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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
julied, I can only speak for myself. Most people install and run WCG without any problems. But those who do have problems find the client error messages unhelpful. I do not view this as a reason to avoid expanding our membership. Still, I am very aware that we need to improve. I am really looking forward to getting our own agent that we can readily modify (Linux X86 first) to remedy this problem. As for frying CPUs, I must admit that I mainly consider that a hardware problem. From my point of view, why would anybody buy a computer so poorly designed that it can only be run for light email tasks? If the computer fries, hold the retailer / manufacturer responsible and scream for replacement. Not that I am unsympathetic to anyone who was victimized by shoddy manufacturers. Lawrence Added: Second thoughts - we are letting this thread drift out of control. Discussion of what the World Community Grid needs to do should be in 'Member to Member' or 'Feedback'. Nothing in these last posts is really related to the HPF Project. smile You are correct, of course. Now as we were saying ... It seems to be difficult for someone who is computer knowledgeable to understand the perspective of a computer "neophyte". But if we are talking about appealing to and enrolling the "average user" we need some kind of shared perspective, Lawrence. The best way to explain my perspective is to quote a member who said, "As far as my wife is concerned a computer should be like a toaster. You just turn it on and it works." This is how most people view their computer! We are not talking about otherwise unintelligent or uneducated individuals or people over the age of 50-60 (er, hmmm) who were not raised with them. This is the attitude of most professionals and everday people who do not have a NEED to learn more about computers. In many cases they are outright computerphobic. They would really like to participate in the project, perhaps. BUT, they can not afford to take the risk of having their cpu get fried, yet don't know or want to know, how to prevent it. Lawrence, if we can just figure out a "fail-safe" mechanism that would prevent their cpu from burning up, then we will have successfully removed the one significant obstacle that prevents this project from being accessible to everyone who has a computer. And yes, I am talking about a "zero defect" goal. It also appears to me that their is a tendency (albeit subconscious) among the CAs to minimize the extent of the overheating problems that are occuring among the members. The extent to which I perceieve this issue expressed by the members is simply not matched by the CAs collective evaluations of the problem. I apologize if I appear to be belaboring this point. The reason I do is simply because I KNOW how many people I could present this project to IF there was not the potential that it could damage their systems in any way. Who knows, maybe I have a secret friend that could get this thing aired on one of the cable channels - if only . . .  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
And yes, I am talking about a "zero defect" goal. I would have thought that this is a "possible potential problem" that should be addressed by the hardware manufacturer It also appears to me that their is a tendency (albeit subconscious) among the CAs to minimize the extent of the overheating problems that are occuring among the members. The extent to which I perceieve this issue expressed by the members is simply not matched by the CAs collective evaluations of the problem. With the exception of 1 member of My Online Team who freely admitted to frying a CPU due to excessive over clocking, I am not aware as to how we have played down a "possible potential problem" that does not seem to be ocurring at present Computers, like cars need maintaining, and it is usually the neglectful owner that causes it to break down through lack of maintenence If your power supply fan and your CPU fan is kept clean at regular intervals, there should be no problems Companies run Internet servers flat out 24/7 365 days a year with correct maintenance and have none of the overheating problems described here I apologize if I appear to be belaboring this point. The reason I do is simply because I KNOW how many people I could present this project to IF there was not the potential that it could damage their systems in any way. I brought in 3000+ members and none of them have left a message in the forums advising me that I did not draw their attention to a "possible potential overheating problem" There are viruses out there doing unlimited damage to computers currently, but that does not stop people from connecting to the Internet, knowing the "possible potential damage" they can cause Who knows, maybe I have a secret friend that could get this thing aired on one of the cable channels - if only . . . Believe me, I spend day and night working on it  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 4, 2005 4:11:34 PM] |
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