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Crazy and amazing... congrats anyway!
Really wondering how you got some of those rare apps I see on your account (and even unknown projects) but I guess when you have such a bunch of comps of all kind that's somehow no wonder.
Congrats to Z67!!
I don't know if Z67 uses the same strategy I do but basically I closely monitor the new / intermittent apps thread and jump on it asap. I'm held back by lack of resource so oftentimes I struggle to make 100 hrs because the new, experimental apps have limited runs or don't run on enough OSs. For example, I'm currently <100 on 7 active apps and there's at least 3 "active" apps for which I haven't snaffled a single task.
But since I gave up on credits and concentrated just on hours, I've added 56 apps with those 10 on my to do list. I've run a few apps that fail completely. For example, I've just clocked over 250 Hrs on Beauty even though 150 hours is made up of errors that each took about 10 mins. I almost got 100 Hrs on WMinDG entirely on failed tasks until my wife brought home a Win 10 laptop.
I think this could work for anyone but the hardest part is being able to scale up rapidly to take advantage and that's where Z67 has us all beat, and fair play too, no complaints at all.
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A further update with how some people are progressing.
A number of new applications appeared over the last month, helping people build their application numbers as well as building up application hours.
Bok's "Free-DC" web site shows your hours and how you rank against others (you must allow for this export in you account preferences, there is no security problems as no one can access your account).
Since last month
We have 2 new members to the list of 180 + applications, they are [SG]MichaelR. and Egon Olsen
zombie67[MM] has reached 20 stars, that's 400 applications over 100 hours each.
Steve Hawker* has gained his 14th star
Cruncher Pete has reached his 13th star
DoctorNow, Dirk Broer and KPX all have their 12th stars
Ralfy has achieved his 11th star
id | nick | app count
797 | zombie67 [MM] | 333 >> 354 >> 369 >> 380 >> 387 >> 393 >> 396 >> 400
2482 | LCB001 | 261 >> 274 >> 289 >> 294 >> 298 >> 308 >> 312 >> 318
84 | Bok | 220 >> 241 >> 258 >> 271 >> 274 >> 282 >> 284 >> 289
6346 | Steve Hawker* | 224 >> 224 >> 241 >> 254 >> 263 >> 272 >> 275 >> 281
1169 | Coleslaw | 240 >> 244 >> 249 >> 255 >> 261 >> 264 >> 264 >> 268
562 | Cruncher Pete | 217 >> 218 >> 236 >> 249 >> 256 >> 259 >> 259 >> 262
795 | Mumps [MM] | 203 >> 217 >> 231 >> 236 >> 243 >> 249 >> 252 >> 253
68 | vaughan | 222 >> 226 >> 230 >> 233 >> 238 >> 248 >> 251 >> 253
1071 | reklov | 195 >> 212 >> 223 >> 237 >> 242 >> 244 >> 248
4492 | cpuid | 195 >> 210 >> 225 >> 228 >> 231 >> 239 >> 242 >> 247
1039 | DoctorNow | 188 >> 203 >> 210 >> 218 >> 224 >> 237 >> 243
2826 | Dirk Broer | 206 >> 216 >> 223 >> 227 >> 229 >> 235 >> 239 >> 242
987 | KPX | 187 >> 198 >> 202 >> 214 >> 226 >> 234 >> 241
747 | Jeff17 | 205 >> 214 >> 225 >> 226 >> 229 >> 231 >> 234 >> 236
509 | Conan | 196 >> 206 >> 216 >> 222 >> 224 >> 226 >> 227 >> 235
6274 | alez [ TSBT's Pirate ] | 201 >> 207 >> 207 >> 218 >> 220 >> 228 >> 229 >> 231
4135 | Jerzy_Przytocki | 197 >> 201 >> 203 >> 204 >> 204 >> 205 >> 220 >> 223
1105 | arkiss | 197 >> 200 >> 211 >> 213 >> 214 >> 219 >> 221 >> 222
1047 | Ralfy | 201 >> 206 >> 210 >> 212 >> 213 >> 214 >> 216 >> 220
1004 | [SG]ATA-Rolf | 192 >> 196 >> 198 >> 203 >> 212 >> 215 >> 215
276 | KAMCOBILL | 191 >> 199 >> 205 >> 208 >> 210 >> 213 >> 214
1882 | B Johansson | 194 >> 203 >> 203 >> 208 >> 209 >> 212 >> 213 >> 213
6136 | Bazooka_cz | 192 >> 194 >> 202 >> 205 >> 209 >> 211
3134 | fthibaud0001 | 183 >> 183 >> 189 >> 199 >> 207 >> 209
2325 | fzs600 | 189 >> 192 >> 197 >> 200 >> 202 >> 204 >> 205 >> 207
977 | nenym | 185 >> 193 >> 197 >> 197 >> 199 >> 200 >> 201
1500 | Sabroe_SMC | 183 >> 185 >> 187 >> 191 >> 193 >> 195 >> 199
