Please move distributed computing discussions to comp.distributed

As a friendly suggestion, please move discussions about distributed computing
projects and clients (and the BOINC aspects of BOINC-based SETI@home) to the
comp.distributed newsgroup. You'll make the comp.distributed people happy by
giving their newsgroup more (and appropriate) traffic, and you'll make the
SETI purists here happy by not mentioning the word "BOINC" :-) Thanks!

--
Kirk Pearson, editor of Internet-based Distributed Computing Projects
http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/
Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug. -- John Lithgow

Kirk Pearson wrote:
As a friendly suggestion, please move discussions about distributed
computing projects and clients (and the BOINC aspects of BOINC-based
SETI@home) to the comp.distributed newsgroup. You'll make the
comp.distributed people happy by giving their newsgroup more (and
appropriate) traffic, and you'll make the SETI purists here happy by
not mentioning the word "BOINC" :-) Thanks!


Oh? Are there many SETI-purists who object to BOINC?

John Donson wrote:
Kirk Pearson wrote:
As a friendly suggestion, please move discussions about distributed
computing projects and clients (and the BOINC aspects of BOINC-based
SETI@home) to the comp.distributed newsgroup. You'll make the
comp.distributed people happy by giving their newsgroup more (and
appropriate) traffic, and you'll make the SETI purists here happy by
not mentioning the word "BOINC" :-) Thanks!


Oh? Are there many SETI-purists who object to BOINC?

If there are they're a dying breed. Or will be soon.

Kirk, stupid request mate. SETI is moving to BOINC, therefore BOINC-based
SETI@home is on-topic for these newsgroups buddy. You want these NGs to die
in a few months when SETI classic is turned off?

Evolve or die.
--
~misfit~

~misfit~ wrote:
[...]
Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

(;-))
Martin


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Martin 53N 1W wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
[...]
Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the last 10
days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days when I thought
"Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on everything I have,
24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about farming. Might have to shut
down a few PCs and go back to just using 'spare cycles' on my main machine,
when it's switched on.
--
~misfit~

~misfit~ wrote:
Martin 53N 1W wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
[...]
Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the
last 10 days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days
when I thought "Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on
everything I have, 24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about
farming. Might have to shut down a few PCs and go back to just using
'spare cycles' on my main machine, when it's switched on.

I do not wish to intrude or something, but you got me cuirious as to the
hight of your bill. How much is it?

~misfit~ wrote:
Martin 53N 1W wrote:

~misfit~ wrote:
[...]

Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the last 10
days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days when I thought
"Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on everything I have,
24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about farming. Might have to shut
down a few PCs and go back to just using 'spare cycles' on my main machine,
when it's switched on.

At 24/7 you are not temperature cycling your computer which should
extend its life.

As to cost, you cannot be drawing more than the wattage of your
computers power supply, probably closer to half unless you have four
hard drives and peripherals drawing power.

200 Watts X 24 hours = 4.8 KW-HR X cost per kw-hr

For me $US 0.43 per day, about $US13 a month for a no other use
computer. Subtract normal usage time.

A small price to help ET find a friend in this lonely universe.

--
With Moore's movie now showing even a surrender and public
apology by bin Laden couldn't get Bush re-elected.
-- The Iron Webmaster, 3209

~misfit~ wrote:
Martin 53N 1W wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
[...]
Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the
last 10 days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days
when I thought "Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on
everything I have, 24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about
farming. Might have to shut down a few PCs and go back to just using
'spare cycles' on my main machine, when it's switched on.

I do not wish to intrude or something, but you got me cuirious as to the
hight of your bill. How much is it?

~misfit~ wrote:
Martin 53N 1W wrote:

~misfit~ wrote:
[...]

Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the last 10
days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days when I thought
"Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on everything I have,
24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about farming. Might have to shut
down a few PCs and go back to just using 'spare cycles' on my main machine,
when it's switched on.

At 24/7 you are not temperature cycling your computer which should
extend its life.

As to cost, you cannot be drawing more than the wattage of your
computers power supply, probably closer to half unless you have four
hard drives and peripherals drawing power.

200 Watts X 24 hours = 4.8 KW-HR X cost per kw-hr

For me $US 0.43 per day, about $US13 a month for a no other use
computer. Subtract normal usage time.

A small price to help ET find a friend in this lonely universe.

--
With Moore's movie now showing even a surrender and public
apology by bin Laden couldn't get Bush re-elected.
-- The Iron Webmaster, 3209

Martin 53N 1W wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
[...]
Evolve or die.

Hopefully there's been a lot of positive BOINC evolution recently!

Hopefully. I can't upload, can't download and have lost about the last 10
days worth if credit. (Which just happened to be 10 days when I thought
"Damn the electricity bill!" and had BOINC running on everything I have,
24/7). I'm beginning to seriously wonder about farming. Might have to shut
down a few PCs and go back to just using 'spare cycles' on my main machine,
when it's switched on.
--
~misfit~