AMD Users newsletter - July 2005
I got it on the mail, and was thinking it would be posted here soon, as the previous ones have always been. But since no one has done it yet, I'll take the iniciative :)
Just a comment... I had certain parts in dark blue writing on black background. The birthday letter is most noticeable as it's almost illegible on the email. Hope next month that can be corrected. :P
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Welcome to the fourth issue of the AMD Users Forum Newsletter. You are receiving this publication because you are a subscribed member of the AMD Users Forum (www.amdusers.com).
CONTENTS:
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- THE FORUM
- TEAM NOTES
- DASHBOARD SNAPSHOT
- PROJECT SUMMARY
- THANKS
THE FORUM:
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Happy Birthday AMD Users Forum !
Dear Jeff,
On behalf of all of the AMD Users team I wish to congratulate you on your achievement. The AMD Users' team web site at www.amdusers.com is now 2 years old. You have seen your way thru the pandemonium caused by malicious hackers and managed to restore order from chaos. The site has not stagnated and neither has the team. We have a keen core of loyal team mates and as a small team in the Distributed Computing community we have made a difference.
There have been several milestones which are important to highlight.
Our stats have been enhanced by our resident guru - ototero.
Our newsletter has blossomed under the editorial charm of AMDave.
Our strategic planning has been engineered skillfully by NeoGen.
Our tactics have been focussed by empty_5oul.
Our joie de vivre has been lifted by Beerknurd.
Our computing power has been enhanced by the continuing contributions from our "heavy hitters" such as Chaz, BWhite, KeithW and DMMc. {Apologies if I left anyone out}.
There are many other contributors to the team's efforts, too many to mention here, but they all deserve a "thank you" too.
Lagu continues to welcome new members to the Forum here at amdusers.com with a friendly introduction. As he says in his greetings "Welcome to AMD Users. Very Happy We hope you will write a message to us when you feel for it. You can say barely Hallo or perhaps can you tell us about your project or your computer. Good luck in the various DC projects you run. Please, be not afraid to show your "face". Many is here and we vill learn to know you!
I am optimistic! Very Happy "
In my opinion that's a warm welcome and a good effort for a Swedish deaf man who has only learnt English over the Internet and by participating in Forums such as ours.
I will close now by extending my handshake of friendship across the globe to Jeff in Tennessee, USA from your co-site admin in Sydney, Australia. Together we show that AMD Users' achievements can span the World.
Cheers,
Vaughan
The Forum took another 18 membership registrations in June. To all the new members that have joined recently, welcome to the AMD Users Team. Your contribution to the forums and to the projects is most appreciated.
Howdy to the following new Team & Forum members.
SpikeAr - Einstein@Home, Seti(Boinc)
AAdjuster - Einstein@Home, Ubero
bigmike - Dimes, Predictor@Home
BlackAdder - D2OL, Ubero
wannabe - Seti(Boinc)
Great to have you with us.
We would also like to welcome; Erebus (from Team Picard), Mambo, Klopo, Some Guy, foram, amdlovers, Sig, royalgame_uk, johnnseven, opyate, linkinparkim14, newputerguy and Biesterbosch to the forum.
The forum now has 350 membership registrations at the time of writing. It is great to see 4 more members contributed posts recently.
Last month there were 76,258 hits, over 2,500 per day. Again, the forum served up more than 2,061 page views per day.
If you would like to help support the AMD Users forum you can pick up some memorabilia at http://www.cafeshops.com/amdusers
TEAM NOTES:
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There were a number of noteable events in March. Here are some Team milestones:
Burp had the largest monthly growth ever, 500+ credits. That alone is more than we had last month.
Dimes (also) had its largest monthly growth ever recorded, 3,000,000+ links.
eOn - We crossed the 500,000 points milestone (again)
Find-a-Drug - We crossed 150,000,000 points
Grid.org - We crossed 1,000,000 points
LHC@Home - We crossed 200,000 points
Seti(Boinc) - We crossed 500,000 points
WhatPulse - We crossed the 50,000,000 points
and there were plenty of individual milestones:
Vaughan crossed 1,000,000 links on Dimes
Vaughan crossed 150T cEM's on 17-or-Bust
Lagu crossed 20,000 points on D2OL
DMMc crossed 900,000 points on OGR25
bwhite crossed 60,000 points on RC5-72
Ototero crossed 20,000 points on Folding@Home
Cdog! crossed 5,000,000 points on Find-a-Drug
Vaughan crossed 2,000,000 points on Find-a-Drug
Doomeva crossed 3,000,000 keys on TKC
SPJeff69 crossed 1,000,000 keys on TKC
trickydick crossed 50,000 points on Ubero
ohad crossed 50,000 points on Ubero
melissad crossed 200,000 points on World Community Grid
kroper34 crossed 250,000 points on World Community Grid
rmcoon crossed 250,000 points on World Community Grid
RicRandom crossed 150,000 points on World Community Grid
just to mention a few.
