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SETI@home project : 1.5 million volunteers !
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Thomas Send message Joined: 9 Dec 11 Posts: 1499 Credit: 1,345,576 RAC: 0 |
According to data provided by BOINCstats, the SETI@home project just surpass the 1.5 million volunteers with credits* ! Woohoo ! :) Congrats to all ! 2 million keep in sight ! *Yes, I know, only 8,30% of volunteers are active but still had to celebrate this crossing... |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Wow.... 15 years ago or so, who would have conceived such a level of participation? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
15 yrs ago there was over 2 million users but then it changed and a lot left so we still got a lot of users to get to catch up still good to see the numbers rising again |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I find the ratio of active hosts to active users interesting. It shows that, on average, each active user has more than 6.26 active hosts. I feel like a slacker with only 2 (3 if you count my phone, but I haven't let it do any Main work in 2-3 months, so I don't know if it does count in these numbers). David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I find the ratio of active hosts to active users interesting. It shows that, on average, each active user has more than 6.26 active hosts. I had 9 until I lost my Frozen One this weekend. Many have only one or two. But that average is changed by the datacenter and school system folks with 100's, and some folks that have 20-30 running. Interesting stat, though. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34871 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I find the ratio of active hosts to active users interesting. It shows that, on average, each active user has more than 6.26 active hosts. 2 is enough isn't it? :-) Cheers. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
2 is enough isn't it? :-) Until we find them there are never enough. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
I find the ratio of active hosts to active users interesting. It shows that, on average, each active user has more than 6.26 active hosts. ... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... $ |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... Oh....LOL. I know that symbol and understand it very well. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... Yep that $ keeps me from building another one to replace my aged I7 920. At one time I was running 4 machines. But only 3 for the last year or so. [/quote] Old James |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34871 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... Well I won't be building another one, but GPU upgrades are another story with the 2 that I do have (and then I may fire up the old test rig again for another short test session with the old cards). ;-) Cheers. |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 |
I find the ratio of active hosts to active users interesting. It shows that, on average, each active user has more than 6.26 active hosts. The 780,943 active hosts which Boincstats shows is IMO wrong. The graph of active hosts over the last 60 days shown on http://boincstats.com/en/stats/0/project/detail/host certainly has interesting features. The "granted credit in the last 30 days" method means if the host total for one day is messed up, the host suddenly gets counted as active even if it has long ago been broken down for recycling. Other than that vulnerability, I like that criteria for which hosts are active. http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_plugins/boinc/bp.php?project=19 shows 181,729 active hosts. I think that's based on the last time a host contacted the project being within the last 30 days, an easier criteria to deal with, and probably quite close to a reasonable tally. I'd certainly be glad if an extra 600,000 hosts became active, though I think it would create alarming side effects in the work delivery system. Joe |
bill Send message Joined: 27 Apr 12 Posts: 171 Credit: 2,167,701 RAC: 0 |
I have one pc but my boys let me use theres too making three, I was going to replace my graphics card but my boys siad my pc is too old there getting me a new one for my 60th birthday in november with a gtx 760 and I5 should work ok on here I think |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... "Aged I7 920"??? My good cruncher is a 920. I had 3 until one of them had a Windows nervous breakdown. I got that one cheap, and it has scared me off of getting any more cheap from the same source. Electricity is also a factor. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
... only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... Electric is why I am only running 6 out of 7 machines I have setup at home right now. The old i7-860 just has to low of performance per watt for me to justify running it during the summer. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
. only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... I'm shore Hal9000 that most of diehard setizens have more than 2 at home but the question is how many work ? I have 2 big boxes with parts old boards old chips all the way back to the SLOT 1 PII chips old ram . But only the 2 i'm running now are any good these days for seti GOWD how much money have i spent over the years with computers mmmm I reckon most of us diehards would have been able to by a small 1 bedroom unit for what i have spent over the decades Expensive hobby .... BOYS AND OUR TOYS heheheheheheh |
Mark Wyzenbeek Send message Joined: 28 Jun 99 Posts: 134 Credit: 6,203,079 RAC: 0 |
I have this one daily driver/cruncher, a dual core with no usable graphics hardware. I also have a laptop that I don't want to stress with Seti. Then of course there are the old boxes, Win95, Win98, even a WinXP, too slow to be worth crunching, that sit unused in the spare room. I might have more computers, or a graphics card, if it weren't for money. The Universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it's stranger than you can imagine. SETI@home classic workunits 1,405 CPU time 57,318 hours |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
I'd certainly be glad if an extra 600,000 hosts became active, though I think it would create alarming side effects in the work delivery system. It is hard to guess how much the servers could handle. When a single user joined and added another 8% it didn't even really show up in any meaningful way to the server stats. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
. only two computers? I don't understand. How can someone have only two computers... Yeah, I forgot to mention, I also have a couple of laptops, but I don't crunch with them. I did with my first couple of laptops and decided it probably contributed to their premature deaths. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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