Big Billion Bumper Bonanza

Post by **aardvark** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:13 pm

Hmmm, JockMacMad's planned dereliction of duty,

Dinnae be sae sure laddie.

We had 8 inches of snow here last night (in Aberdeen), and it looks like it might be the same tonight. Snowing heavily at the moment.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:38 pm

Regardless of the feasability of JockMacMad's travel plans (and I'm sure we all wish him a safe & speedy journey back to Mrs JMM) his output is already dropping from nearly 1.9M yesterday to just under 1M today. All the same we racked up 4.6M today which, with 987M done, would extrapolate to 1B late on Xmas day. I'm going to assume some further drop off & go for a slightly earlier time on boxing day, leaving us with:

Aardvark ....................... 2000 25th Dec
CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 0900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 27th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 2200 27th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 0400 28th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1200 30th Dec

Roughly half these guesses are insultingly pessimistic so get them revised now folks.

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:06 am

Yup. it's a tough call this one. We had the same snow yesterday, so if JMM is traveling (and this chart suggests he is: JockMacMad's output), our output will be reduced in line with Willie's ideas.

However, maybe he will have a box running for a wee while longer?

Anyway, time for a revision:

1200 26th December .... Mrs N's birthday don't you know

Post by **Reeltime** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:30 pm

0400 hours, boxing day

Post by **aardvark** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:28 pm

Aardvark 11:00 on 26th December

Post by **FlyingfocRS** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:49 pm

CycloneRanger ...............0000 25th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 0400 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1200 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 2200 27th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec

Post by **ianmbaker2** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:04 pm

I think I had better revise my time a bit. Don't want to be too pessimistic.

14:00 26th December.

IAn

Mr Thinhead · Post by **Mr Thinhead** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:21 pm

OK, I'll revise to 0900 on 26 December.

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:53 pm

Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?

PinkPenguin · Post by **PinkPenguin** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:06 pm

The Big B on Boxing Day / St. Stephen's day... now there's a thought...

15:00 on 26th December

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!

johnn · Post by **johnn** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:44 pm

I hope this rev. being so close to turnover doesn't seem cheeky,
26 Dec. 1300 hrs.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:45 pm

i guess 10:00 am 26th December if no ones taken it.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:34 am

Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?

I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out. Doubtless I will increase the confusion 10 fold.

If your guess isn't where you think it should be tell me and I'll do my best to fix it.

Whatever, I've given Mr Thinhead 0900 on the 26th and opted for the unacustomed role of team pessimist by shifting my guess to late on boxing day afternoon.

Although we are now just 9.4M short of the big one Jock's farm has switched off almost totally & I reckon that we will be reduced to a mere 3.5 million per day.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher!

]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 0400 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1700 26th Dec

Post by **Reeltime** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:04 am

sorry! 1800 26th!

Post by **Megacruncher** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:13 am

No need to apologise - I don't particularly want to be team pessimist & anyway to maximise the fun I've left the guessing open until 999 million so you can keep changing your mind for a while to come.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! Wink ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1700 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec

Post by **FlyingfocRS** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:57 am

Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out.

oops slight error in the old copy and paste there.

I'll blame Rocky who decided to jump up and sit on my knee/laptop mid post. Either that or senility!!!!!!

Post by **Megacruncher** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:56 am

A major fly has just landed in the predictive ointment.
Collatz has gone tits-up and their Admin is away for Xmas.
So make sure you've got Milkyway attached as a back-up & be prepared for this turning into a guess when Collatz gets back on-line comp. C'est le Boinc!

Mr Thinhead · Post by **Mr Thinhead** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:09 pm

Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out.
oops slight error in the old copy and paste there.

Wow... I couldn't figure out why my new choice had become a subject of international diplomacy all of a sudden, but I see from a close reading of the scrolls what went wrong.

I am happy to concede 0900 if Willie wants to lay first claim. But if not I will stick with that.

Must go now, my private jet awaits, and I hope to be back in my very own remote corner of Perthshire before midnight.

