Latest News, Technical News, SETI@home daily User-stats and Team-stats for 27.06.2008.

[Rattledagger]

Latest news:

June 25, 2008
We swapped servers around this morning (in preparation of future upgrades) - you may be experiencing temporarily difficulty connecting to our data servers. Stopping/restarting your BOINC client may help.

Technical news:

Thursday Thunder (Jun 26 2008)

The new scheduler continues to be handling its new duties just fine. Slowly but surely people are moving their connections over to this new server, but I'm not convinced the change rate is fast enough to do a whole sale cutover by next week. We shall see.

Funny aside: while getting new-ish donated server "clarke" up yesterday I was annoyed to find that Fedora Core 9 was booting to run level 5 (where it loads the X windowing environment). We don't need X on these servers, so we typically set our servers to boot to run level 3 via a change in /etc/inittab. In doing so, I'd comment out the old line with a "#" and enter in a new line with the adjusted run level. It was still booting up in X. Why? Turns out the latest inittab parser (new with FC9, I guess) ignores "#" comments in inittab, and just looks for lines containing the string "initdefault" and parses the first one it finds. Since I left the old line in there commented out (or so I thought) it was superseding the line I wanted. So much for standards (and clear documentation stating when/how standards change).

Nitpicker weirdness: While finally getting around to testing the few optimizations I made to Jeff's code I found that multiple runs of the nitpicker on the same pixel were producing slightly different results each time. We believe this is due to the order which the database pulls out rows - unless requested otherwise databases generally pull things out in random order, i.e. the order which requires the least I/O at that exact point in time (mostly due to page caching or where the many drive arms are currently located in our RAID set). Sorting query output adds significant (and usually unnecessary) overhead. But there are a lot of "fuzzy compares" in the nitpicker (due to floating point computations on different chips you can't expect decimal values to be "exactly exact"). When two items are close enough to be called "duplicates" you only need one, but which one you pick may cause different results down the road. So Jeff is elbow deep in this problem right now.

Apropos of nothing, the entire northern half of state of California is on fire. The smoke ending up here in the Bay Area is intense. I feel like I'm smoking a couple packs a day just walking around outside. I can smell it sitting here at my desk.

- Matt

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______585.451.208____1.367.803____1.107.387______impossible______SETI.USA
02______427.578.214______688.705______699.508______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______189.937.293______261.274______273.925______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______131.421.462_______-6.923_______-2.751_____47.772 days______BOINC Synergy
05______122.249.938______-37.739______-20.221______6.046 days______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
06______115.478.238_______19.055_______30.733______impossible______Czech National Team
07______112.075.921_______65.148_______71.383______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
08______111.327.776______186.223______179.681______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
09_______62.547.662______130.962______144.615______impossible______Overclockers.com
10_______39.044.289_____-155.070_____-125.542________311 days______Team Art Bell
11_______36.801.047______-11.930______-17.407______2.114 days______Team 2ch
12_______34.055.631_____-113.371______-87.030________391 days______Team MacNN
13_______32.295.370_____-104.473______-86.699________372 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
14_______28.502.683______-53.007______-56.427________505 days______The Planetary Society
15________5.747.210______-62.516______-53.816________107 days______Team China
16________4.738.893________9.803_______11.114______impossible______Team Starfire World BOINC
17________4.067.891_______33.355_______-3.761______1.082 days______SETI@Taiwan
18________1.132.188_____-256.004_____-225.974__________5 days______BOINC.Italy
19______112.182.840______378.204______344.990______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
20_______-1.564.960_____-236.965_____-193.617______impossible______Ars Technica
21______-10.563.852_____-166.672_____-150.629______impossible______Phoenix Rising
22______-17.483.184_____-243.313_____-226.715______impossible______Universe Examiners
23______-20.282.505_____-134.516_____-117.022______impossible______Canada
24______-24.172.086______-43.673______-49.316______impossible______US NAVY
25______-28.222.763_____-158.643_____-151.663______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
26______-29.355.202_____-168.722_____-136.414______impossible______UK BOINC Team
27______-29.446.757_____-171.031_____-160.347______impossible______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
28______-30.684.766______-52.720______-54.270______impossible______U.S.Air Force
29______-31.156.715_____-119.332_____-116.637______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
30______-31.870.526_____-117.148_____-159.283______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
31______-34.964.992_____-146.479_____-121.573______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
32______-37.733.023_____-178.340_____-171.049______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
33______-39.685.012_____-202.823_____-188.030______impossible______Team NIPPON
34______-41.488.786_____-305.068_____-274.664______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
35______-43.855.714_____-198.192_____-176.226______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
36______-44.526.479_____-252.402_____-217.170______impossible______Hungary
37______-45.330.054_____-283.203_____-256.673______impossible______Team MacAddict
38______-52.190.648_____-118.521_____-112.035______impossible______BOINC@Poland
39______-52.382.578_____-261.716_____-237.896______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
40______-54.376.103_____-310.656_____-279.486______impossible______2CPU.com
41______-56.809.611_____-284.839_____-252.610______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
42______-57.155.963_____-276.735_____-250.421______impossible______SETI.hr
43______-58.851.231_____-287.973_____-258.128______impossible______Portugal@Home
44______-58.999.241_____-170.230_____-152.602______impossible______Elite Games
45______-62.767.684_____-284.836_____-259.624______impossible______BOINC.SK
46______-63.682.692_____-288.860_____-259.454______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
47______-64.150.881_____-274.728_____-252.090______impossible______BOINC.BE
48______-65.046.174_____-305.110_____-277.674______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC
49______-65.251.639_____-291.003_____-260.937______impossible______Team EDGE
50______-65.354.423_____-341.958_____-301.591______impossible______Boone Community School District - Iowa


