UK BOINC Team Forum

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:26 am**

ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO !!!

The pre-stress on the server yesterday to the Prime Time Challenge (Reloaded) has shown a substantial improvement.
Therefore, the Challenge is GO GO GO for 28 Nov – 30 Nov.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the pre-stress.
If you wish to stay on till the start of the Challenge, please remember to lower your cache before 18:00 UTC today so you can optimize your Challenge score.
Only Wu's received after 18:00 UTC today [28/11/08] will count towards this Challenge.

Best of Luck in the Challenge and in finding primes!

Come on team lets move up that team listing site.

b.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:34 am**

Is this challenge still on the Proth primes Bob?

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:46 am**

UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Is this challenge still on the Proth primes Bob?

YOUR PrimeGrid preferences should look like this:-

321 Prime Search (LLR) NO
Cullen Prime Search (LLR) NO
Prime Sierpinski Problem (LLR) NO
Proth Prime Search (LLR) YES
Twin Prime Search (LLR) NO
Woodall Prime Search (LLR) NO
Send work from any subproject if selected projects have no work NO

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:47 am**

OK, count me in.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:50 am**

UBT - Rick Horn wrote:OK, count me in.

cheers :)

b.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:51 pm**

UBT - bobuk wrote: Send work from any subproject if selected projects have no work NO

Hmm, not sure about that one. If things go pear shaped again and this is the only project you're doing...

OTOH - if it did download something else it would probably be a 24 hour jobbie!

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:06 pm**

Typical Primegrid chimpanzee run challange....

28/11/2008 18:00:03|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work is available for PPS LLR

One of these days they will remember to increase the available work....

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:07 pm**

NaRyan wrote:Typical Primegrid chimpanzee run challange....

28/11/2008 18:00:03|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work is available for PPS LLR
One of these days they will remember to increase the available work....

It's working fine for me....

...so far

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:54 pm**

Ah poo, didnt see this post till now but will swop over tonight, hope it remains stable this time :shock:

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:28 pm**

Looks like PG is settling down nicely, but I might put another project on the back burner just in case it goes t*ts up overnight.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:38 pm**

pg is running very well so far

b.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:45 pm**

OK - I'm in, albeit 3 1/2 hours late :oops:

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:47 pm**

Aleady running...
Lets hope it works ok this time :roll:

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:07 pm**

UBT - bobuk wrote:pg is running very well so far

b.

Geez Bob gimmie a few hours to Jinx it!!!

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:28 pm**

Hope all pending credits are allowed in the 2 day crunch, according to Temujin`s stats I`ve earned 19 credits in the first 4 hours!

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:31 pm**

Just had a look at the Pg web site. We are showing in 11th place ATM :D Not bad after only 4 hours and a bit....

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:14 pm**

UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Hope all pending credits are allowed in the 2 day crunch, according to Temujin`s stats I`ve earned 19 credits in the first 4 hours!

They don't go by credits for the LLR challenges now, they use a "prime score" method, so you don't have to wait for your wingman to return their result, for the challenge points to add up.

We will use the "prime score" method which is based on the n value (k*b^n-1) to score the challenge. The only difference is that the primary and double checker of a WU will receive the same score.

Therefore, each completed WU will earn a unique score based on its n value. The higher the n, the higher the score. This is different than BOINC cobblestones! A quorum of 2 is NOT needed to award Challenge score - i.e. no wingman. Therefore, each returned result will earn a Challenge score. Please note that if the result is eventually declared invalid, the score will be removed.

For details on how the score is calculated, please see this thread.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:36 pm**

whoo whoo by the morning i will be a over 1 mill credits

b.

:D

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:13 am**

Woooooooo il put my new build on it asap just to see how it runs.
Might be a few hours as i have to go to sunny Rugby to buy it all lololololol.

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:19 am**

Foggy Rugby today!

Please tell me you are not going to STAK!

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:13 pm**

Was going to Stak but being a div and not going there for about 8 years

Turned up at Butlers leap and found it was iscomputers :shock:
Got a nice new case 2 gig of memory and a nice little core duo for £140 .

All up and running and getting about 40 creds an hour per core on abc .
Guess id better try some prime grid now lolol

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:20 pm**

29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work sent
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work is available for PPS LLR
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work available for the applications you have selected. Please check your settings on the web site.

Is it broke again ?

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:31 pm**

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work sent
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work is available for PPS LLR
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work available for the applications you have selected. Please check your settings on the web site.

Is it broke again ?

Sort of. To me it looks like they can't get enough work up. As soon as work is available it's downloaded in seconds.

I've managed to keep enough in the cache by manually updating and setting the cache to 1 days worth of work, but I reckon every man and his dog is doing the same which is why there's no work up!

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:33 pm**

Now i have 300 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
And some fool got me a bottle of vodie for me birthday lololololol ....here goes

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:57 pm**

Happy Birthday.
Don't do what some plonker did on my train yesterday....
Demolished an entire bottle of the brand of vodie made in Warrington..
Took two police officeers to carry him unconcious off the train and two paramedics to bring him round..
What a James Hunt I hear you say, but true non the less ... .. .

