I just took MCM off my list of projects. All in the hopes of boosting the other projects and, well, boosting my badges in those other projects!
It is the majority of my tasks, MCM, and has been for a while. I have a 10 year badge, on that one. Hoping that by dropping it, for the time being, I can improve my other badges and, maybe, my PPD.
My work schedule is crazy, still, but, I do get 2 days off now. The issue is that they are not together, Sun and Wed.
I don't want to complain about it but, I am going to.
Or, maybe not.
Point is, with so many things to do, my box building has been "boxed out" because of time restraints! So, I am most likely stuck with what I got, for the upcoming challenge.
I should be done with the MCM by then and, if one can believe the "remaining time" on the BOINC, I will be returning results on the two i3's at 4 an hour and on my laptop, about 4 every 1.5 to 3 hours. Which beats the hell out of the 5 hours of MCM on the i3's and the 7 hours of them on my laptop.
Which will be good for the challenge by almost 2 times (or more) the WU's returned (not to mention a possible move up the personal standings!).


Edit, Still hoping to get the "Opticon" switched over to the i7, after the next paycheck, on the 16th. It's a tough call because of the money, I toasted something doing it myself. Either the HDD or the Memory, the diagnostic flashes could mean either ( Dell's codes vary from box to box, it seems) and since it is a second hand box, and no real time to tinker, I am going to pay a local shop to cure it.
But on that front, it is questionable. My landlord, or lady in the office that works for the Landlords, did not cash a check I wrote last month, until last Monday. Meaning my account is now, nearly, $200 overdrawn. It is kind of a setback. But, if I can, I am going to try and negotiate a reasonable price for the switch from the people I bought it from. Maybe by fibbing a bit. Probably not, I am a bad liar and don't like doing it.
I see so many people get away with it though...I have enough of a hard time sleeping, as it is!
I will still try, without lying, to negotiate a fair price. It's not like the shop doesn't have a few sticks of DDR3 or a spare couple of HDD's lying around!