The Scottish BOINC Team!
We challenge TSBT to an 'Enigma' battle!
The challenge is to be the first team to overtake 'The Dark Side' and hence be the UK #1 team.
The Rules
There are NO RULES!
The only judging element will be as per the evening update at BOINCStats, specifically, this page
http://boincstats.com/stats/team_stats. ... %20Kingdom
The duration of being the UK#1 team need only be 1 update.
Current stats are:-
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1 The Dark Side 365,441 RAC 15
2 UK BOINC Team 295,623 RAC 5,903
3 TSBT 271,229 RAC 9,561 Possible duration is around 5 days.
Target - First to 365,442! (Unless 'The Dark Side' starts up again!)
If we've all ready started when you read this - jump in!
If we've all ready finished when you read this - where've you been??
Charge your weapons (ooer!)...
Let us make haste and beat off the challenge of the Scottish hoards!!
Let every man due his duty (ooer again!)
Optimise your clients (another ooer!), set down all other projects (or at least set to 'suspend')
(Calm down, calm down - it's only a bit of fun!)
Suppose I'd better tell you the site name etc. and a little bit of info for newbies!
If you're not all ready attached to this project you can do so by selecting 'Add project' (if you're in 'simple view') else 'tools' > attach to project.
'Next' then copy & paste ...
http://www.enigmaathome.net/
Input your user name and password (try to keep the same one if possible) - Next
The following screen will take you to the Enigma site where you can change your user name and select country.
Once you've done that go to your 'account' screen. You should see that you're not a member of the team so you need to join!
Select 'Find a team' and input 'UK' . "UK BOINC Team" should be top of the list. Click on the hyperlink, scroll down until you see 'Join this team' and click it.
That's it - you're in!
Back to the BOINC manager now. By this time the necessary files should have downloaded and at least 1 'Enigma' work unit should be ready to run, if it's not started all ready. If you want to go 'all guns blazing' then go to the projects tab, set all your other projects to 'no new work' and/or 'suspend'.
Wait for the first work unit to complete before trying the next bit (optional).
If you're anyway concerned about your network stability, or just worried that the Enigma server might be off-line for any reason, or you just don't want to be connected to internet 24/7 you can set the manager to download several hours worth of work units so your PC can crunch them and upload the results when it suits you.
'Advance view' > 'advanced' > 'preferences' then the 'network usage' tab. Set 'addition work buffer' to however many days or part days you want. Setting it to 0.25 will give you approximately 6 hours worth of work per core. (This is why you should complete 1 work unit first as the PC won't know how much to download until it's done.)
Now that's out of the way....
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!!
