The Scottish Boinc Team

Alez wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:26 am At least I'm feeling the love from my pup


If we crack on at this credit level we may even hit 80th place by the end.

We love you too Alez, that's why we pick on you

It would be nice if the credits would take off but I'm getting less and less optimistic. Earlier today it looked really great but now it is about down where I started. I'm just not getting enough of the high paying WU now ... DANG!!!

84th - 83rd coming up

It has been paying very well over the past few hours Look at the graph of team credits ... there is a major change in the slope! We're pulling away from TSC! now.

Half way through the competition.
Current standings

Bowmore 1st
scole of TSBT 2nd
McShane of TSBT 3rd
Alez 5th
Megacruncher TSBT 6th
Andrew 62nd
Lee Carver 86th
Mark Henderson 162
Radio 192
Sirius 199
danny 215
Geofrancis 261
Kostoglotov 366
Damsons1 410
KaizenMike 512
McSpuddles 570
Dodi Lamb 572
Giles 592
atfogarasi 716
Martin Green 796
Anita Squires 819

Great work everyone.

The 1 hr WUs are paying well.

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:09 pm The 1 hr WUs are paying well.

That's what I've been running. The 2 hour pay more but NOT double.

83rd now!
There is clearly no chance of TSC! Russia catching us & whilst Gridcoin could join the fray at any time, more than hallway thru, they've probably already left it too late.

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:36 pm 83rd now!
There is clearly no chance of TSC! Russia catching us & whilst Gridcoin could join the fray at any time, more than hallway thru, they've probably already left it too late.

Think last time I looked GC were putting in 3.5 million per day .....

@Pete I wouldn't bunker anything Pete. Open them up with zero resource share and run 1 hr WU. Have NO cache at all. There are new types of WU coming out fairly often and they pay very very well until the project figures out what they are actually worth. After enough have been turned in the project drops the credits on them.

McShane of AP wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:51 pm
Your advise is my command Sir.

Go forth and kick butt Pete The Ruskie has just finished his daily bunker dump and he didn't hurt you at all!

You spooked him, tguskill has bolted

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:27 am You spooked him, tguskill has bolted

Excellent ... rolls up sleeves

Alez wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:55 pm

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:36 pm 83rd now!
There is clearly no chance of TSC! Russia catching us & whilst Gridcoin could join the fray at any time, more than hallway thru, they've probably already left it too late.

Think last time I looked GC were putting in 3.5 million per day .....

Which might put them with a chance if they join in right now. If on the other hand they delay another few hours then we can start celebrating.

Rosetta@Home

TSBT now up to 83 on Rosetta@Home

Rosetta@Home position

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:08 am

Alez wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:55 pm

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:36 pm 83rd now!
There is clearly no chance of TSC! Russia catching us & whilst Gridcoin could join the fray at any time, more than hallway thru, they've probably already left it too late.

Think last time I looked GC were putting in 3.5 million per day .....

Which might put them with a chance if they join in right now. If on the other hand they delay another few hours then we can start celebrating.

2.9 million today. They will have to jump within the next 24 hours or we are doing the happy dance

Alez wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:19 am

2.9 million today. They will have to jump within the next 24 hours or we are doing the happy dance

We can start dancing at anytime! They only out pulled us by 1.7M today and we have a 6.9M lead

Bryan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:05 am

Alez wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:19 am

2.9 million today. They will have to jump within the next 24 hours or we are doing the happy dance

We can start dancing at anytime! They only out pulled us by 1.7M today and we have a 6.9M lead

HAPPY FEET

Still no sign of Gridcoin so I reckon we've got it in the bag!
Also we are now 81st !
The teams are getting a bit spread out now but we will probably manage to bag 80th & possibly even 79th!

Rosetta@Home

As Mega said, TSBT now up to 81st on Rosetta@Home

Rosetta@Home position This competition will keep this project safe for quite a while. Great job all and lets keep pushing to the end.

Badges! I want badges!

scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:00 am Badges! I want badges!

I'll 2nd that

HERE is a cool graph. Do you think tguskill is feeling a little pressured?

Bryan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 2:15 am HERE is a cool graph. Do you think tguskill is feeling a little pressured?

You could add Lee and Andrews progress to that

here

Alez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 2:33 am

You could add Lee and Andrews progress to that

here

No, you want to show their graph THIS way

Bryan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:02 am

Alez wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 2:33 am

You could add Lee and Andrews progress to that

here

No, you want to show their graph THIS way

Seems that they are on the up and .... well up That's team work for ya

80th - nice job everyone!

There is a chance of making it to 78th but we will need a good tail wind.

Bryan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:51 pm 80th - nice job everyone!

There is a chance of making it to 78th but we will need a good tail wind.

