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#51 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:40 am
by davidbam
Have just realised that "Russia Team" in this challenge is NOT the same team as Russia in Formula Boinc League 2
#52 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:46 am
by Bryan
davidBAM wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:27 am
I'd hate to abort them
This is a challenge, suspend the WCG

Time to go forward and futilely try to kick some butt
Been a long time since I've talked trash over here ... it's fun

#53 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:50 am
by davidbam
You forget what a nice guy I am though
Will review the situation when I get up. I am hoping that it will have finished any with a deadline before end of challenge
#54 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:57 am
by davidbam
Wouldn't be a challenge without a PSU failure
(Thankfully a 4-core / RX580 machine running WCG + Collatz)
#55 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:09 am
by Alez
davidBAM wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:47 pm
24hrs in and the team who actually called the Challenge have only 6 validated WU. Isn't that a bit unusual ?
Yes, that particular team do it every time.
#56 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:24 pm
by davidbam
https://boincstats.com/en/stats/175/tea ... d%5B%5D=12
I feel like a baddie in a Wild West movie being hunted down by a posse
#57 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:18 pm
by Alez

I'm yoyoing between 13 1nd 14 like a cork in a rapid.

Offshore now, so remote monitoring when time allows.
#58 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:34 pm
by scole of TSBT
I held 1st for over 2 days but I think I'm about to come down with the mumps

#59 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:59 pm
by Alez
scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:34 pm
I held 1st for over 2 days but I think I'm about to come down with the mumps
Hope you've had your vaccinations

#60 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:04 pm
by davidbam
scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:34 pm
I held 1st for over 2 days
DAYS !!! Days is great
I dropped bunkers 30secs after the challenge started and I think I held first place for maybe only a couple of hours

#61 Acoustics Stats
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:30 am
by TSBTbot
League 2 competitors on Formula Boinc . . . .
Position 90 on Boincstats all time WCG contributors
15-Feb-19 | Acoustics@home | Project Points |
---|
Marathon Pts | | 2019 Total | earned 15-Feb-19 | vs. day before |
---|
25 | The Scottish Boinc Team | 9,447,018 | 1,392,720 | 1,318,758 less |
18 | Ukraine | 4,483,164 | 269,850 | 24,192 less |
15 | AMD Users | 2,145,738 | 10,920 | 11,886 less |
12 | SETIKAH@KOREA | 1,665,510 | 42,462 | 21,336 less |
10 | Ars Technica | 738,360 | 13,692 | 2,016 less |
8 | BOINCstats | 640,626 | 17,346 | 9,114 less |
6 | US NAVY | 430,500 | 8,610 | 1,134 more |
4 | meisterkuehler.de Team | 416,556 | 2,058 | 378 less |
2 | Russia | 390,138 | 11,634 | 420 more |
1 | Microsoft | 290,850 | 4,998 | 2,184 less |
#62 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:41 am
by davidbam
I am guessing that the huge bunkers you guys dropped have maybe mostly validated now? They would have been contributing handsomely even after the initial drops.
#63 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:43 am
by davidbam
#64 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:50 am
by davidbam
davidBAM wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:24 pm
I feel like a baddie in a Wild West movie being hunted down by a posse
"Oi you, you're nicked"
https://boincstats.com/en/stats/175/tea ... d%5B%5D=12
Second place looks safe but I'll be staying on Acoustics as the points will still come in very handy for the year-long marathon. Plus, I am keen to see if I can get 7th user place in this challenge

#65 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:39 am
by Hal Bregg
Keep up good work, lads. I wish I didn't drop my bunker before challange started. But lesson learnt.
I hope we will win.
#66 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 11:44 am
by davidbam
I totally agree Pete, it is a sign of things to come in Formula Boinc League 1 next year. We
WILL be there

#67 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:06 pm
by Bryan
SPLAT! Bug on the windscreen
Yes, you guys are doing a really good job ... you just caught a bad case of the Mumps