Post by **ianmbaker2** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:33 pm

Collatz seems to be back. Perhaps it doing it's holiday bounce and will be up and down till new year.

Ian

Post by **Megacruncher** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:22 pm

I am happy to concede 0900 if Willie wants to lay first claim. But if not I will stick with that.

Not a problem - I was planning a revision anyway so 0900 is yours for as long as you want it.

Watch that private jet now - the runways are icy up here.

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:04 pm

I lost a power supply fan last night.

Managed to rig something this morning, but it sounded dreadful and more importantly, the psu was complaining like it was about to expire in flames (I've seen that only once before and it's frightening). So I'm one cruncher down on MW until I can get a big enough psu to replace it.

That and with JockMacMad's festive jaunt down South, it's time to move the guess again.

2000 December 26th

Post by **aardvark** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:54 pm

The abacus (8 bit, No floating point, 3 bits/second) has just predicted the following time :)

Aardvark 19:00 on 26th December

Post by **Megacruncher** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:17 am

If my cut & paste skills are better than Mike's then the state of the art is:

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! Wink ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 2100 26th Dec

As you will see I've decided to be a wee bit more pessimisic. We have just over 6 million to go and managed 3.3 million in the last day.

Keep watching & keep revising those guesses.

PS Merry Xmas!!

MacDitch · Post by **MacDitch** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:30 am

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
MacDitch ....................... 1700 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 2100 26th Dec

Late to the competition, almost too late, but I've stuck a guess in a gap I spotted.

Merry Christmas everyone. Enjoy the day, it's almost over here.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:08 am

You'd only be too late if we had passed 999 million. As it is we are still 2.5 million short of our historic landmark.

With an hour of the day gone I think it's reasonable to assume that we will make the grade sometime in the second half of today.

Those guessing a time before lunch might want to think about grabbing one of the evening slots whilst they remain available.

Post by **Reeltime** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:35 am

damn it, hate to be a party pooper but 22.00 26th Dec

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:15 am

Too pessimistic and a little rash methinks. We are 1.25 million short as of 10 am. Just to show my faith in our crunching ability I shall pinch the 1800 slot vacated by Reeltime.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
MacDitch ....................... 1700 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 2200 26th Dec

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:33 am

Hi guys, hope you all had a great time yesterday and if you were traveling that you got to where you wanted to be safe and sound despite the weather.

It looks a tight call. Even 8-10 hours out, it's difficult to be certain, but I think there are three guesses that are close to being on the mark, starting with Willie, then Aardvark, followed by yours truly.

Out of those, it seems to me that Aardvark has the best chance of pulling it off.

However, it only needs one project to report some credits early and Willie will indulge himself in a bottle of malt: or if a project goes offline I may still snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:21 pm

hey can you put me down for 2100 today please.

Post by **aardvark** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:59 pm

According to Temujins stat's http://ubt-seti.dyndns.org/tsbt/UBT.php the total at 12:00 was 999,043,505. It's now in the lap of the gods :) (that would be a good name for a song

)

I hope everybody had a good Christmas and manage to achieve all that they wish for in the New Year to come.

PinkPenguin · Post by **PinkPenguin** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:00 pm

If the next two hourly updates are like the last looks like Aardvark is going to be the winner this time....

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:11 pm

If the next two hourly updates are like the last looks like Aardvark is going to be the winner this time....

Yep, another 117K in the next hour would do it.

PinkPenguin · Post by **PinkPenguin** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:07 pm

... Right, now for the Whiskey and a toast to Aardvark while waiting for the official results! :drunken:

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:10 pm

I'll drink to that!

Well done Aardvark!

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:17 pm

Well done Aardvark & well done us.

:wav: :wav:

Post by **aardvark** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:48 pm

jmknjhn (as written by my cat walking over keyboard).

Thank you all for your congratualations

.

And well done to TSBT for the first billion, here's to the next one... :wav: :wav:

The Scottish Boinc Team

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