UnitedGerbilNation Census

[flybywire]

I work for the Department of Energy cleaning up legacy nuclear weapons facilities and former uranium milling sites.

Boy, that's going to leave an aftertaste.

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Your job sounds cool. Mine is interesting at times but much more mundane. I audit the IT control environment of fortune 500 companies and tell them whether or not they comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. I specialize in SAP. My favorite part of the job is using our proprietary ACE(Automated Controls Evaluator) tool to determine if a company has segregation of duties conflicts.

Prior to this I was in the USAF as a C-130 Navigator. Yup, wore a flightsuit to work every day. Can't beat em for comfort.

[jeffry55]

Your job sounds cool. Mine is interesting at times but much more mundane. I audit the IT control environment of fortune 500 companies and tell them whether or not they comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. I specialize in SAP. My favorite part of the job is using our proprietary ACE(Automated Controls Evaluator) tool to determine if a company has segregation of duties conflicts.

Prior to this I was in the USAF as a C-130 Navigator. Yup, wore a flightsuit to work every day. Can't beat em for comfort.

I am ex-navy myself. Spent a lot of time on nuclear submarines.

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Were you a nuke? I had a friend named Red who many years ago (16 or 17) joined the Navy to be a nuke. He quit college to join.

[jeffry55]

Were you a nuke? I had a friend named Red who many years ago (16 or 17) joined the Navy to be a nuke. He quit college to join.

Yes, I was a Nuclear Electrician on two subs, the Seawolf (SSN 575) and the Greyling (SSN 646).

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Were you a nuke? I had a friend named Red who many years ago (16 or 17) joined the Navy to be a nuke. He quit college to join.

Yes, I was a Nuclear Electrician on two subs, the Seawolf (SSN 575) and the Greyling (SSN 646).

Did you know a black guy with curly red hair? We called him Red but I think his real name was Kelvin, maybe Kelvin Scruggs... I know it's a shot in the dark..

[jeffry55]

All the black guys I knew in the navy had curly hair. But none were named red. You are too funny!

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

All the black guys I knew in the navy had curly hair. But none were named red. You are too funny!

Funny you mention that. For a while we called Red "Knappy Head". He used relaxer to straighten his hair, but used too much and it fell out in chunks. Ah, sigh... Those were the days...

[jeffry55]

Let's have a big Gerbil Welcome for Themattman!!

Welcome to the honored Nation of Gerbils. Help end Gerbil abuse in our lifetime!

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Let's have a big Gerbil Welcome for Themattman!!

Welcome to the honored Nation of Gerbils. Help end Gerbil abuse in our lifetime!

too funny

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

You guys are doing OK without me so far? I'm peaking in the 6k PPD range. I could get it higher if I ran SMP on my core 2 laptops... not sure how to do that though cause the systems won't let ne install SMP... takes too many privilegs...

[pikaporeon]

Census me. I'll get my main machine started tomorrow.
Assuming maybe you get a work unit out of me now and then.

[jeffry55]

Census me. I'll get my main machine started tomorrow.
Assuming maybe you get a work unit out of me now and then.

Welcome to the Nation Pikaporean! We are pleased you have come to your senses.

[pikaporeon]

You've got my Q9300 till May 24. My server I'll convert after it finishes its WU unless i swap the proc, in which case its SMP would be sorta useless as it doesnt need a dual core in it and i may go down to a celeron and sell the dualie in it

[jeffry55]

You've got my Q9300 till May 24. My server I'll convert after it finishes its WU unless i swap the proc, in which case its SMP would be sorta useless as it doesnt need a dual core in it and i may go down to a celeron and sell the dualie in it

Once we reach May 24th, I hope you decide you like hanging out with us. You could be part of the cool crowd that gets to trash talk with Leor in the upcoming battle.

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

You've got my Q9300 till May 24. My server I'll convert after it finishes its WU unless i swap the proc, in which case its SMP would be sorta useless as it doesnt need a dual core in it and i may go down to a celeron and sell the dualie in it

Once we reach May 24th, I hope you decide you like hanging out with us. You could be part of the cool crowd that gets to trash talk with Leor in the upcoming battle.