6971 | JagDoc | 186 >> 190 >> 191 >> 197 >> 197 >> 198 >> 198
2479 | skgiven | 182 >> 185 >> 193 >> 193 >> 193 >> 194 >> 195
6100 | Roadranner | 182 >> 183 >> 187 >> 190 >> 192 >> 194
2101 | Pete Broad | 183 >> 185 >> 192
2977 | joe carnivore | 180 >> 185 >> 191
846 | [SG]MichaelR. | 190
801 | Maxwell[MM] | 184 >> 187 >> 188 >> 188 >> 189 >> 189 >> 189
989 | Senilix | 185 >> 186 >> 187 >> 188 >> 189
2536 | james ying | 180 >> 182 >> 184 >> 185
995 | Sir Stooper | 184 >> 184 >> 184
1407 | ruidocarmo | 181 >> 183 >> 183
2561 | shiva | 181 >> 182 >> 183
6532 | Egon Olsen | 183
1345 | Extra Ball | 181 >> 181 >> 182
Onward and upwards, lets continue the fun. It often takes a bit of searching to get new applications that suit your needs, so sometimes you add no applications in the month and other times you add a number of applications, so patience becomes a virtue.
I continue trying to build hours in a number of applications, some new and some I have been working on for a while, I gained quite a few this month.
Conan
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Three new upgrades for me in the last two weeks:
6th star ruby, 8th star gold and 10th star turned silver.
Probably going to get a second emerald star while hunting for new apps but at the moment not really a new goal.
I almost got 100 Hrs on WMinDG entirely on failed tasks until my wife brought home a Win 10 laptop.
I have such a problem on Briseur. Windows 7 and Vista don't work for me, and it even doesn't run on my Virtual-Box Linux... :-(
I don't know if I really should try to get 100 hours only by failures, it probably would be not only a PITA for me but also for the project admins. Besides the daily quota normally goes down to 1 when there are too much errors and then I would be stuck anyway.
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I almost got 100 Hrs on WMinDG entirely on failed tasks until my wife brought home a Win 10 laptop.
I have such a problem on Briseur. Windows 7 and Vista don't work for me, and it even doesn't run on my Virtual-Box Linux... :-(
I don't know if I really should try to get 100 hours only by failures, it probably would be not only a PITA for me but also for the project admins. Besides the daily quota normally goes down to 1 when there are too much errors and then I would be stuck anyway.
I hear you but I didn't really notice any pain. Disappointment, yes. The admins who are going to be any good would be on top of things and either prevent further crappy WUs going out or fix the app. The admins who aren't on top won't notice or care.
I think you're free to take advantage while you can. BMG just disappeared completely without any warning from the admin, after a bunch of righteous complaints. Hopefully we all got something out of it.
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Star 7 has turned Ruby Red
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Two more yet to get my first Magenta 10,000 hour Star
One more to get Star 9 to go Gold
Still chasing my goals, but they take awhile to get.
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Joined: 30 Mar 10
Posts: 220
Credit: 8,892,463
RAC: 3,877
Total hours: 30,833,753
Still chasing my goals, but they take awhile to get.
The goals that are hard to achieve are the best goals. =;^)
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Today I reached my magenta star 
- thanks to nine non cpu-intensive applications it was possible.
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19'th Star here ... :)
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Star 9 has turned Golden Yellow
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Still two more yet to get my first Magenta 10,000 hour Star, I still have a ways to go.
Yes zombie, you are right, getting to a goal feels good and propels you to the next one.
Congratulations to reklov on getting a Magenta star and to STEVE on getting his 19th star.
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Sorry is this is noob question, I'm still trying to figure out how the badges in WUprop works, I have only one silve star. What takes to get you a second star? How your hours are counted to get you a star?
In my reported data I ahve several proyects with different colors stars but that don't show in the badge, that got my confused.
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This is your situation:
http://wuprop.boinc-af.org/graph_hour.py?userid=8225
When you get 40 application stars, then you get a second badge star. Each badge star represents 20 application stars. OK? Specifically you now need 15 additional applications with at least 100 hours.
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I see thanks for the clarification! :)
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How are you progressing?
More new applications appeared over the last month, helping people build their application numbers as well as building up application hours.
Bok's "Free-DC" web site shows your hours and how you rank against others (you must allow for this export in you account preferences, there is no security problems as no one can access your account).
Just allow the export and as you pass 180 applications I can add you to the list.
Since last month
Unfortunately we have lost Mumps [MM] as he has blocked the show hours function in his account.
We have 3 new members to the list of 180 + applications, they are stasieks, gaballus and Yago AB
LCB001 has reached his 16th star
Sabroe_SMC has gained his 10th and 11th star
[SG]MichaelR. has reached his 10th star
stasieks, gaballus and Yago AB all have their 9th stars
id | nick | app count
797 | zombie67 [MM] | 333 >> 354 >> 369 >> 380 >> 387 >> 393 >> 396 >> 400 >> 409
2482 | LCB001 | 261 >> 274 >> 289 >> 294 >> 298 >> 308 >> 312 >> 318 >> 323
84 | Bok | 220 >> 241 >> 258 >> 271 >> 274 >> 282 >> 284 >> 289 >> 298
6346 | Steve Hawker* | 224 >> 224 >> 241 >> 254 >> 263 >> 272 >> 275 >> 281 >> 291
1169 | Coleslaw | 240 >> 244 >> 249 >> 255 >> 261 >> 264 >> 264 >> 268 >> 274
562 | Cruncher Pete / The Seeker | 217 >> 218 >> 236 >> 249 >> 256 >> 259 >> 259 >> 262 >> 265
68 | vaughan | 222 >> 226 >> 230 >> 233 >> 238 >> 248 >> 251 >> 253 >> 257
4492 | cpuid | 195 >> 210 >> 225 >> 228 >> 231 >> 239 >> 242 >> 247 >> 253
1071 | reklov | 195 >> 212 >> 223 >> 237 >> 242 >> 244 >> 248 >> 250
987 | KPX | 187 >> 198 >> 202 >> 214 >> 226 >> 234 >> 241 >> 248
1039 | DoctorNow | 188 >> 203 >> 210 >> 218 >> 224 >> 237 >> 243 >> 247
2826 | Dirk Broer | 206 >> 216 >> 223 >> 227 >> 229 >> 235 >> 239 >> 242 >> 244
747 | Jeff17 | 205 >> 214 >> 225 >> 226 >> 229 >> 231 >> 234 >> 236 >> 236
509 | Conan | 196 >> 206 >> 216 >> 222 >> 224 >> 226 >> 227 >> 235 >> 236
6274 | alez [ TSBT's Pirate ] | 201 >> 207 >> 207 >> 218 >> 220 >> 228 >> 229 >> 231 >> 234
1105 | arkiss | 197 >> 200 >> 211 >> 213 >> 214 >> 219 >> 221 >> 222 >> 229
4135 | Jerzy_Przytocki | 197 >> 201 >> 203 >> 204 >> 204 >> 205 >> 220 >> 223 >> 224
1047 | Ralfy | 201 >> 206 >> 210 >> 212 >> 213 >> 214 >> 216 >> 220 >> 224
1500 | Sabroe_SMC | 183 >> 185 >> 187 >> 191 >> 193 >> 195 >> 199 >> 221
276 | KAMCOBILL | 191 >> 199 >> 205 >> 208 >> 210 >> 213 >> 214 >> 218
6136 | Bazooka_cz | 192 >> 194 >> 202 >> 205 >> 209 >> 211 >> 217
1004 | [SG]ATA-Rolf | 192 >> 196 >> 198 >> 203 >> 212 >> 215 >> 215 >> 216
1882 | B Johansson | 194 >> 203 >> 203 >> 208 >> 209 >> 212 >> 213 >> 213 >> 215
3134 | fthibaud0001 | 183 >> 183 >> 189 >> 199 >> 207 >> 209 >> 214
2325 | fzs600 | 189 >> 192 >> 197 >> 200 >> 202 >> 204 >> 205 >> 207 >> 213
846 | [SG]MichaelR. | 190 >> 211
977 | nenym | 185 >> 193 >> 197 >> 197 >> 199 >> 200 >> 201 >> 202
6971 | JagDoc | 186 >> 190 >> 191 >> 197 >> 197 >> 198 >> 198 >> 199
2479 | skgiven | 182 >> 185 >> 193 >> 193 >> 193 >> 194 >> 195 >> 197
2977 | joe carnivore | 180 >> 185 >> 191 >> 196
6100 | Roadranner | 182 >> 183 >> 187 >> 190 >> 192 >> 194 >> 195
