Shameless badges bragging thread

Post by **Bryan** » Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:27 pm

WTG David ... 1/2 billionaire. CONGRATS

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:27 pm

Woo hoo - #9 https://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/user ... ff1ecdf/#9

Looks like upward progress gets harder from here though

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:53 pm

Congratulations on making the top 10 but really you need badges for serious bragging .....

of badges

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:58 am

Alez wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:53 pmyou need badges for serious bragging

I am much too modest and demure to resort to that ... [goes off to look to see if his badges are any more impressive now] Truth is, I couldn't even tell you where my University Degree certificate is as it was never that important to me. I really should find it now though as a 40yr old Computer Science degree is probably a museum piece

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:32 am

Earned my WCG MIPS 20 year badge during this comp...

I earned another WCG 20 year badge recently also but can't remember which one

Post by **Bryan** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:38 pm

I'm done! No more WCG for a while.

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:11 pm

- we'll miss you, will give a holler for any challenges / sprints

I also met a few personal goals before my self-imposed New Year's deadline:

10M cross-project points on WCG
1 billion total credits on BoincStats - actually did 1 billion in the last 2 months of the year
into top 1000 users on BoincStats

And of course the TSBT team romped home in the Christmas Elves challenge - must remember to put out a Captain's message to thank everyone

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:46 pm

Didn't quite make it into BoincStats overall top 750 within 5 months BUT I did creep into top 20 on daily credits #18 on https://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/user/list/12/0/0 (yes, I know Collatz is the main reason)

Question though : looking at 1, 2 and 6 on that link, how can anyone do 600 million credits on their first or second DAY?

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:17 pm

It doesn't look like they actually earned credits. It looks like a stats anomaly or glitch. Maybe they changed email address on their projects.

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:16 pm

Yippee - into the top 500 on Boincstats total credits within 6 months of starting https://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/user/list/0/400#498

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:59 am

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:36 am

HURRAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found a table where I am world #1 : https://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_p ... ighlight=1

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:03 pm

Congratulations, but this the shameless BADGES bragging thread

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:06 pm

Picky

Post by **poppageek** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:39 am

Bronze badge from project AP26 Search
Silver badge from project AP26 Search
Silver badge from project Generalized Fermat Prime Search
Gold badge from project Generalized Fermat Prime Search

Starting a new project is fun as you feel you are getting somewhere fast. After ya get the harder ones they come slow. Enjoying it while I can.

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:51 am

Congratulations

Post by **poppageek** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:17 am

Thanks. Just got another.

Amethyst badge from project Generalized Fermat Prime Search

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:01 pm

Got a few new badges to catch up on....

DHEP beta badge for any user who participated in the beta stage of the project

Acoustics 5 mil turtle badge

NumberFields 10 mil rudy badge

PrimeGrid 321 Sieve 5 mil turquoise badge

TN-Grid 5 mil turquoise badge

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:27 pm

All cached sigs have been updated.

Post by **Bryan** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:46 pm

Got 2 new ones

100M on NFS and RakeSearch. That's numbers 19 and 20

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:26 pm

Well done. Cached sig updated.

Post by **Dirk Broer** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:07 pm

Bryan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:46 pm Got 2 new ones

100M on NFS and RakeSearch. That's numbers 19 and 20

Badges I didn't knew they even existed...

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:08 pm

Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:07 pm Badges I didn't knew they even existed...

Apparently it's a 'thing' for some people :text-lol:

Post by **Dirk Broer** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:58 pm

Alez wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:08 pm
Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:07 pm Badges I didn't knew they even existed...
Apparently it's a 'thing' for some people

I contacted the virus while being member of the boy scouts...

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:50 am

You're cached signatures have been updated.

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:57 am

Well done Captain. You're cached sig has been updated and is ready for use.

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:10 am

GPUGrid 150 million Isoleucine badge...

Yoyo 2 million Queens Grandmaster badge

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:28 pm

WCG 100 year Zika badge

The last batches of Zika WUs have been queued up. After those are complete the Zika sub-project will end. If you have any Zika goals you want to reach, you better hit it soon.

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:32 pm

I'll need to settle for a 39 yr 237 day 12:18:42 badge

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:43 pm

All your cached sigs have been updated gents.

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:55 am

Next update should confirm that I am now over 10Bn (with 5 days to spare)

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#261 	davidBAM 	9,997,919,030

Now ... if I could only make it into the top 250 on Boincstats, my life would be complete. Of course it wouldn't be complete at all ... boinc really draws you in as a the next target is always just out-of-reach

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:38 pm

davidBAM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:55 am Next update should confirm that I am now over 10Bn (with 5 days to spare)
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#261 	davidBAM 	9,997,919,030
Now ... if I could only make it into the top 250 on Boincstats, my life would be complete. Of course it wouldn't be complete at all ... boinc really draws you in as a the next target is always just out-of-reach

You have made it. 10 Billion on the board, #6 in the team and soon to be #5. Well done.

