I'll throw my mighty support behind "Oscar" as well.

And if you need a "sci-fi" tie in try this - Oscar J. Friend
sci-fi author from the 40s-60s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_J._Friend

Or maybe because servers can be so cranky.....Oscar (the Grouch)
might work as well

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I'll throw my mighty support behind "Oscar" as well.

And if you need a "sci-fi" tie in try this - Oscar J. Friend
sci-fi author from the 40s-60s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_J._Friend

Or maybe because servers can be so cranky.....Oscar (the Grouch)
might work as well

Also Oscar Goldman from "The Six Million Dollar Man"

OK, Seti friends.......
It's me, the ol' kittyman at it again.

The new server specs have been announced.

And I would like to propose another little fund drive.
There is an option for extending the standard 3 year warranty to 6 years with next day on site service.

It costs $210.00 extra, plus another $427.00 for a spares kit.
$637.00........I think it's worth it.

I will not put a time limit on it, but if a few of you folks will come up with $537.00, your friend the kittyman will finish it off with another $100.00 donation.

What say ye?

Meow meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

If you can hang on until the end of the month (payday for me) I am happy to help...

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it really is up to the lab..

But Oscar could be great for the next generation..

Next:

Kermit
Piggy
BBird
Elmo

Maybe Nez are also good..?

LOL

NEZ? Mongolia? Brad, is that you? :-D

Sorry, i have to ask. ;-)

Helli

Brad? No. My username is Tapio. (Tapio is an East Finnish forest spirit or god, who figured prominently in the Kalevala.)

Ok to start things off as its a very good idea

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Tim

I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

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Janice

I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

Well.....this is an add-on.
If somebody wishes to donate and earmark it here for the server itself rather than the warranty/spares upgrade I think we can keep that separate. I think somebody had also posted a suggestion in Jeff's thread about possibly upgrading the drives from 1TB to 2TB.

$437.00 to go for the warranty/spares package.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

Well.....this is an add-on.
If somebody wishes to donate and earmark it here for the server itself rather than the warranty/spares upgrade I think we can keep that separate. I think somebody had also posted a suggestion in Jeff's thread about possibly upgrading the drives from 1TB to 2TB.

$437.00 to go for the warranty/spares package.

That was me.. Just asking because it is a potential money and space saver.

1T drives going for about $100. 2T's going for about $140.. more space for less money if they can load it with 2T's. It would still not change the ball park of the total. So my question there is.. do they have enough.. or do we need to keep tossing in donations for it?

It sure has gone up from the original approx 6K price tag. But I would much prefer they over build than under build.

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Janice

I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

Well.....this is an add-on.
If somebody wishes to donate and earmark it here for the server itself rather than the warranty/spares upgrade I think we can keep that separate. I think somebody had also posted a suggestion in Jeff's thread about possibly upgrading the drives from 1TB to 2TB.

$437.00 to go for the warranty/spares package.

That was me.. Just asking because it is a potential money and space saver.

1T drives going for about $100. 2T's going for about $140.. more space for less money if they can load it with 2T's. It would still not change the ball park of the total. So my question there is.. do they have enough.. or do we need to keep tossing in donations for it?

It sure has gone up from the original approx 6K price tag. But I would much prefer they over build than under build.

I agree.....$480.00 to double the drive storage is also a very good investment.

Let's attack the warranty add-on first, and then perhaps I can start another mini-drive for the hard drives.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I am in standby mode until I hear back. It is after all their decision(I am uncertain if they have it already ordered or not) And if they need another 3K..
Then we need to see about chipping in to get them another 3K.

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Janice

This should cover the hard drives...

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BOINC blog

This should cover the hard drives...

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Wonderful, Mark.

Still working on the warranty package then.......
$437.00 to go and the kitties kick in the final $100.00

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

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A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart

Thank you for your gift of $200.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

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And thank you indeed, Helli.

$237.00 to go on the warranty upgrade with spare parts.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Dear Adam C,

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Donated a bit for now. I'll try to donate more next month when I have a little extra cash. :)

Dear Adam C,

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Donated a bit for now. I'll try to donate more next month when I have a little extra cash. :)

Great.....thanks for joining in, lupo. I should expect your green star should be tagging along shortly.

Only $137.00 to go and the kitties shall do their bit.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Uuhm - yesterday SETI got a big Donation from a single Person:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php?month=09&year=2010

Helli

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A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart

No problem. It's the least I can do to help the cause and thank you all for all the help you have given me over the past few weeks.

Adam

Uuhm - yesterday SETI got a big Donation from a single Person:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php?month=09&year=2010

Helli

Oh my!!! $4000.00!! I wonder who it was from.....
If it was not earmarked for anything else, that would certainly cover the rest of the server cost itself. But it might have been intended for general operating expenses. Unless they wish to tell us, we don't know.

The kitties are still sniffing about for another $137.00 donor.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."