It looks as if 78th is pretty much a certainty - which is remarkable.
Overall victory is 99.9% certain.
Also we look set to bag at least the top five individual places or possibly, teamwork. luck & good judgement allowing, the top seven places.

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:33 am good judgement allowing, the top seven places.

Now that's really pushing ... that would require some adult leadership and I don't where we'll find any of that

Bryan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:53 am

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:33 am good judgement allowing, the top seven places.

Now that's really pushing ... that would require some adult leadership and I don't where we'll find any of that

I'm not going to rise to that bait .... OK I am , naughty step for you ........

Rosetta@Home

TSBT now up to 80th on Rosetta@Home

Rosetta@Home position

Alez wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:13 am

I'm not going to rise to that bait .... OK I am , naughty step for you ........

78th

I think we are done ... wow to move up 18 places from where we started is FANTASTIC!

Well done everyone!

TSBT now up to 78th on the last daily update for Rosetta@Home

Rosetta@Home position Basically another day at this rate after the competition is finished and we are in the unfortunate position of passing BOINC UK and that would be such a shame ....

It's over and I'm proud to say that TSBT finished first in the challenge we called from 17 teams.

Individual kudos goes to

Bowmore 1sr
McShane of TSBT 2nd
scole of TSBT 3rd
Alez 4th
Megacruncher TSBT 5th
Lee Carver 6th
Andrew 8th
Mark Henderson 152
Radio 186
danny 208
Geofrancis 355
McSpuddles 483
Kostoglotov 489
Martin Green 578
Damsons1 583
KaizenMike 690
Dodi Lamb 726
atfogarasi 884
Anita Squires 949
Toker 958

A brilliant effort from all and for those that went beyond and above for the team I thank you.

Awesome progress in 2 weeks.
Getting the top 6 individual places was very close.- Much respect is due to tguskill of TSC! Russia who finished in 7th place & who played it straight without bunkering or assistance and who must be wondering what hit him.
As for BOINC UK, the problem is that if you catch them you then need to keep up with them.
Personally, my work is done here (for the rest of the year at least) and in the main my cores will be working on rebooting our WCG revival!

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:33 am Awesome progress in 2 weeks.

I'll second that, a true team effort. Well done guys.

Megacruncher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:33 am As for BOINC UK, the problem is that if you catch them you then need to keep up with them.

12 more hours and we crush them, after that keeping up with them shouldn't be a problem. I'll join you on WCG after we have gained another place in the UK rankings.
After that I think we should be able to make 150 for WCG by the end of the year at least.

I continue to be amazed by what you guys not only understand about these various projects, but the "armadas" you have put together to tackle these challenges. Many thanks to Alez, Bryan, and everyone else that helped with the push on this project. Didn't think I'd be seeing a million credits on Rosetta@home for a few years, much less a few days.

The GUSBOX (Linux) suddenly decided to lose wireless networking sometime over the weekend. Finding myself very frustrated with this Lubuntu installation (with Teamviewer and Wireless). May be looking at getting a cheap CD key for Windows 7 or 10 - worst case, I could do a dual boot.

But I'll be switching THOR (Windows) over to WCG after these last few Rosetta WUs finish.

Thanks again for all your support!

Thanks for your effort Lee, and strange about Lubuntu as all my systems on it are more stable than my win7 systems. If you go win then win 7 keys are far cheaper and a better system. What's the issues you are having with lubuntu ? Maybe we can help out.

Alez wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:32 am Thanks for your effort Lee, and strange about Lubuntu as all my systems on it are more stable than my win7 systems. If you go win then win 7 keys are far cheaper and a better system. What's the issues you are having with lubuntu ? Maybe we can help out.

Right now, my two biggest problems are no wireless and no keyboard - both of which were working previously. When the system boots up, it reports some error. I don't know exactly what it's related to as there is no description.

Is it a driver issue or a usb issue ? Do you have a mouse plugged in ? Try switching mouse and keyboard etc. Post what the error message is on boot up.

I think it is a driver issue. I have an old wireless Logitech combo plugged in. To see if there was interference, I unplugged the mouse and plugged a corded Microsoft mouse in. The mouse works just fine.

I also plugged my wireless adapter into a laptop and it was recognized just fine. So I think all of a sudden there's been some interference with the drivers (but I'm not sure why).

I'll try and get the error message sent to you in a PM this weekend.

leecarver wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:59 pm I think it is a driver issue. I have an old wireless Logitech combo plugged in. To see if there was interference, I unplugged the mouse and plugged a corded Microsoft mouse in. The mouse works just fine.

I also plugged my wireless adapter into a laptop and it was recognized just fine. So I think all of a sudden there's been some interference with the drivers (but I'm not sure why).

I'll try and get the error message sent to you in a PM this weekend.

OK, does look like for some reason your I/O drivers are corrupt. Let me know what you have and we'll see what's the best way forward.