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SETI - New Server Outage Schedule
Pizzadude:
Well here we go again, after another planned outage we have another unplanned outage. If the guys at SETI worked in the real world they would have been sacked long ago!!!!
Josef W. Segur:
--- Quote from: Pizzadude on 16 Jul 2010, 12:08:15 pm ---Well here we go again, after another planned outage we have another unplanned outage. If the guys at SETI worked in the real world they would have been sacked long ago!!!!
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If the guys at SETI worked in the real world they'd be getting salaries at least 5 times higher, have a team of technicians working to maintain the hardware, have a stockroom full of new spares under warranty, etc. etc. etc. Under those circumstances there would be no need for the new outage schedule, and internal unplanned outages would be rare.
The cause of the outage extension is external, outside the area they control, on campus or between there and the PAIX. Considering volunteers couldn't be bothered to donate enough to get decent bandwidth down the hill to campus, the thought of an alternative connection path is really out in the "pie in the sky" category. We live in an imperfect world, either the goals of the project are sufficient to outweigh temporary inconveniences or not, a matter of personal opinion. I'm in for the long term, whenever they can deliver work I have equipment to do some of it.
Joe
perryjay:
Uploads are going in now. Shouldn't be long before they open up for us to report and then download new work. We are on our way!
efmer (fred):
--- Quote from: Pizzadude on 16 Jul 2010, 12:08:15 pm ---Well here we go again, after another planned outage we have another unplanned outage. If the guys at SETI worked in the real world they would have been sacked long ago!!!!
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Hmm. It actually works better with these regular outages. I have no problems whatsoever to get my computers filled.
k6xt:
--- Quote from: Fred M on 18 Jul 2010, 10:54:18 am ---
--- Quote from: Pizzadude on 16 Jul 2010, 12:08:15 pm ---Well here we go again, after another planned outage we have another unplanned outage. If the guys at SETI worked in the real world they would have been sacked long ago!!!!
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Hmm. It actually works better with these regular outages. I have no problems whatsoever to get my computers filled.
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Likewise, I'm getting regular work. But through no action on my part, my SETI cache is much smaller than it used to be. Perhaps with fewer available download days SETI has become more watchful about the number of WU sent to each PC?
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