Subject: Re: Upload of work units
From: Roger
Date: 09/12/2005, 02:21
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:43:14 GMT, Bill Jillians <"\"Bill
Jillians\""@blueyonder.SPAM_NO_THANKS.co.SPAM_OFF.uk> wrote:

Quietly we read <usLlf.193$zt1.2@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>, unable to 
contain our credulity we realized that Martin 53N 1W 
<ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> said this:
Just for reassurance about the old WUs not timing out on Boinc-s@h. see:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=23939#205864

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They have turned off the validators to ensure users got credit, AND 
turned off the Transitioners to prevent replacement wus from being 
issued unnecessarily.

They've always been good about this. No reason to think they'd change now.

sit back, relax, enjoy the ride. When you allow it to get yourself all 
wound up, see first statement.
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Now that is good ne

Mine is still downloading new WUs, just not uploading the finished
ones.  The machine next to me has 17 completed and waiting to go.
When it finishes one, it tries to upload, fails, and then downloads a
new one.  Good thing that drive still has 100 gig available.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Many thanks for that.

Berkeley are very competent and very Human in all respects.

And note that this is all a grand experiment, including ourselves and 
our contributions!

Happy crunchin,
Martin