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To: RebelTex

Jeez, I'm being haunted by this one WU: p1163_p1136_p1130_L939_K12M_355K

My laptop at home just finished one (finally) - BTW, yes, it's worth 241 points. Now the laptop just got assigned this one again. According to Egon it's going to take 4 days!

My computer at home is on its 3rd try to finish the same WU, orginally assigned on the 9th, the other two times it found errors when it went to restart it after a re-boot, and had to start over. That one says it's going to take to the 22nd???

I'd rather have a 2106 or somesuch.....


139 posted on 04/12/2006 4:32:09 PM PDT by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
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To: Bush_Democrat

"Jeez, I'm being haunted by this one WU"

ROTFLOL

Man, I know what you mean - it's like some WUs latch onto you and won't let go.  The various configurations of them (variables assigned) seem to like batching up on the same system.  I suspect that it probably has more to do with hitting the same server for requesting WUs on successive units - probably because that server's IP is already in your cache and is found quicker.  (Don't know for sure, just a wilda** guess on my part.)

Haunting, though, is a good descriptive term, and in an eerie way, seems to fit, LOL.

8>D

140 posted on 04/12/2006 7:09:26 PM PDT by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
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To: Bush_Democrat
You are right behind me on the list and soon to pass me I'm sure. Chris Primavera just blew by me like I was standing still. (hi Chris) I wish I had more CPUs to defend my standing but I've been unable to secure a government grant to purchase more "folding" power.

My newest WU is a 2108 which is a massive 50,000 frame and sucking time from my poor 'puter. Expected finish is sometime after the New Year.
142 posted on 04/13/2006 5:28:58 AM PDT by Drango (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

I've got three processors on 1163 right now, which wouldn't be so bad except it's a Tinker and two of them are on the Mac. Tinkers are lousy on Macs, these are going to take about a week.


173 posted on 04/15/2006 4:15:57 AM PDT by ahayes
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