In OGame we had another active month with 5 members now reaching the individual stats pages (only shows top 1500 players). We finalised a couple of things and now have alliances with: LARC, ITF and DPRGI who originally got us involved in Ogame. We are all becomming more established and good things should come.
DASHBOARD SNAPSHOT:
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Here's the dashboard snapshot:
29 projects
11 rank improved
09 rank slipped
09 rank maintained
PROJECT SUMMARY:
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17 or Bust - Rank 11 - improved by 1
In 17 or Bust we started the month at 829.7 and finished at 893.6.
The change of 63.9 was lower than the 6 month average of 86.1 by -22.3 points.
A good month, though less productive than shown in the average we managed to gain a rank and yet again overtake the ninjas. Vaughan and chaz are still hitting high scores but chaz is leading the way now with a well defended rank 1 position.
BeWeS - Rank 155
In Bewes we started the month at 0.0 and finished at 241,383.5.
The change of 241,383.5 was higher than the 6 month average of 40,230.6 by 201,152.9 points.
BeWeS was added to the dashboard this month.
Burp - Rank 16 - slipped by 2
In Burp we started the month at 398.6 and finished at 923.8.
The change of 525.2 was higher than the 6 month average of 154.0 by 371.2 points.
The availability of BURP work units has been sporadic. Whilst we made some progress here a couple of teams took the opportunity to pass.
ChessBrain - Rank 3 - maintained rank
In ChessBrain we started the month at 8,105.4 and finished at 8,105.4.
The change of 0.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 723.6 by -723.6 points.
Due to the long outage of the Chessbrain project, waiting for the new SuperNode software to be completed, Chessbrain has been moved into the inactive section.
Climate Prediction - Rank 52 - maintained rank
In Climate Prediction we started the month at 1,024,210.5 and finished at 1,103,869.9.
The change of 79,659.4 was lower than the 6 month average of 106,190.4 by -26,531.1 points.
The CP Team are doing a great job.
D2OL - Rank 17 - maintained rank
In D2OL we started the month at 657,714.0 and finished at 712,947.0.
The change of 55,233.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 23,287.5 by 31,945.5 points.
The pressure came on here and a rally (thanks Lagu) saw a much better production and prevented the loss of a rank in D2OL last month.
DHEP - Rank 5 - maintained rank
In DHEP we started the month at 20,627.2 and finished at 20,754.1.
The change of 126.9 was lower than the 6 month average of 934.9 by -807.9 points.
The DHEP server has been down for a while but the forum posts show that the problems are still being resolved. With Bok and Miguel on the case, we hope that it will not be far off.
Dimes - Rank 6 - slipped by 3
In Dimes we started the month at 4,141,320.0 and finished at 7,303,386.0.
The change of 3,162,066.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 1,217,231.0 by 1,944,835.0 points.
Dimes is a hotbed of activity at the moment and there is some fierce competition going on. The team has grown and so has the output, but we lost a few places by the end of the month to some larger teams.
Dnet OGR - Rank 307 - improved by 14
In Dnet OGR we started the month at 3,262,708.0 and finished at 3,439,553.0.
The change of 176,845.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 405,309.3 by -228,464.3 points.
Dnet RC5-72 - Rank 684 - improved by 10
In Dnet RC5-72 we started the month at 202,670.0 and finished at 215,210.0.
The change of 12,540.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 26,521.8 by -13,981.8 points.
The pace might have slowed after the Spring Contest but we are still gaining places in the distributed.net projects.
DPAD - Rank 18 - improved by 1
In DPAD we started the month at 6,489.0 and finished at 9,671.0.
The change of 3,182.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 844.2 by 2,337.8 points.
A nice surprise for the end of the month, we took a place in DPAD.
Einstein@Home - Rank 12 - slipped by 1
In Einstein@Home we started the month at 1,488,526.0 and finished at 1,837,388.0.
The change of 348,862.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 296,431.3 by 52,430.7 points.
The Einstein behemoth charges onwards. The team membership continues to grow and the output increased yet again last month. In spite of this we dropped 1 place. Thanks to SpikAr and Team Aqua for stopping into the forum and
EON - Rank 6 - improved by 1
In EON we started the month at 451,479.0 and finished at 622,359.0.
The change of 170,880.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 98,866.3 by 72,013.7 points.
A special mention to Graeme, Omer and Andreas who have continued to diagnose and improve the eOn platform. During the month eOn changed to studying the growth of a new molecular structure presenting a beefier challenge for the clients. A rank improvement here was icing on the cake.
Evolution@Home - Rank 9 - slipped by 1
In Evolution@Home we started the month at 15,790.0 and finished at 15,850.0.
