MILESTONE: 100 MILLION credits (total, overall)

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:14 pm

Hi all,

It's a REALLY BIG day in UBT history - 17/10/07 - remember it well...coz in years to come, you can say that you were there...you were a part of it and boy does it feel GOOD....!

Yes folks, we're talking about reaching one of THE MILESTONES - the 100 MILLION mark....

TBH, I can't really believe we've now done it....but we have.!

And what's more we're the very first UK Team to achieve it...!

And, on behalf of ALL the BOINC projects, a big THANK YOU for all your efforts.

So, live long and prosper.....

and here's to the NEXT BIG ONE.....250 MILLION

I think I'll go and have a little lie down now - what with all this excitement....!

regards

Tim

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:21 pm

Yayyyy Well done all

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Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:22 pm

Well done all

and here's to the NEXT BIG ONE.....250 MILLION

So, are we having a sweepstake?

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:30 pm

Temujin wrote:Well done all
and here's to the NEXT BIG ONE.....250 MILLION
So, are we having a sweepstake?

Hi John,

I think it's a "given" that we'll hit 250 mill sooner or later....

However, I propose a different sweepstake....

When will Temujin reach 100 million.....????

regards

Tim

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:45 pm

haha
don't hold your breath Tim
though I do have a strange feeling about the euro millions lottery this friday and that 1 million credit/day farm I keep dreaming about

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:59 pm

Temujin wrote:haha
don't hold your breath Tim
though I do have a strange feeling about the euro millions lottery this friday and that 1 million credit/day farm I keep dreaming about

Hmmmm...that's sounds like fun...a million credits per day from a single farm......I wondering how many "cores" that might take...!

I reckon a 2.4GHz core can earn about 500 credits a day....so to get a million credits a day - that's about 2,000 cores....equivalent to 500 x Core 2 Quad (Q6600) based PC's....at around say £500 per system (@ retail).....so you'd blow a £¼ million just on buying these...

Of course, you could go for something a bit more powerful (at a higher cost)

Hmmmm.....you certainly won't need any central heating...!

regards

Tim

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm

A terrific effort from EVERYONE!

Congratulations and well done one and all!

:3some: :3some: :3some: :blob6: :blob6:

RodEllery · Post by **RodEllery** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:10 am

YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL DONE ALL

Sir Cracked of the Mind · Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:00 am

A super job by everybody, well done you all! keep up the good work.

UBT - Knightlight · Post by **UBT - Knightlight** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:50 am

UBT - Timbo wrote: Hmmmm.....you certainly won't need any central heating...!

Your right here. My quad core is enougth to heat one room. Would be unbarable with 2 in the room.

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:04 am

Super dooper pooper scooper, well done fellow frogs and frogettes, oh and you human thingies too.

Great milestone, my guess is with many slowly upgrading to Quads and core duo's we'll hit the next target far sooner than expected, under 2 years I'd say.

Saying that, we could have the Octo or Deco cores by then

Gary.

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:24 pm

I was wondering why we were getting so many extra members over the last couple of days - 3 yesterday, 7 today then I saw...

October 17, 2007
Congratulations to the UK BOINC Team, which today became the first UK-specific team to pass the 100 million combined credits mark.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/all_news.php#234

Includes a link to the main site.

It should be there for a couple of months as only the MOST newsworthy stuff gets mentioned there so it could be a while before it drops off the page!

Also repeated on the BOINCStats site...

http://boincstats.com/index.php?pr=bo

Just about the best publicity we could have hoped for!

Carrots and Hob-nobs (carried by the donkeys) for everyone!

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:34 pm

I'll have one of those orange roll-ups that your avatar is smoking, please Mikee!

:lol: :lol:

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:12 pm

UBT - Mikee wrote:I was wondering why we were getting so many extra members over the last couple of days - 3 yesterday, 7 today then I saw...

October 17, 2007
Congratulations to the UK BOINC Team, which today became the first UK-specific team to pass the 100 million combined credits mark.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/all_news.php#234

Includes a link to the main site.

