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09-23-2010, 05:10 PM
chinaguy

Pay Back

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Originally Posted by Bobsama

You can usually install it without a key, and register it later.

I know this but they don't. JUST GETTING SOME PAY BACK on the tight "£$£^^%%$$ in the accounts office who make my work harder. They did not pay the service renewal with HP on time so we broke the terms and conditions of our contract. We had a problem with one of our A3 colour printers and it cost us $1200 Parts+Man hrs to get it repaired. The cost of the maintance contract for the whole school was only $1500/year and we have 23 HP printers. So now I have to get every single repair OK before work is carried out, so this means a printer is offline for weeks instead of a few days. Not to mention the extra cost of spares and repairs!!!
09-23-2010, 05:14 PM
D_A

Bean counters are the same the world over :shakes:
09-23-2010, 06:45 PM
lkiller123

so... when are you doing the installation and join the Xtreme madness?:D
09-24-2010, 05:05 AM
chinaguy

Withdrawl

My Dr says I need something to compensate for the Crack Addiction I have so WCG will do as a sub while I get over my drug addiction.

Next Wednesday afternoon we have Attivites with students so the madness will start then........
09-24-2010, 05:48 AM
trn

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinaguy

My Dr says I need something to compensate for the Crack Addiction I have so WCG will do as a sub while I get over my drug addiction.

I'm not sure which is worse! :) (a WCG addiction can be harder on the wallet :rofl:)
09-24-2010, 06:48 AM
Otis11

Quote:

Originally Posted by trn

I'm not sure which is worse! :) (a WCG addiction can be harder on the wallet :rofl:)

But much better for your health. :cool:
09-24-2010, 07:27 AM
Bobsama

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Originally Posted by Otis11

But much better for your health. :cool:

But much more addicting. :shakes:

Before you know it, you'll be asking the bean counters to let you replace 20-40 C2D's with Core i7-950 boxes and you'll stick WCG on there too!
09-24-2010, 07:33 AM
Kingcarcas

They don't fire you for that over there?:ROTF:
09-24-2010, 08:44 AM
Otis11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobsama

But much more addicting. :shakes:

Before you know it, you'll be asking the bean counters to let you replace 20-40 C2D's with Core i7-950 boxes and you'll stick WCG on there too!

Well C2Ds aren't nearly powerful enough for modern day programs!

Word is so much faster with 8 threads - it's all about productivity :rofl:
09-24-2010, 09:01 AM
Kryja

Code:

i7 975 Review: This CPU's performance is simply amazing. As soon as I'd finished my build and installed the OS, I booted up calc and entered 98 x 44. It answered with 4312, just like that! No lag or wait whatsoever!

Show them that and you're golden :rofl:
09-24-2010, 09:37 AM
Bobsama

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/abstraction.png
If I'm such a god, why isn't Maru *my* cat?
09-26-2010, 01:36 AM
chinaguy

Wallet

Quote:

Originally Posted by trn

I'm not sure which is worse! :) (a WCG addiction can be harder on the wallet :rofl:)

I haven't seen my wallet since I got married........:shrug:
09-26-2010, 06:24 AM
SiGfever

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Originally Posted by chinaguy

I haven't seen my wallet since I got married........:shrug:

Amen Brother! :ROTF:

But please, don't let them read "The Disclaimer". :eek:
09-28-2010, 06:19 PM
chinaguy

Up and running

I have joined up as Chinaguy and joined the XS team. Only one PC running with the screen saver at the moment to see how it goes.

I think the screen saver will best method for us. I will add a few more PCs to se how it goes. Have to check out internet load over our system, but I can configure the PCs to only use the internet at lunch time and after school time.
09-28-2010, 06:22 PM
shoota

Good news CG. Hope it all works out ok that's alot of crunching power at your disposal
09-28-2010, 06:26 PM
Movieman

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinaguy

I have joined up as Chinaguy and joined the XS team. Only one PC running with the screen saver at the moment to see how it goes.

I think the screen saver will best method for us. I will add a few more PCs to se how it goes. Have to check out internet load over our system, but I can configure the PCs to only use the internet at lunch time and after school time.

Good news and no matter how it turns out,one machine or 60,we're glad to have you with us.
Also if I didn't say it before,always liked your avatar..:up:
09-28-2010, 06:50 PM
chinaguy

avatar

My avatar was draw by one of my students during one of my stymulating lessons. It was draw in Paint and it does look like me! He had to give me a copy with full rights or he would get a detention.

The kid in question is now working as a Graphic Artist earning some big $$$!
09-28-2010, 07:33 PM
lkiller123

Paint, that's impressive! :up:
09-28-2010, 07:36 PM
Sparky

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinaguy

I have joined up as Chinaguy and joined the XS team. Only one PC running with the screen saver at the moment to see how it goes.

I think the screen saver will best method for us. I will add a few more PCs to se how it goes. Have to check out internet load over our system, but I can configure the PCs to only use the internet at lunch time and after school time.

I doubt internet load should be an issue. WCG isn't very bandwidth-heavy. Granted, 100 installations could create some traffic, but I wouldn't think it would be too much in the grand scheme of things on a school network.
09-28-2010, 07:39 PM
D_A

The Clean Energy Project can have some pretty big up-loads. The project specs list them as being up to 80MB a shot, so consider if that will be an issue.
09-28-2010, 07:52 PM
Sparky

Oh... I did not know that. Hm good thing I'm not running it then, my connection would puke over them.
09-28-2010, 08:55 PM
chinaguy

3 PCs by my classroom desk now crunching away. I can keep an eye on them and see how it goes. I am sure someone will let me know how my scores are doing.
09-28-2010, 11:45 PM
[XC] Malkec

It will take a few days for stats to clear up.

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Registered Member Since 29.9.10
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09-29-2010, 04:48 AM
chinaguy

I had nothing else to do....

Well I ended up setting up 7 PC for WCG as I had to install some software for a maths teacher for him to use tomorrow morning.(SOME more warning next time might help maths department!!!) :D

May just install it on the other 12 PCs in the Lab tomorrow if I can't be bothered to mark any student books......last day before a week off school.:up:
09-29-2010, 04:54 AM
Rise

what name are you crunching under? I'm curious to see what type of PPD your school machines put out.

edit: just saw that chinaguy joined the team, nevermind! good luck and welcome to the team :)

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