TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[garyinhere]

He was saying there is no one reason he is adding other than the fact that he enjoys to continue to add to the WCG effort. If he has to cycle (as in ride a bike) or eat less junk food to build another rig- so be it. KieX

It must be exciting to get 20 duals added to one's 'farm', but I haven't seen the top members with their own personal farms post up so much about their contributions, broski.

it should be considered a farm if one maintains it himself and procures it himself... i'm all about getting as many computers on wcg as possible but maybe it should be put under the school's name on the tpu team?

 

[theonedub]

it should be considered a farm if one maintains it himself and procures it himself... i'm all about getting as many computers on wcg as possible but maybe it should be put under the school's name on the tpu team?

I don't want to touch that, but I hear what you're saying Im glad the computers were added to the WCG effort, and am happy they went on to our team

 

[garyinhere]

I don't want to touch that, but I hear what you're saying Im glad the computers were added to the WCG effort, and am happy they went on to our team

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!
It's like playing a game on a level field!

 

[(FIH) The Don]

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!
It's like playing a game on a level field!

and now comes the big question,,,,would YOU or anyone else put it under their own name

i know i would, i'll admit id like 20+ c2ds under my name too

 

[garyinhere]

and now comes the big question,,,,would YOU or anyone else put it under their own name

i know i would, i'll admit id like 20+ c2ds under my name too

No i wouldn't i would give the school or organization that is donating it the credit!

 

[theonedub]

Yeah it makes it tough, but there's no real competition here Just keep doing what you're doing (you've been doing a particularly great job lately, Gary )

 

[KieX]

He was saying there is no one reason he is adding other than the fact that he enjoys to continue to add to the WCG effort. If he has to cycle (as in ride a bike) or eat less junk food to build another rig- so be it. KieX

It must be exciting to get 20 duals added to one's 'farm', but I haven't seen the top members with their own personal farms post up so much about their contributions, broski.

Thanks for translating I get quite bad at expressing myself when I stay up late.

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!
It's like playing a game on a level field!

Know what you mean. But I don't feel strongly for or against that. Those rigs are up because he sought after getting the permission to do so and his time to get them setup, so he does have some justification in using them under his name. It is also true though that it's the locale paying the electricity and upkeep and has it's right to use it's name (but it would be easier to keep him from overtaking me).

I'll leave that to his call, because I don't think either choice is particulary more "right" than the other.

 

[garyinhere]

Yeah it makes it tough, but there's no real competition here Just keep doing what you're doing (you've been doing a particularly great job lately, Gary )

I view as a friendly competition between friends to help motivate each other to be more productive! I KNOW their are people on our team that i can never catch up too... but it motivates me and i think others too, to try harder... if not why are we implementing the stars?

 

[garyinhere]

I'll leave that to his call, because I don't think either choice is particulary more "right" than the other.

either way i consider him a bud this wasn't about bashing him... i am just for some common standards that we can all compete fairly!

 

[mjkmike]

My Farm fits on my desk, but give Ion a little slack. What he has done is great and if he wants to toot his own horn great for him.

 

[KieX]

either way i consider him a bud this wasn't about bashing him... i am just for some common standards that we can all compete fairly!

Yup, understand what you mean.

 

[garyinhere]

Now don't you guy's start thinking i'm an a$$hole lol... i just wanted to bring up a topic about crunching that was bothering me that's all... hell i give away all that i can to help a fellow cruncher!

 

[theonedub]

I view as a friendly competition between friends to help motivate each other to be more productive! I KNOW their are people on our team that i can never catch up too... but it motivates me and i think others too, to try harder... if not why are we implementing the stars?

Exactly, its just a friendly competition. The stars make it easier to keep track

Ion put in the effort, and really wants those badges (at least from what I deduce from his posts) so I say let him do what he wants. I was a little tired of 8+ updates/day about them though, humble pie time?

 

[[Ion]]

They get billed for elec on a fixed rate, so this costs them nothing

I think it's reasonable to have them under my name, I went to the trouble to seek out permission and to get them all going. Without this, they'd all just be sitting idle.

And I'm 16 and normally I'd have no way of getting great PPD. My sig rig can only run part-time due to power usage, and everything else I have going is relatively slow.