It should be there for a couple of months as only the MOST newsworthy stuff gets mentioned there so it could be a while before it drops off the page!

Also repeated on the BOINCStats site...

http://boincstats.com/index.php?pr=bo

Just about the best publicity we could have hoped for!

Carrots and Hob-nobs (carried by the donkeys) for everyone!

Hi Mike,

That's coz of me....I emailed Dr David Anderson with the news last night...and he has very kindly publicised it.....!

I also added it to all the BOINC groups I could find on Facebook....!

..and a few other places as well...but let's see if they also carry the story....might be on the Beeb soon as well.....

regards,

Tim

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:50 pm

Not everybody is happy to celebrate with us.

And why is this so noteworthy? Its not like they are the first team made mostly up of one country to pass 100 million....

Its just like te when they gave notice abot Eternity2.net before everyone found out what its true intent was... dosent look profesonal...

I think that just somebody had too much time and used it with posting news.

If the former combined #1 team "OcUK - Overclockers UK" hadn't set its country to International, they would have been the first British team to pass 100 million...

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:14 am

Rockinfroggi wrote:Not everybody is happy to celebrate with us.

And why is this so noteworthy? Its not like they are the first team made mostly up of one country to pass 100 million....

Its just like te when they gave notice abot Eternity2.net before everyone found out what its true intent was... dosent look profesonal...

I think that just somebody had too much time and used it with posting news.

If the former combined #1 team "OcUK - Overclockers UK" hadn't set its country to International, they would have been the first British team to pass 100 million...

I think the words 'Pram' and 'Toys thrown out of', spring to mind!!

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Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:27 am

Rockinfroggi wrote:Not everybody is happy to celebrate with us.

Wonder why - I don't understand some people.....!

And why is this so noteworthy?...

No comment, except that we ARE the first UK team (that is still specifically ranked as a UK team) to pass this milestone....

So why not sing the team members praises????

After all, it's the TEAM that has done it, not one single individual...so why not praise the collective and it's ability to help others?

Get a grip for gawd's sake....!

regards

Tim

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:40 am

I see BUK are having a sulk as well.

We may as well make 200 Million the next big target, as the way things are going, we should be getting close to overtaking OcUK around the same time (February 2009ish) which would be a double celebration!

Sir Cracked of the Mind · Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:28 am

I though it was about helping others, not about complaining because your name wasn't on the honour roll.

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:29 am

:lol: Sour grapes all round.
I've been in this team just over a month and have got to say you are all great team mates. Lets just keep crunching away and silence the critics. :thefinger: :thefinger: :thefinger: :thefinger:

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:02 am

mickyb69 wrote: :lol: Sour grapes all round.
I've been in this team just over a month and have got to say you are all great team mates. Lets just keep crunching away and silence the critics. :thefinger: :thefinger: :thefinger: :thefinger:

Hi all,

I learnt a simple motto a long time ago that might be applied here:

"Those who can do, those who can't criticise"

(I found a little website that has some things to say about "criticism" - see here

I like the bit about "Never Was" and "Once Was"....!

regards

Tim

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:57 pm

to all team mates who have made this milestone possible.

Well done and here's to the next 100 MILLION

And

to those who don't like it

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:19 am

http://boincstats.com/forum/forum_threa ... true#25666

When there are long intervals without problems or crises, I post items low on the list of priorities. But in many ways these are just as important because they keep members informed and encourage everyone in their efforts. The last and lowest category offers the best opportunity to thank members for their contribution.

The inclusion of the UK BOINC team in the boinc news is a recognition of the important role of the many teams worldwide that encourage and support crunchers.

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:14 pm

I've only just joined BOINC Stats, so can someone push me in the right direction on their forum so I can make comments on this whinging and whining posted by other saddo BOINC users?

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:29 pm

It's OK, I found it and posted! (not a rant, a well balanced and reasonable post, I think!)

:D

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