Posts by Digger
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Welcome to the 7 year club
(Message 501215)
Posted 11 Jan 2007 by  Digger
Post: Woo hoo! Seven years last month :) |
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Cafe SETI :
I enjoy reading message boards, but...
(Message 361832)
Posted 10 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: James T. Kirk James Doohan |
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Cafe SETI :
I enjoy reading message boards, but...
(Message 361826)
Posted 10 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Hi to all Jims, How about... James Brown? Etta James? Jim |
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American Independance Day...July 4th
(Message 357158)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Origin of the 21-Gun Salute Happy 4th Everyone |
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Cross Project Credit Equalization and Adjustment
(Message 356141)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Eric, Don't know how much help these are, but since we're back on stock apps at Einstein, here are my updated comparisons: My Computer Intel Celeron D 2.93Ghz 256K L2 cache 512MB ram SETI Enhanced Results 6.69 credit/hour Ratio = 1.0 Einstein S5 Results Short S5: 13.62 credit/hour Ratio = 2.04 Long S5: 11.85 credit/hour Ratio = 1.77 Rosetta Results 7.42 credit/hour Ratio = 1.11 Notes: * Average of last six results for each project (where available) * Stock applications all around * Enhanced data are from SETI Beta Please feel free to track my hosts as needed. Dig |
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What Happened?
(Message 356073)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: So says the non-cruncher. Well, if crunching exclusively for SETI Beta right now means that I am no longer considered a part of SETI@home or permitted to post here, then I guess I must have missed a memo somewhere. I was under the impression that I was crunching the same work, contributing to the same master science database, as well as helping to test new applications that will be used here. But... you must be correct. My humblest apologies to all. |
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What Happened?
(Message 356039)
Posted 4 Jul 2006 by Digger
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I'm beginning to think maybe the Cafe should have been left off the list altogether. |
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Getting BIONC to go to tray on startup
(Message 355475)
Posted 3 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: If I install it as a service, how do I shut it down (whenever I need to)? Quickest way is to type 'net stop boinc' in the run dialog box. To start it back up type 'net start boinc'. You can also go through services.msc as Ageless suggested. Dig |
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Getting BIONC to go to tray on startup
(Message 355463)
Posted 3 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: ok, great. thanks to both of you. but if I install it as a service will it automatically connect to the server sending and receiving files and everything else that it's supposed to do? LukaD, Yes, BOINC will continue to perform exactly like it always has for you. It'll upload and download according to your settings, and you can open BOINC Manager at any time and change preferences, update your projects, attach to new projects, everything you have always done in the past. The only difference is that the BOINC executable will be loaded in the background at startup as a service. This achieves your goal of keeping BOINC Manager hidden. In fact it won't be running at all unless you want it to. I hope that explains it better :) Dig |
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Why is my RAC dropping?
(Message 354605)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Could we be seeing the effects of the stats not being updated for 4 or 5 days last week? Honestly, I don't know. Just throwing it out there. |
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Getting BIONC to go to tray on startup
(Message 354547)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Good instructions there from Tony. And when you have finished the service install, you can place a shortcut to BOINC Manager on your desktop or wherever you want to keep it handy. BOINC will run invisibly in the background every time you start your computer, and you can run BOINC Manager only when you want to. Dig |
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Getting BIONC to go to tray on startup
(Message 354521)
Posted 2 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Also, if you install BOINC as a service, BOINC Manager doesn't have to startup at all with Windows. You only need to open it occasionally when you want to make changes or check on progress. That's just something to consider for future installs. I run mine as a service and everything is completely invisible :) |
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I'm leaving my team ??????
