Takin' Care of Business and Workin' Overtime (May 11 2007)

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Message 565486 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 1:38:56 UTC

It's around 6:35 pm here at the Space Sciences Lab, and Eric and Jeff are still up in the lab working on thumper. Everything's going well - the machine arrived with 48 drives in it, so they took 24 out and put in the 24 we had previously, turned it on, and everything is going well so far. Eric said he hoped to have thumper up and running today, so keep your fingers crossed. It's been that kind of week. My monitor died today, but luckily I found another good one in our spare parts room. It's got a nice flat screen, but it's still one of those huge CRT screens that weigh about 30 kg. And then when I had the monitor installed I couldn't access my account, because ewen was hung again. So Eric fixed that while getting thumper going. Just another day, the way things are lately. Actually, considering Eric usually doesn't come in on Fridays (he works at least 10 h/day M-Th), this is a big day in many ways.

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Message 565496 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 1:48:33 UTC - in response to Message 565486.  


Now that's really nice to know!

Somehow I couldn't really imagine the team being able to relax over the weekend knowing there was a shiny new machine screaming to be installed...

I know that I just wouldn't be able to resist getting on with it, and then being able to enjoy a satisfying and well-earned break...

Wishing you luck in getting all the processes running again painlessly...
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Message 565500 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 1:54:05 UTC

That's really cool of everyone! Next time I hear someone moan that the folks at Berkeley don't do much extra to show their passion, I'm going to point them here!

Thank you Kevin for filling us in, and I'm sure Matt appreciates your help in handling the "hoard" (us). Matt seems to be getting a very well deserved rest (as the rest of you deserve as well!).


And 48 drives already installed?!?! Wow! Sun went above and beyond the expectations, didn't they? Kudos to them. Did they say how big the drives were? At least you guys should be good on space for a while. 8-)
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Message 565505 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 1:58:05 UTC - in response to Message 565486.  

not Matt

;-)

Looks like Matt got his wish, someone other than himself made a technical post.
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Message 565509 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 2:03:41 UTC

I know I couldn't have waited if a shiny new machine was sitting in front of me, glad to see there are others like me out there. ;)

Good luck on the build guys, we appreciated everything you've done.!!!



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Message 565519 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 2:15:01 UTC - in response to Message 565486.  

It's around 6:35 pm here at the Space Sciences Lab, and Eric and Jeff are still up in the lab working on thumper. Everything's going well - the machine arrived with 48 drives in it, so they took 24 out and put in the 24 we had previously, turned it on, and everything is going well so far. Eric said he hoped to have thumper up and running today, so keep your fingers crossed. It's been that kind of week. My monitor died today, but luckily I found another good one in our spare parts room. It's got a nice flat screen, but it's still one of those huge CRT screens that weigh about 30 kg. And then when I had the monitor installed I couldn't access my account, because ewen was hung again. So Eric fixed that while getting thumper going. Just another day, the way things are lately. Actually, considering Eric usually doesn't come in on Fridays (he works at least 10 h/day M-Th), this is a big day in many ways.

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Thanks for the info, Kevin, it's really great news.

Yes, Eric is one of the most dedicated persons I've ever known. Thank you, Eric. :-)



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Message 565541 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 3:10:34 UTC - in response to Message 565519.  

Weehee 24 spare drives :D


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Message 565545 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 3:17:14 UTC

And the kitties say....\\

'Go, Thumper,
Go, Thumper.
Go. Thumper/'
"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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Message 565549 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 3:24:39 UTC - in response to Message 565509.  

I know I couldn't have waited if a shiny new machine was sitting in front of me, glad to see there are others like me out there. ;)

Good luck on the build guys, we appreciated everything you've done.!!!



Looks Koool, wonder what will happen if I plug it in and hit THIS button????
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Message 565550 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 3:26:03 UTC

Whoohh....wait a minute.....

Matt is allowed to have a life and Eric and Jeff are not???

Seriously, thanks to all, keep up the good work!
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Message 565574 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 4:43:52 UTC

Thanks for keeping us updated Kevin. Looking forward to crunching lots of work units in the coming years.

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Message 565603 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 6:52:46 UTC - in response to Message 565550.  

Whoohh....wait a minute.....

Matt is allowed to have a life and Eric and Jeff are not???

Seriously, thanks to all, keep up the good work!


Matt is a musician as well as working for SETI, he has 2 gigs this w/e. See http://www.lebofsky.com/ for more.
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Message 565618 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 8:12:00 UTC

Thx kevin for all the info.

I know that if we're really nervous to "see" thumper again, you, Eric, Matt, and the rest of the team will be HYSTERIC! ;)

You're making a very, very, very nice job, but as Geek@play said:
Matt is allowed to have a life and Eric and Jeff are not???


;)

Rest for a bit! ;)

PD: I know that Matt is musician too, but this way, he rests a bit from job.
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Message 565629 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 8:34:08 UTC

Thanks and keep up the hard work.

It's appreciated.
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Message 565632 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 8:45:46 UTC

You get up every morning
From your 'larm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushin', people shovin'
And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train's on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
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Message 565708 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 12:16:51 UTC

Great, looking forward to getting some more wu's and getting back to crunching here.




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Message 565769 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 13:52:21 UTC

Thanks for the update and for you all working through the weekend to get Thumper back in operation, Kevin. I'll be looking forward to getting more work to crunch soon due to efforts by dedicated folks such as you all.
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Message 565857 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 15:44:21 UTC

Very good news-thanks guys!


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Message 565876 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 16:08:48 UTC - in response to Message 565857.  

Very good news-thanks guys!


Same here! Thanks for all the hard work, it's much appreciated by us all!

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Message 565884 - Posted: 12 May 2007, 16:15:30 UTC

Very nice work and many thanks to Sun!
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