TAS-member thread for May 2008: ABC@Home

[biodoc]

I spent some time over at the ABC forum and found this:

1) the big bonus points are awarded for crunching long WUs (excessive though, I think)

2) 64 bit OS does better on the long WUs thus more points (fair advantage, I think)

Heck, I'm a stats freak so I don't mind hanging with the :evil: for a month!

#2 vote was ufluids I think and that only supports windows machines.

 

[Alyx]

I don't mind staying. It'll be interesting to see what the team will top out at, we've already had a 50k day.

 

[Alyx]

Originally posted by: Philippart
This project is not fair at all, you're a millionaire on abc in a matter of days, but you really have to work hard to get to the same level on WCG, Malaria or Rosetta. //And I bet these last 3 projects help mankind much more than abc...// <--my opinion

IMO WCG is very low points, with all my PCs on it I top out at around 4k or 5k ppd while on almost any other I'll be at 7k-9k.

On ABC I'm already at 10k and I'll probably go higher still.

 

[Philippart]

WCG calculates the credits based on the claimed credits, which is outdated, because of the credit inflation.

 

[Fardringle]

Originally posted by: Alyx
I don't mind staying. It'll be interesting to see what the team will top out at, we've already had a 50k day.

That pretty much covers the only reason I'm interested in running ABC (for a short time) but I wouldn't have any problem switching to another project if that's what you folks want to do...

 

[Rudy Toody]

I've never crunched 10K per day! I am estatic! There looks to be a good race for total production for the month shaping up.

We have a number who are getting 8K to 11K per day. And we have several more who could ramp up to that. Let's see if we can get a 100K day!

 

[BlackMountainCow]

So then we stay? That's ok. Maybe it's even some justice to lower yielding projects like Malaria or WCG. They give less creds, thus ABC gives more

 

[biodoc]

We stay!

Let's get it done then!

 

[Rudy Toody]

We are proof that intelligent life exists in cyberspace!

This is part of the TeAm description on this project. It's a good thing the link doesn't point to OT!

 

[petrusbroder]

Let then the crunching continue!

I'll be off net for a few days. The ISP is drawing a new fiber cable to all houses in my neighborhood and thus the connection will not be available for the next 4 - 5 days. I may hae the time to check in from my office but I am not promising any posts ...

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Now, does that mean that you'll get fiber as well - with excessive bandwidth? :evil:

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
Now, does that mean that you'll get fiber as well - with excessive bandwidth? :evil:

Where is that jealousy emote? I can't download a linux Live CD ISO because our internet craps out so often. :|

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Tell me! I'm on DSL lite here, 40k downstream. Heck, I can't even watch a youtube video without preloading it first. That's the drawback of living in the countryside of Germany.

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
Now, does that mean that you'll get fiber as well - with excessive bandwidth? :evil:

We have already fiber - but so many houses along "my" street are heavy users ... the real-world-capacity is way too low: only somewhere around 15 - 20 MBits/s. That may seem sufficient - but it is not considering that we are eight heavy internet users in our home: 6 teenagers and two adults - a total of 26 computers, 23 of those 24/7 ... This looks more like a medium sized enterprise than a private home.

 

[Rattledagger]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
We are proof that intelligent life exists in cyberspace!

This is part of the TeAm description on this project. It's a good thing the link doesn't point to OT!

Easily fixed... :evil:

 

[GenHoth]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
Now, does that mean that you'll get fiber as well - with excessive bandwidth? :evil:

We have already fiber - but so many houses along "my" street are heavy users ... the real-world-capacity is way too low: only somewhere around 15 - 20 MBits/s. That may seem sufficient - but it is not considering that we are eight heavy internet users in our home: 6 teenagers and two adults - a total of 26 computers, 23 of those 24/7 ... This looks more like a medium sized enterprise than a private home.

Jesus, that is pretty intense!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Looks like they are doing the opposite to me. CPU time = 10,894; claimed credit = 38.5; granted credit = 0.

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Looks like they are doing the opposite to me. CPU time = 10,894; claimed credit = 38.5; granted credit = 0.

Dwayne--

Did you suspend it at anytime? ABC has occasional problems with suspends.

Usually, mine abort with a calculation error, but sometimes they just don't validate.

--Fred

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Looks like they are doing the opposite to me. CPU time = 10,894; claimed credit = 38.5; granted credit = 0.

Dwayne--

Did you suspend it at anytime? ABC has occasional problems with suspends.

Usually, mine abort with a calculation error, but sometimes they just don't validate.

--Fred

It's possible. My machine has been doing funny things with the bad RAM in it. New stuff gets here tomorrow though.

 

[Rudy Toody]

Welcome back to ABC@Home, Junta, our newest TAS member.

His lead is dwindling fast. Crunch on! Keep that lead!

 

[biodoc]

Great job everyone!:beer:

We've gone from 58th to 45th in six days!

Amazing!

 

[Fardringle]

If we maintain an average of 60K per day, we should get to the #26 spot before the end of the month. We would need another 15K or so per day to get #25, and about 45K more to get #24 so those are probably out of reach unless we can get several more people to join us. Jumping from #58 to #26 in a single month isn't too shabby.

 

[Junta]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Hi Junta, YGPM!
An account @ TAS is waiting for you!

Great service! Thank You petrusbroder! :beer:

 

[Junta]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
Welcome back to ABC@Home, Junta, our newest TAS member.

His lead is dwindling fast. Crunch on! Keep that lead!

Thanks Rudy Toody!

I guess I'll have to move more of my computers over to ABC.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Junta

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Hi Junta, YGPM!
An account @ TAS is waiting for you!

Great service! Thank You petrusbroder! :beer:

Welcome to the TeAm Junta! :beer: