Posts by Sir Robin
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What do you do if you encounter a bear?
(Message 595348)
Posted 29 Jun 2007 by  Sir Robin
Post:
Ah, but then you run the risk of getting nailed with a RWI (Running While Intoxicated). |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What do you do if you encounter a bear?
(Message 595346)
Posted 29 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: [/quote] Do Teddy Bears wear blue speedos ?[/quote] I don't think so. Boy Teddy Bears are usually more conservative (unlike girl Teddy Bears).  |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What do you do if you encounter a bear?
(Message 593965)
Posted 27 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: Now, does it matter what kind of bear it is? I beg to differ on the statement that Teddy Bears are quite harmless. This one, I do think you need to worry about......  |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What do you do if you encounter a bear?
(Message 593956)
Posted 27 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: Make sure that the bear has a clear escape route, then yell and wave your arms to make yourself look bigger. Or of course, you could just pray to the Holy Cow !!!!!!  |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
What do you do if you encounter a bear?
(Message 593851)
Posted 27 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: Now, does it matter what kind of bear it is? We have American Black Bears, Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Panda Bears, Asiatic Black Bears, Sloth Bears, Spectacled Bears (no, they do not wear glasses) and Sun Bears. Oh, and we have Teddy Bears. These are not to be confused with Teddy Boys which should be discussed in a different thread. Now, if there was more than one person encountering a bear, this may apply: Two hikers come face to face with an enormous bear that rises up on its haunches and roars at them. "What do we do?" the first hiker asks. "Run!" said the second. "Do you really think you can outrun a bear?" said the first hiker. "No, but I can outrun you." And, from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: Bear Wise - What To Do If You Encounter a Bear Bears are normally shy of humans and quickly get out of our way when they see us. There are a number of things you can do if you spot a bear on a trail or one enters your campsite or yard. Do not approach the bear to get a better look. Slowly back away while watching the bear and wait for it to leave. If you are near a building or car, get inside it as a precaution. If the bear was attracted to food or garbage, make sure it is removed after the bear leaves to discourage the bear from returning. It is important to keep dogs away from a bear. While a well-trained dog may deter a bear, a poorly trained one may only excite it resulting in the bear following the dog back to its owner. If a bear is in a tree, leave it alone. Remove people and dogs from the area. The bear will usually come down and leave when it feels safe. If a bear is trying to get at food in your yard or campsite (and a building or a car is not within reach) or if a bear tries to approach you, here is how you should react: Stop. Face the bear. Do not run. If you are with others, stay together and act as a group. Make sure that the bear has a clear escape route, then yell and wave your arms to make yourself look bigger. Use a whistle or airhorn if you have one. The idea is to be aggressive and to persuade the bear to leave. This will work if the bear is still partly afraid of humans. If these attempts fail to frighten the bear away, slowly back away watching the bear and giving it a wide berth. Climbing a tree to get away from a bear may offer you little advantage as black bears are excellent tree climbers. A bear may stand upright to get a better view, make huffing or "popping" sounds, swat or beat the ground with its forepaws or even bluff charge. These are a bear's way of telling you that you are too close. Back off and give the bear more space. If the bear comes within range, use pepper. They then go on to state: IN AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY: contact your local police force or dial 911 TO REPORT BEAR PROBLEMS: contact the Bear Reporting Line at 1-866-514-BEAR (2327) (TTY) 705 945-7641 Ah, excuse me Mr. Bear while I make this 911 call........ |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
No WUs? Read this!
(Message 589777)
Posted 21 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: I have however, had a breakthrough. Even though I had NOT set any BOINC Advanced / Preferences, I did try a "Clear" and voila..... multiple WUs did download. I think that was probably the issue. Many thanks! 1) Download the BOINC version you want. It will not install until you execute the program. 2) Shut down BOINC. 3) Execute the BOINC file you downloaded. Very simple to do. Robin |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
No WUs? Read this!
(Message 589748)
Posted 21 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: I have however, had a breakthrough. Even though I had NOT set any BOINC Advanced / Preferences, I did try a "Clear" and voila..... multiple WUs did download. I think that was probably the issue. Many thanks! I have BOINC version 5.10.7 and use the "Accessible" view. On the toolbar, go to "Advanced" and then to "Preferences". This will pop up another screen. On the top right, there is a "Clear" button. It shows up on all three tabs for Processor Usage, Network Usage and Disk and Memory Usage. Hope this helps. Robin |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Why don´t i get any work? :-(
(Message 589488)
Posted 20 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: Try going into the BOINC option => Advanced / Preferences and select "Clear". I had the same prolem, and that resolved the issue. Robin |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
No WUs? Read this!
