Update of my Wintel Seti@home results.
Edwin
Edwin E. Thorne
Email
thor...@juno.com
Results received
260
Total CPU time
5884 hr 18 min
Average CPU time per work unit
22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
Your rank: (based on current work units received)
Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
The total number of users who have this rank: 235
You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
Eric Tanks
have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
Eric
Edwin wrote:
--
Eric Tanks
Computing Support
James Madison University
All things Zep.
Chad Irby
> I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> Eric
>
> Edwin wrote:
>
> (His current SETI@Home stats)
Edwin posts this from time to time to remind us that he only uses his computers
for two things: posting inaccurate things about the Mac, and searching for
extraterrestrial life in the hope that he can find someone to believe his
inaccurate posts about the Mac.
--
Chad Irby \ My greatest fear: that future generations will,
ci...@cfl.rr.com \ for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."
Leon Hanson
>You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
I'm surprised the report doesn't follow that with "and we're very
concerned that you don't have anything better to do with your
computer...and your time" ;-)
WickedDyno
wrote:
>I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
>have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>Eric
To prove that PCs are superior to Macs, naturally. That's all that
Edwin ever does.
--
| Andrew Glasgow <am...@cornell.edu> |
|"'Cause you took the peace and love from the Rock |
| And turned it into sand. . ." -- Zeeza |
Edwin
"WickedDyno" <amg39.RE...@cornell.edu> wrote in message
news:amg39.REMOVE-THIS-2...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
> In article <38A32DFA...@jmu.edu>, Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> >have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >Eric
>
> To prove that PCs are superior to Macs, naturally. That's all that
> Edwin ever does.
I also wait futilely for Mac advocates to prove their claims that Macs are
better than PCs. I wait in vain for even one concrete reason why we should
pay more to have a Mac instead of buying a PC.
> --
> | Andrew Glasgow <am...@cornell.edu> |
> |"'Cause you took the peace and love from the Rock |
> | And turned it into sand. . ." -- Zeeza |
--
"Not only are they liars who speak when they know better, but even
more those who speak when they know nothing". -- A quote from Walter
Kaufmann's
translation of Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathrustra"
Edwin
"Eric Tanks" <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote in message
news:38A32DFA...@jmu.edu...
> I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
I posted this as a common benchmark between Macs and PCs. I am also
attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
Why don't you run the client and post your results too? ;)
> Eric
>
> Edwin wrote:
>
> > Name
> > Edwin E. Thorne
> >
> > Email
> > thor...@juno.com
> >
> > Results received
> > 260
> >
> > Total CPU time
> > 5884 hr 18 min
> >
> > Average CPU time per work unit
> > 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
> >
> > Your rank: (based on current work units received)
> >
> > Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
> >
> > The total number of users who have this rank: 235
> >
> > You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
>
> --
> Eric Tanks
> Computing Support
> James Madison University
>
> All things Zep.
Edwin
"Leon Hanson" <han...@nspam.com> wrote in message
news:38a34044....@news.uswest.net...
>
> concerned that you don't have anything better to do with your
> computer...and your time" ;-)
I use my computer for doing work and playing games, along with running the
seti client. Because my PC has PMT, I can do that and all my normal
activities as well.
Mac advocates had claimed in the past that they can run the seti client much
faster than I do. Yet all they have is sarcastic remarks to post, not any
results to match mine.
Edwin
"Chad Irby" <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:cirby-F6CA17....@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
> Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote:
>
> > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >
> > Edwin wrote:
> >
> > (His current SETI@Home stats)
>
> Edwin posts this from time to time to remind us that he only uses his
computers
> for two things: posting inaccurate things about the Mac, and searching for
> extraterrestrial life in the hope that he can find someone to believe his
> inaccurate posts about the Mac.
What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client faster
than PCs? Where's your seti results?
> --
>
> Chad Irby \ My greatest fear: that future generations will,
> ci...@cfl.rr.com \ for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."
Alan Baker
wrote:
>"Eric Tanks" <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote in message
>news:38A32DFA...@jmu.edu...
>> I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
>> have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>
>I posted this as a common benchmark between Macs and PCs. I am also
>attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
>
>Why don't you run the client and post your results too? ;)
Why bother doing it again. You've already seen that my Mac is faster
than your PC (how fast was your CPU again?).
