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Dieter Matuschek
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Post Count: 142 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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In case somebody of the team wants to communicate I open this thread (although I am not the team captain).
----------------------------------------I think it would be nice to learn about other members. Some info about me: I am living in Bavaria/Germany and I have taken part in other DC projects, especially FAD (now closed). At the moment I have running 6 AMD Athlons @ 2 GHz 24/7. (More info can be found at my home page.) I am curious to hear from other members . . .  Ask not what the world can do for you - ask what you can do for the world. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Dieter Matuschek at Nov 26, 2006 1:26:43 PM] |
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Dieter Matuschek
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Post Count: 142 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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To avoid discussing with me alone I use this thread as a log (until somebody new arrives).
---------------------------------------- Today I have switched 4 machines to BOINC. The 2 other AMDs are crunching exclusively HCMD with UD Agent and UD Monitor. The winter has been extreme mild here in Europe. So I fear I have to turn off most of the machines very early this year because of overheating (of my flat, not of the PCs!). /edit/ Just 4 days . . . and I'm totally BOINC addicted.  Now all my machines are running BOINC 5.8.11 with configuration 'file_xfer' turned off and 'task_debug' (for checkpoints getting noticed in messages) turned on. Ask not what the world can do for you - ask what you can do for the world. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Dieter Matuschek at Feb 25, 2007 10:47:36 PM] |
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Dieter Matuschek
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Post Count: 142 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Recently I've added my first dual core machine with AMD64 2 x 2.6 GHz. Now I use BOINC 5.8.16 for Windows.
----------------------------------------Still it's cool enough to let all 8 CPUs run 24/7. Ask not what the world can do for you - ask what you can do for the world. |
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Vester
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi, Dieter. I'll be a member of a CultureQuest® team on Sunday. Wish me luck because there is so much that I don't know!
----------------------------------------Good luck with this team. Wayne Farmer should join the team. I met him at the United Devices annual picnic in North Carolina a few years ago. He was a member of the Mensan team at UD (Grid.org). I'm with Plum Ugly, VaVega, PresterJohn, Roadtech, and the gang.  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Vester at Apr 29, 2007 3:56:57 AM] |
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Dieter Matuschek
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Post Count: 142 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hello Vester,
----------------------------------------nice to 'hear' you again!  I don't worry about your ability to enjoy and to enrich this contest, Vester. Due to my few narrow interests I surely would be totally lost at such an event. Though some Mensans usually are quite talkative this thread isn't too active as you see.  Plainly spoken I planned to join an inspiring team with valuable discussions. It hasn't to be a Mensan team, a team dedicated to Albert Schweitzer (or to Sir John Templeton, or to Warren Buffett) would be suitable, too. But I think I shouldn't create one by myself because I am not as communicative as a team captain should be.  Thanks for your post, Vester. Ask not what the world can do for you - ask what you can do for the world. |
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Vester
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I survived the CultureQuest®!!! I am very pleased that I knew about Reynolds numbers and was able to describe the use in discussions of laminar and turbulent flow. I learned that in an Oceanography course at the University of Washington in 1968. The lab for the course "Sedimentary Processes" was in the hydraulics lab.
----------------------------------------That was an area of interest for me in modifying heads, exhausts, and intakes for engines. Hot-rodding was a passion in those days. I later applied that information to understand noise spokes caused by irregular surfaces or marine growth on sonar domes of ships. Now I need to learn more about augmented fifths. I also knew the "air speed velocity of an unladen swallow". (Clue: Monty Python) I'll try to contact Wayne Farmer. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Vester at Apr 29, 2007 11:52:31 PM] |
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You should have some interesting, mature and more intelligent conversations here Vester mate.
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twilyth
Master Cruncher US Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Post Count: 2130 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I just joined. Didn't renew my Mensa membership this year since I never go to the meetings. If I do rejoin, will see if I can get something into the local newsletter. Submitting something to the national newsletters would also be a good idea for those with active membership.
----------------------------------------I know WCG is expecting a lot of people from the Grorg (grid.org), but since many of their million or so members were inactive and many of the machines were just on autopilot, I don't think the influx will be as great as has been hoped (feared?)   |
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Vester
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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You should have some interesting, mature and more intelligent conversations here Vester mate. Mensans like to let their hair down and socialize, Whl. Don't expect too much. It is nice to "see" you, Whl.I'm glad you joined, twilyth. It is nice to meet you. Or do I know you by a different nickname? These project changes can be tough. The hardest part is the splitting of teams and trying to decide which team to join. I'd like to be a member of many teams. Twilyth, I'll prepare an article for my local Mensa group, Piedmont Area Mensa. Maybe I can get some of them to join. Crunching isn't for everyone and Mensans are a diverse lot. How is the TSC project going, Dieter? I found your hompage and bookmarked it again. One of my two granddaughters, age 19, will soon be a junior at the University of Hawaii. Her cousin, also my granddaughter, is in the tenth grade at Tamagawa Gakuen. |
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twilyth
Master Cruncher US Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Post Count: 2130 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thanks.
----------------------------------------I had a couple of ID's when I was with the Grorg but never posted much - mainly used Xycthian. It's nice to meet some cyber-Mensans. My local group (central NJ) has been less than exciting - although I haven't really given them much of a chance in recent years. They do however throw one heck of an AG. Whatever you submit to your local pub could probably go uneditted to "The Mensan". Of course I think their lead time is a couple of months, but even so. . . |
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