DIMES News

Various OTHER distributed computing projects, such as Folding@home, Dimes, Majestic-12, etc
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Well Done on the 1,000,000 Dimes, Ian! :notworthy:  :notworthy:  :occasion5:  :salute:  :salute:  :thumbright:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Ahh 1,000,000 Dimes in 42 days, pipex err GM Networks err Tiscali, must love me :)

humm 6 years 3 owners, who's next :P
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Yay not a pinko :)
Nah Nah Mikee :P
Ah well least yer safe from me for another 16 days bwahahahahaha!!!!
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Is the Dimes Server, Site, Coffee machine pooched for other peeps too?
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

I can't get access to the Dimes site, but the program still seems to be working okay.
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Was wondering.
They pull a tooth and dimes breaks.
coo, the dimes network runs through my lower jaw!

Mind you the way it's swollen up at the moment I don't think much blood is running through there :(
Stupid teeth!

*EDIT
Just out of interest.
Anyone who is running Vista and has dimes running in agent mode.
When you are in the properties and go to network, and do the check blocking test.
Does it say that UDP is blocked?
On my Vista system is says that UDP is blocked, yet my other pootas are ok.

**Edit 2**
Hi Everyone,

Thanks to your joint efforts we filled up our storage server and have to add an additional RAID, we also upgrade our server. We will start the upgrade today and in the next 2-3 weeks we expect to have several (hopefull short) periods of system downtimes. This means that agents that terminate their scripts will not be able to get a new one and will remain idle until the system is up again.
Those of you that upgraded the agent to the new version 0.5.0 will be able to continue measure even during server shutdown since the new version has a default script that kicks in when communication with the server fails. So I advise everyone to upgrade and enjoy the new features, which include statistics tub, automatic "get info" and a new type of packet-train measurement.

Yuval
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

We're about to be HAMMERED by SETI.USA! They ain't messing about either!

http://stats.free-dc.org/new/allteams.php?proj=dimes

I suppose, if we're going to overtaken by anyone, they're just about as good as any!

Well done to UBT - Chris Suddick on just getting 2 million!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

NaRyan, can you help me with my DC stats? They aren't updating! :(
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

corrr 2 million , Nice 1 chris :thumbright:
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

Thanks chaps. It took a year and 4 days for that second million. I hope the 3rd one will be a bit quicker.

Chris.
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Yeah congrats on the 2nd Million :)

Eeps 369 days for 1 million, cooer I got my 1st Million in 42 Days :?
Cya in 36.6 days ;)
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

NaRyan wrote: Cya in 36.6 days ;)
Yeah, it hadn't gone unnoticed.  :evil:

Chris.
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Yay Micky ya finaly got to 500,000 :D

And keep at it peeps only just over 3 days to we scamper past another team :P
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

:lol:  :lol: corr 29 days shame they can't be used like the old style green shield stamps ..... :shock:
10 gets you a nice set of coasters with pictures of the spice girls on  :lol:
1'000 gets you a mug with posh spice in swim wear on ...Put tea in it and a paper bag appears on her head  :?

100,000 gets you a 24 hour pass to the magical "Spice World "

And the special top prize .......
1,000,000 gets a month on tour with the spice girls (Can be donated to SIR C)
ImageImage
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Me thinks the Dimes peeps need more to work on giving peeps info.
After all it's not been working right for a few days now.
And not a peep from them about what's broke :(
UBT-mark3346
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 7515
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 1:00 am
Contact:

Post by UBT-mark3346 »

NaRyan wrote:Me thinks the Dimes peeps need more to work on giving peeps info.
After all it's not been working right for a few days now.
And not a peep from them about what's broke :(

Back to their old ways then, they used to vanish for weeks at a time with no explanation.
Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Perhaps they are planning to "Take out the net"  :shock: :P
After all they must have a good map of it now ;)
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

All back to normal now.
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Yeah but acting weird, in one of the updates I have 4,237 "Dimes".
And the "Dimes" are all over the place for me, at times they are 1,200 (odd), others it's 2,500 odd, and i also seen a 3,200 odd one :?

Dunno if it's just a delayed results sending back from the 36 hours it was down for?
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

They have their own way of doing things - not obvious to us mere mortals!

