24 hrs wasted I'm disgusted

[Abarbarian]

So have I really wasted 24 hours of my pc time and all the money that it costs to run the pc . If so I think thats it bloody awful .

 

[Electronics & Photo Fan]

What Project were they for?

 

[Abarbarian]

Help Conquoer Cancer and Human Proteome Folding I think .

 

[itsme]

Are you using a Screen saver?

 

[vaio]

I lost 9 hours to a one hour DDDT unit.........it just kept right on going for over 9 hours, then finally errored out.

Keep plugging away, these things happen occasionally

 

[muckshifter]

Hmmm, if you think it is a waste of "time & money" then perhaps you're under a misconception you were gonna get paid for the 'job' ...


We 'volunteer' our PC's to help, the software hiccups are to be expected as with any software, it ain't perfect.

I like to think that one day all this "processing power" will shed some light on these diseases that take a lot of peoples lives unessasarily. I can't contribute financially, unless you take into account my electric bill, processing time I don't use, I'm more than willing to donate.

It is annoying to find your PC has been working away for hours only to throw back an error result, we have all been there, however, I feel we can be all proud of ourselves for doing what little we can.

I do hope you continue to help fight the fight, your PCs make a great contribution to the whole, not just to the PCReview Crew.

 

[Abarbarian]

Are you using a Screen saver?

Nope .

 

[Abarbarian]

Hmmm, if you think it is a waste of "time & money" then perhaps you're under a misconception you were gonna get paid for the 'job' .

No misconception here . I'm not brain dead you know .


We 'volunteer' our PC's to help, the software hiccups are to be expected as with any software, it ain't perfect.

Hiccups , software . Don't get me going on this subject .


I like to think that one day all this "processing power" will shed some light on these diseases that take a lot of peoples lives unessasarily


Me too.

I can't contribute financially, unless you take into account my electric bill, processing time I don't use, I'm more than willing to donate.


Me too.

It is annoying to find your PC has been working away for hours only to throw back an error result, we have all been there, however, I feel we can be all proud of ourselves for doing what little we can.

Now I'm a little bit proud and still disgusted .

I do hope you continue to help fight the fight, your PCs make a great contribution to the whole, not just to the PCReview Crew

Humph !

P.S.

I'm on week 7 of stopping smoking and day three of a nasty flu bug . Tetchy , who me .

 

[Adywebb]

So have I really wasted 24 hours of my pc time and all the money that it costs to run the pc . If so I think thats it bloody awful .

Am I missing something here - all those results in your attached images are either valid or pending validation - I don't see any errors or invalids......what exactly is the problem

 

[Abarbarian]

I thought they were failures cos they couldn't get Version Info .

 

[Adywebb]

Not necessarily - the only way to know for sure is to go to 'results status' and use the dropdown menu to search for 'error' or 'invalid'.....go have a look and see if you have any - if so post a screeny of them please

 

[Abarbarian]

Site says they are all wiating validation ,

 

[rwillis]

As Ady stated if they don't have 'invalid' or 'error' then your running just fine. The Pending validation is usally waiting on another donor to finish the WU. If you open 'click' on the unit in question it will show numer of rigs working on the unit, and number needed to validate. So depending on what your running it could be a day or more before they validate, and you get credit.


Rick

 

[floppybootstomp]

I just do it.

If WCG/BOINC/Cancer/AIDS/Mickey Mouse/His Majesty King Tut mess up - so what?

I take a deep breath and start again.

We may try our hardest but we are at the mercy of software compilers are we not?

Who gives a monkeys?

Just do it

 

[rwillis]

Agreed - I run whatever it throws at me, if one fails its on to the next.

 

[Spezi]

I'm with Ady on this. I looked at your screenshots and I don't see an issue.

If you see "error" repeatedly where it says "pending validation" then you have something to worry about but only if you get a lot of them.

Every now and then a work unit tosses up an error too and it's just par for the course.

Have yerself a nice hot toddy.

Does wonders for the flu it does. Especially if you have about a dozen of them.

 

[itsme]

Nope .

I'm on week 7 of stopping smoking

Time to light one me thinks

 

[Abarbarian]

We may try our hardest but we are at the mercy of software compilers are we not?

Not for much longer . I'm going to have a go at the Linux path to enlightenment ..

Thanks for all the input guys .

 

[Abarbarian]

As Ady stated if they don't have 'invalid' or 'error' then your running just fine. The Pending validation is usally waiting on another donor to finish the WU. If you open 'click' on the unit in question it will show numer of rigs working on the unit, and number needed to validate. So depending on what your running it could be a day or more before they validate, and you get credit.


Rick

So this is what you mean . I had not realised that other peeps were doing the same unit .

 

[vaio]

As I understand it each work unit is issued twice (or more) so the findings can be compared/validated.
That's why sometimes a unit can be pending for a while......the other person with an issue of a given unit could be on a much slower machine.

I still have a couple pending from 28th Feb.