WCG Daily Numbers [Archive] - Page 17

twilyth

Jan 8, 2011, 01:55 AM

Producing a graphic that cool needs no apology. Awesome takes time. :toast:

Thanks, but I try to do the backgrounds in advance so I only have to add the text. Now that I've run out of WCG backgrounds, I'm happy to take suggestions. Here are a few I'm thinking about for the next few days. Not sure if I should play with them or just add the text though.

edit: to be honest, I should add that the pretty much all of the transformations are packaged filters for the acdsee editor. I wish I could take credit for them though.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/74740d15.png

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/a6c71144.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/4395b003.jpg

Chicken Patty

Jan 8, 2011, 02:16 AM

Amazing work bro, keep it up. :respect:

twilyth

Jan 9, 2011, 02:15 AM

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/d97ebe5c.jpg

Chicken Patty

Jan 9, 2011, 05:59 AM

I'd say those are some amazing #'s for being a weekend. :rockout:

(FIH) The Don

Jan 9, 2011, 07:29 AM

I'd say those are some amazing #'s for being a weekend. :rockout:

couldnt agree more :rockout:

HammerON

Jan 9, 2011, 07:30 AM

Yes Sir:toast:

[Ion]

Jan 10, 2011, 12:23 AM

1,730,826

How are you guys getting that fancy picture?

twilyth

Jan 10, 2011, 12:25 AM

;2151600']1,730,826
How are you guys getting that fancy picture?
Well, it's already done, so I'll post it anyway. Let me know if I should delete it.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/ebe0f066.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 10, 2011, 12:31 AM

Oh, no need to delete it. I don't care. But how are you making them?

twilyth

Jan 10, 2011, 12:36 AM

;2151611']Oh, no need to delete it. I don't care. But how are you making them?

ACDSee photo editor. There's a feature for adding text. I think most half-decent editors will have that feature. You might even be able to do it in paint. Hmmm. I should try that.

[Ion]

Jan 10, 2011, 01:11 AM

Excellent, I'll check it out :)

twilyth

Jan 11, 2011, 12:28 AM

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/ce5bfa4d.jpg

Chicken Patty

Jan 11, 2011, 12:40 AM

Great job all! :rockout:

Sadasius

Jan 11, 2011, 12:51 AM

Cool! I like Buffy! :toast:

[Ion]

Jan 11, 2011, 01:27 AM

Very nice everyone! :respect: :rockout: :toast:

Chicken Patty

Jan 11, 2011, 05:21 AM

;2152958']Very nice everyone! :respect: :rockout: :toast:

Thanks Kai. :)

[Ion]

Jan 11, 2011, 06:16 PM

My pleasure to help the team in any way I can :)

twilyth

Jan 12, 2011, 12:37 AM

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/2c16c564.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 12, 2011, 01:24 AM

A lotta 1's in that date there :D

Nicely done everyone :)

Chicken Patty

Jan 12, 2011, 05:00 AM

Steady at 1.7 million. Very satisfied with that. :)

[Ion]

Jan 12, 2011, 04:27 PM

Absolutely, now on to 1.8mil :p

And I should have another dedicated cruncher coming soon (probably an Atom or a CULV). Maybe my old T400. We'll see

KieX

Jan 12, 2011, 04:28 PM

Something beggining with S and ending with e tells me 1.8 is definitely likely to happen.

Sandy Bridge

[Ion]

Jan 12, 2011, 04:35 PM

Oh yes, I saw that picture. That should help quite a bit. What are your plans for OCing it?

KieX

Jan 12, 2011, 04:42 PM

;2155232']Oh yes, I saw that picture. That should help quite a bit. What are your plans for OCing it?

Don't know, whatever the best PPD/Watt is (yet to be discovered). Two or three of these at end of month.

Still though even without that, it's the fact we keep getting new members all the time which makes the biggest difference.

[Ion]

Jan 12, 2011, 04:44 PM

Two or three more? In addition to everything else? Even if not, you could become No1 in the team by PPD w/ that.

From what I've heard they can do ~4ghz (or more) and w/ a lowend GPU they're still under 150w. And PPD should be ~10% (or maybe more) higher than a Lynnfield/Bloomfield @ the same clocks

jellyrole

Jan 12, 2011, 06:52 PM

I'm back!

KieX

Jan 12, 2011, 07:01 PM

;2155244']Two or three more? In addition to everything else? Even if not, you could become No1 in the team by PPD w/ that.

From what I've heard they can do ~4ghz (or more) and w/ a lowend GPU they're still under 150w. And PPD should be ~10% (or maybe more) higher than a Lynnfield/Bloomfield @ the same clocks

To not derail this thread too much, I'll be posting numbers up on the team thread about PPD/Watt once it's up and running.

I'm back!

Good to have you back. :toast:

(update your project log please ;) )

[Ion]

Jan 12, 2011, 07:06 PM

I'm back!
Welcome back! :toast: :rockout:
To not derail this thread too much, I'll be posting numbers up on the team thread about PPD/Watt once it's up and running.

Please :)

jellyrole

Jan 12, 2011, 09:51 PM

To not derail this thread too much, I'll be posting numbers up on the team thread about PPD/Watt once it's up and running.

Good to have you back. :toast:

(update your project log please ;) )

When I get back to the dorms tomorrow I'll start taking some more pictures..left my camera there over break.

twilyth

Jan 13, 2011, 12:27 AM

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/5afad0a2.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 01:47 AM

Ooh, a lake. And a very consistent 1.7mil :)

Chicken Patty

Jan 13, 2011, 06:16 AM

;2155970']Ooh, a lake. And a very consistent 1.7mil :)

Consistency is key! Good job team. :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 02:35 PM

Certainly is...and if I get the Macs going that's another ~50k WCG ;)

Chicken Patty

Jan 13, 2011, 02:44 PM

What's the word on the macs, think they'll allow you to put them to crunch?

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 03:01 PM

I'm not sure. When I asked a few months ago, the conclusion was that they didn't want to go through the trouble of dealing with it.

I'm going to ask again today or tomorrow, I'm slightly restricted in that the guy I'd ask (James Farrell, the IT guy) doesn't seem to be here today. I'd have to get all ~500 usernames from him & permission to use the admin account briefly, then I'd have to get the permission of the music teacher, who's room they're in (and who's students predominantly use them). But IMO it's a damn shame to have 26 2.4ghz cores going idle when they could be doing something :ohwell:

Chicken Patty

Jan 13, 2011, 03:08 PM

Seems like a bit of a hassle, some students might disagree as well. :(.

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 03:16 PM

Not convinced the students would notice TBH. Practically no one has noticed about WCG on the 25 PCs. I don't like OS X and I don't particularly like the guy in charge of the Macs, but I'm not going to pass up this opportunity ;)

Chicken Patty

Jan 13, 2011, 03:19 PM

Oh I wouldn't neither, just seems like a very complicated task. You said you were going to get permission from the students as well?

