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 Pappa  Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0 
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trlauer et al (this means everyone) I do have some information but have been waiting to insure other things happened/arrived. I know that Eric has two fiberchannel cards that I sent. I know that I can not afford to go buy what is needed as a immediate replacement and try to help everyone understand there is a difference between Server Hardware and Workstation hardware... We have a couple of Administartors that have came up with some parts that should be on there way... So I do not have a full list to post at this time but try to handle small things as we can... The Server Board is there and needs to Intel socket 603 CPUS which 2.8Ghz is the max for that board and RAM... I will post more details in the Staff Blog. I have already posted an example of what Eric and Matt would like as a Server to replace kryten and allow for growth... I also need to contact Simon to see if he can add a for computer parts check box... So as the Tech News Blog showed everyone was busy babysitting the system... So once again, if you have things to offer please take time to email me. If you have something that is really important that gets to Eric I can do a conference call to insure he gets the word. Thank You everyone that has offered something, yes it is hard to filter so that we get the correct things to Eric and Matt... al.setiboinc (at) gmail.com replace the (at) with the @ symbol Regards Pappa If anyone else can add to the assistance provided by me and offered by Dr. Dan, please feel free to step up to the plate when available to do so. By working together, we can keep the SETI Project going and assist Eric, Matt, et. al. in making their jobs a little less stressful. Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 517198 ·  |
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Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0
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@Trlauer and all: I would recommend contacting Eric directly. Again Poppa is not on staff and not at Berkeley. This will allow information to flow more directly. Poppa-again I have received emails concerning why you insist on being the middleman on every hardware donation. Why they come to me? I have no idea. Please--you said you would back out of hardware donation discussions. Just a request--people can email Eric directly and cut the time in these discussions---that will only benefit Seti.   ID: 517209 · |
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trlauer Send message Joined: 6 May 04 Posts: 106 Credit: 1,021,816 RAC: 0 |
@Trlauer and all: I would recommend contacting Eric directly. Again Poppa is not on staff and not at Berkeley. This will allow information to flow more directly. I don't have a problem going through Pappa for anything. It's obvious that Eric doesn't mind it or else he would have made the request directly in the posts. However, for those that aren't comfortable going through Pappa, I'm sure Eric will take direct e-mails. From a business standpoint, I can understand funneling all the requests through one person so as not to inundate Eric with different e-mails from too many people. As I understand it, Eric's time is spread extremely thin and it must be helpful to have everything funneling through one person. From what I can tell, Pappa is just trying to be helpful, and I appreciate that. I wish I had a free "assistant" working/volunteering for me. :) Thank you for the suggestion though. I will definately keep it as an option. ID: 517225 · |
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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Well done TL, we are all very grateful to you. Maybe this could be a new fundraiser: Bring a (usable) server, get a tour! ID: 517252 · |
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Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0
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Well done TL, we are all very grateful to you. Wonderful idea...however, food, accomodation, and travel expenses provided by the user. Just kidding but alas true, but I think the tour part is really a good idea...Berkeley? Account frozen... ID: 517255 · |
Steven - KO4E  Send message Joined: 21 Jun 99 Posts: 53 Credit: 2,434,487 RAC: 0
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I am wondering if some type of server hardware "gift registry" could be set up somehow. Like when someone is getting married or having a baby they register the exact items (model, part number, quantity) wanted and once it is purchased it is removed from the list. This would allow people to donate hardware that has been preselected by Matt and team that meets the needs of the project.  SETI@home classic workunits 5,429 SETI@home classic CPU time 73,472 hours ID: 517386 · |
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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Well done TL, we are all very grateful to you. Absolutely -- only the "tour" part is free. ... that and cool new hardware. ID: 517504 · |
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kevint Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 414 Credit: 11,680,240 RAC: 0
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One thing we could use fairly quickly for an existing machine is four 2GB PC3200 (DDR400MHz) Registered ECC DIMMS. I'm checking out memory needs for the other machines. Sidious needs a new CPU. I'll get the details on that shortly. Done, Paid for and shipped. Brand new, in the box. Should arrive at Berkeley within the next couple of days. ID: 517624 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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blurf I wish it were that simple... I just posted information from Eric's email to me last night as things arrived and more things are needed.. Seti Staff Blog Donate Hardware II So after a brief phone conversation with Eric and pointed to a couple of things that could be considered problems daily quotas, pending credit, and validation issues... He probably spent a long night looking... Knowing that he has more projects that he works on... I like to feel that the trust that has developed between Eric and myself has been earned and allows someone to watch a coordinate a bit... Or free him from some things as there are not enough people to watch. I see that Kevin got the information he needed about the shipping address and glad to hear that is on it way... I also see that potentially some have backed off Seti because of the hardware problems... Potentially it could be also that many are vocal about their individual feelings about is happening... I Live in the camp that sez Seti Can Survive, if the users get the right information and have fewer problems then it is doable. I run 5 BOINC Projects of my choosing... I am about to stop (for a time) doing Einstien due to computer problems... I have backup projects running to fill many gaps... I know that BOINC 5.8.11 fixes some issues that have probably caused a loss of users to Many Projects... I also know that it does not fix everything... But I keep watching and upgrading... Somewhere in all this I have over a million computer hours of Trust in BOINC and Seti... I have a lot of other hours helping Users and Seti Beta and Donations... So if You think You can, Then Please Walk a Mile in My Shoes! @Trlauer and all: I would recommend contacting Eric directly. Again Poppa is not on staff and not at Berkeley. This will allow information to flow more directly. I am tired, and I also know that Eric Matt and Crew are tired... Form you own opinions... Oops that is new thread that Misfit could start... Regards Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 517653 · |
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trlauer Send message Joined: 6 May 04 Posts: 106 Credit: 1,021,816 RAC: 0 |
Kevin, THANK YOU for making that generous donation! As a fellow cruncher, I appreciate your donation. -Torrey ID: 517659 · |
speedimic  Send message Joined: 28 Sep 02 Posts: 362 Credit: 16,590,653 RAC: 0 
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Pappa I appreciate what you are doing! It´s good to free Eric or Matt from some things - they got enought work to do and problems on their mind! Keep up the good work! mic. 
