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Message 1510613 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 5:25:04 UTC
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I happened to look at my tasks and saw 6 validation inconclusive so I checked them out and checked out a few wingmen and found one with over 4000 WU's downloaded, 70 valids and 1780+ INVALID's. I sent him a letter suggesting he post here for help. Is there a WU block that can be assigned for this sort of problem?
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Message 1510627 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 6:07:45 UTC

No mechanism for blocking such (ab)users. He is not alone - take a look at this thread:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69782

Sadly, having been in communication with one of the serial invalid producers there are some in Setiland who believe it is better to produce a thousand invalid results than one valid one :-(
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Message 1510631 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 6:26:03 UTC

Shame, guess I found another one to be added into that link : (
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Message 1510639 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 6:56:41 UTC

Yes, It sucks. I still think they should be should be shut down. But until Dr. A. draws a line in the sand. We will see that abuse continue.
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Message 1510740 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 13:47:26 UTC

Can it be determined from looking at his pc, drivers etc. what could be causing such havoc? My last Nvidia card was a 4600Ti back like 2002-4(?), so I haven't a clue whether his card's driver is the culprit or not?
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Message 1510756 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 14:37:42 UTC

Can it be determined from looking at his pc, drivers etc. what could be causing such havoc? My last Nvidia card was a 4600Ti back like 2002-4(?), so I haven't a clue whether his card's driver is the culprit or not?

Maybe. Post a link to that computer or post his user number, and some of the knowledgeable folks will take a look.
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Message 1510771 - Posted: 1 May 2014, 16:07:33 UTC

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Message 1511588 - Posted: 3 May 2014, 1:40:43 UTC - in response to Message 1510771.  

No, it's not "the driver" but it's probably "the police" (his Antivirus) or "the engine" (Hardware/Software instability, bad DLL, ...)

All invalids have empty Stderr, 'Compute' for a few seconds and the same happens for CPU tasks
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=5857368&offset=0&show_names=0&state=5&appid=

Strange he don't know about the problem as in his account there is URL to a site for "IT Support and Consultancy ... having years of experience in the IT industry"
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Message 1511888 - Posted: 3 May 2014, 19:17:17 UTC - in response to Message 1510613.  

Sent him a text message via mobile as he's in the UK.
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Message 1516499 - Posted: 15 May 2014, 13:43:05 UTC
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Found this as I was monitoring my tasks... I haven't messaged him as yet figured I'd report here first. Sorry 'bout not starting a new post..
I guess that's one way to clean out the cache lol



http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=5803503
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