#68 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:15 pm
by davidbam
would Mumps even be using all his machines?
#69 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:24 pm
by Bryan
davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:15 pm
would Mumps even be using all his machines?
No sir ... about 1/2. Less than that if he went into "battle" mode.
#70 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:27 pm
by davidbam
To continue my Wild West analogy ... ... "Who ARE these guys?"
#71 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:42 pm
by Bryan
The guys in the WHITE hats of course

#72 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:45 pm
by davidbam
Not me then

#73 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:47 pm
by Bryan
Nope, black hat so that's one of the bad guys

#74 Acoustics Stats
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:01 am
by TSBTbot
League 2 competitors on Formula Boinc . . . .
Position 90 on Boincstats all time WCG contributors
16-Feb-19 | Acoustics@home | Project Points |
---|
Marathon Pts | | 2019 Total | earned 16-Feb-19 | vs. day before |
---|
25 | The Scottish Boinc Team | 10,898,958 | 1,451,940 | 59,220 more |
18 | Ukraine | 4,733,946 | 250,782 | 19,068 less |
15 | AMD Users | 2,152,122 | 6,384 | 4,536 less |
12 | SETIKAH@KOREA | 1,702,386 | 36,876 | 5,586 less |
10 | Ars Technica | 752,052 | 13,692 | 0 more |
8 | BOINCstats | 654,738 | 14,112 | 3,234 less |
6 | US NAVY | 439,992 | 9,492 | 882 more |
4 | meisterkuehler.de Team | 419,874 | 3,318 | 1,260 more |
2 | Russia | 400,386 | 10,248 | 1,386 less |
1 | Microsoft | 295,806 | 4,956 | 42 less |
#75 Acoustics Stats
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:13 am
by TSBTbot
League 2 competitors on Formula Boinc . . . .
Position 90 on Boincstats all time WCG contributors
17-Feb-19 | Acoustics@home | Project Points |
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Marathon Pts | | 2019 Total | earned 17-Feb-19 | vs. day before |
---|
25 | The Scottish Boinc Team | 12,411,042 | 1,512,084 | 60,144 more |
18 | Ukraine | 4,969,314 | 235,368 | 15,414 less |
15 | AMD Users | 2,159,640 | 7,518 | 1,134 more |
12 | SETIKAH@KOREA | 1,737,204 | 34,818 | 2,058 less |
10 | Ars Technica | 764,064 | 12,012 | 1,680 less |
8 | BOINCstats | 670,446 | 15,708 | 1,596 more |
6 | US NAVY | 446,964 | 6,972 | 2,520 less |
4 | meisterkuehler.de Team | 420,378 | 504 | 2,814 less |
2 | Russia | 412,692 | 12,306 | 2,058 more |
1 | Microsoft | 299,880 | 4,074 | 882 less |
#76 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:10 am
by davidbam
I had a wee bunker drop
https://boincstats.com/en/stats/175/use ... B%5D=21251 so I am hopeful that it'll be enough to get me 6th place before the end of the Challenge. Depends if the other guys have anything left in the tank I guess (or are remotely bothered

). Didn't want to leave it any longer as I now have 4500 WU in pending
Note that the table header in previous post now includes links to relevant Formula Boinc page (on Marathon Pts) and to Project home page (on Asteroids@home). This is true of all new posts from TSBTbot
#77 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:12 am
by davidbam
Thanks for that Pete - feedback of any kind is greatly appreciated and good feedback is especially nice to hear
I'm glad you are liking the stats updates, I well-remember how confused I was by it all when I started competing at the end of last year. Hopefully these posts will clear the muddy waters a little for others
#78 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:01 am
by davidbam
Thanks for that Pete - it did actually happen a few days back; hopefully, I'll be able to support the other guys as a lot of admin work is, by nature, largely unseen.
Cruncher Pete wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:06 am
creeping up the ladder and fighting those russcies and yanks
I've never run a real Marathon (detested running all my life except when there was a soccer ball to chase), but reckon you can only ever beat the guy who is immediately in front of you. A team marathon is no different, no point me looking at what Mumps can do - the guy in front of me is the only one who matters
#79 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:55 am
by Hal Bregg
Bryan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:24 pm
davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:15 pm
would Mumps even be using all his machines?
No sir ... about 1/2. Less than that if he went into "battle" mode.
Yet, he did it would not scare TSBT off.
BTW is this guy's home a server room

