Posts by marj

1) Message boards : The Lounge : BOINC in the News (Message 24723)
Posted 4 May 2009 by marj
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Seti's 10th annivesary gets a mention on physorg.com
http://www.physorg.com/news160402800.html
2) Message boards : Web interfaces : Drupal migration (Message 23116)
Posted 14 Feb 2009 by marj
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I just came across these Drupal video tutorials. I don't know how useful they'll be as I was actually looking for the OScommerce and Zencart ones! :-)

http://php.opensourcecms.com/free/videos.php
3) Message boards : The Lounge : Galaxy Zoo (Message 22542)
Posted 20 Jan 2009 by marj
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If anyone knows any 'A' level students in the UK interested in Astronomy they might be interested in this.

http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2009/01/18/calling-a-level-students-want-to-be-a-zookeeper/

( http://galaxyzoo.org/ )

They need to be in touch by January 26th though!
4) Message boards : Documentation : Wiki login (Message 17244)
Posted 8 May 2008 by marj
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"You can sign out, but you can never leave."


Welcome to the Hotel California...

..this could be heaven or this could be hell...
5) Message boards : Web interfaces : Venues and CPU types (Message 16875)
Posted 25 Apr 2008 by marj
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I've just found out that it's also infected the cpdn beta site, which is now telling me that my Intel processor is genuine.


yes, and my AMD is authentic ;-)
6) Message boards : The Lounge : The last who posts (***) before 1212 posts and before the year 2010 wins. (Message 16517)
Posted 7 Apr 2008 by marj
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You just may need medicines with more warnings on them. :-D

Its no use, I can't read them anyway. It's all this eyestrain caused from trying to read all the tiny writing :-)
7) Message boards : The Lounge : The last who posts (***) before 1212 posts and before the year 2010 wins. (Message 16515)
Posted 7 Apr 2008 by marj
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Warning: can cause a specific type of electrolyte imbalance called metabolic acidosis; glaucoma; affect the body's ability to cool itself by sweating; cognitive problems, such as confusion, problems with concentration or attention, memory loss, and speech problems; psychiatric problems, such as depression, anxiety, hallucinations, paranoia, and suicidal actions or thoughts; drowsiness and fatigue; very rarely, sudden unexplained death; increased ammonia levels in your blood, which can cause brain problems; kidney stones; unusual sensations, such as burning, tingling, or pricking.

Ha! Just another manic Monday then, eh?
8) Message boards : The Lounge : The last who posts (***) before 1212 posts and before the year 2010 wins. (Message 16513)
Posted 7 Apr 2008 by marj
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Another post closer to the magical 212!

And another as well.

But I win.


Why?


and what do you win?
9) Message boards : The Lounge : The last who posts (***) before 1212 posts and before the year 2010 wins. (Message 16446)
Posted 4 Apr 2008 by marj
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No, somebody had beat me to it or I would have done. The case, mouse, keyboard and monitor were worth more than that. Silly man!
10) Message boards : The Lounge : The last who posts (***) before 1212 posts and before the year 2010 wins. (Message 16439)
Posted 4 Apr 2008 by marj
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A couple of weeks back on my local flea market, a guy was selling his computer for £10. When I asked him why he was getting rid of it he said he'd got a laptop and he didn't need it any more.... so I asked him what it was and he said 'windows XP', my questions along the lines of 'yes, but what...?' merely produced 100% blank looks until eventually he said 'I don't know much about computers'!
Sometimes, I despair. still, at least he wasn't just throwing it away.
11) Message boards : The Lounge : Spyware infestation and Boinc or projects (Message 16437)
Posted 4 Apr 2008 by marj
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Google entries say its ad/spyware.
http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=64867

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview
do a hijack this before you start but before you go through all that try running spybot (and/or something similar)in safe mode with network connections off.
12) Message boards : The Lounge : Spyware infestation and Boinc or projects (Message 16400)
Posted 3 Apr 2008 by marj
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Try AVG's anti-rootkit free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-rootkit/
I spent days trying to rid my pc of a hidden nasty , none of the spyware stuff you've mentioned even found it but avg anti-rootkit free had it zapped in minutes.
13) Message boards : The Lounge : Arthur C. Clarke dies, aged 90. (Message 15996)
Posted 19 Mar 2008 by marj
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... and the world will be a worse place without him. :-(
14) Message boards : The Lounge : The Speling and Grammaticle Advise thread (Message 15802)
Posted 11 Mar 2008 by marj
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......MUDRATERS.....


Ahhh, noww thiers a wurd to remmeber. I seeeewwwww lighke it.
15) Message boards : The Lounge : The Speling and Grammaticle Advise thread (Message 15771)
Posted 10 Mar 2008 by marj
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hmmm, Iain is scottish sew maaybe thats scottish inglish we need to no about as well :-)
16) Message boards : The Lounge : The Speling and Grammaticle Advise thread (Message 15749)
Posted 10 Mar 2008 by marj
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i agree, noing wen two say KNOW! is very important. and we knead to no weather its inglish inglish or amerikan inglish or boinc inglish as well. sumone should cheque it out four us
17) Message boards : The Lounge : The Speling and Grammaticle Advise thread (Message 15746)
Posted 10 Mar 2008 by marj
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Trouble about these forums is knowing who to beleive.


trussed knowone
beeleave knowone... ;-)
18) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC & Multi-processing (Message 6411)
Posted 12 Nov 2006 by marj
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I'm particularly interested in finding out if it's possible to migrate climate models/WUs from the machine(s) which are outbound and place them in the queues on the other machines which my "packratitis" will not allow me to part with without suitable replacements. d:'D


Yes it is, I did it a couple of times. You just need a way of transferring your backup to the other machine. (I did it over our local network). Having said that I backed up the entire boinc folder and dumped it across so if you've got other stuff already running I guess that wouldn't work.
If you wait till after one of the 10 year uploads there won't be much there to transfer (size-wise) anyway because these latest models clean up after themselves. I'm sure there's been advice about it on the cpdn phpbb forum but needless to say I can't find it now... No doubt someone more techy than me will be along soon :-)

Love the prakratitis btw, not heard that before, but I'm a severe sufferer myself!
19) Message boards : BOINC Manager : ? (Message 6399)
Posted 11 Nov 2006 by marj
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Surely not? :)
20) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Seti/Boinc is spying on me. (Message 5852)
Posted 29 Sep 2006 by marj
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Perhaps we should explain that wearing a tin-foil hat would help prevent people spying on him via his computer...


Interesting idea Mike, but I feel its only fair to point out that the following MIT scientific paper casts some doubt on the effectiveness of tin-foil hats ...

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study




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