Posts by john3760

1) Message boards : Cafe SETI : R.I.P. RAY MANZAREK (Message 1370269)
Posted 1 day ago by

john3760

One of the best keyboard players ever, with an instantly recognisable style and sound.

2) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Big explosion on the moon (Message 1369511)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

I personally worry about nothing Chris,as that only affects me ,but i think as a species (one of countless millions over the history of life on earth) we should ,with our knowledge of what can happen and what has happened in the past leading to extinction on a massive scale,and also with our technilogical ability to do something about ensuring we are not next,make all efforts to stop such a catastrophy.

It would be easy to say (as quite a few people believe),that if we took the money we spent on war amongst nations, then we could use that money to further science ,and use it for the good of Humanity.
In reality science has quite often only been furthered and expanded upon because of war and the funding that comes with it.In times of peace (not that we've had much over the last couple of hundred years),there is no need to find better explosives,design new propulsion systems,or as it seems at this moment in time actually go into space. The chances of funding coming together to find a solution to an asteroid threat (or any other threat to humanity such as deforestation,global warming,or the mass extinction of biodiversity which is happening at this moment in time) is pretty slim.

The people with the purse strings in this world have Gone Fishing.

john3760

3) Message boards : Number crunching : Astropulse errors (Message 1369312)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

I wouldn't worry about those 5, as they were probably caused by your changeover to opt apps,and are over and done with now.
The other two from today I'll let Claggy or someone else sort out.
Its the weekend, so you might have to wait until someone comes along (but you never know).
It must be late now where you are, I wouldnt loose any sleep over it.( it's not like you are cracking out hundreds of errors like I did !!) :)

Sorry I can't be more helpful, but I would hate to give you the wrong advice and mess things up further.

john3760

p.s. hooray for the editing function (nobody will know I thought it was Sunday) phew !!!

4) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Big explosion on the moon (Message 1369308)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

Shoot the moon!!! ,that was close. :)

It sort of gets your attention a bit ,as to what else could be heading towards us .

john3760

5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Hello, in there, .......hello? (Message 1369306)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

Your the expert,compared to most crunchers,but would it be cost effective to replace your ( I can hardly say it ! ) erm older power hungry cards with newer more electrically efficient ones.
Basically getting rid of the 580s and 295s and replacing them with 6XX series or when they are finally abundant ,7XX series cards.
I know it would cost a bit , but would probably pay for itself with reduced electricity bills.

Just a thought, I would crap myself if I got bills like yours !!!! :)

John3760

6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Major Tom, revised (Message 1369265)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

An object about the size of a small boulder??

How big is that ??

john3760

7) Message boards : Number crunching : Astropulse errors (Message 1369250)
Posted 4 days ago by

john3760

Another 2 errors,( one optimised, the other not )
You seem to have doubled up on the CPU part of your APP INFO.

Read Floyds thread,Claggy goes into a bit of detail about it,it may help you , and other people too, by not having to repeat thereself in such a short space of time. :)

Hope that helps !!

john3760

p.s. the other AP errors were probably just still in your cache when you changed to optimised,as they all errored out at the same time with 0.00 seconds.

8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : OK, the fish stick thread... (Message 1368999)
Posted 5 days ago by

john3760

Is that quicker than putting them on top of your 580 ? :)

john3760

9) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Kepler Telescope (Message 1368902)
Posted 5 days ago by

john3760

I don't suppose they could just narrow their field of research to wherever it can still point to and get data,and do more extensive research on a smaller area of the sky.

Kepler could still be useful even in its crippled state.
Just a thought ( probably totally wrong ). :)

John3760

10) Message boards : Number crunching : App_info error = Critical ??? (Message 1368610)
Posted 6 days ago by

john3760

You would still be left with two CPU apps,I had the same problem and had a couple of goes at deleting before I got mine to work.( in the process I became " brighter than an idiot" from " unadvanced user" ;)

The read me files do state advanced user, but reading them properly and a bit of advice from people on this message board ( thanks again, you know who you are !!! ) and most people should be able to do it.

John3760

11) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Wind up? (Message 1368597)
Posted 6 days ago by

john3760

Ok !!! :)

John3760

12) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Wind up? (Message 1368587)
Posted 6 days ago by

john3760

I would recommend reading up on Gaussian fits,and how to fit a heat sink without it falling off.
A little bit of knowledge on the WOW signal, disc partitions,and how to get an RAC above 700 with two 680s in your computer, wouldn't go amiss either,in case he changes his name and asks you another question. ;)

John3760

13) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Kepler Telescope (Message 1368298)
Posted 7 days ago by

john3760

Apparently something has gone wrong with Kepler, and it has been found in safe mode with a motor problem at a slightly different altitude.

It could be the end of its life as repair may be impossible .
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130515.html

And

http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets

John3760

14) Message boards : Number crunching : Motherboard/processor fan mounting problem. (Message 1367412)
Posted 9 days ago by

john3760

Is Bluestar, Musicplayer under a different name ;)

John3760

15) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ? (Message 1367303)
Posted 10 days ago by

john3760

Chris, I have actually asked for this thread to be closed twice.

16) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ? (Message 1367286)
Posted 10 days ago by

john3760

thanks

17) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ? (Message 1367250)
Posted 10 days ago by

john3760

Yes I know.

could a moderator please close this

and posibly delete the whole thing.

I didnt want this to become a thread where people would take the piss out of Johnny or his beliefs.

john3760

18) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ? (Message 1367061)
Posted 10 days ago by

john3760

Actually, you can delete it if you want :)

thanks

john3760

19) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Johnny,Johnny, where for art though Johnny Guinness ? (Message 1367060)
Posted 10 days ago by

john3760

Please close this thread mods thankyou.

I was just trying to contact Johnny,not start a discussion about his beliefs.

thanks again

john3760

20) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Has the lost city of Atlantis been found?? (Message 1366868)
Posted 11 days ago by

john3760

yeah, im not going to start digging there, I'll resume the search at the bottom of my garden. :)

john3760

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