?
#80 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:15 pm
by davidbam
#81 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:37 pm
by scole of TSBT
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:55 am
BTW is this guy's home a server room

?
Mumps is fortunate enough to work for a company that allows him to host all the spare equipment he can scrounge up and run it at their offices. They even allow him to use old company equipment for a bit after it's been swapped out.
Use those extra clients to load up on enough WU to last until the end of the challenge.
#82 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:49 pm
by davidbam
scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:37 pm
fortunate enough to work for a company that allows him to host all the spare equipment he can scrounge up and run it at their offices
I reckon they must be an electricity supply company or have a field full of wind turbines

#83 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:47 pm
by davidbam
Got him. Just need to stay ahead now.
#84 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:18 pm
by Hal Bregg
davidBAM wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:49 pm
scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:37 pm
fortunate enough to work for a company that allows him to host all the spare equipment he can scrounge up and run it at their offices
I reckon they must be an electricity supply company or have a field full of wind turbines
Very fortunate pal, indeed.
#85 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:26 pm
by Bryan
It must be nice to see how many you have. I get a database error that I've exceeded allotted memory when I try

#86 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:36 pm
by Bryan
davidBAM wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:47 pm
Got him. Just need to stay ahead now.
He's toast, just keep the pedal down!
Mumps works for a database company that also rents out server space. They have systems that range from older servers to the latest and greatest. As they retire equipment, and they still have the same type of server still active on-line, then they keep some of them as spares. They keep some of the spares powered up and operating in case they have a failure on one of the on-line systems they know the replacement is good. Due to licensing stuff (Microsoft/Hyper V, etc) you can't just throw in a new server ... it is easier and cheaper just to stick in the same type machine. So Mumps gets to keep those machines running and "stress" testing them

#87 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:43 pm
by davidbam
He has levelled out - maybe doing some bunkering of his own

I'll keep my foot to the board
Bryan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:26 pm
I get a database error that I've exceeded allotted memory
Maybe blown MAXINT

#88 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:00 am
by Megacruncher
Sorry guys but I'm a bit late to this.
Still, I'll put some cores on it & see what happens.
#89 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:08 am
by davidbam
Hi Mega. No worries, we are just limbering up for the start of the Sprint season
#90 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:18 am
by Bryan
Megacruncher wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:00 am
Still, I'll put some cores on it & see what happens.
Be sure you install the Opti Apps ... they run 2-3X faster.
#91 Acoustics Stats
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:47 am
by TSBTbot
League 2 competitors on Formula Boinc . . . .
Position 90 on Boincstats all time WCG contributors
18-Feb-19 | Acoustics@home | Project Points |
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Marathon Pts | | 2019 Total | earned 18-Feb-19 | vs. day before |
---|
25 | The Scottish Boinc Team | 14,031,696 | 1,620,654 | 108,570 more |
18 | Ukraine | 5,187,546 | 218,232 | 17,136 less |
15 | AMD Users | 2,163,756 | 4,116 | 3,402 less |
12 | SETIKAH@KOREA | 1,770,216 | 33,012 | 1,806 less |
10 | Ars Technica | 778,470 | 14,406 | 2,394 more |
8 | BOINCstats | 686,028 | 15,582 | 126 less |
6 | US NAVY | 457,968 | 11,004 | 4,032 more |
4 | Russia | 425,376 | 12,684 | 378 more |
2 | meisterkuehler.de Team | 421,008 | 630 | 126 more |
1 | Microsoft | 304,668 | 4,788 | 714 more |
#92 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:34 pm
by davidbam
Most of my systems are back onto WCG now as I can't see that we won't finish 2nd + my own tally looks secure too. Still nearly 5000 WU in pending
#93 Acoustics Stats
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:03 am
by TSBTbot
League 2 competitors on Formula Boinc . . . .
Position 91 on Boincstats all time WCG contributors
19-Feb-19 | Acoustics@home | Project Points |
---|
Marathon Pts | | 2019 Total | earned 19-Feb-19 | vs. day before |
---|
25 | The Scottish Boinc Team | 15,697,080 | 1,665,384 | 44,730 more |
18 | Ukraine | 5,290,740 | 103,194 | 115,038 less |
15 | AMD Users | 2,165,016 | 1,260 | 2,856 less |
12 | SETIKAH@KOREA | 1,808,856 | 38,640 | 5,628 more |
10 | Ars Technica | 792,330 | 13,860 | 546 less |
8 | BOINCstats | 700,098 | 14,070 | 1,512 less |
6 | US NAVY | 475,776 | 17,808 | 6,804 more |
4 | Russia | 436,380 | 11,004 | 1,680 less |
2 | meisterkuehler.de Team | 421,218 | 210 | 420 less |
1 | Microsoft | 308,910 | 4,242 | 546 less |
#94 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:54 am
by Alez
8 hours to go, TSBT 2nd from 16 which will be our final project.
Team that called challenge last as usual.
Individual positions so far
Cruncher Pete 2nd
scole of TSBT 4th
davidBAM 6th
Tejas 10th
Alez 14th
Megacruncher 23rd
Hal Bregg 28th
The magnificent seven indeed

