Posts by Joe

1) Message boards : Number crunching : still don't get credits since last breakdown (Message 46950) Posted 2 Sep 2013 by Joe Post: I started crunching again not knowing of the current problem. Actually haven't been back here for years. If there is no credit I don't crunch..so maybe I'll check back in 2016 or so..but as someone who started with SETI back in 1999 and have watched a lot of projects come and go since then it seems like this project is on its last leg..
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Why is max reconnect time set at 10 days in general preferences (Message 16613) Posted 14 Oct 2005 by Joe Post: I have a machine running at a location I only get to every 2-3 months or longer. I figured CP would be ideal for a situation such as this. But now that the wu may finish in the next month or so I wont be able to download a replacement on my next trip cause it will be more than 10 days. Which of course seems dumb with wu\'s woth 6 month or 1 year deadline. I think I know the answer to this e.g. the BONIC server just wont allow the person owning the host to make such a high level decesion. Can I still get the non Bonic version of the program so I cam keep all my machine goings? As several times a year I may be unable to get to all of my hosts for 30 days or so.
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : boinc 4.45 bug? (Message 15300) Posted 23 Aug 2005 by Joe Post: I have the same problem with 4.45. It has been "running" but task manager shows system idle since 8/3/05 only a restart would fix. I've looked at the posts about the benchmark bug but i dont think that is it. In any case running benchmarks manually is not an option. I run CP because supposedly i dont have to bother with the machines for weeks at a time. After a year of constant problens with boinc, on this and other projects, I dont care or worry about it anymore. If the powers that be recommend a bonic version that does not work im not going to be to concerned about it either. My enthusiasm for distributed computing is non existant just like a lot of my results hehe
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Client error after abt 200 cpu hours (Message 6530) Posted 3 Dec 2004 by Joe Post: I posted on General Questions that it was my experience that only about 1 in 8 of the models on boinc completed. This ratio seems to be acceptable. I too left Seti boinc (after 5 years 60,000+ classic units), I only run a token wu on a machine because of the cross user ID problem........ I have come to rather like this project as long as I dont woory about models completing, and actually because I have machines in several locations watching the stats lets me moniter those machines to see if I have a problem e.g, if a trickle dosent show up as expected. I don't use the graphics much, have had several crashes that may be due to older cards/drivers and I always suspend and then exit model before shutting down which seems to help the 1 in 8 a bit. Also I don't upgrade to the boys at seti particular version of the week. I will never return to seti, and I wish I could get away from the boinc platform, but in the mean time this is a pretty good project as long as you dont expect to see to many models to complete.... I have one model within 60 hours of completing that may not make it...its been acting funny for the last several weeks...if there is a power failure I'm sure its a goner hehe
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : Windows Crashers -- Were you Looking At Graphics? (Message 6002) Posted 10 Nov 2004 by Joe Post: I took a look at a disk in W2000pro with the file analyzer got the following results: Volume (D:): Volume size = 11,530 MB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 4,761 MB Free space = 6,769 MB Percent free space = 58 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 18 % File fragmentation = 36 % Free space fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation Total files = 38,159 Average file size = 148 KB Total fragmented files = 1,577 Total excess fragments = 17,813 Average fragments per file = 1.46 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Directory fragmentation Total directories = 1,952 Fragmented directories = 165 Excess directory fragments = 1,957 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 41,991 KB MFT record count = 40,166 Percent MFT in use = 95 % Total MFT fragments = 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fragments File Size Most fragmented files 115 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.ph13c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.pd13c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd14c10 111 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph14c10 117 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.ph17c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.pd14c10 115 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.ph14c10 123 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.pd17c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd15c10 124 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph15c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd16c10 110 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph16c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd17c10 126 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph17c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd18c10 118 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph18c10 126 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.ph15c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.pd15c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.pd16c10 132 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\3blq_100176566\dataout\3blqaa.ph16c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd21c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd19c10 115 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph19c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd22c10 122 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph22c10 123 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd20c10 117 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph20c10 118 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph21c10 122 5,000 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.pd23c10 119 8,136 KB \Program Files\BOINC\projects\climateprediction.net\2vq6_100155786\dataout\2vq6aa.ph23c10 It looks pretty uniform to me...