>
>
>> Eric
>>
>> Edwin wrote:
>>
>> > Name
>> > Edwin E. Thorne
>> >
>> > Email
>> > thor...@juno.com
>> >
>> > Results received
>> > 260
>> >
>> > Total CPU time
>> > 5884 hr 18 min
>> >
>> > Average CPU time per work unit
>> > 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
>> >
>> > Your rank: (based on current work units received)
>> >
>> > Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
>> >
>> > The total number of users who have this rank: 235
>> >
>> > You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Tanks
>> Computing Support
>> James Madison University
>>
>> All things Zep.
>--
>"Not only are they liars who speak when they know better, but even
>more those who speak when they know nothing". -- A quote from Walter
>Kaufmann's
>translation of Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathrustra"
>
>
>>
>>
>
>
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that
wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the
bottom of that cupboard."
Alan Baker
wrote:
>"WickedDyno" <amg39.RE...@cornell.edu> wrote in message
>news:amg39.REMOVE-THIS-2...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
>> In article <38A32DFA...@jmu.edu>, Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
>> >have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>> >Eric
>>
>> To prove that PCs are superior to Macs, naturally. That's all that
>> Edwin ever does.
>
>I also wait futilely for Mac advocates to prove their claims that Macs are
>better than PCs. I wait in vain for even one concrete reason why we
>should
>pay more to have a Mac instead of buying a PC.
How about because it will be just one more way that I can say I'm not
anything like you?
Alan Baker
wrote:
>"Chad Irby" <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:cirby-F6CA17....@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
>> Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
>> > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>> > Eric
>> >
>> > Edwin wrote:
>> >
>> > (His current SETI@Home stats)
>>
>> Edwin posts this from time to time to remind us that he only uses his
>computers
>> for two things: posting inaccurate things about the Mac, and searching
>> for
>> extraterrestrial life in the hope that he can find someone to believe
>> his
>> inaccurate posts about the Mac.
>
>What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client faster
>than PCs? Where's your seti results?
Well mine runs faster than yours, but that's probably due to a problem
with the setup of the PC in question. <G>
Patrick W. Gierke
wrote:
Just to repsond to your question:
> What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client faster
> than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
So far, i've processed 102 work units for a total amount of 878 hr and
26 minutes. The works out to about 8 hours and 36 minutes per unit.
I have completed more work units than 91.372% of SETI users....
BTW, I've got a beige G3/400 right now. Before, when I had a G3/266, I
was processing work units well under 22 hours. It was closer to 15 hours.
Hey, you asked for some results, there you go. Make of them what you
will.
-Gierke
--
Patrick Gierke
gierkeS...@delaware.infi.net
To email me, remove SPAMSUCKS from the address above.
lloyds...@my-deja.com
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> Name
> Edwin E. Thorne
>
> thor...@juno.com
>
> Results received
> 260
>
> Total CPU time
> 5884 hr 18 min
>
> Average CPU time per work unit
> 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
Your Wintel is cranking out 22 hr results?
> Your rank: (based on current work units received)
>
> Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
>
> The total number of users who have this rank: 235
>
> You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Graham
> Name
> Edwin E. Thorne
>
> Email
> thor...@juno.com
>
> Results received
> 260
>
> Total CPU time
> 5884 hr 18 min
>
> Average CPU time per work unit
> 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
>
> Your rank: (based on current work units received)
>
> Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
>
> The total number of users who have this rank: 235
>
> You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
MY Hero!
--
** REALITY IS FOR ACCOUNTANTS **
Chad Irby
> What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client faster
> than PCs? Where's your seti results?
I stopped running Seti@Home a while back, when I lost interest.
But since you're so interested, here's some numbers from their Web page:
1) Pentium/Windows 46858892 141836.99 years 26 hr 30 min 56.2 sec
2) Macintosh 6418075 13792.90 years 18 hr 49 min 33.1 sec
The average Mac runs a block about four hours faster than your wonderful little
Windows box... and about eight hours faster than the typical Windows machine.
Andrew Irvine
> Name
> Edwin E. Thorne
>
> Email
> thor...@juno.com
>
> Results received
> 260
>
> Total CPU time
> 5884 hr 18 min
>
> Average CPU time per work unit
> 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
>
> Your rank: (based on current work units received)
>
> Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
>
> The total number of users who have this rank: 235
>
> You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
Tom Elam style post again I think :)
What has this go to do with mac advocacy?
--
Andrew Irvine
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Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect.
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Alan Baker
Irby <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client
>> faster
>> than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
>I stopped running Seti@Home a while back, when I lost interest.
