Posts by bushrat

1) Questions and Answers : Web site : Which RAC is real? (Message 849155)
Posted 4 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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I see 3 different RAC numbers on my computer.

1. BOINC program: Currently shows 897.75
2. S@H Account Data (website) shows 909.49
3. S@H Account page (website) shows 920.47

I understand that RAC changes very often, but these three above have never been in sync.
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Cannot report WU's (Message 848967)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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Thanx Ageless, I thought it was something on my end.
3) Questions and Answers : Getting started : credit? (Message 848837)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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This thread will help you out...
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Cannot report WU's (Message 848824)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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After last week's server outage, I decided to increase my work buffer to 4 days. With that, it downloaded 78 wu's on my system.

Now, I am half-way done crunching, but the wu's will not report to the server. My network communication is set to 0.05 days (so it pretty much reports soon after some wu's are done), but nothing is reporting. Even after pressing "Do Network Communication", nothing is happening in Message tab. It's like the damn thing is ignoring me.

Everything worked fine before the server outage.

Aby help would be appriciated..

Edit: In the Activity menu-drop, I got selected "Network activity always available."
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (12) Server problems (Message 848002)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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IT"S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE !!!!



6) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (12) Server problems (Message 847993)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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Looking at the "server Status" page, it's back on line...
But I still can't report my wu's..
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (12) Server problems (Message 847956)
Posted 2 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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Well, I may just be able to survive... Good thing I keep a 10 day cache.
27 tasks to report.

I got 60 in day and a half.. and that ended 31st.
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : Scheduler Server down? (Message 847628)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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9) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Ideas for future BOINC (Message 847621)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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I know I can't ask for much, but there are few things that I would like to see done to next version of BOINC.

- Shell/Core design - instead of downloading new version of BOINC everytime it comes out, I would suggest creating shell program and core seperate. That way, everyone would be up-to-date on new version. Once a week/month, BOINC would check for new version, and if one is available, it would download it and install it.

- Implement optimized clients - BOINC developers should choose the best optimized client, and make it part of downloaded core (see above). I belive current version of BOINC has capability to detect what type of CPU someone is running, and based on that, optimized client for particular CPU type can be automaticcaly downloaded.

If anyone else has any ideas, post them here. They may get in the next version.

If I am wrong on something, please correct me.
10) Questions and Answers : Windows : Scheduler Server down? (Message 847596)
Posted 1 Jan 2009 by Profile bushrat
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On the main page, it says:
December 31, 2008
Our scheduling server has crashed and so no work is being distributed. This may not get fixed for a day or two.
11) Message boards : Politics : Cannabis prohibition has failed. It's time for a new approach. (Message 846764)
Posted 30 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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if you live in society, you obey the rules which are put together by coverment which is normally elected by people, if you don´t obey, move to remote island.


I always have a problem with that argument because not very long ago the law stated that women, blacks, indians and those who were not landowners could not vote.
If everyone who disagreed with the laws of the land went to this remote island instead of speaking against unjust laws, nothing would have changed...except the population.



Thank you Robert for the best explanation, and I agree with you.

As times change, so should the laws.
When the cars were first indroduced on public roads, I bet that people opposed them. "That autonomous machine has no eyes and no mind. It will drive over people, it will kill us!!"
Sometimes change is good. Isn't that what Obama promised? "Change"? Apparently, a lot of people want that.

12) Message boards : Politics : Cannabis prohibition has failed. It's time for a new approach. (Message 846267)
Posted 29 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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I think they should legalize it for recreational use, and make the laws same as alcohol:

- no one under 21
- no driving or operating any machinery
- not at work while under influence.
- no private sales.

At this time, America could use any tax dollars they can get their hands on. The tax collected on marijuana could rival cigarette tax.

If it makes "mindless zmbies" out of the users, then let it happen. They would be easier to recognize in public. (I personally don't think it would create "zombies", unless they are lazy already.)

Some people claim than Marijuana has no medical use. Are there any medical use for cigarettes or alcohol? There are medical uses for marijuana, just not very popular. I have never heard a doctor say "You need to smoke more cigarettes and drink about 6-pack a day"

According to Wikipedia, Marijuana is less addicting than alcohol or cigarettes. Yes, I tried a few joins, but it was easy for me to stop, and that was 15 years ago. I also stopped drinking alcohol 5 years ago, and that was lightly addictive. Cigarettes on the other hand, are a hard habit to drop. I am still wroking on it.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : credit (Message 846264)
Posted 29 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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Since the 17 th Dec i have 7 credit pending jobs.Any reason that I cant seem to get any credit.


As of 12/28 11:40pm central time, I have 163 pending wu's, and about 4,400 points waiting to be added.

Hang tight, you'll get them soon.
14) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Turn off Seti@home graphics and speed up calculations (Message 845793)
Posted 27 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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Do you also have optimized client? that could cut your time greately.
On my computer, it's 8 hrs on original Boinc cut down to 1.3 hrs with optimized.
15) Message boards : SETI@home Science : A Possible Mars Impact Jan 30 (Message 845351)
Posted 26 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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Orbiting diagram for 2007 wd5
16) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Points (Message 842743)
Posted 20 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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You can't do anything with them, but for brag to others how good your computer is. They won't buy you a pack of milk in the store.


It would be nice, if for example, you could trade in 100k points for a raffle ticket. Grand prize - $100

Where would the money come from. The Seti project, like most Boinc based projects exists on a shoestring budget. It survive on monetary donation from participants. Some hardware was purchased and donated by volunteers, most of it is Beta equipment provided at a discount by a couple of companies.

Astropulse has received a small grant that probably only covered a portion of the cost of its development.

The CUDA port (reading between the lines) appears to have been done with good engineering support from Nvidia.


Aurora, chill, it was just wishful thinking. I know that S@H does not pay out, but there are still people who are willing to participate, for free
17) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Points (Message 842453)
Posted 20 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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You can't do anything with them, but for brag to others how good your computer is. They won't buy you a pack of milk in the store.


It would be nice, if for example, you could trade in 100k points for a raffle ticket. Grand prize - $100
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Mad (Message 839689)
Posted 13 Dec 2008 by Profile bushrat
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Download CPU-ID program from CPUID.COM and it will tell you all of technical data that you need to know about you CPU, memory and your motherboard.
19) Questions and Answers : Windows : What am I doing wrong? (Message 834722)
Posted 27 Nov 2008 by Profile bushrat
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Alright,

I copied file AK_v8.0_Win32_SSE3.zip (whatever was in "files to install" directory) from Crunch3r's page into my driectory C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu .It seems like it cut down my time from about 5 hours per unit to about 1.75 hours per unit. I am not sure if this can be faster, but if it can be, please let me know how. XLM file has not been modified.

For info, my PC is here http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4680033
20) Questions and Answers : Windows : What am I doing wrong? (Message 834394)
Posted 26 Nov 2008 by Profile bushrat
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According to CPU-Z, I have AMD Phenom x4 9850 Black Edition CPU. I am running Win XP Pro edition.

After long pause, I wanted to run Seti@Home again. I downloaded Boinc 6.2.19 I was trying to get optimized version of Boinc for my processor. After reading this forum, I found Crunch3r's page, and downloaded these:
Boinc client - http://calbe.dw70.de/boinc/Boinc_6.1.0.32_v5_release_x86.zip
Seti@Home - http://calbe.dw70.de/AKV8/AK_v8.0_Win32_SSE3.zip

Someone please be kind, and explain to me to make them work. After I tried to install them my self, it messed up my 6.2.19 version, and had to re-install it.


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