Alien Pimping!

Post by **Serpent** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:49 pm

RedBaron wrote:is there a join team from this link? http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_di ... amid=37497

ya, and i joined that way, but im not on the other page (that aide posted a link to)...that lists everybody on it.

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:02 pm

thats the old version theyre switching away from

Post by **Serpent** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:17 pm

RedBaron wrote:thats the old version theyre switching away from

which is one is the old one? the black page i have to put some password for my account, to login with? (even though i dont have one... i have an email address and account key)... or the white one i joined via, is the old one?

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:29 pm

the black background is the old one -- the one aide linked to with everyone on it

Post by **Serpent** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:37 pm

RedBaron wrote:the black background is the old one -- the one aide linked to with everyone on it

ok, so where i joined, is where everybody needs to 'rejoin' to be on a new list or something?

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:40 pm

it doesnt show people until theyve submitted a unit on the new system is all

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:36 pm

this crap is confusing... did you manage to find a tutorial page or something?

I think I managed to switch my account over, I uninstalled the SETI@home I was running and now I have BOINC installed with an added SETI@home project (I think I did that right!)

Anyways, now BOINC seems to use my CPU constantly whereas the old one would only use it when the Screensaver kicked in IIRC...

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:43 pm

All of the BOINC settings are configured on the website, in your account preferences at http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/home.php You can set it be always on (at low priority though) or set it to wait til the computer has been idle for x minutes.

and then every instance of BOINC takes on the same settings.

Although I think you can have seperate settings for home or work computers and the like -- I havent fully explored that stuff yet

I like the fact that while the screensaver shows you whats going on, you dont need to run it at all for BOINC to start munching data in the background. I use a blank screensaver instead.

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:24 pm

Hmm, I suppose that is kinda cool
seems like it takes forever to give you credit though!

Post by **Akira** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:25 pm

So am I out of the loop here? This is new to me. Figuring out what or if I need to do anything?

My main issue is that my Seti account, I forgot the password, but it uses my akira@campquake.com email address (which I don't have access to or is not set up for email).

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:12 pm

I think I saw someplace in there where you can enter a new address...
But you probably need to know the password...

Post by **Akira** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:17 pm

krazydave wrote:I think I saw someplace in there where you can enter a new address...
But you probably need to know the password...

Yup, found that. Thought it was gonna be easy, but needs password to do so.

Post by **Aide-de-Camp** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:24 pm

Confused now.

What programs should I be running? Which is the current? I know I have processed units but I am not registering on the new page?

What's up?

Post by **Akira** » Sun May 08, 2005 11:05 am

Aide-de-Camp wrote:Confused now.

What programs should I be running? Which is the current? I know I have processed units but I am not registering on the new page?

What's up?

Same boat here. And I'm pretty sure I don't want to lose my 6000+ units completed by far. That better not start from scratch. Also, I'm still pumping out units and totals go to the old score page still.

I can't switch, as I forgot my password, and no way I'm losing my total to start a new account.

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:43 pm

I think the 6000+ units you completed before will be considered Classic SETI@Home units, and you will start over with the BOINC units.

And it does take forever to receive any credit for the units you process with BOINC!