>
>But since you're so interested, here's some numbers from their Web page:
>
>1) Pentium/Windows 46858892 141836.99 years 26 hr 30 min 56.2 sec
>2) Macintosh 6418075 13792.90 years 18 hr 49 min 33.1 sec
>
>The average Mac runs a block about four hours faster than your wonderful
>little
>Windows box... and about eight hours faster than the typical Windows
>machine.
Chad, check your math. You meant to say about 8 hours faster.
Timberwoof
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client
> > faster
> > than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
> I stopped running Seti@Home a while back, when I lost interest.
>
> But since you're so interested, here's some numbers from their Web page:
>
> 1) Pentium/Windows 46858892 141836.99 years 26 hr 30 min 56.2 sec
> 2) Macintosh 6418075 13792.90 years 18 hr 49 min 33.1 sec
>
> The average Mac runs a block about four hours faster than your wonderful
> little
> Windows box... and about eight hours faster than the typical Windows
> machine.
Which only goes to show that Seti@Home is not a proper menchmark to test
Mac and Win relative performance. Obviously there's somehting wrong with
the Windows version that creates these bogus results. }: )
Help me! I need a wintrollectomy!
--
Timberwoof; woofy<at>infernosoft<dot>com; http://www.infernosoft.com
Ice Hockey QA Engineer (Goalie), 1998 BMW R1100GS rider, and
not your ordinary noncomformist. "You may have the right to say that,
but I will defend to the death my right to disagree."
Bob Hoye
> "Chad Irby" <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:cirby-F6CA17....@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
> > Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> > > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > Edwin wrote:
> > >
> > > (His current SETI@Home stats)
> >
> > Edwin posts this from time to time to remind us that he only uses his
> computers
> > for two things: posting inaccurate things about the Mac, and searching for
> > extraterrestrial life in the hope that he can find someone to believe his
> > inaccurate posts about the Mac.
>
> What happened to Mac advocate claims that Macs run the seti client faster
> than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
________________________________________________________________
Performa 6400 w/300MHZ-1MB L2 G3 Upgrade:
________________________________________________________________
hoy...@osu.edu
Your credit:
Name Results Total CPU time Average CPU time
received per work unit
Bob Hoye 15 172 hr 36 min 11 hr 30 min 26.1 sec
_____________________
Your group info:
You do not currently belong to a group.
You are not currently the founder of any teams.
Your rank: (based on current workunits received)
Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 496749th place.
The total number of users who have this rank: 14700
You have completed more work units than 69.938% of our users.
________________________________________________________________
What else do you want to know, Eddie?
Bob Hoye
R. Kirk McPike
Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote in message news:newscache$m0pqpf$wqa@home...
> > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>
> attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
A worthy project? To a degree.
Methinks there are far more pressing concerns that our government could be
spending money on. I'm all for space exploration, but let's get to Mars
before we go searching for Klingons. And let's pay down the debt and lower
our taxes before we head to Mars.
Kirk McPike
R. Kirk McPike
>
> "WickedDyno" <amg39.RE...@cornell.edu> wrote in message
> news:amg39.REMOVE-THIS-2...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
> > In article <38A32DFA...@jmu.edu>, Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >
> > To prove that PCs are superior to Macs, naturally. That's all that
> > Edwin ever does.
>
> I also wait futilely for Mac advocates to prove their claims that Macs are
> better than PCs. I wait in vain for even one concrete reason why we
should
> pay more to have a Mac instead of buying a PC.
Maybe you shouldn't... but then, maybe for some people, it's worth it. Some
people find the Mac a more comfortable environment. I, for one, have always
found it easier to write on a Mac. Now that FinalDraft 5 is out, it's about
even, but for several years there, for whatever reason, the material I wrote
on my Power Mac was generally better than the stuff I produced on my PC.
I finally figured out why, too... when I was on my Mac, I found it much
easier to concentrate on my writing... because the interface is so simple,
so clean. With Windows, the GUI is completely in-your-face... things flash,
menus zip up and down, buttons jump out at you as you roll your mouse
around, the whole thing is designed to draw your attention. And when you're
fighting ADD as badly as I was a few years ago, those little distractions
add up fast.
Take AIM for instance... I would tend to write at night, and juggle that
with chatting with budies on AOL INstant Messenger. I'd write for awhile,
and then take a break and chat.
When I was writing on the Mac, andI got a message from a buddy, the
Application Menu would blink "IM." Very subtle, unintrusive, and since it's
at the top of the display (and when writing, most of your attention is
towards the bottom), it didn't really bug me. I idn't even see it, really,
until I took my break, and went to AIM to see what was up.
