[FaDChatWed04] Who's Running Beta...Welcome Caboose

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 05:30 AM

Who's running Beta then and how's it going ? Inquiring minds would like to know. (^ikeor might like to know as well.)

Yesterday's roundup:

Total points returned: 781,055
Members on team: 271
Members that returned results: 62 (22.9%)
Top producer: yclyde (314,448 points)
Highest climber: rastorize (1,304 spots)

yclyde crossed 134M molecules
TIMO_DPA crossed 7 yrs CPU time
VIKEOR crossed 12M molecules
The Real Bingo crossed 1 yrs CPU time
Nodnerb2 crossed 1M points

New Members: Caboose

Rastorize seems to be taking off, and it's good to see that The Real Bingo is finally fulfilling his early promise, and that we have a new member:

The Real Bingo....1 CPU-year !

Welcome Caboose !

**paul9** · May 4th, 2005, 06:36 AM

i'm running the beta, and it seems to be okay apart from that one failed job during the changeover. that job is back in the queue now, so no big deal. one of theses days i may remember to uncheck that beta box.
there may be some changes to the help>usage text, but i couldn't swear to that.
the main changes i have noticed are in the setup control panel.

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by paul9

i'm running the beta...the main changes i have noticed are in the setup control panel.

That scheduling option (your third attachment) will no doubt be extremely useful to many people!

**_Switch_** · May 4th, 2005, 06:51 AM

Well....when i read ur post about how the beta might be more beta then wanted.....so i go to check my FAD setup....and the Beta Ttests were checked off!!

Anyways nothing bad has happened yet except for the extra featuires paul9 pointed out

**paul9** · May 4th, 2005, 07:02 AM

the beta versions have not been without incident in the past, but usually nothing too serious.
and as to the scheduler, i need a 'run 24/7' option before it is useful to me

**Vagabond** · May 4th, 2005, 07:34 AM

i am not running beta yet.

**paul9** · May 4th, 2005, 07:46 AM

it seems to have extra options listed in the help>usage section to do with offline crunching.
were these commands there already?

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by paul9

...were these commands there already?

Don't recall any mention of an intranet etc before, Paul. (But then there are other Paul:s around here who will immediately claim that there's not much that I do recall...)

**doddsy** · May 4th, 2005, 11:53 AM

hail fellowes........well met............

I bring verbosity and tea.

welcome caboose.

fine crunching up there guys...........

still no probs with the beta.........importing from a 1.25 rig may be interesting.

beautiful evening here............perfect hole filling weather.

**geobot** · May 4th, 2005, 12:13 PM

running beta on four machines ... lost the job that was running at time of update but all seems fine now.

**vikeor** · May 4th, 2005, 12:17 PM

ill try the beta sometime soon....

**geobot** · May 4th, 2005, 12:20 PM

Welcome Caboose

glad to have you on the team. if you have any questions fire away.

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by doddsy

....perfect hole filling weather...

Didn't you buy your holes ready-filled from your local ready-filled hole shop ? Tut tut !

**meese** · May 4th, 2005, 12:32 PM

I passed 50,000 points last night

. (64,200 total)

Isn't that one of the milestones? Did it in 5 days.

No respect

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by meese

I passed 50,000 points last night

. (64,200 total)

Isn't that one of the milestones? Did it in 5 days.

No respect

By an odd coincidence, Doddsy was JUST on the point of posting this. But unfortunately he got delayed because he is "helping the police in their enquires" regarding some concrete swing foundations which are missing from the Banbridge Municipal Council Park. In a demonstration of teamsmanship, he asked me to post it in his stead.

I2n0ld, 100 Thousand Points
meese, 50 Thousand Points

Mmm. 50,000 points in 5 days. Not a bad start - plenty of room for improvement, but is shows willing and potential....

**meese** · May 4th, 2005, 12:57 PM

So Doddsy is swingin in the slammer. They tried to get finger prints, but the bandaid was in the way.

Edit: I'm potentially willing to open an online swingset store and Doddsy can be my installation specialist

**The Real Bingo** · May 4th, 2005, 01:02 PM

'Bout darn time I got one CPU-year.

I'm not running beta since if a problem arises I probably won't know how to fix it. Plus I don't have a 2,000 CPU rating, so uploaded jobs are fewer and further between than other people, and I'd rather not lose my jobs.

**Twinkletoes** · May 4th, 2005, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by meese

So Doddsy is swingin in the slammer. They tried to get finger prints...

He ain't got any fingerprints left - he's worn them out on his tea-mug.

And now for something completely different - have you guys got a holiday tomorrow? (Ascension Day, something to do with conquering Mount Everest)

**meese** · May 4th, 2005, 01:46 PM

Wow you are right:

The Ascension of the Lord: Holy Day of Obligation... see exeptions below

All US ecclesiastical provinces, with the exeption of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, and the state of Nebraska, have transferred the celebration of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the 7th Sunday of Easter, May 8. If transferred, Thursday, May 5, is observed as an Easter weekday.
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I don't get off for it.