name the project

[NeoGen]

Find a good new name for Message@Home and you can win 1,000 free credits! :)
Check this out!
http://message.boincstats.com/orig/forum_thread.php?id=97

[gamer007]

I put in DistributedFactoring@Home (DF@Home). Maybe it'll get picked. ^_^

[NeoGen]

The winner was "PrimeGrid".
We didn't win anything gamer :-(

But it was funny that Cori, one of the forum mods, even made a quick artwork based on my idea, PerlBoinc@Home. :)

[NeoGen]

The change is complete. My boinc already shows the project as PrimeGrid.

But I noticed that it connects to the "message.boincstats.com", so I guess sooner or later we'll need to detach and reattach with the new site. I believe the old dns name won't last online forever, right?

Anyhow, everything is going smoothly again, and I'm feeling kinda lonely there on top... :P
Doesn't anyone wanna join me?? :lol:

[AMDave]

still waiting for my email

[gamer007]

Schedular still says Message for you? Mine looks like an IP address now.


09/02/05 11:04:53|PrimeGrid|Sending scheduler request to http://81.7.65.94/boinc/cgi/
09/02/05 11:04:53|PrimeGrid|Reason: Requested by user
09/02/05 11:04:53|PrimeGrid|Requesting 0 seconds of work, returning 1 results
09/02/05 11:04:56|PrimeGrid|Scheduler request to http://81.7.65.94/boinc/cgi/ succeeded
09/02/05 11:04:57|PrimeGrid|Message from server: Maximum work quantity to send: 0.000000 seconds.

[NeoGen]

Yea, I still have "message" there...



9/2/2005 10:24:47 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: project op
9/2/2005 10:24:48 PM|PrimeGrid|Sending scheduler request to http://message.boincstats.com/cgi/
9/2/2005 10:24:48 PM|PrimeGrid|Reason: Requested by user
9/2/2005 10:24:48 PM|PrimeGrid|Requesting 0 seconds of work, returning 1 results
9/2/2005 10:24:55 PM|PrimeGrid|Scheduler request to http://message.boincstats.com/cgi/ succeeded
9/2/2005 10:24:55 PM|PrimeGrid|Message from server: Maximum work quantity to send: 0.000000 seconds.

[NeoGen]

I was right....


2005-09-03 10:15 GMT Recommendations
I would recommend reattaching to the new URL (once you are out of work) for a few reasons:

The redirection from the old to the new server sometimes causes problems
The old domain name will not stay forever
The old domain name is pointing to the old server, so if it is offline you will not be able to fetch master file and/or contact scheduler on the new server unless attached to the new url.
The new URL for reattaching is http://www.primegrid.com/

I've already set to not get more work on mine. After these last 3 wu's that I have, I'll reattach :)