The Scottish Boinc Team

FANTASTIC!

Well the light bulb finally came on ... we aren't going to be passed by CharityEngine3. They are a "user" and part of the ByteBall team.

Bryan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:35 pm FANTASTIC!

Well the light bulb finally came on ... we aren't going to be passed by CharityEngine3. They are a "user" and part of the ByteBall team.

7m a day and a "user". Aye a big user of electricity

jockmacmad2 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:16 pm
7m a day and a "user". Aye a big user of electricity

CharityEngine is a collection of many people who "pool" their machines together to get paid. It is the same as the GridCoin pools. On other projects, CharityEngine, is actually part of team GridCoin. On WCG they belong to ByteBall since it pays better than gridcoin.

Phew good to know.

That’s okay then!

I don’t actually see any imminent threats behind us. We’ll be 99th tomorrow. Other gains will follow, even if only core members remain, and soon we shall be safe!

As for becoming a Linux snob. I doubt if I’ll ever have the technical knowledge to be a proper badass hardcore Linux geek. Also I’m never going to be a Windophobe. Even if my farm is mainly Linux powered from now on there will always be a few Microsoft machines in the house. Just like every other house on the planet. There’s a lot to be said for ubiquitous mediocrity over esoteric excellence. Remember the VHS vs Betamax fight?

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:58 pm there will always be a few Microsoft machines in the house

oh, if that's to play Solitaire, you should get AisleRiot downloaded

Boinc gladiators run dual boot systems

[mention]Megacruncher[/mention] - you really don't need to be a Linux whizkid to run BOINC. BOINC is BOINC whether you are on Linux or Windoze, they work exactly the same. The only difference is where the files are stored. /var/lib/boinc-client vs c:/program data/boinc. Other than that they operate the same, app_config, app_info, cc_config etc are all the same. In fact you can copy them from your Windows installation and use them in Linux.

If you setup your machines as dual boot then you can have the best of both worlds. Run them under Windows when that is needed or run them under Linux when that is more efficient.

Not only do I remember the VHS vs Betamax fight I remember 8 track tapes vs cassettes

8-track continuous loop audio cartridges were a masterful piece of engineering. Shame it took something half the size of a VHS tape to hold 45mins of music

99th now

Here we go folks. The table we have all been waiting for. After 10 years are now firmly buried in the top 100. 99th place now.

WCG position Next target has to be 95th. Can't have us being beaten by the my little pony squad

Hurrah for us!
This equals our best ever placing.
Just 13 million to go until 98th. Then the gains will come thick & fast.

Bunkering will distort our daily returns between now and Hogmanay but I am hopeful that we will be off the top of this table by the New Year
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98th now

Can a moderator please update the link to team position in post #1

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:00 pm Can a moderator please update the link to team position in post #1

Moderator ? I would think you mean general dogsbody here. Done.

97th now

davidBAM wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:20 am 97th now

Keep crunching and posting if you expect a table post .....

Well TSBT is currently 94th and 1 update from 93rd. In 3 days then try on 91st for size ... bet it fits!

Then it's table time.

#93 now and we'll be #91 within 48 hours.

Keep up the good work

Still #93rd.
Who could have imagined such success at the beginning of the year. Thank you one and all!

92nd

At the end of the challenge we should be sitting within spitting distance of 90th. At that point I'm going to find something else to run

#91

90th by New Year's Day??? Maybe but if not it should soon be ours

I need 4.5 days to get the Zika badge I'm hunting and that will be that for WCG. At least until the new projects come out and then I'll have to get those badges

Personally, I’m more than happy to settle for us ending the year as 91st!
This far exceeds my ambitions for 2018!
We are now secure in the top 100 for WCG & everything else.
Rejoice!

Merry Christmas Megacruncher

Happy New Year too Megacruncher!

I still need 3 days to get my 100 year Zika badge so we will be close to 90th or have it when I wrap it up. I will definitely pull off of WCG the second I hit my goal

Hi there Mega - good to see you back

As far as WCG goes, I will be happy to keep most of my cores busy on there while you mercenaries go off hunting badges I think the rest of the TSBT team should be able to largely sustain our #91 position (with one or two possible exceptions; Fairleigh Dickinson University, 5by14). We'll soon holler if we need the cavalry

Thanks guys.
No reason to switch the machines off even if I couldn’t contribute to the Xmas banter.

So we are we atm?

#91 but should be #90 on next stats update

https://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/team/list/

#90

Nice one. Just have been looking at Formula Boinc . Looks promising for TSBT

We are now up to 90 th place now.
WCG position

Hoping to gain a place by the weekend #89 beckons

now at #89 well done all

We are going to drop a place soon as Project Natick are doing in excess of 4M per day

Ah ha ... Project Natick is Microsoft's underwater data centre using renewable energy to run 864 servers. It is based in Orkney. I googled it and immediately recognised Stromness in this photo

Think I'll drop them an email suggesting that they join the TSBT team

Neumannium Labs are resurgent at 2.6M per day; can't live with that. We'll drop another place tomorrow

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:38 pm And Neumanniums defectors are still with Byteball.

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:00 am Neumannium Labs are resurgent at 2.6M per day; can't live with that.

Maybe this explains why my Byteball account no longer shows a US$ value against the points? I am guessing Byteball is in trouble?

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:00 am Neumannium Labs are resurgent at 2.6M per day; can't live with that. We'll drop another place tomorrow

We didn't drop a place after all. Neumannium Labs not earning much at all ATM.

More significantly, TSBT is earning more since the end of the Acoustics challenge; it looks like this weekend might actually see us gain a place instead

Fairleigh Dickinson University are making a bit of a charge but we might get to #85 before they overtake us

CPUs will be split between WCG and Rosetta once I clear everything down. SRbase in particular has been a right royal pain in the arras

The next update on the team position in the world will be interesting. Somehow I doubt we will still be in 83rd place .......

Current table.

WCG position

looking like we might put on about 13M today. checks who is in #79

#80 now - can we catch Hungary over the next 14 days? One to aim for Pete as I remember you saying you were born there

80th position in the world now. !st in the pentathlon and moved up another 2 places to 2nd in the FB marathon as well. Impressive.

WCG position