TheSkyNet news thread - 7/11/2011

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:04

Firstly a big thanks for halz for the previous news and the week of stats grabs.
Well Spain and tooth Pain are both now a recent memory so on with the double issue of the news.

Team OcUK are still climbing ever upwards, last week making it to page one glory with 15th.
And now currently at cell 12 but will our sights set on a top ten position.
Our average team PPD is almost at 4k

not bad for 17 active members
Four new members in the news this week, so a warm welcome to:
Mr.B, edgedemon, fr4j0 and SitaRam

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:09

All ranked in gobal position at the end of last week / today.
Some major changes in the rankings, as the stomp column on the previous page also shows
Your rainbow should be slopping down

Rainbows should be upwards now

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:15

Actual values now, continuing the rainbow colour system.

TheTross · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:17

Thanks for the news. Good to see the team doing so well

I've been really slacking on this of late as folding has taken a priority, and weirdly the folding GPU client struggles whenever theskynet is running - even when the CPU is not being maxed out :confused:

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:35

Indeed TT

Edit: Coloured graphs are ranked by average PPD now
High/Average/Low are rank by position - so if someone to the right of you has a higher bar - SLACKER!

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 20:39

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WA high-tech business helps astronomers discover the Universe
A quest to study the earliest stars and galaxies in the Universe is underway, with Australia's local industry building the first major pieces of a
revolutionary new radio telescope in Western Australia, as part of the Murchison Wide-field Array.Murchison Wide-field Array (MWA) industry
partner and Fremantle-based high-technology company, Poseidon Scientific Instruments (PSI), has been awarded a $1.3m contract by Curtin
University to build 16 packages of sensitive electronics, using a smart design suited to the environmental and radio-quiet conditions of outback WA.

The MWA is being built by an Australian consortium led by The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), a joint venture
between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia, in close collaboration with US, Indian and New Zealand partners.

The MWA is located at the Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory, a site operated by CSIRO and a proposed core site for the multi-billion dollar
Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

The MWA will be the first of three official SKA precursor telescopes to be completed, proving the technology and science on the path to the SKA.
Australia and New Zealand are bidding to host the SKA, with the site location to be decided in February 2012.

Source - ICRAR

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)

The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Project Outages - Curtin IT Services

Find OcUK on theSkynet (you need to be logged in on theSkynet.org)

Acknowledgements

All banners and final post in news are courtesy of halz

derk · 7 Nov 2011 at 21:12

Good to have the news back, trust someone to post in the middle of it :rolleyes:

shadowscotland said:
And now currently at cell 12 but will our sights set on a top ten position.

For me the top five is a must have, when a user is on thier dashboard the ladders quick link for Alliances only shows the top five teams - crucial spot for maximum exposure

ps

Out of interest why is the news in a series of posts rather than one.

shadowscotland · 7 Nov 2011 at 21:22

You only get 5 images per post - my guess was a mod changed yours last week.
Or has this changed?

Top 5 would be fantastic - major advert for the shop/forum too

Whats people's view on the colours btw?

derk · 7 Nov 2011 at 21:36

shadowscotland said:
You only get 5 images per post

I'm not aware of this rule, I think a team news post should be exempt if this is the case.
Its not as though were abusing anything as a series of posts uses the same bandwidth as one.

I would like some clarification on this as my news posts always have more than 5 images, they would look pretty boring otherwise.

Berserker · 7 Nov 2011 at 23:03

Used to be a rule way back when. No longer (there's a limit, but it's not 5).

TheTross · 8 Nov 2011 at 01:07

halz said:
Good to have the news back, trust someone to post in the middle of it

SS: sorry for posting in the middle of your news post; I hadn't realised you hadn't finished it

To answer your question, the colours are good. I also really like the vids :cool:

Although if I'm being picky, alliances doesn't have an apostrophe in it

derk · 8 Nov 2011 at 01:38

Sometimes I wish a certain Proof Reader would fall into a ruddy big black 'ole

Shame spellcheckers dont do text in pictures :rolleyes:

[graphic edit mode on]..........

derk · 8 Nov 2011 at 15:39

Next Up......

It will take a little longer to stomp this team compared to our previous stomps but it's a certainty nonetheless

Berserker, any luck finding that overtake formula?

PhilthyPhil · 8 Nov 2011 at 17:55

Surely it is just difference in credit/difference in ppd. I make it 24 days to overtake MyBroadband using the data from the table in post 6

Berserker · 8 Nov 2011 at 23:27

That is indeed the one I use.

Have to say I'm slightly disappointed. Not that anything is wrong - just that I was hoping my rise would be rather more spectacular.

Windle · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:58

shadowscotland said:
You only get 5 images per post - my guess was a mod changed yours last week.
Or has this changed?

Top 5 would be fantastic - major advert for the shop/forum too

Whats people's view on the colours btw?

Should bring Stompy back!

Berserker · 10 Nov 2011 at 00:24

The entire 'Stompy' could be demolished by a single hexa-core system these days, easily. Maybe even a sufficiently clocked quad-core. Such is progress.

derk · 10 Nov 2011 at 00:53

An entire Stompy of Hex cores ...............hmmmmmmm, you could class Ba as stompy with the hardware he's running :rolleyes:

This project actually makes another stompy a possibility, cheapest mobo's possible with quad cores .........

What would anyone suggest as the present day equivalent spec of the old Stomp Monster ?

Biffa · 10 Nov 2011 at 09:56

Does it run ok on AMD Athlons?
Is it worth going quad core or getting cheaper CPU and running on GPU?
Can it run on Linux? Otherwise there are licensing issues.

Basic quad core rig (from here, prices may vary otherwise)

Assuming nekkid cruncher as per Stompy

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
Samsung SpinPoint M8 160GB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M160MBB) £59.99
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £34.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £19.99
OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £17.99
Sub Total : £180.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : Free
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £36.16
Total : £216.95

derk · 10 Nov 2011 at 14:47

Does it run ok on AMD Athlons? Yes
Is it worth going quad core or getting cheaper CPU and running on GPU? No GPU app available
Can it run on Linux? Otherwise there are licensing issues. Yes, see here, although it still in beta

Basic quad core rig (from here, prices may vary otherwise)

Assuming nekkid cruncher as per Stompy That was the assumption

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99 MM budget for a CPU £40
Samsung SpinPoint M8 160GB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M160MBB) £59.99 MM budget for HD £10
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard £34.99 Already have 2 mATX 775 boards for the cause
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £19.99
OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £17.99