The change of 60.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 2,641.7 by -2,581.7 points.
Evolution caught up with a stats update. The manual intervention in this project continues to hamper progress. We wish them all the best with the automation of their client and hope that it arrives soon.
Folding@Home - Rank 395 - improved by 5
In Folding@Home we started the month at 462,618.0 and finished at 507,806.0.
The change of 45,188.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 45,673.7 by -485.7 points.
There were frequent rank changes in FaH during the month, but it seems that we finally outran the immediate competition passing 5 teams in quick succession. Great work.
Find-a-Drug - Rank 40 - slipped by 1
In Find-a-Drug we started the month at 141,289,952.0 and finished at 150,039,208.0.
The change of 8,749,256.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 10,707,213.3 by -1,957,957.3 points.
Grid Org - Rank 3567 - improved by 169
In Grid Org we started the month at 988,779.0 and finished at 1,056,835.0.
The change of 68,056.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 45,850.0 by 22,206.0 points.
Grub - Rank 12 - improved by 1
In Grub we started the month at 124,597,915.0 and finished at 140,619,915.0.
The change of 16,022,000.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 17,511,831.2 by -1,489,831.2 points.
LHC@Home - Rank 15 - improved by 3
In LHC@Home we started the month at 193,388.0 and finished at 215,406.0.
The change of 22,018.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 17,455.5 by 4,562.5 points.
DMMc and the Team went head to head with some heavy hitters. Congratulations on the new rank Team. An excellent win.
MoneyBee - Rank 213 - slipped by 213
In MoneyBee we started the month at 0.0 and finished at 869.0.
The change of 869.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 144.8 by 724.2 points.
MoneyBee was added to the dashboard this month.
Predictor - Rank 47 - slipped by 3
In Predictor we started the month at 172,312.8 and finished at 191,841.4.
The change of 19,528.6 was lower than the 6 month average of 27,213.6 by -7,684.9 points.
The Predictor output slowed during the month and we saw the loss of some places. This has caught the attention of a number of members who are rallying a response. Get stuck into it. We know you can do it.
Seti (BOINC) - Rank 247 - improved by 45
In Seti (BOINC) we started the month at 490,493.0 and finished at 633,814.0.
The change of 143,321.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 84,927.5 by 58,393.5 points.
The Seti (BOINC) team continues to increase in size and output. A huge effort this month saw another significant rank increase. Outstanding !
Seti (Classic) - Rank 2471 - maintained rank
In Seti (Classic) we started the month at 52,392.0 and finished at 52,392.0.
The change of 0.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 1,468.3 by -1,468.3 points.
With the SETI@Work stats server down for so long during upgrade, no team-relative result was available for the last month. The great news is that the upgrade is completed and it is back in service.
TKC - Rank 40 - slipped by 6
In TKC we started the month at 41,906,705.0 and finished at 39,052,419.0.
The change of -2,854,286.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 4,930,174.5 by -7,784,460.5 points.
TSC - Rank 25 - maintained rank
In TSC we started the month at 337,003.0 and finished at 369,903.0.
The change of 32,900.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 14,142.7 by 18,757.3 points.
The competition in TSC is still on. It took an increased amount of work to maintain the rank last month but the team succeeded. Well done.
Ubero - Rank 3 - maintained rank
In Ubero we started the month at 2,381,936.0 and finished at 2,485,470.0.
The change of 103,534.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 51,219.5 by 52,314.5 points.
World Community Grid - Rank 24 - slipped by 2
In World Community Grid we started the month at 7,537,889.0 and finished at 8,495,287.0.
The change of 957,398.0 was lower than the 6 month average of 1,178,111.2 by -220,713.2 points.
WCG has gained some Corporate Industry support so it was no surprise to see a couple of places lost. The Team has done well again this month with only a slight variation in the points grab.
WhatPulse - Rank 194 - improved by 48
In WhatPulse we started the month at 43,920,525.0 and finished at 58,227,072.0.
The change of 14,306,547.0 was higher than the 6 month average of 8,975,338.3 by 5,331,208.7 points.
After the Spring Contest we saw new members in the WP team and as a result the output actually increased.
Zeta - Rank 32 - slipped by 1
In Zeta we started the month at 2,104.1 and finished at 2,142.2.
The change of 38.1 was higher than the 6 month average of 26.5 by 11.6 points.
Zeta lost contact at the very end of the month, but the server was restored within a few days and it seems from the forum that the project is not quite done.
THANKS:
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That concludes this month's newsletter. Thanks to the contributing members for their help in putting this newsletter together.
Thanks to our admins, moderators, team founders, statsmen, affiliates and of course all of you, our members, who make this all possible.
Thanks to you all for another terrific month!
Copyright 2005 - AMD Users Forum (www.amdusers.com).