I think it's fair that I should get the credit from them, although I can certainly stop mentioning it as much. I've just been hyper-excited, sorry

 

[KieX]

Now don't you guy's start thinking i'm an a$$hole lol... i just wanted to bring up a topic about crunching that was bothering me that's all... hell i give away all that i can to help a fellow cruncher!

Honestly, your own dedication I think makes you a very deserved winner of that contest we had a while back. You have my respect for putting so much into it even when you have a great family to take care of.

 

[garyinhere]

They get billed for elec on a fixed rate, so this costs them nothing

I think it's reasonable to have them under my name, I went to the trouble to seek out permission and to get them all going. Without this, they'd all just be sitting idle.

And I'm 16 and normally I'd have no way of getting great PPD. My sig rig can only run part-time due to power usage, and everything else I have going is relatively slow.

I think it's fair that I should get the credit from them, although I can certainly stop mentioning it as much. I've just been hyper-excited, sorry

like i said i consider you a buddy and wasn't bashing you at all... you did take the time to get them running and it is your call what name they go under.

 

[[Ion]]

like i said i consider you a buddy and wasn't bashing you at all... you did take the time to get them running and it is your call what name they go under.

Oh, I understand that you guys weren't bashing me, no offence taken, I just wanted to explain my position

 

[mjkmike]

@ Ion any tips on how to get the western canada lottery corp to put there rigs under my name. My sis is a big dog there and has much pull.
I'm not kidding

 

[[Ion]]

Maybe tell them about what WCG is and what it does, and how they could help? That would be very cool

 

[Chicken Patty]

12K for the 5 star badge? You catching me up? Daily pie? Meh, I will take any excuse to add computers to the WCG effort. It's something I really care about so I'm happy to put whatever I can into it. And if as a result I force myself to cycle and eat a little bit less junk food as a result... I'm sure it'll be better for my health

Sounds reasonable to me, maybe I should start making WCG the cause of my diet. Sell my car and with the money I'll buy some rigs. Then just walk to and from work. Then I'll just waste all my money on upgrades so then I have to live of Ramen Noodles LOL.




As far as ION, he is 16 and at that age it's hard to work or work at a job that pays good money. I really appreciate what the kid is doing here and all the trouble he's going throuh to raise his and our output. I do understand what each and everyone of you is saying. You think I don't see that and say, shit!! I gotta spend like 3k in rigs to match that output while he's getting it for free. But it is what it is, he has the way to do it then why not? Whether his name or not, it's under TPU and it's for the same cause. So having said that, here's to ION and his "kinda his" farm

Plus, all the trouble with his parents to have the rigs crunching and buy cards for folding? He's been kicked out of his house like ten times already because of that, gotta cut him some slack you know.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

if i could get my school to crunch for me i would have ~50 AII X2's crunching for me.That would be a hell of nice output since they run nearly 24/7. I don't see any chance of getting them to do it.

 

[hat]

I think it's great that people are harnessing the untold power of dozens of PCs sitting around in an office, but I'm not sure I could handle that. I would imagine if something went wrong with one of the PCs, they would be inclined to blame WCG—AKA you.

 

[scaminatrix]

You are stopping?

Na, just a quick bit of fund-juggling then I'll be back. Not as bad as I thought, only an extra £10 GBP a week on the electric.

 

[[Ion]]

Net access has indeed gone out at 5 AM Sunday. It's back, all of the rigs should be reporting between 1 and 2 days of work each now

1 system was off, but all of the others were just sitting idle

 

[Chicken Patty]

I think it's great that people are harnessing the untold power of dozens of PCs sitting around in an office, but I'm not sure I could handle that. I would imagine if something went wrong with one of the PCs, they would be inclined to blame WCG—AKA you.

Yeah, that's one thing most people would probably so:

Na, just a quick bit of fund-juggling then I'll be back. Not as bad as I thought, only an extra £10 GBP a week on the electric.

Ah ok, well hope to see you back soon!

Net access has indeed gone out at 5 AM Sunday. It's back, all of the rigs should be reporting between 1 and 2 days of work each now

1 system was off, but all of the others were just sitting idle

Good news! Today should be good.