Latest SETI@home-info.

[Rattledagger]

From two posts hidden away in the SETI@home message-board:

I haven't checked these boards since my last post and was quite surprised by the (very localized) firestorm I created with the word "forced" as in..

..soon all SETI@home users will be forced to upgrade to the new version.

Apparently I was a tad bit glib. It seems some of you were turned off by the word "forced." Fair enough - I should have said "required to upgrade to the new version if you wish to continue participating in our project." I apologize for the misleading sentiment.

By the way, we already have over 65,000 people using the new version without being forced.. I mean.. required to upgrade. Want to get a head start? See:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu

- Matt - SETI@home

The way the "grand migration" will work is this:

1. We'll get all servers in place for BOINC that we believe can handle the load
of 500,000 new users. We're talkin' various web servers, data servers,
databases, etc.. This is happening right now.

2. We'll send out a mass e-mail asking all old SETI@home users (active or
otherwise) to consider moving over to BOINC. As well, we'll post information on
the home page about transferring to BOINC. In these e-mails/posts we'll have a
clear cut-off date (probably at least a month in the future, if not two) when
SETI@home classic will stop working altogether.

3. Before turning off the old databases for SETI@home, we'll generate one final
set of stats pages which will be kept on-line indefinitely (no reason to ever
take them down - they'll take up relatively little disk space and web server
bandwidth).

Just a note about this final step. I won't promise anything, but what I would
like to do before this is take one massive sweep through all users in the
classic SETI@home database and check them for nefarious activity (i.e.
cheating). It's hard to do this effectively when the database is highly active.
But when it is quiescent I'll go to town, removing all users who show any signs
of artificially inflating their stats.

- Matt (Lebofsky)

 

[ICXRa]

Are we there yet? Are we there yet?




Thanks for the updated info Rattledagger! It does look like Seti classic will be ending soon, perhaps even in the first quarter of 2005.

 

[amdxborg]

Thanx for the info RD!

Originally posted by: Rattledagger

Just a note about this final step. I won't promise anything, but what I would
like to do before this is take one massive sweep through all users in the
classic SETI@home database and check them for nefarious activity (i.e.
cheating). It's hard to do this effectively when the database is highly active.
But when it is quiescent I'll go to town, removing all users who show any signs
of artificially inflating their stats.

- Matt (Lebofsky)

Does this mean wu form cheaters will be removed from them and their teams? This should be very interesting...:thumbsup:

 

[Assimilator1]

So what are we going to do for the S@H1 farewell party?

Thanks for the update RD

Btw I can see this deadline thing will turn into 'who will blink 1st' competiton between us & BBR ,as to when we switch to S@H2.

 

[Freewolf]

Looks like it will be a close call for the Rebel ALliance to make 300 k

 

[Wolfsraider]

I am running one for Ra and one for doc

as soon as doc reaches 10k i'll put both on the ra

Mike

ps i am still working on the site but its in place any suggestions the ra members have please feel free to pm me

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
I am running one for Ra and one for doc

as soon as doc reaches 10k i'll put both on the ra

Mike

ps i am still working on the site but its in place any suggestions the ra members have please feel free to pm me

only 48k to go and March I will have the rest of the fleet back in action so unless they end it soon we should make it.
I will read your info and get back with you soon.

 

[Wiz]

Great news!!
I really hope it happens and all the cheaters lose!!!!!!!!!

 

[RaySun2Be]

Just a note about this final step. I won't promise anything, but what I would
like to do before this is take one massive sweep through all users in the
classic SETI@home database and check them for nefarious activity (i.e.
cheating). It's hard to do this effectively when the database is highly active.
But when it is quiescent I'll go to town, removing all users who show any signs
of artificially inflating their stats.

- Matt (Lebofsky)

Good news!!!!

I hope they clear out all the users that signed up long ago and never crunched WU too!

 

[SirUlli]

Originally posted by: Wiz
Great news!!
I really hope it happens and all the cheaters lose!!!!!!!!!

i hope this also

when i look at here

hmm at the Top 10 there are a lot of ... i think, Good to clear this

Sir Ulli

 

[Wolfsraider]

pigalak is really moving in that list

it would take me 15 years to do his average daily production lol

 

[SirUlli]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
pigalak is really moving in that list

it would take me 15 years to do his average daily production lol

look at place 4 USÁMA BIN LÁDIN

60044 WUS a Day LOL LOL LOl

god that they are out at Boinc, ...

i think at the new list at Berkekey we will miss many good old Friends...

only my personally thought

Sir Ulli

 

[Rattledagger]

A small update:

Right. Of course we'll re-do the SETI classic stats snapshot and update the
respective BOINC accounts with the final numbers. Then the XML stuff should be
simple to do.

- Matt

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: SirUlli

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
pigalak is really moving in that list

it would take me 15 years to do his average daily production lol

look at place 4 USÁMA BIN LÁDIN

60044 WUS a Day LOL LOL LOl

god that they are out at Boinc, ...

i think at the new list at Berkekey we will miss many good old Friends...

only my personally thought

Sir Ulli

Lol they are really "Crunching them out"

NOT lol

 

[wischeez]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
pigalak is really moving in that list

it would take me 15 years to do his average daily production lol

Really, how many computers and what kind would it take to do 95,000 WU's a day??

 

[panhead49]

Really, how many computers and what kind would it take to do 95,000 WU's a day??

i lot of copy and pasting in seperate folders......then upload all your (duplicate) results

edit....good news to hear seti will in some way "filter" out all questionable accounts at the end....

 

[miketheidiot]

my god some of them have almost as many as all of team anandtech

 

[Wolfsraider]

well my prescott does 18 a day x 365x15= 98550

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: Rattledagger
A small update:

Right. Of course we'll re-do the SETI classic stats snapshot and update the
respective BOINC accounts with the final numbers. Then the XML stuff should be
simple to do.

- Matt

I was wondering about that ,cool

 

[dmcowen674]

This is good news for a lot of ligitimate folks to move back up to their rightful places as well. :thumbsup:

 

[Spacehead]

The way the "grand migration" will work is this:
1. We'll get all servers in place for BOINC that we believe can handle the load
of 500,000 new users. We're talkin' various web servers, data servers,
databases, etc.. This is happening right now.

2. We'll send out a mass e-mail asking all old SETI@home users (active or
otherwise) to consider moving over to BOINC. As well, we'll post information on
the home page about transferring to BOINC. In these e-mails/posts we'll have a
clear cut-off date (probably at least a month in the future, if not two) when
SETI@home classic will stop working altogether.

3. Before turning off the old databases for SETI@home, we'll generate one final
set of stats pages which will be kept on-line indefinitely (no reason to ever
take them down - they'll take up relatively little disk space and web server
bandwidth).

Just a note about this final step. I won't promise anything, but what I would
like to do before this is take one massive sweep through all users in the
classic SETI@home database and check them for nefarious activity (i.e.
cheating). It's hard to do this effectively when the database is highly active.
But when it is quiescent I'll go to town, removing all users who show any signs
of artificially inflating their stats.

- Matt

Sounds like they'll try to give us a decent amount of notice of the closing too :thumbsup:

 

[aceofspades230]

What's the deal with the Bonic account transfer process?? Will accounts after may 9, 2004 still be allowed to be transfered? I certainly hope so.