OT - The official TeAm "good news" thread 2.0

[networkman]

Okay, some good news... just for GeoffS.

GRRO is currently on target not only to achieve 1,000,000 in the E@H project in the first half of this year, but we're currently on target to do it 1 full month earlier than expected! :shocked: And, we still have a couple rigs yet to bring online.

 

[silverpig]

*MIGHT* be giong from an A64 3200+ @ 2.65 GHz to an Opteron 165 @ hopefully 2.7 GHz x 2... We'll see though.

 

[RaySun2Be]

Well, it's Friday, and Payday, and crunchers are up and running, my SOB crunchers are putting out 2M cEMs/sec. more than they were.

Daughter's BF gave her a Jeep Cherokee, (older, needs some work). Just have to figure out how to get it from Louiville, KY to Columbus, Oh.

 

[GeoffS]

Originally posted by: networkman
Okay, some good news... just for GeoffS.

GRRO is currently on target not only to achieve 1,000,000 in the E@H project in the first half of this year, but we're currently on target to do it 1 full month earlier than expected! :shocked: And, we still have a couple rigs yet to bring online.

I knew there had to be *something* to report! lol...

 

[Wolfsraider]

Coquito

First stage complete

We are doing the credit apps today

I lookled at the inside yesterday, you could put 3/4 of my apartment in the 1 1/2 garage lol

3 big bedrooms a huge living room a roomy dining/kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and a place for the 52 inch tv in the bonus room outside the master bed room. all the closets are double sized, all windows are double pane double hung. gas heat, gas hot water heater...

And it has 4 free breakers on top and 6 down below. only lights and plugins on the breakers and 220 for the dryer and kitchen stove each on seperate breakers WOOT.

No more power issues.

As a side note, I was talking to the owner and he is fixing to upgrade his computers (cabinet shop business) He runs a mainframe and 8 workstations. They all have win xp home on them, He wants to put win xp pro on them and network them together, he wants to implement a data back up system (tape drive) as well as make copies to dvd of each workstation and the mainframe, He also wants the mainframe be the domain hosted server. (not a good idea though) and beef up security.

I may have a short term job with the poitential for a full time position WOOT!

 

[RaySun2Be]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
Coquito

First stage complete

We are doing the credit apps today

I lookled at the inside yesterday, you could put 3/4 of my apartment in the 1 1/2 garage lol

3 big bedrooms a huge living room a roomy dining/kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and a place for the 52 inch tv in the bonus room outside the master bed room. all the closets are double sized, all windows are double pane double hung. gas heat, gas hot water heater...

And it has 4 free breakers on top and 6 down below. only lights and plugins on the breakers and 220 for the dryer and kitchen stove each on seperate breakers WOOT.

No more power issues.

As a side note, I was talking to the owner and he is fixing to upgrade his computers (cabinet shop business) He runs a mainframe and 8 workstations. They all have win xp home on them, He wants to put win xp pro on them and network them together, he wants to implement a data back up system (tape drive) as well as make copies to dvd of each workstation and the mainframe, He also wants the mainframe be the domain hosted server. (not a good idea though) and beef up security.

I may have a short term job with the poitential for a full time position WOOT!

That is good news! Best of luck with the home purchase!

Have you mapped out where the crack racks are going yet?

best of luck with the job thing too!

:thumbsup:

 

[Wolfsraider]

LOL its just renting this time around although we may lease to own.

In the garage I have a sweet spot picked out already and its at least 20 degrees cooler than the house without heat lol

I warned him, I could do most of the stuff but he would still need a qualified IT to do the security and to double check my work. He seemed very pleased with that.

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
LOL its just renting this time around although we may lease to own.

In the garage I have a sweet spot picked out already and its at least 20 degrees cooler than the house without heat lol

I warned him, I could do most of the stuff but he would still need a qualified IT to do the security and to double check my work. He seemed very pleased with that.

I'll start packing.

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: Coquito

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
LOL its just renting this time around although we may lease to own.

In the garage I have a sweet spot picked out already and its at least 20 degrees cooler than the house without heat lol

I warned him, I could do most of the stuff but he would still need a qualified IT to do the security and to double check my work. He seemed very pleased with that.

I'll start packing.

I'll make the bed for ya and leave the porch light on

 

[networkman]

If all goes as planned I'll be adding a pair of Dual MP1800 rigs next weekend!

