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biodoc

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Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Originally posted by: biodoc

(quote edited by petrusbroder)

The only issue I have with these 2 graduate students is they seem to be on vacation!!

Nathan (astronomer) 19 days since last post
Travis (computer science) 45 days since last post

Give me a break...you should not be taking a vacation when you are in graduate school!!:laugh:

If you do...dial in and answer the questions on the message board in the morning and then head to the beach for the rest of the day!!

:beer:

I agree. I have just now three graduate students. None of them is allowed vacations - only study time off site :shocked: .
If on the beach or in the mountains, check the e-mail at least once every second day. :roll:
If on the beach or after climbing the mountains, read at least one full (scientific) paper a day. :p
Report (at least 400 words) in my e-mail every second day (when they check in ...). That way I do not have to read those papers. :evil:

OTOH: All my graduate students (6 up to date) have got their degrees ahead of time; three of them are professors themselves now, all six are self supportive ... :thumbsup:





Just so you all know: :D a vacation is a period of time you are not allowed to do the work you enjoy. :laugh:

:laugh::laugh:

You're an excellent thesis advisor petrusbroder!!:beer::thumbsup:

EDIT: Congrats to alyx for 600K milestone!:beer:

Fardringle: sounds like you'll have those 2 new comps up in running soon! Maybe you should order quads for your client!;)
 

petrusbroder

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Here is a stats update:

___ Date _____ Position _____ Credits ______ Production ____ Change
________________________ in August ______ in August ___ in position
July 31, 2008 ____ 57 ______ 341 090 _____ _______ 0 ________ 0
Aug 01, 2008 ____ 51 ______ 422 983 ________ 81 893 ________ 6
Aug 02, 2008 ____ 45 ______ 546 170 _______ 205 080 _______ 12
Aug 03, 2008 ____ 41 ______ 670 075 _______ 247 092 _______ 16
Aug 04, 2008 ____ 35 ______ 814 123 _______ 473 033 _______ 22
Aug 05, 2008 ____ 33 ______ 947 125 _______ 606 035 _______ 24
Aug 06, 2008 ____ 31 __ __ 1 085 319 _______ 744 229 _______ 26
Aug 07, 2008 ____ 29 __ __ 1 260 296 _______ 919 206 _______ 28
Aug 08, 2008 ____ 27 __ __ 1 439 031 __ ___ 1 097 941 _______ 30
Aug 09, 2008 ____ 26 __ __ 1 644 136 __ ___ 1 303 046 _______ 31
Aug 10, 2008 ____ 22 __ __ 1 816 417 __ ___ 1 475 327 _______ 35
Aug 11, 2008 ____ 20 __ __ 1 984 315 __ ___ 1 643 225 _______ 37
Aug 12, 2008 ____ 19 __ __ 2 125 612 __ ___ 1 784 522 _______ 38
Aug 13, 2008 ____ 17 __ __ 2 267 173 __ ___ 1 926 083 _______ 40

BTW: tomorrow the TaAm passes the 2 million in august produced credits milestone! :D

Daily production:
Aug 06: ___ 138 194 credits _____ +5 192 (compared to previous day)
Aug 07: ___ 174 977 credits ____ +36 783
Aug 08: ___ 178 735 credits _____ +3 758
Aug 09: ___ 205 105 credits ____ +26 370 ---> best day!
Aug 10: ___ 172 281 credits __ __ -32 824
Aug 11: ___ 167 898 credits __ ___ -4 383
Aug 12: ___ 141 297 credits __ __ -26 601
Aug 13: ___ 141 561 credits __ ____ +264

We will pass seven additional teams within the next 17 days. If all turns out allright we will end up in position 11 or 10 ...

So, lets crunch some more! :D
 

Alyx

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Hmm. My daily stats so far today are really low, this might be the signal of the end of my high PPD.

If the last new student orientation is done the lab has probably been turned off, which means its my turn to uninstall BOINC (machines wouldn't be on anyways).
 

Fardringle

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Originally posted by: biodoc
Fardringle: sounds like you'll have those 2 new comps up in running soon! Maybe you should order quads for your client!;)

Quads would be great, but out of the budget. I'll have to settle for replacing the Pentium D's with Core 2 Duo's. It's not a huge upgrade, but will make a difference in my points, and in their work productivity. ;)
 

Rudy Toody

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Originally posted by: petrusbroder
:D Congrats, to you Fred! ;)
Thanks!

I considered hanging around long enough to get to 400K myself, but then I decided to go over to Intelligence Realms.

What's weird about it, is that other comps are getting the same error I was getting on Milkyway! I have all 12 cores going full throttle! I don't know why this works and MW doesn't. I am projecting about 6.6 - 7.2K production per day.

Knock on wood!

