By the look of your results you must need that Texas Quarter to put towards buying a decent computer thats comparable to all the hot air you keep spouting.

What are you running

Is it a IBM PC AT 8Mhz ( 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001 TeraFlops )

Thats some serious computing power you have there my man

N0-MAD (N eedlessly O ffers M any A imless D eclarations)

Statistics No·MAD
Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) (Rank) 0:011:16:48:02 (#12,402)
Points Generated (Rank) 4,537 (#15,865)
Results Returned (Rank) 10 (#12,549)
Avg. Run Time Per Calendar Day (y:d:h:m:s) 0:000:08:30:33
Avg. Run Time Per Result (y:d:h:m:s) 0:001:04:04:48
Avg. Points Per Hour of Run Time 16.15738
Avg. Points Per Calendar Day 137.48485
Avg. Points Per Result 453.70000
Avg. Results Per Calendar Day 0.30303
Last Result Returned (UTC) 12/18/2004 22:30:25 [39+ hour(s) ago]
Device Installations 1
Registered Member Since 11/18/2004

By the way the only Alien Conspiracy here is in the mind of no other than NO-MAD the SELF PROCLAIMED Computer Guru

Whats it like to be a legend in your own mind
I would find that a very Alien experience

Best Regards

<GRAHAM>

It pains me to say it but I agree with NoMAD.

The size of the contribution to WCG should have nothing to do with ability to contribute to the fora. From this info NoMAD has produced 10 results, any of which could be a key breakthrough - we just dont know yet. His contribution should be seen as equally as important as the 67 results and 55K points I have returned so far.

I think it very wrong that we set a precident where the amount of compute power determines an individuals right to contribute. That said, I struggle with the content of this thread - what are you trying to say NoMAD? You are clearly passionate about the subject of grids vs supercomputers ("raining on the parade") but this is bizarre and I dont follow your thinking.

How about you start a thread which aims to find the top ten reasons that a grid is better than a supercomputer and vice versa? Somebody as articulate as you should have no problems creating a positive and lively debate which will benefit the community.

Paul

This thread was originally intended to stay light-hearted and fun, however there was perhaps some friction that carried over from other posts in regards to the grids vs supercomputers comments.

I would be the 's advocate in reversing roles if IBM would put me on the payroll. I could garner some heavy Public Relations points to this regard. As we all know it's much easier to take the position of something that nearly everyone is already favoring than the opposite.

How 'bout I bury the hatchet in your thick dimwitted head?


haha. It doesn't matter, I thought it was funny and so did a couple of others. As you pointed out there are over 32,000 members and not everyone is going to have a sense of humor. Generally people tend to be quicker to respond to something they don't agree with rather than responding to something that they either agree with or simply don't care about. Perhaps no one would have responded unless they didn't agree with something on this post. Pconfig gave my post a thumbs down and I returned the favor and all hell broke loose. A couple of people from your team was pulling in one direction and a few strangers was pulling with me in another direction. Perhaps for the sake of the humor-handicapped I should employ a more liberal use of smilies to indicate when humor is implied. <applause>

BTW, this is why we don't see anything on Mars -

No-MAD,

One of the things that I have found on all of my time on the Internet and bulletin boards before that (nearly 20 years), is that what counts for humour in one person's mind is seen as derogatory/insulting/not funny in another person's.

This is just like real life - we could both go to a comedy show and you may find a particular joke funny and I could hate it. This does not mean that I am "humor-handicapped" but rather have a different interpretation of what I find funny.