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 03:27 PM

Nah, I don't care about their permission. I've already established that it doesn't impact the students, so I'm just going to ask the teacher who is in charge of these specific computers & the IT guy. I really need permission from both in order to get it to work

Chicken Patty

Jan 13, 2011, 03:33 PM

Cool, then keep us posted. :)

[Ion]

Jan 13, 2011, 05:08 PM

Definitely will do. James hasn't yet showed up today, so I don't think anything will be happening before tomorrow at the earliest :/

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 12:28 AM

1,820,906

Amazing job everyone!!! :respect::respect::respect: :rockout::rockout::rockout: :toast::toast::toast:

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 12:32 AM

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/f1b6e553.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 12:36 AM

Sorry no picture, posting from my dad's phone (which doesn't have said software)

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 12:41 AM

;2157615']Sorry no picture, posting from my dad's phone (which doesn't have said software)

Are you intending to take over posting duties Ion? CP asked me to do it for one day and I just sort of hung around.

It's cool either way, but let me know so we don't double post.

Thanks.

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 12:43 AM

Depends. When I'm available, I will, but if not, I won't. So I was gone most of Christmas break and I'm busy with classes some nights, but the rest of the time I plan on it ;)

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 12:56 AM

;2157627']Depends. When I'm available, I will, but if not, I won't. So I was gone most of Christmas break and I'm busy with classes some nights, but the rest of the time I plan on it ;)

Well, that's fine for you, but the rest of us have no way of knowing when that will be.

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 12:59 AM

Well, sorry, but I can't exactly give much more detail than that. For a while (several months at least) I typically updated the threads, and if they weren't done by 10 or 11PM EST CP would do them. While I'm not saying that I have to do every single one every single day, I would like to do some updating.

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 01:04 AM

;2157647']Well, sorry, but I can't exactly give much more detail than that. For a while (several months at least) I typically updated the threads, and if they weren't done by 10 or 11PM EST CP would do them. While I'm not saying that I have to do every single one every single day, I would like to do some updating.

That's fine, but I think we should at least set a formal cut off point for when it's ok for one of the members (not necessarily me) to do the updates. Since the results are done no later than 8:30 or so on the days I've been watching, I think 10-11PM is too broad of a window. Something like 9PM would work.

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 01:06 AM

Sure, that's fine :)
If I can't get to the computer by 9PM (unlikely most days IMO) I don't care if anyone else does it. If it still isn't done later, I'll pick up the slack :)

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 01:13 AM

;2157666']Sure, that's fine :)
If I can't get to the computer by 9PM (unlikely most days IMO) I don't care if anyone else does it. If it still isn't done later, I'll pick up the slack :)

Sounds good. We should probably assign some group of people to rotate as backups, but I suppose it's not like we're delivering transplant organs or anything. The only thing that bothers me a little is when we miss milestones. I'll try to keep an eye on that but to be honest, unless I have to be at my computer at 8:15 every night, I'll probably forget. Oh well.

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 01:21 AM

I don't think it's a crysis if we miss something, and my experience is if someone doesn't do it, CP usually does. So, if that was tl;dr, I'm not worried

twilyth

Jan 14, 2011, 01:29 AM

;2157692']I don't think it's a crysis if we miss something, and my experience is if someone doesn't do it, CP usually does. So, if that was tl;dr, I'm not worried

It's not a crisis, but I can see people getting upset about it. Right after I joined here I hit 4M i think but I fell in a gap where the milestones weren't reported for 2 or 3 days.

Anybody can look up the team numbers and the people getting pie probably get it often enough that if you miss them it's not a problem. The milestones are important. I'm surprised you don't see it that way since you seem to make an effort to post to that thread.

[Ion]

Jan 14, 2011, 01:32 AM

Ohhh, I see. I do see it as important, I guess I just normally only do it when someone passes a major milestone (100k, 250k, 500k, 1mil, 2mil, etc). I know, that's wrong to everyone else, whose stones are very much appreciated, and I intend to get better about it.

[Ion]

Jan 15, 2011, 12:24 AM

1,895,292
Up, up, and away! Very impressive everyone!:toast::toast: :rockout::rockout: :respect::respect:

Chicken Patty

Jan 15, 2011, 06:16 AM

Amazing! Great job everyone! :respect: :respect:

(FIH) The Don

Jan 15, 2011, 07:25 AM

its a very nice job guys !!!!

and this isnt to be a dick to you Ion, but i kinda like Twilyth's updates, like the pics and such, its nice with something different than just a bunch of numbers :o

anyways , great job team :)

[Ion]

Jan 15, 2011, 02:23 PM

No offense taken, I have to figure out how to use ACDSee Photo Editor, then I'll do pics :p

Anything pics in particular you guys prefer?

(FIH) The Don

Jan 15, 2011, 04:17 PM

just get some crazy colored pictures with patterns and such, anything else than regular numbers lol :roll:

Chicken Patty

Jan 15, 2011, 04:46 PM

just get some crazy colored pictures with patterns and such, anything else than regular numbers lol :roll:

Play nice :slap: :laugh: Yeah Twilyth's stuff was good for don, when he was sitting a little higher up, you know, way up there! after smoking a cig, what?

Don>>> "Wow, all these pretty colors, where are the #'s?" :roll:

brandonwh64

Jan 15, 2011, 04:56 PM

YAY IM DOING IT!

http://img.techpowerup.org/110115/WCG.jpg

mstenholm

Jan 15, 2011, 05:00 PM

:toast: Remember to press remember this password - you will be back on that page again :)

brandonwh64

Jan 15, 2011, 05:03 PM

Naa i dont do that on my work PCs

[Ion]

Jan 15, 2011, 05:49 PM

just get some crazy colored pictures with patterns and such, anything else than regular numbers lol :roll:
OK :)
YAY IM DOING IT!

http://img.techpowerup.org/110115/WCG.jpg

Excellent! :toast: :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 17, 2011, 12:25 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110116/1287202087653.jpg

Better? :p

Chicken Patty

Jan 17, 2011, 12:54 AM

:respect: :respect:

[Ion]

Jan 18, 2011, 12:29 AM

If you thought that was good..... :eek:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/1286764698006.jpg

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :respect: :respect: :rockout:

HammerON

Jan 18, 2011, 12:34 AM

Yep - that is a nice number there:)

Nice pic Ion

[Ion]

Jan 18, 2011, 12:35 AM

I have a bunch of these abstract space-esque pictures I can use :)

Chicken Patty

Jan 18, 2011, 03:02 AM

Darn good job team, super proud of ALL of you! :respect:

[Ion]

Jan 18, 2011, 03:27 AM

I'm proud of everyone who contributed to this amazing milestone, regardless if you turned in 200k points or 20 :toast:

Delta6326

Jan 18, 2011, 04:43 AM

;2162102']If you thought that was good..... :eek:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110117/1286764698006.jpg

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :respect: :respect: :rockout:

Great work team!
Ion could you send me the original of that picture i love using backgrounds like that, or where ever you get them from

[Ion]

Jan 18, 2011, 04:50 AM

Great work team!
Ion could you send me the original of that picture i love using backgrounds like that, or where ever you get them from

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2827/1286764698006.jpg

This one was from /wg/ on 4chan...that's where I get most of them.