#95 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:01 am
by Alez
Cruncher Pete wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:24 am
To be honest David, I would recommend an Admin position for you for currently we have two Admins and for RL reasons they have not been very active. I admire your enthusiasm and commitment to TSBT. I hope you will keep that commitment and don't follow me and go on walkabout, the term we use in Australia for disappearing for awhile to perhaps recharge the system.
David was made an admin by myself a couple of weeks ago. Even if I am not posting, I usually check the site most days and do hours of stuff in the background. If you don't notice then I guess I am doing my job correctly

I've spent days getting the board e-mail system functional again just as a small example with a great deal of help from David.
David has brought a huge amount of work to the team in a very small timeframe. His WCG stats site and the marathon stats are just some of what he has been up to. I'm sure there will be more deserved praise as further work is unveiled.
His enthusiasm and commitment is very much appreciated.

#96 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:59 pm
by Hal Bregg
Alez wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:54 am
8 hours to go, TSBT 2nd from 16 which will be our final project.
Team that called challenge last as usual.
Individual positions so far
Cruncher Pete 2nd
scole of TSBT 4th
davidBAM 6th
Tejas 10th
Alez 14th
Megacruncher 23rd
Hal Bregg 28th
The magnificent seven indeed
Nice to see myself closing the marathon
Congratulation to all of you, guys. I am happy to see we pulled second, considering Mumps effect
PS
Will any pending tasks count towards the final score?
#97 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:08 pm
by Alez
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:59 pm
Will any pending tasks count towards the final score?
No. Once competition is complete , that's all folks.
They will however continue to count towards your individual, team and Formula BOINC scores.
I'll post the final update once I'm finished messing with the WCG forum.
#98 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:14 pm
by davidbam
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:59 pm
Nice to see myself closing the marathon
I beg to differ. There are 572 people in this challenge.
A great effort all round guys

#99 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:25 pm
by Alez
davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:14 pm
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:59 pm
Nice to see myself closing the marathon
I beg to differ. There are 572 people in this challenge.
A great effort all round guys
Considering MUMPS could go full on nuclear and outcrunch us altogether, I think 7 of us in 2nd position is a team effort to be proud of. It also puts this project safe in 1st place on the FB comp for quite a while. We beat many, much bigger teams than ourselves through team work where ever point counts.
I'd love more members of the team to take part, but we 7 can hold our heads up high.
Well done all.
#100 Re: 13/2 - 20/2 Acoustic@Home challenge
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:54 pm
by davidbam
MUMPS should be disqualified for not having to pay for his own hardware or electricity ... ... unless, of course, he helps us out on the TSBT team, in which case I will abandon these deeply-held principles