Appart for Anandtech's stats, it shows how much more/less than Anandtech.
Also shows based on Average Work Done how many days for Anandtech to overtake the team, or be overtaken by a team behind...


000______________Credit________Total_____ 
#00_____Pos._____/day__________credit_______User Name
001_____001_____69.705______8.080.585_____dajeepster
002_____005_____58.100______4.819.331_____Todd Hebert
003_____002_____39.399______8.076.460_____keeleysam
004_____009_____26.175______2.610.826_____Bryan Wallace
005_____004_____11.169______4.850.231_____baxsie
006_____003_____10.089______5.973.224_____cory e
007_____029_____10.009________701.280_____tonyhams
008_____016______9.477______1.454.371_____RussianSensation
009_____022______9.258______1.129.391_____TeAm Enterprise
010_____019______7.266______1.223.337_____Lane42
011_____015______6.907______1.621.384_____Arlen - Team AnandTech
012_____008______6.724______2.728.243_____Astro-AL
013_____024______5.880______1.006.857_____WhoKnows
014_____057______5.314________351.479_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech
015_____030______5.128________690.199_____Yooshaw
016_____011______4.661______2.377.887_____Alan J. Simpson
017_____025______4.408________951.047_____Chris S
018_____028______4.243________731.498_____Splotto
019_____056______4.039________368.657_____Wiz
020_____023______3.974______1.055.445_____Jack Whitmire
021_____017______3.836______1.297.696_____mk
022_____072______2.521________257.886_____Alyx
023_____037______2.496________639.898_____Wayne S
024_____031______2.227________689.508_____Spongebob_fan
025_____013______1.972______2.148.484_____nova
026_____034______1.897________655.852_____QuietDad
027_____111______1.886________136.315_____kwhited
028_____014______1.731______2.056.234_____petrusbroder
029_____040______1.642________598.111_____Voodoo
030_____006______1.639______4.669.897_____TenaciousT - Huntsville, AL
031_____007______1.586______4.266.086_____Ace
032_____125______1.311________112.802_____Romulanmale
033_____077______1.270________240.813_____CheesePoofs
034_____035______1.262________643.333_____Niege
035_____073______1.260________256.081_____jlaine
036_____379______1.194_________10.985_____startz,august
037_____342______1.140_________15.502_____Hurakan
038_____026______1.105________937.549_____CraigRT
039_____050______1.105________429.005_____groundedsailor
040_____068______1.071________282.811_____freakyfragiles
041_____062______1.065________311.297_____Steve
042_____033______1.041________660.087_____Chris Buchach
043_____093______1.021________189.127_____chusteczka
044_____051________999________426.181_____RedFish
045_____117________944________125.361_____McCormick
046_____059________893________326.614_____JCA
047_____203________881_________52.170_____DrKicker
048_____055________865________380.905_____rlame
049_____151________820_________93.406_____Arvind
050_____096________819________182.351_____hymy
051_____047________809________470.440_____Boosted Def
052_____080________751________233.709_____Zim Hosein
053_____263________676_________28.919_____Beets
054_____012________675______2.312.959_____del Sol
055_____152________667_________91.295_____Heath (YodaBoy)
056_____381________641_________10.738_____Sickle 584th
057_____292________639_________23.202_____Kyle
058_____066________617________291.413_____iamwiz82
059_____064________597________302.864_____Alpha Psi
060_____401________595__________8.991_____Jarmonk
061_____126________588________111.378_____Thunder
062_____109________585________146.811_____Webmonkey
063_____079________560________238.560_____Jason
064_____071________542________261.217_____Patrick Van Uffelen
065_____100________540________165.512_____cryhavoc
066_____334________540_________16.757_____linuxidiot
067_____192________506_________57.873_____jta-seti
068_____179________482_________69.973_____mike
069_____153________455_________88.286_____asim
070_____078________424________239.758_____panhead49
071_____070________405________264.392_____bountyhunterxl
072_____081________382________233.384_____Viperoni
073_____042________376________588.784_____Fee
074_____074________365________250.496_____Daniel Schulken
075_____139________345________100.984_____Shelgeyr
076_____167________325_________77.786_____rleach2
077_____301________320_________21.165_____Dan Clark
078_____149________318_________94.809_____liquidsun
079_____127________313________110.571_____theguru
080_____348________295_________14.604_____elyptyk
081_____046________289________502.023_____LANMAN