[Ion]

Jan 19, 2011, 12:33 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110118/1287060310468.jpg
Super job guys!!! :toast:

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 12:31 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110119/1289558318446.jpg

More-than-amazing! :toast: :respect: :toast: :toast: :rockout: :rockout: :respect: :toast:

Velvet Wafer

Jan 20, 2011, 12:49 AM

;2164307']http://img.techpowerup.org/110119/1289558318446.jpg

More-than-amazing! :toast: :respect: :toast: :toast: :rockout: :rockout: :respect: :toast:

todays score was so amazing, it created a singularity, thru the hypernova of a planet! :laugh:

stinger608

Jan 20, 2011, 02:16 AM

Chicken Patty

Jan 20, 2011, 05:10 AM

Not sure what changed, but holy crap we are rolling!

HammerON

Jan 20, 2011, 06:04 AM

Been a while it seems since we last reached 2 million:toast:

KieX

Jan 20, 2011, 06:18 AM

;2164307']http://img.techpowerup.org/110119/1289558318446.jpg

More-than-amazing! :toast: :respect: :toast: :toast: :rockout: :rockout: :respect: :toast:

Mind. Blown! Awesome :toast:

Not sure what changed, but holy crap we are rolling!

It's the help of those who joined us recently, the increased effort of some of the pie-eaters and those who keep their points steady for so long. In short: Kickass team effort :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 12:32 PM

Not sure what changed, but holy crap we are rolling!
That we certainly are....now let's see if we can do ~1.9-2mil daily! :rockout:
Been a while it seems since we last reached 2 million:toast:
Yeah, like 3 days :p
Mind. Blown! Awesome :toast:

It's the help of those who joined us recently, the increased effort of some of the pie-eaters and those who keep their points steady for so long. In short: Kickass team effort :rockout:

I was honestly astonished when I saw the number. I had chosen a different picture to combine the numbers with, but I decided that an epic day like this needed an epic picture :laugh:

Chicken Patty

Jan 20, 2011, 04:11 PM

Been a while it seems since we last reached 2 million:toast:

Mind. Blown! Awesome :toast:

It's the help of those who joined us recently, the increased effort of some of the pie-eaters and those who keep their points steady for so long. In short: Kickass team effort :rockout:

I couldn't have said it better myself. :toast:

brandonwh64

Jan 20, 2011, 04:20 PM

Fricking awesome everyone!!!!!! I have seen a slow climb in the numbers over the last few days, which would indicate that more people are getting involved each day!!!

Fricking TPU crunchers rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes i have started again and using these Xeons until they go back to the graphical department but i have had a change of plans at home, i will be now crunchin on a stock 9850BE with 2x2gb DDR2

Delta6326

Jan 20, 2011, 04:24 PM

oh whoops i turned my wcg back on it was off for a day :p

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 04:26 PM

No issue, things happen. My WCG rig was off for a few days due to a failed HDD

HammerON

Jan 20, 2011, 05:48 PM

;2164725']
Yeah, like 3 days :p

Actually looking at the WCG site, the last time we reached 2 million was 12/13/10:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110120/WCG Numbers.jpg

brandonwh64

Jan 20, 2011, 05:51 PM

The new system im getting is:

Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P (AM3 Edition)
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
2x2gb DDR2 1066mhz

The stuff inside here
http://img.techpowerup.org/101109/DSC01291.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 06:10 PM

Actually looking at the WCG site, the last time we reached 2 million was 12/13/10:

http://img.techpowerup.org/110120/WCG Numbers.jpg
As far as I'm concerned, 1.996mil is 2mil :p
The new system im getting is:

Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P (AM3 Edition)
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
2x2gb DDR2 1066mhz

The stuff inside here
http://img.techpowerup.org/101109/DSC01291.jpg

Very nice :)
And is that an 8800Ultra I see?

brandonwh64

Jan 20, 2011, 06:12 PM

;2165073']And is that an 8800Ultra I see?

Yes i sold it to him for like 75$

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 06:16 PM

Yes i sold it to him for like 75$

Wait...I'm confused. So is this your new system, or one you're selling?

brandonwh64

Jan 20, 2011, 06:17 PM

;2165081']Wait...I'm confused. So is this your new system, or one you're selling?

I traded my Xeon x3430 + P55 board + 3x1gb DDR3 for his motherboard/CPU/RAM + 150$

[Ion]

Jan 20, 2011, 06:45 PM

I traded my Xeon x3430 + P55 board + 3x1gb DDR3 for his motherboard/CPU/RAM + 150$

Ah, I see. Probably not the choice I would have made, but still not bad :)

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 12:26 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110120/02431_montrealatnight_2560x1600.jpg
Very impressive guys! :toast: :toast: :toast: :rockout: :respect: :rockout: :toast: :respect:

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 01:47 AM

;2165122']Ah, I see. Probably not the choice I would have made, but still not bad :)

I would rather hook him up and get his stuff plus money than let it sit here in my FS thread FOREVER,

Money wise, i still got what i was asking for it

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 02:04 AM

Ahh, I see. That makes sense.

Chicken Patty

Jan 21, 2011, 02:53 AM

Still doing great fellas! :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 03:21 AM

Certainly are, I'll take 1.8 or 1.9mil+ any day :D

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 12:30 PM

My Phenom 9850BE has been running strong all night but WCG still shows only three installs instead of 4

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 12:34 PM

Three installs? Do you mean you set BOINC to use 3 CPUs max, or what?

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 01:15 PM

;2165991']Three installs? Do you mean you set BOINC to use 3 CPUs max, or what?

No when you check your stats on WCG, it tells you how many PCs you have bionc installed on and i know i have the 3 at work but the phenom is not showing up and its been running all night

*EDIT*

NVM its now showing up

http://img.techpowerup.org/110121/WCG.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 01:19 PM

No when you check your stats on WCG, it tells you how many PCs you have bionc installed on and i know i have the 3 at work but the phenom is not showing up and its been running all night

*EDIT*

NVM its now showing up

http://img.techpowerup.org/110121/WCG.jpg

Yeah, it just takes a bit to show up the first time. No issues :)

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 01:29 PM

So what kind of bionc PPD would i get with the 3 xeon quads and the phenom 9850?

