Nite Owl needs a vacation so we can catch up.

All my Results are in PV.. HPF take ages to verify.

Hmm, I believe that's been arranged.



You'll get points for them in time. If not in time for this challenge, just maybe there will be another challenge that can use them.

One last post before I call it a night.

We all get tired and frustrated at times with just about anything that you do day in and day out. It's okay to take a break if that's what you need. That's just one of the reason MyOnlineTeam has expanded its presence beyond the WCG to a number of projects. If you don't want to take a complete break from all crunching for a time, you can easily crunch at one or more of these other projects and still be a part of MOT. You don't have to use the same username but you do want to use the same email address for each project you attach to. Note that you will need to join the MOT team at each project as well.

If you are tired and/or frustrated but prefer to keep crunching here, I do not have a problem if you want to discuss it here. I think that is better that letting it build up and get to you. I do prefer that you try to keep it polite and respectful and try to avoid starting a flamewar. You may be mad at the admins (or me) about something but, just like you, we're all folks doing what we can in too few hours each day. We don't have time to be part of any "conspiracies" as neither do you.

It is probably inevitable that you will eventually get a response to a post of yours that at the least you don't like and at worst sends your blood pressure thru the roof. If someone is out of line in their response, no matter who they are or their level of involvement here at WCG, avoid lowering yourself to their level. Let's face it, mud wrestling is cheesy and it is far to rare that any of us would look good doing it. There's a red angry face icon at the bottom right of every post. Use it instead. When you respond in kind in a thread, you just add fuel to the fire and we all lose. Oh I know the temptation is all but impossible to resist but we are all too good for that. If someone is trying to tweak our nose, why give them the satisfaction?

If there's a problem here, be it with the admins, the project, the team, me or someone else, and you don't feel you're getting a fair response, let me know, be it here or by direct e-mail. I'll try to do what I can.

For most of us, WCG was our introduction to the DC world and remains our only project. All we know about projects, how they are and/or should be run and such is based on what we've seen here. It's a lot like working at the same job for all your life. We know that but we don't know that much about what it's like elsewhere, despite the strong lure of the greener grass Sirens. If you want to learn more about what the DC world is really like, take advantage of our presence at these other projects. We're a team that crunches for a better world tomorrow. That doesn't limit us to WCG alone. Personally, WCG is my primary crunching focus - about 90% - but I have gotten my toes wet in a number of places. A little perspective goes a long way.

Like me, I hope all of you are here at MOT for the long haul. We're a team in and of itself. We also happen to crunch primarily and predominantly at WCG. I hope to see us continue to grow and to introduce others to the DC world and the good that will come from that in due time. It's quite a world out there and I prefer to make the most of it.

Note: to ensure there are no misunderstandings, nothing in the above is meant for any one individual, to cast blame or assign fault. I had no individual event in mind as I wrote any part of the above. No implications are intended. I'm just an old fart who's a virtual black hole of stubborn bull-headedness. This is a great team that is only going to get greater. Believe me, it's going to be quite a ride!

Courine, tigers got nothing to do with it. I'm just a stupid old cuss who's learned far too much the hard way. You won't and can't keep the tide from going out or coming in. It's a force we have to accept and live with. None of us do what we do and knowingly, willingly do it stupidly. Any and every decision every person makes made perfect sense to them at the instant they made it. That doesn't mean that they then don't realize something that has even them realizing that it was a REALLY dumb decision. To the extent we can understand where that person was in the instant of making that decision, we can understand the how and the why of that decision. The admins here are no different. I fully believe they all care about how WCG is run and want to do the best they can. They have limits and constraints on what they can do and when they can get things done. Guess what, so do the rest of us. They are not our enemy or advesary. They are part of the same team we are - TEAM WCG. I can only imagine how long they wanted to add the XML capabilities they just did to the web pages. Considering how most folks tend to react when they are told they are stupid incompetent idiots (ok, not in those words but that's the clear message), considering some of the things that have been said about the admins and the job they do here, they've been more than entitled to tell some folks where to go and what to do when they get there. No, they aren't perfect, Big whoop! Like that's a surprise. Golly gee! Neither am I. I do think a bit more attention to communication and a dash more openness would help. The fact that I think that doesn't mean that they're hiding from us or are being arogant. I really wish that they'd take a few minutes and pull back the curtain long enough for us to get a good look at what all they really do do and have on their list to do. Perspective can make for a wonderful 2x12 up side the head. We all can use that at some time or another. Believe me I know from experience! The cruncher who churns out 100K or a million points a week is a great thing. The cruncher who churns out 500 or 800 points a day on an old P4 box that they're still paying $25 a month on because that's the only way they could afford a computer but are bound and determined to do what they can after helplessly watching their loved one puke their guts out thru chemo that didn't work or waste away in a wheelchair or bed in a hospice is no less committed or deserving of our respect and gratitude. I try to acknowledge the contributions of both here on our team. Yes, I like points too and I want to get them fairly but I realize that the science, the reasons my fellow team members are here ought to come first. If someone thinks something's wrong with how the project is run or how they get points, by all means they have the right to make that known here in the forums - factually and objectively. If they feel that the response they get is wrong, they have the right to decide to continue here, go elsewhere or quit altogether. I'll respect that decision whatever it is though I'd clearly prefer to have them continue here. But make a decision and follow through on it.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 01/22 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
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                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
John Parker                      37         -1        38       1,227,940
Wunderwuzzi                      38         +1        37       1,228,507
David Autumns                    55         -1        56         771,192
Blizzie                          56         +1        55         775,650
Vialls                           62         -1        63         628,062
sulcata                          63         +1        62         630,166
Pwrguru@BC                       73         -1        74         513,303
Jonathan Figdor                  74         +1        73         516,393
aldeb                            81         -1        82         438,933
Arthur256                        82         +1        81         442,833
John Conrad                      99         -1       100         281,585
johng                           100         +1        99         282,343

Points milestones report
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No points milestones found.

Runtime milestones report
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No runtime milestones found.

Results returned milestones report
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Blizzie returned their 1,800th result
Arthur256 returned their 1,200th result
Hintsala returned their 1,500th result

New members report
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No new members found.

Retired members report
======================
No new retired members found.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned   Returned
01/22/2008  0:138:10:47:38  192,656  726 
01/21/2008  0:136:00:06:19  191,801  790 
01/20/2008  0:141:21:11:41  213,185  948 
01/19/2008  0:140:13:55:14  188,700  725 
01/18/2008  0:151:01:45:14  227,106  812 
01/17/2008  0:145:05:07:03  222,065  724 
01/16/2008  0:144:21:30:13  218,957  682

Team Records:
Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522
Points: 12/19/2007 379,990
Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34

Good crunching folks!!!!