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Number crunching :
Latest BOINC Client Development Status
(Message 57146)
Posted 20 Oct 2017 by  astroWX
Post: Put it on my laptop two days ago and it is running okay. Will upgrade my desktops as eyesight permits. (I hope it solves the strange [unrecoverable] lockups experienced a few times recently.) |
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News :
Welcome to the News message board!
(Message 57145)
Posted 20 Oct 2017 by astroWX
Post: From Andy at CPDN staff: To comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, we are required to only keep personal data for as long as it is absolutely necessary. We will therefore only keep records of inactive volunteers for three years from now on. Initially any records inactive since 2014 or before that date will be removed. We will continue to remove records that have been inactive for three years or more on an ongoing basis. Therefore anyone who signed up prior to this and has been inactive for over three years but wishes to renew their engagement will need to set up a new account. If you have been inactive for the last couple of years and wish us to retain your email and username, please reactivate your account as soon as possible. Project credits from these accounts will be retained but will no longer be linked to an email address or username. Current, active, volunteers, or those who have been active in the last three years, will not be affected by this policy. |
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climateprediction.net Science :
The Sky is Falling
(Message 57106)
Posted 11 Oct 2017 by astroWX
Post: Fires burning North, South, East and West of my home. Just had town 5 miles away given advisory evacuation notice which means get out but not forced. I'm trying to figure out where to go. Have sprinklers watering roof - damp house maybe less likely to burn. There is no way out. Literally. All roads closed. Times like these put life into perspective. You have it! Best of luck to you and all affected. |
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New work Discussion
(Message 57092)
Posted 10 Oct 2017 by astroWX
Post: Bernard, Beta is no longer the test-mode. A new mechanism is used and it seems to be an amalgam of Alpha and Beta. Linux is represented among testers. Thanks for the offer. |
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Windows :
Work units completed, but no trickles or points awarded.
(Message 57057)
Posted 5 Oct 2017 by astroWX
Post: It always works out eventually. Patience, it is said, is a virtue. Patience, please. |
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climateprediction.net Science :
Climate change in the News
(Message 56798)
Posted 7 Sep 2017 by astroWX
Post: Article in The Guardian co-authored by Miles Allen (father of CPDN project): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/big-oil-must-pay-for-climate-change-here-is-how-to-calculate-how-much It is possible for scientific evidence to help apportion responsibility for climate damages among fossil fuel producers. Our paper shows how |
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Validation Pending
(Message 56784)
Posted 4 Sep 2017 by astroWX
Post: Building on JIM's post, which is spot-on: CPDN tasks are validated - with scientific algorithms. You can rest assured that scientists submitting work to CPDN are interested in reliable results. After all, numerous peer-reviewed papers have been published based upon our work (theirs and ours). |
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Credit Status
(Message 56759)
Posted 1 Sep 2017 by astroWX
Post: Staff replied to my message of late yesterday. The script has not been changed and was manually started before the message to me. It runs a long time and I won't know when it finishes -- (in recent weeks my machines ran, and continue to run, CPDN development work, for which we receive no boinc credit...) You'll know when you find your credit adjustment posted in your account. Hang in with us. It is the science that matters, not credit, eh? |
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Credit Status
(Message 56732)
Posted 27 Aug 2017 by astroWX
Post: . . . A few of us lurk in the wings, but can't do anything about the problem except send another message to staff -- which I will do. As to more-frequent runs: It used to be done but, given that CPDN uses its own credit technique and the script now takes so long to run, there are not enough hours in a day ... |
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Getting started :
Is more tasks better?
(Message 56724)
Posted 23 Aug 2017 by astroWX
Post: Johan, For what it's worth, my i7-4790 running four real and one of four hyper-threads, the machine runs similar CPDN tasks slower than my slower-rated i5-4670. When the i7 was new, it was tested adding another hyper-thread "cpu" per test. Each additional "cpu" took a larger bite from processing rate than its preceding test -- an obvious non-linear curve when plotted. |
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Cafe CPDN :
Rebuilt Dell Laptop
(Message 56664)
Posted 9 Aug 2017 by astroWX
Post: Welcome aboard! Operating System Linux 4.4.0-64-generic Does that distro include 32-bit libraries? (They are required to run CPDN.) See this post. (It is part of a long Thread on running on 64-bit Linux.) http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=8008&postid=56025#56025 Best of luck. |
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climateprediction.net Science :
Removal of GUI Model?
(Message 56597)
Posted 29 Jul 2017 by astroWX
Post: We requested it and staff has it listed "to do" but there are many higher priority jobs to do first. (I'd like to see it restored, too.) |
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climateprediction.net Science :
Sending work units to "World community Grid"...
(Message 56596)
Posted 29 Jul 2017 by astroWX
Post: If memory serves, WCG has a 10-hour time limit on task length. That's a bit of a problem for CPDN. |
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Windows :
Not getting any new work units
(Message 56507)
Posted 11 Jul 2017 by astroWX
Post: We bring it up to staff from time to time. 'Graphics' is not a dead subject but we must wait for priority to float to the top. Unknown future. |
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Unix/Linux :
transient HTTP error + Peer certificate cannot be authenticated
(Message 56492)
Posted 30 Jun 2017 by astroWX
Post: Machine has boinc version 6.10.56, which doesn't play well with "https". Upgrade to current boinc v.7 and all should be okay -- except that no work is currently available. Please check that 32-bit libs are installed. |
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News :
Welcome to the News message board!
(Message 56191)
Posted 10 May 2017 by astroWX
Post: Latest on current University-wide IT maintenance. From CPDN staff: Hi All, |
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MORE FAILED DOWNLOADS
(Message 56190)
Posted 10 May 2017 by astroWX
Post: The maintenance is larger than CPDN. It involves U.Oxford IT. Latest from CPDN staff: Hi All, |
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Windows :
Not getting any new work units
(Message 56186)
Posted 10 May 2017 by astroWX
Post: First -- Don't keep clicking 'update'. All that gets you is a refreshed backoff period, as you noticed. Second -- no one is getting new work at the this time (except stray reissues of failed tasks). There is a chance there will be at least one new batch after Wednesday's maintenance. Welcome to the boards and we hope you continue your support. |
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Macintosh :
What Mac are you using?
(Message 56061)
Posted 13 Apr 2017 by astroWX
Post: Hi, Joe, Your machine has a large SSD. My understanding is that SSDs have a limited write-life -- and CPDN tasks write a lot of data to 'disk' over the course of a run. Perhaps the SSD's manufacturer has online technical data indicating write-life for your machine's unit. Other participants' experience with SSDs invited. |
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Unix/Linux :
*** Running 32bit CPDN from 64bit Linux - Discussion ***
(Message 56043)
Posted 12 Apr 2017 by astroWX
Post: Thanks, Les and Dave. It seems' geophi's "sudo" one-liner is the best statement toward a solution -- if only the serial-crashers read the boards. 'Tis a pity it isn't done server side ... |
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