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 02:00 PM

I'd say ~2.4k per Xeon quad & ~1.4-1.6k for the X4. So ~8.5-9k or so total

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 02:39 PM

Nice!

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 02:40 PM

Absolutely, that's pie territory for sure! :toast: :rockout:

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 02:43 PM

Well tonight i will be changing mother boards and OCing to 3Ghz so more Pie for me :)

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 02:48 PM

Good luck, but the Gen1 Phenoms OCed horribly, so I wouldn't count on it...

jellyrole

Jan 21, 2011, 03:00 PM

3Ghz was extremely easy for me waaaay back when I had a 9600.

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 03:02 PM

Its a 9850 Black Edition with a unlocked multi so it should be fairly easy for 3Ghz ive been told, i would say yes if i was going for 3.5+

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 03:07 PM

Well, I've never had hands-on experience with the Phenom Is, so I may be misled. I guess you'll see

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 03:15 PM

I just found this on HWBOT from chicken patty, maybe he can give me voltages and settings he used :)

http://hwbot.org/community/submission/777660_chicken_patty_cpu_z_phenom_x4_9850be_3600_m hz

[Ion]

Jan 21, 2011, 03:20 PM

Always possible, that would be cool. Although I figure he probably had at least liquid cooling, IDK what you have.

brandonwh64

Jan 21, 2011, 03:21 PM

;2166161']Always possible, that would be cool. Although I figure he probably had at least liquid cooling, IDK what you have.

I have a Evercooler Transformer 4 DHPT with push/pull fans

stinger608

Jan 21, 2011, 06:59 PM

Its funny, some of the Phenom 9850's and 9950's would overclock like beasts, and others would only OC about 2 to 3 hundred above the default. It was kind of a crap shoot to be honest.

Also Brandon, running all them rigs is sure showing some serious dedication my friend!!!!:rockout::rockout::rockout:

You will have some pie in no time man:respect::respect::respect:

Chicken Patty

Jan 21, 2011, 09:41 PM

I had a 3.6 GHz Phenom 9850 on crappy water :D I miss that chip :(

[Ion]

Jan 22, 2011, 12:27 AM

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7918/1288439261453.jpg
Sweet job guys!!! :rockout: :toast: :respect:

Chicken Patty

Jan 22, 2011, 02:02 AM

We've really turned up the heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 22, 2011, 02:09 AM

That we have....and I really like the picture :D

Velvet Wafer

Jan 22, 2011, 02:41 AM

;2166679']http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7918/1288439261453.jpg
Sweet job guys!!! :rockout: :toast: :respect:

bare deneb dies... i also love that pic! Nice score team! :D

[Ion]

Jan 22, 2011, 03:38 AM

bare deneb dies... i also love that pic! Nice score team! :D

It's the background on my phone, I think it's very cool to show my friends :D

brandonwh64

Jan 23, 2011, 02:10 AM

ION can i get that pic for my phone as well?

ALso update, got the 740G board today and changed the 9850 over to it with the nice 120mm cooler and flashed with a beta bios, i did a quick OC on it and got 3ghz 1.4V but didnt try lower voltage and ran a 15m linx full load while crunching 100% so its 100% stable

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 02:35 AM

The numbers:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110122/Linux_is_Safe-2560x1600.jpg

Last night's picture:
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7918/1288439261453.jpg

brandonwh64

Jan 23, 2011, 02:53 AM

Ok further testing shows 3Ghz on stock voltage (1.3v) on the 9850, 5 passes of LinX on full threads and mem

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 02:54 AM

Impressive! :toast:

jellyrole

Jan 23, 2011, 03:07 AM

That looks crazy man!

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 03:12 AM

That looks crazy man!

The Deneb dies (2nd pic)?

Chicken Patty

Jan 23, 2011, 05:42 AM

Not bad #'s for the weekend, actually a bit high which is good. :)

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 02:26 PM

Definitely, certainly better than what we were doing last weekend. Now just wait and see what we do the next few days with a ~150k WCG PPD increase :D :toast:

Chicken Patty

Jan 23, 2011, 03:38 PM

;2168175']Definitely, certainly better than what we were doing last weekend. Now just wait and see what we do the next few days with a ~150k WCG PPD increase :D :toast:

Tax return is almost here. I hope I have enough left over to get my X6 to replace the X2! If so that's a nice little boost in PPD. Should be about 7k from two rigs, and 500-600 PPD from the 3rd rig.

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 03:45 PM

Great! I'm hoping to convince the guy I'm likely selling my i7 to leave WCG as-is, in which case I'd have ~13k from the PentDCs, ~800 PPD from my laptop, ~4-4.5k from the i7 860, and then an as of now unknown amount from the 2600k. Which could very well be enough for a consistent 20k a day again :)

Chicken Patty

Jan 23, 2011, 03:49 PM

;2168240']Great! I'm hoping to convince the guy I'm likely selling my i7 to leave WCG as-is, in which case I'd have ~13k from the PentDCs, ~800 PPD from my laptop, ~4-4.5k from the i7 860, and then an as of now unknown amount from the 2600k. Which could very well be enough for a consistent 20k a day again :)

...and at that point, we'd be kickin' some ass! :rockout:

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 03:51 PM

...and at that point, we'd be kickin' some ass! :rockout:

Definitely! I'd like to give Mindweaver some competition in the pie market once again :p :toast:

Chicken Patty

Jan 23, 2011, 03:52 PM

;2168246']Definitely! I'd like to give Mindweaver some competition in the pie market once again :p :toast:

He must be obese by now! Would be nice to see him go on a diet :p :p :p

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 03:58 PM

I think Mydog will be handling that for as long as he stays here...and I'm still on a quest to get you FAH pie at least briefly :)

Mydog

Jan 23, 2011, 04:22 PM

I'll do my best to challenge Mindweaver for the no.1 slice of pie :D

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 04:24 PM

I'll do my best to challenge Mindweaver for the no.1 slice of pie :D

Best of luck, I think last time he reported in he had ~25 PCs, so you'll need it ;)

Mydog

Jan 23, 2011, 04:27 PM

;2168279']Best of luck, I think last time he reported in he had ~25 PCs, so you'll need it ;)

OMG :eek:
And how many runs WCG for us?

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 04:28 PM

OMG :eek:
And how many runs WCG for us?

All. IIRC lots of them are duals, but still.

I run 28 PCs ATM after all. 27 are duals, but still :p

Mydog

Jan 23, 2011, 04:34 PM

;2168289']All. IIRC lots of them are duals, but still.