(Message 589486)
Posted 20 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: I am running BOINC 5.10.7 on Windows XP PRo with a P4-3.2 Dual Core and 512 MB Ram. Also running the latest Chicken Apps. Thanks OzzFan. My CPU efficiency is 0.887392 and my RDCF is 0.332602. I have not paid attention to my total WU allowed per day, but it is at 95/day per CPU. I had only increased my cache to try to get more work for when outages occur. I just kept raising it when no extra work was downloaded. I have however, had a breakthrough. Even though I had NOT set any BOINC Advanced / Preferences, I did try a "Clear" and voila..... multiple WUs did download. I think that was probably the issue. I will now lower my cache to a more reasonable level. Perhaps other who are not getting work may also want to try this. Many thanks! Robin |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
No WUs? Read this!
(Message 589203)
Posted 19 Jun 2007 by Sir Robin
Post: Hello everyone. I am in the same boat, not getting any SETI WU's. I have shut down BOINC and restarted as below: 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.7 for windows_intelx86 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.16.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|[error] State file error: duplicate app version: setiathome_enhanced windows_intelx86 515 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|[error] State file error: duplicate app version: setiathome_enhanced windows_intelx86 515 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|[error] State file error: duplicate app version: setiathome_enhanced windows_intelx86 515 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1] 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Memory: 503.11 MB physical, 1.20 GB virtual 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Disk: 111.78 GB total, 93.94 GB free 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|rosetta@home|URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 134605; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|boincsimap|URL: http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/; Computer ID: 5933; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|Leiden Classical|URL: http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/; Computer ID: 24303; location: (none); project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|climateprediction.net|URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 370633; location: (none); project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|Einstein@Home|URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 538179; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|lhcathome|URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/; Computer ID: 2919830; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3114028; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home Beta Test|URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 5687; location: home; project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 25320; location: (none); project prefs: default 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2007-06-19 16:13:04) 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Host location: home 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Reading preferences override file 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 377.33MB 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 477.95MB 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|Restarting task 12ap99aa.21719.29664.834662.3.196_2 using setiathome_enhanced version 515 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|Restarting task 12ap99aa.21719.20402.242328.3.186_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 515 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work 6/19/2007 4:15:42 PM|SETI@home|Requesting 42 seconds of new work 6/19/2007 4:15:48 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509] 6/19/2007 4:15:48 PM|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 11 sec 6/19/2007 4:15:48 PM|SETI@home|Reason: requested by project I am running BOINC 5.10.7 on Windows XP PRo with a P4-3.2 Dual Core and 512 MB Ram. Also running the latest Chicken Apps. My preferences are set to connect at 0.1 days with an additional 5.9 day pad. All other options are set for optimum processing (while in use, no restrictions etc.) I now only have about 14 hours of SETI work left and as you see above, BOINC is only requesting 42 seconds of work. There are other projects I am connected to, so I am not worried about running out of work, but I would prefer SETI WUs. Any ideas? Thanks, Robin |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
Incomplete WUs on hard drive not in BOINC client
(Message 229870)
Posted 12 Jan 2006 by Sir Robin
Post: Hello, I have had a few power outages today that have shut down my PC. Upon startup, my BOINC client seems to have lost all of the work that was currently in progress (SETI and others). Having said this, there are many work files that I can still see in my project folder on the hard drive. In addition, when BOIC started up after the abnormal shutdow, all of my projects (that have been flagged not to accept new work), reverted back to and tried to accept new work from all of them. This has happened three times today. Oh, and it has lost my total and average credits for the LHC project (now shut down). I have run the BOINC install and selected the repair option. This did not help. Any ideas on how to retrive the WUs from my hard drive and get them back into BOINC? Running Windows XP Pro P4 3.2GH Dual Processors 512MB RAM Boinc 5.2.13 Thanks, Robin |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
No schedular response
(Message 82906)
Posted 27 Feb 2005 by Sir Robin
Post: I am having connectivity issues too. When requesting work, I get a message back saying "Not sending work - last RPC too recent: 584 sec" |
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