1) Message boards : Number crunching : Last RPC too recent, and not enough room alocated. (Message 49179) Posted 25 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: What about simple multiplication. Multiply normal cache amount by numbers of CPUs that system has (to a max of the "max CPUs to use" setting). So if you are running seti on a computer with 4 CPUs, have it get 4 times the normal cache. Its simple, and it will work. If the person ofcourse set "use max 2 cpus" then even if they have 4 only multiple it by 2.

2) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti 4.07 AND 4.08 reach 100% dont and keep on calculating... (Message 49177) Posted 25 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Well, I meant use over time benchmarking. Right now there is a benchmark at the begining, and then it just uses that data to estimate. Well, that data isnt always accurate because CPU load differs over time. If you can estimate how long one work unit is going to take, you can apply the same "estimation" to compare two work units. If one is estimated to take 1 hour on your computer, one estimated to take 2 hours, second one is then estimated to take twice as long as the first unit. If the first unit actually took 2 hours, assume the second unit will take 4 hours. Thats what I meant.

3) Message boards : Number crunching : Does anyone actually 'use' solaris with Seti/Boinc? (Message 48991) Posted 24 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: " November 21, 2004 Versions of BOINC and SETI@home for Solaris/x86 are available, courtesy of Jochen van Waasen. " I bet Jochen van Waasen does.

4) Message boards : Number crunching : 2D screensaver please! (Message 48895) Posted 23 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Hail martin! But really, "if you are concerned about system resources then dont run the screensaver at all"? I am well aware of it, one can be concerned about system resources, but still want some goodies, its called finding the middle ground! I mean, I can always go back to running windows 98 because its lighter then XP, save some system resources for seti that way... I will never do that ofcourse.

5) Message boards : Number crunching : 2D screensaver please! (Message 48837) Posted 23 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Yes I want the old graphics... As for the old graphics being burnt into the monitor.... Almost any monitor made after about 1995 didnt really need a screensaver anymore. Screensavers are obsolete. It was good in the old days, to prevent images burning into the monitor... then they came up with the amazing invention of... dum dum dum... having the monitor turn off the display after X minnutes. Which is what any sensible person does anyways. Keep in mind that we arent saying get rid of ALL other graphics, just request an option for the old graphics. Those who have ancient monitors are free to use the 3D ones (who is gonna have a computer able to do 3D with a monitor so old it needs a screensaver?)

6) Message boards : Number crunching : Decent board ware (Message 48734) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Well, just to clarify things up, this wasnt supposed to be an attack on the forums, I was actually curious. I mean, it did seemed to be an aweful lot of time and effort, for no concrete benefit. However, you say that the benefits are there. 1. Lower server usage. 2. Easier to integrate into the BOINC user system (easier then changing an open source forumware to do the same that is). And that the cost in time and effort to develop it, and the lack of features in comparison, are both acceptable for those two benefits. This is a reasonable explanation. I will be honest and admit that I still like my idea better. But at least now it makes sense instead of just seeming to be an arbitrary random bad decision.

7) Message boards : Number crunching : 20 message from the boards for 3 users replying to thread! (Message 48722) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: No, i asked something else. I did point out something related to this, the fact I get multiple emails, but it was in a different context, and didnt include all the info, and was based on another issue. Here I am actually asking why it is. I am wondering why I get more email notifications then there are responses. I listed what I do know, but if you check #3, that one clearly describes something I don't, and am wondering about.

8) Message boards : Number crunching : 2D screensaver please! (Message 48720) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: oh its working alright, it no longer rotates. It was just a matter of waiting for the next work unit to begin for it to start using the new screensaver settings (and that was ALL in 4.08.. no 4.07 at all) Its just a waste of system resources to render it in 3D instead of 2D... AND it looks worse then the old 2D graphics. Alot of games do the same, they move on to 3D graphics, where usually the new 3d graphics look WORSE then 2D graphics. Take Kohan for example. Kohan 2 is 3D... looks much worse then Kohan 1 and its exansion which were 2D.

9) Message boards : Number crunching : 20 message from the boards for 3 users replying to thread! (Message 48612) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Why is it that every day I get twenty messages for about 3 users who wrote replies in the threads I am watching? 1. If I reply to a thread myself I get a notice. 2. If multiple people reply since my last visit i get a notice for each person. 3. I get MORE notices per thread then actual people replying to it (its actually closer to 10 notices for only 4 people replying). Does it notify if someone else edits their message? (it doesnt seem to notify me if i edit my own, but it sents a notification when i post to a thread)

10) Message boards : Number crunching : 2D screensaver please! (Message 48611) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: seti classic is the default, it makes a 3-D rotating version of the seti classic picture. Which is the one we are complaining about ;p...

11) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti 4.07 AND 4.08 reach 100% dont and keep on calculating... (Message 48610) Posted 22 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: i didnt say drop the code.. i meant make it not display a progress bar.. Besides, why use an estimate? use previous data instead, see how long it takes a computer to do a work unit, average the times from the different workunits...

12) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti 4.07 AND 4.08 reach 100% dont and keep on calculating... (Message 48495) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: If an estimate is off by THAT much, its better to just get rid of it to avoid confusion.

13) Message boards : Number crunching : 2D screensaver please! (Message 48494) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Mine is set to off aswell. I have had it that way for years now. I only see the seti screen saver when I manually click on a running WU and click on display graphics... Which I sometimes feel like doing.

14) Message boards : Number crunching : Last RPC too recent, and not enough room alocated. (Message 48306) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: its an example of not catering to the needs of the users. We are donating something here, but there is only so far we will go. I for example, detached certain computers from climate prediction, since it has no error correction (after running one of their giant things for two monthes, it has an error, and completely aborts the unit... they claim its because certain CPUs, especially when overclocked, might cause an error.. well no shit, thats when you backtrack to a stopping point a few minutes before and recalcualte that segment)

15) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti 4.07 AND 4.08 reach 100% dont and keep on calculating... (Message 48304) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: maybe it has to do with the CPU usage.. with me compressing giant files, or recompressing hundreds of files using a convert option in winrar... and it being on absolute maximum setting ofcourse....

16) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti 4.07 AND 4.08 reach 100% dont and keep on calculating... (Message 48284) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: wow, I can't beleive I just now noticed it... And that it has yet to have been fixed! Maybe i noticed it before and forgot...

17) Message boards : Number crunching : Decent board ware (Message 48283) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Why would you need to pay royalties on open source boardware? Example: www.phpbb.com "phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites." There are a bunch of other ones... Open source means its completely free, and you distribute the source code, so anyone may modify it and submit improvements... (or make improvements and keep them for themselves) Why did they put all that time and effort into making boardware when there were a bunch already available for free as open source freeware. (I mean... they could have put that effort towards improving seti).

18) Message boards : Number crunching : Last RPC too recent, and not enough room alocated. (Message 48282) Posted 21 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Another good point... If I understand correctly, you are saying have it check if you have enough work to actually do anything, and that if you connect too early but dont have enough work to run it will "forgive" it and send you something to munch on... And yea... whatever happened to getting multiple units? I am only getting 2 work units from seti at the same time.. regardless of my setting... A workunit now takes 3 hours... I usually connect manually simply because there is no work left, and I need to get some new work. (it should really connect whenever it finishes a work unit.. NOT every X days.. or rather, in addition to. If you dont connect for X days to get work, connect anyways to check for updates or changed settings; this will be best)

19) Message boards : Number crunching : Last RPC too recent, and not enough room alocated. (Message 48265) Posted 20 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: What kind of bullshit attitude is this? I needed to update because I changed my settings so that it will download new work (lower HDD filling limitations). It was COMPLETELY valid. I dont need that bullshit of "if you get that message you are at fault" attitude, so shove it! I had perfectly justified reasoning for it... and even if I DIDN'T, then you should EDUCATE. It should be designed to explain to a newb what they are doing wrong. Not arbitrarily punish them without them knowing why... BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULNDN'T CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR. And top it off with a "well its your fault for not knowing any better"; way to go PRICK! Luckily I see that you are just a user. Projects and companies whose developers and staff hold attitutes like that invite people to do things out of spite... Like make viruses agains them (take microsoft as an example). Don't be a jerk, be constructive!

20) Message boards : Number crunching : Decent board ware (Message 48261) Posted 20 Nov 2004 by taltamir Post: Can't seti get a decent board system? there are plenty of free ones out there that do a pretty good job. I know climate predictor uses some. These boards dont have auto auto-notification (automatically subscribe to threads under certain circumstances, like if you create them), the order on peoples posts is whacky, you get notifications of "a user has replied to a thread to which you are subscribed" if you yourself post anything to such a thread... Is there any particular REASON why this boardware is used?

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