I run 28 PCs ATM after all. 27 are duals, but still :p

Aha so if he runs 25 duals that still 50 cores against my 64 cores, I know that the HT cores only produce approx half of what real do but still should be a close race.:toast:

[Ion]

Jan 23, 2011, 04:35 PM

Aha so if he runs 25 duals that still 50 cores against my 64 cores, I know that the HT cores only produce approx half of what real do but still should be a close race.:toast:

It certainly should. I know he has some quads as well, but I don't know exactly what. All I know is it's good enough for a consistent 20-25k PPD :toast:

[Ion]

Jan 24, 2011, 12:20 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110123/wallpaper-478233.jpg
ASTONISHING GUYS!!!
I'm super proud of you all!! :respect: :toast: :rockout: :respect:

Mydog

Jan 24, 2011, 12:33 AM

Good work team:toast:

[Ion]

Jan 24, 2011, 12:38 AM

Absolutely---simply amazing! :toast:

HammerON

Jan 24, 2011, 03:07 AM

WOW and thanks for joining the team Mydog:toast:

Chicken Patty

Jan 24, 2011, 05:00 AM

I'm speechless! Is this a fluke? :laugh:

stinger608

Jan 24, 2011, 05:46 AM

Holy crap!!! 2.3mill, that is just fricking awesome team!!!!!!!!!!! And a welcome to MyDog as well!!!!

HammerON

Jan 24, 2011, 06:20 AM

I'm speechless! Is this a fluke? :laugh:

My numbers and the overall team numbers were down yesterday. Today my i7 970 showed 10,233 ppd which is way beyond the 6,817 ppd I have been averaging. Yesterday my ppd for all three rigs was down noticably. Today they were all above their average:toast:

[Ion]

Jan 24, 2011, 11:10 AM

I'm speechless! Is this a fluke? :laugh:

In part, yes. I pulled 21k points yesterday, which is several K above even the most generous estimates for my farm (about 18k as it stands ATM w/ everything going 24/7, which it wasn't). And the day before, I pulled noticeably less than average. So, basically some of Saturday's points just got shifted over ;)

Mydog

Jan 24, 2011, 03:48 PM

Hey Ion why are you under the danish flag?

brandonwh64

Jan 24, 2011, 03:58 PM

Sadly........ today they moved my xeons back up stairs :( now im only on 1 phenom 9850

[Ion]

Jan 24, 2011, 04:41 PM

Hey Ion why are you under the danish flag?
Too many American crunchers, not enough variety :p. Decided to spice things up a bit, and Denmark is a pretty cool place IMO :)
Sadly........ today they moved my xeons back up stairs :( now im only on 1 phenom 9850

:(

And you can't crunch on them there? :(

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 12:25 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110124/01802_sunsetneedle_2560x1600.jpg
INCREDIBLE!!!
If 2.3mil was amazing, what is 2.3mil two days in a row?

(FIH) The Don

Jan 25, 2011, 02:04 AM

isnt it bc there was a problem with the servers over the weekend?

or am i wrong?

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 02:07 AM

That could still be part of it, but by this point I would have expected that to have been resolved. Mindweaver's numbers today & the numbers of many others indicate that it's no longer due to that. No, instead I think it's in part due to the astonishing contribution of Mydog and the higher-than-average numbers that I've been pulling.

Mydog

Jan 25, 2011, 06:39 AM

;2170116']That could still be part of it, but by this point I would have expected that to have been resolved. Mindweaver's numbers today & the numbers of many others indicate that it's no longer due to that. No, instead I think it's in part due to the astonishing contribution of Mydog and the higher-than-average numbers that I've been pulling.

Another good day team:toast:

Think you're right Ion cause my output is a little bit higher than normal too, my contribution should have brought us up around 2-2,1 mill if I'm not mistaken.

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 09:54 AM

If we momentarily factor out what you did, we would have been at a tad over 2mil, which is certainly reasonable. And my points were up about 50k WCG vs my average recently, making that all the more possible

brandonwh64

Jan 25, 2011, 03:09 PM

;2169497']And you can't crunch on them there? :(
Sadly i cannot, they dont want it running while there doing 3d graphics on catia and autocad for our manufacturing data cause they think it would cause inconsistencys

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 03:14 PM

Sadly i cannot, they dont want it running while there doing 3d graphics on catia and autocad for our manufacturing data cause they think it would cause inconsistencys

Ahh, that's understandable :ohwell:

I lost permission to run WCG on the computers at NCSU when some of the higher-ups changed. I think I lost 5 duals and P4HT....shame, but that's life.

brandonwh64

Jan 25, 2011, 03:34 PM

;2170619']Ahh, that's understandable :ohwell:

I lost permission to run WCG on the computers at NCSU when some of the higher-ups changed. I think I lost 5 duals and P4HT....shame, but that's life.

Yea, im trying to get 1 quad to do scripting on 24/7 so i will crunch it

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 03:46 PM

Yea, im trying to get 1 quad to do scripting on 24/7 so i will crunch it

Best of luck! :toast:

twilyth

Jan 25, 2011, 07:22 PM

Yea, im trying to get 1 quad to do scripting on 24/7 so i will crunch it

What kind of scripting?

Sadly i cannot, they dont want it running while there doing 3d graphics on catia and autocad for our manufacturing data cause they think it would cause inconsistencys

yeah, both CPU intensive. I don't care what they say on WCG or BOINC, even at the lowest priority setting some of those wu's are a pain in the ass. My guess is because some tend to use so much memory. On CEP2, I added up the working memory on 6 wu's and it was well over 1gig. Even with 8 gig I was running on that rig it kept hitting the page file and causing cache misses.

twilyth

Jan 25, 2011, 07:29 PM

isnt it bc there was a problem with the servers over the weekend?

or am i wrong?

I don't think so. If there's a problem it might take longer to deal with but that's why you always have your queue set to dl at least 2-3 days worth of work. In the event of a complete failure, you can crunch for about that long and just have a shit load of work to upload when things come back on online.

Mydog

Jan 25, 2011, 09:44 PM

Numbers still a little to high for a normal day it seems, at the half way mark I'm at 122k WCG PPD and thats 22k more than I ever had before.

[Ion]

Jan 25, 2011, 11:00 PM

I'm at 69k for the day so far, which is higher than I have been doing (~50-55k/half day), but that's easily explainable by the i7 running part-time. So I'm not sure, I'd guess things are back to normal or close to it.

[Ion]

Jan 26, 2011, 12:33 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110125/01533_intheclouds_2560x1600.jpg
Excellent!
Not 2.3mil, but still very good!!

