Posts by Jon Heels

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Extremely high work units done. (Message 50109) Posted 10 Sep 2014 by Jon Heels Post: Hi I don't know if this is a "fix" for the credit problem, I found that if I removed the project using Boinc Manager and then added the project again using Boinc manager I found that Boinc Manager showed Climateprediction.net with the right amount of credit in both my project account and also in Boinc manager stats. Fingers crossed! Regards Jon
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Pending Credit (Message 46023) Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Jon Heels Post: I am still confused as there is no additional colum shown in the "pending Credit" part of the site. I pasted all the information available. I have found another thread that seems to indicate that "Pending Credits" are not used in this project. Once again Climate Prediction has to be different! Would it not be possible to disable the "Pending Credits" part of the "Your Account" page or at least put a note there to ignore the "Pending Credits" as they are not valid.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Pending Credit (Message 46017) Posted 22 Apr 2013 by Jon Heels Post: On accessing my account I noticed that I have the following credits pending. Result ID Workunit ID Host ID Claimed credit 12121091 7054586 1108624 2,386.39 12148768 7079760 1108624 2,244.09 12172990 7101276 1108624 502.72 12862945 7442096 1108624 2,386.39 12936388 7466941 1108624 2,386.39 14678782 8120015 1108624 2,386.39 14713177 8150794 1108624 2,386.39 14771007 8120163 1108624 2,386.39 14870292 7196320 1108624 2,386.39 14985865 8214623 1108624 2,386.39 15094536 8284476 1108624 2,386.39 15269266 7092133 1108624 2,244.09 15330322 8368227 1108624 3,005.88 15658079 8460655 1108624 11,508.48 Pending credit: 40,982.78 How long does it usually take to add outstanding credits to an account? It would be nice to have these credits as it would increase my credit total significantly.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : No New Work Units (Message 32471) Posted 6 Feb 2008 by Jon Heels Post: I finished a work unit a few days ago, but as yet have not been sent another unit to process. Is this because I have a rather slow computer? Thanks
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Restarting CPDN Work Units (Message 22239) Posted 21 Apr 2006 by Jon Heels Post: The Coupled Ocean models are being run both here and at \'BBC\', which is actually here too. And the models both have the BBC logo, as being a way to get both started quickly, but you can tell which is which from the label: hadcm3ln for BBC hadcm3lm for cpdn edit It looks like you have been running slab models. These finished late last year, and were replaced by sulphur models for about 5 months to get sulphate data for the TCMs, which started Februry 14. Which is why things look different. The new models are a single phase, for 160 years. Thanks for the clarification, I only persevered with the CPDN model because I had done 2/3rds of it, by the time I downloaded the new BBC model. I will just run the \"BBC model\" now as it appears that the climate modelling is essentially identical in both cases. Thanks for your help
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Restarting CPDN Work Units (Message 22235) Posted 20 Apr 2006 by Jon Heels Post: Up to recently I was running both the original Climate Prediction model and the new BBC Climate model. The BBC Climate model restarted OK after the problems with the original climate model. However when I tried to download a replacement WU for the CPDN model, I received what appeared to to be another BBC Climate WU. What I want to know is if the ORIGINAL CPDN model has now been replaced by the BBC Climate model, if so I will detach from the original project and just run the BBC Model. Hope this makes sense. Thanks
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Negative Credit (Message 14805) Posted 31 Jul 2005 by Jon Heels Post: > there were many machines getting improper credit due to database errors. I > recalculated all credits yesterday so that some may have lost credits, and > some may have gained depending on the past database problems. sorry for the > confusion. > That must have been some error! Prior to your recalculation I had approximately 29,000 Climate prediction credits, now I have 945. As far as I am aware I have obtained those credits fairly! I joined Climate Prediction in September 2004 and had completed 2 full runs plus some odds and ends. In effect your "adjustment" has in effect wiped out aproximately 10 months of computing time donated by me to the project. I feel that I should be credited for legitmate work done. I trust that this situation will be rectified and that people that have lost out will be credited for their efforts. In my opinion statements such as "sorry for the confusion" do not address this problem. I hope that these legitimate missing credits will be restored to me. Please bear in mind that there are other BOINC projects available now.
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : RAC not changing. (Message 13924) Posted 27 Jun 2005 by Jon Heels Post: > > > > N.B. My personal view on credits is that they can drop the whole > accounting > > stuff, but I will respect it if your have a different opinion on that. > > > > > > > I think the credits attained are useful, as they: > > 1) allow crunchers to see that their particular projects are being crunched > successfully and that useful info is being returned (there's nothing like > joining a project only to find that the resource you provide is being totally > wasted). This also helps the development of the client software, so the dev's > know that the software is working correctly. > > 2) allow for a degree of "competitiveness" (in the stats tables) which means > that team memberships can be built up and hence to attract more members and so > help further the cause of each project. > > Personally, I think you should only be awarded "credits" once you join a > team...! > > > Timbo > <img> src='http://www.boincstats.com/stats/banner.php?cpid=3809ebbf60de22f53f7dabc34e8bdc5a'> > Why on earth should credits be only awarded to "Teams"? Computing time contributed by a single user on a lone machine is ever bit as valuable and valid as computer time from a team. I was under the impression that credits are given as a "reward" for people letting these BOINC projects use their computers.
9) Questions and Answers : Windows : no trickles for 3 days? when will be up? (Message 13602) Posted 20 Jun 2005 by Jon Heels Post: > There appears to be a policy of not talking about computer problems. > It may be because there are usually no problems, or it may be University > policy not to give the public any clues about University computers. > > Either way, this project is about science research, and credits are/were just > to keep users from other projects happy. The science data is safe, it's just > the publicly visible parts that are missing. Credits can be recalculated at > any time. > > The current problem WILL get fixed. And SETI is down far more often than > here. > > > >I would have thought that keeping people informed of any computer or server problems at the university, would have been justified, if only as a politeness to the users. After all if users leave the project due to prolems with the University computers, they may not come back, and if this is taken to a logical extreme, there will be no Climate Prediction Project. The Climate Prediction people could do a lot worse than copy Seti in informing people of problems via the home page of the web site.
10) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Statistical Ranking (Message 5179) Posted 10 Oct 2004 by Jon Heels Post: At the moment only the top 1000 users are listed. Is there any extra \"add-on\" I can download to check how my individual progress compares with others. When I was running SETI Classic I could access the user statistics page and find out.