Just gone up another place to 26th. Next target seems to be 'Team MacOS X'. They overtook us a couple of months after the project started, so it will be nice to catch them again. Problem is it'll take us three months at current rate!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Still getting error messages, ie: 'Could not connect to server, underlying exception: java.net.ConnectException: connection timed out. Check internet connection or proxy'. I've made sure Dimes is allowed through my firewall, is there anything else, or have I bust it? :roll:
UBT-mark3346
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 7515
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 1:00 am
Contact:

Post by UBT-mark3346 »

I got the same thing last night, don't think it is fully back yet/cannot cope with the backlog of uploads
Image
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

When i was having that problem i had to reload java about 4 times till it worked. Pain in the bum but i have had to do this on 3 different computers .
Hope it helps  :shock:
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Reinstalled Java, restarted Dimes and it worked OK for about 3hrs. Then the error messages started again. A new one is just, 'server not answering'. I think that sums it up! :(

I'll leave it for a while, I think! :roll:
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

by the look of the stats things are all over the place so i wouldn't worrie about it and leave it running . I think theres a jobbie in the program that lets it continue searching when the servers down .
Mine have disappeared off my computer and the only way i can get to see the setting/graphs is to stop it and restart it .
Just let it run  :lol:
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

I noticed DC were still updating the stats, even though the Dimes Agent said there was no contact with the server! :shock:

You've changed my mind, Micky, I'll give it another go and ignore the error messages! :lol:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

meh just ignore the DC stats, it will say "Stats are updating" for hours at a time, when the server is offline.

Just make sure you are running DIMES Agent version 0.5.0, that one has the stuff that lets it keep on running if the server is offline.

The errors you have been seeing are just it moaning about the server not working, when it tries to either upload the info (about every 40 mins), and the automatic get info.
UBT - Terry
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 556
Joined: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:00 am

Post by UBT - Terry »

Not had any prob's meself I don't touch my installations just in case I break em lol


   Terry
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

All seems to be running OK now, though nowt on the site about problems! :roll:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Double yay 2 Million now :)
Took 30 days to get 2nd million.
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

NaRyan wrote:Double yay 2 Million now :)
Took 30 days to get 2nd million.
Nice one!

Mickyb69 is only around 5 days from his next 2 milestones as well - 1 Million and Mr.Pink!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

Well done that man. I'll give you a wave in a few days as I pass the UBT flag to you.

Chris.
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

He He Mikee, does that mean once Micky passes you, you will go into hiding since you will be Mr double Pink :P

Think your number 1 place is safe for about another 2 weeks Chris ;)
Mind you knowing how reliable (ha ha) the dimes server is at times, it probably safe for 3 weeks :P
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

NaRyan wrote:He He Mikee, does that mean once Micky passes you, you will go into hiding since you will be Mr double Pink :P
Big mouth! I was trying to keep that quiet! Image
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

UBT - Mikee wrote:
NaRyan wrote:He He Mikee, does that mean once Micky passes you, you will go into hiding since you will be Mr double Pink :P
Big mouth! I was trying to keep that quiet! Image
ImageImage
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

NaRyan wrote:He He Mikee, does that mean once Micky passes you, you will go into hiding since you will be Mr double Pink :P
I think you'll find that before Mickyb passes Mikee, Mikee will pass gregoryw so he will be saved the ignominy of double pink.

Chris
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

Still ...double pink  even for a day or two hhahahahahahahahaha  :lol:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:Still ...double pink  even for a day or two hhahahahahahahahaha  :lol:
Nopes :(
Mikee passes gregoryw in 28.6 days.
You pass Mikee in 37 days.

However it looks like you will be a pinko for a while :P
Acording to Free-DC
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Yet another Dimes millionaire :)
Well done Micky on getting your 1,000,000 Dimes, now spend them carfefully :lol:
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

Well done Mickyb. Hope it's the first of many.

Chris.
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

Ta very much ...How many dimes for a box of country manor ? :lol:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:Ta very much ...How many dimes for a box of country manor ? :lol:
What do ya need to buy a load of Bricks for?
You gonna build a shelter for when the Zombies attack?

;):P:lol:
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Congrats on the 1,000,000 Micky!! :notworthy:  :notworthy:
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

Give a warm welcome to Mickyb on joining the 'Pink Club'. Enjoy your visit!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo looks like im going to be there for ages tooo  :oops: ImageImageImageImage
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

NaRyan wrote:Think your number 1 place is safe for about another 2 weeks Chris ;)
Mind you knowing how reliable (ha ha) the dimes server is at times, it probably safe for 3 weeks :P
Hmmm, I think I can hear a fat lady exercising her voice in the wings. :wave:

Chris.
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

LOL, I never noticed I was that close to #1.
I was only checking for stats page to make sure it was working ok. :)

Anyhoot here is some Choc HobNobs to help you on your move ;)

Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Geez Chris I know I have nicked your #1 spot, but did you have to sabotage the Dimes server????