Chicken Patty

Jan 26, 2011, 05:14 AM

Great job everyone :toast:

[Ion]

Jan 26, 2011, 12:39 PM

If we can maintain a consistent 2.2mil or even 2.1mil I'll be very excited indeed :D

Chicken Patty

Jan 26, 2011, 10:55 PM

;2171545']If we can maintain a consistent 2.2mil or even 2.1mil I'll be very excited indeed :D

I would too! Although, there is never enough PPD in WCG! Always need moar! :D

[Ion]

Jan 26, 2011, 10:58 PM

Reminds of the quote "Too much is never enough" :D

Definitely, although I'll always be pleased with what we get, I'll never be satisfied. Always gotta drive for more ;)

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 12:24 AM

http://img.techpowerup.org/110126/583053796_c1dd7c7836_o.jpg
What happened guys? I'm still proud of y'all, but this was very unexpected.

twilyth

Jan 27, 2011, 12:56 AM

The hamsters just need to sober up before we can let them loose again.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/399b74db.jpg

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 01:17 AM

Hamsters? Is there something I'm missing out on? :o

twilyth

Jan 27, 2011, 01:58 AM

;2172437']Hamsters? Is there something I'm missing out on? :o

It's just an old joke from when I was at XS. I figured it had been exported here during the exodus last year. Actually, the joke is a lot older than XS. The idea is that the computers are powered by hamsters. When it's slow, the hamsters are tired - or drunk. Like that . . . .

When I was a kid we would joke about the cars running on hamster power. It's a really old meme.

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 02:09 AM

Ah, I see. That works. Not too logical, but whatever. Never would have thought of drunk hamsters I think :p

My dad says that his car runs on squirrels...so that sorta makes sense :p

Chicken Patty

Jan 27, 2011, 04:46 AM

Drunk hamsters FTW :p

Good job guys, but remember stats were bugged earlier today so maybe that's why? :confused:

Mydog

Jan 27, 2011, 06:41 AM

Good day team:toast::toast:

Still think somethings not up to date with the numbers, look at my score yesterday 25% less than a normal day.
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1853/2701s.jpg

twilyth

Jan 27, 2011, 06:54 AM

Good day team:toast::toast:

Still think somethings not up to date with the numbers, look at my score yesterday 25% less than a normal day.
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1853/2701s.jpg

Yeah, if you look at the team page on free-dc, the last update was jan 25th at 19:02 GMT, so the final of the 4 daily xml updates never happened. There's a thread (https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,30768) on the WCG forum but no answers yet. It's a little annoying. In more than 24 hours either they haven't noticed the problem or they can't be bothered to acknowledge it. Nice work if you can get it. 'Yeah, I'll toss those losers a bone tomorrow - maybe - if I feel like it.'

But instead of ranting, I'm going to my happy place - just as soon as I find one that is.

Mydog

Jan 27, 2011, 08:38 AM

Yeah, if you look at the team page on free-dc, the last update was jan 25th at 19:02 GMT, so the final of the 4 daily xml updates never happened. There's a thread (https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,30768) on the WCG forum but no answers yet. It's a little annoying. In more than 24 hours either they haven't noticed the problem or they can't be bothered to acknowledge it. Nice work if you can get it. 'Yeah, I'll toss those losers a bone tomorrow - maybe - if I feel like it.'

But instead of ranting, I'm going to my happy place - just as soon as I find one that is.

Stopp ranting Free-dc is updated:slap:

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=bwcg&team=22175&sort=last

twilyth

Jan 27, 2011, 08:55 AM

Stopp ranting Free-dc is updated:slap:

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=bwcg&team=22175&sort=last

Yeah, just saw that. Still no comment on WCG though. Eh. WTF. It's fixed. Hopefully FDC will pick up the missed milestones, they'll just get credited on the wrong day. Not a big deal. :cool:

Chicken Patty

Jan 27, 2011, 11:48 AM

Yeah #'s yesterday were lower so we could have had a record day for what we know.

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 12:31 PM

That's perfectly likely. I know it's sort itself out at some point and give us a sweet day, it looks like we do now! :toast:

Mydog

Jan 27, 2011, 12:33 PM

Don't thing WCG stats will give us a boost today, my numbers lokks just right for a normal day at the half way point.

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 12:37 PM

....which is mostly expected ;)

Although, I expect today to be higher than normal for me for WCG, in only a bit, my points halfway through the day are higher than normal.

Mydog

Jan 27, 2011, 11:27 PM

My prediction for todays numbers 2,0-2,1 million from what I see by my own numbers:D

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 11:43 PM

I can definitely believe that, I pulled 164k BOINC today :toast: :eek:

Mydog

Jan 27, 2011, 11:58 PM

;2173655']I can definitely believe that, I pulled 164k BOINC today :toast: :eek:

Great score there Ion:toast:

[Ion]

Jan 27, 2011, 11:59 PM

Thank you :)
I've had better, but not by much, and not in a while. IIRC one day I had about 180k, but that hasn't been for a while :ohwell:

[Ion]

Jan 28, 2011, 12:27 AM

Rather higher than we were expecting
http://img.techpowerup.org/110127/1289544231382.jpg
Superb job guys!!
:rockout::rockout: :toast: :respect: :toast::toast: :respect: :rockout:

Mydog

Jan 28, 2011, 12:38 AM

WOW great day team :toast:

Realy glad my prediction was wrong this time:laugh:

mjkmike

Jan 28, 2011, 12:40 AM

Great numbers. Looks like missing the update on my rigs didn't slow the team down.:toast::toast:

[Ion]

Jan 28, 2011, 12:45 AM

WOW great day team :toast:

Realy glad my prediction was wrong this time:laugh:
As am I, it was certainly great :)
Great numbers. Looks like missing the update on my rigs didn't slow the team down.:toast::toast:

Just imagine what we can do in the coming days w/ your SB build ;)

Chicken Patty

Jan 28, 2011, 05:51 AM

Awesome #'s, great job folks! :toast:

[Ion]

Jan 28, 2011, 01:42 PM

Mydog is really helping a lot :D

twilyth

Jan 29, 2011, 12:30 AM

;2174351']Mydog is really helping a lot :D

Fo shizzle. But let's always remember the people who form the loyal, dedicated base too. You're all awesome just based on your consistency.

brandonwh64

Jan 29, 2011, 12:53 AM

I just added on my AMD 4200+ dual core for crunching! hopfully that helps alittle

stinger608

Jan 29, 2011, 01:47 AM

I just added on my AMD 4200+ dual core for crunching! hopfully that helps alittle

Oh yea Brandon, every little bit always helps bro:toast::toast::toast:

Mydog

Jan 29, 2011, 02:03 PM

1/28/2011 TechPowerUp! 2,119,530

Great job team, another day over 2,1 mill.:respect::respect::respect::rockout:
Keep crunching:toast:

twilyth

Feb 2, 2011, 04:31 AM

Here are our numbers for the past 2 weeks

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/Capture-1.png

You can see that there is definitely an upward trend. It's easier to see from the bar graph though

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/Capture-2.png

I think we're looking pretty damn good.

Chicken Patty

Feb 2, 2011, 04:38 AM

:respect: :respect: Can we say on a roll? :toast: Great job guys!

