TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[theonedub]

Good job, here's to 11 million

 

[[Ion]]

Thanks
I probably won't post again until I hit 15 or 20mil or some number of results/runtime, but thanks anyways, 11mil shouldn't be too long

 

[f22a4bandit]

Congratulations on 10 million, Ion!

I'm looking at our members list, and a lot of them seem inactive. I know we can't all have a dedicated cruncher, but even just doing an hour a day would help. Oh well, to each their own!

 

[theonedub]

Added my Lenovo u450P to the team. Not bad on temps at all- sitting @ 46C Obviously it wont be 24/7, but it should get a couple hours at least most days if not more.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Congratulations on 10 million, Ion!

I'm looking at our members list, and a lot of them seem inactive. I know we can't all have a dedicated cruncher, but even just doing an hour a day would help. Oh well, to each their own!

I'm not sure how many still do this, but at one point we had over 100 threads crunching for a single member (stanhemi). He got ill and was in critical conditions so we did it sorta of a tribute to him and his dedication to crunching and the team. We haven't heard from him in at least two months now I would say so I don't know what to think no more. I know at that time lots seemed inactive including myself because all our rigs were under his account.

Here's a thread with the list updated as of the last possible update I was able to do based on what was reported, sure the list is a lot smaller now.

A note from stanhemi

I had done a google search to see if I got to it quicker and I found this. Glad it wasn't only at TPU. Shows what the distributed computing community is all about.

To honor a fellow cruncher

 

[f22a4bandit]

Oh wow, that explains a lot! I'll keep him in my prayers for sure.

 

[[Ion]]

Thank you, that will mean a lot to me

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks bro. I really wish we knew what happened, it's Been a while we don't hear from him

 

[[Ion]]

Yeah

I saw one of his posts yesterday, I thought it was recent, but then realized I was on the first page of the thread

 

[Radical_Edward]

Yeah, I hope he's doing okay.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Ughhh frustrating!

 

[[Ion]]

Very

I had some downtime on the i7 earlier, but it's back up now (I was writing a guide for FAH-SMP and needed WCG suspended)

 

[Chicken Patty]

No problem dude

 

[f22a4bandit]

I forgot that I suspended three tasks yesterday on my main rig, so I don't know how much crunching time I missed out on when I was sleeping. At least I caught it before crunching time is up.

 

[theonedub]

I installed the x86 client on my laptop instead of the x64 client updated and its running fine, didnt even loose the WUs it was working on- phew!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Lucky you, everytime I gotta reinstall I lose them

 

[[Ion]]

I installed the x86 client on my laptop instead of the x64 client updated and its running fine, didnt even loose the WUs it was working on- phew!

Nice...my experience is x64 gives about 10% better PPD (but doesn't do WUs any faster, unfortunately)

 

[theonedub]

Lucky you, everytime I gotta reinstall I lose them

That's what I thought was the case too which is why I never really update. The last update I did was during the WCG Server Malfunction since I was out of WUs. I was pretty pleased when the WUs resumed on the laptop since they were already about 3hrs in before I realized my error.

Nice...my experience is x64 gives about 10% better PPD (but doesn't do WUs any faster, unfortunately)

I always try to run 64bit software when available. Seems like there is a big lack of 64bit software though. Aside from my OS, BOINC, GIMP and maybe Office, nothing else is 64bit

 

[Chicken Patty]

Don't know if you got lucky or just did something right, but glad it worked out for you.

 

[[Ion]]

I always try to run 64bit software when available. Seems like there is a big lack of 64bit software though. Aside from my OS, BOINC, GIMP and maybe Office, nothing else is 64bit

Yeah, almost all of the programs I have are x86. IMO software creators really need to jump on the x64 ship

 

[[Ion]]

I've received the go-ahead to take my i7 to my friend's house where it should be crunching/folding 24/7

 

[Chicken Patty]

I've received the go-ahead to take my i7 to my friend's house where it should be crunching/folding 24/7

Better news I've had all day. Awesome.

 

[[Ion]]

Thanks

The best part...he offered to pay me to keep it there (I've told him he can use it whenever he wants and game on it if he so desires)
I declined that offer, I'm just so excited to have a place where I can fill it full of cards and fold/crunch it's heart out

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks

The best part...he offered to pay me to keep it there (I've told him he can use it whenever he wants and game on it if he so desires)
I declined that offer, I'm just so excited to have a place where I can fill it full of cards and fold/crunch it's heart out

You're amazing!

 

[[Ion]]

Thanks bro

My parents are probably going to be like then when they figure out that I'm letting my friend using my i7 rig that I've invested $1k+ into, but I don't care. It's purpose was to crunch & fold (srsly), they're trying to get in the way of it, so I'm finding an alternate solution.

And, really, a PhII X4 955 & a GTS250 will be plenty for daily use