Posts by TSD

1) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : What is your Distributed Computing Story? (Message 103141) Posted 9 Nov 2021 by TSD Post: I signed up here more than 13 years ago. Before that a friend of mine told me, that you could do something good and constructive with your computer system when you did not use it. I liked the idea. And for some time i searched for extraterrestrial life with Seti@Home. But I am somehow more "down to earth" when it comes to solving problems. Not so much about what happens in space or solving mathematical problems. I like fighting diseases. There has been long periods where I have not been active. But Distributed Computing has always been "on my mind". I have no particular personal, private nor professional reasons for being interested in fighting diseases. It's just about who I am. There is sometthing bigger than me. Rosetta is bigger than me. And I am just a part of that. Today Rosetta is my first priority - with cool graphics! If there are server problems or no work units - then Folding@Home is my Plan B. And I do whatever I can to tell other people about how computers can make a difference. Also during these years with Covid-19. What is your story? How and when did your hear about distributed computing? How did you become "hooked"? And are you trying to "spread the word"? (I hope this makes sense. I apologize for spelling and such. English is not my primary language.)
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 103115) Posted 5 Nov 2021 by TSD Post: I would like to apologize to everyone for all the negativity presented in my previous 2 posts. I had a bad day and I was not fair. I am in a better mood now. My current Folding@Home task will finish within 2 hours. And then I will run Rosetta again. And right now I will just shut the f*** up.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 103070) Posted 31 Oct 2021 by TSD Post: Given that it’s now Sunday evening and the people who fix it work a normal working week I am not surprised that they are not posting updates every five minutes. I would be happy if there were updates every five weeks. Are you so desperate for credits that a problem that does not stop you from processing, just delays the credits from going to your account, sends you running to another project? I don't care about credits. Credits means nothing. Credits is just a digit on my screen.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 103067) Posted 31 Oct 2021 by TSD Post: As usual there is no information about what is happening. I don't know what I am doing here. I'm running Folding@Home now.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Should I abort already finished workunits? (Message 100723) Posted 13 Mar 2021 by TSD Post: I am a little confused. I don't know much about what the options -⁠constant_seed or -⁠jran means or does. It is a little too technical for me. What I have described as a problem does not happen very often. And so far I think I will just do nothing - and let workunits finish. @Grant (SSSF) & Brian Nixon Thanks for your replies. Appreciated.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Should I abort already finished workunits? (Message 100713) Posted 12 Mar 2021 by TSD Post: Sometimes I get a workunit tagged with "Timed out - no response". Someone else got such a workunit before me - and has not finished it within 3 days. And sometimes such a workunit is "Completed and validated" - after deadline - while my system is working on the same workunit. Would it be a good idea to abort such a workunit and continue with another one? Or should I let it finish? I don't care about getting credits. I hope this makes sense. And I apologize if this has been answered before. I have tried to make some searches.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 100258) Posted 30 Dec 2020 by TSD Post: I don't have a serious problem with it, if this project "take a break". It's not a problem for me to find something else to do. I'm running Folding@Home now - and not permanently. I will be back. But I just think it would be nice to get some info about what is happening - or not happening. And why. Just something. Anything. It would not take many minutes. Please?