:shock:

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:06 pm**

UBT - Mikee wrote:
UBT - mickyb69 wrote:29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work sent
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work is available for PPS LLR
29/11/2008 18:19:14|PrimeGrid|Message from server: No work available for the applications you have selected. Please check your settings on the web site.

Is it broke again ?
Sort of. To me it looks like they can't get enough work up. As soon as work is available it's downloaded in seconds.

I've managed to keep enough in the cache by manually updating and setting the cache to 1 days worth of work, but I reckon every man and his dog is doing the same which is why there's no work up!

I have to keep doing this as well. Seems to work as I have not run out of wu's as yet, but have got close a couple of times.

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:24 pm**

I only drink till i can't see the screen :lol:
The worst 1 i ever had was when i was working on the taxi's.
3am in nuneaton a big bloke (about 6'6" and 20 stone) comes up to my taxi and gives me £30 to take him to a little village just outside rugby .
Snores all the way, gets him to his house and after 10 mins of shouting and prodding decide to wake his better 1/2 up. She came out ( About 5'3" 8 stone ) and kicked the living sh*t out of him on the back seat.
She then pulled him out of the car and slams the door, Waves to me and says thanks m8

you can go now. So i say can you just move his leg away from the back wheel ? So now its time to kick his arse till he rolls out of the way. :shock: :shock: :shock:

Bet he was sore in the morning.
£10 tip too lmfao

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:32 pm**

Anybody getting any points ?
Only been doing pg for about 4 hours but it would be nice to get a rough idea what they are worth.

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:35 pm**

About 4 1/2 minutes per credit.

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:43 pm**

ta ... do the wu's warm your chips up or is it just me?
It has been running ABC's at about 38c but shot up to 50c on pg's :(

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:46 pm**

It`s supposed to be cpu intensive, but I`ve not had any problems with it so far.

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:21 am**

I've been working a lot of overtime recently so I wasn't going to be here for the start of the Challenge. Instructed the Daughter how to set up Boinc Manager to only get PG wu's from 6.05pm on Friday (I'd already set the wu options in my PG account)

So I've not looked at Boinc until this morning and everything is working perfectly! Uploading, reporting and downloading new work all happening automatically, keeping about 10hrs of work in the cache. I will turn off new work about 8am this morning, just before I go to bed!

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:15 am**

melter65 wrote:I've been working a lot of overtime recently so I wasn't going to be here for the start of the Challenge. Instructed the Daughter how to set up Boinc Manager to only get PG wu's from 6.05pm on Friday (I'd already set the wu options in my PG account)

So I've not looked at Boinc until this morning and everything is working perfectly! Uploading, reporting and downloading new work all happening automatically, keeping about 10hrs of work in the cache. I will turn off new work about 8am this morning, just before I go to bed!

now thats what i call dedication :roll:

about time you did sommat right.....

b.

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:34 am**

Team: http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/prim ... teams.html

We are 13th atm might just climb one more position before the end of the day.
Well done all those that leant a hand.

Participants: http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/prim ... users.html

Looks like UBT-Timby is in the lead atm (41st) . Well done Sah!
Unless you have seen another member higher ...

b.

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:38 am**

411th with 8 credits :shock: I know i started with 20 hrs to go but pull yer finger out PG and get some validation done

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:42 am**

UBT - mickyb69 wrote: 411th with 8 credits :shock: I know i started with 20 hrs to go but pull yer finger out PG and get some validation done

yea validation is not at its best atm and they are trying so hard to catch up.
but after the last fiasco i think in general all has gone very well..

b.

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:50 am**

UBT - bobuk wrote: Looks like UBT-Timby is in the lead atm (41st) . Well done Sah!
Unless you have seen another member higher ...

b.

Oooo that's better than I thought, I did think we may have had at least one member higher but may be not :oops:

Keep it going guys, I am sure the pendings will come good............................................................Eventually :shock:

Mark

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:07 pm**

Ran out of work with less than 50 mins left .....Just waiting for some validation :lol:

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:08 pm**

UBT - bobuk wrote:now thats what i call dedication :roll:

about time you did sommat right....

One tries one's best!

:lol:

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:24 pm**

You peeps forgetting that credits mean nowt in this challenge?
The awarded "points" are challenge points, that are based on the result from the workunit you have done.
No need for the 2nd person to complete the workunit to get your points.
However if the workunit you sent back is "wrong" you loose the points earned for it, once it has been validated.

Also don't forget although it ends at 18:00 tonight, they still keep sorting the scores out until all the workunits done during the challenge have been verified.
So although it ends tonight, it can take a week or so before the final scores are in, Due to some workunits being faulty and having to get sent to a 3rd user.

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:18 pm**

Just reading the PG forums about the challenge. Aren't there some right 'mardy arses' in the Boinc 'community'? :roll:

Someone even goes as far as suggesting that 'you might do it for fun, but I'm serious'!! What a to**er!!