be returned to the owners but eventually re-homed, and they were going to be prosecuted and a life ban sought, which in fact did happen. My point is, as you demonstrated, that taking the correct action does bring results, what you propose could and I stress could harm animals you are trying to protect and puts you on the wrong side of the law. I abhor mistreatment of animals and would report anyone I suspect as you did. You cannot say "ah well I would break the law as animals cannot defend themselves" otherwise where will it end, children, disabled people, elderly etc.. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323653)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: flying |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1323651)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after ssh.. can't say :-0 |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1323650)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: I also know a couple of likely lads that would be quite happy to pour a gallon of red paint through their letterbox at 3am one morning, for a weeks beer money, and you'd be amazed what box cutters can do to tires .... Whatever was done by whom it can never and should never elicit that sort of response from a civilised person. I hope that was said as a joke. Think it through, on gallon of red paint poured over said persons cat or dog that comes to investigate noise at front door. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323643)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: House |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1323586)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunch. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323580)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Tiger |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1323528)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while on jury service. The waiting area has free Wi-Fi! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323527)
Posted 2 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Ice |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323367)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: elastic |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 177- A NEW YEAR HAS STARTED
(Message 1323366)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Nick!! On to winning!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323273)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: boy |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?
(Message 1323169)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Reporting appears very slow, main machine hasn't reported since 01:17 UTC despite having 35 to report Edit: Should have looked at the cricket graph, seems everything has stopped!! Server Status page hasn't updated since 02:50:23 UTC |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1323126)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while Honolulu still has 38 minutes of 2012 left |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 38
(Message 1323125)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Workers |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322952)
Posted 1 Jan 2013 by Bernie Vine Post: Soup |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1322871)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: About 33 minutes left here |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Kitchen TOOL TWO
(Message 1322816)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It should look like this. For it to work it must be the image website address. |
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Questions and Answers :
Getting started :
I'm new here, and I have some questions.
(Message 1322806)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hello im new to seti home and i am trying to find out more about the 3 large objects comeing to eath discuvered by Astrophysicist Craig Kasnov can someown help me plz I found this on an old forum: My name is Craig Kasnoff. And I was the one who 'co-concieved' the idea for SETI@HOME with David Gedye. And no, I am not an astrophysicist. If this discussion is inferring that I, Craig Kasnoff, (and not Craig Kasnov) have made an announcement regarding 'large rapidly approaching Earth', then that is just plain false. I have not been involved in any announcement of that kind at all. However, if there is a 'Craig Kasnov' who is a 'SETI astrophysicist', then you will all have to take that up with him. My current work focuses on the issue of Endangered Species ( [link to www.Bagheera.com] / [link to TigersinCrisis.com).] The issue of endangered species was one of the driving considerations in my contribution to the concept of SETI@HOME. To me, SETI@HOME was not only a way to confirm there was possibly 'life' on other planets, but it was also a way to confirm there weren't any South China Tigers, Giant Pandas, or Komodo Dragons anywhere else but on Earth. And it was -and still is- my belief that when an animal is forced into extinction, that animal is not just lost to Earth, but is lost to the entire Universe. And that is tragic. Anyway, this post may, or may not have, made any contribution to the discussions of 'objects flying towards Earth'. But I hope it clears up any question regarding my involvement this announcement. I have no involvement in it. Sincerly, Craig Kasnoff www.ckmc.com So if you came here thinking it had anything to do with SETI@Home sorry to disappoint you. They were also supposed to have arrived by now. It would seem it was all a hoax. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322701)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: artistic |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322588)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Market |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322581)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Exchange |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322569)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sickle |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1322567)
Posted 31 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 13 hours to go. Of course in Kiritimati it has been 2013 for an hour already!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1322380)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: About 27 and a half hours to go here |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322349)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Kingdom |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1322345)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a late Sunday lunch/dinner or would that be Linner or dunch? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322161)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bread |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322013)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pilot |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1322002)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aunt |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1322001)
Posted 30 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with coffee |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321832)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without fake planes :-() |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321831)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moans |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
No more GPU?!?
(Message 1321830)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Unlikely to be the "wiring" as the GPU on a laptop motherboard is jut a chip on the board there is no separate "wiring". Laptop motherboard not many "wires in sight" My laptop does not have Intel Graphics so if the GPU failed then I would get a blank screen. As you have the Intel graphics I am assuming you have something called "'Optimus Technology' developed by nVidia" This basically means for all normal functions the Intel chip displays the graphics. For all graphic intensive functions like HD video, gaming or crunching the Nvidia GPU takes over. With this set up from what I have read on the web it is possible for the Nvidia GPU to become " disabled". All I can suggest is to see if there is anyway to find a "disabled" GPU |
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Number crunching :
upload queue backing up
(Message 1321806)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The link has an error. New thread has been opened Panic Mode on (80) Server problems |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
No more GPU?!?
(Message 1321775)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What make of laptop? |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
No more GPU?!?
(Message 1321759)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If you right click "Computer" then click "properties" then select "Device Manager" what is displayed in the "Display adapters" drop down? This is mine |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
No more GPU?!?
(Message 1321711)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What make of laptop and GPU? And what happened when you tried to install the Nvidia driver |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321709)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning ! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321705)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sighs |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321648)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting and winning here! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321645)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tower |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
10 years and haven't seen anything like this!
(Message 1321590)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Your system time and date are set to 16th January 2013. That will cause the problem |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321507)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Empty |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321373)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while deciding?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321371)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Austin |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1321305)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems no uploads no downloads and no reports! Other than that fine!! :-) |
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Number crunching :
upload queue backing up
(Message 1321304)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Within the last 36 hours I have noticed that completed jobs are beginning to queue. I have several files in the 'transfer' tab showing "Upload: pending (project backofff: xx:xx:xx) the times are counting down. I have no issues with internet access, mail or uploading other files. So is S@H having server issues? Or am I missing something? Being discussed in the Panic Mode on (79)Server Problems? thread |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1321242)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Royal |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321241)
Posted 29 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after breakfast |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1321030)
Posted 28 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before... |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320950)
Posted 28 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a not so fun train journey!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320948)
Posted 28 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: year |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320746)
Posted 28 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bear |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320745)
Posted 28 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320577)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Board |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320576)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a winnin' |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320516)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on the last Thursday of 2012 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link Discussion Thread
(Message 1320514)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hot dog - notion?? Care to elucidate us?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320381)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ninja |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320380)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Thursday? Gets confusing with all these holidays!! |
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Cafe SETI :
RIP Gerry Anderson creator of Thunderbirds, .......
(Message 1320379)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: "Thunderbirds Are Go!" Surely you mean F.A.B. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320267)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320265)
Posted 27 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: god |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320150)
Posted 26 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: grid |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320111)
Posted 26 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Screen |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1320094)
Posted 26 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Actor |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1320092)
Posted 26 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on Boxing Day morning, also winning while not having to work!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319941)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mollusk |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319939)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on Christmas Evening. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319894)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Diary |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319831)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Peace |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319830)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Tuesday, something special happening?? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319750)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a wet Christmas Day! Time for bed! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319747)
Posted 25 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: revolt |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319742)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: boxer |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319741)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the rain is absolutely pouring down here |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319705)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on the day before err.. Tuesday? AARGH Holiday ads on the TV!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319699)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: clean |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319685)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: powder |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319684)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319611)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Animals |
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Cafe SETI :
peanut butter sandwiches
(Message 1319608)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go: Marmite What is Marmite Remember you either love it or you hate it |
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Number crunching :
Ruh Roh, has XP finally hit the driver wall with the 600 series cards?
(Message 1319588)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree, I always use the Nvidia drivers. I am on the mailing list so get an email when new drivers are released. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319587)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cultivation |
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Cafe SETI :
happy Christmas
(Message 1319585)
Posted 24 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Seasoned Greetings to all. AND |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319430)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Automobile |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319429)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a drink |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319403)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after eating |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319258)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: treatment |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319256)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch. +1 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319244)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: University |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319208)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: knowledge |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319206)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a balmy 12ºC - 53ºF in South London in December!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319069)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Truth |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319057)
Posted 23 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Box |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1319009)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mover |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1319008)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gaining a win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318973)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Picket |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318923)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Post |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318858)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: locomotion |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1318740)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on the 47th Birthday of the 70mph speed limit in the UK |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318728)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: First |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318723)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Band |
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TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1318719)
Posted 22 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a wet grey but still mild Saturday morning 8ºC 46ºF |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318472)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rings |
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TLPTPW 176 - The New Baktun - Epoch of enlightenment and refinement
(Message 1318471)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Post non apocalypse win |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318434)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sofa |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318432)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pad |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318428)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: park |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 37
(Message 1318256)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sticks |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1318179)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Three things ... I assume Carlos hasn't yet awoken |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318177)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Field |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318156)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Newton |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1318150)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Remember Y2k Well it's not over: 2020: January 1: Systems still using 1920 as pivot date fail; Macintoshes running System 6.0.4 or earlier - correct date can no longer be set in Date & Time Control Panel 2030: January 1: Systems still using 1930 as pivot date fail. 2036: January 1: Burroughs Unisys A Series system date fails? 2036: February 6: 2^32 seconds from Jan 1, 1900. 2037: January 1: Rollover date for NTP systems 2038: January 19: Unix: 2^31 seconds from Jan 1, 1970 2040: February 6: At 06:28:16, old Macs' longword seconds from Jan 1, 1904 overflow. 2042: September 17: IBM 370 TOD clock overflows. One source lists this as the 18th (?) 2044: January 1: MS-DOS: 2^6 years from 1980, setting the most significant bit (MSB). Signed variables using this get a negative date. 2046: January 1: Amiga system date failure 2046: June 8: Some Unix password aging fails; 62^2 weeks from 1970. 2049: December 31: Microsoft Project 95 limit. 2078: December 31: MS Excel 7.0 - the last day 2079: June 6: 2^16 days from January 1, 1900 2080: January 1: MS-DOS file dates, displayed with two-digit years, become ambiguous. 2100: Y2.1K; most current PC BIOSes run out of dates; MS-DOS <DIR> renders the file-date years 2100 through 2107 as 99. 2100: February 28: last day of February - NOT a leap year 2106: February 7: Unix: 2^32 seconds from Jan 1, 1970; time overflows at 06:28:16. 2108: January 1: MS-DOS 2^7 years from 1980; file date overflows 2738: November 28: Approximate day of A.D. 1 million (days) 4338: November 28: COBOL-85 integer day 1,000,000 (10^6) exceeds six-digit field 9999: HTTP caching fails. 10000: January 1: Y10K!! Four-digit years fail. More time will elapse between the time this document was written and this date than has elapsed from the beginning of modern human civilization until now. 29602: January 1: MS Windows NT File Systems (NTFS) fails. 29940: New Macs' signed 64-bit time fails (has been OK since 30,081 B.C.!!) 31086: July 31: Internal DEC VMS time fails at 02:48:05.47 60056: Win32 64-bit time fails (started from Jan 1, 1601) |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318135)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Knowledge |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1318131)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the next problem may well be this Unix time runs out |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1318103)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm bit of an anti-climax!! Still the suns over the yardarm so must be time for a quick tot to celebrate still being here!! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318095)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thames |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318089)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bank |
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What are you going to do when the world ends?
(Message 1318088)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear I was busy with something else and missed it!! Was it any good?? |
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What are you going to do when the world ends?
(Message 1318064)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I might just listen to this HHGG Episode 1 Absolute classic!! |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1318060)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One hour nine minutes |
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What are you going to do when the world ends?
(Message 1318059)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK on several websites I have looked the precise time of the winter solstice is 11:12 am UTC so as I type this there is still one hour and eleven minutes to go. Plenty of time for doing er whatever..... |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1318056)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Crystal |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1317902)
Posted 21 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well of course the end is supposed to be the exact time of the winter solstice. Which is 11:12am UTC, so sorry still 11 hours to go!! |
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Raccoon Update XVI - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1317896)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317868)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Listen carefully just after midnight, Do we have a "beep chart" for the worlds bios?? |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317867)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Silver |
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(Message 1317824)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sand |
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peanut butter sandwiches
(Message 1317823)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chilli cheese fries from Nathans Coney Island |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317810)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Shanty |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317805)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: City |
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(Message 1317751)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Awake |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317659)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's starting, freezing weather in California, currently 9ºC 48ºF here in South London, this the end of the world I tell you!!! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317595)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cowboy |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317583)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ship |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1317566)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well for some 21st December 2012 is HERE: As I write this Auckland - Suva - Kritimanti and Anadyr have all moved into 21 Dec, with Sydney about 30 mins away!! Looking a various websites it seem the "Doomsday Time" is 11:11 UTC |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317552)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: logical |
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(Message 1317536)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Enlightening |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317534)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with less than 24 hrs to go!! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317395)
Posted 20 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dark |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317375)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fright |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317333)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317313)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Plug |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317310)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Eye |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317302)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Card |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317297)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317225)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Flowers |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1317203)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes but do you actually NEED maple Syrup for the end of the world, I mean is it essential, because I don't have any at all!! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317196)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Shakespeare |
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(Message 1317189)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hurricanes |
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(Message 1317132)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: egg |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317112)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: legged |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317109)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not counting the hours, I prefer a surprise |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317106)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Frog |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1317048)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: but then to Barn and Tithe? Tithe Barn |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1317046)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1317045)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 2 days to go |
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News :
SETI@home annual fund raising campaign has started
(Message 1316917)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey! You! The one without the green star next to your name. Wouldn't you like to have one of those pretty stars for your very own? It's easy to get one. Just donate a minimum of $10 to SETI@home. The link where you can do this is on your own account page on the site, or elsewhere in this thread. Please note whilst I do not have a green star I have donated this year. However when I heard that "coloured stars" were probably going to be introduced, different colours for larger amounts, I decided to keep my donations annonymous. So just because someone does not have a start does not mean they do not donate. |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1316916)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year Are the "crooks" also armed? |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316915)
Posted 19 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi everyone, Welcome to TLPTPW!! You stand the same random chance as the rest of us!! PS I have a vague feeling posting on Friday might be a good idea!! Just keep winning! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316908)
Posted 18 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thorn |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316907)
Posted 18 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: First win of the day! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316613)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I recon we will be OK as long as the Dolphins are still around. So Lond And Thanks For All The Fish |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316590)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: grumpy |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1316589)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: But that wasn't the title of the story! That wasn't what was suggested by the headline, sorry it's just sensational reporting! Why not say what is meant, why not because what you have highlighted doesn't make a headline. |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1316587)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The criminal comes to me, points his gun at me and expects me to hand over my possessions as he exercises complete power and control over me. I, because I carry a legally concealed weapon underneath my wasteband pull my weapon and shoot him twice in the center of mass and once in the head Of course he stands there with his gun pointing at you and allows you to draw a weapon and shot him! Possible but I think the best scenario here is as you draw he fires, injures you but not a kill shot, you manage to fire back and possibly injure or kill him, now there are two bodies slowly bleeding to death on the sidewalk over a few possessions and the right to carry arms. |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1316579)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well actually and probably unfortunately nowhere in the article does it say Tony Blair is useless; In fact one comment is: Palestinian officials say Tony Blair shouldn't take it personally, Meaning to me that they actually DO NOT want to call him usless!! In fact: They say his job, and the body he represents, are "useless, useless, useless". Somewhat different from calling Tony Blair useless. |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316574)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: appendage |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316517)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Leaf |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1316480)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There was nothing wrong with the link, and the link you added took us to the same place. Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........???????????? Because I was annoyed you directed me to a gun club site. With a link titled "The Law" I was just letting people know where the link actually went. Because you often put less than honest links hoping people will think these sites offer the answer to problems. |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316476)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tree |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1316417)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The law... Fixed your link Illinois State Rifle Association Just in case people do not want to go to a firearms website as I didn't |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316407)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Combustion |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316406)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after having taught my last IT 60+ students till the new year, or is that till the end of the world! PS Sun is shining 9ºC |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316396)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Performance |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1316395)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Most people hardly reads 3 posts. Are you saying I am incomparable |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1316369)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Most people hardly reads 3 posts. I always go back to my last word to see how it got to where it now is. I enjoy seeing the thought processes!! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316367)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Catholic |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316365)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on another bright sunny morning temp 7ºC 45ºF |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1316362)
Posted 17 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It isn't free association. I think if a poster has a non obvious link, perhaps a hyperlink to an explanation should be the word. Agree on point one as long as it is done like you suggest, don't really want lots of explanations. Point two have to try to remember that as it is per post!! And I have just discovered that if you untick it then "preview" your reply, it ticks the box agagin!! |
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What are you going to do when the world ends?
(Message 1316256)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well seeing as how the prediction doesn't actually seem to specify a time,it's difficult to say I mean if it's 00:01 UTC 21/12/12 then I will probably be in bed, of course if it's 00:01 UTC 22/12/12, well then I er might well, be in bed. Or of course I might be here seeing how the world ends all over the world! |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316254)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: reception |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316253)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting while deciding there are just too many Xmas programs on TV |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316249)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: incoming |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316224)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: traffic |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316206)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: label |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316204)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sticky |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316202)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
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Word Link # 37
(Message 1316137)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hardware |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1316125)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Platinum |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1316111)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: lorry |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316110)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning only... |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1316064)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Herb |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316063)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No I said nearly. Computers 0 - Bernie 2 |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1316062)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so since when has Roy Rogers been hyphenated |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1316057)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: brush |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1316055)
Posted 16 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after nearly losing the fight against technology! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315811)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cassette |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1315797)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bernie, hmm, a bit tenuous at best ... The problem, if that's the word, is that we are a diverse bunch spread across the globe. It's difficult to guess how someone else's mind works. I am prepared to give a little leeway. :-) |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1315769)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Platoon = masterpiece ??? I assume that referred to the film "Platoon" |
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Same Gender Marriage
(Message 1315756)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought it was a Christian church. Christ makes no comment on homosexuality. Unfortunately the Bible does, or does it? The Bible refers to homosexuality several times, and has historically been interpreted as condemning the practice. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, however, the extent to which the Bible mentions the subject and whether or not it is condemned, has become the subject of debate. Passages in the Old Testament book Leviticus prohibit "lying with mankind as with womankind" and the story of Sodom and Gomorrah have historically been interpreted as condemning homosexuality, as have several Pauline passages. Other interpreters, however, maintain that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality, arguing any of several points: (i) that the passages yield different meanings if placed in historical context, for instance the historical interpretation of Sodom's sins as being other than homosexuality; (ii) there may be questions surrounding the translation of rare or unusual words in the passages that some interpret as referring to homosexuals; (iii) both the Old Testament and New Testament contain passages that describe same-sex relationships; and/or (iv) that loving and committed relationships are not condemned in the passages. All of these assertions are disputed by more conservative scholars, however. |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1315748)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If "the right to bear arms" is enshrined in the constitution, as it is in the USA, that is their right and we have no place to really complain. However the USA cannot complain about this sort of massacre if "the right to bear arms" is law. The people of the USA are the ones who have to want to change this. |
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Linux hits the world
(Message 1315745)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Attempting this myself by using, yes M$ you've guessed it - your competitor - Firefox! None really I just like to point out that Firefox is going the same way! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1315742)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't understand the connection between Parthenon and Parenthesis Neither did I, but I think some people play as "sounds like"! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315740)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: company |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1315718)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: However, anyone with any sense can see that guns are dangerous and shouldn't be handed out like candy. Which it is assumed his mother did. However once in the house they were obviously able to be removed and used. If they were much harder to get they would be much harder to steal, not impossible, but much harder. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315716)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pond |
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Same Gender Marriage
(Message 1315680)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I knew I shouldn't have started this, I really should have known better .... Possibly, possibly not. It was your statement: "I'm also not happy with their support of gay marriage." In reference to Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats support that made me question how I felt about it and found I agreed with them. If gay people are accepted in society and are allowed "civil" partnerships and all the rights associated with that, it seems strange that one organisation, the Church, can deny them those same rights. I actually know the reasons and I know that many people in the Church have a problem with women priests, let alone homosexuals. I do not suspect the Church will move in the 21st century in my lifetime. "Politics and Religion" two subjects destined to cause fierce arguments, as a close friend always reminds me!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315670)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: colour |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315647)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pastels |
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Same Gender Marriage
(Message 1315645)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why have marriage in the first place? If there is no marriage, then there can't be any discrimination. A wonderful insightful comment that brings nothing to the conversation. Why don't you start a thread on the reasons for and against marriage? |
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Same Gender Marriage
(Message 1315620)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The reason for this thread was that Chris stated in another thread that he was against same sex marriages in Church! Simple and unambiguous. I then asked; Just let me ask one thing, does a Christian gay person have less rights than a heterosexual non Christian Chris replied No they both have the same rights. By that I mean that I don't think either should properly be married in a church. But still not answered this But a heterosexual non Christian CAN get married in a church. So would you also support a law to ban heterosexual non Christians from church marriages Which to me is the crux of the matter, how can you justify a heterosexual non christian couple being allowed to marry in church and yet a christian gay couple cannot! In this modern day and age that attitude is 100% discrimination. |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1315614)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The most monstrous thing is that this person was able to get hold of something so easily to make real whatever madness was going through his head. The BBC report says that he stole them from his mother, and he lived with her. Makes little difference really. |
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(Message 1315560)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Greece |
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Same Gender Marriage
(Message 1315559)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just let me ask one thing, does a Christian gay person have less rights than a heterosexual non Christian But a heterosexual non Christian CAN get married in a church. So would you also support a law to ban heterosexual no Christians from church marriages So let me re ask the question in a different way Does a gay Christian have less rights than a heterosexual Christian? |
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Colorado approves RECREATIONAL use of marijuana
(Message 1315516)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyway, this is meant to be a drugs thread, we can discuss this marriage issue elsewhere. Sorry, as you brought it up I had to comment. Just let me ask one thing, does a Christian gay person have less rights than a heterosexual non Christian Perhaps you would like to start a new thread, because remember, when I got married I was, as now, an agnostic and chose a registry office. I could however have got married in a church as I had been baptised as a baby. Who you are marrying should not be important, your faith should. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315509)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gift |
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peanut butter sandwiches
(Message 1315333)
Posted 15 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: America's gift to food lovers everywhere... I don't feel well even looking at that combination!! What the hell is "jet-puffed marshmallow creme"! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315312)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bean |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315291)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Clothing |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1315287)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: And is still happening. Beta was OK until the boards came back, that's down now!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1315284)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Outage? There was an outage? And exactly a week before doomsday!! I have a bad feeling about this (I've always wanted to say that) |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315279)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: joke |
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peanut butter sandwiches
(Message 1315277)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Peanut butter, not really a staple here in the UK We're more cheese and pickle! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1315275)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Outage? There was an outage? Yep that's what it said, the good ol' "down for maintenance" message for a couple of hours! |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1315270)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The "people kill people not guns, knifes, swords, sticks etc" argument is correct. However if you want the right to bear arms then you have to be able to accept that this sort of thing will happen. Brutal by true, unbalanced people in a civilised country that allows weapon ownership will be able to purchase guns and use them like we saw today. If you support bearing arms get over the bloody massacre and get on with your life. Please don't justify it here just accept it can and will happen again. Even in the UK we have seen Dunblane, Hungerford and more recently the Cumbria shootings. Nowhere is really safe from a madman, but a gun bearing society makes it just that little bit easier. |
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Linux hits the world
(Message 1315260)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Attempting this myself by using, yes M$ you've guessed it - your competitor - Firefox! Hmm several recent polls give Chrome the lead. |
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Colorado approves RECREATIONAL use of marijuana
(Message 1315258)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm also not happy with their support of gay marriage Speechless! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1315253)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage?? |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1315242)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Childish |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1315186)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20730717 |
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Cafe SETI :
USA School deaths
(Message 1315183)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Already in "politcs" |
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Politics :
Colorado approves RECREATIONAL use of marijuana
(Message 1315181)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Clegg Far be it for me to defend Nick Clegg, but from the article you linked to he is basically saying that drugs aren't going away, and he supports a law "where people found with drugs are not always prosecuted" also "Mr Clegg told the BBC the government needed to be open-minded and look at alternative approaches." The whole article seem quite sensible to me, just automatically locking someone up for using drugs is not going to help, pushers and dealers yes, but users need help and prison does not always work |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1315164)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a few million more!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1315156)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well since the challange started at midnight here at SETI the GPUUG has amassed a total of 4,572,241!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1315100)
Posted 14 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not able to see any meteorites due to: A - It still being daylight and B - It is 100% cloud cover and raining felines and canines!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314874)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pretty |
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Mystery Kitchen TOOL TWO
(Message 1314873)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it does have a root!!☺ |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1314871)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I guessed it was a cabbage a while back but couldn't quite picture a "root cabbage" :-)) |
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Politics :
When did Hugo Chavez become so popular?
(Message 1314866)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What I find weird is that no one thinks it odd for him to have to go to Cuba for treatment. Basically saying "well folks don't get cancer in Venezuela because there is no hope". |
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Politics :
Tax Avoidance & Evasion
(Message 1314865)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been thinking about this and I see two things that in a "free society" we can do to stop this. Remember anyone can be a share holder as I was on a couple of occasions. As a share holder I would expect the company I held shares in to be doing there utmost to "legally" make as much money as possible for me and my fellow shareholders. If countries make it easy to avoid paying tax then my company should take all opportunities to help provide for my pension. If I have share in an English company that finds loopholes in American/German/French tax laws I might well feel "go for it" not our fault they are sloppy!! So how can we stop this: 1 - Make sure that there are no loopholes companies can exploit. or 2 - Take ALL companies into public ownership and all surplus profit goes to the government. Remember human nature will still step in. If there is a way to "cheat" humans will find it!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314858)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm come the 21st Maybe he'll need it. Dutchman launches life-sized replica of Noah's Ark |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314850)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gibraltar |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314775)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Next win |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314695)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: age |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314672)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mogul |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314666)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: speed |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314573)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Printing |
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Number crunching :
SETI Hardware Fundraisers (With Big News Inside)
(Message 1314558)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This was posted by Mark Sattler on the Lunatics board at the beginning of December For my fellow GPUUG teammates...... I believe he is still not 100% |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314553)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Movie |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314551)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with coffee |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314490)
Posted 13 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while reading on the internet about either: A - The fleet of flying ssaucers or B - The 15 mile long spaceship That is on it way to Earth to rescue 1 man and 1 woman from the end of the world on the 21st. Apparently the story goes that is the reason all the SETI research has been taken over by the military to prevent people finding out about it. I kid you not it's all true!! Link 1 Courtesy of Chris Link2 Courtesy of Julie |
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Technical News :
Sound Chaser (Dec 12 2012)
(Message 1314468)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Welcome back Matt. +1 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314459)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Judge |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314452)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: patent |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314450)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while still an hour left of 12/12/12 UTC |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314399)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pledge |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314262)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: famine |
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News :
We are thankful for....
(Message 1314259)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: éžå¸¸é«˜å…´æˆä¸ºseti的一员。我知é“这比大海æžé’ˆè¿˜éš¾ä¸Š10çš„n次方å€ï¼Œä½†æˆ‘们åšæŒä¸æ‡ˆï¼Œæœ‰ç€æ„šå…¬ç§»å±±çš„精神,æ£æ˜¯æˆ‘们人类自身å‘展的è§è¯ã€‚ Translation: Very pleased to become seti a. I know this harder than needle in a haystack on 10 of the n-th times, but we persevere, has the spirit of the Foolish Old Man, what we human beings witness. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314255)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Processor |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314218)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chips |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314209)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Token |
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Number crunching :
I can't log In to BOING
(Message 1314200)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyway, what I wanted to enqure about, was I have NEVER had anything appear in my Transfer Tab list on The BOING MANAGER. What and When is it for? WU's will appear here while uploading or downloading, currently uploads and downloads are fairly quick so you would have to be viewing at the exact time they appear. At other times when things are slower, stalled uploads and downloads appear here and can be "retried" using the button on the left. You will see the "back off" time appear in the "status" column PS to log into the BOINC forums you will have to create a separate account not tied to any project. |
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Technical News :
The Gates of Delirium (Dec 06 2012)
(Message 1314197)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I've read that telephone offices used to be required to have a UPS that could keep everything essential in that office running for three days. You might ask telephone offices if they have one they can donate. Warning - expect it to fill an entire room; I've seen one. It had a large rack of 2 volt cells, made with lead and something other than the usual acid. I kinda think they might just be a bit too large!:-) Also they supplied 50V That is an accurate picture of a UK telephone exchange battery room as I used to work in telephone exchanges. I think that most nowadays have diesel generators |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314195)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on 12-12-12, but of course the correct version (dd-mm-yy) :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1314194)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wallet |
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News :
Scheduler is back up...
(Message 1314069)
Posted 12 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Bernie. Well if you can't connect I would guess the problem is at your end as I have several machines on here and SETI-Beta and before the outage all were connecting fine, and have started connecting again now. Were you using a "proxy" during the scheduler problem, if so it will have barred you by now and it will work as well without one. Do you know how to look at the BOINC logs? When you start the first 20 lines or so would give a good indication if something is wrong. |
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News :
Scheduler is back up...
(Message 1314053)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Resolutions are normally posted in the technical news. Jeff Cobb posted this on the 6th. We have recently come out of a painful outage. Last Thursday, 11/29, there was an unexpected power outage at Space Sciences Lab. It lasted some 20 minutes. Eric came over as quickly as he could to shut machines down, but he works in another building from where our machine room is, so the UPS's had run out their fairly short on-battery time by the time he got there. It was a perfect storm in that both Matt and I (who work a few feet from the machine room) were both out. That's not this week but is also from Dec. 5 As the outage is a weekly event it appears automatically every Tuesday. This week the outage notice was pushed down for some reason. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314050)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Commander |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314049)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: winning before.. |
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News :
Scheduler is back up...
(Message 1314027)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I had received updates a couple of days ago, but it appears to be down again today. :( Notice on front page: Weekly Outage and Initial Catch Up Second notice down this week. |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1314023)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a wasted journey!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1314016)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: apprentice |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313980)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nun |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313957)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Renaissance |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313907)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gallery |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313896)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: painting |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313894)
Posted 11 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning. |
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Science (non-SETI) :
The Voyagers
(Message 1313760)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Unfortunately, there is a lot of pressure to abandon the Voyagers due to the inordinate amount of DSN time needed to keep them running and reporting... That is sad, but I wonder if there are many of "Joe public" that even know the Voyagers exist! It is no longer "sexy science" Nothing "newsworthy" is likely to happen so it will just "fade away". When I was young I expected to see colonies on the Moon and perhaps even Mars by now. I am now 61 and I don't believe we will ever be a "space faring" race. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313747)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: switch |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313733)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while watching a TV documentary "2012 Apocalypse"!! We're all doomed I tell you. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313727)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: diode |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313719)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: balancing |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1313693)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Apple kit has always been crap anyway. Well a survey of laptops a couple of years ago suggest Apple is 4th for build quality and reliability beaten by Asus, Toshiba, and Sony and beating Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Gateway, and HP. Having used many different PC's phones and tablets. I would personally put Apple at the top. I spent good money on a brand new Samsung phone, used it for a couple of months and went back to my 3 year old iPhone. Better designed better operating system and so much nicer to use. My next laptop will almost certainly be an Apple. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313643)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: force |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1313632)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I just love this Stolen iPhone takes photo of woman |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313617)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting while being undead... ;) Obviously preparing for the 21st |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1313607)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Now having fun can be a serious business PS. Are we having fun yet? In all seriousness the word link can progress fast at times and there would be no point in deleting a post as all the others would not follow. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313590)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: gravity |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313589)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah well it is my rule! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313586)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: address |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313584)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while breaking my golden rule!! "Don't use you daily machine for crunching" |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1313582)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: beer o'clock. Do you mean the beer or the whisky? |
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12/12/12
(Message 1313563)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have already hinted that I believe 12/12/12 is the real end of all things in different threads. It is of course the last date like this till the 1st of Jan 2101 01/01/01 |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1313555)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: *only one word per post I know "it's only a game" But what if I had posted "Cattle" Well of course there are two meaning for the word "ruminate" one has to do with deep thoughts and the other has to do with animals that "chew the cud" known as ruminating. So I chose the second meaning a selected cattle". Extreme I know but with no rules what I posted above would be fine!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313550)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tag |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313509)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with lunch (tuna and cucumber baguette and a latte) |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313478)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cattle |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313476)
Posted 10 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while waiting!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313367)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: monument |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313366)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313243)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: difference |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313114)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1313073)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Delta |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1313071)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while deciding... |
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RIP Sir Patrick Moore
(Message 1313026)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP Sir Patrick Moore http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939 An inspiration to many |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312967)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with coffee |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312960)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Crab |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312830)
Posted 9 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ice |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312746)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Me too |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312684)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: repealed |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XVI - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1312678)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As this is the critter thread I thought some might be interested in this I was just watching Natural World: The Himalayas on BBC 4 with David Attenborough when this majestic creature appeared. As I watch TV om my PC I was able to get a quick screen capture! It's a Tibetan Fox |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312513)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Clothing |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312476)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I found a new site!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312459)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunny here too but f.... cold -8°C 18F Yep I noticed that on my temperature monitor!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1312457)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: old |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312454)
Posted 8 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Saturday morning 4ºC-39ºF |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1312326)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: diamond |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312313)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bunker |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312291)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1312288)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What I do when wondering is just enter the two words in Google, if it comes up with and answer, as it does with Dovecote Scotland then all is well. Takes a few seconds. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1312238)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: And now Refuge - Bin!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312214)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Home |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312131)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Eating lunch win. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312129)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: life |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1312091)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sandy Denny - Late November |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312090)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I do have every single vinyl LP in the loft!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1312088)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting in the dark while listening to the newly arrived used Moody Blues CD, I lost My 1st one somewhere. Now there is a group I used to love, went to see them live numerous times. So many songs of theirs identify times and situations in my life. Unfortunately I can't listen anymore due to the memories. |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1312087)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Skunks spray only as a last resort. Skunks are also pretty dumb. It takes a lot of noise before they even notice you, much less consider you to be a threat. I dance with skunks all the time... never been sprayed... never gonna get sprayed. If anyone saw the Mythbusters episode where they were investigating "skunk smell cleaning" myths you will know they failed to even get caged skunks to spray them and had to resort to "bottled" skunk!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1312085)
Posted 7 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Traits |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311969)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without being "bats" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1311958)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tube |
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Technical News :
The Gates of Delirium (Dec 06 2012)
(Message 1311888)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Jeff, Thank you for taking the time to explain. It is appreciated. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1311886)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Stand |
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Science (non-SETI) :
2012 - real or not?
(Message 1311885)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I still think next Wednesday is a good candidate 12/12/12 Last date like it till 01/01/01 (1st of Jan 2101) |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1311878)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: battery - procreate??? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1311846)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: battery |
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Politics :
5: Big Bang Looming.......
(Message 1311785)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: @ Mr Vine...yet you condescend to post on that thread? How charming of you. No comments from you regarding Europe then? I have my daily chuckle at some of the comments in these threads. But I no longer need to join in as my sole purpose here has been accomplished. |
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Politics :
5: Big Bang Looming.......
(Message 1311759)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: check Afghanistan out & you will find many allied military service personnel crunching various projects. Sorry I didn't realise you were in the armed forces serving in Afghanistan. I strongly suggest you think before you post & if nothing valid to say on the threads concerned, refrain from posting. Ha Ha well that applies to an awful lot of post in this section!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311730)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch! And realising next Wednesday is 12/12/12. Last such date till 2101 (01/01/01) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 36
(Message 1311729)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: again |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1311728)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that was strange! 2 doubles in word link, never seen that before!! |
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News :
SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1311715)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I haven't gotten any new tasks since Nov. 29. This note was on the front page since 30th November and is still there now!! Unscheduled Power Outage Due to the long outage new tasks will be in short supply so patience is required!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1311670)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bricks |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311669)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a cold and frosty morning. |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311567)
Posted 6 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on 102 |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311555)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ohh 98! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1311519)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stone |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1311518)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go |
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News :
SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1311516)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I haven't had work for a week, SETI Bêta still sends work, CPU and 0.963CPU+1GPU, v7 MB work. ?? Wish I could, 422 Beta to report and no contact for 6 days and still down!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311459)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dodge Viper 10 with plenty of capability!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1311436)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stick |
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(Message 1311398)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bone |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311396)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Deploying Mk1 Escort |
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SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1311385)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's great that folks are getting some processing time, but sadly all of my computers have all of their work "ready to report" and it has been that way for several days. I tried to force an update but got the same old "server not found, project may be down for maintenance" or something like that. I will patiently wait for you to fix remaining problems to be resolved. Maybe then Work Units will return to normal processing? It is my hope !!! There has been a notice on the front page since last Friday explaining the problem. It is in fact still there now. |
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Welcome Back!
(Message 1311381)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the cricket is rising |
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(Message 1311367)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ankle |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311366)
Posted 5 Dec 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning again!! |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311204)
Posted 29 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Thursday morning. |
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday
(Message 1311178)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not notices a problem on any of my 6 machines. 3xXP, 2xWin7 1xVista |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1311177)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: beanpole |
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Windows Home Server 2011
(Message 1311150)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have not tried it but have a look here: http://www.wegotserved.com/2008/07/11/stop-wasting-those-cpu-cycles-install-boinc-now/ |
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(Message 1311147)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Alive |
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(Message 1311125)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: view |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1311033)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch ☺ |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1310990)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst wondering why everyone is so bad tempered today! Ahh Wednesday, never could get the hang of Wednesday. |
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(Message 1310970)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: trustworthy |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1310969)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? Possibly not. |
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Mystery landscape game
(Message 1310968)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rochefort? |
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SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1310967)
Posted 28 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I will continue to wait for this downtime. Perhaps the scheduler server has just been up for too long. Maybe restarting would help. In all cases restarting can help a bit freeing up useless swap and main memory. The way I see it is that it hasn't been restarted in so long and huge amounts of RAM is being cluttered up. Just my suggestion. And will patiently wait Whilst there has been no official announcement, the scheduler has been up for a little while now. Yesterday was the normal weekly outage, but I am getting tasks again now OK. |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1310866)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Now Gary wouldn't have such a low number, or would he?? Wow the number is 21122012!!!! or is that 12212012!! |
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(Message 1310865)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ground |
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TLPTPW 175 End of the World - big fizzle - CLOSED
(Message 1310848)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Gary!! Missed it by 3!! |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310838)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning cos I can. OR NOT!! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310810)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: under |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310795)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Unreal |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310754)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310752)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moat |
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(Message 1310745)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Portcullis |
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(Message 1310727)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Keeper |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310726)
Posted 27 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before whatever comes next. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310601)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whisky |
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(Message 1310598)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bread |
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The 84 cents a month fundraiser.
(Message 1310592)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I would strongly oppose a "star rating system". I am no longer working full time and have to be a bit more careful with money, because I can only afford a smaller amount. It would not worry me but others who are on lower income or retired should not be "discriminated against" with a "lower value" star. I would probably donate anonymously or stop altogether. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310587)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cereal |
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The 84 cents a month fundraiser.
(Message 1310525)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In case anyone is interested total donations since 24th November $1998 Yesterday was $1335!! Well done Mark for starting this off. Of course this includes ALL donations since then not necessarily from people in this thread! If you want to see the donation totals since November 2010 look here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php Just don't look at the bottom line of the top box :-( |
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(Message 1310524)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: French |
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The subject of UFOs
(Message 1310513)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hola, soy nuevo por aqui y no hablo ingles asique tengo que arreglarme con el google traductor, me gustaria saber si alguien ha visto algo parecido a lo que yo vi, ya que no encuentro una explicacion logica y soy bastante exceptico. vivo en la costa atlantica de españa, y en una noche de niebla baja y espesa, a unos 200 metros de altura, yo estaba en un camino de montaña dentro de un coche y por encima de esa altura la noche estaba muy clara con una visibilidad muy buena aparecio una "bola" luminosa calculo que de unos 5 metros de diametro que iluminaba perfectamente las copas de los arboles que casi tocaba en vuelo estacionario, yo estaria a unos 150 metros de distancia y podia ver perfectamente los arboles, de repente la "bola" empezo a desplazarse a un lado y a otro horizontalmente a una velocidad que no puedo calcular pero era muy muy rapido y de forma instantanea, es decir no aceleraba eran movimientos secos y se detenia igual de rapido, tras cada movimiento de unos 100 o 200 metros resultaba complicado fijar la vista cuando se desplazaba, de repente ascendio a una velocidad increible y desaparecio, un momento despues volvio se dio un paseo parecido y volvio a ascender de la misma manera, lo mas curioso es que sali del coche y no hacia absolutamente ningun ruido, nada de nada.no conozco nada que pueda volar de esa manera, esto duro unos minutos y solo se que casi me lo hago encima, arranque el coche y me fui sin haber sacado una foto o video ya que no tenia con que hacerla. ahora cada vez que vuelvo por alli me aseguro de llevar una buena camara. por favor si alguien tiene alguna posible explicacion me gustaria conocerla. esto me ocurrio hace unos 5 años y sigo sin entenderlo. Translation: Hi, I'm new here and do not speak English so I have to get ready with the google translator, I wonder if anyone has seen anything like what I saw, and I can not find a logical explanation and I'm pretty skeptical. live on the Atlantic coast of Spain, and in a foggy night low and thick, about 200 meters, I was on a mountain road in a car and above that height the night was clear with visibility very good appeared a "ball" luminous reckon about 5 meters in diameter perfectly illuminating the tops of the trees that almost touched on hover, I would be about 150 feet away and could see perfectly the trees, suddenly "ball "began to scroll back and forth horizontally at a speed that I can not figure but it was very very quick and instantaneously, ie no movements were accelerated dry and stopped just as fast, following every move of about 100 or 200 meter stare was complicated when moved suddenly ascended to an incredible speed and disappeared, then returned a moment he seemed a walk and climbed back up the same way, the most curious is that I got out and did absolutely no noise, no nada.no know anything that can fly that way, this lasted only a few minutes and I almost do over, start the car and went without having taken a picture or video and I did not have that do it. Now every time I come over there I make sure to bring a good camera. please if anyone has any possible explanation I would like to know. This happened to me about 5 years ago and I still do not understand. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310502)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Phone |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310501)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while Vic nods off. |
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News :
SETI@home annual fund raising campaign has started
(Message 1310499)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: For those who might have missed Richards link. There is a page you can view the total donations to SETI@Home since November 2010 it is http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php Just as a quick overview, this is the total, and this month: The bottom box tells it's own tale!! |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310489)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In 2011, comScore reported that consumers spent $1.25 Billion online on Cyber Monday. |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1310486)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310484)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Communication |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310432)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Letters |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1310431)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I HAZ DECORATED TREE |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310429)
Posted 26 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on "Cyber Monday" |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310322)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Food |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310306)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fishing |
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(Message 1310301)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Fox |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310300)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wining without even thinking about er whatever I am trying not to thing about er |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310277)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: air |
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Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1310164)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Similar to the Lions Clubs Lions Club International Which I used to belong to in the 70's and 80's |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310163)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after Sunday lunch |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310162)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: language |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1310161)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Scotch whisky is spelt without an e, American and Irish whiskeys are spelt with an e. Actually not quite as simple as that! The spelling whisky (plural: whiskies) is generally used in Canada, Japan, Scotland, and Wales, while whiskey (plural: whiskeys) is more common in Ireland and the United States. The usage is not always consistent – for example, some prominent American brands, such as George Dickel, Maker's Mark, and Old Forester (which are all made by different companies), use the 'whisky' spelling on their labels, and the US legal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits document also uses the 'whisky' spelling. "Scotch" is the internationally recognized term for "Scotch whisky". It is rarely used in Scotland, where the drink is called simply "whisky". |
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SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1310155)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My 2 cents . . . As you already decided to leave please don't feel fee to comment here again. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. |
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(Message 1310099)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: metal |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1310098)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK please educate me here. Whiskey and Scotch the same booze? Everyting you ever wanted to know about Whisky |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1310094)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while NOT decorating anything with lights. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1310012)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Snack |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309993)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go Donald |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309990)
Posted 25 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chips |
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News :
SETI@home scheduler is down until further notice.
(Message 1309963)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry the scheduler is down. Will continue to work on downloaded projects then will fill time with other projects. Will be delighted when the scheduler is up and running again. Actually the project didn't start till around April 1999 if I remember correctly. Check Eric's start date in the first post. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309954)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cleaner |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309920)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Parents |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309898)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: addict |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309847)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aw c'mon Bernie, it isn't quite that bad. In a weeks time, I and others in my 41 Club will go and decorate a children's ward at a local Hospital, as we do every year. Beers and a curry after. Lets face it, it's all about the kids anyway, and yes too commercialised. There is a smiley at the end |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309844)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Drugs |
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WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1309842)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree with a lot said here, but primarily, whether someone has a green star next to their name should have no bearing on how they are though of or treated. We are all exactly equal green star or not. |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309834)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after totally refusing to accept Xmas until the 1st December at the very earliest. I am ignoring it till about 3.30pm on the 24/12 (12/24 for those in the US) anything before that is just commercialism :-] |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309833)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Teacher |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309729)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: School |
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Politics :
Cameras watching us everywhere
(Message 1309724)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My understanding is that anything that happens in a public place is well "public". Note the "reality police shows" when someone is being arrested and tries to block the camera, they are told it is a public place and quite within rights to film. I believe you can set up a web cam pointing to the street and record or broadcast it anywhere. This is the Abbey Road crossing this morning: And this is Times Square yesterday from the "archives" (too early there yet!!) There are hundreds of others all for "amusement" which of course anyone with web access can view. |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309653)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Testimony |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309652)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a dull Saturday morn 4C |
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WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1309650)
Posted 24 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One last and I think most important observation. Look at the posts in this and other Threads. You will see many, many, many persons grumbling, who have large credits, and no Green Star next to their names. They have never given a penny to maintain or expand the effort in the lab! Look deeper and you will see that many of these people have spent large amounts of money on their computer(s). We are now seeing the result of the vast increase in the power of our (Volunteer) computers without the same happening in the Lab. To all those without a ‘Green Star’ give a few dollars, it won’t hurt. Donating can be done anonymously and therefore no "Green Star" also they only last for 12 months so someone who has donated for say 10 years may not have this year. While it would be nice to see more people donate please do not pick on people with no Green Star. Even if they have large credits. |
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Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1309525)
Posted 23 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well the guys at We Got Served have a manual to convert Windows 8 into a home server. Reason being it has a form of "drive extender" that was missing from WHS 2011. Seems like a better use as once you have set it up you never need to see it again :-) |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309459)
Posted 23 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cutlery |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309458)
Posted 23 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A Friday Win! |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1309048)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while those across the pond celebrate! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1309037)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: printing |
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News :
Scheduler crashed.
(Message 1309031)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, it's back up partially. Something upstream is restricting connections, and we'll need lab network support people to figure it out. Thank you. Much appreciated! Happy Thanksgiving! |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1308985)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aluminum |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1308952)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Poison |
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World's oldest digital computer restarted....
(Message 1308923)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The Harwell Dekatron fires up once again. Nicknamed the witch. See and hear it here |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1308918)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: influenza |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1308882)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Katy Perry - Wide Awake |
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TLPTPW 174 autumn arrived
(Message 1308879)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have several weather widgets on my desk top and seeing Donald's comment on the "cold grey morning" I glanced across and saw this, Doesn't happen often the same temp across continents! Win |
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Word Link # 36
(Message 1308872)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sink |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1308558)
Posted 22 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick script to provide the percentage of failures on your machine. Thanks |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1307964)
Posted 20 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cricket graph shows a dip that is just recovering. Cricket |
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News :
Continued server problems.
(Message 1307960)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If we switch to Seti Beta the same problem will not apears? Seti beta is down completely so time to switch off a go to bed!! |
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Number crunching :
BOINCstats partial graph display
(Message 1307754)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is a screen shot of what I see, can't say I see a problem PS Using Google Chrome |
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Number crunching :
Switched to Einstine
(Message 1307752)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A little factlet for consideration The top 20 machines of SETI@Home have between them 172 CPU's, mostly i7's and i5's 89 GPU's most probably high end NVIDIA With a combined RAC of over 2 million That's just 20 machines. Makes you think!! |
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We are recovering from a database crash
(Message 1307744)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If they show as with no server contacts for more than 7 days, sorry, I just call them deadbeats, I don't think that I had any of my hosts have a problem contacting the servers for more than 3 or 4, and that was during the power outage saga... Sorry for being a "deadbeat" a while back when my HDD died and I couldn't afford a new one for a couple of weeks. Then of course there was the time I had a PSU fail and I was working away. Still the time I had an MB fail I actually put the HDD in another cruncher with a shorter queue and avoided being a deadbeat. I must try harder! |
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News :
Continued server problems.
(Message 1307670)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you Eric. Can we all now just wait and not start filling these boards with "When is this going to be fixed threads" If it takes months it takes months I for one will be happy to wait. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (79) Server Problems?
(Message 1307668)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I an happy that Eric has taken time to explain the problem. Whatever they decide to do is up to them. If it increases crunching time and lowers RAC so be it. I have always been here for the science. I have actually stopped most of my crunching here just leaving one machine to "fly the flag". I will not restart at SETI@Home, I will give them time to sort it out. As should we all. |
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Number crunching :
Suggestions for people having problems connecting to the servers
(Message 1307666)
Posted 19 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Please note Erics thread http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=70080&postid=1307567 |
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Cafe SETI :
12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1306909)
Posted 16 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gluhwein? |
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Number crunching :
WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1306765)
Posted 16 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well... I started this thread out of frustration, and most of the comments have re-enforced my main frustration. You are of course making two assumptions; 1 - They are aware there is a problem. 2 - There is actually someone in the lab. Remember the outage this week started at 5.23 pacific time. Probably so whoever was there could get it done and then do their other job. |
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News :
SETI@home annual fund raising campaign has started
(Message 1306617)
Posted 16 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am confused about the fund raiser. Why should I donate if there is no interest at Seti to fix this problem? It is not that there is no interest, there is a lack of staff, because the project is run on a very tight budget if a member of staff is not in for whatever reason things become a little "busy". I believe they are very short staffed currently. Quote SETI@home is a nonprofit educational and research organization that relies heavily on donations to continue its work. |
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12/21/12 countdown clock.......
(Message 1306563)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7KE5iQFE0E Just seen this ad on TV |
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News :
We are recovering from a database crash
(Message 1306542)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I can not believe that Jill and Seth would be happy about this if they knew what has been happening. Seth Shostak and Jill Tarter are part of the SETI Institute, which as far as I am aware has no direct connection to SETI@Home |
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WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1306492)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mike, if I had volunteers contributing to my efforts, I would treat them as a valuable resource and not ignore them and take them for granted. It is simply the courteous thing to do. Whilst I have no inside knowledge, I believe that Jeff may in fact be alone in the lab and just does not have the time to read the forums and respond. I have been saying for a while that staff funding is the issue here, but as Eric posted.
It is really not possible for us to help. |
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News :
We are recovering from a database crash
(Message 1306456)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why I’m leaving Seti@Home Actually it is nothing to do with "the interface" as you call it BOINC works fine, does for me. It is actually SETI@Home that is having problems currently. I have never had BOINC "hang or crash" on any of my 6 computers. Other projects using BOINC are not having these problems. |
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WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1306455)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just for those of you who may not have seen it Matt posted this in the staff blog on 26 July It's no real surprise given financial constraints we're operating with a minimal crew here at the lab. In fact, I'm down to working just above half time on average. Lucky for me, though, these hard times coincide with my music career exploding. I've been performing around the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Iceland, England, and France during the past year. And there's more to come. Maybe I should tell you about these gigs on the off chance you're interested. They involve three of my active bands, Find the whole post HERE |
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WASTING MY TIME?
