Posts by jlhiowa

1) Message boards : The Lounge : Please take my toaster survey for class (survey closed) (Message 28750)
Posted 14 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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I've collected enough responses for my survey :) This thread can be closed.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to edit the thread title, or even edit the original post.
2) Message boards : The Lounge : The last to post at a secret date and time, wins (Message 28593)
Posted 9 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Usually on threads everyone wants to post "First!!!111111" now everyone wants to post "Last!", LOL.
3) Message boards : The Lounge : Please take my toaster survey for class (survey closed) (Message 28592)
Posted 9 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Thank you to whomever just took the survey :)

My Health & Safety class toaster project is due Nov. 15th, so I'm antsy about collecting the remaining results :)
4) Message boards : The Lounge : Google launches Monopoly Online (Message 28591)
Posted 9 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Oh this is awesome! Monopoly was my favorite board game, but I have not played it in a long time.

I will definitely have to play this once the semester ends... or when I feel like procrastinating on schoolwork, LOL.
5) Message boards : The Lounge : Please take my toaster survey for class (survey closed) (Message 28590)
Posted 9 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Hello, hopefully this is okay to post in "The Lounge". If not, I'm sorry, and this can be deleted.

If you have a toaster, please take my 4-question survey. I only need 12 more responses to reach 100 :)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2Mox1bVXU7v5nM1ETo9G9g_3d_3d

BTW, it’s probably easiest to do at home, because I ask if you are plugged into a GFCI outlet, and how much space is around the toaster.

Thank you!! :)
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Add a torrent option for downloading BOINC? (Message 28550)
Posted 7 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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I don't believe the dev have considered supplying the Boinc itself through torrent.


Would it be okay for a BOINC user to make a BOINC torrent, or is that something the developers/admins don't want?
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : Add a torrent option for downloading BOINC? (Message 28542)
Posted 7 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Is there a possibility of adding a torrent option for downloading the BOINC installer?

I know that the program size is small (~7 MB), and that there are mirrors to help out, but there are lots of BOINC users, so it seems like torrenting could help save bandwidth.

Sorry if this has already been discussed. When I searched, the closest thing I found was someone who has made BOINC torrents before: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=924
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : 6.10.17 - CPU cache size not identified correctly (Message 28541)
Posted 7 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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Hello, not sure if this matters, but I believe that BOINC is not correctly recognizing my CPU's cache size. I think the Intel Q9450 CPU has 12 MB of cache, not 6 MB of cache. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if BOINC did this before I upgraded.

Messages:
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.17 for windows_x86_64
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Running as a daemon
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Running under account boinc_master
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 7]
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Processor: 6.00 MB cache
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 9.99 GB virtual
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Disk: 97.66 GB total, 13.97 GB free
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Local time is UTC -6 hours
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM No usable GPUs found
11/6/2009 10:47:00 PM Not using a proxy
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : GPU not detected (Message 28540)
Posted 7 Nov 2009 by jlhiowa
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03/11/2009 12:38:32 Running as a daemon

03/11/2009 12:38:32 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Business x86 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00)

On Windows Vista and above, when BOINC is installed as a service (daemon, protected application execution), the GPU detection will not work. You will need to uninstall BOINC, reinstall it and in the 3rd screen of the installer click Advanced, then uncheck the Protected application execution option to solve this.

There will be no fix for this for the foreseeable future, it's a security 'feature' in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and some of the Server versions that does this.


Thank you for the explanation. I just upgraded to 6.10.17 and had the same problem/question, and now I know how to fix it :)

During the install, I read the information about 'Protected application execution', but was not clear on which 'application' would be limited. Would it be possible to re-write the message on the install so it is more explicit?




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