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KB7RZF  Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2
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Pappa, I want you to know it does not go un-noticed the hard work with being the middle man. Between you and Fuzzy with the donation threads, and being big activists with the survival of this project, I personally want to thank you both for doing it. No one else stepped up to do it, you both did it on your own free will, and I whole heartedly believe that if you 2 had not ask for and kept us all updated with the situations, many would not understand the problems behind the scenes. The trust that you have built with Eric is awesome, and I hope you continue to do as you do. As a side note, I hope your wife is doing well also, and I keep you both in my thoughts. Everyone involved, keep up the awesome work, to those that have donated, anything, thank you for believing in this project. Lets all just help keep SETI alive, put personal feelings asside and focus on the problems that face this project. Jeremy 
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Boinc_Master_2  Send message Joined: 20 Aug 05 Posts: 131 Credit: 689,756 RAC: 0 
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@KB7RZF - I concur. @Pappa @Fuzzy I second KB7RZF's comments, thank you.  
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Jan Schotsmans  Send message Joined: 27 Oct 00 Posts: 98 Credit: 92,693 RAC: 0 
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@KB7RZF - I concur. If Eric and Matt have no problem with Pappa being a middleman then who are these other people to bitch and whine and moan about it? You don't have to go trough him and finding contact info for Matt and Eric isn't that hard (its easy actualy, I could give you their home address and even the color of underwear they are wearing this week if you give me some time :p) I would love to be in a possition where I could donate hardware and money to Seti, but I can't, I'm already tight on cash and most of my own hardware is outdated way beyond the level I would like. All I can give is computer cycles and expertise on building cheap but quality whitelabel servers for the project. Pappa: As a reply to the other thread, I'll write up an email with the ideal parts for a quality whitelabel server with prices and links. I'll actualy make 2, 1 for S940 and one for S1207(the new server socket from AMD). It should be possible to start out with about 6k$ to build a production ready box that outclasses Kryten by far. Btw, I'm also trying to get the guys over at AboveTopSecret.com to play a role in giving Seti publicity and helping out in the donation run. ID: 518307 · |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
Thank you all for the kind words. :-) And thank you all for your donations, both money and hardware, they all fall on a very dry spot. If you only knew how close this project is about to close down, and not only this project but the Beta/Astropulse project as well, and all efforts are lost with this and the people in the staff will have to go and find other things to do. Some of them will be fired! Sometimes trying to let this fact go through to people felt like crying "The ship is sinking!" when people are dancing to the danceband on Titanic. Yes, even this mothership can sink! This time the iceberg is money, not only money for investments for the project but current expenses! The networking is expensive! This project, this mothership, is too important to let down. Thank you to all who care. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me 
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Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
@Trlauer and all: I would recommend contacting Eric directly. Again Poppa is not on staff and not at Berkeley. This will allow information to flow more directly. I don't think Eric has the time to deal with this, I guess he has endorsed Pappa to be the middleman because of his lack of time, to coordinate the hardware donations. So, if you don't want to use Pappa as the middleman, then mail Matt, he also knows what they need, and he can tell people if he can use those hardware parts, bits, and pieces people can offer. And he can be the contact for these people. I think I read somewhere that you have Matt's mail address? If you don't then send me a mail at fuzzy dot hollynoodles at gmail dot moc, and I'll send those I have to you. I'm staying out of the hardware donations, as I'm a hardware illiterate, the joke "Q: How many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: None, it's a hardware problem!" goes very well on me. ;-D "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me
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Jan Schotsmans Send message Joined: 27 Oct 00 Posts: 98 Credit: 92,693 RAC: 0
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I like the following one better "How many hardware guys does it take to fix a programmers computer?" "None, its a buggy programming problem" :p I can yank out a raid card from a production server while its running without making it crash, but I'm still to figure out how to make either Linux or Windows stop crashing for no good reason while doing everyday tasks :p ID: 518780 · |
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kevint Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 414 Credit: 11,680,240 RAC: 0
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One thing we could use fairly quickly for an existing machine is four 2GB PC3200 (DDR400MHz) Registered ECC DIMMS. I'm checking out memory needs for the other machines. Sidious needs a new CPU. I'll get the details on that shortly. Just checking to see if this has been delivered ????? ID: 518781 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Kevin I forgot to ask while I had Eric on the phone, however if I look at Matt's Blog Foam (Feb 15 2007) One of the Items mentioned was surgery on ewen to install the newly Donated RAM. Thank You for the Help and Support Just checking to see if this has been delivered ????? Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 518912 · |
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