(Message 1306452)
Posted 15 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I started in the pioneer year of 1999, and I am starting to question this effort. Just to correct you Matt is not on vacation, he is only a part time employee and as I understand his hours have been cut back, so he is pursuing his musical career with this band Secret Chiefs 3 As funding has been restricted there are few people in the lab able to deal with problems at the moment. Please remember work is being done an returned with almost no problems from smaller less powerful crunchers like mine. I have had no real problems at all. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6795449 |
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Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1305910)
Posted 13 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Even though this is a public forum, for all to see. So if for instance someone on these boards named someone as a criminal or pedophile and someone else tweeted this accusation and quoted these boards and the "name" of the poster all would be fine? PS I meant ON THESE FORUMS, crikey getting jumpy I was not having a go at anyone |
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Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1305899)
Posted 13 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: How about getting back to the thread please, whilst I don't post much I do read the posts and squabbling does not make for interesting reading :-0 A question. How much of this do you think applies here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20299551 |
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Cereal
(Message 1305813)
Posted 13 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whole Bran Shreds ? Not these then? Please click on this link http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1447 |
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Cafe SETI :
Cereal
(Message 1305774)
Posted 13 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whole Bran Shreds ? It's a clickable link. Which is why it's blue |
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Cereal
(Message 1305761)
Posted 13 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whole Bran Shreds ? |
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This needs to be discussed & Clarified
(Message 1305583)
Posted 12 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think you'll find that if you do that, you won't have a need to use cussing or swearing to get your point across. I hope so! |
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Number crunching :
Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1305543)
Posted 12 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: And the manufacturer of Windows also sells "anti virus" products and 'after-care' security updates and support to patch over the security holes in the original product... Microsoft Security Essentials is free and so are all security updates. I am assuming you mean something else? |
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This needs to be discussed & Clarified
(Message 1305536)
Posted 12 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not believe it is up to SETI@Home to provide a private forum where people can discuss anything and say what they like. This is not part of what SETI@Home is about. If there are enough of you that want this it would be very easy to set up your own forum and invite people to join. Please not here. With some of the post I have seen recently I do not even think the Politics forum should be hosted here at all! The bottom line here is that we're all adults. Let's use our best judgment when posting, and try to show our complexity through mastery of our native language. I think you'll find that if you do that, you won't have a need to use cussing or swearing to get your point across.This I agree with 100% |
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Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1305006)
Posted 11 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Schofield was way out of line. That was ITV a "private company" Perhaps the BBC should stick to just "Reporting" the news not making it. |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1304872)
Posted 11 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I cannot believe this!! Sorry realised I don't care. I will abandon the ones I have and the other will time out naturally. |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1304192)
Posted 9 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: With so many of our loyal SETI community upset and frustrated over the current situation, perhaps it would be a good time for one of the SETI staff to take a few minutes to let us know what their ideas are about the problem, why they have limited us so severely, and if they have been able to determine a way to fix things and release the restrictions. Too late for me I have given up waiting for any meaningful communication from the project. I can no longer justify running 4 crunchers without really having any idea what is going on. Whatever the reasons it is not good enough. |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1303992)
Posted 9 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The upload server is disabled, and it's only 3.30am in Berkeley. Ho hum. Top left of server status page: [As of 9 Nov 2012 | 14:00:07 UTC] As Richard points out depending on when you access the page it can be up to 9:59 behind! |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1302783)
Posted 6 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear. I think they've turned on too much, too quickly. I've just created 18 new ghosts. Yes, It also might have been nice for just a few words from someone at the lab as to what they have done and why. I realise that only the people who come here would see, but there is a hardcore who would like to know if their efforts are worth it. I feel ignored here. Unfortunately I think the project is trying to do too much with not enough staff. Sadly I feel my time and electricity is better used elsewhere. |
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Home made beer
(Message 1302611)
Posted 5 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Billy Beer was a beer first made in the United States of America in July 1977, by the Falls City Brewing Company. It was promoted by the younger brother of then-President Jimmy Carter. The beer was produced by Cold Spring Brewing, West End Brewing, and Pearl Brewing Company |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1302595)
Posted 5 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: , and the Crickets are still maxed out! Seems to be slowly dropping back, hopefully this is a good sign! |
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Discussion of "Count from X to X"
(Message 1302563)
Posted 5 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The tally so far. As you are making this rather silly by unnecessary posting in the count to thread I can see this means a lot to you. So as you can get your way I will help by withdrawing my vote for no and voting yes instead and leaving you to enjoy the thread, I won't post in it again! |
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Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1302312)
Posted 4 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I would hate to have to agree with Sirius . Windows works for a LOT of people. I have 2 machines I can boot to Linux on and that works for me. I use both for different things. However if and when Linux becomes mainstream it will have problems http://www.ubuntu.com/usn |
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Discussion of "Count from X to X"
(Message 1302235)
Posted 4 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK if they add something to the image. Who can judge that? If I don't think the comment adds something can I ask for it to be removed. Of course not. Either ALL comments (within the rules of course) can be allowed or none. Interesting, boring, funny or not you cannot discriminate, which was why I voted NO. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1302145)
Posted 4 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: That is rather iffy Bernie, to say the least. If we are going to be that obfuscating none of us have any real chance. Indeed I would have used "Whale", still put Shrimp and Amongst into google and it is the first item returned. I always believed the game was about "word association" ie, the first thing that comes to mind on seeing (or hearing) the word in question. So whilst tenuous a case could be made! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1302125)
Posted 4 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: "Shrimp" and "amongst" http://www.giga-hamburg.de/dl/download.php?d=/content/publikationen/pdf/wp107_shim.pdf |
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Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?
(Message 1301691)
Posted 3 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No problems here, every 8 hours or so upload, report, download :-) |
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Questions and Answers :
Wish list :
Phone apps!
(Message 1301659)
Posted 3 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Most of us now have the latest and greatest phone (Galaxy S3, iPhone 5, ect...), I think "most of us" might be a bit of an exaggeration. I personally know several high RAC crunchers that don't even have smartphones. Myself I only have an iPhone 3GS |
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Politics :
Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1301441)
Posted 2 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to see that my constant flag changing is getting to you OK I will have to come clean here, I no longer post here because because I got tired of baiting you. I will say it possibly was also childish, which is why I stopped. I used to read your posts and then try and find something to disagree with, just for sport. It got boring so I stopped. |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1301435)
Posted 2 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have given up with SETI@Home and am just running this Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz [Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4](1 processors) brought for £30 at my local computer fair just to keep an RAC here so I can post. I have had no problems at all, because I do not demand masses of WU's and it takes time to return the results. As it should be. I seriously believe that running machines with 4-6-8-12-16 processors and multi graphics cards is more than the system can cope with! The problem is us the crunchers. My 10 CPU's and 4 GPU's are now happily crunching for other projects. |
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Last Gasp Saloon
(Message 1301424)
Posted 2 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to see that my constant flag changing is getting to you Ha Ha, nope it just makes you seem very childish. I only read this forum for a laugh these days. You have provided one today!! |
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Prez is Good, Real Good. You've Won. Time to Get 'er Done.
(Message 1301313)
Posted 2 Nov 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't mock S@H, I support S@H. Look at my RAC. RAC is a means to an end for you. By changing your user name to "banished" you insult the project and the other users. But then that is what you want to do anyway. |
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Number crunching :
Uneven usage of GPUs
(Message 1300799)
Posted 31 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have used VNC for years all flavours and never had it affect any GPU crunching on any of my machines. However there is a "Video Hook Driver" that I normally don't install. Perhaps it's that. |
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Discussion of "Count from X to X"
(Message 1300542)
Posted 30 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It is a picture thread, the idea being to post a picture, without needing comments. There are plenty of other threads you can post pictures and comments in. I am totally stunned that anyone would complain about this. Please no comments in the count to thread. |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299961)
Posted 28 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hence I don't see it as a fault of the project staff, if their apps don't run properly on a new hardware. No possibly not, but if GPU crunching is not "set and forget" both current and prospective users need to know, otherwise as you say we could end up with errors validating against each other, corrupting the science! Users like rob99999_2 need to know what they are getting into. |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299920)
Posted 28 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Everyone is correct, however it means SETI@Home is not set and forget. It should have instructions posted that explain the problems with GPU crunching and a need to check on a regular basis to see if your results are valid. Also to warn people that if they are not prepared to do this they could return invalid results and it is best they don't crunch using a GPU. They especially will need to check when updating the GPU drivers as this has introduced several bugs in the past. Also before buying a new modern graphics card please check on the forums to see if it will work with SET@Home and or the latest drivers! If you are unsure of any of this please do not attach your computer to SETI@Home. In real terms that is what anyone crunching needs to be aware of Of course no one want to post that on the front page but something like that is needed. I am aware that updates are due, but who is to say that in 3 or 6 months time a new GPU or driver. won't start this whole thing off again. |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299757)
Posted 28 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I got a rather unusual reply from 1 person via PM today, rob99999_2 ID 129322, the owner of Computer 6797265, which produces nothing but errors from its GT 650M but here's his reply. Nothing is wrong with his car nothing is wrong with his engine he has it serviced correctly, however the manufacturer has failed to tell him that there is a fault that will mean his engine is about to breakdown. Can the manufacturer fix it, no you have to do it yourself. Or stop using the car! |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299565)
Posted 28 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In a windows initialization , is the default setting to "use GPU" ? Good question, I just add new machines to the default profile. I have just started crunching for Einstein@Home and GPU crunching was on by default. So probably yes. |
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SETI not attached to Project error
(Message 1299554)
Posted 27 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi It appears when you re-attached most of the tasks were "abandoned" Host 6618285 Abandoned Tasks Don't worry, they will be sent to someone else. |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299545)
Posted 27 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You can find that info implied here Rules And Policys Implied!! It never even mentions GPU's it is out of date. Show me where a new person starting to crunch for SETI@Home is told that the standard standard CUDA app may not work on all cards and definitely won't work on some. This should be on the main page and also a BOINC SETI@Home notice NVidia driver problems which cause computation errors |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299524)
Posted 27 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: remember that it is always your choice to use the 'sometimes unstable' GPU in order to boost your RAC. Can you point me to where it tells users this? |
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Discussion of Invalid Host Messaging
(Message 1299445)
Posted 27 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To a degree I agree with rob99999_2. It's obvious the stock app definitely has a problem dealing with the later cards and drivers and is badly in need of an overhaul. +1 Whilst I might not have used rob99999_2's phrasing he should not have to jump through hoops just to get the basic app to run. One reason I have put my crunching to other uses. |
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Number crunching :
GPU units - Computation error
(Message 1296125)
Posted 17 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have an interesting problem. My machine is throwing ATI GPU errors. I haven't got any ATI cards. All nvidia! Have had around 80 of these errors in the last few days. This machine 6776343 still shows an ATI card. |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1295696)
Posted 15 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Laptop |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1295542)
Posted 15 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cabinets |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1295481)
Posted 15 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Administrative |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1294931)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1294858)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: full |
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Politics :
Linux hits the world
(Message 1294752)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Linux is crap. Sirius Have to say I agree 100%. @Renee I assume that statement was to start a flame? Won't go down well here! |
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Number crunching :
New NVIDIA driver 306.x WHQL released.
(Message 1294675)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There are different drivers XP - 306.81 Vista- Win7 - Win8 - 306.97 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1294666)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after sleeping for 11 hours!! WOW 7 is usually my max!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1294661)
Posted 13 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: enemies |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1294450)
Posted 12 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hope |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1294374)
Posted 12 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Leap |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1294309)
Posted 12 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: relativity |
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TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1294183)
Posted 12 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Sunny Friday PM |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1294176)
Posted 12 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: physics |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1293896)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: swiss |
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Politics :
Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1293868)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Name calling loses the argument then? Quite definitely! Ahh I am actually not sure what any of the above means and truly I did feel no barb, I quite honestly have no idea what the "tell me why do you vote then" comment meant. When the "plebs" row blew up I was 100% in favour of his removal and no it is not "alright" if people at the top revert to swearing or name calling. In my view anyone who cannot hold an intelligent debate without name calling or swearing loses any arguments. Before you suggest I had a "higher education" I did not, I went to a secondary modern where swearing was the norm. I suppose I did have an excellent english teacher who taught me how to speak and express myself without needing to swear. If I can why can't others? |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1293857)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not believe Baileys is targeted at your average single malt drinker. |
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Politics :
Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1293792)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Name calling loses the argument then? Quite definitely! tell me, why do you vote then? Not sure what that has to do with anything. Just another attempt to divert the point. |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1293777)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Er yes that was the point EVERY software company at some time gets it wrong! |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1293772)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Even Firefox gets it wrong http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293769)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dull grey Thursday morning win Well now while my avatar might suggest female I am in fact male. I just happened to like that picture, painted by a very old friend of mine See her work Here |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1293768)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: drums |
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Politics :
Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1293762)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sirius As you might have noticed I no longer post in politics as your constant name calling and pretend swearing just proved to me you weren't worth my time. Now because of that I have had one of my important posts removed because it quoted one of yours. To say I am upset is putting it mildly. If a person cannot get their point across without "pretend swearing" or name calling then in my eyes they have lost the argument. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293746)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dull grey Thursday morning win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1293745)
Posted 11 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sounds |
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TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293550)
Posted 10 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not feeling 100%, but better than yesterday!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293236)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In before the outage |
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Politics :
Parents role in Education ?
(Message 1293205)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A "new" role for parents? http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/08/974321/republican-candidate-in-arkansas-says-parents-should-seek-death-penalty-for-rebellious-children/?mobile=nc Not a new idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing |
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TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293201)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really winning yet, but the thoughts there! |
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Politics :
Peru and Cats
(Message 1293178)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chris. I respect your views and wish you sucess in your campaign. I think we will just have to agree to differ on this one. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 173 Rise and Shine!
(Message 1293140)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No 2 Congrats Julie |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1293139)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: chairman |
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Politics :
Peru and Cats
(Message 1293124)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Having been brought up in almost the same time and area I totally understand your feelings. As a child my family had cats, dogs, birds, rabbits etc as pets and the thought that any of those would be bred to be eaten was abhorrent. As I grew up I realised that the world isn't really like the rosy childhood in safe South London and people from different cultures do behave in ways we might not like. Please just remember if you are campaigning to stop "pets" be bred to be eaten, a Hindu might also campaign to stop you killing and eating cows which are considered sacred. Because you consider cows have less rights than cats, it doesn't make either of you morally right. |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1293116)
Posted 9 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: scientific |
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Technical News :
Hot Day (Oct 02 2012)
(Message 1292987)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last time I talked with Jeff he mentioned that NTPCKR and RFI are almost always running however that doesn't typically show up on the server status page.Oh nice to know! Pity it isn't general knowledge to the rest of the people doing the crunching. Pity the NTPCKR thread hasn't been updated with new candidates for 539 days, with no explanation. |
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Politics :
Peru and Cats
(Message 1292945)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pets were once wild animals. there are still wildecats and wild dogs. We took these animals and used them to work for us, cats and dog were useful originally dogs in hunting and guarding, cats keeping pest down. I actually find it strange that you don't see cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, etc in the same way, they no less than pets have been domesticated over the years and bred to produce the best meat eggs, milk...etc. I don't believe in real terms you can separate animals into two different categories, yes it's OK to kill cows, lambs, pigs chickens etc but you must not kill cats and dogs. Sorry that is dual standards. Surely all animals are equal, oh sorry some are more equal than others! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292850)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: spokes |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292823)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 828 Win |
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SETI@home Science :
Update on SKART
(Message 1292792)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: so why SETI doesnt get a copy of all these data and process them to check if any alien signals in it? :P Someone would have to "pay" for the data to be copied, a fund raiser has just been held to purchase the HDD's and transport case necessary for getting data from Green Bank. No one has mentioned who will actually pay for these HDD's to get from Green Bank and back. Remember SETI@Home has no money to pay for this sort of thing and would have to rely on the ASKAP to donate everything. |
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Politics :
Peru and Cats
(Message 1292789)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Far be it from me to disagree with Chris, but this thread pointed us to the fact that in Peru cats are bred to be eaten, the story does not suggest that cruelty is involved. Breeding animals for food and killing either for sport or inhumanely are two totally different subjects in my eyes. As a carnivore I realise that there are millions of animals across the globe killed every year for human consumption. The modern world makes it more difficult to avoid eating animal products and only vegans truly manage it. There are also possibly millions tortured, hunted by dogs, and just killed for sport that no one should agree with or support and I never have! So exactly what are we discussing the fact that Peruvians breed cats to eat, or that breeding cats to eat is worse than breeding pigs to eat? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292783)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: rubber |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1292739)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Is anyone still having issues with Auto Errored tasks? Basically tasks that error out before they're even downloaded or process, usually with impossible deadlines? This happens where VLARS that were sent to your CPU failed to be delivered for some reason, they were then resent when your GPU requested tasks. As there is some speculation as to whether VLARS work well with NVIDIA GPUS they are not supposed to be sent so they time out after a few minutes. I know a lot of people are unhappy about this and hopefully something will be done. Perhaps. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292737)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win 814 |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XV - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe
(Message 1292613)
Posted 8 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: great pics of Frank Burns Looks nothing like her |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1292587)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My main cruncher got lots of work yesterday but it also has 150+ tasks that timed out yesterday due to the silly 5 minute due date problem... This happens where VLARS that were sent to your CPU failed to be delivered for some reason, they were then resent when your GPU requested tasks. VLARS don't work well with NVIDIA GPUS and are not supposed to be sent so they timed out after a few minutes. I know a lot of people are unhappy about this and hopefully something will be done. Perhaps. |
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Politics :
Peru and Cats
(Message 1292580)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My feeling is you can only feel deeply about eating animals if you are vegan. Everyone else eats animals that have been bred to be killed/slaughtered. Are cows, pigs, lambs, chickens, turkeys etc... any less worthy. OK so cats and dogs have been domesticated in some cultures, however pigs have been proved to be probably as intelligent as dogs, just not as appealing, we kill them en mass. We are carnivores. I hate the thought of eating cat or dog but I would not condemn a society that did. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292572)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with too much wine!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292570)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ink |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292513)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: gninniW |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292491)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pastels |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292456)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gallery |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292454)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 767 hmm sounds like a good number for a plane |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1292453)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A good Sunday evening to all |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292380)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pretentious |
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Politics :
What did God do before creation?
(Message 1292365)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You got to admit, we love reality TV. Our minds are naturally voyeuristic. Thought I was the only one!! Extremely cheap way of polluting the airwaves. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292364)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 754 Sunday morning win |
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Cafe SETI :
What is "(banished: ID 421968)"
(Message 1292283)
Posted 7 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In this case where multiple threads are by the one banished ID, it is (obviously) a prolific poster that has been "banished". +1 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292251)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with fast (but not as fast as Mike) internet for £23 a month(about $38) Uploads faster though!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292244)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: meander |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1292150)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: reporter |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292077)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 713 Saturday PM win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1292002)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #699. Are we there yet? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291980)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 0181 689 xxxx Thornton Heath Good old Thornton Heath!! win |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291969)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Actors |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291951)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Football |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291948)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #689 Must be lucy, old code of one of the telephone exchanges I worked in MANY years ago!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291947)
Posted 6 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Christian |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291806)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Man |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291794)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bacon |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291791)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ham |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291787)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dome |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291785)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tents |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291761)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 659 win |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1291746)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is good, wish I'd brought some more!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291708)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 1010001000 Binary 1210 Octal 288 Hex 648 Decimal WIN |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291662)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Groaning |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291654)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dispute |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Black Holes part 2
(Message 1291644)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ... lies and deceit that clever astronomers like to feed out to the unsuspecting public to make you think they are really clever. When truth is, they haven't a clue what's going on ... Yes especially as Dr. Eric Korpela, Project scientist I am sure he will be riveted by your explanation! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291635)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Magistrate |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Can't download the lunatics installer 0.40
(Message 1291625)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: But those who already have installed the Optimized Applications, I suspect the official answer would be no. However it is practically impossible to make everyone uninstall and delete all versions back to 2006. So the best that can be done is to stop anyone new using it. Lets hope it's sorted soon, I too have most of the installers unofficially of course:-) |
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Number crunching :
Can't download the lunatics installer 0.40
(Message 1291613)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Since I never cared about so called 'licensing' (of any program) I agree, SETI@Home is a public project and must abide by any rules/laws. Just because you are happy to steal software doesn't mean we all are. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291611)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 641 Late lunch win(well I've been busy) |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291610)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: judgement |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291543)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #632 Friday morning post! |
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Cafe SETI :
Hello!!
(Message 1291542)
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You are all probably welcoming a bot as his/her RAC is 0 and there are no computers attached to the account. So how was he/she able to post, a question I have asked myself and the mods. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291380)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: barred |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291379)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win 612 |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291377)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: closed |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291332)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: crowd |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291220)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Famine |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291210)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Plus |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1291201)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Less |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291154)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: blood |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
stop the bouncing screen saver!!!
(Message 1291131)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Then what is the opposite of a serious cruncher? A silly one? ;-D "Serious crunchers" as opposed to "normal crunchers" are ones who build fearsome PC's just to crunch and nothing else. It is an affliction best avoided as it can consume time and money. |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Science :
SETI unit on a celestial map
(Message 1291109)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I wonder if this press release means we will get your kinds of views in the client sometime? Totally different project has no connection with SETI@Home |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED
(Message 1291105)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It would appear I hit 10 Mill despite all the problems!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1291104)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A sunny Thursday morning post 591 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1291102)
Posted 4 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pips |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290977)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 573, winning before bed. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Original Cafe - renewed 03-10-2012 for ...
(Message 1290967)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What no Newcastle Brown? :-) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290954)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wouldn't a WU limit help big time right now? Probably but the "big" crunchers wouldn't like it. Personally for my small part I have set NNT and will wait out the storm. I was hoping to hit 10 million soon, but that can wait. Edit - Actually looking at the numbers I might make it after all |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290950)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #568 Win |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290891)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tag der Deutschen Einheit - German unity day? Do you say - Happy Unity Day?? |
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Technical News :
Hot Day (Oct 02 2012)
(Message 1290889)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: nnt? Sorry - No New Tasks - I had set all my machines to NNT as it seem sensible. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1290874)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I'd like to point out that when a Microsoft OS goes out of support, they do not cut off Windows Update access, nor do they pull updates from their servers. I realise that but there are are no NEW updates. |
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Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290871)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You say "nutjobs". Two of the people featured in the BBC program came over as having real concerns about what happened that day. They spoke to experts and people who were there and then they started to question what they believed, and a third became totally confused as he found some of the theories he held as so important just did not stand up to the truth. In my opinion none of them were "nutjobs" a bit weak and easily led yes. Mistakes were made, it came out during the program that the police has said the 4 bombers had caught a particular train from Leeds to London, only to discover a year later that on the day that train had not run. Pretty basic stuff to get wrong. So these "nutjobs" as you say had questions that needed answers. Hopefully our society will always allow these dissenters a voice. It is what free speech is about. As to whether 2 of these people were featured in a cable TV program about 9/11 seems it must have been pretty low budget, as I am sure a couple of weeks in the US would have yielded hundreds of people willing to explain why 9/11 and everything associated with it since was a "false flag" setup. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290860)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ice |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290843)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: plane |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1290827)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is what Google say about the site. Doesn't matter anymore John has opened an new thread. |
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Technical News :
Hot Day (Oct 02 2012)
(Message 1290825)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt, I turned off NNT on one machine and it downloaded 100+ tasks right off, so that has improved. Uploads however have not, I am assured in a couple of threads the lab is totally aware of the problems and working towards a solution. |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1290821)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Full support for XP ends on 8th of April 2014 Well yes but at least at the moment they attempt to fix things!! |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1290804)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Full support for XP ends on 8th of April 2014 Remember after that date there will be no more security updates etc.. So XP could become a hackers paradise!! |
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Politics :
Computers & Technology
(Message 1290800)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Full support for XP ends on 8th of April 2014 See here http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?ln=en-gb&c2=1173 Expected end of support days for current Windows products Windows XP April 8, 2014 Windows Vista April 11, 2017 Windows 7 January 14, 2020 |
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Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290797)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a lot (and I mean a lot) of unmitigated sh*te broadcast on US TV. You really have to sift through to find the good stuff. I hadn't wanted to say anything in case I upset anyone in the US. However having tried to watch US TV on several visits, I would say that our worst TV on a good day is better than most US TV. Also it seems that "anything" can be advertised, lawyers, doctors, and lots of "wonder medical treatments". Because advertising has to be fair, the adverts spend more time listing the possible side effects of these wonder drugs than they do advertising. For someone who hates TV advertising it is really really bad. I am glad I can come home to bearable TV. I would really hate the UK to go they same way. Long live the BBC and all means. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290775)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #556 Win |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290767)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Donald, whilst I do not doubt you. The tone of Matt's post yesterday did not suggest to me he was aware of any problems at all. Which again I agree is surprising as normally someone at the lab knows as soon, and sometimes before, we do. Unless of course this is just an overload of the system because everything IS working. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290750)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Reader |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1290749)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is what Google say about the site. Don't forget the post is only "hidden" I suspect so it is still really there. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky'sOriginal Cafe - reopened 19th July & fully refurbished
(Message 1290748)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just tried Firefox, same as IE "username and password" Well as John started it I will defer the decision to him. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290747)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting... Yes you are, so am I, isn't that nice :-) |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
stop the bouncing screen saver!!!
(Message 1290745)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: [/quote] Yes it would and if you use your GPU to crunch it is recommended that you turn it off. Most serious crunchers here haven't used the screensaver in years. |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Large backlog for uploading tasks.
(Message 1290739)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If you have a look in the "Number Crunching Forum" you will see several post referring to this problem. Especially the "Panic mode on (77) Server problems http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69498 It is always worth looking there first. |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky'sOriginal Cafe - reopened 19th July & fully refurbished
(Message 1290735)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just tried Firefox, same as IE "username and password" I think that "hiding" the offending post is not enough. Perhaps a new thread? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290727)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Author |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290720)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fiction |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290706)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hardly Planetary Society can do anything... I believe several people do indeed have ways of contacting the LAB, I have left a message with one and am waiting a reply. |
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Number crunching :
WTF is Going On???? One Machine running out of WUs, No Changes...
(Message 1290703)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: what's all the performance data they have for each machine used for??? I don't really think it will make much difference at the moment, downloads aren't downloading and uploads... well you get the picture. Even if you could get work, it takes longer to download than it does for a GPU to crunch. It has always been said that patience isn't just a virtue on the project it is a necessity. Just chill out. Whatever the problem it will eventually be sorted, possibly not today, nor this week or even this month, but it will be sorted. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290700)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Coming up to beer o'clock Bernie :-) I rarely drink before 6pm (except for special occasions :-) ) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290698)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: evidence |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1290696)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is what Google say about the site. Which hasn't stopped the warnings!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky'sOriginal Cafe - reopened 19th July & fully refurbished
(Message 1290695)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Same here when I try to post in this thread in IE. With Google Chrome I just don't get access to the thread! Chrome puts up a warning for me, but you just click "proceed anyway" it lets you in. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290645)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 120 downloads and 110+ uploads not moving even with an application of "retry" Yes but if and when the log jam breaks I can report and upload without bothering to ask for more. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290640)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 120 downloads and 110+ uploads not moving even with an application of "retry" Have set NNT on all 3 machines, no point adding to the problems. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290639)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a brisk walk - Now enjoying a Latte -539 |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290637)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: garlic |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky'sOriginal Cafe - reopened 19th July & fully refurbished
(Message 1290635)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I wasn't getting that nasty warning yesterday!! |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290496)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
The BBC is more than one channel, I assume you know that, and they broadcast diverse programs across BBC1,2,3 and 4. This program was on BBC4, so not mainstream. You might say they are all rubbish, that is your view. But is is BECAUSE they are a public broadcaster that they can and should show all types of programs featuring all types of people with differing and sometimes unpalatable views. The commercial channels would steer clear of this sort of thing as it would not be popular with advertisers. Channel 4 as the other public service broadcaster has enough problems with funding. The BBC has a job to do and it can never please everybody. It is important that there is some form of broadcasting in the UK that does not have to please its advertisers. As I have said I hate adverts disturbing program, they are banal and just grate on my senses. I would gladly pay more so that all channels could be provided advert free. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1290491)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Intrestingly Matt has posted in the Technical News thread http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69594 and seems to be totally unaware that there have been any problems at all!! In fact quite the reverse!! The download servers have been trading off for a bit - we are now currently settled on using vader and georgem as the download server pair. As well, I just moved from apache to nginx on those servers. I think it's working well, but if any of you notice weird behavior let me know! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290478)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: potato |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290441)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cookie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290440)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 496 after the outage win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290398)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 485 WIN! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290396)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Girls |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290391)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: alarm |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1290390)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is what Google say about the site. http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://shetlopedia.com/&hl=en Seems site might have been hacked. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290387)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sleep |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290381)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Day |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290355)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Man |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290354)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it just Rheumy Bernie or something more? I have Iritis. Been using drops for a week, this was just a check up visit to make sure it was on the mend, which it is. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 35
(Message 1290352)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Film |
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Cafe SETI :
Remember the Nez Controversy?
(Message 1290346)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: <-- only one who ever talked to nez. :P Ah yes of course it was aimed at Mike, silly me. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290345)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a fairly quick visit, just less than 2 hours, to the eye clinic. |
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Number crunching :
What exactly is a transient http error?
(Message 1290342)
Posted 2 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI@home uses two download servers, switching between them using round-robin DNS about every five minutes. Yes you are correct in fact.21 gives a faster service, whilst pinging boinc2 I watched it switch from .13 to .21 and as it did so my hung downloads started to move, the ping time for .21 is about 140ms and for .13 it rises to 450ms. |
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Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290228)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The BBC should no longer be licenced, let them earn their living the same way as the others. How could they possibly when all commercial broadcasting has been handed over to Rupert Murdoch and SKY. I know who I would rather have. I would willingly pay extra on my TV licence to get rid of that abomination and hand all the channels to the BBC and Virgin media. Sorry but SKY is after one thing, money. And we have seen how his companies go about getting it. And because of where I live I can't even have Virgin Media |
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Remember the Nez Controversy?
(Message 1290226)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: <-- only one who ever talked to nez. :P Why am I not trustworthy??? |
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Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290221)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One way to find out....tune in to BBC3 tonight at 21:00. You have lived and worked here so I don't consider you a foreigner, you do. Conspiracy Theories abound and none more absurd and sickening than 7/7 So to see these people exposed was something that needed to be done and to rubbish some of these theories IS the job of a public broadcaster. I am glad they had relatives challenge the people and all but one were questioning their beliefs by the end of the program. I had no idea you were in Russell Square. So you realise that getting to the bottom of what happened is important. I was in London that day. Mistakes were made but this program highlighted them as just that, mistakes not conspiracy. At no time did the "BBC" suggest there was any credence to these theories and Andrew Maxwell at all times was clear that he did not believe a word they said. Not an easy program to watch but I have more respect for Andrew Maxwell after seeing this. |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1290204)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: found |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290203)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: so less than 451 to go!! |
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Politics :
Time for the BBC to go?
(Message 1290202)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One way to find out....tune in to BBC3 tonight at 21:00. So you judged the program after 5 minutes? I was going to post my views after watching it all, but you have made your mind up before you even watched it. So no it is definitely NOT time for the BBC to go. I would much prefer the break up of SKY who have brought nothing new to entertainment. |
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What exactly is a transient http error?
(Message 1290168)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI@home uses two download servers, switching between them using round-robin DNS about every five minutes. So the DNS round robin is directing user to an non existent server every 5 minutes? |
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What exactly is a transient http error?
(Message 1290128)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: SETI@home uses two download servers, switching between them using round-robin DNS about every five minutes. Hmm using a lan scan I still see 208.68.240.18 as boinc2 same as 13. A repeated ping to them both shows 13 fails about a third more than 18 and has a ping time around 450ms whilst 18 is around 150ms. 21 returns a fairly regular ping but does not appear to have a dns name. |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1290085)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: keeper |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1290084)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 442 winning |
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Word Link # 35
(Message 1290028)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tracks |
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Number crunching :
Upload server - disabled ?
(Message 1289972)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps the program just "failed" or "ran out of work" This is the description for "Not Running" Program failed or ran out of work Different from "Disabled" Program has been disabled by staff (for debugging/maintenance) |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289966)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Post 430 on a wet dismal Monday morning. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289965)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: holiday |
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Number crunching :
Upload server - disabled ?
(Message 1289897)
Posted 1 Oct 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems to be fixed... all my hundreds of queued uploads went through and most of the downloads are working (albeit slowly but the server is getting hammered due to the completed uploads.) I doubt any one went in and did anything, however the astopulse splitters are no longer splitting. Therefore we can all start to upload and download again. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289873)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Can someone explain WHY 2 of my crunchers (empty of WUs) are getting this message: Not reporting or requesting tasks????????? WTF Perhaps you could post the start up lines from the Boinc Manager log. |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289872)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whether do I still experience it that in Berkeley the homework is made and there is a well-arranged binding to the network? I think you might want to try that translation again. |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289862)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It s because of being Sunday????? They should have someone looking out on the servers. Actually you may find that due to funding restrictions there isn't always somene there during normal work time. It is a shoestring project. Uploads do indeed seem to be flowing again!! Downloads as well!!! |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289846)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Post 412 WIN |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289844)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hitch |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289776)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: path |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289773)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: square |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289689)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tricycle |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289676)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps a minor suggestion... There are many highly capable folks around here: perhaps they can offer their services to Matt & his team: LOGMEIN is a great way (very user friendly) to connect remotely to computers (& servers as well) and see what is going on ... If it's server related or not. However seeing as how last weeks problems were not fixed till the weekly backup, and no explanation was forthcoming, my feeling is there is no one there who knows what is happening, so they won't be logging in or posting info. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289670)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mountain |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289669)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I suspect Matt is not around and probably the only thing being done is the weekly backup. There may be lots of new servers but it would seem that there is not enough to pay for the staffing. And of course lots of new servers should need less maintenance so you can cut back further on staff. I agree but I don't believe Nitpicker has been run for many weeks, I have seen no results posted. As I have said before someone with contacts in the Labs need to find out exactly what the situation is. What if anything can we the users do to help. Donation drives are fine, but isn't it time someone from the Lab made some sort of statement. There are lots of us wanting to know the exact situation. Also of course we are somewhat to blame bigger and faster crunchers demanding more and more work, can the system keep up, what are the exact figures for work loads compared with say a year ago? I have recently been planning to replace my collection of older crunchers with one "super cruncher" there is not much point if these problems continue. |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289666)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello guys, I refer you to this posted by Matt on 26th July It's no real surprise given financial constraints we're operating with a minimal crew here at the lab. In fact, I'm down to working just above half time on average. Lucky for me, though, these hard times coincide with my music career exploding. I suspect Matt is not around and probably the only thing being done is the weekly backup. There may be lots of new servers but it would seem that there is not enough to pay for the staffing. And of course lots of new servers should need less maintenance so you can cut back further on staff. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289663)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: room |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289659)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dinner |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289658)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunday am 388 win |
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Remember the Nez Controversy?
(Message 1289657)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: <-- only one who ever talked to nez. :P Meaning? |
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Michael O'Hare has gone beyond the rim.
(Message 1289653)
Posted 30 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP B5 was among my all time favourite Sci-Fi TV shows |
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Number crunching :
No work?
(Message 1289523)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Started with 300 downloads stalling down to 95 now. Uploads are going through just taking a long time, almost exactly the same as last Saturday night. That lasted till the Tuesday outage. Hope it clears quicker this time. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289521)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #362 Winning after killing a few bad guys. (Pixel type bad guys of course). |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1289517)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #362 Winning after killing a few bad guys. (Pixel type bad guys of course). For those that don't know I am a video gamer!! and this is the latest Too many beers, must have missed the thread!!! |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1289509)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #362 Winning after killing a few bad guys. (Pixel type bad guys of course). |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289505)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The Aquadrome? OK we seem to have a winner of er sorts. It is indeed the Billing Aquadrome. Quite the least impressive place I have ever seen, I thought it was a supermarket or Halfords at first and has a big sign on the M1 junction OK Rob take it away. |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1289502)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Weren't these tested before general release? The ones Apple saw no doubt were, however I suspect most of the millions needed for public distribution weren't assembled with the same attention to detail. Also I know from experience that manufactures supplying parts often change the specs without and reference to the customer. Happened to my company twice on extremely important components. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289497)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Fireball |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289496)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Billing The building in the photo is?? |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289494)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Evesham - no can't be that's the same side of the M40 Now we are getting somewhere so the answer is?? |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289492)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: marionette |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289488)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Stratford-upon-Avon Wrong side of the M40 |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289450)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ok, I thought you meant north of Derby. So we are talking Birmingham, Northampton or Worcester then? Definitely getting warmer!! Another clue I took the photo! |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289443)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Manchester Ship Canal? No. I did say North of Luton South of Derby |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289438)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Famine |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289396)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm seems uploads are now getting caught in the traffic jam!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289391)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: barge |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1289377)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wish I had one of those tonight Mike, but I drank them!! So a choice tonight between a White Lady Or A Bad Elf Yes I know it says "A winters ale" Which one to try decisions, decisions |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289362)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dont see any problems here. Doesn't make any difference today. I have Boinc Tasks open on my 2nd screen and I have 300 tasks in "download pending" for ages. However you "retry" them makes no difference. Possibly 3-4 an hour actually download. |
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This worries me.......
(Message 1289357)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: So this thread has wandered a bit. Lets bring it back to basics. Police were called to a home for the mentally ill. Resident turned nasty and attacked police, police shot him dead. As described that incident could not have happened in the UK because as we have tragically seen recently daily policing does not include the use of guns, and a call to a home for the mentally ill would not in the first instance been passed to SO19. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289352)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while trying not to shoot anyone Well I suspect I will be doing some "pixel shooting" tonight as I have just got a copy of Borderlands 2 Well there's nothing on TV. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289346)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: surf |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289344)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dont see any problems here. And they all downloaded without a "retry"? I have over 300 stuck trying to download since last night. |
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This worries me.......
(Message 1289341)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes and there is the Ministry of Defence Police But as a UK citizen I do not see them as I go about my daily business. I have only ever seen armed police at Heathrow and Gatwick. When in New York EVERY single officer was armed. Did I feel safer in NY knowing every officer had a gun, no of course not, it meant that statistically any bad guy was likely to carry a gun to People are splitting hairs here. The mainland UK police force is not armed and long may it stay that way. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1289330)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The Brakspears looks interesting Bernie, we'll see what you think. Actually a bit disappointing, flavour was well just a bit weak, not one I would buy again. |
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This worries me.......
(Message 1289328)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe that armed police do patrol airports in the UK. |
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Number crunching :
No work?
(Message 1289325)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 300+ tasks trying to download and failing!! |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1289324)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there are apparently two problems: The current 100meg link is nearly always maxed out giving: 5966 29/09/2012 14:48:50 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 5967 29/09/2012 14:48:51 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. and this: 5497 SETI@home 29/09/2012 13:04:55 Started download of 27my12ad.593.150453.13.10.14 5498 SETI@home 29/09/2012 13:04:58 Temporarily failed download of 28jn12ab.30430.51043.7.10.122: HTTP error 5499 SETI@home 29/09/2012 13:04:58 Backing off 7 hr 55 min 39 sec on download of 28jn12ab.30430.51043.7.10.122 These seem to be most of my errors today. Of course if you do actually connect to the servers, because of the high number of tasks being requested, you may get this: 4209 SETI@home 29/09/2012 09:15:51 Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. 4210 SETI@home 29/09/2012 09:15:51 Reporting 4 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA GPU 4232 SETI@home 29/09/2012 09:16:05 Project has no tasks available If as I suspect everything is working as it should in the lab then we may have just reached saturation point. Just look at the top computers and their RAC's most of them must be asking for huge amounts of work to keep 4+cpu's and 3-4 gpu's happy. Of the two problems the 100meg link seems to cause the highest number of errors for me over the past couple of days. While there was a rumor a while back that there were plans afoot to do something about the link, it has gone very quiet of late. |
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This worries me.......
(Message 1289314)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: @Bobby - When a police force is routinely armed on day to day business, then I do think it is fair to call them para-military in nature. Don't mess with the Spanish Guardia Civil, like Chris I was driving in a back road near La Linea in a car with English registration, Suddenly coming the other was was a Guardia Civil Nissan Patrol, as it saw us it, stopped and blocked the road 4 armed officers lept out, two with guns out and proceeded to search the car, on the pretex of looking for drugs. Apparently they do it a lot to foreign cars. It was very frightening at the time. It was many years ago now but that image is still very real. I am still happy I live in the UK. So far our police don't need guns and I hope they never do. +1 |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289304)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while trying not to shoot anyone |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289303)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Naturalist |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289291)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: evolution |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289285)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without rain |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289284)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: gene |
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What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1289250)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Jesper Kyd - Ice From the sound track of the computer game Borderlands 2! Just downloaded from Amazon!! |
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Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1289244)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this was bound to happen. Put the Start menu back in Windows® 8 |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1289237)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: billiards |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1289235)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting no 333 |
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No work?
(Message 1289234)
Posted 29 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Plenty of work here, +1 |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1289038)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bump it a little NORTH.... |
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Number crunching :
Nvidia driver crashes while crunching in Win7 x64
(Message 1289036)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't see any advanced in Control Panel under Win7 x64, advanced might be named something else or just gone entirely and without asking, I'll pass, as 301.42 solves My problems. With pictures |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1288985)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My tipple for tonight |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288976)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A 303 Oh sorry wrong thread :-) |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288975)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pungent |
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Another American Massacre
(Message 1288974)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Four dead in Minneapolis workplace shooting Man shoots own son in 'burglary' |
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Help with dyslexia online
(Message 1288961)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting read. Nice to see technology helping again! OpenDyslexic font gains ground with help of Instapaper You can download it here if interested you can get it as an extension to Google Chrome!! |
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Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1288953)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I wonder if this will have an impact? AMD deal brings Android apps to Windows 8 |
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Technical News :
I'm Here (Sep 18 2012)
(Message 1288918)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There is a "Number Crunching" forum where you can ask questions if you are having problems. Some people are reporting problems, but personally I have full caches on two machines and the third one is just downloading 42 WU's to fill its cache. So it is not affecting everyone. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288912)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A preprandial post |
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Remember the Nez Controversy?
(Message 1288909)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nez? Never herd of Him... I realised that but put the link there for anyone who doesn't know, using your post as a quote. Double sarcasm? |
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Remember the Nez Controversy?
(Message 1288906)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nez? Never herd of Him... A potted history NEZ and SETI |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288902)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Propane |
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Why is BOINC doing this?
(Message 1288890)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Interestingly these batteries are really only used "when the power is off". If the machine is powered on for long periods you can apparently get up to 10 years out the battery as it never does any work! Only actually discharging when the power is actually unplugged. |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288869)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just immensely pleased that you finally acknowledge that one has to be aware of ALL issues within all operating systems/applications. For you & I, we're probably competent enough to do that. However, the majority of home users do not. It should be down to the likes of us to assist them, & not to just tell them to RTFM! Yes that was my point earlier, you can't trust anybody, they are all out to make as much as they can any way they can. I am currently giving free IT training to my local 60+ Club and I make very sure they understand about security etc. I also encourage them to ask about anything they don't understand. I am trying to do my bit! |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288858)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a good day. |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288852)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Balloons |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288735)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: #280 Win |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288734)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: wine |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288726)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Festival |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288725)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Friday morning win |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288721)
Posted 28 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: moon |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288600)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cable |
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Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1288570)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well this article say that drivers on the Victoria, Central and Jubilee lines just open the doors. http://www.railway-technology.com/features/featuredriverless-train-technology/ |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288536)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Post 240 Win |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED
(Message 1288528)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 50,000,000 Credits! Well done Steve!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288525)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: baking |
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GPU applications :
Boinc Seti@home Not getting new ATI tasks for AstroPulse
(Message 1288489)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 9/27/2012 10:04:56 AM | SETI@home | Project has no tasks available Unfortunately that means what it says. When your machine asked for more tasks the feeder was empty, a few seconds later it was probably full again. It seems that at the moment the splitters cannot keep up with the demand. Just be patient and hopefully you will get some soon. I just did!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288481)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dough |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1288429)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: But nobody at berkeley has time to fix it?!? My 3 machines have full caches since yesterday morning. Takes a while to get replacement WU's but supply is currently quicker than crunching so caches stay full. I will admit to a few "retries" yesterday but none have been needed today. So nothing is "broken" just supply and demand :-) |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288420)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 226 win |
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(Message 1288419)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cheese |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1288418)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The skin on the palm of your hand has no color pigmentation. We have a winner.!! Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands. Over to you |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288417)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why you should turn off JAVA now http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/30/how-turn-off-java-browser/ |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288357)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What utter twaddle has this thread descended into considering the subject title! This will be my last "utter twaddle" comment. Unfortunately "WE" have very little say when it comes to software. Unless you are a computer programmer or a least have a deep understanding of the way software is written, you have to trust someone else. Yes even with the many distros of Linux. The average person has no way of knowing who to trust. I would like to apologies to Sirius for making his thread descend into "utter twaddle". |
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(Message 1288356)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: debt |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288344)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No 220 Winning on a dull grey overcast morning. |
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(Message 1288343)
Posted 27 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: society |
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(Message 1288235)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: boys |
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(Message 1288227)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: spice |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288225)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hedge? I wrote it that way deliberately & both you & Chris fell for it. The British Empire is long dead & buried, get over it! Fell for what, a belief that humans should not kill each other. A belief that war never solved anything. You "hedged" the words "Conscientious Objector" because you have been taught to despise them. Cowards and scum, yes? I don't actualy believe in an armed aggressive force no. However a lot of people would probably thing along these lines. "An armed force should be used for whatever the government of the country sees as necessary to protect the security of it citizens. Including terrorism." Not sure what the British Empire has to do with anything, the British Empire was dead before I was born. |
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(Message 1288223)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: donuts |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1288222)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: And PALMS |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1288218)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dipping |
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(Message 1288216)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK the word I typed it CAPITALS were supposed to be a clue!!! MENT PIG could you re-arrange these into a word? |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1288215)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Right, 1/2 way between London and Lake District with canal long boats. Are we talking Shropshire Union or that type of ilk? Didn't say 1/2 way. I would call it central. OK North of Luton South of Derby |
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(Message 1288165)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Will have me one of these tonight: Description on the web sounds good! 8.5% ABV almost twice a strong as my |
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(Message 1288163)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fat |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288159)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Edit: & I can't take you or Chris seriously as in the "good old days" you would have been seen as CO's (& I don't mean Commanding Officers) or those in "Reserved Occupations". My god you can't say Conscientious Objector! Yes I would be one and am not ashamed to admit that I believe as human beings none of us has the right to take another human beings life! If I had to go to prison rather that pick up a gun or other weapon, then so be it. I didn't say that you not being able to disrespect people in high was a good thing it is not, but the Internet has exposed too much and governments need to control it. Our lads & lasses in Afghanistan. Just what has that got to do with our national security? Never said I agreed with that but these are people who sign up for the army, whilst you say "the government expects" these people to lay down their live to protect them. You would not expect them to lay down their lives to protect you if and when the time came. No obviously not. I still cannot believe you had to use CO, and hedged around the point!! Proves what I thought. |
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(Message 1288150)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fine |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1288148)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: True, but I can still be frustated. Well yes. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288146)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after pizza!! |
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RIP Andy Williams
(Message 1288144)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: RIP Andy Williams My 1st wife's favourite singer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19729630 Moon River |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288121)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
Sorry you can't say "wrong" when I am saying I don't take you seriously, I don't so no questions. Also er I thought conscription went out in the 60's so who is "having to" don any uniforms and "die for the government" |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288104)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
Which is sort of the point you don't like it when a member of the government swears at and insults a policeman. You can go on calling people all the names you like as you're free to do. However when ever I hear or see people trying to have a serious discussion resort to calling people silly names, then I find it difficult to take what they say seriously. |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288093)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It will of course be in vain. Within a few years governments will fully control what you can or cannot see. Well no it won't appear that way, court cases will be won, ISP's will lose and we will be "protected" from, porn, viruses, hackers and free films and music. Then without really noticing it will spread to "what is good for the country" and over time people will agree and the "net" we know will cease to exist. Not saying it will happen overnight, but I suspect most of the democratic governments on the "west" would love to control what appears on the net!! |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288079)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It will of course be in vain. Within a few years governments will fully control what you can or cannot see. Possibly, but I was more thinking of "free speech". Being able to call the Prime Minister "Del-boy" and his deputy "Nancy boy" is a freedom I would defend but something you probably won't be able to do in years to come. |
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Independent Scotland
(Message 1288076)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: That was always the case 25 years ago with National Utilities Bernie. As a Level 1 Manager I could claim a flat rate subsistence allowance for an overnight stay away from Headquarters. You could get a cheap B&B for 1/2 that. Later on the Accountants wised up and you could only claim out of pocket expenses backed up by receipts. I realise it USED to happen, I worked for Post Office Telephones before it was BT and even after you got flat rate subsistence without receipts. That was a long time ago and the world has changed. It makes me wonder just how many other "Civil Servants" still have this "perk". |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1288071)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Vic one pic/number only. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH Don't think there has ever been a rule about multiple numbers, as long as the correct one is there, and the person doesn't try to claim more that one number. If you look back you will see most of the threads contain loads of examples. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1288066)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1288065)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like poplar trees. Regents Canal? Little Venice? No, further NORTH |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1288063)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK replay clue "palms" of hands obviously Of course I might have also MENT PIG |
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What am I doing?
(Message 1288012)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There was a great picture of her besides one of the antennae receivers being used by Seti@home. For now, I do not know where that picture is located. Do you mean this one?? |
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Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1288010)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tut,tut Andy. What are you trying to do? Get an audition for Eastenders? I actually believed the police report from the start. Andrew Mitchell comes across as a pompous ass who should be sacked now. |
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Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1288008)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree with Google, for the internet to remain as free as possible (it is a lot more controlled that it should be) they have to stand up against ANY judge telling them what can or cannot be shown. It will of course be in vain. Within a few years governments will fully control what you can or cannot see. |
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China - Is she getting frisky?
