Easynews goes down

[SiGfever]

You will likely see a slowdown over the coming week because of the holidays. It's to be expected and nothing to fret about.

I try to focus on the positives. Team membership has tripled since the beginning of the year, and so has daily output. I have no idea where we will be six months to a year down the road. But I'm proud of all the members who have contributed to the cause. Have a few beers on me.

[Movieman]

XtremeSystems: 9,584,381,163
EasyNews: 3

Hey, it's what I wanted for Christmas, Santa didn't bring it so I made it myself!

[Kayin]

Just brought up an E2140 system, my girls can't believe they got a computer...

Now if I just had their regular monitor fixed... Their ViewSonic 91" LCD seems to be DOA, but I may can still fix it (it was a salvage to begin with) in time for some Christmas joy...

PS2 is also dead, crappy wiring around here...

[brot]

Now if I just had their regular monitor fixed... Their ViewSonic 91" LCD seems to be DOA, but I may can still fix it (it was a salvage to begin with) in time for some Christmas joy...

That monitor woud sure bring some joy, 91"

[SiGfever]

Some of the low numbers have been my fault. My e6600 was running at 2.4Ghz instead of 3.51Ghz and I did not notice until my stats seemed low. Damn "Old Timer's!" Sorry team.

<mental note> check your damn machines daily!!!!

[Martijn]

Some of the low numbers have been my fault. My e6600 was running at 2.4Ghz instead of 3.51Ghz and I did not notice until my stats seemed low. Damn "Old Timer's!" Sorry team.

<mental note> check your damn machines daily!!!!

Things like that can happen, don't worry

[SiGfever]

Things like that can happen, don't worry

Don't forget the Words of Wisdom passed down to us by the Hamster Master....

"Overclock it or I will ban you!"

[sierra_bound]

XtremeSystems: 9,584,381,163
EasyNews: 3

Hey, it's what I wanted for Christmas, Santa didn't bring it so I made it myself!

Nice Christmas present.

I plan to take advantage of EVGA's upgrade program. I send them my old 680i board and $90 and get a 780i in exchange. Will find a nice quad-core to go with it. The advantage of the 780i is that it supports 45nm chips. So I can choose either Kentsfield or Yorkfield. The 680i board has served me well. It's been crunching WU's non-stop for over a year.

[[XC] serlv]

Looked at my LAN, I see only 10 rigs showing. That is not good at all. Good thing is I have the next 8 days off to whip the farm into shape.
God, it feels good to be off! Finally.



Also, found this at a link Sierra Bound posted...

[sierra_bound]

I'm looking forward to hitting two billion. At our current pace, we should reach it in seven months. Of course, if we increase output, we will hit that mark sooner. So get those hamsters working!

[SiGfever]

I'm looking forward to hitting two billion. At our current pace, we should reach it in seven months. Of course, if we increase output, we will hit that mark sooner. So get those hamsters working!

That is the picture that started it all.

[[XC] junglemaster]

At least we are keeping it close over Christmas Holiday period

Easynews 4,488,616
XtremeSystems 4,245,448

[sierra_bound]

The team has passed three million results returned. This, to me, is more significant than passing a billion WCG points. That's 3,000,000+ results available to researchers. Way to go, team.

[[XC] Hicks121]

Ya my quad is down , will be having it running full steam ahead, tonight

[sierra_bound]

One other interesting tidbit. Team 2ch is now less than a billion points behind Easynews. At their current production rate, they should overtake Easynews in about seven months. Pretty amazing when you consider Team 2ch was averaging less than 30,000/day back in April.

[Movieman]

The team has passed three million results returned. This, to me, is more significant than passing a billion WCG points. That's 3,000,000+ results available to researchers. Way to go, team.

Agreed. A little group of "gamers" with their overclocked PC's.
When I first came to Xs and started to get a feel for the computing power that was here I knew this was possible.
It was all in finding those people that cared.
There are more people here at XS that feel as we do.
We just have to find them and open their eyes.

