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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7846 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I keep wondering why I keep all of these computers switched on. Or even why I have them in the first place. Why no work? Why no status updates? Surely there is at least one person on the other end of this line who could spare a moment to let us know what is going on every day or so. The users have asked for this a number of times but the communication continues to be sparse at best. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Robokapp
Senior Cruncher Joined: Feb 6, 2012 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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maybe we cured all the diseases?
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roundup
Veteran Cruncher Switzerland Joined: Jul 25, 2006 Post Count: 843 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Once again the silence is deafening. Cheers Unscheduled website downtimes, unexpected interruption of work unit flow, unresolved issues with adding devices, 2 years after WCG was handed over to Krembil some basic topics are still unresolved, no communication with the large base of volunteers by admins. My take: WCG is dying these days. |
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Link64
Senior Cruncher Joined: Feb 19, 2021 Post Count: 206 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I keep wondering why I keep all of these computers switched on. Or even why I have them in the first place. I just keep wondering why people don't set up backup projects or simply additional projects for which they enable work fetch when their main project(s) are out of work. That's part of the idea behind BOINC, one client for all projects instead of project specific clients. Instead of whining I'm crunching Einsteins FGRP5 now. |
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Spiderman
Advanced Cruncher United States Joined: Jul 13, 2020 Post Count: 138 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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RE: Backup Projects...
That's what I'm doing. My machines are crunching on Denis (EKG-diagrams) and Asteroids (spin/rotation of those planet-killers). Denis always comes in spurts (its Server Status page shows no new WU's for the weekend until they load the queue, generally Monday afternoon). I allowed one machine to pull Einstein, but it wanted to tie-up every CPU with huge WU's lasting 1-2 days apiece, so stayed with the others. There's plenty of work available in BOINC-land until WCG comes back... |
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TonyEllis
Senior Cruncher Australia Joined: Jul 9, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Same here. Can obtain backup work from einstein@home or asteroids@home within seconds of enabling them. They also keep four of my raspberry pi systems busy now there is no longer any WCG work for them.
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thunder7
Senior Cruncher Netherlands Joined: Mar 6, 2013 Post Count: 238 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Well, the forum seems up again. Apparently, this is THE monday. Great. Now an explanation about what happened would be very welcome, please?
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Bryn Mawr
Senior Cruncher Joined: Dec 26, 2018 Post Count: 385 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I keep wondering why I keep all of these computers switched on. Or even why I have them in the first place. I just keep wondering why people don't set up backup projects or simply additional projects for which they enable work fetch when their main project(s) are out of work. That's part of the idea behind BOINC, one client for all projects instead of project specific clients. Instead of whining I'm crunching Einsteins FGRP5 now.I’m currently signed up to 5 projects and I’m getting work from 2 of them - WCG is definitely one of the most reliable in supplying work (but, sadly, not at telling us what’s going on). [Edit 1 times, last edit by Bryn Mawr at Oct 23, 2023 4:18:47 PM] |
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TPCBF
Master Cruncher USA Joined: Jan 2, 2011 Post Count: 2173 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Well, the forum seems up again. Apparently, this is THE monday. Great. Now an explanation about what happened would be very welcome, please? I suspect this is wishful thinking...Ralf |
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hchc
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Aug 15, 2006 Post Count: 865 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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roundup said:
----------------------------------------Once again the silence is deafening. Cheers Unscheduled website downtimes, unexpected interruption of work unit flow, unresolved issues with adding devices, 2 years after WCG was handed over to Krembil some basic topics are still unresolved, no communication with the large base of volunteers by admins. My take: WCG is dying these days. I'm optimistic (but yeah, still get frustrated). WCG really just needs funding. Lots and lots more funding from corporate sponsors. $$$. I get it. Look at massive projects with corporate sponsors like Folding@home. I wish WCG would get the same considering they have quite a few reputable research institutions affiliated over the past 20 years...
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