Chicken Patty

Feb 2, 2011, 05:09 AM

guys, as of tomorrow my 3rd rig will come online, it's been offline for about a week or more now because the space was taken up by a PC I was fixing. :toast:

Chicken Patty

Feb 3, 2011, 06:17 AM

Statistics Last Updated: 2/2/11 23:59:59 (UTC) [7 hour(s) ago]

TechPowerUp! 1,905,949

Just under 2 million, not bad. Great job everyone. :toast:

Chicken Patty

Feb 4, 2011, 05:03 AM

Statistics Last Updated: 2/3/11 23:59:59 (UTC) [5 hour(s) ago]

TechPowerUp! 2,091,516

Great job everyone, back up to the 2 million! :toast:

twilyth

Feb 4, 2011, 05:25 AM

Yup. Very nice to see, especially so frequently.

Chicken Patty

Feb 4, 2011, 05:28 AM

Yup. Very nice to see, especially so frequently.

Yep, definitely very good! :rockout:

HammerON

Feb 4, 2011, 07:04 AM

Love the 2 Million:)

twilyth

Feb 6, 2011, 04:52 AM

Here is the most recent graph of our team stats. We seem to be maintaining our recent level of performance.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/B1B05Capture.png

The actual number for today was TechPowerUp!
Statistics Last Updated: 2/5/11 23:59:59 (UTC) [5 hour(s) ago] - 1,911,120

Chicken Patty

Feb 6, 2011, 06:48 AM

That's amazing for a weekend! Great job team! :rockout:

Chicken Patty

Feb 7, 2011, 06:27 AM

Statistics Last Updated: 2/6/11 23:59:59 (UTC) [7 hour(s) ago]

TechPowerUp! 1,894,971

Not bad for a Sunday! Keep it up fellas! :rockout:

HammerON

Feb 7, 2011, 06:35 AM

Not a bad weekend at all:)

Chicken Patty

Feb 7, 2011, 03:34 PM

Not a bad weekend at all:)

Nope, weekends have some crazy dips and we managed to say very close to the 2 million mark both days. :toast:

twilyth

Feb 9, 2011, 09:45 AM

Here is the graphical display for out recent team stats. Lookin' good Billy Ray.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/Capture-4.png

And the raw stats

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/Capture-5.png

KieX

Feb 9, 2011, 11:40 AM

Awesome results! 2Million should be our new permanent home!

The thing I find most amazing is that together we're outputting close to 2 years worth of runtime per day! That is a lot of research for the WCG team.

Proud to be one of you :toast:

Chicken Patty

Feb 9, 2011, 12:49 PM

twilyth

Feb 9, 2011, 03:08 PM

Hey guys, I'm still very sick and with fever. I'd really appreciate if you guys can cover the updates for me. For those who have me on Facebook, you can reach me easier through there since I have notifications sent to my phone, other than that I really don't get on the PC much anymore, mostly just laying down in bed. :(

I've been doing pie and milestones. I'll give others the chance to do the daily numbers but will pick up the slack if it doesn't get done.

Please go see a doctor and make sure that you haven't developed strep, bronchitis or some other secondary bacterial infection. Remember what happened to Jim Hensen. It's worth the $100 or whatever it might cost you. Hell, if things are tight, I'm sure there are a few of us here who are willing and able to chip in. You deserve it, so go getter done. :slap: :toast:

HammerON

Feb 10, 2011, 01:26 AM

I will try to help out with Daily Numbers

twilyth

Feb 10, 2011, 01:37 AM

I will try to help out with Daily Numbers

Thanks Hammer - and btw, I editted the milestones to give more proper recognition to everyone.

I forgot to mention - for anyone who has the flu - 2 things you need to do

1. Get tested to see what your vitamin D levels are. If you take a supplement, only take D3. Vit D is necessary for proper immune function and among other things is necessary for making cathelicidins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathelicidin). - an antimicrobial polypeptide. I was taking 400IU per day and my blood levels were still too low. Now I take 1000-2000IU (depending on whether or not I skip a day).

2. Get some zinc lozenges. Zinc has helped me fight off many bugs and is also necessary for a proper immune response. I like the Zand Elderberry lozenges but they're hard to find and a little pricey. A zinc supplement (chelated) will also do the job. Try to get the chelated kind (bound to an amino acid) rather than zinc salts.

HammerON

Feb 10, 2011, 02:58 AM

Today's number:

1,876,015:toast::toast::toast:

Not bad, but we can do better:)

HammerON

Feb 11, 2011, 03:33 AM

Our team numbers for the day:

1,815,867

twilyth

Feb 11, 2011, 03:42 AM

Yeah, a little disappointing, but we only have about 70 people returning working today. Not sure what that number normally is, but this only works out to a little over 20% of members. I wonder why that is. You see this on all teams I think. Maybe people have some problem with boinc on the default settings and uninstall. Or maybe people rebuild their system and just never get around to installing it again. It's too bad. If we had even half returning work every day we would probably be well over 2M ppd. Oh well.

stinger608

Feb 11, 2011, 04:08 AM

I have to believe that it has something to do with the size of the work unit. Is that possibly a correct assumption?

twilyth

Feb 11, 2011, 05:08 AM

I have to believe that it has something to do with the size of the work unit. Is that possibly a correct assumption?

Maybe. I saw it went from like 22% before the final update to 26% after. Most people will have just one machine, probably a laptop. Since those are going to be single and dual rigs by and large not to mention running at lower clocks, I can see a wu taking more than 24 hours. But even so, that's not going to be everybody, so I have to believe that a lot of people just gave up on it at some point.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't know how it could be researched.

stinger608

Feb 11, 2011, 12:26 PM

KieX

Feb 11, 2011, 05:33 PM

Take into account that the global member list includes people who've joined us from other teams to give a hand temporarily like RAMMIE, those who gave a lot and then stopped like D.Law and those who through one tough life event or another have had to stop altogether.

The biggest number I recall seeing was 89 active users in a day. But since it's not something we have a way of monitoring easily suppose can't say either if currently 70 is good or bad. Contacting these may help but dunno, think possibly the best is to keep getting new members, however long they stay. Could maybe organise something like a crunchathon to get interest and hopefully have some stay.

twilyth

Feb 11, 2011, 05:39 PM

You are probably correct, sad as it is. Is there a way we can contact the members that are not showing any increase in WU's? I have a way to mass email up to 1000 email addresses, so if I had a list of people that was not increasing in numbers, I could send them a little friendly invitation from the TPU WCG team to rejoin and help for the cause.
Well, we don't want to be too aggressive. I mean if somebody stops because of problems with boinc, all we can do is try to make them feel comfortable asking questions - even if a question has been asked a thousand times before. For some of us, this is almost a way of life, but we are a tiny minority. Most people will just install and forget so we have to be able to see things from different perspectives.
Take into account that the global member list includes people who've joined us from other teams to give a hand temporarily like RAMMIE, those who gave a lot and then stopped like D.Law and those who through one tough life event or another have had to stop altogether.

