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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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<snip snip> I’d just bet you were not in the military, RT.   Keith! When I was a kid I had an uncle whose fishing buddy was from southern Georgia. He could fillet a person like a fish without ever using one word that, in another context, could not be used in church. It is quite an art form.On the other side, I am reminded of a moment of my life. It was 1969 and my sorry rear was west of Da Nang. It was around midnight and a bunch of us were leaned against an APC listening to the squawk on its radio. Some 2nd louie was under fire, running low and needed ammo. I don’t think he had casualties as he was not requesting a Medivac but he desperately needed ammo. He had made several “requests” and was very proficient in the use of “MF” in its non-abbreviated form as well as other colorful expressions. Finally he just lost it. Of course, after 40 years, I cannot remember the exact conversation but it went something like this. I will use @ for the colorful words. “Charlie Six to Firebase One, over. Fire Base One where’s my @@ ammo you @, @? <pause>. @,@ git a @ slick in the @ air with some @ ammo NOW you @. You @ lazy @, @@. @@ I ain’t @ kidding, @@, we’re all gonna be @ dead, you @@, if you don’t @ get off your @@@ NOW. NOW you @@ or I @@ swear I’m going to @ cut off your @@, @’s and feed them to the @ jungle rats!! Sargent, you @@, if I @ ever get my @ @$$ off this @@ hill I @ swear I’m @ gonna rip your @ head off your @ neck and @ down the @, @ hole, you @@.Do you hear me? you @@!! GIT IT HERE NOW! @@" The APC moved out and I never knew if the LT actually got his ammo. I'm not sure it could have been "more adequately expressed" by him saying, “Please bring me some ammo, thank you.” I’m not sure it would have been quite as effective in that situation. His use of language was quite an art form too as he was able to use @@ as every part of speech in the English language. I think it would take a PhD in English to diagram his sentences though.  I do hope they made it out alive.PS: I’ll bet Dave can read this without pausing. While on the other side of the earth from Texas, I have looked into the business end of an AK47 being maliciously pointed at me by a foreign soldier more than once. I sometimes still have vivid nightmares about those instances. Of course, we all hope the people you talked about made it out alive. I had friends that didn’t. Further, If there is a swear word that has ever been uttered in English that I have not heard, then I would be mildly surprised. I just find them unnecessary; just as I do editing the occasional d@mn out of this forum. It all seems so superfluous/unnecessary to the objectives. This is just my take on the matter and is not intended to have any bearing on anyone else’s actions or to incite any further discussion on this “off-topic” thread.  |
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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This is just my take on the matter and is not intended to have any bearing on anyone else’s actions or to incite any further discussion on this “off-topic” thread. No offence intended. That is what is great about MOT. This eclectic group can discuss or debate any topic without anger. There is not much off-topic here.  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I just realized meowpao is coming up fast.... I'm not giving up without a fight. Wahhh! I Wuz Seen!  Sneaking up behind you guys didn't work! I've been out of the scene for about a month.. Only getting 10k points a day. :( |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/15 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== RT reached 14,000,000 points  Dresser reached 600,000 points Runtime milestones report ========================= No runtime milestones found.  Results returned milestones report ================================== NiceMedTexMD returned their 2,400th result harry_i_c returned their 1,400th result New members report ================== No new members found. Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522 Points: 05/06/2009 518,871 Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34 Good crunching folks!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/15 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: marysduby - 62,086 points 02: RT - 52,800 points 03: Coingames - 44,376 points 04: esoteric17 - 41,420 points 05: parmesian - 34,114 points 06: NiceMedTexMD - 23,450 points 07: Dresser - 19,744 points 08: Dave Bell - 16,675 points 09: Dataman - 16,538 points 10: keithhenry - 13,946 points 11: brown chris - 11,549 points 12: Blueprint - 9,011 points 13: sulcata - 6,195 points 14: stares - 5,372 points 15: harry_i_c - 5,177 points 16: Mushball - 5,013 points 17: Bravehart - 4,946 points 18: Blizzie - 4,937 points 19: Esteban69 - 4,480 points 20: Sunny L. Kae - 3,834 points Total points returned today: 420,618 Active members returning points today: 42 Average points per member active today: 10,014.7143 |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