In Windows, when I get an IM, a button appears on the task bar, and starts
to blink blue. It's right there, in my line of sight, and it is highly
distracting (for a brief time I moved the Taskbar to the top, just so I
could finish a screenplay, but that drove me nuts cause it made the screen
look way too top heavy). Finally, I had to stop being on the net when I was
writing. So I didn't even get to put that vaunted Windows multitasking to
use.
Everyone's mileage varies, Edwin. You've made up your mind that the added
cost (if any) of a Mac isn't worth it to you, but nothing you can say can
prove to anyone that it's not worth it for other people.
You want to know the truth of it all, Eddie? The Mac is better than the PC.
And the PC is better than the Mac. It all depends on who you are, what you
do, and how you do it.
Kirk McPike
Eric Tanks
everything Carl Sagan wrote). But would you really want me to post? I
think my G4 might show you up!
Beside that it just seems kind've of stupid to me to post SETI results in
here. Thats like me posting my golf scores up here or something!
Eric
Edwin wrote:
> "Eric Tanks" <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote in message
> news:38A32DFA...@jmu.edu...
> > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
>
> I posted this as a common benchmark between Macs and PCs. I am also
> attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
>
> Why don't you run the client and post your results too? ;)
>
> > Eric
> >
> > Edwin wrote:
> >
> > > Name
> > > Edwin E. Thorne
> > >
> > > Email
> > > thor...@juno.com
> > >
> > > Results received
> > > 260
> > >
> > > Total CPU time
> > > 5884 hr 18 min
> > >
> > > Average CPU time per work unit
> > > 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
> > >
Eric Tanks
its money mainly from the Planetary Society (of which I am a member) and
personal donations. I maybe wrong though. Also I don't' think the SETI@home
client cost the government anything.
Eric
"R. Kirk McPike" wrote:
> Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote in message news:newscache$m0pqpf$wqa@home...
> >
> > "Eric Tanks" <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote in message
> > news:38A32DFA...@jmu.edu...
> > > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> > > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >
> > I posted this as a common benchmark between Macs and PCs. I am also
> > attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
>
> A worthy project? To a degree.
>
> Methinks there are far more pressing concerns that our government could be
> spending money on. I'm all for space exploration, but let's get to Mars
> before we go searching for Klingons. And let's pay down the debt and lower
> our taxes before we head to Mars.
>
> Kirk McPike
--
fretwiz
wrote:
> "WickedDyno" <amg39.RE...@cornell.edu> wrote in message
> news:amg39.REMOVE-THIS-2...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
> > In article <38A32DFA...@jmu.edu>, Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone, but i
> > >have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> > >Eric
> >
> > To prove that PCs are superior to Macs, naturally. That's all that
> > Edwin ever does.
>
> I also wait futilely for Mac advocates to prove their claims that Macs
> are
> better than PCs. I wait in vain for even one concrete reason why we
> should
> pay more to have a Mac instead of buying a PC.
To run Pro Tools... ask the pros.
fretwiz
--
It was a result of letting go of bad past experiences and permitting
myself live in the present with an eye to the future, instead of
staying stuck in the past to grind axes.
Edwin Thorne
EdWIN
ir...@clara.co.uk (Andrew Irvine) wrote:
> Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > Name
> > Edwin E. Thorne
> >
> > thor...@juno.com
> >
> > Results received
> > 260
> >
> > Total CPU time
> > 5884 hr 18 min
> >
> > Average CPU time per work unit
> > 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
> >
> > Your rank: (based on current work units received)
> >
> > Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
> >
> > The total number of users who have this rank: 235
> >
> > You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
>
>
> What has this go to do with mac advocacy?
Comp.sys.mac.advocacy exists to compare the Mac to all other
platforms. I gave my seti client results from my PC. Let's see those
from your Mac so we can compare them.
> --
> Andrew Irvine
> Your mouse has moved.
> Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect.
> Reboot now? [ OK ]
>
--
"Let all who oppose the OverMind feel the Fury of the Swarm!"
-- Infested Kerrigan, aka The Queen of Blades, StarCraft.
EdWIN
Eric Tanks <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote:
> I suppose I could. I DO want to find other live out there (I've read
> everything Carl Sagan wrote). But would you really want me to post? I
> think my G4 might show you up!
I invite you to "show me up" with your G4, if you can. My PC cost
$899. How much did you pay for your G4?
Even if you don't post your results, please run the seti client. It's
an historic undertaking, and you have a chance to be a part of it.