;):lol::P

*edit
Also what the heck, just looked at taskmanager and java.exe was using 429MB ram :?
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

A pity I didn't sabotage it a few hours earlier  :D

Chris
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

UBT - Chris Suddick wrote:A pity I didn't sabotage it a few hours earlier  :D

Chris
Did you forget to put your clocks forward an hour?
:P
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

NaRyan wrote: Did you forget to put your clocks forward an hour?
:P
When you get to my age forgetting the clocks on is the least of your worries. I need a list to remind me to put my trousers on in the morning!
UBT-mark3346
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 7515
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 1:00 am
Contact:

Post by UBT-mark3346 »

We have just passed 18 million  :occasion5:
Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

And I have just passed 3 Million :D
Mind you the UBT stat sig is a ikkle bit off :P
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

Nice 3 mill Naryan  ....  :wink:
Wish this pink wedge would go away
:oops:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Ahh only about another 12 days to go Micky :)

Mind you that's 12 days real time, with dimes pooching all the time it's probably 3 weeks "Dimes Time" :?
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Well Done, 3 Million, too much time on your hands! :wink:  :lol:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

3 Million Dimes is nice, however I'm more happy about the 1 Million total Boinc in about 3.5 days :D
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

It's bust! :(
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Is Dimes working again?
As I see the stats are updating, but I cannot visit the website using pipex or plusnet, I can ping and traceroute the site using plusnet, but not pipex.
Also I can get the page to load using an anonymous proxy server...
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

I've just mended it for you! :wink:

All OK at 07:00hrs this morning 8)
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

20 Million up!

Chris.
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

1 more day of pinkness ...gawd been pink for ages  :oops:
UBT-mark3346
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 7515
Joined: Wed May 03, 2006 1:00 am
Contact:

Post by UBT-mark3346 »

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:1 more day of pinkness ...gawd been pink for ages  :oops:
Don't like to mention it but dimes is still bust so another day or two in the :oops:  pink :oops:
Image
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

Dimes has been down now for over 4 days now. Is Mickeyb destined to be Mr. Pink forever. I reckon he bust it because he secretly likes being a pinko.  :roll:
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

:oops:
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

They'd better give us the credits for the past four days! I've kept an eye on my agent and it's kept working, just not updating the credits! :roll:
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

It's back up at last with full credit given for the last week or so.

The team has gone up another place in the world rankings to 25th place.

Also, welcome to a new team member WTBroughton, glad to have you aboard.

Chris.
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

10 people doing this? Best ever at one time?

Of course the big news is that Mickyb has lost his pink wedge at last!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

UBT - Mikee wrote:10 people doing this? Best ever at one time?

Of course the big news is that Mickyb has lost his pink wedge at last!
I knew there was something else I meant to say  :D

We've had 10 at once on a few occasions. Maybe soon we'll be competing for a wedge.
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

*Falls of his chair in shock!
Wow they finaly fixed it :)
Now 202,336 in one update, if only that happened all the time ;)

Mind you it's not updated in 6 hours, so it's probably broke again :lol:
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Nice One, Jinxy! :wink:

Showing server error, last update 17.56hrs last night! :roll:
UBT - mickyb69
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

Post by UBT - mickyb69 »

Wooohooooooo  :lol:

Guess they decided "Mickyb's been pink for ages ..lets update "

Then saw the stats and thought " Look he's almost got 2 million Ha ha ha "
:shock:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

melter65 wrote:Nice One, Jinxy! :wink:
Not my fault this time :P
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

NaRyan wrote:
melter65 wrote:Nice One, Jinxy! :wink:
Not my fault this time :P
I'll believe you! :lol:

I'm nearly pink in todays breakdown! :shock:

Congrats to Micky for his 2,000,000 and hgblade for his 250,000 :occasion5:  :occasion9:  :thumbright:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Sooo should we start placing bets on what month they fix the their status update thing?

Or have I gone and jinxed it big time?
*locks cat in other room, so if he has to run he don't trip over the darn thing.....
Ben
Posts: 1387
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:00 am

Post by Ben »

You forgot about the other one still stuck in the fan  :lol:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Ben wrote:You forgot about the other one still stuck in the fan  :lol:
OH POO!!!
I forgot the poota in that room has the biggest fan!!!
*runs off to rescue poota err I mean cat.....
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

It would seem that extracting the cat from the fan has, somehow, repaired Dimes! :shock:  :lol:

Well Done, That Man! :D
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Nah it's only working cause I uninstalled it from ma pootas :P
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

And so they break again.....
perhaps they should upgrade to 386's :P
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

Only 8 days since the last update but it's back again now.

Those that were using Free-DC stats should now use http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page ... proj=dimes
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

Milestones Today
UK BOINC TEAM passes 25,000,000
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

UBT - Mikee wrote:
Milestones Today
UK BOINC TEAM passes 25,000,000
Yippppeeeeee!!! Nice One, team!

