1) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2108056) Posted 5 Oct 2022 by Unixchick Post: Ha - I don't know if it will EVER have enough stability and robust enough server farm to withstand a challenge. I do hope it will be stable enough for regular science load though. I'm getting an error trying to log in to WCG right now. sigh. I was so excited to get the email because I thought that meant that they were close to ending testing phase. Then they had to walk that back on the forums. They are really really bad at communication.

2) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2107865) Posted 2 Oct 2022 by Unixchick Post: I got the email too. quite a lot to promise for that group, but they do seem to get there in the end, just a LOT slower than we would like. The website is down for me right now, so I thought I'd pop in here. I did get a new WU when I asked a little while ago, so it is just the website.

3) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2103871) Posted 26 Jul 2022 by Unixchick Post: they tweeted... The WCG is currently out of service due to network failure. We are working on resolving it and we will update you with further information. All subdomains of *.worldcommunitygrid.org which includes the upload, download, and scheduler URLs are currently experiencing an outage due to a networking failure. We are working to resolve this issue and bring the system back online ASAP. New information will be shared here.

4) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2103861) Posted 26 Jul 2022 by Unixchick Post: I'm way to optimistic for this world. I read your post Grumpy Swede, and it was getting to me... you are right... the lack of communication is a very telling sign, and not a good one. I sent them a tweet, and I was hoping to get a response, but nothing. They have a communications person, so it isn't like they would have to stop the fixing to tweet. Then surprise surprise... Tue Jul 26 06:55:15 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Tue Jul 26 06:55:15 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Tue Jul 26 06:55:18 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks Tue Jul 26 06:55:18 2022 | World Community Grid | Project requested delay of 121 seconds Tue Jul 26 06:55:20 2022 | World Community Grid | Started download of ARP1_0028245_126_ARP1_0028245_126.input Tue Jul 26 06:55:20 2022 | World Community Grid | Started download of 34a8b09bb1cbdacbb5afdb8fa5773a0e. of course the download is a mess, and will take many tries as the machine only answers now and then, but it is there...faintly... trying to send me WUs. I'm hoping they made a mistake and are trying to fix it.

5) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2103854) Posted 26 Jul 2022 by Unixchick Post: I'm still getting through sometimes and others not... very strange behavior Mon Jul 25 21:26:28 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mon Jul 25 21:26:28 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Mon Jul 25 21:26:32 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon Jul 25 21:26:32 2022 | World Community Grid | Project has no tasks available Mon Jul 25 21:26:32 2022 | World Community Grid | Project requested delay of 121 seconds Mon Jul 25 21:44:25 2022 | World Community Grid | update requested by user Mon Jul 25 21:44:33 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Mon Jul 25 21:44:33 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Mon Jul 25 21:44:38 2022 | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site Mon Jul 25 21:44:38 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request failed: Couldn't resolve host name Mon Jul 25 21:44:39 2022 | | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. could they have multiple machines in a pool and good percentage are down... but one in the pool will periodically answer me?

6) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2103848) Posted 25 Jul 2022 by Unixchick Post: seems to be hit or miss for me... Mon Jul 25 16:11:36 2022 | World Community Grid | update requested by user Mon Jul 25 16:11:45 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Mon Jul 25 16:11:45 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Mon Jul 25 16:11:50 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon Jul 25 16:11:50 2022 | World Community Grid | Project has no tasks available Mon Jul 25 16:11:50 2022 | World Community Grid | Project requested delay of 121 seconds Mon Jul 25 16:13:56 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mon Jul 25 16:13:56 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Mon Jul 25 16:14:00 2022 | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site Mon Jul 25 16:14:00 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request failed: Couldn't resolve host name Mon Jul 25 16:14:01 2022 | | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. Mon Jul 25 16:15:31 2022 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mon Jul 25 16:15:31 2022 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU Mon Jul 25 16:15:36 2022 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon Jul 25 16:15:36 2022 | World Community Grid | Project has no tasks available Mon Jul 25 16:15:36 2022 | World Community Grid | Project requested delay of 121 seconds

7) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2103846) Posted 25 Jul 2022 by Unixchick Post: The WCG website went down, so I thought I'd pop over here and say Hi. Hi !! I've been happy to crunch some ARP WUs again and I haven't gotten the transit errors on the last few. I hope the server being down is a good sign... like they are fixing something major. edit to add: hmmm. boinc can connect to WCG, so it is just the website that is down. - Unixchick

8) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2099424) Posted 12 May 2022 by Unixchick Post: Late with the reopening and late with the statement of when they will reopen. Technically they have until midnight their time, so I hope we will get an announcement soon, but it isn't going to be good news, or they would have already said something. I'm staying off twitter today as I haven't finished watching the Eurovision semifinal 2 (no spoilers, please), so hopefully they post the announcement to their website quickly. I've been checking in here hoping that if it pops up on FB or Twitter first that someone will post it.

9) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2099268) Posted 10 May 2022 by Unixchick Post: I am usually an optimistic person, but as a former admin I knew there would be a bit of delay, but I truly thought they would just be a day or two off. I don't think they are getting much help in the transition from IBM. They have invested alot of time and effort to take WCG, so I expect more issues to come, but hopeful (overly optimistic?) for long term continuity. I tried to go to Milky Way for my backup project, and then that project had major issues for a while, a couple of weeks?, so I suspect that we will get more down time on WCG going forward as the resources needed are never allocated to Boinc projects. oh well. I hope to see the conclusion of the ARP project. Then I might go to Milky Way if WCG doesn't have a new project that catches my eye. It is a shame though that they are coming back online just as summer heat will be hitting me, and I'll probably shut my machine off during the middle of the day.

10) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2096918) Posted 1 Apr 2022 by Unixchick Post: I'm getting Arecibo labeled tasks at Einstein. Just made me miss seti so I thought I'd stop by and let you all know, in case you want to do some Arecibo tasks.

11) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2096869) Posted 31 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: Thanks Richard. I should have thought to look at github. hopefully they will update the wiki page soon. Since I don't run the screen saver, I'll pass on this update.

12) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans @World Community Grid (Message 2096860) Posted 31 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: WCG predicted an April 22 return, but I do hope they manage it sooner.

13) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2096859) Posted 31 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: I love me some chatter about Get Smart. great show, funny movie. I'm still missing Seti too. Hard to image another project having such a nice community as this one. While boinc was set up to help researchers get computing done, I think so many of the projects forget that it is also about letting people feel like they are a part of your project. Mac Boinc Question: I'm running 7.16.19 and they just released 7.16.21. There are NO release notes on changes, so I'm guessing the update is too minor for me to bother with. Anyone have more info?

14) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2095458) Posted 7 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: Milky Way is up and down all day today, and I don't think the admin knows what is wrong. He is putting band-aids on, but admits he isn't sure what the cause is.

15) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2095446) Posted 6 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: Milky Way is back up now. looks to have a bunch of WUs.

16) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2095409) Posted 5 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: The validator started falling behind on Milky Way a couple of days ago. I asked at what point the system would crash (I admit I was being a snot) The admin replied that the system wouldn't go down and said the validator could be behind 2 Billion and it would still be fine. It crossed the 2 million mark this morning (way less than 2 billion) and went down a few hours later. When the system is up I like the nice short tasks of MW. I'm not going to look for other projects at the moment as I have too much else going on in life, but if anyone finds a good backup backup project they like, let me know.

17) Message boards : Number crunching : IBM steps away from WCG. Moving it to Krembil Research Institute. (Message 2095181) Posted 1 Mar 2022 by Unixchick Post: most of the boinc projects are scientists trying to do research, but also having to do all the computer maintenance etc. There never seems to be enough money to have up to date hardware and a dedicated computer person. I really liked the concept of WCG and I can't understand why IBM gave up on the idea. I miss Seti, and now I miss WCG. I'm worried you are right about WCG not lasting. Even if it does work for a while, it won't be the same.

18) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2095142) Posted 28 Feb 2022 by Unixchick Post: . . So it won't be long until we can call you Granny?? Thankfully I can get away with that because I live on the other side of the big ball. :) gdr WOW. I'm sitting here, feeling old because my kid is getting married... I hadn't gotten to the next step as they haven't said anything about kids yet, and BAM. hahaha, time to shake that feeling off, got too much to do to be feeling old. I'm missing Seti as I've had to move projects again as WCG is going down. I hope they aren't down long. I'm at Milky Way, but the boards are quiet over there.

19) Message boards : Number crunching : IBM steps away from WCG. Moving it to Krembil Research Institute. (Message 2094755) Posted 22 Feb 2022 by Unixchick Post: I'm still getting a few WUs from WCG, but they are sending out resends to many people at a time, so it should be done soon. I set up boinc to do Milkyway WUs, but then it went down (I think they lost a hard drive??), so I'll check on einstein today to see if my machine can handle it.

20) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2094046) Posted 13 Feb 2022 by Unixchick Post: Christmas was good. Ready to celebrate a wedding that was postponed (my kid is getting married!). I hope all of you are doing well. I'm enjoying the last bit of WCG, and then I'm not sure if I'll just idle the machine or find another project for the inbetween time.

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