082_____082________284________228.574_____SilverHair
083_____215________278_________44.649_____DMuns
084_____021________276______1.204.039_____plasma
085_____061________269________311.634_____RoHo (Apple G5 dual 2.3)
086_____318________266_________19.495_____Zorian
087_____097________258________179.597_____ElFenix
088_____225________258_________39.971_____fredlight
089_____087________254________214.783_____aftp
090_____184________250_________62.541_____Vendetta
091_____063________245________304.475_____bsauerbr
092_____281________212_________25.426_____cyost91
093_____399________205__________9.582_____CB0159
094_____546________202__________1.688_____Sabreguy
095_____465________200__________4.409_____sciencewhiz
096_____222________198_________41.024_____Evadman
097_____083________196________221.555_____minendo
098_____104________193________156.952_____caddlad
099_____146________190_________97.032_____Vindum
100_____155________187_________86.537_____serialb
101_____099________175________172.872_____Soni
102_____036________174________640.911_____matchbook
103_____141________173_________99.678_____aka1nas
104_____089________172________205.255_____Swanny
105_____265________166_________28.579_____amish
106_____268________165_________28.218_____666
107_____373________154_________11.615_____Tom Pounds
108_____182________153_________64.489_____Jake
109_____314________151_________19.808_____freeloader
110_____175________149_________71.448_____GhettoFob
111_____425________148__________7.258_____engineereeyore
112_____481________148__________3.788_____filibusterman
113_____305________144_________20.770_____SSchatz1
114_____132________128________106.050_____Mortimer
115_____044________120________520.673_____Pokey
116_____511________118__________2.554_____cherub
117_____043________115________575.526_____Rich Hisgen
118_____114________105________132.843_____Jesper Sorensen
119_____052________104________419.926_____DimensionX
120_____157________104_________85.925_____Akim.NET
121_____076________102________243.151_____Soggy
122_____176________102_________71.289_____David Settlemoir
123_____580________101____________945_____sduguid
124_____317_________93_________19.561_____Dougal
125_____092_________76________191.573_____mnelsonx
126_____091_________74________194.438_____vulcan800
127_____384_________74_________10.634_____MooCow
128_____386_________74_________10.525_____Chad Green
129_____231_________70_________37.747_____Ken_g6 - Team Anandtech
130_____249_________70_________33.333_____Lonestar
131_____200_________69_________53.134_____Dave Graham
132_____496_________64__________3.194_____Jeffe19007
133_____032_________62________664.653_____Hellburner
134_____147_________53_________95.295_____Cheex
135_____289_________53_________23.762_____Todd Willet
136_____103_________51________161.599_____zordz
137_____242_________51_________34.028_____Cydd
138_____279_________51_________25.824_____THE TERMINATOR
139_____343_________51_________15.484_____fated.designs
140_____454_________51__________4.843_____kjunesh
141_____178_________33_________70.149_____Raymond
142_____191_________19_________58.478_____benedict

 

[Alyx]

Thanks for the stats!

 

[Assimilator1]

A good day for the team & a good day for me .

014_____057______5.314________351.479_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech

 

[bryanW1995]

I hadn't heard about cali burning...scary...

 

[Wiz]

019_____056______4.039________368.657_____Wiz

WTH???

Gotta go & check my fleet & see who is doing this???

 

[Alyx]

Yeah it is scary. I guess Northern CA where my folks live got a lot of fires from thunderstorms. Each county is listing the numbers in the hundreds of separate fires. My parents live up here, luckily a long way from any fires but its still scary. I've also got a couple friends out fighting fires right now.

In the bay area quite a few fires are in the Santa Cruz area, I heard some idiot was driving around throwing fire crackers into brush, starting around a dozen fires there. I've got a friend who is the director for a kids camp there, last Friday he had to stay till around 10PM waiting for parents to come because all the major highways were closed from the fires.

It'll be a long summer here.

 

[Zim Hosein]

052_____080________751________233.709_____Zim Hosein

Thanks for the SETI@home daily User-stats, Team-stats & Tech News Rattledagger! :beer:

 

[Assimilator1]

That's a helluva lot of fires!:Q

Wiz
I think a lot of us got a stats bump today.