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Grizely1   04-05-2001 at 02:29:18 AM
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cool. I finally d/led it after a year of putting it off. pretty sweet. although my overclocked cpu went to 41C (it is aircooled right now). wahho 'im 6% done my data unit

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scarecrow   04-05-2001 at 03:56:16 AM
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What's that? Did you just delete s@h off your system or did you just start running it after a year. Me no understand you.
If you did just start running it we could use you on the team. We are just about to make the top 200 for clubs.


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Grizely1   04-05-2001 at 02:01:10 PM
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i joined. my name is JPH. LLOL im at zero cause i never finishe dmy first data unit yet

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scarecrow   04-05-2001 at 06:37:30 PM
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Glad to have you aboard. If you have any problems check out the distributed computing forum.

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Grizely1   04-05-2001 at 10:18:44 PM
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k. lolim not even done my first data unit hehe

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HolyGrenade   04-05-2001 at 10:52:45 PM
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Any Aliens yet?


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Grizely1   04-06-2001 at 02:13:59 AM
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not yet. hopefully the winning sound will be on my computer and I WILLB E FAMOus!!!!!!!! YAAAA

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scarecrow   04-07-2001 at 07:20:47 PM
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35 hr 49 min..... How come it took you so long to complete this wu? What type of system are you using? Are you using the screensaver or cmd line version?



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Grizely1   04-08-2001 at 02:29:59 AM
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i don't know! Wierd eh............. 1GHZ "C"!!!!!!! I think it was doing the screensaver thing most of the time

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scarecrow   04-08-2001 at 05:00:52 AM
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Ahhh,
The screensaver would do it. If you are yousing the gui version set it to go blank and disable the screensaver.
Or you could start using the command line version and start kicking some a-s. It's not as pretty but it is a lot faster.


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Grizely1   04-08-2001 at 05:06:22 AM
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where do i get it??~!!!?!?!

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scarecrow   04-08-2001 at 05:52:52 AM
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You can get the cmd line version <A HREF="http://ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/setiathome/setiathome-3.03.i386-winnt-cmdline.exe" target="_new">Here</A>
The cmd line version has no graphics so it dosn't tell you what your % completed is or anything. A good tool to use with it is <A HREF="http://pages.tca.net/roelof/setispy/" target="_new">setispy</A>
After you download the cmd line version put it in a folder and excecute. Also put setispy in the same folder. The rest is pretty straight forward. You might want to put a shortcut to the cmd line in your startup folder.

Let me know how it works out. That should get you pumping out wu every couple of hours.


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Grizely1   04-08-2001 at 06:02:21 AM
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Dead link :frown:

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scarecrow   04-08-2001 at 06:50:34 AM
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Ohhh,try
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/setiathome/setiathome-3.03.i386-winnt-cmdline.exe


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Grizely1   04-08-2001 at 07:50:37 PM
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there we go

hey i like this beter it's way faster

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scarecrow   04-08-2001 at 08:51:40 PM
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Glad to hear that.
Do you have a constant connection to the internet for your pc? If not there is also a caching program, so that there is less idle time while waiting to connect to the internet.

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silverpig   04-08-2001 at 09:10:25 PM
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Actually, the command line version isn't any faster than the gui if you keep the gui version in the systray only (ie, no graphics at all). I run a linux cli and a winME gui on my dual booted machine, and the times are pretty much the same (providing of course for differences in the work units themselves).

This V3.03 takes a lot longer than the previous versions though. I was running at around 4.5 to 5.5 hrs per wu, now i'm up to 7.5 or so.



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scarecrow   04-08-2001 at 10:20:49 PM
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I would have to disagree. My experiance has been a average of a couple of hours difference. And that was with the screen saver off, set to blank screen (just in case) and always running. compared to the cmd line.


So I wonder how long until this gets moved to the Distributed Computing forum.......

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Grizely1   04-08-2001 at 10:50:20 PM
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i have to agree. and yes i have a constant connection.

this is much faster, it's taken me 3 hours to do what took me about 12 before.

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silverpig   04-09-2001 at 01:27:51 AM
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Using the same version of seti on the same computer? Cause I notice no difference at all.

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Grizely1   04-09-2001 at 02:07:50 AM
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i NOTICE a different. a MAJOR difference. a data unit took me 35 hours on the one with a GUI, with command line version it take 10.

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silverpig   04-09-2001 at 08:31:49 PM
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That's because you had the graphics running. If you re-read my post, I said that it takes the same time provided the graphics aren't generated. (ie, the gui version is minimized to the systray and the screensaver is disabled). You said that you're getting times of about 10hrs on your 1GHz Athlon C on the cli. I'm getting 7.5 to 8.5 hrs on my Tbird 900@1050 on both my WinME gui and Linux cli versions.

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Grizely1   04-09-2001 at 10:16:13 PM
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no, half of the time it was minimized. (and yes i had it set to run all the time).

I just finished a data packet in 6 hours. next one says estimated time is 4 hours. highest speed so far was 190 mflops

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silverpig   04-09-2001 at 10:34:16 PM
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Heh, that's half the time that you were generating graphics then. Trust me, there is no difference between the two versions.

The units start off and end really quickly for me. The highest I've seen is about 350 MFlops and 2.9 cpu cycles/Flop at the beginning of a unit, and I've seen estimates for a 3 hour time. But it slows down in the middle for some reason.

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Grizely1   04-09-2001 at 11:14:44 PM
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well i barely ever watch the stats, just keep it minimized while im surfing

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Grizely1   04-14-2001 at 04:28:01 AM
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The highest I got was 490.5 Mflops, it was running at that for a bit. 30 something % an hour. Average for me now is 6 hours a unit.

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