The biggest number I recall seeing was 89 active users in a day. But since it's not something we have a way of monitoring easily suppose can't say either if currently 70 is good or bad. Contacting these may help but dunno, think possibly the best is to keep getting new members, however long they stay. Could maybe organise something like a crunchathon to get interest and hopefully have some stay.

Not sure what you mean, but I think the people you mentioned actually left the team at some point - as opposed to just shutting down boinc or not reinstalling but not jumping to another team.

89 sounds kinda low too, but it gives me a frame of reference now so thank you. :toast:

(FIH) The Don

Feb 11, 2011, 05:46 PM

i also think that contacticn people who is or isnt crunching could have a negative effect,

some people might feel pressured to crunch, and that is not good imo, this is volounteer work, no something you HAVE to do,

and as KieX says, some people just made an acc to help us, or joined from other teams, and then left again.

and as long as the number is the same or goes up by something its what matters

KieX

Feb 11, 2011, 05:50 PM

*snip*
Not sure what you mean, but I think the people you mentioned actually left the team at some point - as opposed to just shutting down boinc or not reinstalling but not jumping to another team.

89 sounds kinda low too, but it gives me a frame of reference now so thank you. :toast:

Just realised the number on Free-DC is not the all-time member list (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamMemberDetail.do?sort=status&teamId=S8TLJ6TFV1), but the currently joined members list. Sorry for confusion. In that case it means 230 or so are joined to the team but not returning results :(

Chicken Patty

Feb 11, 2011, 06:30 PM

As far as having another contest, I might have a price rig, I gotta sort a few things out, I think it's time for another one, they usually have a very good turnout!

BinaryMage

Feb 12, 2011, 12:49 AM

As far as having another contest, I might have a price rig, I gotta sort a few things out, I think it's time for another one, they usually have a very good turnout!

A price rig? What is that? (sorry if this is a stupid question, I honestly don't know)

On the active members topic, another useful thing to check would be whether its mostly the same active members each day. or different ones. Many people probably don't have a dedicated cruncher, and maybe they didn't use their computer that day, or were gaming and turned off BOINC, or something else. A more useful statistic would be who hasn't connected to the WCG servers in a week or some moderately long period of time.

KieX

Feb 12, 2011, 01:13 AM

A price rig? What is that? (sorry if this is a stupid question, I honestly don't know)

Background info:
World Community Grid Contest (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=127604)

(also an example of how awesome a team this is, when people help each other selflessly)

stinger608

Feb 12, 2011, 01:48 AM

Well, we don't want to be too aggressive. I mean if somebody stops because of problems with boinc, all we can do is try to make them feel comfortable asking questions - even if a question has been asked a thousand times before. For some of us, this is almost a way of life, but we are a tiny minority. Most people will just install and forget so we have to be able to see things from different perspectives.

Oh I agree Twilyth. Contacting people can be a very touchy business, and the sender does not, as you said, be too aggressive. It would be more along the lines of a screen shot of the daily number, and how well we are doing in this awesome team, and how we can always use the input of fellow members. It would explain how even a simple single core system such as an older laptop still makes a difference, and how he or she is still a vital part of the TPU Crunching team:rockout:

i also think that contacticn people who is or isnt crunching could have a negative effect,

some people might feel pressured to crunch, and that is not good imo, this is volounteer work, no something you HAVE to do,

and as KieX says, some people just made an acc to help us, or joined from other teams, and then left again.

and as long as the number is the same or goes up by something its what matters

I agree 100% Don, however, see my answer to Twilyth above your quote. It would not be a "get your asses crunching" type of contact by any stretch of the imagination, it would be more of an invitation to see how this community is coming together for the betterment of health and well being. The contact letter would state that we knew he or she crunched for the team at some point, and we very much appreciated the effort, and just want him or her to take a look at what we have accomplished in the last day, month, or year. We could invite the recipient to take a look at our stats, and invite them to once again join our community team if he or she felt it was good for them. Explain that in no way are we attempting to persuade them to become an active part, however we sure would welcome him or her with open arms.

twilyth

Feb 12, 2011, 02:13 AM

I haven't done a pictorial daily stats update in a while and I like this photo so I figured, what the hell.

Looks like we might be edging back up to 2M - woo-hoo!!

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/2149a4b4.jpg

twilyth

Feb 12, 2011, 02:19 AM

Oh I agree Twilyth. Contacting people can be a very touchy business, and the sender does not, as you said, be too aggressive. It would be more along the lines of a screen shot of the daily number, and how well we are doing in this awesome team, and how we can always use the input of fellow members. It would explain how even a simple single core system such as an older laptop still makes a difference, and how he or she is still a vital part of the TPU Crunching team:rockout:

I agree 100% Don, however, see my answer to Twilyth above your quote. It would not be a "get your asses crunching" type of contact by any stretch of the imagination, it would be more of an invitation to see how this community is coming together for the betterment of health and well being. The contact letter would state that we knew he or she crunched for the team at some point, and we very much appreciated the effort, and just want him or her to take a look at what we have accomplished in the last day, month, or year. We could invite the recipient to take a look at our stats, and invite them to once again join our community team if he or she felt it was good for them. Explain that in no way are we attempting to persuade them to become an active part, however we sure would welcome him or her with open arms.

If it's done right, with the right attitude and respect for whatever choice the person makes, something really low-key might be ok. CP would have to make that call though.

The thing is, even if we can tell definitively that someone isn't returning work any more (which I guess we could glean from the Free-DC team stats page), we still need to dig up an email address for each person. That puts it under Wiz's purview since he's the one who would have to actually send the emails. I don't think it would be appropriate to turn that sort of information over to anyone else.

IDK. This will require some thought.

BinaryMage

Feb 12, 2011, 02:35 AM

Background info:
World Community Grid Contest (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=127604)

(also an example of how awesome a team this is, when people help each other selflessly)

Wow, that's cool. Question, would I be eligible? I am above rank 75 on the team based on BOINC points (from other projects I previously participated in), but lower than 75 on WCG points...

If it's done right, with the right attitude and respect for whatever choice the person makes, something really low-key might be ok. CP would have to make that call though.

The thing is, even if we can tell definitively that someone isn't returning work any more (which I guess we could glean from the Free-DC team stats page), we still need to dig up an email address for each person. That puts it under Wiz's purview since he's the one who would have to actually send the emails. I don't think it would be appropriate to turn that sort of information over to anyone else.

IDK. This will require some thought.

Yeah, I agree. Hmm... is there any way we could send a mass email? -IDEA- Hey, maybe we could start a monthly newsletter. Tell people about upcoming contests, how our stats are doing, crunching tips, things WCG has accomplished, etc. That would be a great way to keep people involved without targeting, and also a lot of fun. I'd love to help with that. Thoughts?