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Posts by Strathpeffer

1) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50947)
Posted 8 Dec 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Thanks Iain, team Scotland is now back to normal in RAC ranking! And still holding steady at 19th in total credits, which looks unlikely to change any time soon, though SETI@Netherlands are creeping up on us! Ian B is having some computer problems so not crunching in CPDN at the mo, things might improve once he gets back to it.
2) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50938)
Posted 4 Dec 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Wow, we seem to be 10th in RAC today, don't know how that happened, probably won't last http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/top_teams.php - still 19th in total credit though, as we have been for a long time now. ;-)
3) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50890)
Posted 25 Nov 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Thanks Iain ;-)

Can't swear to having seen a wildcat but occasionally at night when something whipped across the road in the car headlights,
I have caught sight of a stripey tail!



I have seen pine martens though - indeed once had to help chase one out of a
neighbour's house!

4) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50863)
Posted 20 Nov 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Sorry haven't been around here for a bit - rather busy! But my computer has meantime completed another task hadam3p_anz_e097_2012_1_009145852 - no idea how many that is now, I DO miss iansm's wonderful statistics for team Scotland.
5) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50570)
Posted 20 Oct 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Just had a thought that perhaps some people might be puzzled by the badge in my signature box. It's because I first joined as part of the BBC project and these first 160-year BBC models were very temperamental and hard to complete. So Iain Inglis, who kindly set up statistics for the team in BBC, awarded this badge to those of us who succeeded in completing a model. And then we got into a bit of a competition with some other teams as to how many models we could complete. I eventually completed 4 and the team JUST managed to complete 100 before the BBC project closed down. Which may all seem a bit old hat nowadays and I don't think anyone else in our team still uses the badge but it meant a lot at the time, so I keep it for nostalgic reasons.
6) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 50342)
Posted 29 Sep 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Ray was recently named User of the Day in Climate @ Home again, congratulations, Ray! As previously mentioned, the reason Ray and team founder Scottishwebcamslive are UOTD so often is not only because they both take part in a lot of BOINC projects but also because they take the trouble to create a profile in every project they join. It's quick and easy to do - just click on Participant Profiles in the blue menu to the left of this page and you don't have to include a photograph or any personal info.
7) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49970)
Posted 2 Sep 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Thanks Dave! I only looked in the News and Announcements thread and didn't see anything there, but have now found some info in other threads, as you say. I knew it must be some kind of mistake! Not a lot of point in keeping the certificate but I had a look and it also says I've contributed "887.03 quintillion floating-point operations" - sounds very impressive!
8) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49966)
Posted 2 Sep 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Something a bit strange going on - I'm suddenly showing as having 1,026,658,987 total credit in CPDN - last I knew, I only had about 350,000!
9) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49839)
Posted 22 Aug 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Well done all you chaps - do you get medals for long service? Also of course thanks to hagar and Ray for supporting team Scotland.

Sorry to report that the team has just lost one of our longstanding members - Jam Dave, based in Greece. But he's still with the project and I see he's gone to support the tiny team at the University of Crete, where no doubt he will be their star cruncher!

And the team is still 19th in total credit.
10) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49719)
Posted 6 Aug 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Members of our team rarely get selected as User of the Day, because hardly any of us create a "profile" in any BOINC project. It's easy to do (click on Participant Profiles in the menu to the left of this page) and you don't have to include any personal info. Congratulations to Ray Murray for being named User of the Day in Climate@Home on 1 August.
11) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49571)
Posted 16 Jul 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Oh dear, what a long time since I've been here - just soooo busy! Nice to see you, Ray, and thanks for the update and your continuing support for the team. We're still going great guns, even though only about 20 of us are currently active in CPDN, and are holding our position at 19th worldwide in total credits. The team RAC (recent average credit) fluctuates somewhat, so we're usually just outside the top 20 for that, but occasionally make it onto the front page of the teams list for that too. Well done everyone, keep on crunching! ;-)
12) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Blast from the Past (Carl & Tolu @ his wedding) (Message 49285)
Posted 2 Jun 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Thank you for sharing this lovely pic, Carl, and best regards from all at team Scotland.

And of course congratulations and best wishes to Tolu and his new bride.
13) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49119)
Posted 15 May 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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It's quite a while since team Scotland had a User of the Day in any of the climate projects but congratulations to Ray Murray on being today's User of the Day in Climate@Home.

The reason why Ray and Ian are Users of the Day more often than the rest of us is not only because they both "crunch" in a lot of different projects but also because they make a point of creating a "profile" in each project - it's easy to do (see Participant profiles in the menu to the left of this page) and you don't have to include a photograph or say anything personal.
14) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 49075)
Posted 9 May 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Sorry haven't been in here for a bit - so busy! But my computer has just completed another task and started a new one - no idea how many I've completed now, I do miss iansm's great team statistics :-(

And team Scotland is in 19th position in RAC today, as well as in total credit. Keep up the good work, folks!
15) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48862)
Posted 21 Apr 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Welcome to another new team member, thunderbird30, who joined both the project and team Scotland earlier today ;-). It's not always easy to spot new team members, unless we just happen to look at the team list on the day they join. So I hope anyone who hasn't been welcomed (at least two recently) will please forgive us! And a warm team Scotland welcome to thunderbird30 - thank you for joining and happy crunching!
16) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48555)
Posted 26 Mar 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Team Scotland is currently in 20th position worldwide in RAC (recent average credit) and 19th in total credit - great work by our wee team ;-) My computer has just finished a task and is downloading a new one - I've lost track of how many models I've completed now (I do miss Iansm's great team statistics).

My little bit is a drop in the ocean compared to some of our major crunchers, but I know that every contribution helps the project.
17) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48407)
Posted 14 Mar 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Wow, we seem to have acquired 3 MORE new members since I last looked, but I'm not entirely sure who they are - perhaps Iansm can cast some light, if he's around? One is definitely Jane, who joined the project earlier this month and has since joined our team. So a very warm team Scotland welcome to Jane and I hope she'll come say hello either here or in the Scottish forum - happy crunching meantime ;-)

Partly as a result of the new team members joining, team Scotland has now passed 80,000,000 credits in CPDN alone - well done all!
18) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48366)
Posted 10 Mar 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Another new team member - Niall, who joined the project in December and has joined team Scotland today. Welcome, Niall, happy continued crunching and we hope to hear from you sometime, either here or in the Scottish forum.
19) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48328)
Posted 7 Mar 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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A warme team welcome to Geoff, who joined the project and team Scotland yesterday. We hope to "meet" you sometime either here or in the Scottish forum - meantime, thank you for joining the project and the team and happy crunching!
20) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Scotland team (Message 48142)
Posted 10 Feb 2014 by Profile Strathpeffer
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Thanks for all the helpful suggestions, folks. I do use Firefox for some things but have always used IE (currently IE9, with which I've always had some problems and they seem to be increasing) to access the various CPDN-related sites.

I'm familiar with the prob of cookies being deleted when I clear out my temporary internet files and that's fair enough but I haven't done that recently. And I do think it's quite right that a bank should require you to log in every time. But it's slightly irritating in a forum like this when I keep telling it to remember me on this computer!


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