Technical News, and SETI@home daily stats for 24.10.2007.

[Rattledagger]

Billy (Oct 23 2007)

Lots of little things today. Jeff and I are working on the automated data pipeline in preparation for the data recording to come back on line - where recording, reading, copying to offsite archives, splitting, deleting, etc. happens via a set of automated scripts. Bob is fairly convinced the science database replica is working adequately - we tested various shutdown scenarios and it came back on line after each one.

I spent some time working on wiki-fying parts of the SETI@home website. There's been a growing list of planned edits/upgrades to our website that none of us ever got around to, so this has been a long time comin' (and it's far from useful yet). Speaking of lists of things to fix: I got that client-connection-types page working again. It's a permissions problem that break every time linux automatically updates httpd.

I grow weary of having to read manuals (very few well-written) every time I need to install/upgrade/fix anything. Things used to be much more intuitive and simple. Nowadays standards are pretty much entirely abandoned and direct contact with actual bits and bytes has been abstracted to death. It's like having a garage full of simple tools (c-clamps, screwdriver, jigsaw, etc.) that you don't have direct access to anymore - the garage is now guarded by Billy who will gladly obtain the proper tool and do whatever you tell him to do with it. Billy doesn't speak English - and the language he comprehends changes all the time - some days he only speaks Portugese, sometimes Estonian, sometimes Afrikaans - every few months a new language is added to the list. You just want to hang a stupid picture frame in your hallway but there you are, desperately trying to figure out how to say "hammer" in Japanese. Billy doesn't like it when you yell.

- Matt

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______351.371.199______450.153______500.541______impossible______SETI.USA
02______285.833.511______357.186______360.875______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______123.710.121______162.016______175.285______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______111.967.809_______42.886_______51.519______impossible______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
05______104.486.731______101.537______126.328______impossible______BOINC Synergy
06_______94.139.630_______75.365_______69.822______impossible______Czech National Team
07_______84.882.712_______74.870_______78.817______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
08_______71.994.185______124.224______132.899______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
09_______43.496.046______-17.629______-17.813______2.442 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
10_______38.687.909_______21.188_______31.891______impossible______Team Art Bell
11_______37.645.872_______72.520_______48.098______impossible______Overclockers.com
12_______33.771.822_______24.011_______23.329______impossible______Team 2ch
13_______30.003.562______-53.660______-48.955________613 days______BOINC.Italy
14_______29.094.319________6.342_______25.653______impossible______The Planetary Society
15_______26.683.337_______56.985_______55.537______impossible______Team MacNN
16_______16.767.273______-32.343______-26.357________636 days______Ars Technica
17________3.741.482______-36.060______-34.844________107 days______Universe Examiners
18__________970.160_______14.082_______12.800______impossible______SETI@Taiwan
19__________304.130______-14.004_______-6.856_________44 days______Phoenix Rising
20_______62.182.661______110.994______112.293______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
21_______-3.066.394_______49.890_______53.012_________58 days______Team China
22_______-5.201.566________8.443_______-1.456______impossible______Team Starfire World BOINC
23______-10.564.930______-55.527______-38.076______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
24______-11.109.980______-16.966_______-9.704______impossible______Canada
25______-11.484.316______-14.860______-19.065______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
26______-11.703.098______-39.519______-33.292______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
27______-12.678.477______-52.803______-50.390______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
28______-17.354.516______-48.229______-42.468______impossible______Team MacAddict
29______-18.292.809______-52.034______-43.340______impossible______Team NIPPON
30______-18.551.940______-69.639______-68.149______impossible______2CPU.com
31______-18.770.722______-84.543______-83.701______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
32______-19.274.939______-13.460______-14.640______impossible______UK BOINC Team
33______-19.824.309______-26.522______-24.922______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
34______-20.407.106______-25.049______-29.136______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
35______-20.448.156______-50.298______-39.944______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
36______-20.820.712_______-8.630_______-4.234______impossible______US NAVY
37______-20.916.595______-42.628______-38.522______impossible______Hungary
38______-24.026.510______-71.456______-66.506______impossible______Portugal@Home
39______-24.116.377______-21.222______-21.419______impossible______U.S.Air Force
40______-24.496.032_______45.028_______53.665________456 days______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
41______-26.944.905______-50.382______-53.519______impossible______SETI.hr
42______-28.082.265______-54.465______-54.921______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
43______-28.865.929______-93.945______-95.252______impossible______Picard
44______-29.524.805______-90.102______-90.926______impossible______LittleWhiteDog
45______-29.728.457______-67.987______-67.727______impossible______Team EDGE
46______-30.043.483______-71.868______-66.261______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC
47______-31.569.947______-52.404______-48.770______impossible______BOINC.SK
48______-31.842.630______-62.586______-62.630______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
49______-34.252.908______-68.472______-73.221______impossible______BOINC UK
50______-34.784.408______-77.971______-74.134______impossible______PurePC.pl

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

 

[Assimilator1]

lol ,I think Matt is losing it!

Race coming soon

Hey RattleDagger are you aware of the race?

 

[bryanW1995]

LOL at "billy doesn't like it when you yell".

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for the news and the stats, Rattledagger!

And yes: LoL ... poor Matt ...