(Message 1288004)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I am more worried by the middle east than the far east. |
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Independent Scotland
(Message 1288003)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I will tell you what strikes me is the line "MP's can claim up to £400 a month on food without providing receipts! WHY? When I was working away from home(only time I could claim for food) I had to provide receipts for everything! If I didn't I didn't get paid. I have no problem with MP's claiming expenses correctly incurred but surely a receipt is required to prove you actually spent the money! |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287998)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning #182 |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287995)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Texture |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1287994)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure how agate and spatchula relate. Have a look here: http://www.mpfbrush.com/cms/agate-spatula/ |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1287992)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The lines on an ape's palm run horizontally without curving. The muscles to move your fingers are located in the palm of your hand. Neither is what I am looking for I cannot think of a better clue at the moment. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287990)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lake district? No Not a far north as that. Hmm, lets see, there's a fancy modern building in the background, lots of plastic boats, and a narrowboat. Its a marina on one of the UK's rivers. Bit more than just a "marina" |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1287903)
Posted 26 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so I believe that there is something WRONG, the graph has not been maxed out since it came back yet this morning all my machines had tasks, all backed off for 5-7 hours, and even with retry they my download 1 or 2 but go straight into backoff again why?? If network is not maxed why can't I connect? |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1287811)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My main machine ran out of work due to the "upload" problem, now I have had 6 tasks, all shorties, all done. Oh well see how things are shaping up tomorrow. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287807)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting #167 |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287797)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: table |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287777)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: often |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287770)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: rare |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287769)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting after the outage |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287757)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 156 |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287745)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Italy? Nope To speed things up a bit. It is in the UK!! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1287723)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Citizen Smith is two words which one do you want |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287713)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tooting |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1287696)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry I assumed people realised that as I had not commented in my last post none are so far correct! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287679)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: radio |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287653)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I had a doctors appointment booked for yesterday but didn't realise GP's don't do eyes so had to go to the local eye clinic this morning!! Post 12x12 |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1287651)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear looks like I forgot this!!! I can't think of any more clues at the moment. I will post a clue soon. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287649)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting with one good eye. Seems I have Iritis in my right eye, I have drops to treat it but they make the vision really blurred!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287647)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sail |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287624)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: marina? Once again "marina" is not in the name |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1287622)
Posted 25 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I hope that the guys work out what they didn't get right during the last outage during tomorrow's outage as this past week has been very annoying. Certainly haven't had a problem "all week" just since late Saturday UTC. As there was no fix, or message or announcement on the front page. It seems likely they still are unaware of the problem. If it is "fixed" fixed during the outage it is going to take a while to settle down!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287515)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: duck |
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(Message 1287506)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's after noon in Berkeley and I haven't seen any indication that the fellas in the lab have changed anything. Agree 100% I have had to set all my crunchers to NNT because unless I sit here 24/7 my fastest machine is completing WU's faster than they can be reported and the queue continues to grow. Imagine what it must be like on some of the top 10 machines. I have just done a "ping" check to all the machines on the 208.xxx.xxx subnet I can see, and all of them show packet loss at a level my old company could not have worked at!! PS I wouldn't "assume" that the lab knows anything is wrong, as we know staffing levels are low, so they may actually be no-one there. |
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(Message 1287492)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Energy |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287490)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning 1 to 1 |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287433)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: gas |
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Panic Mode On (77) Server Problems?
(Message 1287353)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Everything appears to work, no problems downloading, reporting and HMM not here! Downloads are as slow as normal but uploads are slower. I have hundreds of uploads waiting, doesn't matter how often I retry, maybe 1 goes through every two minutes. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287349)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yacht Club? No the words "Yacht" and "Club" are not in the name. Although "water" is, sort of. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287336)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, number 1101100 |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287334)
Posted 24 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: From the trees, it looks like Europe. Yes definitely Europe |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287248)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Thanks. My turn OK an easy one for somebody: What is this - and where |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1287199)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One sticky X coming up |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1287134)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lots and lots of posts... Fencing And a Gate! |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287119)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a home made chili. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287083)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Morgan Point Lighthouse, Noank |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1287069)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sheffield Island Light House Norwalk Connecticut? |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1287035)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Temperature |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1287034)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon from a dismal very wet London, not very welcoming to visitors :-( And winter and spring and summer!!! |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1286994)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while cooking!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1286993)
Posted 23 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: falling |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1286754)
Posted 22 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from the the pub! |
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Sign Language II
(Message 1286584)
Posted 22 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure what all the fuss is about. If you don't like the app, just log onto Google maps via browser. Or if you really want you can add it back, in about 2 minutes! Which is what I have done. |
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TLPTPW 172 Fall Harvest
(Message 1286411)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My first win :-) |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1286408)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: POST 645 WE HAVE A WINNER!! Well done Blurf! Over to you. |
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(Message 1286354)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: home |
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Sign Language II
(Message 1286352)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: How dumb is this, I never used the inbuilt "maps" app on my iPad, I always logged on to Google maps!! Which of course I will continue to do. |
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(Message 1286272)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mule |
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(Message 1286234)
Posted 21 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: kick |
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(Message 1285945)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Music |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1285890)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Began |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1285813)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My tipple for tonight: |
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(Message 1285812)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cast |
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(Message 1285806)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: neck |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1285804)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A lunchtime check. We are in the home straight now!! |
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(Message 1285802)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: narrow |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1285801)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's Elizabeth Crichton. Indeed it is, on the Crichton Estate Dumfries. My old company had its call center in one of the old "pavilions". Amazing place. I had never even heard of her before I went there. PM sent. Over to you. PS The "house" in the background is in fact The Aston Hotel where I first ate haggis!! |
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Is there a top limit to credit?
(Message 1285763)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As that list is maintained by Boincsynergy perhap it might be better to post here: http://www.boincsynergy.com/forums/index.php |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1285762)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK this is obviously too difficult. So perhaps a recap and few more clues First, it's Scotland, where the lady in question was born and bred. The "house" in the background isn't a house and never was but is part of why the statue is there. It's use today is commercial. There is a "medical" connection. She was a pioneer in what she did. I took the picture in 2009 when I was working on the site. She used her rich husbands money to do her good works. |
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(Message 1285761)
Posted 20 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stop |
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(Message 1285672)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: prison |
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(Message 1285638)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: nut |
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(Message 1285633)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: core |
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Anyone using IE9 should read this.
(Message 1285550)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
Yes and despite the massive TV advert campaign over here at the moment for IE9, I'm sticking with Chrome. |
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(Message 1285524)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: seek |
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(Message 1285496)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mask |
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(Message 1285488)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: rubber |
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Cameron's First Term: Part 2
(Message 1285471)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If one breaks the rules/laws of one's society, you put yourself outside that society so those rights have been forfeited & one has to suffer the consequences. It's time we returned prisons to what they are meant for, not 3 star hotels. For once I broadly agree with that statement. I would like to see attempts made to rehabilitate first offenders to try and get them back into society. However, whoever shot the two police women yesterday displayed tendencies best kept out of society forever. There are time when life should mean life. This is one of them. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1285436)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One of the Maries? No Elsie Inglis? Any clue as to the house? Not Elsie Inglis, and it is currently not a "house" |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1285421)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Is she Scotish, and is there a medical connection? Yes and Yes |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1285420)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, that Fullers London Porter looks really nice, what was it like? Very good. It scored 100 Here. The first description is pretty on the money. I will be getting some more this week. |
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Anyone using IE9 should read this.
(Message 1285418)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19636382 |
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(Message 1285417)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Barley |
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(Message 1285413)
Posted 19 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
My feelings about death are my own. I however feel that murder is the most despicable crime that one human can do to another. Personally I never have given my condolences to people I do not know. It has NEVER helped me feel any better when I have lost a loved one. I was devastated when I read the headlines yesterday and was unable to come to terms with the senseless loss of life. What I was criticising you for was making a political point over the deaths of two police officers. Say what you like about who you like, that's the freedom you have. Please just you have some respect. There was no need to have a go David Cameron in the same post as "paying your respects". Also you don't know me, you do not know how I live and what I feel. You make a good point about "natives" perhaps we don't always show our pride at being English. Perhaps as a "foreigner" you would mind not running down your "adopted" country so much, leave that to the "natives". |
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(Message 1285279)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A mistress then? Yes |
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(Message 1285266)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: food |
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(Message 1285257)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: carbon |
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(Message 1285251)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for my nightly visit. |
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(Message 1285249)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Prime Minister David Cameron said of the deaths today: ‘What we have seen is the absolutely despicable act of pure evil. You do stoop to the lowest sometimes. Lets blame David Cameron for the death of two police officers. Pathetic. |
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(Message 1285231)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sulfur |
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(Message 1285217)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A mistress then? Hmm no. OK an after outage clue. Statue is in the UK but not England |
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(Message 1285213)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fire |
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(Message 1285134)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: elevators |
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(Message 1285129)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: chairs |
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(Message 1285117)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Broadway |
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(Message 1285098)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: peep |
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(Message 1285092)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well she might have been, but that's not why the statue is there. |
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(Message 1285090)
Posted 18 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stick |
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(Message 1284997)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: flatten |
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(Message 1284947)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 21st December 2012 the fuse is lit? |
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(Message 1284912)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just popping in to check on progress. Still a way to go yet. |
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(Message 1284909)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No, not a Queen |
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(Message 1284846)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Marrows |
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(Message 1284839)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: UK - Yes Elizabeth Fry - No |
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(Message 1284768)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Super |
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(Message 1284765)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No |
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(Message 1284726)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No correct answers yet. I would try and give you another clue but I wouldn't want to PALM you off! |
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(Message 1284725)
Posted 17 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Celt. OK. Who is this and where is it. I have had to "remove" the writing on the plaque! |
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(Message 1284591)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Starship |
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(Message 1284590)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton |
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(Message 1284560)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: State |
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(Message 1284528)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: reception |
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(Message 1284434)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No problems here reporting and downloading slow but that's normal. |
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(Message 1284432)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cylinder |
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(Message 1284431)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Surely the one before next year! |
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(Message 1284428)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope |
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(Message 1284425)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You |
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(Message 1284424)
Posted 16 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Still not what I am looking for. I don't want to have to HAND it to you |
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(Message 1284284)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: We have somehow managed to hang onto: |
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(Message 1284283)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: marry |
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(Message 1284259)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not 404 you need to add... well that would be telling. All I will say is we're past the half way mark!! |
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(Message 1284221)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gear |
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(Message 1284187)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: spinning |
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(Message 1284183)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: box |
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(Message 1284182)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tonight's tipple Ahh very nice, a little sweeter than expected with a hint of ginger. |
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(Message 1284181)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Everyone has a unique tongprint, like the fingerprints. Whilst that is correct it isn't a DIFFERENCE something different between humans and all other primates. |
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(Message 1284114)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Canal |
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(Message 1284048)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Skye |
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(Message 1284047)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Red backsides! No |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1284043)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK everyone seems to have forgotten "odd" fact. It's something you probably wouldn't have ever thought about, but if you ever seen chimps or gorillas you have probably noticed it. |
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(Message 1284033)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: man |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1284031)
Posted 15 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No one correct so far. Chris was the closest |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1283789)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Opposing thumbs? Not really an "odd" fact. So no. |
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(Message 1283784)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: additional |
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(Message 1283779)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: regulations |
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(Message 1283776)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK another thing I learned recently. This time about us ie humans and other primates, there is an ODD fact that set us apart from the others. Please note odd fact!! |
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(Message 1283772)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: act |
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(Message 1283759)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The fact that a single piece of paper, no matter the size, cannot be folded in half more than 7 or 8 times is no longer true as Britney Gallivan has disproved it. |
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(Message 1283699)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My tipple for tonight: |
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(Message 1283529)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moonshine |
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(Message 1283527)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mash |
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(Message 1283521)
Posted 14 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: farmer |
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(Message 1283391)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Doctor |
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(Message 1283377)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure it's better than Win, but it's different and free! One of the reasons I wanted to install a Linux distro on my laptop was to use it on a daily basis and see just how practical it really is. I'll see if I can stay on Mint and not boot to Win. I will report! |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1283339)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure it's better than Win, but it's different and free! Probably the only thing you can't do is play high end games. Why would you pay? And of course it's Minty :-) |
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(Message 1283327)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just what I thought, and mum is at the bottom. Definitely looks like a natural history display, especially with the "writing on the wall" on the right!! |
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(Message 1283321)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: salve |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1283299)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning in this thread but winning after having to rebuild my laptop with a new HDD. Now dual boot to Win7 and Mint 13!! Posting this from Mint |
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(Message 1283297)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Balm |
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(Message 1283185)
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Song |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1283045)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just popping in to see how the ole threads doing!! |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1283041)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK its something an elephant can't do Close enough. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump!! Over to you |
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(Message 1282982)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It can hold a phone to make a trunk call ... I see we are not taking this seriously. OK its something an elephant can't do |
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(Message 1282980)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Python |
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(Message 1282962)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: parrot |
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(Message 1282961)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There's an elephant who painted its self-portrait. they hear ultrasound frequencies with their feet. Standing on 3 feet allows them to get a direction of the sound Both of those conjure up amazing images ;-) However no, although "feet" might just be a clue. |
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(Message 1282951)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems NBC want to forget: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19568377 |
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(Message 1282943)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick reminder, looks like the "Thames Airport" is still on the cards http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19577410 |
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(Message 1282939)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What dressing would you like with your salad, oil, vinegar, Frog? |
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(Message 1282936)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I'm trying and not even winning :-) |
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(Message 1282935)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ship |
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(Message 1282909)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: receptacle |
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(Message 1282856)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bag |
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(Message 1282855)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: African and Asian elephants are the only survivors of the prehistoric times. Not what I was looking for. Think more about the "actual elephant" |
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(Message 1282819)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tat |
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(Message 1282804)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Noting to do with Elephant poo or Biltong! More about the actual elephant. |
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(Message 1282802)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One TV Channel here showed 3 9/11 documentaries back to back. I watched them all. The scenes still have the power to shock. We never can forget. |
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(Message 1282799)
Posted 12 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hat |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1282642)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Do ferrets and trousers mean anything to the rest of the world!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1282640)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wrong |
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(Message 1282639)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A. Two in the front & two in the back. Er no something "different" about elephents |
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(Message 1282623)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well these are the canons: Catholic Church canons Altar wine, or wine appropriate for use during communion, has been defined in many ways over the centuries, subject to certain criteria. The Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church (1983), Canon 924 (emphasis added): §1 The most holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist must be celebrated in bread, and in wine to which a small quantity of water is to be added. §2 The bread must be wheaten only, and recently made, so that there is no danger of corruption. §3 The wine must be natural, made from grapes of the vine, and not corrupt.[4] This means that the wine must be naturally fermented with nothing added to it, and the wine itself cannot have soured or become vinegar, nor can it have anything artificial added to it (preservatives, flavours). Wines are made from Vitis vinifera grapes, generally but not always under clerical supervision. The Catholic Church codified this further in a document, which at one time was included in all Missals published, called De Defectibus, On the defects which may occur during the Mass. One section, IV, was dedicated to defects of the wine. While the Catholic Church generally adheres to the rule that all wine for sacramental use must be pure grape wine and alcoholic, it is accepted that there are some circumstances, where the priest is an alcoholic for example, where it may be necessary to use a wine that is only minimally fermented, called mustum. Had too read the last line twice! it is accepted that there are some circumstances, where the priest is an alcoholic for example, where it may be necessary to use a wine that is only minimally fermented, called mustum. |
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(Message 1282621)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good god, is it 11 years ...... Indeed it is. |
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(Message 1282620)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ferret |
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(Message 1282617)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh I see my turn again!! Interesting fact number 1897a - To do with Elephants!! Ask away !! |
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(Message 1282560)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: a surfeit |
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(Message 1282556)
Posted 11 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: odious |
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(Message 1282430)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: oil |
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(Message 1282408)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: robe |
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(Message 1282405)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Australia? |
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(Message 1282402)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: religious |
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(Message 1282321)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: overdose |
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(Message 1282314)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Drugs |
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(Message 1282283)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah I see Norman doesn't preview his posts!! Time for : Just for a change!! |
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(Message 1282252)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sterilise |
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(Message 1282249)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Steam |
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(Message 1282202)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: broken |
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(Message 1282193)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stare |
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(Message 1282172)
Posted 10 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Love |
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(Message 1282015)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently enjoying: |
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(Message 1282010)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Saint |
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(Message 1281997)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Friar |
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(Message 1281996)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: +1 |
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(Message 1281979)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, Farnborough Airport is only about a quarter of a mile further away from the centre of London than Heathrow is. I was talking about road not as the crow flies. According to Google maps Hyde Park To Heathrow Airport 15.4 Miles Hyde Park to Farnborough 38.3 Miles A is Hyde Park B Is Farnborough C Is Heathrow |
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(Message 1281875)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As a Londoner, I actually live closer to Gatwick than Heathrow, would I consider flying from Gatwick, no. It's is difficult to get to (not counting cars as I would never pay for aiport parking). I just don't consider it a London airport. Heathrow has a dedicated Express train and it is connected to the Underground, not quick but takes you anywhere in London which is important. Even JFK doesn't connect doesn't connect directly to the NY Subway, you have to change and pay again to get the "Air-Train" Like it or not if people are coming to do business in London, they want London, not Crawley, Farnborough or Stansted. Somehow I don't think a new 4 runway international airport in the middle of London would be possible. I think in time the extra runway wiil be built at Heathrow, whatever government is in power they will have to bite the bullet! Of course there is always London Biggin Hill |
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(Message 1281846)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rat |
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(Message 1281837)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Keyboard |
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(Message 1281827)
Posted 9 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Song |
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(Message 1281714)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is apparently a yellow jacket in the US and a common wasp in europe This is a worker bee Wasps can sting multiple times, bees just once. |
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(Message 1281601)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems Farnborough is no longer MOD The civil enclave was operated by Farnborough Business Aviation until 2003, when the Ministry of Defence stopped operations at Farnborough. All experimental aircraft were moved to MoD Boscombe Down; the airport was taken over by TAG. Commercial defence research continues to be carried out in the adjunct Cody Technology Park by research firm QinetiQ.Aviation. |
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(Message 1281595)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Now that would certainly be a beer to add to my collection!! |
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(Message 1281585)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: New beer tonight: A beer made from honey? Sounds and tastes good> |
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(Message 1281575)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aegean |
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(Message 1281573)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The dance of the honey bee is called Waggle, that explaines the name maybe. Correct Waggle Dance |
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(Message 1281571)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why would someone from the U.K. or Canada give a crap about what's happening here in the U.S.? Of course whatever happens in the US will have NO effect on Canada or the Eurozone economy. Sort of shows just how out of touch you really are. |
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(Message 1281560)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: New beer tonight: Very sweet with a slight bitter aftertaste, also quite strong, creeps up on you. |
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(Message 1281557)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mythology |
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(Message 1281552)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yeah I see that ...... but as an ongoing post from smalls ..... hmmm Could I have said larges? Er possibly not, not a dictionary word, however Larges :-) |
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(Message 1281506)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Relax |
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(Message 1281505)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mediums ????? As in "contact the dead read your palm" mediums |
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(Message 1281503)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: trance |
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(Message 1281459)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Laundry |
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(Message 1281420)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: filthy |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1281406)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Money |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1281392)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: doctor |
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Number crunching :
nVIDIA Cooling Fan Performance!
(Message 1281349)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Might be better to link to and English language one rather than Thai No it is the Thai version your link has "th" at the end. While it may have installed in English it is always better to install your local version of any software. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281346)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: painful |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1281343)
Posted 8 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The cigarette lighter was invented before the match? WE HAVE A WINNER!!! The cigarette Lighter was invented in 1816 by German Chemist JW Dobereiner. The match was invented in 1826 by English Chemist John Walker. |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1281198)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Both Matches and Lighters use friction as an ignition source. Also probably not actually true. OK I don't think anyone is close so. Think Matches. Think lighters, then, think chicken and egg. |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1281189)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oops...How did I gots HERE? No Tribble at all |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1281145)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I hope my hint helps out in the photo game. Er well hasn't helped me :-(( |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281143)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: promontory |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1281126)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gibraltar |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1281124)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I'll have one too, or should that be two too. |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1281122)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: We use matches an lighters to light our cigarettes. Well yes whilst true NOT counter intuitive. |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1281120)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Joe South - Games People Play RIP |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281103)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: world |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1281102)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Matches are better for the environment than lighters. Er possibly but still not what I am looking for. Matches - Yes Lighter - Yes What is the most BASIC fact you might think about them. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281098)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: order |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281049)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nullify |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1281023)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: All this winning going on this early!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1281020)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Space |
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Number crunching :
nVIDIA Cooling Fan Performance!
(Message 1281008)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Might be better to link to and English language one rather than Thai http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia-system-tools-6.08-driver.html |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280998)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Battleship |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280997)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure that is true. However you are starting to think along the right lines, |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280993)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aeroplane |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280973)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's less unhealthy to light your cigarette with a lighter than with matches. Not the fact I'm looking for but contains another word from my answer! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280970)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Archaeology |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1280969)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think this will be my tipple tonight Bad King John - A Very English Black Ale!! 6% ABV |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280951)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Shovels |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1280937)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: @Bernie "Winning with a beer...." Well not sure they export much, it's from a small brewery in Kent called the Old Dairy, and this Hop Top is the beer in question. It is 9% ABV about twice as strong as normal pale ale. Very fruity but for such a strong beer very refreshing!! |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280933)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ace |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1280932)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Does it have anything to do with birds? |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280930)
Posted 7 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: None of those are what I am looking for! OK I see I need more clues. Recap - At first glance the answer seems backward It has nothing to do with the effects of smoking The word "lighter" is in the answer New clue It has nothing to do with weight. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280790)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fountain |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280779)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Soda |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280761)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: acidic |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280758)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: aromatic |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1280752)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, Mike has to take the prize there "Anticlinal trap" I had to look it up!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280750)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hydrocarbons |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280738)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Drum |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280724)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Strings |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280719)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Guitar |
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TLPTPW 171 Let's have a beer!!
(Message 1280718)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Celt Thanks for the win I have a target, let the posts begin |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280716)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pick |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1280714)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Canada? |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280696)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a beer |
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Word Link #34
(Message 1280688)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: elastic |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #34
(Message 1280682)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: keyboard |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1280676)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bladder |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280673)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A postprandial win |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1280672)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bean |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280646)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No However "lighter" is in the answer |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1280643)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: baby |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280641)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: er light en |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280627)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Waiting while winning? |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280606)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Err I see everyone has given up!! OK maybe I need to lighten the mood!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280603)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while waiting.... |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1280599)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
Well I'm guessing either roast raccoon, or roast Davy Crockett |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280581)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win-ing |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1280574)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: America? |
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Cafe SETI :
First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1280571)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Long Time before STAR TREK or UFO : Raumpatrouille ORION Well actually exactly the same year as Star Trek 1966. See Here And Here And only 4 years before UFO see Here |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280567)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Laugh |
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Cafe SETI :
First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1280554)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Reminded me of this from the brilliant Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Money In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altarian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. It exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Nigis are not negotiable currency, because Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination. |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280553)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without big cats... got a little one.. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280552)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: teeth |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280512)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lemmings |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280510)
Posted 6 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before wo... Ahh no don't do that anymore |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280422)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while wondering if "Diners Drive in's and Dives", "Man Vs Food", and "Heat Seekers" are really pushing the boundaries of modern TV. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280418)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win? |
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Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1280410)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha hurtling uncontrollably into space. The series was the last production by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and was the most expensive series produced for British television up to that time. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280401)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Or perhaps ... Now |
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Politics :
Free speech
(Message 1280396)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To illustrate: How many people have called our sitting President illegitimate - the birther controversy? I suspect you would be considered a bit strange, then if you continued to press you point, you would probably receive a visit from the local police fore. If you managed to get the newspapers interested. Well who knows. I still believe unless you were suggesting the Queen should be tarred and feathered you would be seen as a bit of an eccentric. There are plenty of stories of Queen Victoria and the presents Queens late mother being illegitimate. In the USA I can burn the Stars and Stripes in front of the White House. It actually is not illegal to burn the Union Jack, there was talk of making it so but in never happened. Also not in northern Ireland republican/nationalist do it every day. PS Actually having thought it through all you would need to do it put the story on the internet, Until the USA crack down on that any story is world wide instantly. As we saw recently over certain "royal nude photos". |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280390)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280374)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning is a myth! |
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Politics :
Free speech
(Message 1280364)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: For those that have never actually read the 1st amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280336)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: indolence |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280312)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Autumn |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1280265)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cabbage |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1280249)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cooked |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1280248)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
Yes I did notice, wouldn't have wanted too drink to many of them. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280243)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pungent |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1280242)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer o' clock in 4 hours... Austrian rum, that's a new one on me!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280228)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: smoke |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280201)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Zloty |
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Politics :
Parents role in Education ?
(Message 1280186)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: [quote]Children of unmarried mothers of any race are more likely to perform poorly in school, go to prison, use drugs, be poor as adults, and have their own children out of wedlock. I think the subject should actually be "single parent". You are quite right about marriage. I don't think for one instance that what is meant here. It is single parent families where the father of the child has little or no contact. At least that's what I took it to be. |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280185)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Clue This is not about the effects of smoke or smoking. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280182)
Posted 5 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dollar |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280064)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Earth |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280046)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: School |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280040)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Baggage |
5671)
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1280031)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh do they? Nope! |
5672)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280027)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Trunk |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1280014)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am currently drinking this Old Dairy Brewery Hop Top. It is rather nice, please note the 9% ABV. This is the description from the bottle: "Munich and Cara malts combine to provide a malty foundation which is overlaid with vast quantities of American hops. The beer is infused with stunning tropical fruit flavours and aromas, neatly balanced by a refreshing bitterness" Has nice friendly bovines on the label. Has a really heavy fruity flavor. PS you will need to like grapefruit!! |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1280006)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting after the outage. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1280005)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fall |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1279946)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: We all know you do Ulibelle. Couldn't let my 'ol mate Bernie get away with that one :-) You seem to have a few to many http's. Is this what you meant Rules |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279939)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Smoking makes you look cool and hard. That is a matter of opinion, I'm after a "fact" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279929)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Platform |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279925)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK time for a little hint. The fact I am looking for is much simpler and required no "studies or research" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279924)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: train |
5681)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279919)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Donkey |
5682)
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279918)
Posted 4 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Smoking does less damage than living inside the M25? Er might do but not likely, and not the fact I was looking for. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279814)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: spinning |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279794)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: wrap |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279787)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: under |
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Number crunching :
What Motherboards are you using?
(Message 1279742)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: All quite old but 2 of These And one of These |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279738)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Game |
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Cafe SETI :
Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1279708)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I had hoped my little devil smiley at the end made it obvious it was a bit tongue in cheek, especially as it was Chris. |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279706)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes there are but the one I am looking for is counter intuitive |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279705)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Toys |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279696)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: However not the fact I am looking for |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279681)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Spice |
5693)
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279668)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sprout |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279667)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK an interesting fact that has to do with smoking. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1279655)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No wonder I don't post in that thread, no-one sticks by any rules, they make them up as they go along .... I do hope that was in jest, I have always stuck by the rules as do most of the regular posters, some others get "carried away" at times but we soon bring them back into line. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279625)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: kernel |
5697)
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1279624)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after work. Short day? |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279616)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Syrup |
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279614)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I can see i've picked something with too many right answers. No I picked the clue up (which is why I posted "eggs" but as I was the winner before I didn't want to hog the thread:-) OK so I need to come up with one! I will have lunch and consider! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279577)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: School |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1279576)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why was the count to thread closed when it was only 10698! I use Chrome and all pictures show OK. Firefox also OK, IE fails to show some pictures. Must be some default setting as I never use IE so haven't look at the security settings. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279574)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: University |
5703)
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279573)
Posted 3 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Er Chicken? |
5704)
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279423)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Boy |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279420)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sea |
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Politics :
So, what do we, as a nation, do about Obama?
(Message 1279418)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think calling him a dictator is an insult to all those oppressed people in the world who do live in a dictatorships. If the USA was a dictatorship, you would not be posting here and you would not be allowed to say that! Bush started a war and Obama is the dictator..OK |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1279415)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why was the count to thread closed when it was only 10698! Can't claim multiple numbers in one picture!!! |
5708)
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279414)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tract |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279410)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: biscuits |
5710)
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279398)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hard |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1279396)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Free |
5712)
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Cafe SETI :
I learned something new (game)
(Message 1279393)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Eggs |
5713)
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1279215)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Julie I can now tell you it tastes good too. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279206)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sheriff |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279157)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: forest |
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(Message 1279152)
Posted 2 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: termite |
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(Message 1279011)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cottage |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1279000)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lady |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278994)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: time |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278990)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: watch |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278979)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Band |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1278978)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Julie Have you come across St Stefanus Beer? |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278956)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Green |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278930)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Donkey |
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Number crunching :
What is happening to my credit?
(Message 1278922)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It also seems on the 12th August your machine got a different identity. Unless you have 2 identical machines one of which stopped connecting on the 11th August and the other which was created on the 12th.The old host has Vista 64, the new host Win 7 x64, So it was an upgrade that was not mentioned and would have had an affect on RAC |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1278913)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tent of Tomorrow, New York Pavilion, 1964 New York Worlds Fair, Flushing Meadow. We have a winner Over to you. |
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Number crunching :
What is happening to my credit?
(Message 1278905)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It also seems on the 12th August your machine got a different identity. Unless you have 2 identical machines one of which stopped connecting on the 11th August and the other which was created on the 12th. The "new" machine would have taken a little while to build up RAC as it now has. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1278901)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I believe it was an exhibit at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair Possibly, but what was it called(it does have a name) and exactly where. Further hint I took the photo. |
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Beets Give Us A Caption #47
(Message 1278806)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I can see it fine. Anyway caption; "I don't know these buses always seem to come along in pairs" |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278804)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cantankerous |
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London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1278779)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I suspect it was a "jobsworth" and ordinary steward not a politician or a LOCOG organiser. Someone in higher position would have realised that what they were saying was at some point going to be viewed as discrimination. I think there is still a long way to go before everyone "treats other people, regardless of race religion, ability as they thenselves would wish to be treated". |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278758)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bones |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278728)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cat |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1278726)
Posted 1 Sep 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well lets see Is it a stadium? - No In New York? - Yes |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1278493)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Still slow but I have filled my cache and both machines are uploading, reporting and downloading. |
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Number crunching :
Offline PC got new NVIDIA GPU WUs!
(Message 1278491)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well whatever it is it has a quad AMD and 4 GTX 260's and is running 190.38 drivers, released July 2009!! So I might have expected at least 1 wu returned by now!! |
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Someone stole my computer (desktop).
(Message 1278420)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Your machines last contact was: 24 Aug 2012 | 10:34:37 UTC PS It is not a good idea to put your complete e-mail on a post these boards can be seen by anyone. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278345)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: strong |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1278342)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19438776 |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1278302)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: LOL!! Speed drinking |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278258)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ailing |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1278256)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps to remind people of the established facts 1 - It is America somewhere 2 - It was used but has been abandoned 3 - New clue 1940's to early - 1980's already abandoned. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1278205)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps all those "beery" discussions should really have been done here! I'll make sure in future not to hog Callhan's And to liven the proceeding I will post a picture of the "End of History" beer, on second thoughts too many people here like small furry animals. |
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Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1278193)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Most of them are just trolls,trying to get you wound up. Chris Think you missed the last one "give them all the attention they DESERVE" |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1278190)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting in a virus/trojan horse free thread... Vic it's what the red X is for! |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1278172)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 60% proof or 60% ABV? No 60%ABV 120% proof. It was brewed to be the strongest beer in the world as the record holder at the time was "End of History" at 55% ABV and served in dead animals, I won't post the picture. End of History |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1278161)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well apparently it WAS the strongest beer in the world till this came along Yep "Start the Future" is 60% proof Apparently every time a brewery comes out with "The strongest beer in the world" another one makes a stronger one!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278149)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mansion |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1278148)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Does that say 40%?? That's as strong as the Jack Daniels I just brought, I certainly wouldn't try to drink a pint of that!!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278124)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Calendar |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1278123)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bacterial cells in the body outnumber human cells many times over. Huh much too easy, should have expected you would know!! Your turn!! |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1278122)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Does that say 40%?? |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278119)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ash |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278085)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: disease |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1278082)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No only 11:48, unless you are on European time |
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Are followers of Fahion Crazy
(Message 1278079)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Love the last line " Alternatively, you could fashion your own using a McDonald's takeaway bag and a biro." |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1278072)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a clue? Chris is sort of right, timeline is wrong. |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1278069)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I learned something about the human body that seems just wrong! What could that be. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1278067)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Blue |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1278065)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: This is annoying, I switched to MSE as both Avast and AVG want to install tool bars in my browser. Whilst they are easy to stop, because they try and do that I won't use them. I did try AVG from another machine and even went to the website with AVG and it reported nothing. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1278047)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Typical, I just started to crunch 2 on my GPU so it now gets through work faster than it can download them!!! 150 stuck downloading. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1278024)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Does anyone else get a virus warning on my image "10679" in the count to thread. Vic PM me that he does but none of my machines, using different AV's do. The site the picture comes from is for "Fake Ray-bans" whether that is the problem. If someone could try and let me know. Thanks Bernie |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277985)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lonely |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1277984)
Posted 31 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK will need a little while to come up with something challenging!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277800)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1277793)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pizza Friday I think!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277790)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hear |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1277785)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1277767)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hope they are not the frozen fish stick. Not a healthy food! |
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New London Taxi
(Message 1277749)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No but TX4's have crossed the pond!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277699)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Speak |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1277698)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparently there is a new word PHABLET Yep something that is too big to be a phone and to small to be a tablet computer!! |
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New London Taxi
(Message 1277690)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I remember from my visit to London that cabs were these antique looking cars. They were cosy to sit in. Well this is the latest TX4 version Did you know there is apparently no rule that say they have to be black, they just are!! |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1277688)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep really messy when they drop it on the floor. |
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Gold
(Message 1277645)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What ID didn't answer a question I am shocked! |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1277643)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chris - Could well be!! skildude - wrong continent. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277642)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Divide |
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Unguided or not?
(Message 1277624)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not even tempted to red x. I believe you have the right to express yourselves. Actually "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" Was Evelyn Beatrice Hall who wrote a biography of Voltaire and used that phrase to illustrate his beliefs. |
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Offline PC got new NVIDIA GPU WUs!
(Message 1277617)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have 12 inactive machines on my list that date back to 2007 and none have ever revived a task after deactivation. |
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Was the past more sensible than the present?
(Message 1277604)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just finished watching an excellent 2 part documentary from the BBC.... Indeed it was the FIRST jet bomber, flown by air forces worldwide. |
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Was the past more sensible than the present?
(Message 1277585)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I saw the same documentary, part two was about airliners. The Vickers VC10 which was retired from passenger use in 1980. Still holds the record for the fastest subsonic (ie not Concord) crossing of the Atlantic from London to JFK. It was pensioned off along with the British aircraft industry because BOAC (BA now) liked the Boeing 707 because it could carry more passengers, despite Vickers having built the VC10 to BOAC's specification. Britain was great once and we we first in a lot of fields. Sadly no longer. |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1277563)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 50 Free TV channels. I thought that I was hard done by only getting 50 or so free TV channels (I can't get sat or cable due to restrictions by my leaseholder). 10 Channels doesn't seem many in this day and age. |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1277547)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I really really really mean it this time. OK but how do I know I am not suppose to read it unless I do, oh look now you've made me post too. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1277544)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Right possibly not as easy as I thought. Spaceport - no Madison Square Garden - No - Right Continent |
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New London Taxi
(Message 1277531)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Does that mean cheaper fares? As I believe the Taxi owners/drivers pay for the fuel, possibly not. The new taxis will cost more than the old FX4 but will be more fuel efficient. So I suggest getting in a London cab and asking the driver, as he will probably be making more money in the future if he would mind if you don't give him a tip!! |
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Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1277507)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go: Rochefort 6 (red cap, brown beer, 7.5% ABV). Reddish colour, brewed only about once per year, representing approximately 1% of total beer production. Rochefort 8 (green cap, brown beer, 9.2% ABV). Yellowish-brown colour, with more fruits and a slight amount of Demi-Sec. This variety constitutes the largest proportion of production. Rochefort 10 (blue cap, dark beer, 11.3% ABV). Reddish-brown colour. (Phew) |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277505)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: decision |
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I learned something new (game)
(Message 1277477)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Stone of Scone. Moved between Scotland and England? |
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Gold
(Message 1277474)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here's and interesting article and if true, well I'll let you draw your own conclusions!! Why Gordon Brown Sold off Britain's Gold on the Cheap |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277446)
Posted 30 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: film |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277328)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: butterfly |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277320)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: boulder |
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Another American shooting
(Message 1277318)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Because it seems a large number of Anericans will defend their right to carry guns so that they can bring the Government to justice if needed. I apologise if I have contribute to your thread going off topic. But I was trying to understand why gun control is such a important topic for Americans. I would be quite happy for my posts to be moved or deleted. I do agree however that a red x would be better. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277310)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: blues |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277300)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: song |
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New London Taxi
(Message 1277299)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes specifically built for safety and emissions and "the NV200 is claimed to offer "50 per cent" better economy than today’s most economical London cab" Also has room for a wheelchair. And sockets to recharge mobile phones!! Nissan are also working on an electric version. Apparently the NV200 is also the default cab in Toyko. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1277263)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My tipple tonight |
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Number crunching :
MSI 760GM-E51 (FX) Mainboard no good for BOINC; can/will fry at 100% use (admitted by manufacturer)
(Message 1277231)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Doing a bit of Googling I came up with this on another board when someone asked what the warning was all about. They put that warning there now because last year when Gigabyte came out with their top mb an overclocker put a video up of one frying when it was brand new going into burn in. The issue at the time was that during burn in or over clocking with the new digital vrm you could pull more power than the vrm could supply and cause them to burn out and catch fire. Some vendors had to run new bios code that would not let the end user pull more power then the mb could give. The parts on a mb are rated for some overclocking but in a burn in test your maxing out the ram..cpu..video and power supply at 100 percent max. Sometime doing that can be harder on the mb then what it rated for. Apparently done so they don't get sued when someone tries what they saw on u-tube and gets injured. |
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Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1277221)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Got some wu's. Of course that won't actually download!! But it's a start |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277217)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Love |
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New London Taxi
(Message 1277216)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: So from next year London will get a new Black Cab the Nissian NV200 So from next year New York will get a new Yellow Cab the er Nissian NV200 Not sure how that happened but all power to Nissan, not sure it's a good thing Worldwide Taxi domination!!! |
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Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1277183)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cricket starting to look better. Task pages seem normal Perhaps the end is in sight |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277174)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: call |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1277157)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK nice easy one from me: Exactly where is this and what is it. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277153)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tree |
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Computers & Technology
(Message 1277149)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I mean a car has 4 wheels and a motor. how much basic can you get. Or one of these!! So a car has err between 1 and 6 wheels and at least one motor!! |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277136)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Runner |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1277135)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Silly thing was I found the reference with my first search days ago, but it didn't look right!!! OK give me a moment or three to find a picture. Watch this space |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277104)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: knife |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277078)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Diary |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277066)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fly |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1277059)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally it is just elbowed into second place by the Hobgoblin |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277058)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277048)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sun |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1277047)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just took this pic myself a selection of beers I have tried and will be trying |
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Number crunching :
Anyone else not getting work???
(Message 1277030)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: There seems to be a problem at the server end, you can get work but is is sparse and slow going. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=68636 |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277029)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: hanger |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277021)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: poncho |
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TLPTPW 170 – Let’s all cheer for needle day!
(Message 1277020)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a nice ..... Steak??? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 6
(Message 1277018)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you kind sir. Bit early here to imbibe but I will raise a glass (or two) later. |
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New Fire house.
(Message 1277015)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: When I first saw the thread it had no posts, didn't realise you could create an empty post |
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News :
New AstroPulse applications for GPUs.
(Message 1277011)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Firstly it is best to post questions like this in the Number Crunching Forum. I can only see your desktop machine attached to your account, however you should not worry as Astropulse work units should not normally be sent to Nvidia cards, this was a problem at the server end and has now been rectifed. A GFX470 should not have problems with regular work units, laptops on the other hand do heat up quite easily. I have mine on a cooling pad, works a treat. Bernie |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1277004)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: headland |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1276980)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: island |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276948)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree with you Chris about mixing up issues. However Intelligent Design seems to think that when the public find out what has actually happened to the gold, basically it has been sold so may times as to be worthless, the citizens of the US and UK will/should rise up against the governments that let this happen. The UK citizens will lose the fight as they have no guns, however the USA citizens will stand a better chance of winning as lots of them have guns. As I said earlier I would not like to be present in either scenario and it will probably send the "civilized world" back a few centuries. |
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New Fire house.
(Message 1276942)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ??? |
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Another American shooting
(Message 1276833)
Posted 29 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK if I accept some of what you say there is still something that is bothering me. Apart from the fact that as a pacifist I could never believe in a "Just War" perhaps a "Necessary War" but never "Just" I heard a phrase many years ago that sums up my feelings, it was from a radio play written by Ray Bradbury "creatures of the light that we all are do not bring darkness to others" Sums up how I feel. I am however confused about the gold. I assume you mean that the UK and US SOLD gold to China and Brazil, then sold it again to other countries. So when China and Brazil turn up with bits of paper saying they have X amount of gold owing, it isn't there because it has been sold more than once. If China and Brazil had lent us the gold then we have twice as much money as we sold the gold twice so we then buy it back once and return it to the lenders. I am trying to keep it simple because I don't understand high finance. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1276818)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just getting "project has no tasks available" here. |
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Mystery Photo Game 33
(Message 1276788)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Foxton Inclined Plane Museum Foxton Leicestershire?? |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1276762)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: followed |
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Number crunching :
Gripes and Kudos II
(Message 1276760)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: snip but the Server status said over 300k were ready Server status is a snapshot that updates every 20 minutes, there is a time for the snapshot top left. Depending on when the snapshot was the data you are seeing could be up to 20 minutes old. |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276757)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think perhaps I am starting to understand. In a country that does not have personal gun ownership, like the UK, if the government no longer has the confidence of the people and civil war ensues because the population do not have access to guns they are easier to defeat (providing the armed forces stay loyal) However in somewhere like the USA where gun ownership is high if a civil war happened the population would stand a better chance of achieving their aim due to having guns and training. That of course is an oversimplification, and their are a lot of variables. It would seem from what I have read that Americans defend their right to carry guns, not to protect themselves form each other but from a corrupt and dictatorial government. Interesting, not sure which country I would prefer to be in should this happen. Food for thought. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276749)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stuck |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1276709)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: arrested |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1276682)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Is it still a dollar for Romulan Ale? You have to watch out if your not quick enough it throws you into the fireplace. |
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News :
Bug in server affecting older BOINC clients with NVIDIA GPUs.
(Message 1276676)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To Boong. You might want to post this in the Number Crunching forum where there are lost of helpful people. This is a specific thread about a server bug that affect older Nvidia cards and has in fact been solved. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276657)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sports |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276651)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I see all the helpful post about US debt and China, but I thought Intelligent Design specifically mention the UK as having "borrowed" gold from China and Brazil, melted it down (yes I know this is getting silly) and sold it. Now China and Brazil are going to come and take our children in payment.(don't you just love the politics forum :-) ) If this is not the scenario hopefully ID will be able to explain exactly what he is on about, because I sure as hell don't have the faintest idea! |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276647)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: severe |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276602)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ID. the debt to China is not in gold. They loaned us dollars and that is how they will be repaid. The Chinese understand that I am surprised you don't. You have said noting in this thread other than vague ramblings which I am sorry I don't really understand. Could you please point me to maybe an internet, link, article in a newspaper or book I can read which will give me some understanding of what the hell you are talking about. All I seem to get is the UK "borrowed" gold from China and Brazil and don't have it anymore to pay back. So because the government cannot pay back, Chain and Brazil will demand the money from UK citizens to pay this apparently massive debt or will then declare war on the UK. Because surely if a country is totally bankrupt the only way to get your money back is to invade and take it over. Would that sum up the scenario. IF so then being a complete pacifist I will obviously have to live under whatever government exists after this war, if I survive. Not sure why you mentioned having to sell our children. |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276500)
Posted 28 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: You have not answered my question. What will you do when you find out for sure your own government has lied to you? What will you do when China or Brazil comes a calling for the gold your government does not have? Sell your children into slavery? Sorry but I haven't answered because I haven't got the faintest idea what you are talking about. Or what it has to do with this thread. PS All governments lie |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276452)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pope John Paul II forgave HIS would be assassin. That is his right as the offended party. That does not mean "The Church" sanctions the carrying of guns for self defence. In fact this article states the Catholic Church policy is "to impose a strict control on the sale of handguns and small arms. Limiting the purchase of such arms would certainly not infringe on the rights of anyone." So no GOD given right to defend your family with a gun. |
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Number crunching :
Gripes and Kudos II
(Message 1276446)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: What is the exact message? Also when the demand is high you just have to keep on trying, although I sometimes have problems my cache is currently full and staying that way so you shouldn't be having trouble at the moment. |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1276445)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To life! May it continue to surprise! <Smash> |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276420)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Florence |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276379)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: line |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276377)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Title of this thread is "Another American Shooting" My apologies if I have been involved in hi-jacking it to war/anti war thread. However, I never got a proper answer re the "God given right" Sorry but "thou shalt not kill" cannot be turned to "thou shalt not kill except if your family is threatened" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276371)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bait |
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Cafe SETI :
What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1276331)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Everybody's on the Run |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276302)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: We do have the God given right to defend our selves. This starts at the one and moves out to the group called like minded Country. You most certainly do not have a God given right to defend yourself. Most religions I know would suggest "turning the other cheek" You have a right to defend yourself, but it is not "God given" |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276297)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: liar |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahans Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1276291)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As Donald noted in another thread Callahans was not where it used to be. It is here now. A dollar in the tin, drink in hand, step to the line. To friendship {{smash}} Drinks are fifty cents, a dollar includes the glass. Most people pay the dollar. "Pain shared is lessened. Joy shared increased." The mountain behind the bar is Mike. Time Travelers:strictly cash. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1276202)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Travel |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1276201)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Think "hindsight" is the wrong word! too many companies including gov offices have jumped on the premium rate bandwagon. I suppose that's one way for phone companies to cover their pensions for their former employees without reducing their bank balances. Actually with most premium rate phone lines the majority of the income goes to the company or person setting them up. BT levies a charge based on the number of incoming calls you receive. Remember I worked for a company who's whole business plan was based on revenue from premium rate phone lines. Granted BT do take a cut but it is by no means the lions share. Or of course Virgin and Cable and Wireless and any other registered telecom provider That sounds like a rather discriminatory comment to me, are you suggesting that disabled people are abnormal? A very unfortunate choice of words, able-bodied would have been better, as would "require less room". And in any case what has that to do with tickets? Not sure I see your argument here, Chris has pulled you up for suggesting that the use of the word normal to describe non disabled people was discriminatory and you cite "political correctness". It's not "political correctness" to see disable people as normal it's pure common decency. I assume you didn't quite understand what Chris was saying, I also assume you don't view disabled people as "abnormal" |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1276185)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: chilli |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1276141)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: mushrooms |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1276136)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Intelligent Design, I understand the concept of the right to carry arms, but all your quotes are historical and I don't believe most of the people who made them could have foreseen the age we now live in. Of course there is an old quote that you could have possibly used Thou shalt not kill. I am not at all religious yet that seems above all the most important commandment. We do not have the right to take a life. |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1276134)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry can't agree with that at all. Tickets can be ordered online BUT disabled people can't, they have to use a special number which is a premium rate number - that says it all! Sorry I didn't explain myself very well then , because that is what I thought I said. LOCOG wanted to give disabled people a chance to "talk" to someone to explain in detail their individual requirements. Using an 0844 number was the mistake. As Chris said it is only a premium rate number from mobiles. As I said perhaps the question in this day and age should be why is it up to 14p from a land line but 41p from a mobile. LOCOG definitely made a mistake, but I have still yet to see any "proof" of "LOCOGS greed" as your original post suggested. Personally I have absolutely no interest in the Olympics or Paralympics but from what I have heard and seen most people and other countries think LOCOG did a reasonable job. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1275993)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Big Game Hunt in Essex?? |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1275989)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The human race is a violent species. It invented many ways to kill other species and itself. If the only weapon available is a club, humans wishing to commit violence will use a club. If a large bladed spear and a club are the only weapons available to humans wishing to cause violence they will use whichever does more damage. If whatever is available does not do enough damage humans will invent something that does. Banning guns outright in somewhere like the USA is not the solution. Keeping weapons out of the hands of humans wishing to commit violence is. This requires a lot of money spent on research and community health programs that can help to spot potential offenders. Most "western" economies don't have that sort of money to spend. According to statistics the USA does have the highest number of guns per capita but is not the top of the table for gun deaths per capita. Now the eight countries that are above the USA are possibly considered "third world". Interestingly Canada which also has gun ownership, is down at 21, one below Switzerland, which also allows gun ownership, remember this is deaths per capita so the population size is not a factor. And where is the good old UK - 36 with a figure so small it, almost off the chart and only Singapore and Hong Kong below. Conclusions? |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1275971)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night LOCOG said it did not make any revenue from the phone line. It is unknown if Ticketmaster, who handles the ticket sales, makes anything from the calls. The one thing that drives, crooks, business, banks and politicians is money as we have seen recently. Little thought is given to their money grabbing antics until they are made public. Oh yes made public by a media that is as underhand as the worst criminals. However until LOCOG are exposed as having "sold" the rights to Ticketmaster at an inflated rate and some of that money "went astray" they are currently just seen as not very business like and a bit slow in realising that forcing disabled people to use a changeable phone line to reserve tickets for the Paralympics might just be see as discrimination. Personally I believe it was a misguided attempt to help people out, and the charge from a land line is only between 1-14p per minute. It is of course from mobiles where the charges become absurd. but that's a different debate. The story has moved to the front page of the BBC news web site so I am sure we will see more on this. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1275952)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: software |
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Cafe SETI :
DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1275937)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK it's a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, which normally means "silly season" in the press Elvis Underpants Cheap parking space? Must be a slow news day |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1275904)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps that should be "Inanimate objects do carry out or commit crime" Because this lot certainly seems to" Cause" a few crimes And how about this lot |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1275900)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night LOCOG said it did not make any revenue from the phone line. It is unknown if Ticketmaster, who handles the ticket sales, makes anything from the calls. No sure if approval for Ticketmasters to make a profit at disabled peoples expense can be call LOCOGS greed. LOCOGS bad decision, LOCOG being stupid perhaps. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1275739)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: diodes |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1275737)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last night LOCOG said it did not make any revenue from the phone line. It is unknown if Ticketmaster, who handles the ticket sales, makes anything from the calls. From the article you linked to. So you should really change you comment to "Despicable Ticketmasters greed at work again". Doesn't really have the same impact though does it. |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1275698)
Posted 26 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: On my 4th Newcastle Brown Well I do believe I had 5 and guess what no headache, no hangover. Of course they were spread out over several hours with food in between. Strange how as I get older alcohol seems to have less bad side affects |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1275484)
Posted 25 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: On my 4th Newcastle Brown |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1275483)
Posted 25 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Crossing |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1275279)
Posted 25 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: nuts |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1275278)
Posted 25 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: We invented the gun, it won't go away, there is no way to legislate it out of existence. Guns will ALWAYS be available unless all gun manufactures worldwide are closed down and all stocks destroyed. Not going to happen So we have to introduce laws we feel fair, but we will have to live with gun-crime. Some countries more than others, it is a fact of life and death. There are no easy answers. |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1275062)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whether it would have been as deadly if guns were not available is another question. But with poisons or explosives, it is possible that your target, in this case it seems one individual, might just escape. There are few better weapons for direct killing than a gun. Even the mass killers recently used guns to kill most of their victims. Of course it's the chicken and egg situation here, if the bad guys didn't have guns or knives would the good guys need them to protect their families. In the UK no one can legally own a gun to do that. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1274977)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: chocolate |
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Politics :
Another American shooting
(Message 1274975)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: From the description, this appears to be a one on one murder. Ex employee returns to "take revenge" on person who he believe got him laid off. Whether it would have been as deadly if guns were not available is another question. It seems some of the injured may have been hit by police bullets. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1274949)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: happy |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1274840)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: winter |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1274819)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Autumn |
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Politics :
Duplicity at work
(Message 1274817)
Posted 24 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The problem quiet simply is The Internet In a "free" country you can view any page even if that subject is illegal or banned in your country unless blocked by your government, which in this case would have been way too late However if there are local laws that would ban publication of said material then they should be observed until they can be changed to keep up with the internet :-) The internet will eventually make all the "privacy" laws completely invalid, unless they are exactly the same in all countries. Or as I suspect most of the supposed democratic countries will impose draconian restrictions on ISP's and heavily censor the content we are able to access. It will happen slowly, I do not however expect "blue" sites to suffer. I suspect there is more control than people realise even now. Bread and Circuses my friend |
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Number crunching :
3Rd computer set-up
(Message 1274541)
Posted 23 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Can I recommend on of These I use one all the time, of course the better the fans the cooler it stays! :-) |
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Number crunching :
BOINC not create file
(Message 1273947)
Posted 22 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The video card is Radeon HD4290 with latest driver avalaible. Which has an "Integrated ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4290 GPU" According to THIS Not an ATI person so don't know if that will work. But if Mike say it won't, it won't |
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Number crunching :
SETI Hardware Fundraisers (With Big News Inside)
(Message 1273692)
Posted 21 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a daft question. "The 10Gbit switch will become part of a very high speed SETI spectrometer to be deployed at the Greenbank Telescope." I assume that this helps SETI@Home in some way? Because there is no explanation as to what this does. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (76) Server Problems?
(Message 1273246)
Posted 20 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: For me uploads are fine but totally unable to report, scheduler time out |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1272069)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lift |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1272066)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Black hole can be counted as one word for this surely, because 'Black' or 'Hole' wouldn't have made much sense. Er no black hole is two words, and it was agreed one word only. And no black or hole would not have made much sense, so you needed a single word that would. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1272063)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: service |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1272035)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Council |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1272027)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: toilet |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1272011)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Utopia |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271991)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Birthday |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1271966)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Personally I have yet to find a link that Google couldn't answer. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271963)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Writer |
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Number crunching :
I am getting errors from my GPU-tasks. Is CUDA to blame?
(Message 1271959)
Posted 17 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a question... about 3-4 days ago my computer and BOINC went Bonkers! I was running 10 tasks mostly Cuda's. My system has 4 Cores (AMD) and one Nvida 260. How can that happen?? Most of the units that downloaded took about 2 seconds to download which is not normal and when they finished there were computation errors. I shut the system down and restarted, they were doing the same thing even after that. See Eric's post before yours. |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1271761)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Head |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271758)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Answering |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271752)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: London |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271746)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Balkan |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271742)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Island |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271738)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hidden |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1271729)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Note to players of the WORD Link thread No explanation of the word is necessary, if the word is valid Google will tell all :-) |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271727)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Deadly |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271722)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tomato |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271715)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Condiment |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271629)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: natural |
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RIP Harry Harrison
(Message 1271611)
Posted 16 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19270109 The Stainless Steel Rat was a hero of mine |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1271458)
Posted 14 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I see that what I said in post 1259754 has been backed up by the comments of Wing Commander Peter Daulby in the Guardian Works for me, it only takes you to the page the post is on, you have to scroll to find it. |
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Number crunching :
Upgrading the garage cruncher. Help!
(Message 1271453)
Posted 14 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Corrected Link CUDA Enabled Processors |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271427)
Posted 14 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: chocolate |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271306)
Posted 13 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: steak |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271174)
Posted 13 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fingers |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271100)
Posted 13 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: singer |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1271081)
Posted 13 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: whale |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270923)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: marine |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270861)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: second |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270852)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Nominate |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
SETI server backing off downloads problem
(Message 1270795)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No I suspect a lot of crunchers don't want "one at a time" Obviously this is so much better, 27 tasks started. |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270779)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: big |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270775)
Posted 12 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ball |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270588)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: barn |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270578)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Night |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270553)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moon |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270544)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: car |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270412)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: charge |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1270397)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone who is silly enough to use an ipad or an iphone deserves all they get. They are designed from day one to harvest personal details so that the marketing boys can more accurately target their most likely profitable customers. WOW!!! And he was talking about Android phones not Apple. I have to admit having both iPad and iPhone for some time now, when does the marketing start? I am not aware of being bombarded by Texts, adverts, or e-mails certainly not from Apple, or in fact Google and I have given Google lots more info that Apple ever had. Android phones are much more likely to harvest data randomly as the market is wide open, Apple keep control of their apps(for their own ends no doubt). I have an Android phone also, which as yet hasn't started to bombard me with marketing either. I have a Hotmail account, and a G-mail account both kept pretty spam free. I have no axe to grind with any of the big companies, you have to keep your wits about you. |
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Web site :
SETI server backing off downloads problem
(Message 1270209)
Posted 11 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One at a time helps when the server is overloaded. A few at a time optimizes band width when it isn't. So are you saying that it is Boinc that works that way and ignores the project that made Boinc possible? Is there no way to make Boinc download one task at a time, then move onto the next? Not sure what the B in Boinc stands for then Seems shortsighted. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270180)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's worth a try WIN |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270166)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning just plain winning |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1270161)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes hardly any buses lately. Buses are more friendly than Lego :-) |
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TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270155)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh the Moon sounds a little colder than I would be comfortable at!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270147)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Gee, are you still all here? Now where else would we all be? |
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Web site :
SETI server backing off downloads problem
(Message 1270137)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One at a time helps when the server is overloaded. A few at a time optimizes band width when it isn't. Totally agree, however isn't the server overloaded most of the time and isn't that the point? After being on holiday I have just restarted 2 of my crunchers, one is currently trying to download 22 Wu's all at different % of progress. Why doesn't ONE complete BEFORE moving on to the next 21. There are another 11 that have not started, why, what is the magic formula that says how many can be downloaded at once. |
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Politics :
Camerons First Term
(Message 1270128)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't think it's the "special relationship" just think it's a case of "Oh look what the Americans are doing" I am not political, just think that most ideas good or bad eventually filter across the pond. These day we lack originality. |
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Cafe SETI :
John Clark - continued
(Message 1270120)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Really depends where you were dragged er brought up. Whilst my parents would have pronounced "scone" to rhyme with gone, once I failed my 11+ and went to a "secondary modern school" most of my class mates would have called it a bun. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1270113)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I have decide I officially hate LEGO how high do those numbers GO!!! |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1270107)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quite simply if you don't want anyone to know something about you don't put it online, use a fake ID never give your real address or e-mail and never enter your bank details on ANY website. In short don't use the internet. In the world we currently live in that is the ONLY way to ensure your privacy. Every company out there MS, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Facebook etc... need as much info as they can get and WILL stop at nothing. I have come to accept this and ignore all my own advice. :-0 Hope it won't come back to bit me. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270104)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's currently 30C-86F in my living room. Started up 2 crunchers today after my holiday, the other 3 will have to wait!! Yes but as the temps were higher in NY it feels just like home :-) |
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Politics :
Costa Coffee Gives Up
(Message 1270103)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not so -- there are a LOT of Starbuck wannabees out west. Probably so but none I was able to find in NYC and as a Latte lover I was trying hard!! :-) |
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Politics :
Camerons First Term
(Message 1270101)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It's finally happened! The lunatics have taken over the asylum! Sorry old news already happens in US we just copy what they do http://www.inquisitr.com/180576/us-prisons-turn-to-call-center-jobs-for-inmates/ |
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Politics :
Costa Coffee Gives Up
(Message 1270097)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Interestingly these "coffee shops" seem to be a slightly "English" phenomena, in New York recently the ONLY place that didn't just sell "coffee" was Starbucks, every other cafe, deli, restaurant, just serves filter coffee. Most of it a bit dire!! Give Totnes a break :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1270094)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's currently 30C-86F in my living room. Started up 2 crunchers today after my holiday, the other 3 will have to wait!! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1270091)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: It seems you boys have problems with pics. Lot of little red x boxes lately. Go on holiday for a few days and see what happens! :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 33
(Message 1270090)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: unit |
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Word Link # 33
(Message 1270070)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fact |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1270014)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ale |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1269985)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: connoisseur |
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link # 32
(Message 1269980)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: toast |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
SETI server backing off downloads problem
(Message 1269975)
Posted 10 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps Andrzej simply means why does Boinc (or SETI@Home) try and download 8 WU's at at time and therefore have 8 waiting and backing off. Why not just one WU, wait till that has downloaded then move on, if say 10,000 PC's are asking for work then 80,000 WU's are trying to upload. I am sure there is a reason for this it just seems odd. |
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Number crunching :
Hotmail to Outlook
(Message 1269716)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As far as I know, the ****@hotmail.com address will continue to work even after they switched to Outlook.com I realise that but did not like the screen layout at all |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1269715)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: communicate |
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Politics :
UK Riots
(Message 1269682)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |It's a positive start. It is. As someone who was there I hope it leads to more. |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1269663)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Around our patch we see quite a few greys, as the native reds have long been out-competed. Scotland is the place to find reds now ... Or the Isle of Wight |
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Number crunching :
Hotmail to Outlook
(Message 1269646)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: FYI I stupidly clicked on that link (which I have removed for this post) now my "hotmail" defaults to "outlook" which I hate! How do I go back to the much superior "Hotmail" Note to myself, never click on a link before examining it!!! Phew there is a setting to "revert" but you do have to look for it Another reason to want out of Microsoft's empire, why did it not ask before automatically setting my account to the new Outlook |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1269612)
Posted 9 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: aggressive |
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Cafe SETI :
Mornington Crescent
(Message 1267520)
Posted 4 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: YANK!! Just for that Pelham Bay Park |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - 168 Summer arrived
(Message 1267507)
Posted 4 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a train to Boston! |
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Mornington Crescent
(Message 1267373)
Posted 4 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Howard Beach |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1267372)
Posted 4 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Berkeley |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1267230)
Posted 3 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Enterprise |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1266805)
Posted 2 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Very hot sunny 86F 30C in NY Thank goodness for aircon!! |
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Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1266800)
Posted 2 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Before Chris forgets which thread this is, as I just walked through a hot sunny Central Park here in NY, thought I would post a couple of critters I encountered Turtle in the boating lake; And a squirrel |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1266575)
Posted 2 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: athletic |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1266574)
Posted 2 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Torrential rain several times here in New York. I had to buy an umbrella!! |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1266382)
Posted 1 Aug 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: owing |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1266289)
Posted 31 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: West |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1265945)
Posted 30 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I'm happy to carry on to 20000, should make it more of a challenge. |
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Politics :
London Olympics - what a waste!
(Message 1265907)
Posted 30 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Blimey Norman, what's come over you? That's the best post I've ever seen you post..... That' just a cut a paste, it was written by Neil Clarke http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/48215/danny-boyles-britain-being-dismantled-brick-brick |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265839)
Posted 30 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: regulations |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265673)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: theater |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265653)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: emotional |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1265646)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK it was just a suggestion, I didn't start till around 331. On to 100,000 !! :-) |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265637)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tantrum |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1265611)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: With the Count to 10000 thread less than 50 away from it's goal (having been extended once)what is the general consensus as to it's future. I personally suggest either a pause or a return to 1. Your thoughts. |
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Cafe SETI :
First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1265605)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Err George who? |
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First words to a visitng alien?
(Message 1265454)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: "Klaatu barada nikto" :) Tells you how old I feel, I naturally assumed this one To me the definitive and superior version. |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265453)
Posted 29 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: find |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265209)
Posted 28 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wonderland |
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Number crunching :
2012 - 2013 Marathon Pledge Drive
(Message 1265171)
Posted 28 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dear Bernie Vine, Thank you for your gift to: SETI@home We received your gift of $50.00 via Visa on 07/28/2012. Your confirmation number is 96573. |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265161)
Posted 28 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tributaries |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1265016)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: socket |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264984)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: base |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264956)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: peace |
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Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1264883)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I was only sharing a funny advert, didn't expect it to turn into a discussion on the benefits of real milk!! :-0 |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264831)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Federation |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264815)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Whisky |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264803)
Posted 27 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hops |
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The Sandpit
(Message 1264691)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if I have posted this before, but Sirius B's thread and my impending trip to the Big Apple reminded me. The Sandpit by Sam O'Hare The two main effects used are "stop frame" (it is lots of still pictures) And Tilt Shift |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264657)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Monks |
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Feeling queasy?
(Message 1264656)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually I do suffer form vertigo very badly, to the extent I find it difficult to play video games where height is involved like Tomb Raider or Batmam Arkham City. Yet as these are stills I can look with no problems at all. Strange? Great pics! |
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Raccoon Update XIV - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1264650)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if this TV ad is just aired in the UK, but always makes me smile: Cravendale So I thought I'd share :-) |
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Cafe Games 3 - How off topic can you be.
(Message 1264577)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: and how hot is that in normal temperatures? About 26.5C |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264422)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mass |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264357)
Posted 26 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: transformer |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264216)
Posted 25 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: load |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264212)
Posted 25 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bush |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264170)
Posted 25 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: oil |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264132)
Posted 24 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: granted |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1264027)
Posted 24 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: blade |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263875)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: China |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1263843)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263805)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: books |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263767)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: guide |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263674)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: celebration |
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Do You remember Apollo 11, 43 years ago?
(Message 1263601)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: a colony would require air tight vacuum proof building, that would also be able to be insulated against the extremes of temps found on the moon, plus the lack of an atmosphere like on earth, plus how do Ya make a concrete foundation in a vacuum? Water & a hard vacuum don't exactly mix, on Mars water boils away cause of just the low pressure alone... Well there is the ISS And whilst it not on the moon and was assembled in orbit, it is air tight and has to deal with extremes of temperature. I believe that if we can build that we can and should have a colony on the Moon, and be looking to Mars. The problem was that once "space travel" became an "everyday" thing the public got bored and governments cut funding. I wonder how many of you (without checking) could tell me how many astronauts and their nationalities are currently aboard the ISS? (I couldn't) With the world in the state it's in too many people call for money to be spent on more "Earthly" problems, probably without realising that a lot of groundbreaking technology came about because of the space program. [/soapbox] |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263596)
Posted 23 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lucifer |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263434)
Posted 22 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Monk |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263425)
Posted 22 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bad |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1263311)
Posted 22 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rob, please explain..Minnie and Paris. Perhaps THIS |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263044)
Posted 21 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dane |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263040)
Posted 21 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: lakes |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1263028)
Posted 21 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: arm |
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Number crunching :
Has anybody else noticed the change to the message boards?
(Message 1262879)
Posted 21 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure, maybe old version of IE, (6, yeah I know, I know) and haven't gone thru any changes of the config files to try to correct it. Just brought the forum up in Firefox 3.6.28, and it doesn't do it there. Weird, must just be an IE issue, prob because it's support has pretty much faded. Oh well, at least now I know it isn't the site, it's me. One thing I did notice when using FF, when going back into the same thread with that one, it didn't take me to the last read post like it does in IE. Weirder and weirder.. :) Chrome is the same as FF. Makes me wonder if some of the problems people seem to be having are due to their browser and or settings. For me I have hardly noticed any difference, forums still behave as they have always done. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1262876)
Posted 21 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ^^^ (Pictures, count to xxxxx) But the legos I personally love. I wasn't suggesting banning Lego sets, just not consecutive pictures, it's more of a challenge if you can't post the same thing post after post. As I have said just my suggestions. |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262719)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pains |
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Number crunching :
Has anybody else noticed the change to the message boards?
(Message 1262707)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Right now my biggest gripe about it is that when you go into a thread, scroll down to read it, and then hit back to go to the main forum page to check out another one, it 1st takes you to the top of the page, then you have to hit back again just to get out of that thread. It def bugs me, even if it's not a 'bug'. There are other issues that others have expressed, which I agree with. My opinion on the matter is that whatever was done to make things easier for those with limited bandwidth or teenie tiny mobile devices is fine, as long as the vast majority of users who those limitations don't apply to, can set it to work just as it had, by going thru and re-configuring it. IMO of best practices, (much too late at this point to do any good), was to put in the changes to make it better for those mentioned above, and allowing _them_ to change _their_ configs to make it work better for them, while not p*ssing off the vast majority of users (who now have to scramble to try and make it work somewhat like it used to), by leaving it just like it was for those users. Just my .02 on the topic. Interesting, for me if I scroll down to the bottom of this thread and then hit the back button it takes out of the thread back to the main forum page, just like it always has. I wonder what is different for you? |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262654)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: start |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262651)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: skip |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262611)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ice |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262564)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sand |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1262489)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ships |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1262488)
Posted 20 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I notice we are getting close to the end of the extended counting pictures thread. We extended it once and we seem to have run out of a large number of different subjects to pick from. I have stopped posting recently for other reasons. I enjoy this thread and think when it reaches its current goal it could return to "1" as it is a while since its been there. As to the picture content, perhaps a rule that if the last post was a car number plate - knitting pattern - lego or whatever, the the next picture should be different, something I try to do anyway. Just some thoughts Bernie |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1261216)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I go with you on this one Bernie, but Julie is the OP, so its her call. Indeed, it's just my 2 pence worth. OK just seen latest entry, I know when I'm beaten :-( |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261202)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Route |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261194)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: alternating |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1261193)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes but it's more of a challenge. For instance, Silent Films, as it was proceeded by Chaplin, either silent or films could have been used, both is overkill. IMHO. |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261188)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stream |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261147)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: saucer |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261144)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fiction |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261108)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ghost |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261088)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: screen |
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Word Link # 32
(Message 1261069)
Posted 16 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: software |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1260848)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK could I ask for a cease fire here, I actually like to check this thread for any intelligent comments/discussions about cafe games. Having to sort through 15+ post of rubbish does not fill me with joy. Could you not start a separate thread for this? |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260832)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: rodent |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260813)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: biscuit |
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Number crunching :
Fast download happening.
(Message 1260629)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I'll stick with deleting WU's that take more than 2 minutes for downloading. Sometimes that means all of them. And that just sends your errors up and will limit the number you can download |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260627)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Aquatic |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1260599)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: To be fair I would have said the same thing. And why multiple words for the last few posts. Or is this an anti-anti tilde protest? I thought it was "WORD" link, single linked words. I may be wrong as I have never seen the "rules". However it is really not a challenge to post more than one word. Looking glass tree, should have been just Tree, that would have got people thinking and is exactly the point of the game. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260591)
Posted 15 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cake |
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Politics :
Can we really trust the software we use?
(Message 1260257)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have just "googled" myself and the first 7 results were me!! This is because I have a Facebook profile and I use my real name on these boards. I have also posted some photos elsewhere, but is is quite scary. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260246)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: undersea |
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Number crunching :
Fast download happening.
(Message 1260229)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My temporary solution when I'm in front of computer: every WU that will take more than 2 minutes to download is deleted from the list. Which probably explains why you currently have 74 errors listed. |
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Do we need to create continuing threads anymore?
(Message 1260228)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Since the new change to pages means that the threads do not load nearly as much data at a time, we may not need to create Part N threads anymore. Well it's back, so as that was the only problem I had all is now perfect (I have always used newest thread and post at the top so I didn't actually see any other changes). |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1260227)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: vessel |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1260224)
Posted 14 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: The tilde is unnecessary. Exactly |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1259965)
Posted 13 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: father |
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Number crunching :
Windows 8 Release Preview now available
(Message 1259953)
Posted 13 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Only problem is that it's not picking up my D-Link Sharecenters atm.... so got some reading/playing around to do. My machines running Ubuntu and Mint can access my Windows Home Server files without any config. Just went to "browse network". |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1259748)
Posted 13 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: sugar |
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Cafe SETI :
Do we need to create continuing threads anymore?
(Message 1259744)
Posted 13 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Since the new change to pages means that the threads do not load nearly as much data at a time, we may not need to create Part N threads anymore. Didn't notice the "preview" missing, what is missing is not being able to see the thread you are replying to without opening a new window. |
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(Message 1259740)
Posted 13 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bitter |
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(Message 1259590)
Posted 12 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: barley |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1259511)
Posted 12 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: stamp |
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Discussion of Cafe games #4
(Message 1259510)
Posted 12 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I admit to using the ~ but it felt wrong. If a word is not an obvious match I google it and have only found one time when I could see no link. I like the change. |
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Help.... I messed something up.
(Message 1259163)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Also now forums very very slow!! |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1259162)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bird (Vic you have been asked to stop using the ~ symbol) |
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Help.... I messed something up.
(Message 1259119)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Another BROKEN feature needed for the word game. Also useful in the "count to Thread" I wonder if these as " side effects" of other changes and not changes in themselves. |
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Help.... I messed something up.
(Message 1259115)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As I have found many times, the people writing the code are very often not the ones using it every day. Still I suppose it's their board they can do what they like. |
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Politics :
TSA Petition
(Message 1259038)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As much as I take issue with the mere existence of the TSA, not just the way they operate, I think this belongs in the Politics forum. I agree |
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Help.... I messed something up.
(Message 1258889)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangely, I noticed no difference at all. I have always had mine set at 75, I have newest post at the top and "Jump to first new post in thread automatically" ticked, so until my attention was drawn to the fact I had not noticed. |
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Help.... I messed something up.
(Message 1258843)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mine is set at 75? |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1258835)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Goddess |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1258807)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: (long ~) Silver |
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Photography critique.
(Message 1258799)
Posted 11 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here's one I took at Flushing Meadows Wold Fair site last year, it was an experiment taking it into a cloudy sun, but I like the result. The statue is called The Rocket Thrower [/url] |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1257462)
Posted 8 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My feeling is roughly the same as Mike, if people like them they will be there if they don't then they will drop down the list and fade away. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1257460)
Posted 8 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: spout |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1257456)
Posted 8 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Heavy rain today. 15C If it carries on like this could upset Wimbledon, I am only about 10 miles away. |
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Starting a new game, attempt 2.
(Message 1257160)
Posted 7 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 2. Each poster may add one word. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1257018)
Posted 7 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Carrier |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1256990)
Posted 7 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: butter |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED
(Message 1256968)
Posted 7 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 9 Million for SETI!! |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1256567)
Posted 6 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: smell |
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TLPTPW - I may never win again....
(Message 1256394)
Posted 6 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Square post |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1256384)
Posted 6 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: goal |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1256383)
Posted 6 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Apparently London & the Southern UK is set for torrential rain. In the last month they forecast this two times for London and nothing happened. My electronic weather station records Barometric pressure at 997 millibars with a forecast for getting brighter. A look out of the door shows just a cloudy sky, so I am going to ignore it. Well it's only a "Be Aware" alert for the southeast so probably nothing more than we've had already. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1256112)
Posted 5 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Back(to the) |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1256060)
Posted 5 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hat |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1255870)
Posted 5 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: microscopic |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1255397)
Posted 4 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: zigzag |
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(Message 1255192)
Posted 3 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: head |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1255014)
Posted 3 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Summer |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1254988)
Posted 3 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: machine |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1254977)
Posted 3 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: year |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1254731)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Crystal |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1254728)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I suppose the problem is the multi cultural nature of these forums. While the UK, the US and Australia share a common language we do not share common backgrounds or daily experiences. However I have noted that some posters to whom English is not their first language do manage to post logical progressions. So probably the best way forward is to go with Nicks suggestion, if we don't understand a link come here and ask!! I know I will. |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1254626)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pane |
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Word Link # 31
(Message 1254622)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Shop |
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Testing BoincTasks mobile or iPad and Android.
(Message 1254502)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I will add a retry Thanks |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1254487)
Posted 2 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think we need some rules for the Word Link. Cane-Depressed-Lithium?? What the!!! |
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Number crunching :
Anonumous host throwing only errors, 3223 right now
(Message 1254354)
Posted 1 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I note that the top 5 on the list are not anonymous, as the thread states and that number 7 is a top 20 participant. I could well be on your "hit list" as I had a problem with my main machine a couple of weeks ago. This thread should be about machines that are causing errors that affect the science, NOT just because it upsets someones RAC. If task are returned late, marked invalid or error, fine, they will be re-sent. As a result of this thread I am hiding my computers. I do not want people to see what my machines are doing thank you. |
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Testing BoincTasks mobile or iPad and Android.
(Message 1254337)
Posted 1 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Working OK on my iPad2. Only problem is no "right click" on pending tasks to "retry" would have been useful today :-) PS Looks good!! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1254333)
Posted 1 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Vic (or anyone). In word link I am struggling to find any link between CANE and DEPRESSED |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1254210)
Posted 1 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cold |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1254082)
Posted 1 Jul 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1253693)
Posted 30 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bath |
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(Message 1253662)
Posted 30 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer |
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(Message 1253313)
Posted 29 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: telegraph |
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(Message 1253229)
Posted 29 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: probation |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1253138)
Posted 29 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: steal |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1252708)
Posted 28 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: risen |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1252639)
Posted 28 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: upset |
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S@H Cook's Corner 2012....................
(Message 1252637)
Posted 28 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have to say that I did not expect my humble Chilli(or not depending where you reside) to cause so much discussion:-0 I realise it is not authentic (I had it in Spain once totally different), but it is southern, well, I do live in South Croydon Just to say it was great and I will probably have the second bowl tonight!! |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1252628)
Posted 28 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: laughing |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1252540)
Posted 28 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: listening |
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S@H Cook's Corner 2012....................
(Message 1252226)
Posted 27 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I would like to point out I do not consider myself a "cook" of any worth. However as I am currently a "person of leisure" I decided to do a bit of home cooking, my favorite beef and mushroom chilli and took some pics as well Start here; The basic ingredients Cook! Makes enough for 2! Serve with you favorite tipple sour cream and flat bread. Enjoyed!! Have to admit I never thought I'd post in the Cooks thread :-0 |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1252063)
Posted 27 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: FOR SALE. No thanks already got some! |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1251746)
Posted 26 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: steel |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1251568)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: NOT winning when British Airways is telling me "Don't Fly: support team GB" Comes to something when an airline tells you not to fly. Well BA I am flying to NY but with your main competitor! |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1251483)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: abolished (Rather a lot of "A" words! :-) |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1251284)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Broken |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1251277)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Finished |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1251276)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon from somewhere in between!! |
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Let Them Eat Cake!
(Message 1251274)
Posted 25 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1250962)
Posted 24 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Doctor |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1250681)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Enterprise!! |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1250591)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ƃnınnÄ±Ê Yea rubbish generator ƃuıuuÄ±Ê É¹ÇʇʇÇq s,ʇÉɥʇ Êou |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1250581)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ƃnınnÄ±Ê |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1250511)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Border |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1250506)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a train! |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1250442)
Posted 23 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: minor |
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Number crunching :
Windows 2000 the last gasp?
(Message 1250147)
Posted 22 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been running this machine as a cruncher since Feb 2008. It is a CCTV machine at my local hospital radio, to keep costs down I built it myself and installed Win2K. It has run ever since quietly in the background building up a little credit along the way. This week I decided to remotely check to see if everything was OK (I haven't actually seen the machine for over 2 years) I just happened to check the connection; Up-time over 18 months!! On Windows?? It would seem so, then I realised MS no longer supports WIN2K, so no more updates and reboots!! Of course it also meant that the virus software was also no longer supported, nor was the next one I tried, finally found one that did work. Sadly I had to reboot the machine to install it!! So whilst it has served us well for that last 12 years I suspect Windows 2000 will start to fade away soon. IMHO it was on of the best OS's that MS came up with and I for one will be sad to see it go. What do you think? |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1250078)
Posted 22 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: down |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1249907)
Posted 22 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bow |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1249902)
Posted 22 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been using MS Security Essentials. Before that I had Kaspersky but I didn’t like it. Then I would suggest that if you are getting viruses whilst surfing, MS Security Essentials is not doing it's job. In my opinion any decent antivirus these days has to be able to warn you about bad web sites. |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1249585)
Posted 21 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: river |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1249561)
Posted 21 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Count to 10,000 part 91 Celt, don't you have Anti Virus and/or a malaware scanner. My anti-virus, warns me before I go to a "dogey page" I use AVG, but Avast is good too. |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1249124)
Posted 21 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: indulge |
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DON'T POST IN MY THREAD THREAD
(Message 1248991)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cafe SETI |
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TLPTPW - Who will get an Olympic win?
(Message 1248926)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Congrats Chris. When the Olympics is on in London, I will be... In New York!! No interest in sport and no reason to stay in London. |
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Number crunching :
Apologies to wingmen
(Message 1248923)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry but my main cruncher has just trashed 200+ wu's 4489474 Not really sure why but have set NNT till I have a chance to look at it. |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1248724)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: circumstance |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1248658)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: War |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1248651)
Posted 20 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Earth |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1248460)
Posted 19 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: picture |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1247924)
Posted 18 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Red ~ |
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Number crunching :
Error while computing
(Message 1247892)
Posted 18 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: kept pushing the power button on my machine to try and get it to come on (it was on, its just very quiet and the monitor was on another source) so there was a lot of powering on/off, does this cause errors? Yes that can certainly cause errors. Also one of the quickest ways to corrupt/kill a hard drive. |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1247889)
Posted 18 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Electrical |
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Word Link #30
(Message 1247148)
Posted 16 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Titans |
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TLPTPW - The buttons are too small.........
(Message 1246980)
Posted 16 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Eek! It's an evil Penguin... ;) If a lifelong windoze fan such as myself has installed Linux.. The penguins win !! |
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TLPTPW - The buttons are too small.........
(Message 1246971)
Posted 16 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on Linux!! |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1246968)
Posted 16 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: blunt |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1246893)
Posted 16 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: English ~ |
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List your plans for the Summer
(Message 1246556)
Posted 15 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quit work (Friday the 15th) OK step one, quit work today!! Now to chill!! |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1246555)
Posted 15 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: permanant |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1245559)
Posted 13 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: meaning(of) |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1245556)
Posted 13 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tree |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1245098)
Posted 12 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Court |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (75) Server problems?
(Message 1244746)
Posted 11 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Matt posted: Our entire building suffered some wild power fluctuations early this morning, affecting many projects including SETI@home. This is completely unrelated to power issues from a couple weeks ago. Despite losing some hardware all of our services are recovering. Worrying phrase " Despite losing some hardware" |
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TLPTPW - good health to all 05-06-12
(Message 1244716)
Posted 11 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Back to winning!! |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244523)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: geometry |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244484)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Circle |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244473)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Delta |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244461)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thames |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244412)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Punishment |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244357)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: lead |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244333)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moving~ |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
Picking up work
(Message 1244328)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Of you computers, this one has 3: 6688994 This one has an Astropulse: 6685632 And this one has one that was abandoned: 5567192 |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244326)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Shooting |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244300)
Posted 10 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: omnivorous |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244169)
Posted 9 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hotel |
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List your plans for the Summer
(Message 1244151)
Posted 9 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quit work (Friday the 15th) Chill for a couple of weeks Head for New York while the Olympics is on in London Once back home start a part time business. Live a lot more!! |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1244145)
Posted 9 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Highway |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1243922)
Posted 9 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: twilight |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1243918)
Posted 9 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: club |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1243083)
Posted 7 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: dryer |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1241229)
Posted 4 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: cell |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1241228)
Posted 4 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1241059)
Posted 4 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ~clean |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1241041)
Posted 4 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on day 3 of 4 day weekend!! |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1241040)
Posted 4 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: erased |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240610)
Posted 3 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Paranoid |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240597)
Posted 3 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Android |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240580)
Posted 3 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: browser |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1240579)
Posted 3 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wet and miserable Sunday morning win. (Are we heading for 1000+) |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240574)
Posted 3 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: zinc |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240301)
Posted 2 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: tales |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240201)
Posted 2 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: racing |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240115)
Posted 2 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: rook |
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Word Link # 29
(Message 1240109)
Posted 2 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Knight |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1240107)
Posted 2 Jun 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while eating lunch |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 13 year club
(Message 1238903)
Posted 29 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just missed mine!! |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1238888)
Posted 29 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last win for a couple of days, see you all on the other side!! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1237636)
Posted 26 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last one tonight time for bed. |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1237500)
Posted 26 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning!! |
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What are you listening to this morning?
(Message 1236803)
Posted 25 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here's one for you Mark. A real bluesy lady Bonnie Raitt |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1236765)
Posted 25 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while BBC4 has 2 hours of Pink Floyd!! |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1234652)
Posted 21 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: In for a quick Monday evening win!! |
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Word Link #28
(Message 1233311)
Posted 19 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Weding |
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Word Link #28
(Message 1231938)
Posted 14 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: snake |
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Prometheus
(Message 1231749)
Posted 13 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually more a Prequel You apparently get to know the story of the "Space Jockey" |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1231178)
Posted 12 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A good week win!! |
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Word Link #28
(Message 1231009)
Posted 12 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: lounge |
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John Clark
(Message 1230971)
Posted 12 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: For those of you who may not have seen John has posted : http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=68001&nowrap=true#1230941 |
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Number crunching :
Double identity
(Message 1230246)
Posted 10 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks that got my old ID back, and some resends!! Thanks again |
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Double identity
(Message 1230226)
Posted 10 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I I thought I followed your instructions to the letter, but all I have done is succeed in creating 2 more computers!!!! I wasn't sure first time what is meant here; 5. Find the <rpc_seqno> tag and increment the number here with one or two. The number was 3 so I made it 4 was that correct? |
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Double identity
(Message 1230187)
Posted 10 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My main machine suffered some sort of failure today and a hard boot was required. When it restarted Boinc seemed to start from scratch creating a new account on all my projects and downloading new work from projects that were suspended. I should have 374 tasks in progress but the "new account" created has 2. How can I combine the two accounts and get back my 374 tasks The machines in question are: 4489474 original 6648533 newly created "double. |
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TLPTPW – 161 Fringe Season 5 is on!!!
(Message 1228274)
Posted 6 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for a quick win. |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1228087)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Missed by 3!! Well done, time for a new one!!! |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1228085)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I was waiting for that. I was gonna post her Bernie, but I always thought she was kinda manish looking. ;-) Well I have always liked strong women who know what they want!.. She appealed to me more in T2 than T1, but perhaps that says more about me than her:-) |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1227964)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1227962)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: WIN on a Saturday evening! |
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Technical News :
Feijoada (Apr 30 2012)
(Message 1227796)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am an "old" phone tech, here in the UK we only had 2 subscriber party lines. They were "rung" to earth. Subscriber 1 was rung over the "A" leg to earth and subscriber 2 over the "B" leg to earth so phones had to be wired differently. Also the subscribers would call the exchange but pressing a button on the phone which earthed their respective wires. |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED
(Message 1227780)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just hit 8,000,000 SETI !! |
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Add-On Software Suggestions
(Message 1227778)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I can highly recommend Boinc Tasks. I use it to monitor 5 crunchers: You can set the colours as you prefer In the screenshot Green are MB running on CPU Yellow are CUDA running on GPU |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1227754)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As Mike started it and it wasn't his fault it got messed up he should start the next one. |
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Discussion of Cafe games #3
(Message 1227718)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Final pic 8300 is still missing in count to 10,000 part 83. Actually all the last few pics are out of order! Very messy I used to enjoy that thread!! |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1227716)
Posted 5 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1227378)
Posted 4 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: winning with my "upgraded" broadband |
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What's on your desktop
(Message 1226841)
Posted 3 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Here it is without the annoying icons :-) |
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Word Link #28
(Message 1226828)
Posted 3 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: truckers |
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What's on your desktop
(Message 1226826)
Posted 3 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: As I am working away from home this is my laptop desktop. I took the picture in Bryant Park NY last year (Almost a Manhattanhenge!!) |
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Word Link #28
(Message 1226813)
Posted 3 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: submarine |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1226788)
Posted 3 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in a castle http://www.bw-studleycastle.co.uk/ Currently in the bar! |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1226407)
Posted 2 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really, elves and suchlike are "Fantasy" But then I suppose so are dragons! Not sure where Terry Pratchett fits Sgt Angua (occasional werewolf)Disc world |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1226327)
Posted 2 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: For many reasons, ships that sung crystal singers and dragons. The late Anne Mcaffery |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1226323)
Posted 2 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hope you are not taking my name in vine :-) |
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the OPEN thread!
(Message 1226322)
Posted 2 May 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: So is this a threadbear |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1224994)
Posted 29 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Jenna Tannis - Blakes 7 |
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What's with the age gap around here?
(Message 1224849)
Posted 29 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Haven't owned an up to date paper map since I brought my first Sat Nav years ago. I travel all over the UK never had a problem with my Sat Nav directions, of course common sense is required as well as regular updates. Plus good voice directions to save you having to take your eyes off the road. As to paper maps, well for some strange reason my Street is wrongly labeled for it's first few hundred yards (where I live) on most paper maps, so you wouldn't find me at all. To be fair electronic maps just seem to have copied them. |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1224847)
Posted 29 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lt Gay Ellis from UFO |
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Sign Language
(Message 1224630)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Like this one!! |
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What's with the age gap around here?
(Message 1224618)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well here in the UK using a mobile phone for talking or texting whilst driving is illegal. Hands free is still allowed. As to phones I am 61, I have a work iPhone and a personal one! I also have an iPad 2 and recently brought a Gigabyte 1080 tablet PC, totally connected!! :-) As to car gadgets I do have Bluetooth so I can play my music from my iPhone or iPad direct on the radio with no wires, and my parking sensors, front and rear beep, so no watching of screens required. |
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Favorite women of Sci-fi thread
(Message 1224330)
Posted 28 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Susan Ivanova Babylon 5 |
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England calling in
(Message 1223702)
Posted 26 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: And in less than 100 days, the world is stopping by for the Olympics for a couple weeks, hope Yer all prepared for the onslaught. Yep, and as a Londoner I will be 3,459 miles away, in New York!! |
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TLPTPW - 160 Long and winding road that leads ...........
(Message 1218673)
Posted 15 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1216082)
Posted 9 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just winning! |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215800)
Posted 8 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Time to win |
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Word Link #27
(Message 1215799)
Posted 8 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: shield |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215584)
Posted 8 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215288)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winnin |
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Word Link #27
(Message 1215220)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ale |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215214)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win. |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215072)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be a win soon! |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1215070)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: video |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1215024)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: CABER |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1215021)
Posted 7 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a grey and damp Saturday morning here in South London. |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214805)
Posted 6 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am winning am I? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214648)
Posted 6 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Panic Mode On (73) Server problems?
(Message 1214647)
Posted 6 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cricket doesn't look good Cricket |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214534)
Posted 6 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well for us in the UK it is Good Friday. Seems Easter is not a holiday in the US |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214370)
Posted 5 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning perhaps |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214295)
Posted 5 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we there yet? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214080)
Posted 4 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1214071)
Posted 4 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wot still no winner?? Perhaps it's me!! |
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Sign Language
(Message 1213866)
Posted 4 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1213865)
Posted 4 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: side |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213861)
Posted 4 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Still not winning?? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213709)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 1047?? Crikey might as well go to bed!! |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213699)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Still not won yet?? |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1213652)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hot |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213651)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not thinking, but winning. |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213639)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: win?? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213633)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win after the outage |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1213631)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cool (hand) |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213542)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning not working! |
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Sign Language
(Message 1213513)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213510)
Posted 3 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win. |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1213359)
Posted 2 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: following |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1213339)
Posted 2 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Actors |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213337)
Posted 2 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Sign Language
(Message 1213302)
Posted 2 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1213298)
Posted 2 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be time to WIN soon |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1212734)
Posted 1 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Elephants |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1212733)
Posted 1 Apr 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A sunny Sunday 1st of April win. |
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What are you listening to II ?
(Message 1212598)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Was searching though some old mini-discs today, remember them!! Came across this classic!! Remember Windows 95 PS that's Mrs Paul Simon Edie Brickell Goodtimes |
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Earth Hour 2012
(Message 1212597)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh I did mean to participate, as I am a regular donator to the WWF. I suppose they have a point, with work and the pace of life today I forgot! |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1212595)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Malware in Count to 10,000 - 77 Thread ???
(Message 1212434)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No warning here either |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1212433)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Sign Language
(Message 1212273)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1212267)
Posted 31 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1211672)
Posted 29 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: balsa (another wood) |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1211670)
Posted 29 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Better late than never win! |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1211186)
Posted 28 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Especially as a drought has been declared in Yorkshire! A county not known for it's arid desert like plains, |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1210985)
Posted 28 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Working at winning..or was that winning at work? |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1210126)
Posted 25 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A Good Evening win! |
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Cafe Game - How off topic can you be?
(Message 1210070)
Posted 25 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am soooo sorry I started this thread. So that means you are also on topic for telling Carlos he was on topic and I am now on topic for telling you you are on topic!! :-0 |
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A Plea
(Message 1209863)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Would someone like to clue me in here, either on line or privately by PM? Because I confess I haven't a clue as to what this is all about. Nope neither do I!! |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1209860)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sinking |
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Raccoon Update XII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1209856)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Last week I was staying at a hotel in Northampton, that is next to Billing Aquadrome http://www.billingmarina.co.uk/ Right next to the marina. Now while I don't mind being woken to the dawn chorus, being woken to the sound of ducks and geese is not as pleasant!! |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1209839)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Brain |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1209835)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A pre British SummerTime (BST) win. Clocks go forward one hour here in the UK at 01:00 |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1209682)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Weather warm here today my thermometer says 21C Unfortunately due to the old type of heating I have (electric storage) I have to decide the day before what the temperature will be next day. As I got home late from a week working away, I forgot to turn it off. So inside my flat today with windows open it is 27C!! That's about 80F. |
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TLPTPW - 159 Celt Wins! (56K warning, long thread)
(Message 1209679)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Went out without a coat for the first time this year!! Currently 21c in the sun!! |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXIV *CLOSED
(Message 1208284)
Posted 20 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 7 million and my highest RAC on the same day. |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1207396)
Posted 18 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tusk |
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TLPTPW - 158 Crunch, crunch, crunch
(Message 1207395)
Posted 18 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunday win! |
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Discussion of Cafe games #2
(Message 1206965)
Posted 17 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it was George Orwell who coined the term "Eurasia" in his "1984" novel but I cannot remember his other continents. From Wikipedia: Oceania (ideology: Ingsoc, i.e., English Socialism) comprises Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Polynesia, southern Africa, and the Americas. Eurasia (ideology: Neo-Bolshevism) comprises continental Europe and northern Asia. Eastasia (ideology: Obliteration of the Self, i.e., "Death worship") comprises China, Japan, Korea, and northern India. |
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Word Link #26
(Message 1206963)
Posted 17 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ~Film |
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TLPTPW - 158 Crunch, crunch, crunch
(Message 1206961)
Posted 17 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: After a long busy week a quiet Saturday PM win |
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TLPTPW - 158 Crunch, crunch, crunch
(Message 1205749)
Posted 14 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I was once a cruncher like you, then I took an arrow to the knee. Have you tried mercenary work? Might suite you :-() |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1204862)
Posted 11 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: fled |
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TLPTPW - 158 Crunch, crunch, crunch
(Message 1203927)
Posted 9 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm an unusual Brit apparently as I don't like tea! :) I also never drink tea. Only coffee. |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203925)
Posted 9 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Egg Not sure why you think chickens and turkeys are raptors The term "raptor" is derived from the Latin word rapere (meaning to seize or take by force) and may refer informally to all birds of prey, or specifically to the diurnal group.[1] Because of their predatory lifestyle, often at the top of the food chain, they face distinct conservation concerns. Raptors are birds of prey. |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203646)
Posted 8 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Movies |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203539)
Posted 8 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Live (evil backwards) |
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Panic Mode On (70) Server problems?
(Message 1203438)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No errors on my 5 machines just 1513 SETI@home 07/03/2012 18:31:02 Project has no tasks available |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203320)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: despair |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1203319)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 867 - shouldn't somebody start winning around here? I was wondering the same thing! |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203297)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Acorn |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1203291)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Dull here too |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1203168)
Posted 7 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 839?? |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1203121)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: (A night at the ) Opera |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1203119)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No not starving, I just haven't got a bison sandwich Which this apparently is: |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1203092)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without a Bison sandwich |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202986)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post:
But just how close I wonder! |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1202959)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: North |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202957)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: good morning all (or good afternoon to Euros ^^) Ahh talking to money, always a bad sign :-) |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1202951)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wild |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202949)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Heading for 800!! |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202791)
Posted 6 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Or not |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202785)
Posted 5 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 759?? |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1202611)
Posted 5 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cat |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202609)
Posted 5 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Windy winning |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202450)
Posted 4 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a new PC |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1202449)
Posted 4 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Pole |
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Number crunching :
Errors
(Message 1202154)
Posted 3 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, it just froze, on reboot it seems to have blown away 48 more CUDA tasks!! I will set to NNT let it finish the MB ones and then decide it's fate, probably retire it, don't have time these days to rebuild them. It isn't connected via DVI, just a VGA port to a KVM(wonder if that could be a problem) |
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Errors
(Message 1202108)
Posted 3 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you very helpful!!! |
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(Message 1202104)
Posted 3 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunny and almost warm here |
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Errors
(Message 1202102)
Posted 3 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been having a few problems with one of my crunchers. I thought I had traced the problem to a bad SATA lead. However it BSOD yesterday saying it was my video driver, so I updated to to 295.73. Now I notice 2 errored tasks: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2334161839 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2334161765 Not sure what the errors are any ideas? |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1202075)
Posted 3 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a week off!! |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1201499)
Posted 1 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: wife |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1201497)
Posted 1 Mar 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Is spring here?? Win!! |
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(Message 1201117)
Posted 29 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A postprandial win. |
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(Message 1200612)
Posted 28 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1200610)
Posted 28 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rain |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1200434)
Posted 27 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pathetic |
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(Message 1200433)
Posted 27 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wot? Somehow I think not!! |
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Seti's own word link #25
(Message 1200425)
Posted 27 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Demand |
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(Message 1200423)
Posted 27 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Finding time for a win on a day that did not turn out at all as expected. |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1199919)
Posted 26 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1199898)
Posted 26 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really winning, my main machine (the one for daily use, email, surfing, games and watching TV) went on a go slow yesterday taking about an hour to reboot after an update and then taking several minutes to do the simplest thing, like open my browser. Left it powered off all night and seems to be OK this morning. Also found that one of my crunchers has a HDD fail, locked up so had to do a hard boot now it wont boot, doesn't detect the HDD!! :-( |
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If gas prices were to go up beyond being affordable what would Ya do?
(Message 1199657)
Posted 25 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just found this on another site. I drive a diesel car. Lets say Diesel in the UK is average 1.43p a litre 1 gal(US Liq) = 3.78541 Litres So 1.43 x 3.79 = 5.42 Then 5.42 x 1.58(rough exchange rate) = 8.56 So in the UK we pay 8.56 USD per US gallon of Diesel ?? I updated it for current prices and exchange rate. I have been told that this is not a fair comparison as you have to take into account wages. |
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(Message 1199654)
Posted 25 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon from a sunny and almost warm (11C)South London |
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(Message 1198607)
Posted 22 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Tried to win earlier, but site was down, so time to win now!! |
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(Message 1198468)
Posted 22 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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(Message 1197990)
Posted 20 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for a quick win!! From NN7 4DD |
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(Message 1197507)
Posted 19 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed, early start tomorrow. |
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(Message 1197221)
Posted 19 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Early Sunday morning win. Seem to be fist one this side of the pond!! |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1196796)
Posted 18 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: line |
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(Message 1196795)
Posted 18 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. Not winning as I just had my main machine crash twice while trying a Java update Decide to switch to my laptop which immediately BSOD!! |
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TLPTPW - 157 spring is waiting
(Message 1196459)
Posted 17 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Mike Unfortunately work pressure keeps me from getting here during the week. |
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How many words do you know?
(Message 1196458)
Posted 17 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 38,500 |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1196119)
Posted 16 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just popping in for a quick win |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1195247)
Posted 14 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick Lunchtime win!! |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1194931)
Posted 13 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Another Monday another hotel room win! |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1194297)
Posted 12 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ballot |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1194252)
Posted 12 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Early Sunday morning(well before 9am anyway) win |
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Count to 7000 - Part 69, the final journey!!!
(Message 1194125)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1194115)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a win!! |
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Count to 7000 - Part 69, the final journey!!!
(Message 1194114)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1193780)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mad |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1193775)
Posted 11 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mid morning win still -5C here |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1193415)
Posted 10 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Moonlight |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1193400)
Posted 10 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: At home post. Well luckily the snow was not a problem, roads clear, M1 good M25 normal i.e. slow 2 hours to do 104 miles. Back again Monday!! |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1193021)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a pic from my hotel room |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1193020)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Indian ~ |
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Any World of Warcraft players out there??
(Message 1193013)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: If I wanted to satisfy my inner kid I'd go and build a Hornby OO railway layout, seems a bit more grown up. One day if I ever have enough money I might do so. Hmm as you say each to his own. I have been playing video games since the early 90's The original "Duke Nukem", Blake Stone, Wolf 3D, right through all the Unreal series, to Skyrim today and that is not a kids game, sure you can rush in a kill everything in sight, and some people do. However it is an RPG, role playing game, and after a hard week at work there is nothing better that escaping into Tameriel and becoming, well whatever you like. Don't knock it if you havent' tried it. Skyrim Trailer |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1193004)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: girl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_girl |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1192998)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so not winning 100 miles for home in a hotel in Northampton and it is snowing hard!! I am supposed to go home tomorrow! Not looking forward to that drive!! |
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Seti´s own word link #24
(Message 1192646)
Posted 8 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: godmother |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1192640)
Posted 8 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a win!! |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1192066)
Posted 6 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: allowance |
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What's on your desktop
(Message 1192061)
Posted 6 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a dual monitor setup and my desktop is currently this: [img] |
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TLPTPW - 156 - Rising Sun Thread
(Message 1192056)
Posted 6 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from Northampton |
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Contest XI
(Message 1191608)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 357 |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191607)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning post :-) |
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Have you driven a Ford lately?
(Message 1191606)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: One Ford I really loved to drive!! :-) 1980 Escort RS2000, what a ride! |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1191594)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Diamonds |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191593)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes, it's you!! Doesn't move for me!! Anyway: Heavy Metal Posts: :-) |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1191586)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My car from my 2nd floor window Still snowing!! |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191551)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Snowy post |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191514)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Hang on, I'll look out the window ..... just started a little sprinkle ... Yep a few sprinkles here too. |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1191509)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Finally after all the dire warnings of chaos, it begins. A light dusting of snow here in South London. Will we see more?? |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1191496)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Towering |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191493)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 4 Wheels 2 driven P.S. Is it snowing yet?? |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1191415)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ~ Festival |
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TLPTPW - Heartland version
(Message 1191412)
Posted 4 Feb 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win at -5 here in South London. Just taken car in for service, very "bracing" walk home. Coffee and egg and sausage sani from local cafe helping to thaw me out |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1189825)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I always remember that in the gents toilet, some wag had written over one of the toilet roll holders "Wiper Assembly 1A", I suspect I am one of the few people on this forum who get that!! |
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TLPTPW - Welcome to Britain.
(Message 1189823)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a win. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1189821)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ~work |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1189651)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Anvil |
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TLPTPW - Welcome to Britain.
(Message 1189569)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Or not! |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1189556)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK 007 is not a word and I would like an explanation of how you go from Chinese to 007 In the absence of and explanation I will go with SPY |
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TLPTPW - Welcome to Britain.
(Message 1189553)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Interestingly, when ever I have been in your good country, i.e the US of A and more precisely New York city (why did they call it that, looks nothing like York!!). Whenever I speak I am mostly mistaken for an Australian!! Yes WIN is WIN here too. PS My sister lives in Hanover PA, bet that looks nothing like the original either :-) |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1189551)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Chinese |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1189496)
Posted 28 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: ON |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1189396)
Posted 28 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just starting to cloud over now. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1188984)
Posted 27 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Champagne |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188981)
Posted 27 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188664)
Posted 26 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188621)
Posted 26 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning without dogs or bears. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1188509)
Posted 26 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I assume you want to post Coyote? If so I go with Wolf |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188506)
Posted 26 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1188357)
Posted 25 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Health (that seems to be the translation of the German word "Gesundheit" which is what I assume you meant) :-) |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188353)
Posted 25 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a win |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1188124)
Posted 24 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Vauxhall (General Motors) Made the Nova on the UK. Which was actually an Opel Corsa with a different name. Eventually it became a Vauxhall Corsa. Just discovered that the Corsa B was also known as: Buick Sail Chevrolet Classic Chevrolet Corsa Holden SB Barina Opel Vita :-) |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1187806)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bubble |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187785)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while doing a defrag on my 1TB HDD, running for 22 hours 71% complete!! |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1187782)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: bolts |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187764)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with fibre in my cab!! :-) |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187755)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Bit slower than I'd normally expect, but lots being uploaded & downloaded to my new Livedrive account on one of the other machines. Actually I suspect not Cable, as it is BT, but something called fibre to the cab. Where they run fibre optic to the street cabinet and put the DSLAM (digital subscriber line access multiplexer) on the end. So it is in fact ADSL but with the DSLAM a lot nearer, hence the speeds. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1187750)
Posted 23 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Rosemary |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187483)
Posted 22 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187407)
Posted 22 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon win |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1187242)
Posted 21 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Light |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187230)
Posted 21 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1187167)
Posted 21 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Belt ~ |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1187162)
Posted 21 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, while realizing there are bonuses from living in a city |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186869)
Posted 20 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at home!! (nope doesn't rhyme) |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1186613)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: (of) Sin |
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Despair - a definition
(Message 1186600)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Wanna know despair? I'll settle for "The woman you really fancy is spoken for, or doesn't want to know." |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186597)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh Har Har!! Back in my room now on my laptop, drinking... water! Watching my favourite TV prog. CSI-NY |
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Contest XI
(Message 1186591)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: 33 |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186583)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after my third. "large glass of house red" ;-) |
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The most unusual place you have logged onto the cafe
(Message 1186582)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting, when I see people comment on these boards I often assume they are at home on their PC. Strange when I am currently in the bar of my hotel on my iPad! As my job means I am often working away from home, perhaps I will use this thread to document my travels. Currently in Salisbury, finishing tomorrow, not sure of my next hotel,could be Northampton. I am also hoping to travel to NY and perhaps further afield later in the year. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1186575)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Small world isn't it Chris, you and I could have both been at Stone at the same time! I also remember the canteen used to open after the bar closed. Ah the sausage rolls and sandwiches and something that tasted almost but not totally unlike coffee. I was there when then new bedroom block had just opened. Took a look on google maps the other day and those blocks are all abandoned and falling down! |
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Oh, Amazon
(Message 1186567)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I have to admit to not understanding women and shoes. A while ago I was at a meeting with several women work colleges. It was a fairly important meeting with lots of "role play". At the end of the meeting I found every one of the women changing their shoes for the journey home. When I questioned this spectical I was told that none of the shoes they had been wearing all day were comfortable enough to drive, train or walk home in. Whilst I appreciate woman as much as the next man, do we expect too much? (This from a man who owns 3 pairs of shoes, work, home and smart, all comfortable). |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1186562)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sated. |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186561)
Posted 19 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Why the sad face? |
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The most unusual place you have logged onto the cafe
(Message 1186303)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am currently sitting in the bar of an OK hotel in rural Salisbury ( for our foreign friends,near Stonehenge). I am using my iPad with free WiFi (wee) to read and enjoy the Cafe. With the proflliration of modern phones, tables, laptops , I was wondering where the most unusual place anyone has logged onto the Cafe from. I'll start. Last year while in New York I logged on from Battery Park and Bryant Park (NY has free WiFi in parks). I also logged on from Starbucks on Brodway, but that's not unusual :-) |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1186288)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cookies |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186287)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No you are right I wasn't, perhaps I am now? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1186284)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I am desperately trying to remember what I used to drink as a "young lad". All that comes to mind is "lager" in all it's forms. I do remember going to the old BT training school at Stone probably about 1975 and being introduced to Samuel Smith's Old Brewery brown ale. What a delight that was! Still don!t see it down south very much. Now days I admit to being a red wine man, with an occasional Jack Daniels. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1186274)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Ewes |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1186273)
Posted 18 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning or possibly not? |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1186009)
Posted 17 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Youngsters today still don't believe that I can remember a time when there wasn't any draught lager in UK pubs. In the mid 60's pubs had Best Bitter, Bitter, Mild, Bottled beers like pale ale, light ale, brown ale etc. We all drank Brown & mild or light & bitter etc. The girls drank Babycham or Cherry B. Lager generally took off in 1965 and by 1976 reached 25% of all beer sales. Ah yes fond memories, do you remember this: Quite popular as I remember. |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1185984)
Posted 17 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Fire |
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TL"C"TPW(TLPTW) - Welcome to the Galactica
(Message 1185981)
Posted 17 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Vic. Must be my turn next. |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1185917)
Posted 17 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1185800)
Posted 16 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Just simple logical steps. Hmm simple logical steps from beer to stars and strips shorts! |
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Weather Thread II
(Message 1185798)
Posted 16 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: I had an early start this morning (5.30). Light frost on the car temp said 0C Was heading for Salisbury on the M3 not really thinking about the weather. I admit to possibly going faster than the speed limit when I suddenly noticed a patch of road ahead that didn't quite look right! Luckily I did nothing and my speed got me through quickly, but that feeling of the car losing all grip for those few seconds certainly gives the old heart a nasty shock! Needles to say I slowed down after that, better late than never. No matter how advanced we think we are the weather can always keeps us on our toes. |
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Beer Drinkers thread part 5
(Message 1185794)
Posted 16 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I have to ask, how did the "Beer Drinkers Thread" get into stars and stripes shorts!!? |
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Seti's own word link #23
(Message 1185792)
Posted 16 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Boat |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1185791)
Posted 16 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Surely it must be my turn to win!! |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1185225)
Posted 14 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon win |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1185075)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1185069)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: carp |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1185065)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mill |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1185062)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning!! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1184938)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Mesolithic. |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1184937)
Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while "working from home" on a Friday !! |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1184779)
Posted 12 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1183750)
Posted 8 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Duck :-) |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1183734)
Posted 8 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Cake |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1183731)
Posted 8 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunday morning win Hi all! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1183031)
Posted 5 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Acid |
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TLPTPW - Feral Black Puddings Under Curfew
(Message 1182570)
Posted 3 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: A "last day off before returning to work" win |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #22
(Message 1182380)
Posted 2 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: pay |
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TLPTPW - Chris_S won - don't blame me?
(Message 1182378)
Posted 2 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: No work today WIN (well or tomorrow for me!) |
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TLPTPW - Chris_S won - don't blame me?
(Message 1182095)
Posted 1 Jan 2012 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick 2012 win!! |
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Number crunching :
No upload, server status page OK
(Message 1175449)
Posted 3 Dec 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently says upload server disabled. |
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Do you know openoffice.org?
(Message 1174368)
Posted 28 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have used it for several years with no problems. Only reason I also use MS office is that my company provide me with a copy. If not it would be OO on all my machines. Can't be beaten on price! |
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TLPTPW- Seti at the speed of Flight
(Message 1174364)
Posted 28 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for a win! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #21
(Message 1173530)
Posted 24 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (are) alive |
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TLPTPW- Seti at the speed of Flight
(Message 1173529)
Posted 24 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for a quick win. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1169561)
Posted 9 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Riot |
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TLPTPW - Seti Fireworks
(Message 1169559)
Posted 9 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
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TLPTPW - Seti Fireworks
(Message 1168987)
Posted 7 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Now winning from the hotel bar! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1168963)
Posted 7 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: AC |
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TLPTPW - Seti Fireworks
(Message 1168961)
Posted 7 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from yet another hotel room. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1168866)
Posted 7 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lawn |
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TLPTPW - Seti Fireworks
(Message 1168864)
Posted 7 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win from historic Salisbury. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1168726)
Posted 6 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ~ Dreamers (Kate Bush single October 1980) |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1168592)
Posted 6 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: tent |
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TLPTPW - Seti Fireworks
(Message 1168589)
Posted 6 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Chris, I can't believe I missed it by 2 again! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #20
(Message 1168269)
Posted 5 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: market |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1168267)
Posted 5 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Still going!! Are we going for the 1K?? |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1167314)
Posted 2 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: dam |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1167311)
Posted 2 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well if you didn't win on 666 perhaps you should have!!! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1167051)
Posted 1 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a win |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1166920)
Posted 1 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Teacher |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166919)
Posted 1 Nov 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in sight of the Houses of Parliment, trying out my new wireless mobile hub. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1166818)
Posted 31 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: judge |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166815)
Posted 31 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: One post closer to Winning! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166657)
Posted 31 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunch time win |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1166656)
Posted 31 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: scene |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166500)
Posted 30 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while hating the fact it is now dark by 5pm. I hate GMT!! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1166431)
Posted 30 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nostromo |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166428)
Posted 30 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166277)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Let's try again, win! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166243)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
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Best commercials ever...........
(Message 1166230)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well on of my favorites from a year or two back was this Virgin Mobile ad Virgin Mobile The music, Mazzy Star's Into Dust has inexplicably appeared on the Gears of War 3 video game trailer!! G O W 3 Interesting |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1166229)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: argument |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166228)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Bernie. Yes I'm fine, real life has been a pain recently hopefully things will settle down now and I can start winning again!!! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1166063)
Posted 28 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Crikey still going!! Must be time to win, TGIF!! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1164787)
Posted 23 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win!! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1163979)
Posted 20 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while needing to be in Bournemouth and Chelsea tomorrow !! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1163516)
Posted 18 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from somewhere |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1163491)
Posted 18 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: College |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1163489)
Posted 18 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in Southampton. Well everybody's gotta be somewhere!! |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1163299)
Posted 17 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Isn't it one of those things hanging from a jogger's belt and connected to their brains by wires through their ears. It teaches the user how to jog and ignore everyone around, while running in to roads without looking. Nah that's an eyePod. Gotta know the difference between pods and pads. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1163276)
Posted 17 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bet |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1163274)
Posted 17 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Trying to win after a trying week. Was working away and forgot my iPad, shock horror!! Work was the pits and hasn't improved this week :-( |
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TLPTPW - Return to the fun
(Message 1161046)
Posted 10 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there you go take a day off and it's a new thread! Well done Mike! |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1160386)
Posted 8 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Computer |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1160383)
Posted 8 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning here while losing playing RAGE!!! |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1160155)
Posted 8 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon win |
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Steve Jobs has passed away...
(Message 1159959)
Posted 7 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I was in a hotel yesterday morning. I took my iPad2 down to breakfast and opened the BBC news page. I was stunned. I was never an Apple fan until my company switched to iPhones. Best piece of hardware and software I have ever owned, thank you. RIP. |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1159954)
Posted 7 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: cloudy |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1159951)
Posted 7 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at home again after 4 nights in a hotel!! Same again next week |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1159205)
Posted 5 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No I am |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1159189)
Posted 5 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Caravan (it's what we call em in the UK) |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1159188)
Posted 5 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while it is in fact dark, can't tell if it is windy am inside:-) |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1158841)
Posted 4 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah, but you are still less than half way to the finishing line.... So around 350-400? Keep winning? |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1158837)
Posted 4 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangeness |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1158832)
Posted 4 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage. Two weeks running |
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Seti's Own Word-Link #19
(Message 1158639)
Posted 3 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: radius |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1158590)
Posted 3 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while dinning after a really really bad day. Just started to get better around home (hotel) time. Hopefully tomorrow will be better! |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1158207)
Posted 2 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: dancer |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1158206)
Posted 2 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Sunday afternoon |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1158049)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: tennis |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1158046)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: judge |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1158044)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with an organised desk and a temp currently in my flat of 84F (29C) at midnight!! |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1157845)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: rust |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1157825)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: chromosomes |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1157824)
Posted 1 Oct 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a bright sunny warm October morn |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1157614)
Posted 30 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1157208)
Posted 29 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK my turn. Winning eating cookie dough ice cream!! |
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TLPTPW - the new
(Message 1157179)
Posted 29 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah ha a new thread to win in! Well done Rob, be my turn soon |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1157177)
Posted 29 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (on a) Train |
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Raccoon Update X - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1157176)
Posted 29 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Silly human, Pet me, no pictures. Actually that's pretty close ! |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1156878)
Posted 28 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sugar |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1156817)
Posted 28 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Gas |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156814)
Posted 28 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just had a really good drive back from Huntingdon, bright sunny day and hardly any traffic. Definite win! |
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Raccoon Update X - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1156681)
Posted 27 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: As this is the critter thread, here is a critter. This Spitty for those of you who may not have been introduced before. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156678)
Posted 27 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: That was a long one? I couldn't possibly comment :-) Win |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1156663)
Posted 27 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Resistance |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156655)
Posted 27 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156429)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Chips, did someone say CHIPS.... No you only thought I did. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156419)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning also without chips (I eat them), but with wooden coat hangers a wide screen tv and a bottle of wine. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156396)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The wooden coat hangers I used in such venues had no hook for the hanging rail, but ended in a nail like head. Useless to take away unless your hanging cupboard, at home, had the rail adaptors designed to take such coat hangers. No these wooden hangers have an actual hook, so they can be used normally!! Win! |
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Raccoon Update X - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1156392)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: It's not easy living with the Queen of Halloween. Whilst I hail from a country that does not really celebrate Halloween is a"Halloween Village" a normal thing? |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1156384)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Prawn |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156383)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in the hotel bar. You know when you are in a posh hotel when your burger and chips arrives with the "fat chips" neatly stacked in a square and the lettuce cut in a circle the same size as the tomato!! Still it tasted good. And the coat hangers are real wood! |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156321)
Posted 26 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in a slightly up market hotel room (I'm paying the difference). Actually have real coat hangers! But more important than anything. The Wi-Fi is FREE!!!:-) |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1156084)
Posted 25 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ~(of) errors PS. A Midsummer Nights Dream |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1156057)
Posted 25 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Sunday evening |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155941)
Posted 25 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: oddball |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155917)
Posted 25 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just posting |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155801)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: CSI NY. Also my favorite city :-) I am currently deciding whether to see the new year in, in Times Square |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155796)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: steak |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155793)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A win before bed. |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155790)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bovine |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155771)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: mixture |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155769)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A pleasant Saturday evening watching my favorite TV show (on DVD) |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155599)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: square |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155598)
Posted 24 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Saturday afternoon win |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1155401)
Posted 23 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: submarine |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155400)
Posted 23 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Strange how doing nothing all week tires you out. Win before bed. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1155329)
Posted 23 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh a Friday win. Just spent 4 days exiled to the backwaters at work. Had nothing to do and that is boring. Got home after 4 days away to discover all machines off due to power cut at lunchtime. Haven't got a UPS and hate machines powering off that way. Luckily all restarted OK. |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1153956)
Posted 19 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: artist |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153953)
Posted 19 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if I am winning after a really bad day at work. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153704)
Posted 18 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153494)
Posted 18 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Sunday morn |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1153371)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Google ~ |
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I made it 1000,000 unites!
(Message 1153367)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Way to go!! Only 4,000,000 to catch me!! |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153366)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I use to love curries and my local curry house won awards. However since being told by my doctor I will probably be diabetic within a year if I don't watch my diet. I have become aware that most Indian and Chinese take away curries are full of almost everything that is bad for you (sugar, salt saturated fat etc...)What a drag :-( The only benefit I have found from getting old is that prescription medicine (for those abroad, what a doctor prescribes)is FREE over 60!! Still I am saving my calories, fats, sugar, salt etc for as binge soon!! PS Healthy eating IS boring don't let anyone tell you otherwise :-0 Oh yes winning as well. |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1153339)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: dubious |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153338)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well in that case I'll just increase the numbers. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153314)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in the Curry thread, strange thought it was TLPTPW |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153291)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not eating a curry. |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1153288)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The 11 Doctors? Correct, and in the film The Doctor wasn't and alien, but a "mad professor" type earthman. So the films are not considered canon. Another useless fact courtesy of Google. |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1153160)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The 11 Doctors? There is another, early on. One other actor is missing from this line up Do you know WHO? :-) Any why. |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1153153)
Posted 17 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Post lunch Saturday afternoon win |
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TLPTPW
(Message 1152917)
Posted 16 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well look at that, missed it by one!! Well done Uli. |
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TLPTPW: Finding the magic number......
(Message 1152555)
Posted 15 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at home again |
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TLPTPW: Finding the magic number......
(Message 1152235)
Posted 14 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Still winning! |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1152216)
Posted 14 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: River |
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(Message 1152215)
Posted 14 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with too much red win, but a nice warm feeling :-) |
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Seti's own word link # 18
(Message 1152179)
Posted 14 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Mustang ~ |
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(Message 1152174)
Posted 14 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow still going and still winning!! From a hotel room in..... |
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(Message 1151814)
Posted 13 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Do we tell Chris - it not Friday, or do we leave him to continue to wax lyrical? You can't! Win that is. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1151805)
Posted 13 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: chain |
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(Message 1151801)
Posted 13 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: er Yes what? |
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(Message 1151616)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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(Message 1151550)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well sitting in a hotel room in Southampton, got to do something to pass the time. |
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(Message 1151547)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: And Again!! |
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(Message 1151540)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win again |
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(Message 1151531)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after another busy day. |
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(Message 1151261)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah still going |
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(Message 1151162)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: |
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(Message 1151160)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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(Message 1151090)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Postprandial win |
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(Message 1151077)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: rock ~ |
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(Message 1151066)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sheep |
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(Message 1151064)
Posted 11 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win. Although the slight sniffles I had yesterday have turned into a full blown cold. |
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(Message 1150992)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bird |
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(Message 1150988)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: How about this one?? |
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(Message 1150944)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while doing... well nothing |
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(Message 1150870)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Chestnut ~ |
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(Message 1150868)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win? |
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(Message 1150834)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Afraid not |
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(Message 1150802)
Posted 10 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Saturday afternoon win |
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(Message 1150540)
Posted 9 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning back home after 4 1/2 hour drive. |
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(Message 1150226)
Posted 8 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win!!! |
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(Message 1150108)
Posted 8 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after not winning all day yesterday. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1149646)
Posted 7 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Cheese |
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(Message 1149645)
Posted 7 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning, number 334 win |
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9/11/11
(Message 1149523)
Posted 6 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The present is shaped by the past. I cannot look at any of the 9/11 footage without being overcome with a great sadness. "Creatures of the light that we all are should not bring darkness to others". |
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(Message 1149521)
Posted 6 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning nothing more |
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(Message 1149387)
Posted 5 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bed time win |
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(Message 1149256)
Posted 5 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or this one from a hotel in rainy Manchester. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1148945)
Posted 4 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: pencil |
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(Message 1148944)
Posted 4 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Could it be 261 |
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(Message 1148834)
Posted 4 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: carrier (latin translation of vector) |
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(Message 1148833)
Posted 4 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. Preparing to set off for the local computer fair (in my old school). To try and resurrect a friends poorly laptop. |
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(Message 1148693)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: He has just posted in the Raccoon thread so don't panic he is fine. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1148690)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: petrol |
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(Message 1148644)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I understand he was annoyed at TLPTPW thread Ok someone can have the thread as I'm not watching the thread now anymore, I've had It. As far as I understand he is OK but taking a break from these forums. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1148643)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: commander~ |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1148626)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Deanna Troi Half-Betazoid |
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(Message 1148617)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning and chilling with a nice glass of red :-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1148614)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: anticipated |
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(Message 1148566)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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(Message 1148520)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wicked |
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(Message 1148519)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning John and Mike. Weekly shop done. Today is for relaxing!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1148382)
Posted 2 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Mask |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1148329)
Posted 2 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Who could forget Robby? I didn't see here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=65294&nowrap=true#1146480 |
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(Message 1148328)
Posted 2 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after long day, and long drive, 4 1/4 hours. Still home now. |
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(Message 1148177)
Posted 2 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from the newly installed server room. |
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(Message 1147992)
Posted 1 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning !! |
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(Message 1147957)
Posted 1 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after work as well. |
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(Message 1147823)
Posted 1 Sep 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Morning win |
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(Message 1147687)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. Another long day tomorrow. |
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(Message 1147636)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well thier's not quite alien, but how about companions to an alien? Ah yes Sarah Jane Smith The late Elizabeth Sladen |
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(Message 1147632)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I bypassed the Walkman, the iPhone, the Betamax and VCR and the laptop. You might think so, I could not possibly comment :-) |
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(Message 1147628)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wool |
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(Message 1147624)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Definitely need one of these then!! http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/smart-cover/ |
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(Message 1147606)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Cattle |
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(Message 1147603)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I love my iPad. Had a Mark one last year, but the iPad 2 is just amazing. I am in a hotel bar that has Wi-Fi typing this and catching up on all the posts. I have just read all the news on the BBC website whilst eating. Not easy on a laptop! It is always with me and I have found that for some strange reason I can type really fast on the keyboard. I have actually started writing stories again after a break of many years. Sorry got carried away, win P.S. Did I mention I love my iPad,. |
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(Message 1147548)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn to win after an early morning, left home at 5am drove for 180 miles doing really good time, then accident on M6 complete standstill for 1 hour and 15 minutes!! Long day having to concentrate. Currently in a hotel in Manchester city centre, very noisy. Still nice meal and a drink or two in later. Winning!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1147227)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: double |
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(Message 1147226)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah yes Servalan.. I also quite liked Jenna |
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(Message 1147221)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm, still waiting for BT, just had a call, "be with you in about half and hour" We shall see. |
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(Message 1147159)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course where there is one.... |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1147158)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: date |
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(Message 1147156)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hospital appt positive. Everything working more or less as it should considering the age of the body it's all in :-) Just waiting for BT now. So 1/2 a win. |
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(Message 1147112)
Posted 30 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good Morning all. Hospital appointment this AM (don't get old). High speed broadband (BT Infinity) hopefully fitted PM. (poss 38meg down 8meg up) |
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(Message 1147012)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: This is the winning post. Quite possibly or quite possibly not. |
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Raccoon Update X - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1147002)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as some of you probably know I live on my own and have a cat called Spitty. She is 13 this year and I have had her most of that time. She is pretty independent, she has to be as I work long hours and am away a lot. However this year after I returned from my regular two weeks away (Spitty is looked after by a friend who loves cats). She suddenly has started to spend her evenings at my feet. I have just taken this photo, I am sitting at my computer desk, and those are my feet to the right and left. Whilst its nice she feels safe there, it really makes it difficult to place you feet and I have nearly trodden on her countless times!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146980)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: King |
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(Message 1146969)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh, that - its still a long way to the finish... But getting nearer every post. |
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(Message 1146908)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I seem to be in the wrong thread, I assume this is the cooking thread, anyone seen the TLPTPW thread? :-) |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1146907)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1146726)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after no work!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146716)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: tomatoes |
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(Message 1146685)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: It's Monday. Yep cant argue with that. Unless of course you are in Australia, then it's Tuesday. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146684)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sauce |
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(Message 1146643)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: And another: |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146642)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: present |
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(Message 1146638)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Monday with no work!! Of course that means I will have the Monday morning feeling on Tuesday, except I am off then as well! So will I finally have the Monday morning feeling on Wednesday? |
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(Message 1146480)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: And now for something completely different. Our first and only view of a Martian from the George Pal 1953 version. And in my view better than the Tom Cruise one. About the same era as this: Yep Leslie Neilsen and Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet Classic stuff. Growing up in the 50's and 60's SF was my favorite. |
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(Message 1146469)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: And now for something completely different. Anyone recognise this cutie?? |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1146466)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without any noise at all... |
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(Message 1146279)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Another favorite of mine Killashandra Ree - The Crystal Singer And B5 |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146277)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: dumb~ |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1146247)
Posted 28 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. {win} |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1146089)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Of course here it's almost time to say goodnight, well almost. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1146085)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (from a ) threat |
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Alien characters pictures.
(Message 1146082)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry hate that picture of F'lar and Lessa :-( So lets totally change the subject: The Hooded Swan: Which would not appear to be a character but you need to read the books to understand. |
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(Message 1146070)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Probably best not to get me started on Pern as it is probably my favorite SF series of all time. And the White Dragon my favorite book of the series No decent pictures of F'Lar and Lessa so: Jaxom and Sharra: |
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(Message 1146037)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A Piersons Puppeteer The Master Harper of Pern |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1146031)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Posting, winning...beeping?? |
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TLPTPW: Thread Abandoned
(Message 1145894)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: BEEP |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1145890)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Large |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1145843)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: possibly |
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(Message 1145811)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1145802)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: affirmative |
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(Message 1145788)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: answer |
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(Message 1145764)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: With Vic's target being something like half of 1800 then there are another 500ish posts needed in this run - a long way to go yet! Well in that case better help it along :-) |
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(Message 1145747)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. It's been a difficult few weeks, still trying to get various things into perspective, but I suddenly decided I needed to win!!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 17
(Message 1145719)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Spirit (B2) |
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(Message 1145715)
Posted 27 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win |
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(Message 1145585)
Posted 26 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Thorn |
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(Message 1145575)
Posted 26 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: annual |
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(Message 1145571)
Posted 26 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well after taking a little break from SETI@home, I needed a little space after a disconcerting few weeks. I decided to have a quick look in tonight only to see the "count to" thread hadn't had a post in 23 hours. Slacking off without me!! :-) Hope everyone is OK. Win Bernie. |
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1139558)
Posted 12 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Feeling a lot older than I did a week ago I put my bill on the bar. Thank Mike, walk to the line. "To the young, may they not make our mistakes" ***smash*** I leave hoping this is a beginning not an end. |
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UK Riots
(Message 1139160)
Posted 12 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: None of you stood in the street whilst criminal gangs, thugs and impressionable "hoodies" ransacked your town. I did. How do you know that? Remember a guy was shot an killed in Croydon during the riot. Four black males breaking into a store were very likely to be carrying. But you are correct I did not consider that possibility at the time. |
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UK Riots
(Message 1139090)
Posted 11 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, get over to TLPTPW...we're all having drinkies...might be a guinness Somehow I no longer feel like "joining in". The community in my area is "sick" and having a good job earning a good wage and savings makes me one of the "rich". Can't see the SETI boards in the same light any more. Sorry. |
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UK Riots
(Message 1139032)
Posted 11 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: None of you stood in the street whilst criminal gangs, thugs and impressionable "hoodies" ransacked your town. I did. None of you had to put out a fire in bins behind my flats because the fire brigade was too busy trying to put out numerous fires in Croydon. I did. None of you could feel the same sadness and anger watching the images of MY TOWN looted and burning. The next morning I had tears in my eyes watching the pictures on TV I believe that at the moment a large percent of the law abiding public in UK cities would allow the government to bring in ANY measures it deemed necessary to stop these riots and any measures to bring the perpetrators to justice. I am not saying I agree, but I was there and my gut wants retribution whilst my head is trying to work out how we have come to this. Being there and seeing and hearing what was happening has left me torn, unable to concentrate at work, but somehow wanting to help but not knowing where to start, To say that Blackberry Messenger is more important than lives and livelihoods will not go down well in many British cities at the moment. Time is a healer and hopefully the UK will be able to work the problems out. Right now the people who caused this need to know we will not sit by and watch them destroy our communities. This is NOT the USA this is the UK. The USA is not blameless where civil rights are concerned do not judge us in our anger. |
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UK Riots
(Message 1138939)
Posted 11 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: This sent a chill down my spine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424 |
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(Message 1138802)
Posted 11 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Some of the accused who have already appeared in court..... As I said earlier, these were not the people I was seeing on the streets on Monday night. I have yet to see any evidence that the real culprits are even close to being arrested. From the Mirror website today: Home News Top Stories |
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UK Riots
(Message 1138643)
Posted 10 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I wonder Bernie if these louts were put off by the amount of vigilanties who Well I live in an area that was quite badly hit on Monday, yet I am totally unaware of any "vigilantes" on the streets of South Croydon. Shops and restaurants were open as normal this evening. Also there are still cities that have not been affected that would have made good targets. I, like everyone in the UK, hope that this is now over. I need to get some sleep, and try and put into perspective all I have seen and heard in the last 2 days. These events have affected and changed me in more ways than I would have thought possible. |
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UK Riots
(Message 1138623)
Posted 10 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I suspect you will find most of the people appearing in court and being charged are not the main perpetrators. Certainly the majority of the hoodies I saw, yards from the electric shop this guy was accused of robbing, were not 31 years old. They were between 15 and 20. This guy just got caught up in the mob. Look at these: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14462271 Some taken a hundreds yards from where I live. I think you can see the real culprits hodded and masked and the opportunists with no face cover at all. Whilst we may put a few hundred people away I somehow doubt that the organisers will be caught. A corner has been turned, I believe that no one will ever really feel safe on the streets of the big cities again. We have left it much to late, the fact that these youths from a lost generation could be manipulated by a criminal element means this will not go away. I cannot see how we can possibly engage this lost generation. The do not see the world the same way most people posting here do. They feel left out on the fringes. They see no jobs and no "respect" from authority, and this is important THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. The complete sudden cessation of riots tonight makes one wonder how can what seems to be a disorganised rabble suddenly decide not to riot across the country? I believe this is far from over. Bernie Vine |
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The Lawless Streets of London
(Message 1138286)
Posted 10 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: As the started of this thread I am going to ask for it to be closed. A robust discussion of politics and reasons is available in the politics thread. I have been listening to all the varied arguments as to what has happened and why. Few of those people stood like me in the street while my community was attacked. Heard what the hoodies were saying and saw their faces. I am surprised but my feelings of anger are starting to change from blaming the perpetrators, to looking for the reasons. Our society has allowed this to happen. I am still deeply upset and rather than blame, I, and suspect others will want real answers as to what happens next. If we don't get those answers quickly, I fear for the way our society is headed. Thank you for your wishes in this tread. It has helped me to see things. It has also made me realise what is important to me. Bernie. |
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The Lawless Streets of London
(Message 1138102)
Posted 9 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, for a point of reference.. After the Rodney King verdict there was rioting in the streets of Los Angeles. The police lacked the resources to respond. The National Guard (supposed to be in between our Military/Police for a short version) was ineffective. The Marines showed up ready to respond, And all of it came to a screeching halt without a shot fired. They were armed with automatic rifles and told to use whatever force was necessary. None was. I agree that the threat of the Army may do the trick, but what if it doesn't and shots are fired, people killed? The slope is long and slippery. As to the way messages are being passed remember a year ago Saudi Arabia wanted Blackberry to reveal the contents of is Messenger service and Blackberry say it couldn't. Its' apparently heavily encrypted at source so much so that even RIM cannot easily read the messages. Should we now be asking the same questions as an oppressive middle eastern regime? P.S A friend has just sent me this, closer to the truth? http://pennyred.blogspot.com/ |
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The Lawless Streets of London
(Message 1138070)
Posted 9 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I spent an odd day at work today, my company provides TV and phones to hospital bedsides. This means that in our office there is always at least one, mostly two of our units. Today they were on BBC or SKY news. Whilst trying to work my eyes were continuously drawn to images from around London, but mostly Croydon. It was strange to see my town on TV but damaged and somehow not my town. To the ruined buildings in London Road, which in my youth had one of the biggest cinemas (long gone now) but the scene was almost familiar. My boss was on the phone to me this morning saying all the right things, so I was under no pressure at work. Irony is she was on her way to a meeting in Salford, scene of tonights trouble. I still feel numb and slightly disbelieving if I had not experienced it I'm not sure I could believe it. The neighborhood is spookily quiet all shops, pubs, restaurants and take-aways were closed soon after 7pm and there were more parking spaces than I have ever seen. Few cars and fewer people, the occasional siren in the distance. Very surreal after last night. Vic: We don't call it the Royal Army, just the Army. If they were called in it would mean the police had lost control. Whilst people are calling for the Army to be brought in that would open a whole new chapter, and the phrase "Martial Law" springs to mind. We really don't want that. |
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The Lawless Streets of London
(Message 1137953)
Posted 9 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: This morning is a feeling of desperation, I slept badly as I suspect did a lot of people in an around London. A lot of words a being said this morning by people in power, their words feel empty. The word anarchy is being used, standing in the street last night it certainly felt that way. I am at work but am having trouble concentrating. We will see what today brings. Bernie |
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The Lawless Streets of London
(Message 1137773)
Posted 8 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: As some of you may know I live in South London, Croydon to be exact. Tonight the Rule of Law left my town. As I type the oldest furniture store in Croydon is a burning shell. I have watched organised gangs in smart cars smash their way into shops. I have seen young men in "hoodies" carrying huge TV sets through the streets, I have watched my local shop be totally ransacked, for what, alcohol. I have watched all this but seen not one policeman, they have been overwhelmed by well planned disturbances used as a cover for burglary and theft. At one point tonight I went and moved my car from the main street, on returning to my flat I can say that never in my life have I been so afraid while standing in my own street. There is a feeling of total lawlessness. There are still shouts and raised voices from the street as I type. I have just had to break off to put out a small fire in rubbish behind the flats. Apparently all shops in the area with anything valuable have been ransacked. How do you feel when you see this happening to your local community? What do you do, well you feel numb, you feel helpless and you want someone to pay. I actually do not know how I feel deep down, a suppressed rage. Perhaps more later. Bernie Vine. |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1137688)
Posted 8 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nipping in for a quick win on a hectic day. My current boss seems to be able to keep going for 12 hours flat out mentally, I can't so am totally beat. |
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(Message 1137188)
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: forest |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1137139)
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning Mike |
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(Message 1137137)
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: fruit |
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(Message 1137056)
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Arrow |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1137054)
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at 02:09 must be time for bed |
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(Message 1136887)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: agent |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136837)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on my laptop which doesn't get used much at the moment. |
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(Message 1136832)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Religion |
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(Message 1136771)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: War (god of) |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136770)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without a milestone |
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(Message 1136696)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_(river) |
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(Message 1136695)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Saturday lunchtime. Always enjoy Saturday lunch as it is the only day I really get to sit down and chill at lunchtime. |
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(Message 1136661)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: reverse |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136659)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh a milestone 338 13x13x2=338 |
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(Message 1136655)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: YAWN Definitely is now!! Just noticed 2 posts from a milestone :-) |
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(Message 1136512)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: plantation |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136511)
Posted 6 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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(Message 1136426)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ~ carrier |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136425)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136374)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Friday win!! |
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(Message 1136218)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Crikey no post for 2 1/2 hours. Can see the tumble weed blowing through!! |
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(Message 1136214)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: statue |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136194)
Posted 5 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sneaking a win at work while waiting for something to happen. |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136062)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: winning before bed. Me too |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1136029)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Still winning |
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(Message 1135995)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Smoke |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1135994)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while not trying to work out the magic number. I like surprises :-() |
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(Message 1135920)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: slip |
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(Message 1135919)
Posted 4 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while considering leaving work. Hope the rain has stopped, it was raining felines and canines earlier. |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1135699)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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(Message 1135697)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Fire |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1135612)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a busy day at work. |
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(Message 1135609)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: hormones |
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(Message 1135425)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: top |
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(Message 1135423)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Little point posting until we get to one of the possible winning posts... But if no one post how do we get to the possible winning posts? :-0 I'll just win for the sake of it then. |
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(Message 1135401)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: assistance |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1135400)
Posted 3 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not quite winning as the restaurant where I am currently working normally opens at 7am, so I can have breakfast and coffee. Not opening till 8am today. So I drinking something that tastes almost but not totally unlike coffee. From a machine!! |
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(Message 1135156)
Posted 2 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work, during lunch-break. |
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(Message 1135102)
Posted 2 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: pigment |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1135101)
Posted 2 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work |
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(Message 1134914)
Posted 1 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: lies |
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For All Us Baby-Boomers - Part II
(Message 1134912)
Posted 1 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well just to show how much of an old fogey I am, I took this picture 5 minutes ago; And before anyone under 30 asks. The big thing at the back with the silver reels was an open reel taper recorder, the mp3 of its day, only slightly larger. The silver thing at the front is a VHS video recorder The yellow thing on top is a rotary dial phone an 8746D to be precise, how we used to make phone calls back in the stone age :-) To be fair they are all fairly recent examples. |
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(Message 1134901)
Posted 1 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning definitely without seagulls |
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(Message 1134728)
Posted 1 Aug 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really winning as it's a Monday morning. |
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(Message 1134617)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bravery |
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(Message 1134570)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: holiday |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1134569)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Me now |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1134443)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning Mike |
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hallo I'm new here.
(Message 1134442)
Posted 31 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to meet you too. Welcome to the Boards, they're a pretty good bunch of guys n gals here :-) I am sure a few more will drop by soon Bernie |
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TLPTPW: IT's OPEN
(Message 1134310)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or mine ) |
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(Message 1134305)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: gas |
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(Message 1134277)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning?? |
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(Message 1134271)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: anti |
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(Message 1134251)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK much to early to win, unless your house number is 3 |
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(Message 1134214)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done on the win! |
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(Message 1134212)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Theory |
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(Message 1134205)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: strangeness |
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(Message 1134195)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Atom |
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(Message 1134079)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: altar |
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(Message 1134078)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win! Just got a letter, I can now have up to 40meg Broadband. Line speed estimate 38.4meg down 8meg up. All for the same monthly cost! Of course I can't have a day of for a month and they only book appointments up to 3 weeks in advance :-( Still nice to know it's there. |
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(Message 1133757)
Posted 30 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: time ~ |
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(Message 1133743)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Unix |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1133741)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed! |
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(Message 1133739)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Windows ~ |
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(Message 1133634)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Game |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1133633)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: TGIF Win!! |
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What do you look like?
(Message 1133631)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Times Square July 2010 |
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(Message 1133629)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Public |
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(Message 1133424)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before lunch |
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(Message 1133368)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: World (wide-web) |
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(Message 1133363)
Posted 29 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whist enjoying my pre-work coffee. |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1133169)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in bed! I love my iPad :-) |
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(Message 1133167)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Minister |
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(Message 1133120)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while watching "In Search of Liberty Bell-7" |
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(Message 1133108)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Tracks |
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(Message 1133082)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: So you did!! Make my 1976 look bit puny |
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Xmas Commercialism
(Message 1133080)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Make me want to run and hide. |
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(Message 1133073)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: artillery |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1133071)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1132865)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst having a less frantic morning. Actually had time for breakfast and coffee!! |
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(Message 1132864)
Posted 28 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Songbird |
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2012 Olympics Park Ceremonies
(Message 1132675)
Posted 27 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I may be accused of being a spoilsport, but living and working in and around London, I cannot think of a worst place to be in a years time, traffic will be a nightmare, public transport will probably grind to a halt and heightened security will generally make life hell! If I can possibly arrange it I will be out of the country on 27th July 2012. Still should be quiet everywhere else as they will all be heading for the UK. Sorry, the prospect of the Olympics in the UK does nothing for me. :-( |
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(Message 1132673)
Posted 27 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: vocation |
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(Message 1132670)
Posted 27 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before falling asleep in front of the computer (as I did yesterday!!). Had a couple of long days and long drives, however working 5 miles from home today :-) |
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(Message 1131976)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: double |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131975)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for bed |
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(Message 1131945)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: marriage |
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(Message 1131941)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah.. oh lost count |
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(Message 1131928)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or of course 446 |
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(Message 1131918)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Trying to win with all this noise!! |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131876)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I peeked ! :-)) |
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(Message 1131861)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: creed |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131857)
Posted 25 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while no one's looking! |
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(Message 1131526)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: worm |
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(Message 1131519)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Smooth |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131510)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Back to winning!! |
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(Message 1131505)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: drawing |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131489)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win Vista that's the one for me!! |
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(Message 1131485)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with lots of reminiscing. |
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(Message 1131477)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh the memories: Tee hee |
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(Message 1131464)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or perhaps a Fractal win!! :-) |
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(Message 1131446)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: toothbrush |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131421)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Fractional win |
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(Message 1131420)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: letter |
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(Message 1131363)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (chaos) Theory |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131358)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Does a "fractional win" mean you only get to start a fractional new thread? :-) |
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(Message 1131306)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: paranoia |
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(Message 1131302)
Posted 24 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. So still no win fractional or otherwise? |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131146)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: So not winning then?? |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131131)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning! |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1131063)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Mike |
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(Message 1131045)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: longwave |
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(Message 1131043)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a confusing day. |
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(Message 1130988)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: radio |
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(Message 1130986)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or afternoon here!! |
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(Message 1130954)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: frequency |
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(Message 1130951)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: antenna |
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(Message 1130949)
Posted 23 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after spending the morning "working from home" Sometimes technology isn't your friend!! :-( |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1130641)
Posted 22 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning as it's FRIDAY!!! |
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1130548)
Posted 21 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning. |
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(Message 1130210)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: greenhouse |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1130196)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: lush |
6811)
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(Message 1130192)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a 15 hour day and a 464 mile round trip (that's the road mileage I went by train:-) |
6812)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129961)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Discuss |
6813)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129960)
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst speeding through the English countryside on a train bound for Manchester. Whilst on board Wi-Fi is crawling. |
6814)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129828)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: box |
6815)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129827)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
6816)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129680)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: quarter |
6817)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129660)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while starving (got a gastroscopy later this afternoon so have to fast!!) |
6818)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129659)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: haircut |
6819)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129593)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: summer |
6820)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129590)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: water |
6821)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129587)
Posted 19 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win from A damp misty Epsom (bit south west of London). |
6822)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129438)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: whiskey |
6823)
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Happy Birthday Uli
(Message 1129409)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Let me add: |
6824)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129404)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning?? Only time will tell |
6825)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 15
(Message 1129402)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: rye |
6826)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1129213)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sugar |
6827)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129212)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning during afternoon coffee break |
6828)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1129152)
Posted 18 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunch |
6829)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128957)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Steel |
6830)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128943)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: nightmare |
6831)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128924)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: needles |
6832)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128907)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bones |
6833)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128906)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: evening win. |
6834)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128648)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: chatter |
6835)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128646)
Posted 17 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning from an overcast South London, at least it's not raining. |
6836)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128497)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without bridges, freeways or firewire :-) |
6837)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128496)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Decimal |
6838)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128480)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (Actually Firth of Forth) River |
6839)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128469)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Me too |
6840)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128456)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wrist |
6841)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128453)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: face |
6842)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128374)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: drunk |
6843)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128300)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: flow |
6844)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128297)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I noticed most of the poster commenting on the weather are from the UK :-) |
6845)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128253)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: flat |
6846)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128251)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually gone from "damp" to downpour! Not winning weather. |
6847)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1128240)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes damp here too |
6848)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1128239)
Posted 16 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sushi |
6849)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127973)
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Friday evening!! |
6850)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127969)
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Night~ |
6851)
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Number crunching :
HE connection problems thread
(Message 1127823)
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have not had any communication with SETI for several days. Other projects working fine. Is there a problem? This machine connected and reported this morning: 5531969 |
6852)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127818)
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wire |
6853)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127817)
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning TGIF |
6854)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127694)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The Beginning |
6855)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127643)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: clouds |
6856)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127642)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
6857)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127513)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: boots |
6858)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127512)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch |
6859)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127379)
Posted 13 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: radiation |
6860)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127376)
Posted 13 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after long day and long drive home. Soon be ready for bed. |
6861)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127172)
Posted 13 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunchtime |
6862)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1127041)
Posted 12 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ~away |
6863)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1127039)
Posted 12 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
6864)
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TLPTPW Michael John Hind wins
(Message 1126853)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done, I was nearly there, oh well perhaps this time! |
6865)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126811)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or of course evening, as it is here |
6866)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126799)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
6867)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126784)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: acorn |
6868)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126772)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Do they still do the Olympic Breakfast? Oh Yes: Two rashers of back bacon, award winning British pork sausage, two free range griddled eggs, mushrooms, sauté potatoes, griddled tomatoes and baked beans. Served with toast or fried bread. £7.49 Doesn't open till 7 so too late for me. |
6869)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126759)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whist sitting in a"Little Chef". This will possibly only be relevant to UK residents :-) Yes this weeks hotel not up to the usual standard. All the rest were full :-( Still at least it has free Wi-Fi. To be fair the food was not too bad. |
6870)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126732)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: daylight |
6871)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126729)
Posted 11 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to be back and winning |
6872)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126698)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 601 win? |
6873)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126694)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Win?? |
6874)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126690)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: nocturnal |
6875)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126681)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: cats |
6876)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126665)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: stone |
6877)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126663)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No it's my turn |
6878)
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. . . the brokEn window [in social philosophy]
(Message 1126662)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice to see you back. |
6879)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126554)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Moving towards 600. Coalicious? No idea what you are talking about?? |
6880)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126522)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: skin |
6881)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126521)
Posted 10 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning Mike, time to win |
6882)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126409)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed with a nightcap :-) |
6883)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126380)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: blood |
6884)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126365)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: branch |
6885)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126362)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Beer |
6886)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126340)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 556 Winning |
6887)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126322)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 551 Evening win? |
6888)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126240)
Posted 9 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a lazy Saturday afternoon win |
6889)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126087)
Posted 8 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Perhaps, perhaps not. |
6890)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1126084)
Posted 8 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Tigers |
6891)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1126015)
Posted 8 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at home after a busy day and the M25!! |
6892)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1125644)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Delta (quadrant) |
6893)
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A lovely cat named Nora
(Message 1125633)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My own cat will be thirteen next month and she still seems fit and active. I know the time will come. My only comfort is that she cannot understand death and does not fear it. As I read your story a tear formed in my eye, we grieve, they are at peace. |
6894)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1125617)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: softly scrambled eggs Personally, I prefer fried eggs to have the white firm but the yolk still soft with bacon and tomatoes. Or a properly poached egg on toast. Oh yes and winning as well :-) |
6895)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1125604)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: From the comfort of the hotel bar I can predict I will be having a "Full English" breakfast tomorrow. Full of things that are bad for you. :-) |
6896)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1125590)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Actually just found a Helpdesk that answered quickly new exactly what I was talking about and sorted my problem out in seconds. Must have phoned a wrong number. No, nice clear English female voice no trace of an accent! |
6897)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1125569)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Needles |
6898)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1125568)
Posted 7 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from my hotel room somewhere in England:-) Actually just found a Helpdesk that answered quickly new exactly what I was talking about and sorted my problem out in seconds. Must have phoned a wrong number. |
6899)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1125318)
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
6900)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1125229)
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Adjustment |
6901)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1125005)
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: stock~ |
6902)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1124963)
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: float |
6903)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124961)
Posted 6 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work 4:30am Most of the bits back together, hopefully it will all work |
6904)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124809)
Posted 5 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win. Little later that usual, doing an all nighter tonight, relocating site servers, switches and MPLS router from old rack to new. |
6905)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124695)
Posted 4 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after being home for 60 minutes |
6906)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124541)
Posted 4 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work. |
6907)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1124413)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: square |
6908)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124412)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed, early start in the morning |
6909)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1124310)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: running |
6910)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124295)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No I am |
6911)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1124293)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wind |
6912)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1124233)
Posted 3 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon win |
6913)
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Contest VII
(Message 1124115)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner. The Simonator correct total 514. |
6914)
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Contest VII
(Message 1124097)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, can you give the other players a chance to change their number? Please OK Greater than 510 smaller than 518 |
6915)
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Contest VII
(Message 1124061)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK Lets simplify Chris at 500 is too low. Celt at 522 is too high. |
6916)
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Contest VII
(Message 1124024)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Uli 187 Julie 255 Donald 450 Celt Tooth 500 Chris 575 James 600 John Mcleod 654 Uli 718(2) Mike 750 Carlos 1001 Lets narrow it down: Celt is too low Chris is too high :-) |
6917)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1124017)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Line |
6918)
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Contest VII
(Message 1124011)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: So Uli 187 Julie 255 Donald 450 Celt Tooth 500 Chris 575 Uli 718(2) Mike 750 Carlos 1001 Donald too low, Uli(2) too high |
6919)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123975)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My turn |
6920)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123969)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I think 3 |
6921)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123935)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: So Uli 187 Julie 255 Celt Tooth 500 Chris 575 Mike 750 Carlos 1001 We already know that: Uli too low Carlos too high. Now Julie is also too low |
6922)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123865)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch |
6923)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123856)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Efficient |
6924)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123845)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: solar |
6925)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123825)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A bright Saturday morning to all Yes I agree with everyone, you are among friends here. @Celt It's an Austin Princess Vandan Plas Limousine Still used in the UK for Weddings Look here:http://www.premiercarriage.co.uk/transport/classic-cars/austin-princess-limousine/ |
6926)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123823)
Posted 2 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK so; Uli 187 Celt Tooth 500 Mike 750 Carlos 1001 Uli to low Carlos to high. Just for fun this is what I am talking about A series call "Railway Equipment" And "Aircraft" All from the 1930's |
6927)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123588)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you Uli. First time I really try one of these and win. Beginners luck. OK. When my father was young he used to collect cigarette cards and had many complete albums as well as loose cards not in albums, and duplicates. He gave them on to me a few years ago. So how many cards do I have not in albums, I have just counted and it is a larger number than usual here. It is nearly 1 AM so have a few guesses and I will let you know in the morning! |
6928)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123571)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 26 |
6929)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123567)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: back |
6930)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123566)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 49 |
6931)
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Contest VII
(Message 1123538)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 56 |
6932)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123518)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
6933)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123516)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Honey |
6934)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123512)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lake |
6935)
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (49) Server problems?