(Message 354010)
Posted 1 Jul 2006 by Digger
Post: Yep, poor Stefan over at Astropulse/Beta has been booted off the Boinc Synergy teamlist more times than he'd care to think about. I hope it all gets resolved soon. It must be terribly frustrating. http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/forum_thread.php?id=541 Dig |
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Computer Interpretation Help
(Message 351630)
Posted 29 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: Lol. I believe it started happening after you replied to the user Scott in this same thread. Or... maybe I'm just clinically insane. |
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Computer Interpretation Help
(Message 351516)
Posted 29 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: On last thing: Why do you keep calling me Scott? :p Ooops! Do you know... I have NO idea why I've been doing that? LOL. That's pretty scary actually. There must have been someone named Scott I was posting to recently and just kept quoting that name. Sorry about that! I hope this doesn't mean I have officially lost my mind now. I really was trying to hang onto it as long as I could. :( |
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I thought the new system for credit was equal.
(Message 351467)
Posted 29 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: Actually, there is a message (been quite a while since I have seen it). I beleive that it goes something like: "No work sent: Your BOINC software is too old, please upgrade to x.xx.xx or newer." Quite right John, in fact it appears that has been in place for quite some time: SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:37:58 - Requesting 217304 seconds of work SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:37:58 - Sending request to scheduler: http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:38:02 - Scheduler RPC to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:38:02 - Message from server: No work available (your core client is out of date - please upgrade) SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:38:02 - Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults SETI@home - 2004-11-09 15:38:02 - No work from project When I mentioned up above that they can't force users to upgrade yet, it was in reference to the fact that they don't yet have newer clients available for all platforms, not that they don't have the capability. Dig |
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Computer Interpretation Help
(Message 351387)
Posted 29 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: I wonder what is the maximun RPM the stock CPU fan is capable of achieving... Hmm.. Hi Scott, I suppose the quickest practical way would be to bump it up to 100% for a few seconds in SpeedFan and note the RPM. You could also get the model number off the fan itself and look it up, but where is the fun in that? :-) I simply watched SpeedFan for a few days, averaged out the hi/lo's for each fan, and then set each fan to run at it's average speed all the time. My machine is slightly more noisy that it would be in low-rpm mode, but much much quieter than it was when it was constantly shifting from 700 to 5000 rpm every few minutes. That was driving me buggy. One last thing I need to do to improve my system's cooling is a little re-arranging of the drive bays. HP mounted my hard drive vertically, right smack dab in front of the air intake slots. It keeps my drive nice and chilly but seriously impedes the overall air flow. Not sure why they mounted it that way when there are two empty drive bays up top. I think I'll see at least a few degrees drop in system temps by moving it. Have fun, Dig |
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Cafe SETI :
Rocky's Laughter 3 Closed.
(Message 351220)
Posted 28 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: I think I'll spend the extra couple bucks...  |
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SETI@HOME and SETI.USA and the Wal Street Journal
(Message 351213)
Posted 28 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: "Dr. Anderson's real interest was distributed computing; the extraterrestrial angle was something of an attention-getting gimmick." Oh, that's nice to hear! LOL. So i've just been participating in an elaborate gimmick all these years... :( |
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Computer Interpretation Help
(Message 350781)
Posted 28 Jun 2006 by Digger
Post: According to Intel: "Thermal Specification: (Also referred to as Thermal Temp) The Thermal Specification is the temperature at the critical point on the die and usually represents the hottest point on the processor. Therefore, the Thermal Specification represents the maximum temperature for reliable operation of the processor." So yes, I would regard that number as your safety threshold. I've heard from many Prescott owners who say they've seen much higher temps than that without the cpu throttling back or behaving erratically, but I would play it safe and stick to the Intel number. Regarding my system setup, I've only used SpeedFan but there are probably similar programs out there. I have the maximum 'desired' temperature for my CPU set at 63°C at which point all the fans kick up to maximum and cool everything down. Then I have my 'warning' temperature set to 70°C at which point SpeedFan will sound an audible alarm and execute a system shutdown. That's never happened though. It's a handy utility if you are careful with it and put some thought into what you are doing. It seems to be very popular with overclockers although I am not one myself. Dig |
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