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Message 562642 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 2:21:44 UTC

By the by, for those of you wondering what to do until the new servers are up and running, there are a number of BOINC projects that could use some help. On the BOINC main page there is a link to some of the other projects available (there are 20 others listed). So if you've a mind to, by all means run other projects. Myself, I have Einstein and Rosetta keeping my box occupied...
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!
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Message 562645 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 2:27:12 UTC - in response to Message 562569.  
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Matt,

As a fellow S/A who has been under the gun for systems that are down, broken or just plain too old to still be in use. Good job and keep at it.

As a fellow academic university staff person, I understand budgetary constraints and the data/com issues with siting of systems in "closets" rather that real data centers, with all the nice A/C, redundant power and other "real" computing environments.

As a seti member since 2000, when running on old i486 and AMD overclocked chips was cool....


who says running overclocked AMD chips isn't still cool? (except in the thermic sense...!) I'm doing so now, albeit with a overclocked Opteron 165, not a 486...
(I ran a Cyrix 486 a long time ago (overclocked, of course), with Win 3.1)




Alpha Processor forever...at least until it burns out.


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CPU AMD Opteron 165 OC to 1.854 Mhz (stock=1.800 Mhz)

AMD Opteron forever - or until the next generation hits, or it gets toasted... (whichever occurs first!) :-))>
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Hello, from Albany, CA!...
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Message 562662 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 3:14:21 UTC - in response to Message 562642.  

By the by, for those of you wondering what to do until the new servers are up and running, there are a number of BOINC projects that could use some help. On the BOINC main page there is a link to some of the other projects available (there are 20 others listed). So if you've a mind to, by all means run other projects. Myself, I have Einstein and Rosetta keeping my box occupied...


Another good idea for those who like myself havent updated the BOINC core software in a while is to upgrade to the newer version... I'm still running 5.2.13 on my two XP machines and my G4 Powermac. I told all my projects on Sat to not download any new work and tomorrow once a couple Einstein and some ABC WU's finish processing I'm upgrading BOINC. Just an idea for those like me process and forget... :)

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Message 562669 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 3:20:05 UTC

Matt

You will likely remember my personal note to you last year on the subject of letting us know whats happening. I am somewhat more than slightly happy that we now have reasonably timely news. Well done.
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Message 562671 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 3:24:38 UTC

well, Matt, this little disturbance has made me want to know more about you ... so ... I went and visited your website. Really enjoyed all of the pictures of your travels and hiking expeditions. Then I sampled your music ... Bus Wreck to be specific ... why it's not in rotation at all the top stations, I'll never know. Keep up the great work leading our collective microprocessing efforts, and in the immortal words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman ... Stay Cool.

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Message 562698 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 4:08:53 UTC

Hi !!!

I think and hope that most of us are in this for the long term. A few days or even a few weeks of interupted function shall not stop us from contributing as soon as the machines are fixed. After all, what is a week of lost time when in fact we might have to crunch data for millenia or millions of years in order to get the much awaited finding ?

Thank you for all your efforts and time and good luck.



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Message 562727 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 5:40:37 UTC - in response to Message 562574.  

yeah, what he said :D


... and I second that! Great job Matt, news is news and always helps - good or bad. Since I've been here from the beginning, I'll be here until the end (hopefully in the very, very distant future).



Hope to be here when the app isn't to find ET but to decode ET's signal!


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Message 562728 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 5:45:14 UTC

According to the letter I received, this was the yearly planned disaster demonstration event! ;-o

One of the goals is to test if folks BOINC setups have attached to other projects. If so, then their CPUs don't go idle, but automatically just do more work for other projects.

I love that projects can go up&down while BOINC simply continues on with other attached projects. I never have to care, much less daily check the clients -- they just go off on their merry way.

I guess I just don't understand why folks are so concerned that SETI may be down for a few days. Just attached to multiple project with drastically different SHARES (100, 10, 1).
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Message 562732 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 5:48:49 UTC

Well that is good news, ( the back up soon thing that is... ), I am wondering if some sort of live journel/wish list arrangement might be usefull, hmmmm.....

maybe not.


Any way, from this seat, way back in the rear, your looking good.



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Message 562772 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 6:36:13 UTC
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using fahrenheit???

i thought on worldwide projects like these that's a big NONO??? LOL

see nasa mars mission that went wrong.....

and thnx for all the work you guys are doing, i hope everything goes well today!

thnx again
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Message 562795 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 7:30:46 UTC
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Hi all!
First of all, thx Matt for all the information u gave those days.
Second: U know that many information loses the sight of the Horizont ;) I mean that sometimes when we read your posts, we interpret a really vary of differents realities arround a notice, and that can be transformed on panic several times.

So, I recomend u (only a suggestion)to use a list like system to report and to make some "reviews" of the actual status (yeah, work, work and more work):

    1/5/07 Thumper blown away for several issues
    2/5/07 We're awayting for a possible solution
    3/5/07 Sun offered us a new server
    3/5/07 Galileo started with problems: One CPU gone from him
    4/5/07 Galileo's Ok, working with one processor less
    7/5/07 Weekend: Minor problems on BOINC database: Fetchin' now
    7/5/07 Thumper on rebuildin' table: Possibly ready on Wednesday 8th.
    etc...



Even all, making this, sure that any panic moment can appears!

About the old servers, I'm sure that they'll be occupied on another affairs.

Regards from Spain.


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Message 562800 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 7:41:33 UTC

Well that is good news, ( the back up soon thing that is... ), I am wondering if some sort of live journel/wish list arrangement might be usefull, hmmmm.....

maybe not.


Any way, from this seat, way back in the rear, your looking good.



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Message 562812 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 8:08:54 UTC - in response to Message 562795.  
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Keep on going.
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Message 562816 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 8:17:17 UTC

By the way, SSE2 and SSE3 optimized versions of the software are widely available. Do not bother Matt or anyone else of the matter.
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Message 562820 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 8:37:33 UTC

Shut down all and replace de server calm.

the 2 millons of participants well be in stand by.
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Message 562835 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 9:31:30 UTC

Good luck Matt et al, with getting thumper thumping again... ;)
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Message 562836 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 9:46:55 UTC - in response to Message 562645.  
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(I ran a Cyrix 486 a long time ago (overclocked, of course), with Win 3.1)


I too ran a 486 Cyrix once, but with Linux on it.
And I'm also KWSN.

Say, are you my evil twin?
:-)

[EDIT: Oops! I can see it's time to get that green star back... Please consider donating to SETI@home, everyone!]
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Message 562848 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 10:36:18 UTC

To all of us with idling machines - give the other projetcs a chance! You DO want to find a cure for cancer, don't you? :)

I personally chose Predictor, but because of its demand for at least 768 MB of RAM, I also signed to Einstein@Home to run on the smaller machines.
It's not so bad after all...

Greets to all
Thumbs up for Thumper
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Message 562850 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 10:46:30 UTC

So long and thanks for all the fish.


Don't Panic...make sure you know where your towel is... ;-)

Hi,
what happened to trillian?
If she's dissappeared are the mice responsible???

hmmm
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Message 562869 - Posted: 8 May 2007, 12:17:09 UTC

Wednesday seems so far off!
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