(Message 1123458)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: (Pout Mode=on)OK, I'm beginning to feel left behind...Nothing Normal since the 15th and 16th of June.(Pout Mode=off) It would seem that 3 of you machines have tasks downloaded and in progress as of 11:35 UTC today. |
6936)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123452)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: orchestra |
6937)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123449)
Posted 1 Jul 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
6938)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1123149)
Posted 30 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Prisoner |
6939)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123138)
Posted 30 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Used to drive this a few years ago MK2 RS2000 Now that was fun Older and perhaps not wiser |
6940)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1123088)
Posted 30 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a day where nothing went as planned! Oh well at least its Friday tomorrow!! |
6941)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122953)
Posted 30 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: instrument |
6942)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122952)
Posted 30 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning, winning at work. |
6943)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122797)
Posted 29 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: LIRR |
6944)
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Gotta try this sometime
(Message 1122792)
Posted 29 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Simple and effective . Actually surprised I had not seen something like this before. |
6945)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122790)
Posted 29 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win |
6946)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122789)
Posted 29 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: commuters |
6947)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122660)
Posted 29 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunchtime |
6948)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122501)
Posted 28 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
6949)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122500)
Posted 28 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: baby |
6950)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122445)
Posted 28 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ties |
6951)
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122444)
Posted 28 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while wishing it was home time. Work is definitely naff today!! |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1122141)
Posted 27 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after a hard day at Head Office, which for those in the UK is in SLOUGH!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1122138)
Posted 27 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Artist |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121909)
Posted 27 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? at work |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1121810)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: beetle |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121775)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on my last day of my 2 week holiday. Back to work tomorrow :-( |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1121692)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: tectonic (plates) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 14
(Message 1121684)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: glacier |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1121654)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: coffee!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1121647)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Cow |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121646)
Posted 26 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A very good morning from a sunny South London |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121570)
Posted 25 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for bed! Goodnight win |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121537)
Posted 25 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning :-) |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121402)
Posted 25 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win from an overcast and chilly South London. Currently 57F |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121206)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win before bed. |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1121204)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: VPN |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1121122)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not being a poet I'll just win :-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120957)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: creature |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120835)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: winning while on the way to airport. Going somewhere nice? |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120805)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good Friday morning win |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120804)
Posted 24 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: onwards |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120620)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120612)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Islands |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120594)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: phone |
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Number crunching :
Credit
(Message 1120574)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I can do better than that: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=766974963 |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120566)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: assault |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120515)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win |
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Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120410)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The statue is named "Freedom of the Human Spirit", and is located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York, NY. It was built for the 1964 Worlds Fair and is in the same park as the famous UFOs on the observatory towers from "Men In Black"... Exactly Correct. Take it away |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120408)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Near wimbelton? No, your side of the pond, not mine :-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120364)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: deciding |
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Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120359)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Too difficult? Well we have established that it is near the worlds largest tennis stadium. However it has absolutely nothing to do with tennis and is older than the stadium it is near. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120358)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: weed |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120320)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: club |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120318)
Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120232)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes and no, other games have been played there but it was built for tennis |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120212)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: near |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120208)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: away |
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Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120193)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK an easy one, if you've been paying attention :-) What is this called and where is it? |
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Cafe SETI :
Mystery Photo Game 19
(Message 1120156)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: International Petroleum Exhibition Building, Tulsa |
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Technical News :
Monolith (Jun 14 2011)
(Message 1120151)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The cricket graph again shows that the upload server is down. The status page shows it up. Actually an 8 day old news thread started on 14 June |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1120150)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: chrome |
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TLPTPW Started 6/22/11
(Message 1120061)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Carlos |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1119970)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wagon |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119936)
Posted 22 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning to all. Slept for 9 hours feeling much better. |
6995)
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1119824)
Posted 21 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Socialite |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119823)
Posted 21 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: PS. I am back home, body not sure which side of the Atlantic it's on!! Definitely after 7 Days in NY :-) |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119816)
Posted 21 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh but does he KNOW This is bad, just back from NY, post holiday blues and TLPTPW is won There is no new "Count to" thread And I just posted in the word link. Getting withdrawal symptoms :-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1119813)
Posted 21 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Russian |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119795)
Posted 21 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Er didn't Carlos already win?? Does he know?? PS. I am back home, body not sure which side of the Atlantic it's on!! |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119373)
Posted 20 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: piccies Bernie PLEASE. OK if you insist :-) A selection can be found here: NY June 2011 This is my third visit so a bit more specific. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119314)
Posted 20 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a bright and early good morning to all (well bright and early here). My last day in NY, this time tomorrow I will be back in the UK. :-( |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119222)
Posted 20 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while wondering how anyone in the USA can watch anything on TV. I am trying to watch Falling Skies! which is a special "limited commercials". So far a break every 7-8 minutes!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1119163)
Posted 19 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Doctor |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1119061)
Posted 19 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with lunch |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1118971)
Posted 19 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: cars |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118969)
Posted 19 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A good Sunday morning win to all, just after 7am and temp already in the mid 70's F |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118823)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning in the park |
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Tales of the HEATWAVE circa 2011
(Message 1118810)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Currently says it's 81f here in NY but cloudy. Had several burst of thunder and hailstones last night |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1118759)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: down |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118754)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118647)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before a quick stroll in Central Park :-) My apartment is just 2 blocks away. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118634)
Posted 18 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Awake at 6am on a Saturday coffee required. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1118334)
Posted 17 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Tom (& Jerry) |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118331)
Posted 17 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nice pics Bernie, At least one structure has been used in Men in Black. Almost, actually Hollywood moved the towers so they were nearer the globe. What you see in MIB, is pure Hollywood, it was not even shot in Flushing Meadows :-) PS. New York had neither the intrest or the money to preserve these so they are rusting ruins and close up you really wonder how long they have left. Pity. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1118226)
Posted 17 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Christmas |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1118224)
Posted 17 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A good morning win, well actually not, woken at 5.30am by thunderstorm,still raining. Not a good day for sightseeing. Went to Flushing Meadows yesterday and saw these: Left over from the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. And one for Victor (if we ever reach 9401) Redbird One of the few surviving Redbird 7 Line IRT cars built for the same World Fair |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117882)
Posted 16 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with an iced coffee in the sun |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117878)
Posted 16 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Fold |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117516)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ball |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117503)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: goodbye |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117476)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie-I'm about 5 hrs north of you....wish you had time to visit! So do I but I think that's just a bit to far as I am only here for a week. Perhaps another time. I will be back :-) Nearly forgot, winning after lunch with an old friend. She is the artist who's picture is my avatar. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117408)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have to say that the Big Apple has never particularly grabbed me by the lapels so to speak. But I'd be interested to hear your views when you get back home :-) Well this is my third time and I love the place. I can see that it would not be to everyone's taste. For me it just has that "something" I can't put in words, it's just the "vibe" Anything can happen here and probably does everyday. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117403)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Silver |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117400)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning just here: http://www.bryantpark.org/about-us/today.html |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117319)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Card |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117312)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Animation |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117311)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while enjoying the sun in Battery Park. Free wi-fi One of my better mornings of recent weeks. Even better as I now have coffee :-) |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117295)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while enjoying the sun in Battery Park. Free wi-fi |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117241)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ending |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117239)
Posted 15 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst good old jet lag strikes. 9.30am UK time 4.30 am NY time. Gave up and went to bed at 8.30 NY time so I have had 8 hours. Still they say this is the city that never sleeps!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 13
(Message 1117082)
Posted 14 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sugar |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1117080)
Posted 14 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from New York city. Left UK with clear skies arrived in NY overcast and rain! Still I rather be rained on here than South London:-) Also long day got up at 5:30am BST got to NY at 1:30 Local time my head thinks its 6;30pm but my body thinks it's 11:30pm. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116770)
Posted 13 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with a glass of red. Thinking this time tomorrow I will be in New York. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1116721)
Posted 13 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: liberal |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1116579)
Posted 13 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: grape |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116577)
Posted 13 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A good Monday morning to all. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116437)
Posted 12 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1116346)
Posted 12 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: evil |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116196)
Posted 12 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have coffee and also rain. |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116174)
Posted 12 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning, overcast and 12 degrees here |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1116172)
Posted 12 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: enough |
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TLPTPW Started 6/11/11
(Message 1116040)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done sir, I just missed!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1116022)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: or not |
7044)
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Number crunching :
CLOSED- SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXII -CLOSED
(Message 1115975)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 5 million SETI. Plus a second machine past 1 mil. 5089492 RAC dropping as I am on holiday next week and have emptied my queues and shut down. |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115971)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: And another post closer:-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1115827)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: message |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115825)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning on a slightly overcast Saturday. While waiting for WIN 7 to install on one of my machines. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1115625)
Posted 10 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: tail |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115623)
Posted 10 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with 2 weeks off work!! Fist week in NYC. And a brand new iPad 2 WIN!! |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115231)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes bed for me too. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1115205)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Tin |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115199)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh well I shouldn't really try to win this as I won the last one, but I can't stop myself ;-) |
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Cafe SETI :
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Coffee
(Message 1115197)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have always thought that coffee in the USA would better than the UK. However when I last visited NYC. I found that most restaurants/cafes only offered a bland "filtered" coffee. I am spending a week in NYC from next Tuesday and would like to know if anyone can guide me to the "best cup of coffee in New York". All suggestions will attempt to be sampled :-) |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115191)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah 444! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1115189)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Titan |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1115135)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: snow |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1115132)
Posted 9 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well must be 437 |
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Number crunching :
Power Down Week
(Message 1114774)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: June 25th though July 3rd is national Power Down Week, a multiday event of energy conservation. Yep me to. |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114770)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I certainly satisfied the inner man, of course winning is another matter. |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1114762)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Skylark |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114760)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after having satisfied the inner man. With food and wine. |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114635)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Happy Birthday Julie Gemini Your element: Air Your ruling planets: Mercury Symbol: The Twins Your stone: Aquamarine Life Pursuit: To explore a little bit of everything. Vibration: Intense mental energy Gemini's Secret Desire: To be ahead of the crowd Not that I believe in that sort of thing. |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114520)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Working at winning |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1114503)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: French |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114501)
Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: "Working from Home" this morning. Isn't technology wonderful? |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114386)
Posted 7 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Post outage win!! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1114086)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: demon |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114085)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: It's bad enough having the whole of southern England to look after(approx 70 sites). I have no desire for a patch the size of the southern USA! :-0 Time for bed. Goodnight win |
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Technical News :
recent server woes
(Message 1114068)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: What would be good is an extra message board called "Project Status" where Admins, and say trusted others like Josef and Richard H etc could post messages like "As of xx.xx UTC there are no uploads/downloads due to server problems. Yes it seems a bit strange to include "notices" in the latest version of boinc if the "notice" they give is totally out of date. Whilst trying to be helpful this has in my opinion caused more problems. People who know what is going on don't need it people who don't just get confused. Needs to be removed ASAP |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114065)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My my you do get around in that job of yours! My actual job title is "Commissioning Engineer Southern" Yes there is a "Commissioning Engineer Northern" Trouble is no one has yet defined where the North/South line actually is :-) |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1114055)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from a hotel bar in Cambridge. After a definate day to forget at work, contractors I was supervising managed to drill a hole through a conduit carrying 240v mains. Luckily no one was hurt and situation was resolved quickly. While Chris might like the rain it made a nightmare drive this morning M25 to M11 spray really bad. Still I now have a nice glass of red having eaten on the company makes it all worth it. :-) Overall win. |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1113569)
Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1113417)
Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: survivor |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1113410)
Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Late morning win |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1113231)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or of course not Must be time for bed! |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1113167)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bolt |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1113109)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
Or perhaps two :-) |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1113108)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: master |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1113036)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: boat |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1113015)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: actor |
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Number crunching :
To S@H Crew -Please shut down S@H ( for week, or two)
(Message 1112939)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Why? After every outage the 100mbit network has always been a problem. Plus there seem to be a lot of "shorties" as my fastest cruncher is constantly requesting new work. Shouldn't we be looking at the number of processors rather than the number of users. I am one users 4 crunchers and 12 processors (CPU and GPU). Plus for a long shutdown to work you would have to stop generating new work and receive all completed work back. Then just imagine what would happen when the project restarted, thousands of processors all requesting new work, some massively fast GPU's for up to a 10 day cache. |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112936)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: coffee |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112934)
Posted 4 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning. Warm but cloudy in S London Win? |
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Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112822)
Posted 3 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: pole |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112709)
Posted 3 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just occasionally you win. My job means I travel a lot, usually early morning or late evening. Today after a 9.30am meeting in Bournemouth (100 miles away from home) I am finished by 1.30pm. The sun is shining there is good music on the stereo and I decide to come home the scenic route, no rush, almost no traffic (still early). And the English countryside laid out before me. I arrive home relaxed and much much earlier than normal. PLUS it's Friday total win!! :-) |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112624)
Posted 3 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon greetings from a very sunny Bournemouth. Win? |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112493)
Posted 2 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope try again |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112469)
Posted 2 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112310)
Posted 2 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: aid |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112309)
Posted 2 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A lunchtime win!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112165)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: parking |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112162)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be my turn!! Another long day at work, still my week in New York is 12 days 15 hours and 5 minutes away (but who's counting) Nice one John, but not quite what I had in mind :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112151)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: light |
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Cafe SETI :
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Coffee
(Message 1112133)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have one of these: Normally only use at weekends, worth it just for the aroma. |
7095)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1112114)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: honey |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1112112)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be my turn!! Another long day at work, still my week in New York is 12 days 15 hours and 5 minutes away (but who's counting) |
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Number crunching :
Oh-B'lix
(Message 1112110)
Posted 1 Jun 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: One of my crunchers has died :-( When I had an MB fail, I swapped the HDD into a similar spec machine and successfully crunched the waiting queue and didn't loose a WU. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111810)
Posted 31 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Very busy today not had time to pop in for a win!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111535)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: ranch |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (47) Server problems?
(Message 1111522)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
Yep uploads OK, now I just have 120 wu's that are waiting to download :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111521)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111518)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: steak |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111401)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after no work. |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111397)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: boat |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111343)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Christmas |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111316)
Posted 30 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good Morning from a cloudy cold South London on a Bank Holiday Monday. I love 3 day weekends and 4 day weeks!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111200)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: flags |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111190)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: eagle |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111181)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No probably not |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111177)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: dentist |
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Number crunching :
Short deadlines
(Message 1111171)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I wonder what happened here?? http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=749716604 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=749716552 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=749716586 Nine minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time!!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 4
(Message 1111152)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh dear Whoa, "Coffee Wine"?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111151)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: buy |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111150)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Definitely winning when Sunday night doesn't mean work tomorrow!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111040)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst trying to tidy up the "My Music" folder |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1111039)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: eating |
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News :
storage service is back up
(Message 1111007)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The same to me If you really want to help look here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=64277 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1111003)
Posted 29 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all, got a shock when I saw the new thread title, thought it was a clue as to how far we had to go!!! :-0 Here in the UK we would put 270511. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (47) Server problems?
(Message 1110889)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
My modest 4 machines started today with 311 uploads waiting, went down as low as 275 now up to 326, so they crunching faster than they can be uploaded! :-) |
7120)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1110834)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: simple |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1110821)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK just not winning :-) |
7122)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1110801)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: heart |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1110733)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: It's warmed up a bit now Bernie, it's 16C :-) Hmm not according to my sidebar! |
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 12 year club
(Message 1110718)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Missed it by 2 days!! |
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Number crunching :
May/June Fund Drive
(Message 1110693)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Count me in Dear Bernie Vine, Thank you for your gift of $50.00 via Visa on 05/28/2011. Your gift was assigned to the following areas: SETI@home - $50.00 Your confirmation number is: 74845 |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 12
(Message 1110691)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: flower (power) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1110690)
Posted 28 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all from a cloudy chilly South London, currently 11 degrees. Perfect Bank Holiday weather :-) Probably not winning yet. |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1110500)
Posted 27 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: lightning |
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TLPTPW started 110527
(Message 1110495)
Posted 27 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Let me add my congrats. Now I am finally home. 3 hours to do 80 miles 60 of it on motorways!! Have I mentioned how much I hate the Dartford crossing :-( |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1110382)
Posted 27 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes we have a winner!! Carlos on 399!! Message sent. Well done. |
7131)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1110377)
Posted 27 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: hexagon |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1110354)
Posted 27 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: trousers |
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1110155)
Posted 26 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: multi |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1110097)
Posted 26 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Long hard day at work, roll on the long weekend!! Good news, less than 50 to go!! And I can start winning again:-) |
7135)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1110095)
Posted 26 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: close (to the edge, YES album from a looong time ago) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1109892)
Posted 26 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all from a cold wet Cambridge, more like early March than late May!! Still not quite there yet. |
7137)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1109754)
Posted 25 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: oil |
7138)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1109723)
Posted 25 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: private |
7139)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1109720)
Posted 25 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good evening winners, still a way to go. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1109435)
Posted 24 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: To sleep perchance to dream of the winning post. |
7141)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1109403)
Posted 24 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Cellar |
7142)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1109401)
Posted 24 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry have been really busy at work. I am currently sitting in a hotel bar in Cambridge using one of these new fangled thingys with an i and a Pad in the name and I can tell you the winner is.......still a little way off. Keep posting:-) |
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Cafe SETI :
A birthday raccoon for Angela
(Message 1109399)
Posted 24 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Happy Birthday!! |
7144)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1109172)
Posted 23 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good evening, night, morning, afternoon or whatever it is wherever you are!! Past the 250, only...... to go ;-) |
7145)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1109099)
Posted 23 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sour |
7146)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1108885)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep it's a goodnight from me. |
7147)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1108863)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: aircraft |
7148)
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Cafe SETI :
So, what do you have planned for the end of the world?
(Message 1108657)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sorry, short sharp shower now moving away south east. |
7149)
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Cafe SETI :
So, what do you have planned for the end of the world?
(Message 1108652)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lots of rain in Heaven !! Ahh perhaps this is the other place?? |
7150)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1108647)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: body |
7151)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1108646)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon all. Very blustery here. |
7152)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1108614)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: seek |
7153)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1108497)
Posted 22 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep 01:00 AM here so time for bed Goodnight all. |
7154)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1108482)
Posted 21 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Enterprise |
7155)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1108247)
Posted 21 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just popping in to check on the progress, still a way to go!! I'll help a bit with this post |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1107800)
Posted 19 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well not winning (because I can't) but before bed anyway |
7157)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 11
(Message 1107733)
Posted 19 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: proffessor |
7158)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1107704)
Posted 19 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good evening, from a totally different hotel room in Cambridge. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1107288)
Posted 18 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just popping in before my drive home tonight to feed my cat, then back to Cambridge tomorrow round trip 160 miles. |
7160)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1106957)
Posted 17 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning on a slightly overcast Tuesday here in Cambridge |
7161)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1106815)
Posted 16 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: testament |
7162)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1106811)
Posted 16 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good evening all, from a hotel room in Cambridge. Helping to move the thread along :-) |
7163)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1106720)
Posted 16 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: home |
7164)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1106718)
Posted 16 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. A little helpful info. The new number is more than 250 but less than 500 :-) |
7165)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A new host.
(Message 1106624)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: There I was about to retire to my bed when my iPhone pinged and 800 had proved lucky. So a new host and a new number. Have fun. |
7166)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106611)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Or 803 |
7167)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106600)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 800!! |
7168)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106493)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning #787 |
7169)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1106444)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: shirt |
7170)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106443)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, well we should be there soon! |
7171)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106404)
Posted 15 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win |
7172)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106249)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Before bed win |
7173)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106159)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning without rain (so far anyway) |
7174)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106110)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Did my shopping earlier, and got the car washed. This will mean rain later :-( |
7175)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Next Generation Broadband
(Message 1106109)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have just checked again on the BT Infinity website to see when I can expect the same speeds as Chris. Still says 30 June, however if I go to the "Exchanges converted" page it states mine was done in January and you can order Infinity now. I can't however because as soon as I put in my phone number or postcode is offers me what I already have. Looks like I will have to stick with this for a while longer. Still faster than 56% of the UK :-) |
7176)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106104)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunchtime |
7177)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1106103)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: character |
7178)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106073)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I have to admit "Commemorating 80 years since the first trolley buses in Kingston" Seems the best excuse for a beer festival I have heard in a long time :-) |
7179)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1106044)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we there yet WIN |
7180)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1106042)
Posted 14 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: card :-) |
7181)
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (46) Server problems
(Message 1105781)
Posted 13 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well my uploads are going just very slowly |
7182)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1105773)
Posted 13 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while deciding I really HATE the Dartford crossing!!! On a Friday evening it adds an hour to my journey because it is a toll crossing, so you have to PAY to be held up. Not happy. |
7183)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1105664)
Posted 13 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: sunset |
7184)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1105661)
Posted 13 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lunchtime win? |
7185)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1105541)
Posted 12 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: vulture |
7186)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1105537)
Posted 12 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning or not after 2 days hard work at my company's warehouse, sorting out why 44 new equipment test positions didn't work (wrong phone sockets, wrong plugs, and they were numbered backwards!!). |
7187)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1105198)
Posted 11 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst deciding whether to brave the M25 now or wait an hour for it to quiet down |
7188)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1105012)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: wasp |
7189)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104999)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: hammer |
7190)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104998)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Me too! |
7191)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104948)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before the outage |
7192)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104946)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: brass |
7193)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104889)
Posted 10 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work |
7194)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104628)
Posted 9 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at lunchtime |
7195)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Next Generation Broadband
(Message 1104522)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Having just looked at the BT website I can tell you that their top package is Up to 40meg down and 10meg up with unlimited downloads (in reality they get upset at 80gb and restrict you at 100gb) Cost is £28 per month about 58 NZ dollars |
7196)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104503)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Jedi |
7197)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104470)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: master |
7198)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Next Generation Broadband
(Message 1104458)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Lucky you I "registered my interest" when I first heard about it, it stated my exchange would be converted in December 2010, then March 2011, now June!! Doesn't help when they quote what I should get after June 34.8Mb download 8.6Mb upload 30-June-2011 :-( |
7199)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104454)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No surely it's my turn to win!! |
7200)
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (46) Server problems
(Message 1104351)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I took a look at pending credits under my account and it shows only 11 WU's. But if i look at my tasks and filter with status pending i get more than 1500 Wu's ??? The calculation for pending credit has been removed, see here for and explanation: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=63430&nowrap=true#1088319 About 10 posts from the end. |
7201)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104345)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: bewilderment |
7202)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104344)
Posted 8 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning from me as well |
7203)
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Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104253)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: book Boinc stats is down |
7204)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Seti's own WORD LINK! 10
(Message 1104242)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: rain |
7205)
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Number crunching :
Welcome to the 12 year club
(Message 1104232)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 26th will see my 12 years. Can't remember what my machine was, but yep I was on dial up. |
7206)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boincstats down
(Message 1104231)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just in case you are wondering Boincstats has a server failure. Message says "Back Soon" |
7207)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104221)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning yet? |
7208)
Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1104063)
Posted 7 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good afternoon win |
7209)
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103940)
Posted 6 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wining while wondering why Friday afternoon traffic is always bad! Do people stay away all week and only return home on Friday. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103847)
Posted 6 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: What can I say but TGIF |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103728)
Posted 5 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after doing nothing!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103650)
Posted 5 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, though I can't see any post unless I post, if you see what I mean!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103566)
Posted 5 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning, after finding out I am just able to post and that Vic's microwave is the cause of my failing ADSL broadband. "Slower that 92%of GB"!! Yikes! You must have a line/router fault, for uploads to faster than downloads!!. I spent about a week like that before BT eventually sent an engineer round. He found the cable was damaged as it came out the distribution point, from the rust it had been like it for a while. What has you service provider said? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103478)
Posted 5 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work |
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Cafe SETI :
Well what do you think
(Message 1103353)
Posted 4 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: As a long time NY fan, the Yellow Cab (read Ford Crown Victoria and predecessors) has been part of the mystique. Now we have this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13276404 So what do you think, will we get used to them, will films and TV be filled with them in NY scenes in a few years time? Or do you prefer: [/img] |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103337)
Posted 4 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Dinner on the company, 2 glasses of red win! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103247)
Posted 4 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Congrats of passing the 5 million combined Bernie! Oh, so I did ;-) As for the grammar... WIN |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103200)
Posted 4 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before breakfast. I usually only have breakfast when the company pays!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1103068)
Posted 3 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from a hotel room in Cambridge, using a very expensive hotel Wi-Fi!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102826)
Posted 2 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102681)
Posted 2 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning before work, because it is a Bank Holiday here in the UK! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102571)
Posted 1 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: winning before bed. Me too, well in an hour or so. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102502)
Posted 1 May 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick win on a pleasant Sunday evening. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102239)
Posted 30 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I seem to be good tonight That's pretty fast for me |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 4
(Message 1102237)
Posted 30 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I am watching TV on one screen, posting on the other and enjoying a relaxing drink! Cheers. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1102131)
Posted 30 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A round for the house to bump this thread back to the front page. Thank you kind sir for both!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1102123)
Posted 30 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Saturday afternoon |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101868)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: While TV may leave something to be desired the inter-web always delivers. I was suddenly reminded of the 1970 song Postcards of Scarborough by Michael Chapman, which is probably in the loft along with all my vinyl. Less than 2 minutes later I was listening to the original thanks to that well known tube. Definite WIN! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
ap units?
(Message 1101843)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The feeder/scheduler only holds 100 tasks at a time... Not at the moment!! Wheres that duck! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101841)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after deciding that even with all these TV channels there's still nothing on!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Two things to make SETI healty
(Message 1101838)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Quote from "About Seti@Home" "The UC Berkeley SETI team has discovered that there are already thousands of computers that might be available for use. Most of these computers sit around most of the time with toasters flying across their screens accomplishing absolutely nothing and wasting electricity to boot. This is where SETI@home (and you!) come into the picture. The SETI@home project hopes to convince you to allow us to borrow your computer when you aren't using it and to help us "…search out new life and new civilizations." We'll do this with a screen saver that can go get a chunk of data from us over the internet, analyze that data, and then report the results back to us. When you need your computer back, our screen saver instantly gets out of the way and only continues it's analysis when you are finished with your work." This project was conceived as "Set and Forget". The thousands of users who never visit these boards are the backbone of the project. WE are the ones that are out of step, note from the paragraph above "Most of these computers sit around most of the time with toasters flying across their screens accomplishing absolutely nothing and wasting electricity to boot." Us with our dedicated "crunchers" are not really acting in the spirit of the project and using energy to do it, which is why I have recently retired a couple of machines. I would never support cutting off result producing users, so what if it takes them a month to return a result you do in a day, if ET is there he's probably not going anywhere. I don't expect to see any results in my lifetime. Whilst I am not crunching as much as a year ago, I will be making a donation later this year, that is the best way to help. Bernie |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (46) Server problems
(Message 1101759)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a boatload of downloads, but they are downloading. I have just restarted one of my machines, after half an hour 21 downloaded 77 to go!! Currently 8 tasks stuck at 15-17% |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101741)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after not working!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101634)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while currently not watching the wedding coverage, might later. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101450)
Posted 28 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while relaxing!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101352)
Posted 28 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Also winning in at work, but with prospect of a 4 day week end approaching , it doesn't seem so bad! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1101109)
Posted 27 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100870)
Posted 26 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: In after outage, winning before bed. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100796)
Posted 26 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from somewhere I have never posted from before. Strangely enough no.:-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100789)
Posted 26 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from somewhere I have never posted from before. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100356)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: yep me 2 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100264)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just relaxing |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100227)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after, er, before, er well just winning ;-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100205)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Easter Sunday morning. As my late grandfather used to say "Happy Egg" |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1100080)
Posted 23 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: But are we winning |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099992)
Posted 23 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: @Chris: Fully fledged thunder and lighting and rain now. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099983)
Posted 23 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Ominous dark clouds rumbles of thunder and the fist few drops of rain. Much more like a UK Bank Holiday! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099914)
Posted 23 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Saturday |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099818)
Posted 22 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: But posting here helps |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Upload issues?
(Message 1099786)
Posted 22 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I've got no problems uploading when I tell it to upload. However it will not do it for awhile if I depend on it to do it by itself. Most of the time I will build up 150-200 work units before it will decide to upload them. I have no clue why. So you have issues when you manually tell it to do it? So what does the message log say when you manually try. This was my last one: 109 SETI@home 22/04/2011 21:48:56 update requested by user 110 SETI@home 22/04/2011 21:49:00 Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 111 SETI@home 22/04/2011 21:49:00 Reporting 11 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks 112 SETI@home 22/04/2011 21:49:03 Scheduler request completed |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Upload issues?
(Message 1099781)
Posted 22 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Same here uploading and downloading fine |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099669)
Posted 22 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with temp at 23c, and no rain on a Bank Holiday!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099456)
Posted 21 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I dont go to church much either Vic. Well actually I suspect that a large portion of the population would say the same. |
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Cafe SETI :
To the Kitty People........wherever they are.........
(Message 1099427)
Posted 21 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yesterday I had a new bed delivered, my cat Spitty was slightly put out by 2 strange guys invading my (sorry her) bedroom and hid behind her favourite chair for quite a while after they had gone. However today she seems to approve!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099424)
Posted 21 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Pop in for a win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099351)
Posted 21 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A Maundy Thursday(well this side of the pond anyway) win. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099262)
Posted 20 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099129)
Posted 20 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks for the birthday wishes, yes it was a good one. Winning with a new bed and no mortgage paid it off today!!(Old BT pension) PS Rafting does not sound like a good day!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What's YOUR hobby!?
(Message 1099070)
Posted 20 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Computers, SF (books and films),PC gaming and recent industrial archeology (finding old railways, WW2 airfields,abandoned buildings, last 150 years or so). |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1099069)
Posted 20 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while waiting for my new bed to be delivered. Hoping life begins at 60, as that what I turned yesterday! But why do I still feel 25!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098975)
Posted 19 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm here. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098953)
Posted 19 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while nearly finished at work |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098912)
Posted 19 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Working at winning! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098677)
Posted 18 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Also winning at work |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098542)
Posted 17 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Also winning before bed |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098341)
Posted 17 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Sunday morning win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1098060)
Posted 16 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wait till next year and the Olympics!! I think I will be on holiday then, as far away as I can afford! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW, Bernie Vine Wins!!
(Message 1097967)
Posted 16 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Vic Win(well possibly not) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1097664)
Posted 15 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
Me too Where have all the stats gone?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1097608)
Posted 15 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1097417)
Posted 15 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well a little closer now! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1097409)
Posted 15 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: So I have a day off and at 5.30am my phone rings, wrong number!! Couldn't get back to sleep!! Winning? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1097166)
Posted 14 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning because I have tomorrow off work!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096885)
Posted 13 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in to win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096523)
Posted 12 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I heard somewhere that the UK currently has one of there highest fuel prices anywhere. Which is why my 2.5 litre petrol Jag has made way for my 1.5 litre diesel Nissan. Which is a win!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096219)
Posted 11 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just booked my holiday win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096108)
Posted 11 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it's good afternoon here 4.20pm BST |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096026)
Posted 11 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1096007)
Posted 11 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
Just posted in the picture thread and it showed 07:03 UTC which was correct. EDIT - This one was correct for UTC as well. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1095781)
Posted 10 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1095668)
Posted 10 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Morning! Did I momentarily detect a wisp of demureness ? Ah winning with a smile you mean |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1095240)
Posted 9 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst eating lunch! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1095208)
Posted 9 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Morning all. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094827)
Posted 8 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Oh yes, winning |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094800)
Posted 8 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: @perryjay - Most of her work is on the website. @Donald - Wrong sex!! :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094759)
Posted 8 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post:
But I have known the artist for many years. She is English but lives in New York. http://www.zeddesigns.com/janet/oil-paintings.html I have seen the original of this and it is 48" x 48" Have a look at some of her landscapes. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094701)
Posted 8 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just had the gas boiler man turn up, and replaced an air switch. We have hot water again. Yay!! That'll be the day :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094637)
Posted 8 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with the first coffee after the weekly shop!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094450)
Posted 7 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning, Chrome refuses to start, I won't use IE and Firefox is so slow!!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094291)
Posted 7 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow getting a bit heavy, I am just winning or am I |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094247)
Posted 7 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: OK then potential win :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094226)
Posted 7 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094220)
Posted 7 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Why, when I have a few days off do I still wake up at my normal time :-( Good morning all! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094126)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm going... to bed Nite all. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1094020)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Having an after dinner drink win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093922)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Late afternoon here, been a really beautiful day, sunshine and a high of 21c (69F) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093856)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: See you later |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093836)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope sun is shining, blue sky with just a few white fluffy bits |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093826)
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning from a sunny South London. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093700)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Whoops sorry had to have a few goes. Definitely off to bed now |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093687)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm off to bed. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093669)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093633)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after buying a new bed |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093577)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Probably not winning just yet, but one post nearer :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093560)
Posted 5 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning all. Four days off work, so that's a win anyway. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093422)
Posted 4 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nah too soon :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW You are getting close
(Message 1093406)
Posted 4 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Gosh, do some work for a few hours and it's all change Well done Uli! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1093317)
Posted 4 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Worth another try then!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1093292)
Posted 4 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Still going? Thought it would be won by now!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1093116)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just hope it's not close as counting back can be a pain!! Win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1093102)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I second that. WIN! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092975)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 800 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092960)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep rain on way. Win |
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Number crunching :
Show us your cruncher
(Message 1092950)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 5089492 5078417 Both home built 5632353 Donated to me rather than scrapped!! Slow but sure 4241618 Originally bought for just surfing and music. Now just crunches 24/7 One other cruncher currently off line while I ponder the future and how green I'm currently not!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092946)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not quite so sunny lunchtime win. Least I got the car washed, probably rain now! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092925)
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A sunny Sunday morning win. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092810)
Posted 2 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win before bed. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092695)
Posted 2 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Popping in for an evening win! |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1092692)
Posted 2 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 52 weeks ago I was happy and content. 50 weeks ago she left and I never got a proper explanation. The last 4 weeks our jobs have meant we were working together. Yesterday we started to talk, past politeness, and I made her laugh. "To Hope" **Smash** |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092616)
Posted 2 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just had one thanks |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092556)
Posted 2 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 735 and still going!! |
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Cafe SETI :
@SETI @ Home Class of 1999 Alumni
(Message 1092273)
Posted 1 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep 26th May 99 for me, but I am still here and enjoying the company. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092268)
Posted 1 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Friday evening win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092214)
Posted 1 Apr 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning 714 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1092087)
Posted 31 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Goodnight win from a hotel room in Slough, made famous in "The Office" and also where my companies head office is. Slough not the hotel room :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091860)
Posted 31 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wow still going!! Good Morning winners. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091713)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not Winning. iPad2 sold out, not expecting new stock for 2-4 weeks!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091692)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on an iPad2 in my local PC World Now should I buy one? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091650)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while yawning |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Ghost wu's back?
(Message 1091602)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I thought Joe made it pretty clear in this message that the "Pending Credit" function had been turned off - when I click on "Pending credit" from my account page, I gat a blank page. I can see what Pending Tasks I have by sorting the TASKS page by "Pending" rather than "All Tasks", but we can't get pending credit, because under the "New Credit" system, credit is not calculated until the Work Unit validates. I am now confused, as when I click on "Pending Credit" I still get my 9,000+ pending credit listed up to 7th March, when I assume the new system took over. So should we still be able to see all old pending credit or not? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091594)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Very slow day a work!! Still nearly lunchtime! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091564)
Posted 30 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst having the first coffee of the day :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091477)
Posted 29 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after the outage |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091411)
Posted 29 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091307)
Posted 28 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win before bed |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1091183)
Posted 28 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning at work. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1090762)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No garden!! Nope, block of 12 flats above shops, best I can manage is the nearby church yard |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (45) Server problems
(Message 1090755)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I was just going to restart my 4 crunchers after a break, won't bother now, it's cooler and quiter as it is, not adding to global warming so much this way. Just got the one machine that would be on anyway. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1090742)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: No garden!! Win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1090699)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmm not much of a PI if he didn't already know your phone number!! Win |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (45) Server problems
(Message 1090676)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Someting wrong? Just started up a cruncher to test the video card and got this: 37 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:27:43 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 38 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:27:43 Requesting new tasks for GPU 39 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:27:45 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 40 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:27:45 Message from server: No tasks sent 41 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:32:50 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 42 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:32:50 Requesting new tasks for GPU 43 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:32:52 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 44 SETI@home 26/03/2011 19:32:52 Message from server: No tasks sent |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1090671)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1090612)
Posted 26 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not really winning, as Crysis 2 seems to have fried my old 8800GT :-( |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1089718)
Posted 23 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Contest III
(Message 1089440)
Posted 22 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 201 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1089430)
Posted 22 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Contest III
(Message 1088897)
Posted 20 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 42 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - speeding up...
(Message 1088892)
Posted 20 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while formating a new HDD, trouble with these huge drives takes forever!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Strange result, how is this possible?
(Message 1088238)
Posted 18 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I agree with the system not sending WU's to units that either can't crunch correctly or abandons all the WU's sent. I seem to have a couple of wingmen that for some reason, haven't completed a WU, and gotten credit do to erroring out on 100% of the files, or abandoning them. I just saw one machine that has over 6000 WU's, and I stopped counting after 300 showed abandoned. This is the reason I am no longer crunching for seti, I really don't believe incorect results should be entered into the database, makes all my work worthless. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
What happened here
(Message 1083036)
Posted 2 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well there is this : 11831 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:14 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 11832 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:14 Requesting new tasks for CPU and GPU 11833 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 11834 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.170.vlar_1 (expired) 11835 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.184.vlar_0 (expired) 11836 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4291.16018.14.10.214.vlar_0 (expired) 11837 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4291.16018.14.10.164.vlar_0 (expired) 11838 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.196.vlar_1 (expired) 11839 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.128.vlar_1 (expired) 11840 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.180.vlar_1 (expired) 11841 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.200.vlar_0 (expired) 11842 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.206.vlar_0 (expired) 11843 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.212.vlar_0 (expired) 11844 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Didn't resend lost task 29au10ae.4699.15609.15.10.218.vlar_0 (expired) 11845 SETI@home 01/03/2011 23:53:22 Message from server: Project has no tasks available Not sure if that is an answer. |
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Message boards :
Technical News :
Red Shift (Mar 01 2011)
(Message 1083034)
Posted 2 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Keep in mind UPS's do need new batteries from time to time. ;) Around every 2 years. Also keep in mind that at least one well known UPS manufacturer sets it's default self test to "14 days". I know from experience (my company has 150+ sites in the UK all with one or more UPS) that sometimes the self test can cause the UPS to fail, without any actual error in the log. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1083024)
Posted 2 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wednesday evening win. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
What happened here
(Message 1083021)
Posted 2 Mar 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I was doing my routine check on my crunchers when I discovered this: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=704428186 My machine is the top one "5708417" It seems to have been sent the wu only for it to be "timed out no response" 6 minutes later. There are several more identical to this. They are all from the same machine so is it my machine or some other cause? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1082444)
Posted 28 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Monday evening win! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081965)
Posted 27 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a sunny Sunday morning |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1081763)
Posted 26 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Puts a dollar on the bar, drinks in one shot, "To Fate" Pitches glass into fire place and leaves hurting slightly less. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081761)
Posted 26 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Another quiet Saturday night in TLPTPW land. Time to sneak in for a quick win!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081604)
Posted 26 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Working on a Saturday morning, so must be time for a win. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081347)
Posted 25 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: A win before bed! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081167)
Posted 25 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick win whilst testing internet connections from work. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1081024)
Posted 24 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win and out again |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1080427)
Posted 22 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Just a quick win now we are back! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Downloads
(Message 1079774)
Posted 20 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems it is GPU work that is the problem From another machine 2641 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:52:15 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 2642 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:52:15 Requesting new tasks for CPU 2643 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:52:19 Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks 2644 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:52:21 Started download of 26no10ad.32593.885.6.10.255 2645 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:53:05 Finished download of 26no10ad.32593.885.6.10.255 |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Downloads
(Message 1079768)
Posted 20 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: One of mine: 6175 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:26:58 Reporting 1 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for GPU 6176 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:27:00 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 6177 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:27:00 Message from server: No work sent 6178 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:32:05 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 6179 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:32:05 Requesting new tasks for GPU 6180 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:32:08 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 6181 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:32:08 Message from server: No work sent 6182 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:37:16 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 6183 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:37:16 Requesting new tasks for GPU 6184 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:37:19 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 6185 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:37:19 Message from server: No work sent 6186 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:42:24 Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 6187 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:42:24 Requesting new tasks for GPU 6188 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:42:26 Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 6189 SETI@home 20/02/2011 18:42:26 Message from server: No work sent Hope this isn't a bad sign Cricket down to 80.95 Mbits/sec |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1079551)
Posted 19 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Nobody for 5 hours!! Must be all to busy enjoying Saturday. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - it's all a gas
(Message 1079387)
Posted 19 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for a quick lunchtime win! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - John Clark Wins!
(Message 1075632)
Posted 9 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't care if I don't win, just glad to be home tonight rather than a hotel! PS Is it me or do the boards look funny? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - When the chips are down, post like crazy!!!
(Message 1074303)
Posted 5 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a dull cloudy Saturday morning. About to set off to finally pick up my new car!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - When the chips are down, post like crazy!!!
(Message 1073920)
Posted 3 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after good food and drink in a different hotel! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - When the chips are down, post like crazy!!!
(Message 1073868)
Posted 3 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after work |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
For All The Baby-Boomers
(Message 1073584)
Posted 2 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 1951, must be a boomer, and yes even though I reside the other side of the pond. That brought back a lot of memories. My father didn't even have a car till I was 4, and a friend at school didn't have a phone! Bernie. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - When the chips are down, post like crazy!!!
(Message 1073582)
Posted 2 Feb 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: After several days of really bad problems at work, time to WIN! or not of course |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - When the chips are down, post like crazy!!!
(Message 1072349)
Posted 30 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Congrats Angela. A number is a number and I thought 1024 was just tooo long. :-0 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1072263)
Posted 30 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: The winner is Angela!! Congrats The winning post was no 256. Passed while I was asleep Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update VII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1072053)
Posted 29 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Cats and Raccoons!! and Sand Cats! The Sand cat (Felis margarita), also referred to as the "sand dune cat", is a small wild cat distributed over African and Asian deserts. Amazing, never even heard of them till today; Amazing what you can stumble over on the net. Bernie. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1072006)
Posted 29 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good evening ladies and gentleman. We are now in the home stretch 221 only ......to go :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1071899)
Posted 29 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning just watching. We are in the last stretch now expect a winner TODAY Snow seems to not only affect trains, but also car makers. My new car still hasn't arrived at the dealers, originally due on the 19th Jan, now definitely(oh yeah)on Monday!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1071699)
Posted 28 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: If I was able I would be winning with 2 hours of Mark Knoplfer on BBC 4. Will probably see a winner this weekend!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070959)
Posted 26 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Goodnight all. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070718)
Posted 26 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Good morning winners, or not... |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070576)
Posted 25 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening all, quick visit before bed. Not winning just watching |
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Questions and Answers :
Preferences :
No work from Project?
(Message 1070355)
Posted 24 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi, When you have a problem it is always worth checking the main page. Under "News" you will see that there was a problem with the radar blanking system that cause no new work to be created. Look HERE |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070276)
Posted 24 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: It's terribly tempting to post "winning", but I can't. I can however help the winner along with the occasional post :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070145)
Posted 24 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks all, I had an early night, so created this thread, then slept for 6 hours, drove for 2, now at work in Bournemouth. Wont be quite as long as the last one, but still not a shorty. Have fun. Bernie. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - A New Start
(Message 1070031)
Posted 23 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: My first win, thanks Mike. New number selected, let the games begin. Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1070024)
Posted 23 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 777 must be lucky |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069835)
Posted 23 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 753 |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069815)
Posted 23 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wot no winner?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069627)
Posted 22 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Like me!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069597)
Posted 22 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Still here and winning?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069581)
Posted 22 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Evening win. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069459)
Posted 22 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Afternoon win |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069158)
Posted 21 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Friday night back home, my own bed for 3 nights!! In recent weeks yes. 3 consecutive nights at home not common. Most of my week is spent in hotels in various parts of southern England. Currently Bournemouth and or Salisbury. Back to Bournemouth Monday Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069132)
Posted 21 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Friday night back home, my own bed for 3 nights!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1069070)
Posted 21 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: 650 win?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1068674)
Posted 20 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Wot no posts!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1068611)
Posted 20 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: One more |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1068333)
Posted 19 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Post 559 win?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1068023)
Posted 18 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after !! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
-9 Errors on C/GPU
(Message 1067728)
Posted 17 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Speaking of -9s, I see our buddy smithwr3 still hasn't got the word on the new lunatic's app. Just got another inconclusive from him running the old V12 app. He's got a RAC of 4664 thanks to his I7 but I guess he doesn't care that he could be so much higher if his two 480s were turning out good work. He's got over 17,000 work units on that machine and I'd bet most of them will be marked invalid. Yes I had one recently paired with him. I sent a pm, but got no response. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1067724)
Posted 17 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from yet another hotel room (actually exactly the same room as last week). In sunny Bournemouth on the south coast, well not actually sunny, because it's dark, and has been raining cats and dogs all day. Oh well at least the food is on the company. Bernie |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
cluster computer
(Message 1067459)
Posted 16 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I think this is what you want PVM |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1067444)
Posted 16 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well that's it, weekend over. Busy week ahead. Time for bed. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1067185)
Posted 16 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Gosh is that the time!! Time for a win before bed. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1067009)
Posted 15 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst realising how technology has changed the world I just heard a tune on a car ad on TV, thought it was catchy, typed the ad into google, got a U-Tube link and within 5 minutes I have the song on my PC and iPhone. And now know loads about the artist. All from the comfort of my chair. So much of what we do today WAS science fiction when I was young. Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1067001)
Posted 15 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Win? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1066939)
Posted 15 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Got to win something, as I just found out my new car (which should have been delivered today) has now been delayed for a week or two, dealer does not have a date yet. Apparently due to the snow last month!! I ordered it at the beginning of November!! (Note to self: don't buy another new car) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1066741)
Posted 14 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: winning before bed. At least it's Friday, time for a lie in tomorrow. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1066733)
Posted 14 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Crikey, still going?? Must be time for a win!! |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1066316)
Posted 13 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while.... Well just winning |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1066040)
Posted 12 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning back home again and off to bed. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1065591)
Posted 11 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from work,whilst testing that these newley installed units can access the internet. Seems they can. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1065361)
Posted 10 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from another hotel room. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1065082)
Posted 9 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Time for bed, up early and 2 hour drive tomorrow, before I start work! Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1064900)
Posted 9 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Well it is Sunday morning over here good for a lie in an now my first coffee, that's' definitely a win! As to cars, my job covers the whole of southern England. For the last 3 months I have been averaging 2000 miles a month. Wouldn't want to do that by bike :-) |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW - final run
(Message 1064652)
Posted 8 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning, having a bad time, a cruncher went "bang" literally. Someone seems to have hacked my Skype account. Plus discovering that "Your new car will be delivered on the 15th Jan" actually means "We will have it on the 15th Jan but you will have to wait 3-4 days before you can have it"!!! So long since I had a brand new car I was really looking forward to it!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
More advice needed.
(Message 1064641)
Posted 8 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I have a problem that I am hoping to get some advice on. Recently I have had problems with one of my crunchers. A new power supply, HDD and a reload of OS seemed to sort things out. After a couple of days it down loaded 500+ CUDA WU’s which it has been working through. Currently my job means I am away during the week, but I keep an eye on things remotely. This week I noticed on Tuesday that I was unable to log in remotely, various attempts giving various errors. Upon my return home I discovered the machine had totally frozen, needing a power down to clear. Upon restoring the power the was a “pop†and flash, I cannot be sure exactly where from, it may have been the MB or possibly the 8600GTS ( the side was off so I was able to see the fireworks). I have not been able to identify damage on either the MB or 8600. My problem, there are still 100+ WU’ s on this machine 5708417 but I really don’t have the time or money to spend on a new MB and graphics card, so I have come up with an idea to try and finish these WU’s. If I was to swap the HDD to this machine 5089492 could I finish the WU’s ?? Would Boinc/SETI see this as a valid machine, and then could I swap it back to restore this machine afterwards. What are the problems in doing this? Any advice greatly appreciated, I really don’t want to trash the WU’s Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1063639)
Posted 5 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Are we there yet?? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1063476)
Posted 4 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning from my hotel room!! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Strange result, how is this possible?
(Message 1062504)
Posted 1 Jan 2011 by Bernie Vine Post: I am obviously missing something here, but: Number of tasks completed 1663 Max tasks per day 100 Number of tasks today 585 Consecutive valid tasks 0 Really doesn't make any sense. Bernie |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1062136)
Posted 31 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: The last 2 years have seen large personal and work related highs and lows for me. Ending mostly on lows. So I find this time of year very depressing. So I will just wish everyone a winning and hopeful 2011. Bernie. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061891)
Posted 31 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: A good afternoon win (well it's afternoon somewhere) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Strange result, how is this possible?
(Message 1061853)
Posted 31 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Looking at that list I don't understand why with "Consecutive valid tasks=0" "Number of tasks today= several hundred" is this correct, if so why. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061651)
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Very probably not. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061428)
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after lunch and another coffee. |
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Number crunching :
Strange result, how is this possible?
(Message 1061410)
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post:
Which I believe was Sten-Arne's point. But how do we insure this doesn't happen? I recently had a problem on a couple of my machines, but worked hard to recover the WU's and in the end succeeded. I have to admit it is odd to spend time and money on a fast cruncher and then never check it. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061346)
Posted 30 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with the first coffee of the day! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061114)
Posted 29 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: You sure? |
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TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1061087)
Posted 29 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Just checking to see if anyone has won yet! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060852)
Posted 29 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning or gninniW |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060772)
Posted 29 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060489)
Posted 28 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (42) Server problems
(Message 1060488)
Posted 28 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I think this is the thread you want. forum_thread.php?id=5377 Post 3 from Claggy Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060330)
Posted 27 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst the boards are up! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060300)
Posted 27 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I suppose you might win on post 36. But you might not!! |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (42) Server problems
(Message 1060293)
Posted 27 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: just a bit seasick.. are we up again? Seems so. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (42) Server problems
(Message 1060290)
Posted 27 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep 42 tasks just uploaded, who's panicking?? Bernie PS Server status shows just one red!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Who's the next Winner?
(Message 1060027)
Posted 27 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done. I was just about to post!! Got distracted and when I came back you had!! Oh well. So as it is now officially the 27/12 in the UK that means Christmas is over. Well except for the 2 days off we now get because Christmas Day and Boxing day fell on a weekend!! Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059768)
Posted 26 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a cold and frosty Boxing day morning. Sunny though! Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Swamped with tasks
(Message 1059671)
Posted 25 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: So the machine that caused me to start this thread is about to run out of MB WU's as I have currently got it set to NNT, it still has 496 CUDA tasks with an estimated run time of 21 days. When I looked yesterday the DFC was 0.14, it has now risen to 1.4, so I assume it will be OK to allow new tasks so I can keep my MB tasks going? Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1059605)
Posted 25 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: *brings in a pot of Hot and steamy Mulled Wine* Just what I needed!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059604)
Posted 25 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post:
Or perhaps a win for me:-() |
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Number crunching :
Swamped with tasks
(Message 1059603)
Posted 25 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I am just a little concerned as to the amount of work that will "stack up" and lead to a "pending credit" build up. There are a lot of machines out there running multiple CPU's and multiple GPU's but as the owner is either anonymous or doesn't appear to visit these boards, we don't know if they ever check their machines. My pending is increasing rapidly, normally about 12-14,000 for my five crunchers, it is now up to 22,000 and climbing. If I hadn't set a couple of my machines to NNT I have no idea where they would have stopped! Also I now have a machine with over 500 tasks that will take nearly 3 weeks to process. Luckily it has a new HDD, but anything could happen and they could all be lost. I struggled to restore another of my machines that had a faulty HDD, aware it had 130 WU's still to process and I felt responsible to try and get them processed, 500+ WU's definitely makes me nervous. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059573)
Posted 25 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: A very good Christmas morning to all. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Swamped with tasks
(Message 1059442)
Posted 24 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: An update, the subsequent CUDA tasks have started to complete in 10-15 minutes 14 already done, and the "to completion" times have adjusted. At first they were running EDF,on 07-01-11 tasks (there are actually more 06-01-11 but never mind)now it has resumed crunching 10-02-11. Which has an esitmated time of 47 mins!! Boinc Tasks now list it as having enough CUDA tasks for 13 days and MB for 14 days. I think the problem was I set my main preferences to "Maintain enough work for an additional 7 Days" during the problems and forgot. I have reduced it to my more normal 3!! Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Swamped with tasks
(Message 1059377)
Posted 24 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: My recently rebuilt machine 5708417 has been running through some WCG and SETI wu's over the past couple of days. It has been taking about an hour per CUDA WU. I just noticed on Boinc Tasks it had downloaded 556 CUDA WU's and still down loading!! They all have an estimated completion time of 5.5 minutes or lower. However I am watching the first one go through now and it is going to take about an hour! This means I now have 556 hours (23 days) of work. The earliest deadline is 7th Jan. My additional work buffer is set for 2 days on this machine. I have naturally set NNT How did this happen? Is there something wrong at my end! I can not set it for new tasks until I am sure it wont happen again. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059350)
Posted 24 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: A before lunch win,with sunshine no less Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1059217)
Posted 23 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Silent Legacy I will raise a glass to that sentiment. |
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TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059207)
Posted 23 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after an evening out with friends at at "Argentinian" restaurant. Yep lots of steaks and beef on the menu. Still a good time was had by all. Bernie. |
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TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1059078)
Posted 23 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while watching the snow slowly thaw (I think). Must soon get ready for the papers and walking the dogs. Ahh yes Christmas Eve Eve! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058955)
Posted 23 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: And me!! |
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Number crunching :
Merging computers
(Message 1058882)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks "Merge duplicate records of this computer" did the trick |
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Technical News :
Striped (Dec 22 2010)
(Message 1058875)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Merry Christmas Matt, we all do really appreciate the work you all do. Despite sometimes being a bit grumpy :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Merging computers
(Message 1058870)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have had to do an OS reload on one of my machines. It is identical yet won't merge. 5708417 NEW 3299818 OLD Any help appreciated. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Post your age, if you dare.
(Message 1058849)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Until last year I had never been to USA somewhere I always wanted to go. So at the age of 58 I finally went to NY, and then to stay with my sister in Hanover PA. Took me 58 years to find out what I had been missing! Went back to NY this year and hopefully further next year. Things just get better with age! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058841)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while realising computer problems are like buses. None for ages then several at once!! Saying that after several days 2 new HDD, a new power supply a new graphics card a new DVD drive and a reload of XP I finally have all 5 crunchers crunching!!! Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058787)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst waiting for my disk cloning program to finish (good job the original disk is only 80Gb) Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058598)
Posted 22 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while noticing I should have gone to bed hours ago. I always feel sleeping wastes good productive time. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Post your age, if you dare.