> Beside that it just seems kind've of stupid to me to post SETI
>results in here.
Not at all. This news group was created to compare the Mac to all
other platforms. The best comparison is to do the same task, with the
same program if possible.
> Thats like me posting my golf scores up here or something!
Well, golf scores would be dumb, because they'd have nothing to do with
computers. Doing the same work on a Mac and a PC and posting the
results wouldn't be "stupid," it would be doing the thing this group
exists for.
> Eric
>
> Edwin wrote:
>
> > "Eric Tanks" <tan...@jmu.edu> wrote in message
> > news:38A32DFA...@jmu.edu...
> > > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone,
but i
> > > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >
> > I posted this as a common benchmark between Macs and PCs. I am
also
> > attempting to generate interest in a worthy project.
> >
> > Why don't you run the client and post your results too? ;)
> >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > Edwin wrote:
> > >
> > > > Name
> > > > Edwin E. Thorne
> > > >
> > > > Email
> > > > thor...@juno.com
> > > >
> > > > Results received
> > > > 260
> > > >
> > > > Total CPU time
> > > > 5884 hr 18 min
> > > >
> > > > Average CPU time per work unit
> > > > 22 hr 37 min 54.9 sec
> > > >
> > > > Your rank: (based on current work units received)
> > > >
> > > > Your rank out of 1701318 total users is: 55808th place.
> > > >
> > > > The total number of users who have this rank: 235
> > > >
> > > > You have completed more work units than 96.706% of our users.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Eric Tanks
> > > Computing Support
> > > James Madison University
> > >
> > > All things Zep.
> > --
> > "Not only are they liars who speak when they know better, but even
> > more those who speak when they know nothing". -- A quote from
Walter
> > Kaufmann's
> > translation of Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathrustra"
> >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Eric Tanks
> Computing Support
> James Madison University
>
> All things Zep.
>
>
--
EdWIN
Chad Irby <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
faster
> > than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
I believe the reason you "lost interest" was because the only way to
get any speed out of the client on your Mac was to do nothing else.
> But since you're so interested, here's some numbers from their Web
page:
>
> 1) Pentium/Windows 46858892 141836.99 years 26 hr 30 min 56.2 sec
> 2) Macintosh 6418075 13792.90 years 18 hr 49 min 33.1 sec
>
> The average Mac runs a block about four hours faster than your
wonderful little
> Windows box... and about eight hours faster than the typical Windows
machine.
Then why are there NO Mac users who can match my results? You've got
faster cars than mine, but they only travel between your garage and the
end of your driveway, while mine takes me around the world and beyond.
As with the RC5 challenge, Mac users make boasts while PC users do the
work. As the RC5 encryption was cracked by the PC, so now shall any
success in the seti@home project belong to PC owners.
>
> --
>
> Chad Irby \ My greatest fear: that future generations will,
> ci...@cfl.rr.com \ for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."
>
--
EdWIN
Alan Baker <Alan_...@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> In article <newscache$3ipqpf$gva@home>, "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
> >"Chad Irby" <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> >news:cirby-F6CA17....@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
> >>
> >> > I just got to this news group yesterday so I don't know anyone,
but i
> >> > have a question. Why the hell did you post this?!
> >> >
> >> > Edwin wrote:
> >> >
> >> > (His current SETI@Home stats)
> >>
> >> Edwin posts this from time to time to remind us that he only uses
his
> >computers
> >> for two things: posting inaccurate things about the Mac, and
searching
> >> for
> >> extraterrestrial life in the hope that he can find someone to
believe
> >> his
> >> inaccurate posts about the Mac.
> >
faster
> >than PCs? Where's your seti results?
>
problem
> with the setup of the PC in question. <G>
Then where are your results? Why haven't you done more work than me?
> --
> Alan Baker
> Vancouver, British Columbia
> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
wall to that
> wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit
in the
> bottom of that cupboard."
>
--
Chad Irby
> Chad Irby <ci...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >The average Mac runs a block about four hours faster than your wonderful
> >little
> >Windows box... and about eight hours faster than the typical Windows
> >machine.
>
> Chad, check your math. You meant to say about 8 hours faster.
No, I meant to say four - Edwin's been running blocks in about 22 hours,
somewhat faster than the average Windows user.
Here's a general comparison:
Average Windows user: ~26 hours
Edwin: ~22 hours
Average Mac user: ~18 hours
Boy, those Windows machines are sure slow...
Chad Irby
> Methinks there are far more pressing concerns that our government could be
> spending money on.
It's not a government-sponsored project.