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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Beta badge!
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Dr. Berthold Schaefer
Cruncher Germany Joined: Nov 30, 2008 Post Count: 2 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Running 8 CEP2 beta work units in parallel on my i7-860 system without a problem, I finally succeeded to get a beta badge.
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PecosRiverM
Veteran Cruncher The Great State of Texas Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 1054 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Gold tonight
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rembertw
Senior Cruncher Belgium Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Post Count: 275 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Congrats to the new bronze beta's.
It's a challenge to join the Beta club. Y'all did well!  |
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Coleslaw
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Post Count: 1343 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I would argue that it is a lot easier to get that bronze beta nowadays and less prestigious. Especially for those willing to babysit machines and troll the forums to keep up on when they are issued. These last few releases were rather easy to pick up and at around 12 hours per unit, many can get the bronze in no time. I know I picked up around 20 or so this last time and I didn't put a lot of effort into it. I think the only ones struggling are the "set and forget" crowd and those with only a small number of cores. I don't have a lot of heavy hitters, but I do have a dozen or so PC's running all the time. Using a few of the tricks mentioned in these forums, it doesn't take a lot of effort to hoard units.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I think the only ones struggling are the "set and forget" crowd Being a member of the 'set and forget' group, at least for Beta, I was very pleased to get 31 WU and have all of them validated. Optimal configuration is all that is required. Oh yes, also patience; and stamina since you don't get a Beta badge right away as you have to be here quite a while. On average, I have crunched one day of Beta for every 4 months of other projects and I think that is higher than average.  With the new Beta distribution rules (which I agree with), set and forget is the only way to go.  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
5 years on WCG and finally made it to Ruby!
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deltavee
Ace Cruncher Texas Hill Country Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 4894 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Bronze Beta after 6 years of crunching. Maybe it is "less prestigious" but I am going to savor it nonetheless.
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nanoprobe
Master Cruncher Classified Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Post Count: 2998 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Bronze Beta after 6 years of crunching. Maybe it is "less prestigious" but I am going to savor it nonetheless. Congrats. Patience is rewarded.  Just noticed I turned silver. Looked at stats page to find I made it by 2 hours. 
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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rilian
Veteran Cruncher Ukraine - we rule! Joined: Jun 17, 2007 Post Count: 1460 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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0:065:11:16:43 -- after last run
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