Earth to steve

TC · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: Earth to steve

where did you go Yellow Confused

vato · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

Rate reduction is just project queues being refilled - there are a whole load of dropped tests and stuff that need tidying up, and those lower N values give a lower CEM/s (showing that the scoring mechanism is fuxored). It'll be back to normal shortly - my guess is ~11 days - and it'll creep upwards up until that point anyway.

vato · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

Ok - now I see the *BIG* drop that you were *actually* talking about!

Yes - come back Steve - all will be forgiven - even the stuff you haven't done yet!

Sloth · Earning respect Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 82

Not sure if it is related but there was a problem with second pass running out of work for a week and stuff finally getting sorted out. That was a few days ago though that they fixed things. If it was a lack of work that caused his drop then that should be old news by now.

S.

TC · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

So sloth you want to crunch some SoB for us Mr. Green

good to see you here too Very Happy

vato · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

Looks like Steve is back in action - lower rate due to the error-checking run - at least it looks like only ~8 days to finish that and get back to normal.

TC · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

Dam you steve are you trying to make me gray oh wait a min its to late eeeeek

goobee · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:

**Fixed**

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Sloth · Earning respect Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 82

vato · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:11 am Post subject:

you doing PSP PRP native, or under PrimeGrid?

BTW There's a beta SoB client for Linux that reports to the server less often - more cycles for crunching, less hanging on server/net troubles and less load on the server too - see http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13404

Sloth · Earning respect Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 82

vato · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

Heh - they did notice.

I looked at doing PSP, and it all looked too manual for my liking so I starting bashing PrimeGrid instead. Small WUs suit some of my boxes, so I'm mainly doing TPS - at least there's some likelihood of finding something, even if it won't stay in the top 5000 list for very long: http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=84103

Sloth · Earning respect Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 82

Trying to get access to their forums to give them some crap but their signup process is slow. I just like how the thread has the guy complaining about the process of getting set up and yet it is the same thing on their board.

The LLR side of the project is very hands off - well there are 2 LLR clients and 1 is hands off. This is the one I am using since there is no way I want to baby sit a bunch of systems. The non-network version uses a newer client that is a bit faster but that gets into reserving ranges and submitting them when done. I am lazy and look for the low maintenance projects - guess there is more to the Sloth nickname hmmmmmm
Sieve is not automatic so you have to maintain all the communications your self. You can do large enough blocks so you only have to do it once a month though.
And as mentioned there is now PrimeGrid doing this stuff too so you can use a BOINC client and sit back and do nothing. LLRnet is as easy as PrimeGrid so that is the route I am going while making this run at #1.

S.

vato · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:55 am Post subject:

That sounds fine - is slightly odd that way that PrimeGrid gets BOINC points but still participates in PSP LLR and PSP Sieve (and is the #1 user I believe)

Good luck in your run for the top!