~misfit~ wrote:

Is there anybodyyyyy... Out there? <cue acoustic guitar>

I've recently returned to crunching a few units again after an hiatus as I have use of a wattage meter and discovered that running SETI/BOINC on a 30% duty cycle only consumes an extra 10W on my C2D @ 3.3GHz.

The question: I'm running Seti@home Enhanced client 5.27 which is a beta client. When I check the "Your Results" link I see around ~100 tasks that say "In Progress" when I only have <10 queued up in the client. Can anyone tell me what's going on? TIA.

You've picked up what are called 'ghost WU's'. There have been glitches on the SETI servers where it thought that it had sent WU's out, but the client's computer didn't get them.  Just ignore them and they will go away.

Also, I see that the client has just now downloaded the Astropulse .exe and a 10MB Astropulse WU that is estimated just a bit under 24 hours to completion. I've never done an Astropulse WU before. Being ~24 hours to completion and running a 30% duty cycle it'll take over three days to calculate. I'm pleased the reporting date is a month away. I only hope that I get credit for it, that it isn't done and dusted by the time I report it.

I've gotten 2 Astorpulse WU's, so far, on my 3.0 ghz P4/HT, and on a laptop. They will be taking a few days to complete. Just let it run.  :-)

Regards,