*** OcUk 2011 Distributed Computing Competition ***

PhilthyPhil said:
I am not too late to be In it to win it am I? I only just spotted this thread as I don't read the forums much - I run MW and there is not much MW activity in here and as we know no one ever reads the stickys :D This sounds like good fun anyway, maybe I could even be tempted back to SETI from MW :D
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Hi PhilthyPhil, nope not too late at all duly entered and the best of luck to you :D
 
Been meaning to get into folding for a while, PC is on and hardly being used so much! but never found anything easy to set up really, this seems alright so will put it on as soon as the website is up again!

in it to win it i guess ;)

Edit: Anyone else having problems with SETI? Other projects run fine but just getting "no work to be downloaded" for SETI. Firewalls ect are ok.
 
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dfarrall said:
Been meaning to get into folding for a while, PC is on and hardly being used so much! but never found anything easy to set up really, this seems alright so will put it on as soon as the website is up again!

in it to win it i guess ;)

Edit: Anyone else having problems with SETI? Other projects run fine but just getting "no work to be downloaded" for SETI. Firewalls ect are ok.
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Duly entered and the best of luck to you dfarrall :)

FluffySheep said:
The splitters are currently offline so I'm getting no work units either.

FluffySheep
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One day we might actually be able to fill our cache's :rolleyes::D
 
Having un-constipated myself I'm now crunching for SETI, Einstein and MilkyWay. I've also got a monster 2,400+ hour WU coming in for ClimatePrediction next week.

However, I'm in two minds about entering. A gift voucher would certainly come in handy, but not wanting to sound ungrateful I have nowhere to put a PCI-e graphics card and I don't game! :)

So there's plenty more worthy and more able to use a prize than I!
 
Berserker said:
Having un-constipated myself I'm now crunching for SETI, Einstein and MilkyWay. I've also got a monster 2,400+ hour WU coming in for ClimatePrediction next week.

However, I'm in two minds about entering. A gift voucher would certainly come in handy, but not wanting to sound ungrateful I have nowhere to put a PCI-e graphics card and I don't game! :)

So there's plenty more worthy and more able to use a prize than I!
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Evening Mr Berserker sah, when you have the chance would you contact me via email and we can sort out how you would like these donations for the hosting costs paid - every little 'elps :D
 
Mr TBag, can I just clarify that the 14 days of credit can come from any project? I - like others - put SETI down but because of the server troubles there I switched to folding almost two weeks ago. Thanks :)
 
TheTross said:
Mr TBag, can I just clarify that the 14 days of credit can come from any project? I - like others - put SETI down but because of the server troubles there I switched to folding almost two weeks ago. Thanks :)
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Well aye Mr T tis only fair absoutely any OcUk project or Team 10 Folding will do it - in retrospect i couldn't have picked a worse time for a competition but i was not to know the hissy fit seti would take :o:o
 
The Question

Tried to think of something random, short of filling a bath full of beans and asking "how many in the tub" thought this would do instead.
Excuse the disaster zone but finally got rid of this lot after deciding not to work from home, question is how many dvds would you fit on the shelves?
The tv is 46" thats your only clue ..... start guessing
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You cost me a precious lunch break, Mr TBag! I hope you are happy. :| :p As always, a visual estimate would return a range of values. Picture is at an angle, too, so it wouldn't be that easy to be more precise (how sneaky of you Mr T :p). Reminded me of an assessment question KPMG ask at their interviews, haha. Mind they use elephants and people, but it works just the same.

But hey, one has to settle for something right? My final answer is: 257 DVDs (in standard cases). :o Please don't laugh, if I got it horribly wrong. XD

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I did get it horribly wrong by using the wrong dimension for the case, which would mean all my DVDs would end up front facing, doh, lol. Have a good chuckle all.

If I'm allowed to correct myself, 3575 DVDs in cases is what my formula gives for proper dimensions, but if not, I'll leave both answers here for the record and to prove that I'm not a complete tool, haha. XD
 
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datalol-jack said:
As always, a visual estimate would return a range of values. Picture is at an angle, too, so it wouldn't be that easy to be more precise (how sneaky of you Mr T :p).
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This is why I love this forum, our minds all work in the same semi-mental way lol! :p

I can't possibly answer this question at work, need to be at home to start measuring the average dvd case among other things. :p
 
I originally posted the range I think the value is in, as I was working this out, but then thought it may not be quite within the rules, so it was amended to not interfere with other peoples' guesses. :) Obviously one could make this close to impossible by including non standard jewel and double cases, loose DVDs without cases and gaps. I doubt Mr T is that fiendish, though!

It's a bit of a slow day here. Going to do the tea round in a minute as colleagues assault my notes - everyone loves a puzzle!
 
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