(Message 1058438)
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I hit the big 60 next April. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update VII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1058436)
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: The Racoon is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in) and a body weight of 3.5 to 9 kg (8 to 20 lb). The raccoon is usually nocturnal and is omnivorous, with a diet consisting of about 40% invertebrates, 33% plant foods, and 27% vertebrates. It has a grayish coat, of which almost 90% is dense underfur, which insulates against cold weather. Two of its most distinctive features are its extremely dexterous front paws and its facial mask, which are themes in the mythology of several Native American tribes. Raccoons are noted for their intelligence, with studies showing that they are able to remember the solution to tasks up to three years later. Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous. Apparently not linked to cats, foxes badgers or any "old world" species. Bernie PS I know nothing about Racoons, just copied from Wiki. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058410)
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Forgot to wish everyone a happy winter solstice. For a heathen like me it seems a better celebration than Christmas. Bernie. WIN |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058372)
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst considering going to my local supermarket for supplies (leave it any nearer Christmas and the place is packed). Also seems to be thawing a bit temp on my kitchen window thermometer is +1.7. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1058368)
Posted 21 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Another question if you don't mind. I have a second machine that is exhibiting occasional HDD problems. So I am going to changed the HDD. What "copy/cloning" programs can you recommend. I used to use Norton Ghost but seem to have mislaid the disk. Better if it is free, but don't mind paying a reasonable amount for a good program. Thanks Bernie PS. The original machine in this question has 2 corrupt HDD, so a new one for there as well but it will need a re-install. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058185)
Posted 20 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I think it stopped snowing. I think it just started here |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058089)
Posted 20 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep can't match that! Can still win though! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
New Weather Thread
(Message 1058040)
Posted 20 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Today |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1058036)
Posted 20 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning because it's -6 out there and I have the week off so no need to go out. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057859)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Might as well win here, not winning with my PC's Yes just tried that chkdsk stops half way through and never completes! The other one has rebooted with masses of chkdsk errors but is running at the moment. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
New Weather Thread
(Message 1057858)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Weather for Croydon (South London) Light Snow Showers Temp :-1 Wind :Northerly 7mph Humidity 96% Pressure :995mb Visibility :Moderate Outlook: Dry and largely clear at first allowing it to get very frosty and icy. Some freezing fog patches will again develop. Min temp overnight -8 Minus 8! turn up the heating |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057855)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Might as well win here, not winning with my PC's The one I braved the snow for is running just says every file is corrupt, then suddenly another one starts locking up with the HDD "clicking" Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1057838)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, it was the power supply, a new one has the machine up and running. As it has been out of action for a while, I decided to update things first, like video drivers, anti-virus, and Windoze updates. Well all of the above fail saying the files are corrupt or damaged. The Nvidia installer failed half way through and I now have only the default video driver. Tried 3 times, even downloaded it on my main PC as I thought it might be corrupt, still fails. Looks like a re-install of XP required. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057778)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I took the plunge. As you can see not as bad as everyone makes out The car: Main roads were clear if very slushy, car is even dirtier now than in the pic. OK now down to trying to get 3299818 working again. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057756)
Posted 19 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst wondering whether to go to my local computer fair. Hasn't snowed since yesterday but what is there is nicely frozen. However one of my crunchers needs some first aid and parts are cheap. Decisions decisions!! Bernie |
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TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057515)
Posted 18 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while I wish it would snow here. You can have ours, please!! Hate the stuff, looks nice causes chaos. Win |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057446)
Posted 18 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: -3 and blizzard conditions here. Think I'll stay in today!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057216)
Posted 17 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning under 9" of snow. Not good, just a light dusting here in South London. Hopefully it will stay that way! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1057092)
Posted 17 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning as I am now off work till the 4th of Jan 2011 !!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1056766)
Posted 16 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: It started to snow on the way back from Salisbury today and suddenly the overall traffic speed on the M3 dropped by 30mph, bit like the average drivers IQ. Bernie. |
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TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055721)
Posted 13 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while watching Yankee White, the first episode of NCIS. An oldie but a goodie. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055511)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Maybe the local computer store has a second hand mainboard on the shelf :) We really don't have many "local computer stores" round here. Mostly PC World and a nice new Best Buy, or if you really have no choice a Maplins. I buy all my computer bits at my local, bi-monthly computer fair held in a local school, masses of choice and the prices aren't to bad. Next one is next Sunday. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055483)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I would replace 1 part at a time. Start with the Mobo. then the PSU and if all else fails the CPU As I said earlier no bleeps and no display on screen, all fans run and the word ASUS changes from blue to red as it is supposed to do when powered up. Yes it could be MOBO or PSU or Processor, all are about 3.5 years old. If it is the MOBO I don't want an old PSU on a new MOBO, or processor. I have a week till the next computer fair, so will think it over. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055407)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I think I will start over,new MOBO,Processor and power supply. Now just to work out what to get. Any suggestions for around £200 ($316). This machine has a GeForce 8800 GTS if it's still working! 3299818 |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055335)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: How old is that Mobo? Mobo and power supply must be 3-4 years old, both brought together when I built the machine. Think I might need a rebuild. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055256)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while getting a certain young lady ready for a school dance/party thingie. Life has a habit of surprising you when you least expect it. Things you worry about turn out fine, things you never expect bring you down. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
New server problems (Dec 11) ?
(Message 1055254)
Posted 12 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: (still a lot of badly set up or badly managed machines out there, trashing WUs by the thousand) I agree you are likely to get some set and forget, but in the example above no one needs 3 graphic cards for gaming. So if you join SETI why wouldn't you want to know if your 3 GeForce GTX 260's were actually working!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055225)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning between episodes of CSI NY |
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Number crunching :
Time has come ???
(Message 1055211)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not need private messages Robert, if you have a problem with what I posted. Please reply here. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055194)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Try a different PSU, Would do if I had one. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055192)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Temperature rose to 5C in Nottingham this afternoon, but on returning home it settled at 1C. Please not upside down and backwards!!. My kitchen window thermometer still says 7 degrees C here. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Time has come ???
(Message 1055188)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Surly ...... you can't be serious! I am and don't call me Shirley (homage to Leslie Neilsen) |
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Number crunching :
Time has come ???
(Message 1055187)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Mon - Fri 9-5 Is not enough with the present situation Yes I know, I was just making a point Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055180)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Did you try to clear the CMOS with the CLRTC jumper (close to the battery)? Cleared the CMOS as per manual, no difference. No beep with memory removed. Don't have any paste to refit the CPU but from all tests so far sound like a dead CPU/MB. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055175)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Not winning and not caring after 3 glasses of red and 2 episodes of NCIS(a favourite of mine). And 2 episodes of CSI NY later(an even more favourite)seems like a perfect December Saturday night to me. Cheers. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Your assistance required
(Message 1055171)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: One of my machines has developed a problem, I have tried everything I can think of but no joy. It seems to power up OK, all fans run, it is an ASUS P5VD2-X MB and has a blue LED on standby and a red when powered up, both work, but there is no output on the monitor. I have tried a different monitor and a different graphics card (there are no on board graphics). Still nothing. I have unplugged all HDD's still no BIOS message. Anyone think of any thing I haven't tried Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Time has come ???
(Message 1055161)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Mon - Fri 9-5 Is not enough with the present situation Not sure you are serious! Of course we could could always have a fund-raising drive for weekend cover!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1055060)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Are well it's still 7 here that 1 degree make all the difference :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (41) Server problems
(Message 1054974)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems I can report completed tasks but cannot get any new ones. |
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Number crunching :
New server problems (Dec 11) ?
(Message 1054968)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Hello, Don't Panic it is 4:42AM in Berkeley so I doubt anyone has noticed :-). It is also Saturday so you MAY have to wait till Monday for the problem to be fixed. As long as you have still got WU's to crunch no problem. Bernie |
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TLPTPW Holiday Edition
(Message 1054958)
Posted 11 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Probably not winning just yet. :-() At least the temperature here has gone up, a balmy 9 |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1054402)
Posted 9 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: My sidebar app says 2 degrees here in south London, 2 in Central park NY and a whopping 13 in San Francisco! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1054237)
Posted 9 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst having lunch. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1054120)
Posted 8 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: How about a win before bed?? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053899)
Posted 8 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning using the wireless AP I just installed. Seems to work!! Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Splitters is now running. New work is coming.
(Message 1053668)
Posted 7 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope nothing for me got 4 rigs waiting all getting "Project has no tasks available" |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update VII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe
(Message 1053661)
Posted 7 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Now I am not a vegetarian(in fact I enjoy a good steak),but there are times when something makes you stop and think! Somehow that bowl of "Goat Stew" did it for me! |
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TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053657)
Posted 7 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Back home and winning after my jaunt down to the south west!! |
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TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053514)
Posted 7 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before breakfast from my Bournemouth hotel. Off to Salisbury after breakfast, roads clear no snow/ice even on the A3/31. Good drive down yesterday. Bernie. |
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I need your advice
(Message 1053206)
Posted 5 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you all for your advice. A lot of good points and much to think about. I suspect I will stay and finish the job, I just hope I can find a new positive side to a job I once enjoyed. Thank you again,I will let you know what happens. Bernie |
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TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053152)
Posted 5 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: This particular part of sarf London still has some snow though it is thawing, not fast enough for me. Got to be in Bournemouth Monday!! Actually I normally go A3 - A31 - Join the M3 at Winchester. As I have never liked the M3, I prefer to drive on a real road!! But I might make an exception tomorrow if the roads are still bad. Win Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 3
(Message 1053082)
Posted 4 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: How about a cold Newcastle Brown :-() Lovely!! Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1053080)
Posted 4 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Mike I need a large one. |
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Cafe SETI :
I need your advice
(Message 1053079)
Posted 4 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: My situation means I currently live alone with no close friends. Over the years I have come to regard the SETI&Home Cafe forum as a place to relax sometimes laugh and sometimes be sad with my fellow posters. My problem is this: I have worked for my present employer for over 10 years. I have worked my way up to a fairly respected position. People trust me because they believe I am honest and fair. I also know my job. The company I work for has not had it easy and has only just managed to keep going. Recently new management has started to turn the company around. A new modern system was introduced that had the possibility of saving the company. I saw the potential in the system and when a job opportunity arose to join the team installing this system I applied and got the job. The job was almost made for me it was challenging and made me feel that I had earned my money each day. However whilst the new management had halted the decline, new investment was need to roll out this new product. The new investment came at a price. This week the company announced it's new plan. When the new system is installed the site will become un-maned. Over the next 3 years the workforce will be cut by two thirds as I install this new system. I have got to know these people well, they have trusted me to guide them through modern technology. Before this week I said the new system was the way forward and all sites should push for it. Now when I arrive at site to conduct my first survey, I am the grim reaper!! I know they will not blame me directly, but I am not sure I want the job that will put many trusted workmates out of work. Whilst I believe in the new system and know it is the way forward for the company, being one of the few people who's job is not suddenly at risk makes me question my humanity. Is a job worth it. Each site I have converted so far felt like an achievement, a "high five" moment, that feeling will be lost from now on. I am 59 years old and should not be considering changing jobs, but I am. I just need an outsiders take on this as I am too close and too emotionally involved to see the situation clearly and actually have no one close to ask advice. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053075)
Posted 4 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while in a dilemma. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1053058)
Posted 4 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning as I haven't been around for a couple of days This particular part of sarf London still has some snow though it is thawing, not fast enough for me. Got to be in Bournemouth Monday!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1052209)
Posted 1 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I was not winning yesterday. A journey of 50 miles (Chelmsford to Croydon South London) Took 11 and a half hours!! About 4 to 5 inches here. Apparently on the roads around the south and east of London the snow fell, started to melt then froze solid late afternoon, so it was like driving on slippery cobblestones, and that was the M25, much worse on other roads. However I do believe that whilst the snow was bad, bad driving made things a lot worse, people seem to panic. At no time during my 50 miles did I ever feel out of control, and I have a 2.5 automatic Jag, NOT the ideal car for snow!! Oh yes and time for a win!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1052186)
Posted 1 Dec 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I was not winning yesterday. A journey of 50 miles (Chelmsford to Croydon South London) Took 11 and a half hours!! Left at 3pm got home at 2.30am!! Never seen so many abandoned vehicles, truck drivers had just stopped where they could and gone to sleep! Of course for a quick 90minute drive I had nothing to eat and no water. I did however have an empty water bottle that provided much needed relief:-) Apparently there is still chaos this morning, my boss has at least given me the day off to recover. Not a journey I am keen to repeat. All over some snow!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTPT 130th Edition
(Message 1051861)
Posted 29 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: In for a quick win..... |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 3
(Message 1051202)
Posted 25 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: us in the uk will have the beer we don't do thanksgiving But I think we should, sounds like a nice idea for a holiday! Campaign for Thanksgiving UK!! Cheers and good night. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1051200)
Posted 25 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Win win win |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1051158)
Posted 25 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after work |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 3
(Message 1050911)
Posted 24 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I am working in London all this week, so I let the train take the strain, means I can have a night cap or two without a problem. Makes a nice change. Back to being all over the south of England next week so making the most of it. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1050907)
Posted 24 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Turkey day over there boring old Thursday over here. Time for bed. And a win?? |
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Cafe SETI :
Hoping everybody has a Happy Thanksgiving
(Message 1050902)
Posted 24 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes happy Thanksgiving to those of you on the other side of the pond. Us lot over here will be working as usual. Don't eat too much turkey :-) Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1050658)
Posted 23 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. Question: do the number of post go down, if someone were, well, you know, er "banished"? Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1050559)
Posted 23 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Could this be a WIN! Well it's Tuesday, might as well be positive. |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1050547)
Posted 23 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Could this be a WIN! |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 3
(Message 1050190)
Posted 21 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: awww poor Steve. You do not perchance mean My favourite beer of all time :-) Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1049939)
Posted 20 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I live in a flat/apartment no garden/yard no rake no leaves. Time for some senseless pixel violence in Fallout New Vegas. Good for stress relief. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1049932)
Posted 20 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Typical grey November afternoon here. Just right for a win |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1049680)
Posted 19 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have just realised I have not posted for 6 days!!! Busy week, so must be time for a WIN! |
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Cafe SETI :
The last person to post here wins! 129th edition. Uli wins!
(Message 1048115)
Posted 13 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done Es. I had noticed the clue but it was 1am here and there were about 20 posts to go!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1047947)
Posted 13 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1047666)
Posted 11 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning after nightmare journey home!! High winds closed the QE bridge at Dartford. Resulting in traffic chaos. Oh well at least I'm home now! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1047224)
Posted 9 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst working in an hub room deep in the bowels of a new hospital somewhere in Essex (UK). Gotta test those internet connections! :-) Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1047158)
Posted 9 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst thinking "I must get to bed earlier." |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1046790)
Posted 7 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning!!:-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1046469)
Posted 6 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning while eating lunch |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1046223)
Posted 5 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: and it's now well in to the morning here. Depends on your awakening time. WIN |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045992)
Posted 4 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on the train between Carlisle and Oxenholm!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045671)
Posted 2 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst being reminded how old I am as I remember all that old money!! Also remembering my first weeks wages was £9-19s-6 (not pence but pennies) Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045610)
Posted 2 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning? Or not? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045443)
Posted 1 Nov 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst at work. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 3
(Message 1045113)
Posted 30 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Happy Halloween people. Let's have a good one :) That doesn't look like beer!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1045112)
Posted 30 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Hey I've been waiting here for 9 days. That's a long time, still time is relative in here. Another one please Mike. Cheers!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045111)
Posted 30 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Interesting winning fact, you guys on the other side of the pond call them shorts, we call them pants, which of course are trousers to use! Are you still with me?? Off to play some Fallout New Vegas!! Bernie :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1045014)
Posted 30 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning with my iPad!, Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1044709)
Posted 29 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Must be a good day to win. I just opened a letter and it was a cheque for £714 ($1136) from my insurance company to pay my vet bills I had forgotten about! Very happy Friday Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1044691)
Posted 29 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Everyone seems in a good mood this WINNING Friday!! Bernie |
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Technical News :
new server specs (Oct 28, 2010)
(Message 1044688)
Posted 29 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: But can they play Fallout: New Vegas? Or Crysis 2? ;-) Ha!! As far as I can tell NOTHING can play Fallout New Vegas properly :-) My company uses a lot of the HP Proliant M370's, DL140, etc. Good machines. Will be worth waiting for. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1044414)
Posted 28 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Crikey go to work for a few hours and what happens when you are not looking!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1043932)
Posted 23 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi Mike, we have thunderstorms forecast for Southern England. :-( Oh goody! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1043715)
Posted 22 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh Friday again, seems they come round quicker and quicker! Time for a nice glass of red cheers!! Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Jocelyn
(Message 1043315)
Posted 20 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Due to all the problems I have 2 rigs off 2 on, I will leave it like that till it's all sorted. Bernie. P.S just ran out of work!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1043306)
Posted 20 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh we seem to be open again!! Of course |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1043262)
Posted 20 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh we seem to be open again!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1043258)
Posted 20 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: WIn!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1042877)
Posted 16 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Enters - no one about, has a quick drink and leaves. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1042862)
Posted 16 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before retiring for the night. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1042689)
Posted 16 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning on a Saturday afternoon. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1042478)
Posted 15 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst testing internet conections from a new switch I have just installed in Eastbourne Hospital UK. Company called Hospedia. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1042236)
Posted 15 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning whilst testing internet conections from a new switch I have just installed in Eastbourne Hospital UK. Well might as well make the test worth it!! :-) Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1041860)
Posted 13 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Been so busy at work today, didn't have time to win! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #128 - The end of the thread is here, Esme Wins!
(Message 1041270)
Posted 11 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well done, hope it's a good number!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1040787)
Posted 10 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
no wonder there is not more interest in running Bionic...
(Message 1040782)
Posted 10 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: There is little or no help for people that is written for the lay person Strange, I have had every question I have asked answered right here on these forums. Do you have something you need help with? Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
But What Is The Question ?
(Message 1040663)
Posted 10 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Today's date is 10/10/10 or 101010 as a binary number. Convert that to decimal and the answer is 42 :-) Or of course 2A in HEX |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1040534)
Posted 10 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: So here we are 10/10/10, supposed to be lucky, so much so that some Registary Offices in the UK are opening on a Sunday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11503729 Bernie |
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Number crunching :
what if?????
(Message 1040358)
Posted 9 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have decided to have a personal month off. I have set all my machines to NNT and once they have all reported I will power down for a month. I will then see what the situation is before deciding what to do next. Hmm it gets awfully quiet in a room of hibernating computers. Not sure I like it. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1040353)
Posted 9 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh too much imbibing of the grape! Good night or whatever time of day it is where you are. Tomorrow or today (depending on timezone) is 10/10/10!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
(Message 1040351)
Posted 9 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: "Pain shared is lessened" My glass is half empty, it's been that way for years, A little over a year ago, she helped me fill it, now it is empty, she has issues and thought I would not understand. The wine helps numb the pain, but is not the answer. Drink never is, sorry Mike. I won't slam the door on the way out. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1040207)
Posted 9 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Just winning! |
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Cafe SETI :
Beer Drinkers thread part 2
(Message 1039850)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh somewhere else I haven't been yet, but I have to admit my favourite tipple is red wine, although I do have a couple of beers in the fridge. Anyway cheers! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1039842)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I was trying to think of the last time I drank tea... Nope can't remember. And I'm British too!! :-) Coffee for me. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1039747)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Relaxing with a glass of my favourite red. Cheers |
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Number crunching :
Emergency fund drive for the project.............
(Message 1039680)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: OK, count me in. Make it 3k Thank you for your gift of $50.00 via Visa on 10/08/2010. You gift was assigned to the following areas: SETI@home - $50.00 Your confirmation number is: 63434 Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1039500)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Tea anybody? Coffee for me!! |
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Number crunching :
what if?????
(Message 1039498)
Posted 8 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I have decided to have a personal month off. I have set all my machines to NNT and once they have all reported I will power down for a month. I will then see what the situation is before deciding what to do next. Maybe 4 less machines trying to report and get tasks might help :-) I will still pop in here though. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1039265)
Posted 7 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Winning before bed |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1039114)
Posted 7 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Ah lunchtime, cheese and ham toastie and a large coffee!! |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1038932)
Posted 6 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: This is no good these extra outages made me forget to err WIN. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Quiting
(Message 1038930)
Posted 6 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Me being here from damnb near the the beginning and you for 11 years the ORIGINAL premise (which you forgot) was we would donate unused cpu cyles for the scientists to use as they saw fit and maybe BOTH parties would reap benifits of the research. Totally agree |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1038619)
Posted 3 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Good Sunday morning from a slightly damp and overcast South London Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1038528)
Posted 3 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Am I ?? |
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Cafe SETI :
TLPTP Wins #127 - teatime
(Message 1038461)
Posted 2 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: You know I have watched this thread and many of its ancestors, but for some strange reason never joined in!! So hi everyone! Er is there something about winning? :-) Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
The Kittyman's kitty pic thread.
(Message 1038457)
Posted 2 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Here you go Mark. A couple of pics of Oscar, my one of my sisters cats, who I met on a visit to Hanover PA last year (Also my first visit to the US). The other 2 were never around long enough for me to get a photo Bernie |
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Number crunching :
All GPU tasks erroring
(Message 1038348)
Posted 2 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Have rebooted now all I get is: 02/10/2010 17:55:01 SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 02/10/2010 17:55:01 SETI@home Requesting new tasks for GPU 02/10/2010 17:55:03 SETI@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 02/10/2010 17:55:03 SETI@home Message from server: Project has no tasks available 02/10/2010 17:55:18 SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 02/10/2010 17:55:18 SETI@home Requesting new tasks for CPU 02/10/2010 17:55:21 SETI@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 02/10/2010 17:55:21 SETI@home Message from server: Project has no tasks available Oh well :-( Bernie |
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Number crunching :
All GPU tasks erroring
(Message 1038318)
Posted 2 Oct 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I just noticed that this machine http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=2555220 has an "error while computing" for all GPU tasks since the outage. Not sure how to find out what is wrong. |
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Number crunching :
down time
(Message 1036374)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Not quite right Bernie, They have been working on nitpkr for awhile but just recently got it running to where they could start processing work. Once they get it running full out things should go pretty quick. What they need the time for right now is to get it running right. Sorry should have made the smiley at the end bigger. During times of extended outages I tend to post things for a reaction! It's interesting to see how people feel. Naughty me :-0 Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update V - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe!
(Message 1036362)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: A while back friends of mine brought me a sign that is proudly display in my kitchen: Happiness is being owned by a.. CAT. How true :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
down time
(Message 1036357)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: How is doing less science going to help the science project? It's not time to scale back, it's time to increase the infrastructure and capabilities of the SETI systems. They're getting a shiny new server very soon, which is a good step in this direction. In the meantime, there's no possible way that processing data for other projects is going to harm your participation in SETI. As I understand there are results going back years that have not been analysed, hence the 3 day outage. So the more we crunch the longer the outage will need to be for them to catch up :-) Why would I believe that processing other projects will "harm" my participation in SETI@HOME, I just have no intrest in any other projects, I want the project I originally signed up for in 1999 to work. Simples! |
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Number crunching :
down time
(Message 1036349)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I started with SETI 1999 because I wanted to help find ET, I built crunchers just for SETI. I was suspected of having cancer last year so I joined the WCG. However much as I tried to get involved with these other projects my heart belongs to SETI. I stopped crunching last year for personal reasons, but I didn't get rid of my machines. I still want to find ET, but looking at the evidence I think CUDA has probably been more than the project can handle. There are many machines out there turning in massive results everyday with previously unthinkable RAC's. Perhaps it is time to scale back. I have just spent about £100($157) on CUDA capable graphics cards but perhaps I was not looking at the projects best interests. I will disable these cards and just crunch on the CPU. Makes more sense. Bernie. PS. Perhaps the original is the best, SETI@HOME was the first distributed computing project so perhaps some of us feel more strongly!! We get a bit heated when "our project" doesn't perform. I ain't going anywhere :-) |
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Number crunching :
down time
(Message 1036317)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I don't want to run multiple projects!! I gave up on them. I want to help find ET. Oh well I find I no longer care, I have approx 250 ghost WU's and 600 waiting to report. Good time to detach from the project I suspect. |
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Cafe SETI :
Uh, is the kittyman losing his sense of humour?
(Message 1036191)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have often wondered where that car chase was filmed. Interesting to read the Mall's history. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Your down time, I understand it is required...but
(Message 1036009)
Posted 25 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Shouldn't they at least check that the servers are working before they take off for the weekend? Shouldn't they at least check disk space during the 3 day outage? |
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Cafe SETI :
Just my opinion
(Message 1035401)
Posted 23 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: See Matt's comment in technical news. Sorry about the extended two-day website brown-out just now. The mysql database server crashed during the "re-org," so that had to be restarted, then it crashed *again*. We didn't get a successful backup out of the thing until last night. That's a little bit annoying, and a little bit worrisome. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Closed *SETI/BOINC Milestones [ v2.0 ] - XXI* Closed
(Message 1034948)
Posted 20 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: 3 million for SETI and an RAC over 10,000 on the same day!! :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
What did I do wrong?
(Message 1034461)
Posted 19 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks. Yes this machine has been mostly ignored, I haven't updated it in a while. The reason I was concerned is that I have done the same on other machines and it has worked fine, didn't realise this one was running on such an old version. Have set NNT and will run down cache, then detach/reattach to clear the ghosts. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
What did I do wrong?
(Message 1034451)
Posted 19 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I decided to add a CUDA capable card to another machine today, so I suspended BOINC, shut down the machine, installed the card, restarted,installed the 258.96 drivers. Restarted, made sure BOINC was shut down, then ran the Lunatics installer. All seemed to go fine untill I restarted BOINC, I got this: 1 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_intelx86 2 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Config: GUI RPC allowed from: 3 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Config: BAV-G1 4 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Config: BAV-4 5 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Config: BAV-LT 6 19/09/2010 13:13:06 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 7 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 8 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 9 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Running under account Bernie 10 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13] 11 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Processor: 1.00 MB cache 12 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 nx lm tm2 pbe 13 19/09/2010 13:13:06 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00) 14 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Memory: 1022.64 MB physical, 2.25 GB virtual 15 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Disk: 138.94 GB total, 85.70 GB free 16 19/09/2010 13:13:06 Local time is UTC +1 hours 17 19/09/2010 13:13:07 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 210 (driver version 25896, CUDA version 3010, compute capability 1.2, 475MB, 45 GFLOPS peak) 18 SETI@home 19/09/2010 13:13:07 Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 19 SETI@home 19/09/2010 13:13:07 [error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 528 ; discarding 20 SETI@home 19/09/2010 13:13:07 [error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 528 ; discarding.... and so on wiping out all my tasks. I then unsuspended BOINC and it immediately downloaded replacements, including CUDA and off it went. Where did I go wrong? Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update V - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe!
(Message 1031982)
Posted 8 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Discovered this week that my cat of 11 years "Spitty" had a womb infection, as she lives totally indoors and I inherited her I never got her spayed, and this can happen. Rush to the vet, operation, and me feeling lost and emotional. I live on my own and she has been my companion for the last 11 years. Spitty has just been back to the vet for her post op check up and all is good. She has recovered quickly and is back to her old self. Thanks for asking, I had forgotten I hadn't posted an update here. Oh yes as to pills, she goes mad for tinned mackerel which I only feed as a treat, so small pill inside large lump of mackerel, gone in an instant. Bernie. |
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Number crunching :
Advice on graphic cards
(Message 1031973)
Posted 8 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have looked at all the useful info. Went to my local computer fair today and comparing price and other factors, went for a GT240 1GB ram at £65($100). Just set it up, seems to be about twice as fast as the CPU. I have made no manual changes, I had noticed that it was taking too long, this has always been a slow machine, so I will remove the GT240 and look for a better home. Waste of £65. Still that's life. |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
Inconsistency in Naming Tasks/Results
(Message 1031244)
Posted 5 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Task is singular, one task. Tasks is plural, many tasks Same with results, one result, many results From what I remember from school all are use correctly in you examples, so I am not sure what you are saying. Also you statement "Here's what it look like" Should be "Here's what it looks like" That's they way English is. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Download performance/crunching data?
(Message 1031199)
Posted 5 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like there is an even easier way to analyze your own performance data. Note for those running Vista the location is: C:\ProgramData\BONC\ Assuming you root drive is C, mine is actually D. Bernie |
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GPU applications :
CUDA time to completion
(Message 1031193)
Posted 5 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like you didn't wait for us Bernie. That's quite a nice little army you got going there now. Are you going to do the other two machines too? Well I actually started a thread over in NC. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=61331 Where I did get a fair amount of advice and the GT240 seemed to fit the bill all round. As to the other two, depending on the results from the other 3, 4241618 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4241618 will hopefully get a CUDA card next month. However 4212602 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4212602 is a CCTV machine I look after for a local charity, I haven't actually physically seen it for many months. I was going to resurrect this beast 4489474 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4489474 is also has a GF8800 512meg, but it is my main machine I use for gaming and surfing and I prefer it to be idle at the moment. However we will see how things go. Bernie. |
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Windows :
Haven't been able to connect for over a month
(Message 1031143)
Posted 5 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: You could paste the first lines in the message tab. 05/09/2010 11:53:43 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_intelx86 05/09/2010 11:53:43 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 05/09/2010 11:53:43 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 05/09/2010 11:53:43 Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\BOINC 05/09/2010 11:53:43 Running under account BAV 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU E3200 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Processor: 1.00 MB cache 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 lm vmx tm2 pbe 05/09/2010 11:53:44 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.32 GB virtual 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Disk: 153.38 GB total, 120.40 GB free 05/09/2010 11:53:44 Local time is UTC +1 hours 05/09/2010 11:53:53 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GT 240 (driver version 25896, CUDA version 3010, compute capability 1.2, 1024MB, 257 GFLOPS peak) 05/09/2010 11:53:53 SETI@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 05/09/2010 11:53:54 SETI@home URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 2555220; resource share 100 05/09/2010 11:53:54 SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 20-Jul-2010 00:00:26) 05/09/2010 11:53:54 SETI@home Computer location: home 05/09/2010 11:53:54 SETI@home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 05/09/2010 11:53:54 Reading preferences override file 05/09/2010 11:53:54 Preferences: 05/09/2010 11:53:54 max memory usage when active: 1023.58MB 05/09/2010 11:53:54 max memory usage when idle: 1842.45MB 05/09/2010 11:53:57 max disk usage: 6.00GB 05/09/2010 11:53:57 (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 05/09/2010 11:53:57 Not using a proxy 05/09/2010 11:53:59 SETI@home Restarting task 17no09af.20037.481.14.10.116_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 608 05/09/2010 11:54:00 SETI@home Restarting task 17no09af.20037.890.14.10.109_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 05/09/2010 11:54:01 SETI@home Restarting task 06my10ac.20495.24607.4.10.7_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 That's one of my machines yours will be different of course. This might help the knowledgeable folks here to see your problem Bernie |
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Advice on graphic cards
(Message 1031140)
Posted 5 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have looked at all the useful info. Went to my local computer fair today and comparing price and other factors, went for a GT240 1GB ram at £65($100). Just set it up, seems to be about twice as fast as the CPU. I have also fired up an older machine with an GF8600 GTS 265meg in. So with the original GF8800 GT with 512 meg I now have a diverse selsction of cards to work with. Will be interesting to compare these in a couple of weeks. Bernie |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Slow computer. Am I doing any real help to the SETI?
(Message 1030992)
Posted 4 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: You are the sort of person the project was originally aimed at. I am actually amazed at the way this project has been transformed by the serious "crunchers". I count myself in that number, I built 5 machines just to "crunch" for SETI@Home. We are the "odd ones" who have pushed distributed computing to new levels. As has been said, every WU crunched adds value to the project. Don't stop we need everyone! ET has to be out there somewhere. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Raccoon Update V - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe!
(Message 1030552)
Posted 3 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Discovered this week that my cat of 11 years "Spitty" had a womb infection, as she lives totally indoors and I inherited her I never got her spayed, and this can happen. Rush to the vet, operation, and me feeling lost and emotional. I live on my own and she has been my companion for the last 11 years. Wednesday night was weird, alone in my flat. Amazing how they can get to you!! Spitty last year. She seems to have made a good recovery from the op, but I have to give her an anti-biotic pill twice a day, so I am not her favourite person right now, and it upsets me to have to force her to swallow it. Anyone have good ideas to get a small cat to take a pill?? Bernie. |
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Advice on graphic cards
(Message 1030549)
Posted 3 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I am a recent convert to CUDA crunching having activated my ancient GF8800 in one of my machines. I am interested in adding a CUDA capable card to 2 more machines. I have no wish to spend a lot. So can anyone suggest a good card around £60-£100($90-$150). I have been looking at the GT210/220, are these worth it for CUDA? Bernie |
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Technical News :
No Work Issues (Jun 09 2010)
(Message 1030507)
Posted 3 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: seti should stop playing with its helpers, my opinion, SHUT DOWN SETI fix whats wrong and stop this shit of 1 day of getting work and 2 weeks down time in the last 6 months seti is 80% down what the hell is wrong is anyone smart enough to give a truthful answer????????????? Over the last few weeks I have been getting more and constant work than I have for a while. I am always able to get enough work to more than cover the 3 days downtime. Other than a serious server failure some while back I cannot remember "2 weeks" downtime. Bernie |
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Windows :
Scheduler request failed
(Message 1030287)
Posted 2 Sep 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: From Homepage Weekly Outage and Initial Catch Up Every Tuesday morning (Pacific time) we begin a 3 day data distribution outage to focus on science processing and development plus any needed systems maintenance. The upload/download servers will be offline during this time. The web site (including the forums) will only be offline during the database maintenance and backup portion of the outage. On Friday, you may experience connectivity issues as the servers catch up with demand. 6 Aug 2010 19:07:50 UTC |
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GPU applications :
CUDA time to completion
(Message 1029746)
Posted 30 Aug 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes all is now good, the time to completion suddenly dropped from 26 hours to around 30 minutes. So I have picked up plenty of work. I wasn't sure how long it took for the system to adjust, I read in another thread that it takes 10 validated results. Yes it is very satisfying to watch a WU "move up the queue" and finish in minutes rather than hours. So much so that I am thinking of getting a cheap CUDA card for another of my machines. Any suggestions? Bernie |
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GPU applications :
CUDA time to completion
(Message 1029644)
Posted 30 Aug 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I have finally ventured into CUDA crunching with a rather ancient GF8800. I only set this up yesterday and the original "Time to completion" was around 28 hours, the actual completion time is between 15-20 minutes. My question is how long before this becomes closer to the real time. At the moment I am only getting 3 or 4 CUDA WU's at a time, this will obviously not last long during the outage. Is there a way to correct this. Bernie |
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Computing errors and freezing
(Message 1023424)
Posted 7 Aug 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Only the BOINC program freezes on my computer and I also get error messages. Could you post the error messages or say what they are? |
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Welcome to the 11 year club
(Message 1021504)
Posted 1 Aug 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I am 75 and have been crunching SETI since 2004, and other 5 projects in following years. So don't despair. I wasn't despairing, just wondering where we might be 11 years from now. For instance I am typing this on an iPad with a virtual keyboard and touch screen that connects by wireless to a broadband router that connects via an ADSL line to the Internet at 10meg. All of that might have seemed like since fiction 11 years ago. I suspect it will surprise us all :-) Opps double post |
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Welcome to the 11 year club
(Message 1021151)
Posted 31 Jul 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: From 11 years ago when I actually just ran Seti@home as a screen saver!! To a high point of 10 machines. I scaled right back last year just leaving one machine to keep up appearances. I have recently restarted 2 machines full time. I wonder how may of us will be here in another 11 years? To be fair I will 70!! |
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Number crunching :
A little assistance please
(Message 1016901)
Posted 17 Jul 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Did you reboot the "problem" machine recently? Well now I am one of those people who hates "rebooting" machines, but I did anyway and that did it. Look at the difference from my first post: Times are much more realistic now and actually counting down Thanks. Bernie |
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A little assistance please
(Message 1016890)
Posted 17 Jul 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Both machines in question are running the same BOINC version, so my question probably should have been why is one taking around 2.5 hours per WU and one taking over 26 hours Both are Intel machines here is the info for the problem machine: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 7/17/2010, 22:35:10 Machine name: BAV-C1 Operating System: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Compaq-Presario System Model: KA762AA-ABU SG3200UK BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/14/07 17:05:16 Ver: 08.00.13 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.6GHz Memory: 1022MB RAM Page File: 1363MB used, 942MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode The other machine is 2.4GHZ but this one was never this slow before. Bernie. PS WOW My single core AMD has been through 2 incarnations since that last report It is now my Windows Home Server and does not crunch. |
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Number crunching :
A little assistance please
(Message 1016875)
Posted 17 Jul 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: Due to personal circumstances I have not been actively crunching for SETI@home for several months. Toady I made the decision to restart two of my machines. I have read the front page and many posts here on the NC forum. However I have a question. One machine is working through WU's at about the speed I remember (no GPU's on either machine) The other machine has 2 WU's that have been running for close to eight hours has completed 1.5% and the completion time is increasing by approx 3 seconds per second! What is going on? Any help would be appreciated. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Color Me GONE
(Message 1011595)
Posted 4 Jul 2010 by Bernie Vine Post: I see I might have picked a bad time to come back to SETI@Home after a break. Over the years I have built several computers just to crunch for SETI, due to a change in my circumstances all but a couple at work have been silent since last October. I built these machines to join in the search for ET, not to cure cancer, find energy sources (although I have participated). I just wanted to help find, ET a subject close to my heart. Last month my circumstances changed again and I have been giving thought to setting my 6 machines on the search to finding ET, so imagine my surprise when I looked at the forums yesterday. So what would people suggest, I don't wish to crunch for any other project, but I have 4 machines that have been sitting mostly idle for the last eight months, should I wait in the hope that the project sorts itself out, or finally get rid of these machines as I had intended to do last year. They are all a bit long in the tooth now and just gathering dust. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Ouch......
(Message 947312)
Posted 14 Nov 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Nope!! whole thing is a Euro "fudge" SEE HERE Bernie |
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Green Star / Donation Controversy *THREAD LOCKED*
(Message 947309)
Posted 14 Nov 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I tried to donate some time ago but I did no have a credit card and Paypal was not accepted. I am in the UK so an international money transfer was the only option, I looked at the problems with this and decided it was too complicated. This is an online project, if you want people to donate make it easy. I have been with the project since 1999 but it if it is to complicated to donate you will loose out. For various reasons I now have a credit card, but if I cannot donate without one I am not interested. MAKE IT EASY TO DONATE. |
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Number crunching :
Panic Mode On (25) Server problems
(Message 937655)
Posted 4 Oct 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: That depends where they are and what access they have from wherever they are. It's the weekend remember - everyone deserves a break sometimes. Yes but unless Matt post we never find out something was wrong. No one else ever seems to care, which is rather strange because if we all decided to stop crunching for SETI@HOME there would be no results. |
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Panic Mode On (25) Server problems
(Message 937645)
Posted 4 Oct 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I still feel however busy any body is it only take seconds to post to let us all know there is a problem. I just feel sometimes that we are an annoyance if we want to know what is happening. I have 5 pc's running SETI@HOME nothing else, please can I at least hope to know when the problem is fixed. Is that expecting too much? I don't expect servers to be up 24/7 I work in IT so I do realise there can always be problems, but we are the customers of this project, without us it would not exist. So could someone other than Matt please post as to the problems and solutions. Thank you. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (23) Server problems
(Message 929841)
Posted 31 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I cant download, upload, or report anything at the moment. I see the server page is behind also. O well thats the breaks. Yep same here but as I only run a couple of machines at weekends all their hard work is going down the tubes as I switch off my laptop Sunday night. So anyone waiting for these results, will have to wait as I am away after that. I realise that this project hangs on by a shoe string, and I would like to donate but living in the UK makes it difficult.(I don't and will never have a credit card). But if I have crunched them I should be able to claim credit and my wingman/woman get the same, but no! Sorry by any standard NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I wish I wanted to crunch for another project as much as SETI@Home but I don't. More fool me. |
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Panic Mode On (23) Server problems
(Message 928776)
Posted 26 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: just had trouble getting in maybe ISP problems or maybe just timing. Main page took awhile to download.Can I add why no further info on the technical page about yesterday? Matt is the only one to ever update the technical page, so if he is off or otherwise engaged, it doesn't happen. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Is the art of letter writing dead??
(Message 927308)
Posted 20 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Strange you should mention ties but I am 100% old school and my job has "manager" in the description, plus I sometimes have to represent my company to both customers and members of the public and I always wear a tie. Recently head office instigated a policy of "no ties" to make the atmosphere more "informal". So I still make a point of wearing my tie. How do you all feel about ties!!? Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
Is the art of letter writing dead??
(Message 927197)
Posted 19 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Noticed this on my regular read of the BBC News website. Decline of the blue box Whilst it deals with the US, I know I communicate almost totally electronically. Is there a future for the good old letter? Bernie |
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Technical News :
Good Problems (Aug 10 2009)
(Message 926624)
Posted 16 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: You guys only hear from me when I think something is worng :) so why have my computer said "Boinc is currently IDLE" for the last 4 days?? Somethinbg wrong? Yes I would say something is wrong at your end, you seem to have 2 nearly identical quads HERE The first still has 2 tasks to return, and the second hasn't contacted SETI@Home since 2/8 and has 4 tasks to return. My main machine is a quad that crunches 24/7 seti only, has a 1.5 day cache and hasn't run out of work yet. Currently has 23 2hr 36min wus to crunch, so possibly you need to check you settings. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Show yourself! (image heavy)
(Message 925864)
Posted 13 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Knew that web cam was good for something :-) |
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Number crunching :
Number of participants going down?
(Message 924381)
Posted 7 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: My living room (where my PC's are) is noticeably warmer than the rest of my flat currently, so I have switched off a couple of machines till the temperature drops. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Examples of car parking..... Ooops
(Message 923930)
Posted 5 Aug 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Not sure if this counts!! http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c276/BERNIEV/untitled.jpg |
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Panic Mode On (21) Server problems
(Message 919100)
Posted 18 Jul 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I had recently shut down all of my crunchers due to a spell in hospital. When I try to restart them all I get is continued failures to upload or download. I have been with SETI@Home since 1999 and would really love to continue to crunch, but you cannot have several machines sitting around waiting to upload and you can't switch them off as that will loose the work and upset your wingman. I will set no new tasks and crunch something that might actually be useful . Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (18) Server problems
(Message 913807)
Posted 4 Jul 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: ILL TAKE THOSE CRUNCHERS OFF OF YOUR HANDS!!!! LOL don't think dustcarts (what we call em in the UK) do transatlantic crossings really well!! Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (18) Server problems
(Message 913803)
Posted 3 Jul 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: So there is no longer an upload crisis? Well you might say they wasn't a "crisis" but I had 4 crunchers that I wanted to reduce to 2 due to the heat in my flat, but they couldn't upload for DAYS and DAYS, I didn't want to abort for the sake of the wingman as it isn't their fault. I have finally decide to stop ALL seti@home as I cannot control it. The current temperature in my flat is 33c (91F) at 0:48am!! with only 2 machines running. No, seti@home is out of user control, and whilst I am crunching WCG, I will finish this week end and my 2 redundant crunchers are destined for the council recycle bin. Bernie PS If anyone is interested they are BAV-3 and BAV-4 in my list |
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Cafe SETI :
Website of the Day Part 2
(Message 913790)
Posted 3 Jul 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Fun Utilities Desktop wallpapers I know I may be a bit late here but I have basically given up on seti@home. This link wants to install a "crawler toolbar"!!!! But only if you are running IE!! NO WAY! |
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Cafe SETI :
The British UFO TV series is headed for the big screen
(Message 900707)
Posted 28 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well both shows are currently on daytime ITV4 here in the UK. Whereabouts are you based, because I can see 8 episodes available via ITV player HERE Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
The British UFO TV series is headed for the big screen
(Message 900704)
Posted 28 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well both shows are currently on daytime ITV4 here in the UK. Well there is some rubbish, but ITV4 does seem to specialise in classic rubbish, for instance today 9:50am The saint starring Roger Moore 10:50am Randall and Hopkirk deceased. 11:50am Minder (the original) Of course it tends to go downhill a bit about now. Showing Barb Wire with Pamela Anderson I had a thing for Gabrielle Drake, who played LT Gay Ellis on Moonbase in UFO PICS Bernie :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
The British UFO TV series is headed for the big screen
(Message 900206)
Posted 27 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well both shows are currently on daytime ITV4 here in the UK. Today at 9.25am UFO Season 1 episode 9 of 26 "Ordeal" Followed at 10.20 by space 1999 Season 2 episode 24 of 24 "The Dorcons" Old Sci-Fi series never die they just get re-run on daytime TV :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
waiting for validation
(Message 899803)
Posted 26 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep I have 7 machines and 16 cores processing and I never look at my pending credit any more. It will all come right in the end, never failed yet :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
So, how did YOU start doing SETI@home?
(Message 898938)
Posted 24 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I saw a piece about Seti@Home and the screen saver on the BBC TV program Tomorrows World. I only had dial up but I joined Seti@Home classic ten years ago Tuesday. Doesn't time fly when your having fun. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
ustream.tv SETI Anniversary webcast
(Message 897921)
Posted 21 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Now says "technical difficulties please stand by" Edit: Quickly followed by "off air" |
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Cafe SETI :
ustream.tv SETI Anniversary webcast
(Message 897902)
Posted 21 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Yep same here maybe a restart soon |
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Cafe SETI :
ustream.tv SETI Anniversary webcast
(Message 897881)
Posted 21 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: This is annoying, I was looking forward to seeing this "live" |
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Cafe SETI :
ustream.tv SETI Anniversary webcast
(Message 897866)
Posted 21 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems someone has pulled the plug, now says "off air" |
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Cafe SETI :
ustream.tv SETI Anniversary webcast
(Message 897841)
Posted 21 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Very interesting, back after lunch!! |
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Cafe SETI :
. . . Remembering the SETI Classic Days
(Message 897388)
Posted 20 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I was there! (Well almost)10 years next Tuesday!! Name (and URL).......Date First Registered........Date Last Result Received....Results received..Total CPU time.....Average CPU time per work unit.... Country 2516) Bernie Vine ...Wed May 26 22:18:49 1999.....Fri Aug 12 20:57:17 2005 ....142.........3593 hr 47 min.......25 hr 18 min 30.3 sec.......United Kingdom |
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Nice new SETI@home layout, or is it my browser setting?
(Message 896594)
Posted 18 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: AH HA, it's good old IE, I normally use Chrome, also shows normal in Firefox, but with IE, nice large kiddy sized text. Yep Chrome Beta on my main machine also shows kiddytext! Wonder if is is more to do with cached pages?? Bernie |
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Nice new SETI@home layout, or is it my browser setting?
(Message 896573)
Posted 18 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: AH HA, it's good old IE, I normally use Chrome, also shows normal in Firefox, but with IE, nice large kiddy sized text. Interesting Bernie |
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Nice new SETI@home layout, or is it my browser setting?
(Message 896549)
Posted 18 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks the same as always to me. Am I missing something?? Nope still looks fine to me!! |
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Nice new SETI@home layout, or is it my browser setting?
(Message 896543)
Posted 18 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks the same as always to me. Am I missing something?? Bernie |
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Still Crunching Away - 10 Years Later!
(Message 896539)
Posted 18 May 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Next Tuesday marks my 10 years. I remember seeing a feature about seti@home on the BBC science program, Tomorrows World, where they showed the screen saver in action which of course looked very "cool" back then. Recently I had a bit of an attack of guilt at the electricity I was using to look for "ET" so I moved most of my machines to WCG, well I am moving them all back for the 10th Birthday, lets chase that 3 mil LOL! Bernie PS That would be if there WERE any WU's for my 14 hungry processors. Typical :-) |
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Cafe SETI :
What kind of email do you use?
(Message 889475)
Posted 29 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I use Windows Live Mail. Both Hotmail and G-mail accounts on one easy to use interface and no ads, and I can add more accounts Would not want to go back. Bernie |
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NO work!
(Message 889468)
Posted 29 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: You know what really gets me? So you know what is causing the current problem?? And it is their fault. Please remember this project is run on a shoestring and it is 8:30 am there. Give them a break. Bernie |
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NO work!
(Message 889461)
Posted 29 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: what is going on? no new tasks from seti? thats after it was down for four days which no-one has seemed to have mentioned. Four days? Yesterday was the weekly outage and the 3 days before that were fine, I had no problems. Currently no splitters are running which will hopefully be fixed soon. |
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Still awaiting credit for 1171982518
(Message 887419)
Posted 22 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Task 11719982518 was completed 10th of March this year with a claimed credit of 1213.07 involved I've been wondering why this is still "PENDING" what is the holdup? In case you are not familiar with the way things work, every task has to be validated by two separate results. You finished your task on the 10th March, however with the other task 4 subsequent attempts have failed for one reason or another and the latest attempt also looks like it may not complete on time. Not sure what happens after 5 failed attempts. One reason why I prefer not to crunch astropulse WU's because there seems to be a higher failure rate than standard WU's Bernie |
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Technical News :
Hannah (Apr 16 2009)
(Message 886744)
Posted 20 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Also all the talk about camping and hiking trips and music gigs and concentrating on incidentals instead of fixing the outage problems and preventing their ocurrence are being construed by many as a lack of caring about the project, and if the project doesn't care, then why should we? I cannot agree with this, you are referring to Matt's posts where he occasionally refers to what he has been up to when not at work. Post that are well received by the crunchers here. To accuse Matt of not caring!!... words fail me!!! Bernie |
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Technical News :
Hannah (Apr 16 2009)
(Message 886727)
Posted 20 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: A pity, but I cannot see what relevance SETI has for the modern world. If we were to detect any signals, the likelihood of any coherent message transfer in any of our lifetimes is remote. I have to question your first paragraph, I suspect it would SEEM important, but religion would adapt quickly, I am not a philosopher so no idea, but I already believe there is life out there and I suspect so do a lot of others, in a short time the fact that they WERE out there would fade as we can never really exchange ideas or concepts and after hundreds of years we would likely have no idea what they looked like or how they thought. However the good thing is having no results, as you pointed out doesn't mean they are not out there somewhere. I am also not looking short term with the WCG projects, I do not expect to see quick results, however a cure for cancer and clean renewable energy would also have huge impacts on the quality of life. I am not really knocking SETI, it is just that I have become increasingly uncomfortable over the last few weeks about having 5 PC's using energey 24/7 in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. However even now I would be over the moon if one of you dedicated crunchers found "the signal" I would be cheering as loud as the next guy. ;-) Bernie |
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Technical News :
Hannah (Apr 16 2009)
(Message 886705)
Posted 20 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I do not chase credit, I just believe in this modern day and age SETI should not be high on any crunchers list, I have switched my 5 main crunchers to WCG, mostly Help Cure Cancer, or The Clean Energy Project. I cannot justify running these machines looking for life out there, when I feel we should be doing more for our own planet. I started SETI Classic as "a bit of fun". 10 years on and it is time perhaps to see what SETI is still trying to achieve. I will admit to also being put off by Astropulse and the early CUDA experiment, which saw my 2 CUDA machines trash more WU's than they crunched. I have some older slow work machines still crunching SETI, but I will probably stop them soon. A pity, but I cannot see what relevance SETI has for the modern world. If we were to detect any signals, the likelihood of any coherent message transfer in any of our lifetimes is remote. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Is it real or is it Memorix?