[Martijn]

Agreed. A little group of "gamers" with their overclocked PC's.
When I first came to Xs and started to get a feel for the computing power that was here I knew this was possible.
It was all in finding those people that cared.
There are more people here at XS that feel as we do.
We just have to find them and open their eyes.

The thing is... How do we do that without being a constant PITA?

[sierra_bound]

We are doing fine. We started the year with only about 230 members. Now we're up to 782. If we can increase membership to around 900-1,000, I think we will beat Easynews on a regular basis. I'm sure we can find a couple hundred more people to join the cause.

[Movieman]

The thing is... How do we do that without being a constant PITA?

There 2 ways(or more) to look at a problem.
One is to come up with a grand idea that solves it in one shot.
That's nice if it can be done but sometimes it can't.
The other is to "pick" at the problem. Slow but it can be done.
We find the people as we can. We ask friends, neighbors,etc and we add people one at a time.
That is what has happenned this past year and it does work.
If anyone had said we'd be at 4+ million a day a year ago most here would have said they were nuts but it is a reality.
Things happen, both good and bad, but overall we have grown by a huge amount and if we keep pushing and looking for people we will grow further.

[=CDU= CNP]

The thing is... How do we do that without being a constant PITA?

Perhaps a contest ?
One month grand total is the winner!
Per cpu class Q6600 etc.
Wonder if Fugger has any leftover equipment he doesn't mind lettin go of?
Any samples etc. from sponsors.
Just a thought.

[RAMMIE]

The thing is... How do we do that without being a constant PITA?

The team I have my rigs parked with now http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco
run a much more inclusive WCG forum.They emphasize the accomplishments of the individual members over the power of the team.They know that the oldtimers are going to keep contributing so they spend lots of energy keeping the new recruits motivated.Not just one milestone thread but everyday making new posts to congratulate milestones to members that they see as important.

They keep an internal stats site http://team-discovery.net/wcgtops.html with a rotating member responsibility to keep it updated day to day.

They have a communal project http://www.tdprojecthope.com/ that is run like a corporation that has a board that is responsible to contributing members.Because $$$ are donated.

I will be moving on from http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco by Jan 1 and donating to another team.But I will go back there some day

[Movieman]

The team I have my rigs parked with now http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco
run a much more inclusive WCG forum.They emphasize the accomplishments of the individual members over the power of the team.They know that the oldtimers are going to keep contributing so they spend lots of energy keeping the new recruits motivated.Not just one milestone thread but everyday making new posts to congratulate milestones to members that they see as important.

They keep an internal stats site http://team-discovery.net/wcgtops.html with a rotating member responsibility to keep it updated day to day.

They have a communal project http://www.tdprojecthope.com/ that is run like a corporation that has a board that is responsible to contributing members.Because $$$ are donated.

I will be moving on from http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco by Jan 1 and donating to another team.But I will go back there some day

Sounds like a good idea.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[RAMMIE]

The team has passed three million results returned. This, to me, is more significant than passing a billion WCG points. That's 3,000,000+ results available to researchers. Way to go, team.

# of results are just as meaningless as # of points.
If everyone just ran DDT,the results #s would be phenomenal.Does that help all the sciences that we want?

[Movieman]

# of results are just as meaningless as # of points.
If everyone just ran DDT,the results #s would be phenomenal.Does that help all the sciences that we want?

Actually it is a meaningfull number as it's comprised of a group and the group doesn't stick to any one disease but people do them all.
I personally just do FAAH and on one machine do HCC.
Since most teams or groups do a mix of projects as we do it is a meaningfull number so it is comparing apples to apples.

[sierra_bound]

# of results are just as meaningless as # of points.
If everyone just ran DDT,the results #s would be phenomenal.Does that help all the sciences that we want?

Results are meaningless. Interesting. Then why do you do this? Points mean nothing to researchers.

And what do you mean by "help all the sciences that we want"? Some people here just want to run the cancer project. Are you saying they are wrong for thinking that way? Don't come back here to flame.