What's the ETA on SETI coming back to life ??????
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Lionel Send message Joined: 25 Mar 00 Posts: 680 Credit: 563,640,304 RAC: 597 
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What's the ETA on when SETI will rise from the sarcophagus. ID: 796223 ·  |
 AndyW   Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18 
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When the guys in the US wake up and go to work I guess. They are 8 hours behind in San Fran where Berkeley is situated, so it's 2:49am there now. I don't think they will be too concerned that the servers are down for a good few hours yet ;) ID: 796243 · |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13994 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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It's not dead, just sleeping. Grant Darwin NT ID: 796245 · |
john deneer  Send message Joined: 16 Nov 06 Posts: 331 Credit: 20,996,606 RAC: 0 
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So was Count Dracula. He couldn't bear sun, I'm guessing that SETI servers have a problem with weekends :-) Regards, John. ID: 796257 · |
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Larry Penix Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 80,483 RAC: 0 
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LOL i agree, i guess the servers went to the beach for the weekend. i could have done boo-coo's of wu over the weekend. ID: 796259 · |
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Egyptistheanswer Send message Joined: 6 Mar 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 702,733 RAC: 0
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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 just came "off-call" about 10 minutes ago.) I'm in Edmond...dreaming of my Seattle Days ID: 796277 · |
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QSilver Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 232 Credit: 6,452,764 RAC: 0
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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. : ) With how thinly funded this project is, and how short staffed it is, this is what we expect when there's a problem off-hours/over the weekend. QS ID: 796297 · |
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AndyW Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18
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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 also cover on-call and am on-call this week (and next) so I appreciate the expense of having an on-call rota and know that SETI couldn't afford it with their (very) limited budget. ID: 796305 · |
kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51580 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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It's almost 8:00 am in Berkely....and the boyz should be arriving in the lab shortly. Let's hope this is an easily recoverable situation, and doesn't involve any major hardware issues..... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." 
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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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 am always on-call for my servers, but I do eCommerce, and that does not tolerate downtime. The SETI operational staff is something like 2 or 3 people, and they aren't strictly operations. ... but we also have to realize that 99% uptime isn't a requirement for this. If the servers are down all weekend, there is always Monday -- and those who are worried about running out of work can always run a bigger cache. ID: 796356 · |
speedimic  Send message Joined: 28 Sep 02 Posts: 362 Credit: 16,590,653 RAC: 0 
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nice to see I'm not the only one who's on-call on the weekends... well, I get in the office on sundays anyway - for a coffee from this little fellow. :-)) mic. 
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Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31725 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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Byron S Goodgame  Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 1145 Credit: 3,936,993 RAC: 0
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I had all of mine other than the AP I'm working on and one other just go thru so there seems to be some life breathing back into seti. update: all but the AP WU have been reported now. ID: 796369 · |
Dr. C.E.T.I.  Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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It's almost 8:00 am in Berkely....and the boyz should be arriving in the lab shortly. hear! hear! - just keep prayin' Sir . . . also see this - Front Page News @ SETI <----- click me ;)
 BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 796372 · |
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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- got New Units plus ALL have returned to Berkeley > afterthought: Thanks to Each of You @ the Labs - Good Work - Accolades to All Involved (Thanks) BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 796426 · |
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speedimic Send message Joined: 28 Sep 02 Posts: 362 Credit: 16,590,653 RAC: 0
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Nice, but I like a quick Cortado now and then, so it's not an altenative. :) mic.
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Phil Kline Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 121,918 RAC: 0
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Hi, Haven't been able to get WUs for over a day now. Anyone having any luck in this area. Thanks ID: 796654 · |
Dave Kentley  Send message Joined: 16 Sep 07 Posts: 25 Credit: 923,830 RAC: 0 
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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 you somebody should be on call to maintain the servers and keep the down time to a minimum. ID: 796669 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51580 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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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. : ) They try......they really do. But you have to understand that Seti never promised 100% uptime, or anything close to it. That's why Boinc has the mechanisms built into it to allow you to have a cache of work on your computer to get it through project downtime, and to allow you to have other projects on tap if your favorite project is having some difficulties. Eric and Matt have often taken care of problems on their own time during weekends, but they cannot be expected to be on tap 24/7.... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13994 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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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. : ) One of the reasons you can have a work cache is so that you can continue to process work during outages, or select a second (or 3rd or 4th or 5th) project as a backup. I'm sure the person that just came "off call" wasn't doing it for love so if you're happy to provide the funding then i reckon someone could be on standby 24/7 to sort things out. Grant Darwin NT ID: 796675 · |
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