(Message 882371)
Posted 4 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Some pretty cool cars! Yep and they still make them just up the road from me. Caterham Cars Not quite a Lotus but affordable!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Is it real or is it Memorix?
(Message 882048)
Posted 3 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: As the previous post was a bit big thought I would split it a bit. This is a series 2 same as KAR 120C from the Prisoner. Close, but not quite. There were no series 1 left hand drive, and series 4 had the nasty square front grill. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Is it real or is it Memorix?
(Message 882045)
Posted 3 Apr 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I found the lotus 7 register HERE and it would seem to be a series 3 nothing else matches. This one is left hand drive as well Produced from September 1968 to Jan 1970 total 340 cars. There is a mass of info on the site here is a snippit TRIM: Black pile carpets with matching weatherproof trim and black PVC ventilated seat squabs and back rest. STANDARD ENGINES AND GEARBOXES: Available to January 1970 - 1600cc. FORD 2255E CROSSFLOW overhead valve engine with Weber 32DFM twin choke progressive down-draught carburettor in standard Ford Motor Company tune developing 84bhp at 5,500rpm. Coopers air cleaner. Compression ratio 9.0:1. Gearbox, remote and gearknob as for 116E engine. Also available at the same time although very rare in a Seven - similar 1300cc. unit developing 72bhp at 5,500rpm. Available from January 1969 - LOTUS HOLBAY CFR 1600 engine, a tuned version of the Ford 2255E (above) with twin Weber 40DCOE2 side-draught Webers developing 120bhp. Compression ratio not stated. Gearbox and remote as for 116E engine, gearknob Lotus 'ball' with black badge. Available from October 1969 - 1558cc. LOTUS TWIN-CAM engine with twin 40DCOE Weber carburettors either in standard 'Special Equipment' tune (115bhp) or as the Lotus-Holbay version (125bhp). Gearbox as before but with uprated second gear. Bernie |
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**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 879418)
Posted 26 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: My 2,000,000 Seti!! Now time to move on and this little "break" is just the right time. For personal reasons I am now going to be mostly crunching WCG, either CEP or HCC. Probably still be around as these forums part of my life now :-) Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Can I speak softly now?
(Message 879273)
Posted 26 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Welcome back, Mark. Hi Mark You may remember me and my kitty from a year or so back. I just noticed this thread and the comment above. I am/was a smoker, last May I developed a really bad cough/chest infection, doc thought it was bronchitis, and treated it, but it would not go away, it seemed like a warning to me so I just stopped smoking, I didn't want to leave this life just yet. Amazing thing is I am still not smoking nearly 10 months later. The irony of this tale is that I had lots of test to try and discover the cause of my cough, instead they found I had a cancerous growth on my thyroid, nothing to do with the cough!! I am seeing the surgeon tomorrow where he will arranged for the surgery. He says I should make a complete recovery. So all this has made me think, and your are nothing without your health, some things you can't avoid but smoking is gonna shorten life, which to me at the moment feels very very precious. Wish me luck. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Possibly no MB work for a week!!!
(Message 878914)
Posted 24 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: See Matt's post HERE Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (14) Server problems
(Message 878020)
Posted 21 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie As I don't understand a word of the first sentence so OK I will drop it, but my name is BERNIE and I hate it when people cant be bothered to READ what is in front of them. BYE BYE |
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Panic Mode On (14) Server problems
(Message 877630)
Posted 20 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Please be VERY careful when you quote out of context!!!!! I didn't say that, your quoting a quote and making me look bad, if you don't know how to quote, please don't. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (14) Server problems
(Message 877543)
Posted 20 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: So is this spring break week at Berkeley? Any chance this is being worked on today, or will we be looking at another long weekend outage? I believe the "Panic Mode On" thread has always been viewed a little "tongue in cheek" and a place people can come an have a light hearted moan. As for me if I run out of work I switch em off!! Bernie |
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Not being impatient... just...
(Message 875029)
Posted 12 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I just had a look at mine. I've got a nominal 10 day cache. Right now I have 104 WU's in line and it's working on 2. That's right at 240 hours total time, or 5 days for a dual core. Ok so that checks ok So what he is seeing is Boinc moving a WU to the front of the queue, because it is likely to miss it's date if not done first. With a 1 day cache I never see this happen. All my tasks are FIFO. Which comes back to the original point large caches are more likely to have problems, and in my opinion are selfish. Bernie. |
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Not being impatient... just...
(Message 875020)
Posted 12 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I just had a look at mine. I've got a nominal 10 day cache. Right now I have 104 WU's in line and it's working on 2. That's right at 240 hours total time, or 5 days for a dual core. Ok so that checks ok I am not sure this is true, surely it's First In First Out, otherwise why is my quad currently crunching 4 WU's for the 3rd of April when further down the queue are several WU's for the 19th March. Of course with a 1 day cache it is not a problem. Bernie |
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Not being impatient... just...
(Message 874451)
Posted 10 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: So, I noticed that you can look at your pending tasks and see who your wingman is for them. I thought this would be an interesting way of estimating how long it would take to get my task reported based on the user's workload and RAC... I actually agree 100% on this, I run 7 machines with a 1 day cache and one machine with a 2 day. So tasks are turned around quicker, if I have a major problem, i.e. HDD or MB failure, only a small number of WU's are delayed. If SETI@home has problems longer than 1 day I either switch my machines off(being green) or might crunch for WCG a bit. I would never dream of holding a 10 day cache seems selfish to me. But what do I know;-) Bernie. |
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For you CUDA folks: 182.08 is available
(Message 873702)
Posted 8 Mar 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: As the title says, new drivers are out. I don't run CUDA myself, but I imagine there are some minor fixes/tweaks. Yes that used to annoy me to!! Try This - Desktop restore I can confirm it works for Vista32 with dual monitors. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (13) Server problems
(Message 869513)
Posted 26 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Does anyone know why the neither AP_validate is running? They both say "Not Running" Expanation is "Program failed or ran out of work". I don't think they ran out of work. Have a look at what Matt says here. Bernie |
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**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 869005)
Posted 24 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: 150th In Seti UK country stats. Bernie |
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Technical News :
Of the Woods (Feb 19 2009)
(Message 868786)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I'm sure we will hear from Matt in good time. However as some people are now accusing the project team of "staging these outages to get more money" and saying that the problems are down to incompetence, if I was Matt I believe I would be very upset. Calm down people. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (13) Server problems
(Message 868725)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post:
Well that's strange I don't run out of work "every weekend" on my six crunchers, and 5 have a 1 day cache and 1 has a 2 day. Why do you have to "babysit" just wait a while and all will sort itself out. A lot of people seem to be getting uptight for no reason, SETI@home uses you SPARE cpu cycles, and would be able to supply that sort of computing. If you decided to build a crunching farm, that is your business SETI@home didn't ask you to. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (13) Server problems
(Message 868326)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well, this is something I never thought I'd see: Ha! beat me to it (minus the duck) Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
What Is Your Weather Like? II
(Message 864421)
Posted 11 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Last week there was snow everywhere chaos across the country and I had to dig my car out. Today I had to go to Bournemouth (about 110 miles south west of London). Roads were clear just a hint of left over snow in some fields. I stopped in the motorway services on the way back, and the sun was shining, the air was warm just like an early spring day, gotta luv the UK!! Bernie. |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
CUDA question
(Message 864407)
Posted 11 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: See here Thread Bernie |
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Number crunching :
No jobs available
(Message 861162)
Posted 2 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: 02.02.2009 16:47:43|SETI@home|Message from server: (Project has no jobs available) Why are you "angry" SETI@Home does not guarantee to keep your machine fully occupied 365 days a year. The whole idea behind projects like this is to make use of your "unused" CPU cycles. NOT to crunch 24/7, so If work is running out, join another project, or do what I do, nothing. It will sort itself out. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
What Is Your Weather Like? II
(Message 861131)
Posted 2 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie and Andy, If we could cope it wouldn't be so bad. To be fair I have never seen it this bad in London, and it was mostly overnight, the worst time, as the roads are badly affected. Luckily these days I can do some work from home, but I really should be in London tomorrow. We will see. And yes it is STILL snowing!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
What Is Your Weather Like? II
(Message 861068)
Posted 2 Feb 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well we "never" have snow in London!! Err yes we do!! Very picturesque No Trains!!! Green for stop Local Church It's here somewhere Sorry I couldn't resist. Apparently worst snow in London for 18 years. Bernie. PS and it's STILL snowing. |
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Technical News :
Goblin Valley (Jan 29 2009)
(Message 859503)
Posted 30 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Matt as always for the update. Seems a little quiet round here these days. Only 1 post yesterday! I hope work doesn't run out. Still that will give em something to moan about over in NC :-) |
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Number crunching :
'Up the hill' bandwidth bottleneck
(Message 857344)
Posted 24 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: When upload is slow I have uploads that reach 100% then the the retry timer sets up. When it counts down it resets the progress to 0% and tries upload. I have seen this several times today. I have noticed this for a long while now, this screen shot back in October seems to show it has uploaded 100% (23.51k of 22.68k er that can't be right) but is going to retry in 59:34!! Bernie PS I have several like this now an they all have a bigger number on the left of the slash i.e 25.98/25.16 kb |
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Panic Mode On (12) Server problems
(Message 857162)
Posted 24 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: If you look at the post above yours it explains that the 100meg link is currently maxed out. It saturates between 92-95meg. See HERE As was said bookmark that link Yes everyone is having upload problems and will do whilst the graph is like that. |
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Number crunching :
Task "stuck" pending
(Message 856924)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Well I thought that too but the machine in question is being issued with and returning wu's today that are validating, and this is from the 30th Dec when he wasn't banished. No it's a stuck WU |
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Number crunching :
Task "stuck" pending
(Message 856909)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Strangely that is the first time I have seen one of my machines paired with someone active on these boards, and it gets stuck!! |
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Number crunching :
Task "stuck" pending
(Message 856907)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: This task 387870456 was completed on 30th December by myself and Mr Banished :-) Yet it is still pending, why? |
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**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 856855)
Posted 23 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Just passed 1,500,000 Also 186 in UK for Seti Bernie |
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Number crunching :
What will my experience be with CUDA?
(Message 856108)
Posted 21 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: My drivers are the 174.31, and I cant update as Dell don't have any newer and if I try to use Nvidia ones it just says I have to use Dell, where did you get them and are the CUDA drivers because the 174.31's are not. Thank you, I never even knew that existed!! Yet I visit the site often for drivers for my main machine. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
What will my experience be with CUDA?
(Message 855827)
Posted 20 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: OK. Let's start from the beginning, the launch could have gone alot better, there were bugs in it, and they are being ironed out as we speak, which is good. And hopefully it will get a whole lot better, DISCLAIMER: I have never run CUDA before, but, have tried to read as much as possible about it as I can! I have the same laptop, except mine is the Core 2 Duo T7250 @2.00Ghz. My drivers are the 174.31, and I cant update as Dell don't have any newer and if I try to use Nvidia ones it just says I have to use Dell, where did you get them and are the CUDA drivers because the 174.31's are not. Does this app CUDA-Z work and report CUDA 1.0? I am sure I read somewhere that the "M" cards would not run CUDA sucsessfully, perhaps someone more versed can give an opinion. I know my laptop currently runs quite cool and it is on mostly 24/7, but perhaps CUDA would be a bit over the top. Bernie |
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**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 854854)
Posted 18 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: My Q6600 Quad, 4489474 which is also my gaming and general use machine, has just passed 500,000, in a little under 6 months. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
No more work units ????
(Message 853749)
Posted 15 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Quick look at the bottom lines I would say you haven't aborted the tasks, as the last 4 are overdue but still running. Bernie PS: I would never leave an MS OS running unattended for a month! :-) |
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Number crunching :
Output file for task absent
(Message 852985)
Posted 13 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: The output file is absent because the application crashed - it's a symptom, not a problem in itself. Thank you and a full reboot seems to have cured the problem. However, I had Reset the project and then Detached, between the CUDA WU's and the MB ones that failed. So it would seem that if the CUDA driver fails it then screws BOINC so only a reboot will clear the problem. And as to CUDA, I have set my preferences to NO, which was the problem in the first place, without a complete detach I was still getting CUDA, anyway now I don't have to worry about VLAR and VHAR, I shall be staying away from CUDA until I see here on these boards that it is a "plug and play" application. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Output file for task absent
(Message 852820)
Posted 13 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: A little help please. I decided to restart one of my CUDA crunchers that has not been crunching SETI for a week or so. Despite not having CUDA selected in my preferences, it continued to get them and immediately crash my graphics card. So I aborted the WU's and reset the project, still no joy, CUDA WU's failing "compute error". So I detached from the project, then re-attached. Great no CUDA wu's however all the WU's now fail as below 1/13/2009 12:43:07 AM|SETI@home|Starting 05no08aa.27740.267591.12.8.207_0 1/13/2009 12:43:07 AM|SETI@home|Starting task 05no08aa.27740.267591.12.8.207_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 1/13/2009 12:43:08 AM|SETI@home|Computation for task 05no08aa.27740.267591.12.8.207_0 finished 1/13/2009 12:43:08 AM|SETI@home|Output file 05no08aa.27740.267591.12.8.207_0_0 for task 05no08aa.27740.267591.12.8.207_0 absent This is the machine in question 4481811 Anyone know why? Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Cuda is as Cuda does,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(Message 852381)
Posted 11 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Whilst I am no SETI@Home CUDA supporter, I wonder exactly how many cards extra high end cards Nvidia have sold. In the grand scheme of things I wouldn't have thought that many, and as several people have already said if CUDA turns out not to work. it will lok pretty bad for Nvidia and I for one will be looking to ATI. Bernie. |
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Cuda is as Cuda does,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(Message 851967)
Posted 11 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I have 3 machines ready to go on CUDA, I started 2 off but the number of errors was just silly. After the outage last week one machine ran through task after task in minutes with "compute error". Yes I suspect they were VLAR tasks, but it should not be up to me to have to work out which tasks I can and can't crunch. I have had to "detach" both machines to get them to stop accepting CUDA. But at least they are returning VALID results without me having to babysit them The home page is still happily advising everyone of CUDA, and so far I have not seen one official comment that there are ANY problems at all. Over all I am very disappointed in they way this has been handled. I been with this project almost since the beginning, but I feel let down now. I now have one machine crunching full time for The Clean Energy Project, if this proves to be stable,then the others may follow. |
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Apologies
(Message 848610)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: I know what it is like, I have 6 machines and watching them slowly grind to a halt is frustrating, so don't worry. Most of us here have been around for a while so we ge used to the odd interruption, the recent one just happened to be one of the longest for quite a while. Have a good 2009. :-) Bernie |
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Technical News :
Smoking Room (Dec 30 2008)
(Message 848327)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Checking the "Home" page is helpfull, but the server status page shows that the scheduling server "anakin" is UP amd "running". I guess the human input is accurate as reporting results and new work downloads are responded to with "Scheduler request failed: HTTP gateway timeout". Of course it's not always that simple, when I was looking at the page, it was saying all was green, however the page had not updated for over an hour at that stage, but no one seemed to notice that. So if whatever updates the server status page stops, all bets are off!! Bernie :-) |
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Panic Mode On (12) Server problems
(Message 848319)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: In case some people are not used to the Cricket Graph, here is a summary of what is happening You will notice that the current recovery has been flat out for several hours , compared with a normal outage where the traffic drops off fairly quickly. Hope this helps. :-) Bernie |
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Number crunching :
No requests for new workunits
(Message 848311)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Demus, it will be this way until all units have uploaded completely. Then things will start to get back to normal. It will be that way till things get back to normal, give it another 6-8 hours and hopefully it will sort itself out. Bernie |
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No requests for new workunits
(Message 848309)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Why start another thread, the answer is HERE Bernie OK that doesn't work the way it should. Look for Message 848169. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (12) Server problems
(Message 848164)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Server was working from 6:04 to 7:40 CET, after that it got silent again, about 4 machines reported tasks and got new ones. Looks like network trouble to me. Look HERE Traffic is maxed out, after a 36 hour outage it's not surprising! Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Problem connecting to server - status page show no apparent problem
(Message 848162)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Still unable to upload or report any results from any of my machines. OK just think how long it takes to recover from the normal 3-4 hour outage. This last outage was around 36 hours, around 8 times longer, so don't panic. Just keep watch the Cricket Graph. When you see the traffic start to fall then work will start to flow. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (11) Server problems
(Message 847847)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Bernie Vine Post: Here is a page I made some time ago with Info on Seti's server status. Be aware the main content was created using FLASH 8. Like the layout. Clock says GMT yet is 5 hours fast. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (11) Server problems
(Message 847497)
Posted 31 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I see we intend to end the year with a whimper. Cricket Server Status page hasn't updated for nearly and hour either. :-( |
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Cafe SETI :
Wishing all a better future for 2009
(Message 847244)
Posted 31 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Killing can never be justified. "Creatures of the light as we all are, do not bring darkness to others." What we all wish for in 2009 Bernie |
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Questions and Answers :
GPU applications :
Windows CUDA 6.06 released (empty msg, info-only)
(Message 846548)
Posted 29 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: You could always try a manual download BOINC Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (11) Server problems
(Message 845951)
Posted 28 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: out of 40 w/u 39 go to pending what's the problem.the least they could do is post a note stating there having a problem how long does that take,no wonder people are dropping out of SETI NO COMMUNICATIONS COME ON GUYS GET WITH IT. It's the weekend, after a holiday, please lighten up. Whatever goes wrong I do not expect ANY explanation till after 9.00am Monday California time, which in my estimation is 1 day 5 a half hours, from post time. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Modified SETI MB CUDA + opt AP package for full GPU utilization
(Message 845443)
Posted 26 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I have installed the updated file. Will run with it and let you know. Bernie |
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Someone please explain this
(Message 845385)
Posted 26 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Which is why I am keeping my quad core gaming machine with an 8800GT on 5.10.45. I can still crunch and get decent games performance. Yes it should be "off" by default. Bernie. |
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Modified SETI MB CUDA + opt AP package for full GPU utilization
(Message 845295)
Posted 26 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I am running your V2 app and soon after I started I got these 2: 1099608329 1099608327 Bernie |
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CUDA - dosen't work
(Message 844644)
Posted 24 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I was just congradulating myself on finally getting my dual to run a CUDA WU and two others when I looked and saw: Nope first thing I checked it is definitely set to 3. Whilst I was typing the above the CUDA WU in my screenshot finished, the 2 CEP were immediately paused and the two 6.03 WU's went into high priorty, and the GPU picked up the next 6.05 also in high priority even though the deadline isn't till 30/12 Bernie |
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CUDA - dosen't work
(Message 844617)
Posted 24 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I was just congradulating myself on finally getting my dual to run a CUDA WU and two others when I looked and saw: Er 4 tasks in progress!! What did I do wrong?? My goal was to use CUDA for SETI and my 2 cores for CEP. Is it the left over 6.03 that's causing the problem. |
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Panic Mode On (11) Server problems
(Message 844502)
Posted 24 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: It does seem to ba a case of nursing the cuda client at the minute. You can't set and leave this at all. I just went out for an hour, an it was suck on the same task as when i left. 1 hour totally wasted. Huh I just go up and checked my CUDA machine, last 8 hours wasted!! |
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Technical News :
Tom (Dec 23 2008)
(Message 844306)
Posted 23 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Thanks Matt One of the first things I do each day is to check the Technical News thread. Thank you for keeping us all up to date on the inner workings of SETI@Home May I wish you a Good Christmas and New Year. Bernie |
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Help with CUDA
(Message 844303)
Posted 23 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I have not been receiving CUDA WU since I set up cruncher no 2 to recieve them 3 days ago, then suddenly today I get 40+ 6.05 CUDA WU's. I see NO mention anywhere as to WHY I suddenly get these WU's. So far I have processed 14, 3 have failed "computation error" and 2 I have aborted as they just sit at 15sec cpu time and the completion time just gets larger and larger(up to 21 hours) Can someone tell me what is going on!! Bernie |
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CUDA
(Message 843803)
Posted 22 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Yes I agree, I too am looking to my ten years then something else. I have already started to crunch some Clean Energy Project WU's |
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Stoping optimised app
(Message 842132)
Posted 19 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Thank you for replying, unfortunately by the time you replied I had logged off, and stupidly installed 6.4.5, yep trashed all my WU's so apologies to anyone waiting for any WU's from THIS MACHINE :-( It is now mostly crunching The Clean Energy project. Bernie |
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Stoping optimised app
(Message 841650)
Posted 18 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: How can I stop the optimised app so I can run CUDA. |
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**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 839263)
Posted 12 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I am now apparently 3,965th in the Boinc Stats world list, I was waiting to break the 4000th barrier, then missed it!! Just noticed my RAC is over 9100, wondered why the room was so warm:-) Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 837155)
Posted 5 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: You have now donated 2000 grains of rice. Bernie |
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Number crunching :
Am I just unlucky?
(Message 837070)
Posted 5 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh I see we are all very serious here tonight, I thought my last comment and smiley might have made it obvious that I was being a little tongue in cheek. By just pointing out what can happen to a WU in is travels, I'm in no hurry and I realise that it will complete. Anyone else reading this thread, it is not a complaint. Bernie |
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Am I just unlucky?
(Message 837019)
Posted 4 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I noticed this in my pending queue 360693983 For a précis; WU was sent on 7 Nov at 08:44 to 2 machines. Machine no 2 fails the download, so it is re-issued at 10:30, to machine 3, meanwhile machine 1 detaches at 22:29. My machine 4481811 gets it at 0:32 on the 8th Nov and returns it about 18 hours later. Machine 3 then fails to return by deadline of the 30th Nov so it is sent to machine no 5 on the 30th Nov at 10:16. I now could be waiting till around 23rd Dec for a result or another resend! Still it's little things that make you smile :-) Bernie |
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Pending credit... since October?
(Message 837012)
Posted 4 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I'll bite, biggest pending I've ever had and no Astropulse!! 1034067323 353712497 4241618 46.75 1040630591 356832602 4489474 66.19 1046343948 359526213 4489474 44.59 1049391354 360960158 4481811 44.49 1049555187 360693983 4481811 44.50 1049737839 361125007 4241618 56.16 1050756273 361602951 4619213 63.98 1050769880 361609660 4619213 44.65 1050970223 361703552 3299818 44.52 1051850717 362116803 4619213 56.24 1054397274 363200452 4241618 44.01 1054930104 363599674 4241618 44.02 1055052549 363657913 4489474 44.07 1055645745 363932558 4241618 45.87 1057960278 365040238 4241618 44.20 1058547589 365319523 4481811 45.34 1058860578 365470761 4489474 44.12 1058860595 365470957 4489474 44.13 1058949624 365514792 4241618 44.12 1059219803 365647747 4241618 44.12 1059414394 365742828 4619213 44.12 1059547693 365809289 3299818 43.93 1059670872 365870306 4489474 44.14 1059751536 365908642 4241618 44.08 1059832430 365949944 4489474 44.10 1059858790 365960250 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1076109706 373535546 4489474 45.00 1076109854 373535644 4489474 0.07 1076114109 373537693 2555220 45.01 1076126174 373543603 4481811 55.91 1076130931 373545962 4619213 45.00 1076140245 373550567 2555220 15.20 1076171204 373564665 3299818 45.00 1076174622 373566351 4481811 78.23 1076199429 373578523 4241618 15.08 1076207574 373582518 4481811 15.04 1076208786 373583052 4212592 45.56 1076227362 373592208 4489474 45.00 1076227608 373592313 4489474 45.00 1076237361 373597093 2555220 55.91 1076244882 373600730 2555220 55.91 1076247203 373601901 4481811 55.91 1076248935 373602736 4489474 45.00 1076249172 373602791 4489474 45.00 1076271413 373613589 4489474 45.41 1076275257 373615451 4481811 0.07 1076308145 373630196 4241618 45.02 1076330442 373641101 4481811 15.13 1076351342 373651414 4481811 45.02 1076351659 373651570 4481811 55.91 1076367286 373659276 4619213 55.91 1076367552 373659402 4619213 55.91 1076383709 373667264 4619213 45.07 1076396394 373673522 4241618 45.05 1076405344 373677817 4481811 45.05 1076405518 373677912 4481811 45.05 1076422183 373632340 4619213 78.31 1076446198 373695195 4619213 15.13 1076495558 373719446 3299818 45.04 1076525802 373734328 4619213 55.97 1076583489 373759754 4619213 45.05 1076597487 373766593 3299818 15.06 1076608811 373772101 3299818 45.25 1076614288 373774791 3299818 45.47 1076642271 373788512 4481811 55.97 1076672007 373803065 4481811 55.97 1076707880 373818806 4481811 55.97 1076757589 373843165 4481811 45.03 1076765843 373847185 4481811 55.97 1077373300 374136346 4481811 0.07 1077373320 374136335 4481811 0.07 1074752614 372894946 4619213 55.86 Pending credit: 24,860.60 Keep on crunchin' Bernie :-) |
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New company Firewall, no SAH upload. Ideas?
(Message 836811)
Posted 4 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Does you company have a proxy server, if so it needs to needs to be added under "advanced-options-http proxy. If you are not sure what that means or it is the firewall then sorry you are out of luck. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 836775)
Posted 3 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Was on a bit of a roll tonight You have now donated 6500 grains of rice. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 836566)
Posted 3 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Another 2000 Bernie |
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Odd Message
(Message 836562)
Posted 3 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: So what's the difference per CPU second. I agree with your last statement and mentioned that as a reason right at the start of this thread. My RAC would recover I know, and I don't always run my machines 24/7 never have. I am running them most of the time this week as I am off work and they do help keep the room warm. Hence my higher than normal RAC, watch it dive next week. OK so I do micro manage my crunchers, to get the best out of them, so until I am satisfied that Astropulse is stable I carry on with MB wu's Bernie |
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Odd Message
(Message 836486)
Posted 2 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I am not "worried" about hardware failures, I am more concerned with efficient use of my "donated time and electricity". In my view Astropulse is slightly less "green" for the reasons I stated. Over the years I have improved and upgraded my PC's so I am sure that the 6 I now currently run at home are probably not using much more power than the time I had 4 old single core AMD's. Still each to his own, I enjoy crunching MB wu's as I can see the results quickly and know all machines are working, by checking the RAC. Of course the two remotes and my work laptop are another story, perhaps I should try AP on them :-) 4212592 4212602 Laptop Bernie. |
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Odd Message
(Message 836483)
Posted 2 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: It's the newest publicly available v5.00 optimized application, so that makes it the best one to get. It's fully compatible with the standard v5.00 application. So what's the difference per CPU second. Also I am wary of crunching such large wu's if I have a computer problem near the end of one (or more) of these wu's then that could be a large number of hours lost, whereas at the moment the numbers are quite small in comparison. Just this week-end, I had a HDD fail with no prior warning, all could be lost in this situation. Not a good use of my electrical donation in my view and not very "green". I started with SETI in 1999, I have looked at other projects but at the moment I believe my very small farm of crunchers is best suited to crunching medium small wu's quickly. Bernie. |
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Odd Message
(Message 836460)
Posted 2 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: The project team recently enabled more verbose messages like that so problems with getting work units would be easier to diagnose. It's simply alerting you that you don't have Astropulse in your app_info.xml file. Yes I might consider Astropulse when the whole thing is more stable, all I see on the forum at the moment is confusion. I admit I'm confused. Is the optimized ap you mention the best one, only one?? See told you I was confused. Bernie |
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Odd Message
(Message 836450)
Posted 2 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I have Astropulse set to no in my preferences yet today I got this: 02/12/2008 08:26:27|SETI@home|Finished upload of 21oc08ag.12540.18068.7.8.240_1_0 02/12/2008 08:26:28|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks 02/12/2008 08:26:28|SETI@home|Message from server: No work sent 02/12/2008 08:26:28|SETI@home|Message from server: Your app_info.xml file doesn't have a version of Astropulse. 02/12/2008 08:35:12|SETI@home|Computation for task 22oc08aa.19082.72.10.8.14_0 finished No my app-info.xml file wouldn't, I don't do Astropulse! This only happened on this one machine nothing odd on the other 5 What's going on? Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 836241)
Posted 1 Dec 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: You have now donated 2000 grains of rice |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 835846)
Posted 30 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: You have now donated 3000 grains of rice |
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Apologies To My Wingman
(Message 835833)
Posted 30 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK sometimes computers just make me want to %$%*** Seems there was more wrong, suspect it was a dogy power lead causing the PSU to do strange things, seems it killed the HDD and a stick of ram. Rebuilt 4481811 with new HDD and only 1 stick of RAM working fine, also managed to copy my Boinc directory to a safe place so now have resumed crunching the nearly lost WU's So thread title is now wrong as I will hopefully finish all those in the list. Computers can be so frustrating at times!! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 835726)
Posted 30 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: You have now donated 5000 grains of rice. Bernie |
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Apologies To My Wingman
(Message 835718)
Posted 30 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK sometimes computers just make me want to %$%*** As I said in OP, it appeared I had a HDD fail, very slow to boot, if at all, apparently noisy HDD, so I decided to rebuild as stated. So 1 Fit new SATA HDD - Check 2 Re-install Vista - Check 3 Install MB drivers - Chec er fail 3a Install MB drivers -Check 4 Install WIN updates - Ch ahh uncalled for reboot 4a Install WIN Updates - Check 5 Install anti virus - FREEZE manual reboot 5 Install Anti virus - Check 6 Make sure machine can see local network and NAS drives - Freeze 6a Make sure machine can see local network and NAS drives - Freeze Leave machine in idle mode for half an hour - Check Try and do anything - FREEZE Try and do memory check - FREEZE at 16% AH!!! In total desperation reconnect old HDD Fine!! Machine has been running for half an hour no lock ups or freezes and is currently crunching through the list I posted. I have set "no new tasks" and will probably do a complete rebuild when they have finished. Frustrating morning!! Bernie |
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Apologies To My Wingman
(Message 835686)
Posted 30 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Anyone waiting for this lot to finish 4481811 Will have to wait till they time out, 4481811 suffered a terminal HDD failure early this morning. It's a long time since I have actually HEARD a HDD louder than the fans. Currently rebuilding with a nice new SATA 500GB that I somehow never got round to fitting, that'll teach me. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
FreeRice Donation Challenge - 1,207,980 grains!
(Message 834968)
Posted 27 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: 1020 grains of rice donated. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Thanksgiving - an explanation for a non US citizen please
(Message 834671)
Posted 26 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie, Knowing this forum I expected as much!! However it has been very interesting and I thank you all for your comments. Just time to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. P.S. Ahh yes Boxing Day, no where near as interesting! Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Old Computer Advertisements
(Message 833555)
Posted 23 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Dell Computer Ad from 1992 Bit scary this!! The one on left was my first "Real Computer" 486P/25, purchased with some of the large redundancy package I had from Leaving BT in 1992. Along with a massive dot matrix printer. Happy memories. Bernie |
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Cafe SETI :
Thanksgiving - an explanation for a non US citizen please
(Message 833554)
Posted 23 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I live in the UK and have long been puzzled as to what happens in the US on "Thanksgiving" Is it "bigger" than Christmas or just "different" OK I understand that. I probably wasn't clear enough in my question. Christmas is a religious festival to celebrate the birth of the Saviour of Mankind, that is if you are Christian. I suspect it doesn't mean that to a large proportion of the people who will celebrate it in a few weeks time. I was brought up a Christian, but I find it difficult to accept as an adult. However Thanksgiving still seems to have it roots and reasons intact, would you agree? In the modern, cynical, multi cultural world I just feel that a "Thanksgiving" celebration is more acceptable. Bernie. |
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Cafe SETI :
Thanksgiving - an explanation for a non US citizen please
(Message 833343)
Posted 22 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I live in the UK and have long been puzzled as to what happens in the US on "Thanksgiving" Is it "bigger" than Christmas or just "different" "Harvest Festival at home" I like the sound of that. I think I should start a campaign for Thanksgiving to be a UK celebration. Bernie |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XV *CLOSED
(Message 833325)
Posted 22 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK The big 1,000,000!! It took me over 3 years to reach 500,000 with Boinc running on a couple of "household machines". With my Quad, 4 Core2's, and a laptop, it took 83 days for the second 500,000. Onto 2 mil Bernie PS I am toasting Boinc with a nice glass of red!! |
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Cafe SETI :
Thanksgiving - an explanation for a non US citizen please
(Message 833322)
Posted 22 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I live in the UK and have long been puzzled as to what happens in the US on "Thanksgiving" Is it "bigger" than Christmas or just "different" I have asked this question on a game forum I frequent so I would be interested to compare your thoughts. Bernie |
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Broadband Speed Test - speedtest.net
(Message 827988)
Posted 7 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Local To SF To Auckland 8Meg BT ADSL no cap but "fair usage" £22.99/month |
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Cafe SETI :
London Brighton Vetran Car Run(large photos)
(Message 826088)
Posted 2 Nov 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: This annual event runs past the road where I live. Last couple of years I have been busy elsewhere, but this year a few photos. These were selected at random from the 200+ I took this morning The rest are here: LBVCR Album And the LBVCR website is HERE |
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video card
(Message 823596)
Posted 26 Oct 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: if you are trying to speed up the rate work-units are processed in SETI@Home, then can I suggest disabling the graphics, that will give you a little speed boost. |
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What is the whole credit thing about
(Message 821110)
Posted 20 Oct 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Well as I run 9 crunchers 2 of them remote, just a quick glance at their totals and RAC lets me know everything is OK. The other day on of my remotes (AMD processor) got stuck on a nasty astropulse unit, one glance at the RAC told me things were not good. So they do have a use. Bernie |
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CLOSED* SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XV *CLOSED
(Message 820440)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: My Quad has just hit 200,000 and my brand new week old laptop has managed 5000. My total recently passed 750,000 and I missed it!! On to the million. Just noticed my RAC hit 6,000 for the first time!! PS all for SETI |
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Core Temps for Dell XPS M1530?
(Message 820151)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Hi I just bought a new Dell XPS M1530 Laptop last week and was interested to see the temps. Mine is the Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz and has been running S@H for the last 18 hours Core 0=58C Core 1=60C A little lower but it will only be a week old on tomorrow! Bernie |
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Norton Antivirus '09
(Message 816761)
Posted 10 Oct 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Where I work we have 157 remote site across the UK. This week Mcafee performed an update that identified Dameware.exe as a threat a promptly started to remove it from all sites!!(for those who don't know Dameware is a remote control program that our support team used to access remote machines) Why the hell do we pay for these things Personally I have been using Avast for the last few months, since AVG 8 left something to be desired. Bernie |
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Upload/Download problems
(Message 813260)
Posted 29 Sep 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Still looks like traffic to me a bit lower than normal but 38.71Mbits/sec. |
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IPV6??
(Message 808248)
Posted 14 Sep 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: OK I was just confirming the IP addressed of my crunchers after doing some tests on a switch, when I got this! Both machines are running Vista, as is the machine sending the ping. Not seen this before and I wonder why the difference, BAV-4 was a home build started with W2K then Vista, BAV-C1 is an off the shelf HP/Compaq Presario that came with Vista installed. Both machines have IPV6 enabled and both are on the same "slave" data switch. Have to learn about ip addresses all over again!! Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 808232)
Posted 14 Sep 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Traffic a bit low!! CRICKET |
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Ideas for Seti
(Message 804941)
Posted 4 Sep 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Yeah not a chance, I am already spending money on power to crunch. I would just go somewhere else if something like this was implemented. As I said in my post I would gladly donate but there just seems to be no easy way for me to do so. I still have £50 (currently $88.50) waiting. I spend money quite freely using PayPal but apparently can't donate to my favourite cause. Most frustrating Bernie |
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Ideas for Seti
(Message 804923)
Posted 4 Sep 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I see your point, but feel in reality it would just cause people to leave in droves. Because of the type of project S@H is I do not believe most people would "Pay to Crunch". You are correct though because I have built 3 machines just to crunch, and probably spent around £1500. Of course making it easier for people to donate might help. I live in the UK but only have a UK bank debit card. I wanted to donate £50 recently but could find no easy way to do it. There has to be a way forward, but what that is I am not sure. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 803843)
Posted 31 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: This looks less than promising!! Cricket |
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CLOSED** SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XIV **CLOSED
(Message 803692)
Posted 31 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Well nothing like most of the other posts here, but just reached 500,000 Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 803646)
Posted 31 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I realise I can tell Boinc I am "going away for a few days" but I actively participate, I have 9 machines in various places and I keep tabs on what they are all doing. However, if my Quad belonged to "Joe Public" who just happened to think S@H was a good idea, but took no active part. If today a midday UTC they shutdown their PC till the 8th of September. 54 work units would default and have to be re-issued, still doesn't seem the most efficient way to use resources. Most of my pending credit is exactly this, units that have not been returned by deadline and have to be re-issued. I am not normally a "numbers hound" however I just noticed I am nearly at the 500,000 milestone and you start to notice things. Bernie PS. Oh dear: |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 803635)
Posted 31 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I must be a bit slow here, but how exactly how does Boinc decide which order to do work units. On my quad I keep a 1 day queue, but currently work units with a date 6 or 7th of September are being left in favour of 16th 17th 22nd and 23rd of September. Admittedly the earlier ones are 20mins and the later ones about an hour, however if I was to go on holiday today till the 8th of September (not a long time) then 54 units would have to be re-sent. Doesn't seem an efficient way of doing things. I only run S@H by the way. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 803235)
Posted 29 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Seems to be a problem 29/08/2008 22:34:38|SETI@home|Finished upload of 31mr08aa.5514.7025.9.8.175_2_0 29/08/2008 22:41:26|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 2821 seconds of work, reporting 2 completed tasks 29/08/2008 22:41:31|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks See Cricket |
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta2 is out
(Message 803203)
Posted 29 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I like gross generalisations....Opera here. Well as Firefox refuses to work on my copy of Vista (yes tried numerous re-dowloads and re-installs) I have decided to give Safari a go. |
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Technical News :
Reformatting (Aug 25 2008)
(Message 802303)
Posted 26 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I might also just go ahead and start only posting here when I really need to (during *real* server issues) and post less important day-to-day type things in the blog. We'll see how that goes. It might help keeping specific issues contained to one meaningful thread. I have to agree. Bernie |
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Remote access to BOINC with BoincView on Vista host - need help
(Message 799382)
Posted 17 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I use BoincView 1.5 Beta 8 See 3 of each never had a problem |
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It's Friday, The Weekend is Nearly Here
(Message 799008)
Posted 16 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Check the graph Cricket Graphs |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 798959)
Posted 16 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Err check the graph Cricket |
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do you ever..
(Message 798456)
Posted 15 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Well unlike most of you I am blissfully single. It really started when I went to my first computer fair. The second hand ex-office PC's on sale were really silly prices, and I remember thinking, "I could use that to do S@H" They were old Compaq Deskpros and I bought 2, they were finally replaced this year with a nice Compaq dual core (felt I should keep it in the family) that crunches twice as fast and uses half the power. Then of course there is my "server" a homebuilt AMD box that has 3 HDDs, 2 of which hold copies of all my important "stuff". Then there were my "Games" machines, Started with a homebuilt AMD XP2800, that was superseeded early last year with a Core 2 Duo 6300. That seemed to suffer a MB failure last month, so I replaced with a cheap and cheerful Nvidia MB with a dual E2160, only to discover that my original MB was fine, it was a USB problem. Having spent a week trying to get both of these machines to work I had given up and gone and treated myself to Dell XPS 420, Quad Q6600 with 3Gb Ram and a GFX 8800GT 512mb. Finally got both the other MB to work, so now I have 6 machines with a total of 12 cores!! You know the best part, being single, I didn't have to worry, fib, lie, cheat etc. If I have the money spend!!:-) Bernie |
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@ all who have current no work (WUs)..
(Message 798042)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Since when can't you get travelers checks anymore in Europe? I was replying to the previous post about the PayPal credit card. I was about to ask if Travelers checks are secure as I would have to send them via mail to Berkeley. |
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@ all who have current no work (WUs)..
(Message 798039)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post:
Once again only available to US residents!! |
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@ all who have current no work (WUs)..
(Message 798037)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: What is the reasoning behind not accepting debit cards and paypal payments and are there any alternatives available? I get a red ? next to the card number on the form!! Annoying. It also looks like the only way might be an international money order, which is apparently fraught with potential problems! Bernie |
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@ all who have current no work (WUs)..
(Message 798029)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: What is the reasoning behind not accepting debit cards and paypal payments and are there any alternatives available? My card (Maestro) is not a choice. Not valid in US only Europe apparently. Bernie |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 798020)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Whoops "Bits in"has dropped to 10.16meg Cricket |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 797983)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Happiness is crunching!!! |
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Nice credit claim.....
(Message 797981)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Looks like one of my rigs had a little fun with this WU......LOL. Ooops. And a bigger pipe for S@H Impressive!! |
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**UPDATED**-Blurf's 3 Day Seti Donation Challenge
(Message 797979)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Can I send a UK bank cheque?? I don't have a credit card just a UK bank debit card (Maestro) I do have a paypal account, but both are no use here. Find me and easy way and I promise to donate £50, about $93, pity yesterday it would have been nearer $100. Bernie |
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@ all who have current no work (WUs)..
(Message 797976)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: What is the reasoning behind not accepting debit cards and paypal payments and are there any alternatives available? Just not all the UK ones!! |
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**UPDATED**-Blurf's 3 Day Seti Donation Challenge
(Message 797973)
Posted 14 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Can I send a UK bank cheque?? Bernie |
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Work is starting to flow.
(Message 797463)
Posted 13 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post:
I just checked on one of my "remote crunchers" one Astropulse WU 75 hours so far 57 to go, doesn't seem it even noticed the outage! |
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HTTP Error
(Message 797444)
Posted 13 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Hmmmm -- Nope been happening right here right now: 13/08/2008 22:32:47||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 13/08/2008 22:33:21|SETI@home|Started download of 16jn08ab.7405.1299.8.8.103 13/08/2008 22:34:01|SETI@home|Temporarily failed download of 16jn08ab.7405.1299.8.8.103: http error 13/08/2008 22:34:01|SETI@home|Backing off 40 min 9 sec on download of 16jn08ab.7405.1299.8.8.103 13/08/2008 22:34:16|SETI@home|Started download of 15jn08ab.7358.2935.9.8.12 13/08/2008 22:34:28|SETI@home|Temporarily failed download of 15jn08ab.7358.2935.9.8.12: http error 13/08/2008 22:34:28|SETI@home|Backing off 8 min 5 sec on download of 15jn08ab.7358.2935.9.8.12 13/08/2008 22:34:31|SETI@home|Started download of 15jn08ab.7358.2935.9.8.30 13/08/2008 22:34:50|SETI@home|Started upload of 15jn08aa.32225.4980.7.8.60_0_0 13/08/2008 22:35:02|SETI@home|Temporarily failed download of 15jn08ab.7358.2935.9.8.30: http error :-) |
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What's the ETA on SETI coming back to life ??????
(Message 796898)
Posted 12 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Bernie Now I, and I suspect a lot of others, didn't know that Matt was away. That little bit of information has helped me understand the situation better. I just would like to be a little better informed. Bernie |
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What's the ETA on SETI coming back to life ??????
(Message 796876)
Posted 12 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I'm actually sort of surprised that there, seemingly, isn't anyone in an on-call status. Nothing will get someone ready for the "real" world like some on-call for a week, sucking the time out of one's life. : ) I agree with what you have said, and would not expect 24/7 support for a project like this. However you last sentence "if you know so little of whats going on" is my point. It is 4 days now since my main machines ran out of work, and I would like some idea of when I can turn them on again. Matt is usually excellent keeping us up to date, however there was no update yesterday when just a few lines explaing the problems would have gone a long way to helping people understand. Just my opinion |
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The really big problem is us.
(Message 796546)
Posted 12 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I would remind people that Eric mentioned at the beginning of the last Fundraising Drive---that if enough funds were raised, then they could bring in an overnight/weekend person. The recent outages are a PRIME example of where this could've helped. OK as a non credit card owning UK resident, what is the best way for me to donate?? |
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Ups and Downs (Aug 05 2008)
(Message 796527)
Posted 11 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: My XP Machine is working ok now, though the new WU are coming in quite slowly. I have 3 Vista machines and 3 XP, so far only one of each has got WU's, 2 for the XP and one for the Vista. So I would just wait, it's gonna take a while. |
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uploads now working....
(Message 796490)
Posted 11 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Server status is mostly red or orange. |
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Panic Mode On (8) Server problems
(Message 795948)
Posted 10 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: All the spliters are red on the status page |
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WU's not uploading
(Message 795938)
Posted 10 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I started with S@H back in 1999 and have stayed through various computers till now I am running a Quad and 3 Duels, 2 of the duels are simply crunchers. My intrest is in SETI, I have no desire to crunch for another project. I also do not want Astroplulse WU's, this is supposed to be a "spare CPU cyles" project, but a WU that can last 50+ hours is no way a "spare CPU cyles" project. I don't run 24/7 just evenings and weekends possibly 50-60 hors per week, see the problem. To be 100% sure of not missing targets these Astropulse WU will need minimum 3 weeks otherwise I WILL miss some. My Quad has 2 MB WU's currently sitting in it's upload queue that have a date for Tuesday so they will fail. I feel like several others here that the changes made to accomadate Astropulse have helped cause the current problems. Please can we have a stable platform for at least a week so I can finally clear my 100+ WU's and consider my future with S@H, if it has to include Astropulse count me out. |
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Cafe SETI :
Shows you watched when we were younger.....
(Message 795363)
Posted 9 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: My favourite from the 80's Oh I've been around a while I just normally "lurk" here. |
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Shows you watched when we were younger.....
(Message 795242)
Posted 9 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: My favourite from the 80's V |
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Politics :
Termination of User Contracts
(Message 791986)
Posted 3 Aug 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I am truely amazed that things have gotten so darn messed up over here. It not like Matt and the guys have all the money in the world or time to watch every thing that goes on here. Back when I started in 1999 we had very few of the luxuries we have now. Mostly a few boards to post in, and they seemed to crash more than they stayed up. Knowing that none of us alive might have a chance to actually get that signal, with the advent of Boinc the administration opened up a considerable amount of forums for us so that we, as a community could come together and work with each other to solve problems and/or just get to know each other. The popularity is such that on their shoestring budget they allowed some of the people here to take an active role in helping moderate the boards. Please read what Arion has written. I have also been with SETI since 1999, but I have second thoughts as to whether to continue when I see this sort of thing ripping the community apart. Bernie |
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Great, Another restart needed...
(Message 785530)
Posted 22 Jul 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: yep gets there eventually: 22/07/2008 23:53:24|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 3 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 22/07/2008 23:53:45||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 22/07/2008 23:53:46||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 22/07/2008 23:53:49|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server 22/07/2008 23:54:11||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 22/07/2008 23:54:11|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 14mr08ac.12429.10706.6.8.56_0_0: http error 22/07/2008 23:54:11|SETI@home|Backing off 2 hr 23 min 28 sec on upload of 14mr08ac.12429.10706.6.8.56_0_0 22/07/2008 23:54:12||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 22/07/2008 23:54:50|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 209 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 22/07/2008 23:55:32||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 22/07/2008 23:55:33||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 22/07/2008 23:55:35|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Failed sending data to the peer 22/07/2008 23:56:36|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 444 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 22/07/2008 23:57:02|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 1 new tasks 22/07/2008 23:57:04|SETI@home|Started download of 31ja08aa.23348.54351.9.8.158 22/07/2008 23:57:47|SETI@home|Finished download of 31ja08aa.23348.54351.9.8.158 22/07/2008 23:57:57|SETI@home|Started upload of 14mr08ac.12429.10706.6.8.56_0_0 22/07/2008 23:59:18||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 22/07/2008 23:59:18|SETI@home|Temporarily failed upload of 14mr08ac.12429.10706.6.8.56_0_0: system connect 22/07/2008 23:59:18|SETI@home|Backing off 1 hr 45 min 42 sec on upload of 14mr08ac.12429.10706.6.8.56_0_0 22/07/2008 23:59:19||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 22/07/2008 23:59:19|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 36 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 22/07/2008 23:59:24|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 1 new tasks 22/07/2008 23:59:26|SETI@home|Started download of 29fe08ae.21342.38708.6.8.58 In UK so time is UTC+1 |
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Great, Another restart needed...
(Message 785511)
Posted 22 Jul 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Just checked after the outage, my number 2 machine has always been very quick to report, it had 9 tasks waiting, had to try twice to get them acknowledged. First time got an "HTTP internal server error" As you say must be the new scheduler code |
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The return of the 'yellow pages'?
(Message 767074)
Posted 12 Jun 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: Just out of interest. Yellow flags work OK in IE7 and Opera, don't work in Firefox and don't appear at all in Safari |
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Cafe SETI :
To the Kitty People III
(Message 752659)
Posted 13 May 2008 by Bernie Vine Post: I have been "lurking" in this thread for a while and thought it might be time to introduce "Spitty". She has a story, back in 1998 I had a female friend who always had a cat, and she was always on at me to get one, I was more of a "dog" person as we had dogs at home when I was growing up. However I live on my own in a small flat, apartment to those in the US. It is not suitable for any pet, there is no direct access to "outside" so I always told her no. Then on December the 23rd 1998 my friend died tragically, and I knew straight away that she would have wanted me to look after her cat. She got her name "Spitty" as she was a recent addition to the household that already had two dogs,so she spent most of her time spitting at them. Anyway she came to live with me, she has to be a "housecat" as I work and she only ventures out when I come in, then not far, sometimes she doesn't even bother. She was about 5 months old when I got her, so she will be 10 this year. She seems happy, joins me on the bed each night with her paws resting on any part of me not covered and would sit on my lap all night. Here are a few pictures Looking down the stairs at the outside world. Her favorite sleeping spot! on top of the microwave An older pic. Every morning when I get up and throw back the duvet she jumps onto the warm spot in the bed, she wants a bit of attention here!! Thanks for looking. Bernie |
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Magic Carpet RIde (Jul 19 2007)
(Message 606592)
Posted 20 Jul 2007 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh UPS's my favorite topic recently - I feel the same as you. My company has sites all over the UK, I oversee 20 and recently had 2 UPS's failures that actually took the servers down, diagnostic suggested "internal UPS fault please contact..." Fine when they work, but otherwise a general pain. Whilst I agree, unfortunately my company expanded very rapidly about 4 years ago and cost was an important consideration, so UPS's were just installed and "forgotten". The monitoring software wasn't even installed in most cases. Now of course we are suffering. Each site was installed with just one UPS and most run around 50-60% load, and until I instigated a program of installing the software and getting the UPS's to report failures, the first we knew of problems was when there was a power outage and the UPS immediately failed. Still were getting to grips with them now. Bernie |
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Magic Carpet RIde (Jul 19 2007)
(Message 606210)
Posted 19 Jul 2007 by Bernie Vine Post: Ahh UPS's my favorite topic recently - I feel the same as you. My company has sites all over the UK, I oversee 20 and recently had 2 UPS's failures that actually took the servers down, diagnostic suggested "internal UPS fault please contact..." Fine when they work, but otherwise a general pain. Thanks for the update. |
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No Endian in Sight (Jun 07 2007)
(Message 584121)
Posted 9 Jun 2007 by Bernie Vine Post: Something is wrong!! Cricket |
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Slow Going (Jun 05 2007)
(Message 582375)
Posted 6 Jun 2007 by Bernie Vine Post: For no reason than curiosity, one of the reasons we talk louder on mobile phones is because they have no "side tone". This is where a little of your own voice is fed back to you so you hear the other person and yourself, you then automatically compensate if your voice sounds too loud. Ordinary analogue land line phones all have this feature. There is probably a good reason why it is not implemented in digital systems, but I'm not sure what that is. |
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Yes or No
(Message 548430)
Posted 18 Apr 2007 by Bernie Vine Post: YES |
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