2101 | Pete Broad | 183 >> 185 >> 192 >> 195
989 | Senilix | 185 >> 186 >> 187 >> 188 >> 189 >> 193
801 | Maxwell[MM] | 184 >> 187 >> 188 >> 188 >> 189 >> 189 >> 189 >> 190
6532 | Egon Olsen | 183 >> 188
2536 | james ying | 180 >> 182 >> 184 >> 185 >> 186
3763 | stasieks | 186
995 | Sir Stooper | 184 >> 184 >> 184 >> 185
1407 | ruidocarmo | 181 >> 183 >> 183 >> 185
2561 | shiva | 181 >> 182 >> 183 >> 184
1345 | Extra Ball | 181 >> 181 >> 182 >> 183
4503 | gaballus | 181
5956 | Yago AB | 180
More Apps, More Apps, lets continue the fun. It often takes a bit of searching to get new applications that suit your needs, so sometimes you add no applications in the month and other times you add a number of applications, you just need patience.
I continue trying to build hours in a number of applications, some new and some I have been working on for a while, only 1 new app for me this month.
Conan
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How are you progressing?
Since last month
Unfortunately we have lost Mumps [MM] as he has blocked the show hours function in his account.
Conan
Sorry to have messed up your stats. I've got some things to do that are best done with little bit of a shroud of secrecy. I'll be re-enabling the export before the end of the month. :)
Hopefully I'll finally get to that 260 Apps level.
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How are you progressing?
Since last month
Unfortunately we have lost Mumps [MM] as he has blocked the show hours function in his account.
Conan
Sorry to have messed up your stats. I've got some things to do that are best done with little bit of a shroud of secrecy. I'll be re-enabling the export before the end of the month. :)
Hopefully I'll finally get to that 260 Apps level.
G'Day Mumps,
Not a problem at all, you do what you have to do, and I will be glad that you are coming back to the list.
Need a few more of the higher producers to stir the list up a bit, but they are keeping to themselves.
I will be watching with interest.
Yes, 260 applications was fairly close for you and with quite a few more apps over the last few weeks should just be a time thing before you get there.
Conan
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How are you progressing?
Since last month
Unfortunately we have lost Mumps [MM] as he has blocked the show hours function in his account.
Conan
Sorry to have messed up your stats. I've got some things to do that are best done with little bit of a shroud of secrecy. I'll be re-enabling the export before the end of the month. :)
Hopefully I'll finally get to that 260 Apps level.
Congratulations Mumps, Today I see you have made that 260 App level.
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Got my 15th star overnight after finally getting some Einstein O1 allsky I work on one machine..
300apps with 100hrs.
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Got my 15th star overnight after finally getting some Einstein O1 allsky I work on one machine..
300apps with 100hrs.
That's a mighty effort there Bok, it is a lot of applications to have been chasing and actually getting that many over the 100 hour line is a challenge in and of itself.
Congratulations.
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Well done Bok!
10th star here,
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6 months since my last update. Was stuck on 199 apps for some time so I branched out from my fairly restricted diet to reach 100h for my 200th app.
An 11th star any time soon (this year or even next year) would require more branching out, but I’ll not go down that route just yet.
Will keep chipping away at higher stars concentrating for the immediate future on turning a green star blue, a yellow start red, and a grey star yellow...
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300apps with 100hrs.
Sweet.
My 2 star turned to Sapphire overnight. I might be near 400 apps before the third one gets close...
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