Well deserved post up in the Kudos section here

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:20 am

Radioactive 10k bronze badge

Too bad we don't have any other crunchers on Radioactive

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:04 am

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:20 am Radioactive 10k bronze badge

Too bad we don't have any other crunchers on Radioactive

I believe I have a detector somewhere in the wastelands of the north east of Scotland. Just need to find the time and the protection to visit said wastelands

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:50 am

Alez wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:04 am Just need to find the protection

You'll definitely need it after I publish this URL in the Huntly Express

Alez · Post by **Alez** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:24 am

davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:50 am
Alez wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:04 am Just need to find the protection
You'll definitely need it after I publish this URL in the Huntly Express

Surely a lat and long would be more useful if I have to venture into such badlands ?

I presume the zombie repellent kit and accompanying land shark protection is standard

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:43 am

Passed 15Bn now. Hoping to make it into top 200 after next Collatz drop https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-1/user/list/0/200#210

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:18 pm

WCG Africa Rainfall Project 15 day bronze badge.

Post by **Dirk Broer** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:51 pm

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:18 pm WCG Africa Rainfall Project 15 day bronze badge.

So you had all the WUs....

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:35 pm

No - I got one

Hasn't paid out yet though

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:55 pm

Just hit the 20Bn

a fair bit of Collatz in there though

Post by **Dirk Broer** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:27 am

davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:55 pm Just hit the 20Bn

a fair bit of Collatz in there though

Congrats!

How will I ever catch up with you? Must be when the TRX80 Mobo's arrive, and I have -thanks to the lottery- a dual Socket sTr4x Ryzen Threadripper 3990X system (read: never

).

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:18 am

davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:55 pm Just hit the 20Bn

a fair bit of Collatz in there though

Well done Grasshopper

Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:27 am
Congrats! How will I ever catch up with you? Must be when the TRX80 Mobo's arrive, and I have -thanks to the lottery- a dual Socket Ryzen 9 3950X system (read: never ).

When I hit the lottery jackpot, you'll get your dream rig, TSBT crunchers will get new kit and Rob will get a TSBT sponsorship!

I can dream

https://www.usamega.com/mega-millions-jackpot.asp

Post by **Megacruncher** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:59 pm

Wow 20 billion!
Amazing David. You are 30th in the BOINC Universe by total credit.
In such a short time too! All your rivals have an 18 year head start.
Awesome.
I hate to think what your Lecky Bill is like or how much heat you have to disperse from your farm.

Website · Post by **davidbam** » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:05 pm

All change for next year though, I think. Plan is to only run the GPUs on challenges & on hard-to-find work such as GPUgrid and BURP. I'll buy more GPUs with the money I save on the lecyy bill

Will probably keep the CPUs busy speculating for a WCG Sprint until such time as that passes.

I just hope that FB continues in a similar vein

Post by **Gibson Praise** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:02 am

So February at PG is the Tour de Prime, where the object is to find Top 5000 primes. I've been shut out the last few years (and had some years where I never tried). It's been 9 years since my last T5K. Halfway through this years event I have this shiny new badge:

.. yup, not 1, not 2 .. 4 primes, one returned a mere 26 seconds before the double checker.

.. and a half a month to go.

My point production is crap but I am a happy man!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:59 am

Gibson Praise wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:02 am So February at PG is the Tour de Prime, where the object is to find Top 5000 primes. I've been shut out the last few years (and had some years where I never tried). It's been 9 years since my last T5K. Halfway through this years event I have this shiny new badge:

.. yup, not 1, not 2 .. 4 primes, one returned a mere 26 seconds before the double checker. .. and a half a month to go.

My point production is crap but I am a happy man!

Nice one (or four)

Post by **scole of TSBT** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:25 pm

Gibson Praise wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:02 am So February at PG is the Tour de Prime, where the object is to find Top 5000 primes. I've been shut out the last few years (and had some years where I never tried). It's been 9 years since my last T5K. Halfway through this years event I have this shiny new badge:

.. yup, not 1, not 2 .. 4 primes, one returned a mere 26 seconds before the double checker. .. and a half a month to go.

My point production is crap but I am a happy man!

Post by **Gibson Praise** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:08 pm

Soooo ... I'm still a happy man but I think my luck has changed

Woke up yesterday morning to find I had a 5th prime

.. and then the power went out. Went out three times during the day. I'll keep plugging but I think I've heard my swan song

Post by **Gibson Praise** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 5:03 pm

This has been a charmed Tour de Prime. The badge count is now 6 primes, one of them a mega-prime ( a million digits )