This is the only non-BOINC project I'm crunching now, given up on F@H since the 10 gazzillion credits/day lads took over! :lol:

How long 'til there's a GPU app for Dimes? :roll:
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

How long 'til there's a GPU app for Dimes?
LOL!!!!!!
Now that would be funny to see :P
A project that can be run on a poota that can't run Boinc (all it needs is to be able to run windows 2000) :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

Not that I'm one to tell tales, but I don't want to be Mr. Double Pink again!

Ian! Best you get going again as you're gonna lose your #1 spot! (I'll still be Mr. half pink but but it's better than being a total pinky!

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page ... BOINC+TEAM

And there was young Mr. Chris trying to sneak up on you!ImageImage
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

UBT - Mikee wrote:Not that I'm one to tell tales, but I don't want to be Mr. Double Pink again!

Ian! Best you get going again as you're gonna lose your #1 spot! (I'll still be Mr. half pink but but it's better than being a total pinky!

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page ... BOINC+TEAM

And there was young Mr. Chris trying to sneak up on you!ImageImage
He He never seen a Pink Dalek before ;)
And geez that's someone just about to overtake me!?!?!
Took you long enough! :lol:

As for running Dimes again, nooooooooo thanks, I get niffed off having to got slap my Router about, due to it thinking, that all those pings was an internal attack, and locking all moi pootas out from the internet!
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

Long time no post!

Just having a look at how we're doing... http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page ... proj=dimes and http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page ... BOINC+TEAM

Not too well! Which is weird as I've been doing these for years!

http://www.netdimes.org/new/?q=node/10 reveals the problem. If you've got Windows 7 and using the Windows firewall - it's blocked! You have to manually adjust the firewall settings - which is a bit of a faff! README file explains how to do it - sort of. It doesn't tell you that ICMP has to be a 'custom' rule and that there are 2 versions of it!

I've done the rules and it seems to be doing it's thing again though I won't know until after tomorrows update.

If I start getting weird things happening due to the new rules (which may be allowing things through that shouldn't) then the rules are coming out and Netdimes is going!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
melter65
Active UBT Contributor
Posts: 3873
Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am

Post by melter65 »

Stopped crunching this ages ago. The stats weren't updating at all so I got fed up with it!
NaRyan
Posts: 851
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:00 am

Post by NaRyan »

Just encase anyone cares.
The team just passed 45,000,000 :)
UBT - Chris
Active UBT Contributor 5+ yrs
Posts: 600
Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:00 am

Post by UBT - Chris »

Do dimes credits add to my BOINC total? Just, im considering joining it, but don't know if I want to if they don't add to my combined total - not yet, anyway...

thanks
Last edited by UBT - Chris on Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
'UBT - Chris' is my old name - I now crunch as 'CaffeinatedSloth' but I'm still 100% UBT :D
Image
Image
UBT - Mikee
Marvin the Dalek
Posts: 4395
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:00 am
Location: North Wales

Post by UBT - Mikee »

No - totally separate. Didn't know it was still going!
Follow us on Twitter... http://twitter.com/UKBOINCTeam

Image Image

Image
UBT - Chris
Active UBT Contributor 5+ yrs
Posts: 600
Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:00 am

Post by UBT - Chris »

ok - thanks, and haha!

Is it worth asking DIMES to join BOINC - they would get more volunteers, and it would boost our credits on UBT's BOINC, making it a win-win situation?!
Last edited by UBT - Chris on Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
'UBT - Chris' is my old name - I now crunch as 'CaffeinatedSloth' but I'm still 100% UBT :D
Image
Image
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

The problem is that BOINC tends to award credits based on CPU usage or computing power donated. Dimes uses practically no CPU power. It sends out a routing packet onto the internet and awaits its return to plot the structure of the internet. It then idles for 30 seconds (or whatever time you set it to) and repeats. You get one point for every packet sent. Because of this, my old dilapidated laptop scores as many points as my fast(ish) quad processor. This is an ideal project for someone with slow hardware because they can compete with the best of them.

Chris.
UBT - Chris
Active UBT Contributor 5+ yrs
Posts: 600
Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:00 am

Post by UBT - Chris »

thanks, Chris :D is the DIMES project working again, yet?
'UBT - Chris' is my old name - I now crunch as 'CaffeinatedSloth' but I'm still 100% UBT :D
Image
Image
UBT - Chris Suddick
Active UBT Contributor 15+ yrs
Posts: 698
Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:00 am
Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Post by UBT - Chris Suddick »

It's still down at the moment.

Chris.
UBT - Chris
Active UBT Contributor 5+ yrs
Posts: 600
Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:00 am

Post by UBT - Chris »

ok - will you drop me a PM when it is back up?
'UBT - Chris' is my old name - I now crunch as 'CaffeinatedSloth' but I'm still 100% UBT :D
Image
Image
Post Reply