Bonic Manager

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BlackStarting Send message Joined: 10 Jan 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,678 RAC: 0	Message 698895 - Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 11:55:00 UTC
	Hi I was wonder, how exactly does this Bonic program work. What' its purpose, will it benifit me or The team of Seti? ____________
	ID: 698895 ·

Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11633 Credit: 1,986,817 RAC: 4,182	Message 698897 - Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 12:05:17 UTC
	BOINC stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. The BOINC client doesn't crunch anything. It is a managing program, with which you can attach to scientific projects to download their applications and work. It consists of 3 major parts: - the Boinc daemon. This is the actual program that runs in the background. - the Boinc Manager. This is the Graphical User Interface with which you can control the daemon. - the Boinc screen saver. This shows the screen saver of the science application, if there is one built in in the science project's application. If not, it shows the standard Boinc screen saver. The science applications of the various projects do the actual 'crunching'. If you want to see Dr. David Anderson explain it to you, please follow this link to YouTube. More information on BOINC can be found on RunningBoinc, the unofficial BOINC Wiki and The BOINC FAQ Service. ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
	ID: 698897 ·

BlackStarting Send message Joined: 10 Jan 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,678 RAC: 0	Message 698967 - Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 21:10:23 UTC Last modified: 10 Jan 2008, 21:31:36 UTC
	very interesting. so all i have to do basicly is, add projects and let siti run on its own, sit back and let it do all the work? Will i be informed about anything from Seti telling me some kind of information, based upon what kind of power my pc is giving them ect ect? Will they also tell the community if signals in space were found? Or has the government threatened the team already to keep this type of info closed to the public? "Sorry if this question is overboard" Is there anyway i can listen in, on these signals from other planets if they were being broadcast(in real time). If i can listen to what the team of Seti are waiting for themselfs? ____________
	ID: 698967 ·

Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,863,157 RAC: 58,950	Message 698975 - Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 21:59:05 UTC - in response to Message 698967.
	so all i have to do basicly is, add projects and let siti run on its own, sit back and let it do all the work? Yes. Will i be informed about anything from Seti telling me some kind of information, based upon what kind of power my pc is giving them ect ect? Will they also tell the community if signals in space were found? Or has the government threatened the team already to keep this type of info closed to the public? "Sorry if this question is overboard" Once a signal is found and verified and peer-reviewed, it will be publicly announced. Is there anyway i can listen in, on these signals from other planets if they were being broadcast(in real time). If i can listen to what the team of Seti are waiting for themselfs? The sounds of space are very similar to tuning a radio in between stations. It really isn't worth listening to. ____________
	ID: 698975 ·

BlackStarting Send message Joined: 10 Jan 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,678 RAC: 0	Message 699149 - Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 10:27:37 UTC
	If a signal is found, would it be found on somones personal computer. Then sent to seti right away? If thats the answer, then would that person be notified?
	ID: 699149 ·

Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,863,157 RAC: 58,950	Message 699401 - Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 23:36:08 UTC - in response to Message 699149.
	If a signal is found, would it be found on somones personal computer. Then sent to seti right away? Since each workunit is handed out to two clients at a time, it will be found simultaneously on both computers. The results will be returned back in a batch and stored in the Master Science Database. If the returned result is of significance, it will be further analyzed with the rest of the potentials and peer reviewed by other scientists. Once the signal is confirmed to exist, I'm sure a rather large announcement will follow. I believe the project has stated it will ask the participants if they'd like their names mentioned in helping to find the signal. The whole process can take a while to confirm, but it is a necessary procedure to ensure that the science is valid and the project doesn't become a laughing stock of the scientific community for making an error of such a large discovery and scope. If thats the answer, then would that person be notified? I believe they will be notified by the project. ____________
	ID: 699401 ·

BlackStarting Send message Joined: 10 Jan 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,678 RAC: 0	Message 700058 - Posted: 14 Jan 2008, 19:36:54 UTC
	When im running Boinc, does it download information for Boinc itself, using bandwith?
	ID: 700058 ·

Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,863,157 RAC: 58,950	Message 700062 - Posted: 14 Jan 2008, 20:02:43 UTC - in response to Message 700058.
	When im running Boinc, does it download information for Boinc itself, using bandwith? I'm not sure I understand the question completely. When BOINC needs to connect to a project server, such as SETI@Home or Rosetta@Home, it will download the appropriate information needed. If you are asking if BOINC uses bandwidth consistently, all the time, then the answer is no. It only uses bandwidth when it needs to connect to a project server and when it needs to upload or download workunits. ____________
	ID: 700062 ·

BlackStarting Send message Joined: 10 Jan 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,678 RAC: 0	Message 700070 - Posted: 14 Jan 2008, 20:15:45 UTC
	How often does it connect to a project server, considering that i only have one project running. How much does it upload & download, and how long does it upload & download for?
	ID: 700070 ·

Odysseus Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Jul 99 Posts: 1786 Credit: 3,736,505 RAC: 1,857	Message 700167 - Posted: 15 Jan 2008, 4:44:19 UTC - in response to Message 700070. Last modified: 15 Jan 2008, 4:45:58 UTC
	How often does it connect to a project server, considering that i only have one project running. How much does it upload & download, and how long does it upload & download for? Thatâ€™s determined partly by your Computing preferences, â€œComputer is connected to the Internet about every X daysâ€ & â€œMaintain enough work for an additional Y daysâ€, and partly by how much work your system can actually get done over a given interval of time (which in turn depends on its basic performance, the proportion of the time BOINC gets to run, and how heavily itâ€™s used for other purposes). Each downloaded task is about 360 kB in size; they come in batches. How many you get at a time is determined by BOINCâ€™s estimate of how much it can get done before the next scheduled connection, and how much it needs to cache, according to your preferences. Uploads normally happen immediately after each task is done, or as soon as the Internet is available (if at the time it was disconnected, disabled, or restricted by preferences). Result files are no more than 64 kB each and take only a few seconds to upload. When the servers are overloaded or misbehaving, transfers sometimes get delayed; BOINC will keep trying to complete them, waiting a random amount of time between attempts, until it gets through. ____________
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