@Gerald: How's that GT260 doing? Keep us posted. I got 4 units yesterday they all errored out and 4 today one has errored and i guess we can only get 4 per day--running 0.17cpu--maybe something is set wrong.i hope i can figure it out its rather disappointing being i set this computer up to run this-------------AMD Phenom IIx4 940 3GHZ --Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P--2gigs corsair PC2-6400 You're not running AQUA are you? That's probably the problem. If you're running GPU GRid, I'm using boinc version 6.3.21 and nvidia driver 181.2 and running stable for a few months. Using 6.6.31 driver185.85--GPU Grid Try to uninstall the NVIDA driver, reboot, then reinstall. I found out the hard way that when you install a new NVIDIA driver over an old driver, not all the old driver files get updated. The one sure way was to do it the way I just mentioned. Hope this helps! :) I just took your advice and got 4 new units we will see whay happens--thanks for all help--Dataman maybe it will cool off some or set to run at night How did the GPU crunching go? Is it working? Its not working--i have tried different drivers and Boinc--my card is the one with 216 streams |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
...........CONGRATULATIONS RT ON REACHING 14,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!........... |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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...My father told me many years ago that swearing was the curse of those with inadequate vocabularies; and that emotion can more adequately be expressed without their use. While I don't think that is entirely true, it has a great deal of merit... Oh that is SO true. The best illustration of it I have ever witnessed is the *real* expression of "Southern". True "Southern" is English spoken with a maximum of civilty and politeness no matter the message or its target. It is an experience you never forget. Imagine one person telling another where to go, how to get there and what to do when they get there, do it in a way to have the recipient of the message express honest and profuse thanks at such a kind and complimentary thought, and yet have everyone else who heard the message know exactly what was truly meant! I have only witnessed that once in my lifetime and it leaves you numb and awed. Language can be a very subtle but effective weapon. I’d just bet you were not in the military, RT. Keith! When I was a kid I had an uncle whose fishing buddy was from southern Georgia. He could fillet a person like a fish without ever using one word that, in another context, could not be used in church. It is quite an art form.On the other side, I am reminded of a moment of my life. It was 1969 and my sorry rear was west of Da Nang. It was around midnight and a bunch of us were leaned against an APC listening to the squawk on its radio. Some 2nd louie was under fire, running low and needed ammo. I don’t think he had casualties as he was not requesting a Medivac but he desperately needed ammo. He had made several “requests” and was very proficient in the use of “MF” in its non-abbreviated form as well as other colorful expressions. Finally he just lost it. Of course, after 40 years, I cannot remember the exact conversation but it went something like this. I will use @ for the colorful words. “Charlie Six to Firebase One, over. Fire Base One where’s my @@ ammo you @, @? <pause>. @,@ git a @ slick in the @ air with some @ ammo NOW you @. You @ lazy @, @@. @@ I ain’t @ kidding, @@, we’re all gonna be @ dead, you @@, if you don’t @ get off your @@@ NOW. NOW you @@ or I @@ swear I’m going to @ cut off your @@, @’s and feed them to the @ jungle rats!! Sargent, you @@, if I @ ever get my @ @$$ off this @@ hill I @ swear I’m @ gonna rip your @ head off your @ neck and @ down the @, @ hole, you @@.Do you hear me? you @@!! GIT IT HERE NOW! @@" The APC moved out and I never knew if the LT actually got his ammo. I'm not sure it could have been "more adequately expressed" by him saying, “Please bring me some ammo, thank you.” I’m not sure it would have been quite as effective in that situation. His use of language was quite an art form too as he was able to use @@ as every part of speech in the English language. I think it would take a PhD in English to diagram his sentences though. I do hope they made it out alive.PS: I’ll bet Dave can read this without pausing. Which shows you the importance of situational context! I bet the conversation would have been a tad bit different if he was back home during hunting season. Of course, if he had been talking to a Colonel or Major instead of old Sarge, it may have been slightly different too in the same circumstances - as in @@ SIR! |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
........CONGRATULATIONS DRESSER ON REACHING 600,000 MOT POINTS !!!........ |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Points milestones report ======================== RT reached 14,000,000 points Dresser reached 600,000 points Results returned milestones report ================================== NiceMedTexMD returned their 2,400th result harry_i_c returned their 1,400th result Nice milestones today, Dresser in particular as they're still a pretty new member. |
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