OK I missed this action. Should I move over my PCs back to UGN. If so, welcome to the collective, Pikaporean=) It's good to have the extra help

There are many dark forces on team 2630 which the mighty UGN battles on a daily basis

[jeffry55]

You've got my Q9300 till May 24. My server I'll convert after it finishes its WU unless i swap the proc, in which case its SMP would be sorta useless as it doesnt need a dual core in it and i may go down to a celeron and sell the dualie in it

Once we reach May 24th, I hope you decide you like hanging out with us. You could be part of the cool crowd that gets to trash talk with Leor in the upcoming battle.

OK I missed this action. Should I move over my PCs back to UGN. If so, welcome to the collective, Pikaporean=) It's good to have the extra help

There are many dark forces on team 2630 which the mighty UGN battles on a daily basis

I'd check with Pikey-boy just to make sure it is not a ruse to get you to let down your guard.

[pikaporeon]

My server will prob drop a WU to me tomorrow, but thats itr

[jeffry55]

That's the spirit Pikey!!

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Welcome to UGN

[pikaporeon]

I do occasionally play games, but my chip is at 3.2 ghz so, whatever works.

Why is it that the windows SMP client runs 5 degrees cooler than running two VMwares?

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

I do occasionally play games, but my chip is at 3.2 ghz so, whatever works.

Why is it that the windows SMP client runs 5 degrees cooler than running two VMwares?

I would think the VMwares would run cooler since overall utilization is a little lower than when the SMP client runs in Windows. Was your house the same temperature when you compared readings? Maybe ambient temp is affecting result?

[Flying Fox]

I do occasionally play games, but my chip is at 3.2 ghz so, whatever works.

Why is it that the windows SMP client runs 5 degrees cooler than running two VMwares?

I would think the VMwares would run cooler since overall utilization is a little lower than when the SMP client runs in Windows. Was your house the same temperature when you compared readings? Maybe ambient temp is affecting result?

Yeah, the past week is a lot warmer in the Toronto area. My X2 is up to 58C already.

[Gerbil Jedidiah]

Yeah, the past week is a lot warmer in the Toronto area. My X2 is up to 58C already.

My house has been getting up to about 78 to 80F during the day. This was not helping my poor over OC'd Q6600 during the folding ramp-up this week. I was getting mid 60s temps, even saw 70 a time or two

Amazingly it was stable the whole time. No crashes at all folding 24/7. I have saved the BIOS settings as I don't think I'd ever be able to get them tweaked as perfect again. I wish I could say it was skillz that got my system stable at 3.6, but I know it was more luck than anything

[jeffry55]

Yeah, the past week is a lot warmer in the Toronto area. My X2 is up to 58C already.

My house has been getting up to about 78 to 80F during the day. This was not helping my poor over OC'd Q6600 during the folding ramp-up this week. I was getting mid 60s temps, even saw 70 a time or two

Amazingly it was stable the whole time. No crashes at all folding 24/7. I have saved the BIOS settings as I don't think I'd ever be able to get them tweaked as perfect again. I wish I could say it was skillz that got my system stable at 3.6, but I know it was more luck than anything

There's nothing wrong with getting lucky every once-in-a-while.

[Jigar]

What the battle is over?? I didn't see all the power moves .. But good to see Pikey-boy joining hands with the UGN

[pikaporeon]

Yea, I went a week returning maybe 1/4 of my potential WUs. Sorta nailed my coffin shut there.

But if anything, Ambient temps have gone UP here. So it's weird that its cooler now.

[pedro]

Count me in folks.

Is there a password or is all I need 'UnitedGerbilNation'?

Long live UGN!

[jeffry55]

Count me in folks.

Is there a password or is all I need 'UnitedGerbilNation'?

Long live UGN!

There is a secret handshake and some rituals involving ........................................ oh wait .................................. we don't do that anymore.

Just put UnitedGerbilNation as the Username and Team 2630 of course.

I will add your name to the Census.

[pedro]

Jolly good.