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Message boards :
News :
Restricted access to statistics files
(Message 120937)
Posted 671 days ago by  [DPC]Camulos
I am occasionally downloading the statistics files (the nice XMLs) for my private stats engine.
Would like to be able to continue to download these
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2)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Winter Solstice Challenge 2015
(Message 90646)
Posted 1690 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
I was doing pretty fine.. untill i got a Genefer GPU-task of 15 hours in BOINC!
WHY?!
My preferences are clear: No CPU, and only GPU tasks for this challange; and def no other units if nothing is available.
It pretty much blew my contribution for my team ... :|
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3)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
Leonids Challenge
(Message 80827)
Posted 2089 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
I AM READY!!
Plz count down... 3-2-1 :P :)
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4)
Message boards :
Problems and Help :
Error in tables.xml due to unescaped ampersand
(Message 78046)
Posted 2218 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
Edit:
They could also apply CDATA attribute and not worry about whats in the text
<name><![CDATA[Sierpinski Problem: ESP, PSP, & SoB (Sieve)]]></name>
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Message boards :
Problems and Help :
Error in tables.xml due to unescaped ampersand
(Message 78033)
Posted 2218 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
wow quite some replies! :)
I was scraping this file for an internal stats-project, where the parser told me that it was invalid XML.The quick fix is to clean-up the XML before parsing (like a pre-parser) where you simply replace " & " to " & ".
For me it ain't a problem or issue anymore.
But perhaps it's nice if this get's reported to the BOINC-devs that they don't escape the &-character properly. Or point me in the right direction, so i can do that :)
Again thnx for the info ^^
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Message boards :
Problems and Help :
Error in tables.xml due to unescaped ampersand
(Message 77959)
Posted 2221 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
There is a (small) error in the current table overview:
http://primegrid.com/stats/tables.xml
The ampersand (&) is not escaped on line 22:
<name>Sierpinski Problem: ESP, PSP, & SoB (Sieve)</name>
should be
<name>Sierpinski Problem: ESP, PSP, & SoB (Sieve)</name>
Currently not valid XML, although no biggie it can crash any XML interpreter reading this file
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7)
Message boards :
General discussion :
The game changer: The Playstation 4
(Message 71697)
Posted 2412 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
NOT a game changer: The Playstation 4 :D
like said before, Sony will probably not allow BOINC.
And even if that happens, let's have a look at the hardware (specs)
- 8 core jaguar AMD x86-64 (2x quad-core)
- 8 GB GDDR5
Sound cool eh? Well, it seems that these cores are build for tablets and mobile devices (source).
Quite some discussion on Jaguar (ps4/xbone) vs Intel i5/i7 -> 1 , 2.
Yet the conclusion is the same, the raw CPU-power of the PC cannot be matched by the PS4/XBone.
So if you are going to crunch Primes, then use the PC :)
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8)
Message boards :
Number crunching :
2014 PrimeGrid Challenge Series ideas
(Message 69236)
Posted 2516 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
We had a Father's Day challenge this year, but there's never been a Mother's Day challenge. Also, keep the tradition of naming/scheduling a challenge or two based on equinoxes/eclipses/meteors (just a personal preference).
+1 on this comment!
And in favor of running GFN + SOB simultaneously.
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9)
Message boards :
General discussion :
Stats
(Message 69209)
Posted 2516 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
raw stats? ofc.. just check : http://www.primegrid.com/stats/
:D Only read the data into your own database and long live your stats ^^
Good luck!
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Message boards :
Project Staging Area :
Combining the boinc and PSA-credits = skewed picture?
(Message 69044)
Posted 2523 days ago by [DPC]Camulos
It is widely known that PSA-projects get more credits then the boinc-counterpart projects; at least that was the case in 2011.
But looking at the bottom of primegrid homepage:
Top teams by work done in the last 24 hours
Dutch Power Cows 20507530.15 (=20M)
..(more)..
Aggie The Pew 3116659.78 (=3M)
But when I look at our stats-engine or just have a glimpse on BoincStats:
Aggie The Pew : 38,464,945.03 (38M)
Dutch Power Cows: 18,938,678.36 (18M)
No offense, but where did those 35 million credits come from? Last time I checked (during challenges and stuff), those 35 millions are in no way comparable to the Boinc-equivalent! Yet these are counted the same way, on the same stats pile.
Perhaps time to review/slash the PSA-credits?!
Current stats are bogus IMO!
Call me a charred-bovine-meat-popiscle, yet it smells somewhere :P
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