--Fred
 

petrusbroder

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Here is a stats update:

___ Date _____ Position _____ Credits ______ Production ____ Change
________________________ in August ______ in August ___ in position
July 31, 2008 ____ 57 ______ 341 090 _____ _______ 0 ________ 0
Aug 01, 2008 ____ 51 ______ 422 983 ________ 81 893 ________ 6
Aug 02, 2008 ____ 45 ______ 546 170 _______ 205 080 _______ 12
Aug 03, 2008 ____ 41 ______ 670 075 _______ 247 092 _______ 16
Aug 04, 2008 ____ 35 ______ 814 123 _______ 473 033 _______ 22
Aug 05, 2008 ____ 33 ______ 947 125 _______ 606 035 _______ 24
Aug 06, 2008 ____ 31 __ __ 1 085 319 _______ 744 229 _______ 26
Aug 07, 2008 ____ 29 __ __ 1 260 296 _______ 919 206 _______ 28
Aug 08, 2008 ____ 27 __ __ 1 439 031 __ ___ 1 097 941 _______ 30
Aug 09, 2008 ____ 26 __ __ 1 644 136 __ ___ 1 303 046 _______ 31
Aug 10, 2008 ____ 22 __ __ 1 816 417 __ ___ 1 475 327 _______ 35
Aug 11, 2008 ____ 20 __ __ 1 984 315 __ ___ 1 643 225 _______ 37
Aug 12, 2008 ____ 19 __ __ 2 125 612 __ ___ 1 784 522 _______ 38
Aug 13, 2008 ____ 17 __ __ 2 267 173 __ ___ 1 926 083 _______ 40
Aug 14, 2008 ____ 17 __ __ 2 383 671 __ ___ 2 042 581 _______ 40 :cool:

Daily production:
Aug 06: ___ 138 194 credits _____ +5 192 (compared to previous day)
Aug 07: ___ 174 977 credits ____ +36 783
Aug 08: ___ 178 735 credits _____ +3 758
Aug 09: ___ 205 105 credits ____ +26 370 ---> best day!
Aug 10: ___ 172 281 credits __ __ -32 824
Aug 11: ___ 167 898 credits __ ___ -4 383
Aug 12: ___ 141 297 credits __ __ -26 601
Aug 13: ___ 141 561 credits __ ____ +264
Aug 14: ___ 116 498 credits __ __ -25 063 ---> worst day :brokenheart:

We will pass seven additional teams within the next 17 days.
If all turns out allright we will end up in position 11 or 10 ... but we need to crunch more for that goal.

So, lets crunch some more! :D
 

biodoc

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Thsnks for the Stats Petrusbroder!!:)

Go Team, let's keep crunching!!:thumbsup:
 

Philippart

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Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Originally posted by: Philippart
two things are weird:
1st: the admins rarely reply to your messages and the answers are often vague
2nd: the frontpage states that the project is used to test the power of DC, the institute by which it is run has tons of computing power...

OTOH: (My emphasis):

from the project's home page:
Milkyway@home is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research in modeling and determining the evolution of the Milkyway galaxy. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer.

Milkyway@home is based at the Rensselaer Computer Science Department. This particular project is being developed to better understand the power of volunteer computer resources.

As I read the description, we are looking at the three goals of the project:
First aim: ... research in modeling ...
Second aim: ... determining the evolution of the Milkyway galaxy ...
Third aim: ... being developed to better understand the power of volunteer computer resource ...

Three different goals using the same sets of WUs. I think the first goal has the puropse to make the second goal possible, while the third goal is more related to infrastructure than to understanding the milky way's evolution. If I had written the description above I would have added the word "also" just before the third bold part of the sentence ... ;)

Probably the first two goals are the ones of the astronomy/physics department and the third one is the goal of the computer deprartment.

Anyhow: still very good reasons to crunch the project, and, as I see it, not a bogus ...

A project admin answered the question!
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/mil...id=13&nowrap=true#4626
 

biodoc

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Travis the computer guy is back too! He extended the task log times so you can actually view finished WUs.

Maybe he'll actually look at Fred's Signal 11 error too.
 

Rudy Toody

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Congratulations, Jim, for passing the 100K milestone.

Today, rabrittain, Alyx, and I spent the afternoon in Seattle walking around taking pictures. I had arranged with the Seattle Fire Department for access to their new Fire Museum so we could take pictures of the antique equipment. Galen, the fellow who restores them, gave us a great tour. We got a lot of pictures which I'm sure we will put on the net. Mine shoud be on rudytoody.us in a couple of days.

We also took pictures at a waterfall park and on the waterfront. Alyx and his sister, Michelle, and her friend Allison are in town so Michelle can check it out for a possible move to Washington state for her job. We had a lot of fun.

We almost had Wolfsraider joining in except he had to back out at the last moment to take care of RL.

Some other pics of the fire equipment on Galen's site.
 

Wolfsraider

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I apologize Rudy,rabrittain, Alyx, but in all honesty I really wanted to be there.

My daughter came in today from California and I couldnt even go to get her.

I threw my back out last sunday and called off work the last two days. (been off since monday)

I am taking Codine to help ease the pain and was trying not to admit i was unable to walk without pain.

So my humble apologies and i hope to enjoy a cup of coffee with you gentlemen in the future.

I know i said i did it last night, I hate admitting there are times I am unable to function in a normal capacity.

please forgive me

Mike
 

Rudy Toody

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You are forgiven. My back goes out more than I do. A month ago, I bent over to pick up my pen I had dropped. something popped and I had a pinched sciatic nerve for couple of weeks. It doesn't take much!

--Fred
 

petrusbroder

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Mike, old friend, for pain and suffering no apologies are needed.
Although I was not there (I wish though ...) I am quite sure that none of the TeAm - mates thinks worse of you.
I think they only have prayers for your recovery to less pain and more mobility.
So do I, Mike!
 

Wolfsraider

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More More More Onward and upwards my friend

Full Steam ahead

Fullmetal Chocobo the turn signal is blinking for you ;)

:beer: