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And died again

UBT - wbiz wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 4:05 pm

UBT - Timbo wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2026 2:13 am Hi all

The admins for the chosen Sprint project have now confirmed that they will have tasks available for this weekends event, starting on 1st October at 15:00 UTC.

regards
Tim

Gerasim has been down for ages?

And from the ashes it has risen again

UBT - Timbo wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2026 2:13 am Hi all

The admins for the chosen Sprint project have now confirmed that they will have tasks available for this weekends event, starting on 1st October at 15:00 UTC.

regards
Tim

Gerasim has been down for ages?

after 2 sprints (P15 and P17) I don't see myself scoring any sprint points for the rest of the season

If you had been in league 2 all season you would have scored 162 sprint points placing you 2nd in the sprints

If you had been in league 1 all season you would have scored 17 sprint points ...

Hi Tim

I'm not bothered what league I am in, but using my results as an example and your criteria, I don't see how I was demoted.

Up to the current sprint I had around 48 sprint points, and taken part in nearly every sprint.

Hiya

Yes, it's a tricky thing to try and categorise the individual ...

Hi Tim

I'm not bothered what league I am in, but using my results as an example and your criteria, I don't see how I was demoted.

Up to the current sprint I had around 48 sprint points, and taken part in nearly every sprint.

This would put me in position 8 in the updated league 2 sprint which is ...

Well, err, yes! I now realise that I have been hypocritical because I say that we should encompass everybody's different interests in running boinc and at the same time I was disparaging "credit whores", after all FB is a competition about gaining maximum points. I'll wind my neck in on leased ...

I've never used the cloud but with hardware prices going through the roof, buying new hardware is getting hard to justify


Hiya

I think that the "cost difference" between buying new (to you) hardware compared to renting server time on the cloud is very close.

This is because new hardware, if ...

Part of the game is catching the rare points. There are many ways of supporting Boinc and we should encompass as many user traits as possible.

There are numerous items that some would call unfair eg

GPU only tasks
CPU only tasks
Long tasks
Low credit tasks
High credit tasks
Low cache tasks
High ...

About 90% of the cars are still in the box, waiting for fuel to have a chance to take part.
Wouldn't this be a reason to cancel the sprint?

The only work I can contribute are the WUs from 1-3 weeks ago that are still in pending.

If the project is not willing to be part of the sprint or even ...