Posts by Andy Civil

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CTRL-TAB doesn't work on the "Notices" tab. (Message 93431)
Posted 31 Oct 2019 by Andy Civil
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Thank you for attending to this, Richard, I did know about the other ways to navigate, that's why I said
It's just a silly thing because there are other key combos to move around,
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CTRL-TAB doesn't work on the "Notices" tab. (Message 93406)
Posted 30 Oct 2019 by Andy Civil
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The extra "dev" came from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/BOINC_Help where I followed the "Message Boards" link on the left.

You're close with the "USB mouse" suggestion, but it would have to be bluetooth. This was an early Asus Transformer, and they put the USB port on the keyboard, rather than the tablet. So when the keyboard fails to connect through the hinge plug, so does the USB. It was a horrible design, but the replacement - an updated model - has the USB moved to the tablet part. I guess they learned their lesson.
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : CTRL-TAB doesn't work on the "Notices" tab. (Message 93370)
Posted 29 Oct 2019 by Andy Civil
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I'm using a broken laptop with no mouse and a cracked touchscreen, so I have to resort to the keyboard, and I noticed that although CTRL-TAB and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB mostly work, it gets 'stuck' on the Notices tab and doesn't respond. It's just a silly thing because there are other key combos to move around, but I thought I'd report it. Oh yes, and the "Report Bugs" link on https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/ doesn't work, either. I tried that first.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Understanding work done (Message 45881)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Andy Civil
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Interesting answer; thanks. Yes, it's important when explaining things, to be consistent with names, because for novices, it's like a jigsaw puzzle, and the pieces need to actually fit to get the picture. Especially for people who are peripherally interested, not enthusiasts.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Understanding work done (Message 45862)
Posted 3 Oct 2012 by Andy Civil
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Hi, I'm trying to understand work done, to gauge whether it's worth keeping certain computers powered up. I have questions...

The manager lists "Work done" for me as 268,571.97 is that measured in Cobblestones?

The documentation refers to "Recent Average Credit" but the manager has a column for "Avg. work done". Is that the same thing? If it's an average, what is it averaged over? Is it Cobblestones per day, or Cobblestones per job, or what?

I was going to compare the efficacy of my different computers by seeing how long each job takes; however, this calculation will be screwed if the job size is scaled to the compute power. Are all jobs the same, or are they chosen with the computer in mind?

The Rosetta project says that the total credit is 20,112,777,437 and my Work Done is 268,571.97. Does that mean that I've achieved 0.001335% of the total work, or a 1/74,888th part?

Thanks



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