Now if I could just find another dual AMD board, I could put another pair of MPs to work..

 

[amdxborg]

lol Great to hear all the good news.. aspecially Mike! Hope all goes great with the new home!

Well the only good news here is that I'm still breathing and it's damn friday allready! 9pm.. time to crack open a few cold ones and find a reason not to get up early tomorrow morning! Man it's only the 3rd and my pay is allready something of the past.. damn bills!!! Howam I evar gonna buy myself a new AMD x2 cruncher???

So I've been going to the gym for the past 2 months and I must say all the sweat.. and there's been a lot of it.. is paying off!

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: networkman
If all goes as planned I'll be adding a pair of Dual MP1800 rigs next weekend!

Now if I could just find another dual AMD board, I could put another pair of MPs to work..

I've noticed you buying up all the mp stuff. Nothing lasts more then a few days in fs/t. On ebay mp combos are sprouting up for more then they should be going for. What's going on?

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: amdxborg
lol Great to hear all the good news.. aspecially Mike! Hope all goes great with the new home!

Well the only good news here is that I'm still breathing and it's damn friday allready! 9pm.. time to crack open a few cold ones and find a reason not to get up early tomorrow morning! Man it's only the 3rd and my pay is allready something of the past.. damn bills!!! Howam I evar gonna buy myself a new AMD x2 cruncher???

So I've been going to the gym for the past 2 months and I must say all the sweat.. and there's been a lot of it.. is paying off!

Those better be light beers then.

 

[networkman]

eBay is.. well.. eBay. You know how that goes. A lot of people are modding their boards to support the higher procs. In fact, I've been reading that some of the newer Sempron will actually work in dual mode without any mods at all! A pair of Sempron 3000s sounds like a good deal to me.

Another thing that limited sales of the duals for a long time was ECC requirement of the DDR modules - the price being somewhat prohibitive. But now, that type of memory has become considerably cheaper, so it's more reasonable for folks wanting to get into SMP, who are familiar with older procs. Could also be that some folks have apps and/or OS's that don't recognize the dual-cores of the newer CPUs.

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: networkman
eBay is.. well.. eBay. You know how that goes. A lot of people are modding their boards to support the higher procs. In fact, I've been reading that some of the newer Sempron will actually work in dual mode without any mods at all! A pair of Sempron 3000s sounds like a good deal to me.

Another thing that limited sales of the duals for a long time was ECC requirement of the DDR modules - the price being somewhat prohibitive. But now, that type of memory has become considerably cheaper, so it's more reasonable for folks wanting to get into SMP, who are familiar with older procs. Could also be that some folks have apps and/or OS's that don't recognize the dual-cores of the newer CPUs.

Please keep us updated. A dualie sempron without having to bend pins & short wires on expensive Tyan boards sound good!

 

[petrusbroder]

Great seeing all the good news!
You know, one of the really good things in my life (among quite a few other things) is ... :Q





... that I have all these great team mates in TeAm!

For all of you: have a great week end with a lot of joy, some laughter, a lot of smiles and God's blessings! :sun:

 

[Wolfsraider]

Toast to all who are posting here!

I also got my new Eyeglasses and Contacts in So I can SEE again

Johan, I'll toast a few with you too mate!


Long read - Just FYI about why we are so looking forward to moving


I have everything set as soon as they approve the credit apps and the irs money comes in. It looks like I will be moving around the 15th, and the rent is paid up at the old place till the end of feb, so I can move at a slower pace and not have to kill myself. I can't wait though. Sorry if I am a bit too excited, we have lived in this 2 bedroom apt 900 square feet with 3 children 14, 12, and 6, for 7 years and 4 months.

I am finally going to be able to fix my own cars, not have to worry so much about losing almost 5000.00 worth of computer parts over the years, and each child gets their own space.Add that there is enough room for everyone to work in the kitchen vs only 1 maybe 2 and it will be nice fixing "family" dinners.

Having to use an apartment sized 110 volt dryer and a small load washer for the last year, really sucked too, although it was better than taking 12-15 loads a week to the laundromat.

It being on the ground floor means I only have to climb stairs to go to bed

No more carrying groceries and furniture up 2 flights of stairs 1 long 1 small. No more issues with a badly damaged and aging diswasher that has to be "fixed" every 2-3 months. Or a toilet that has to be babysat when the pipes get no air from the vent pipes, or the sink where you shave takes 20 minutes to drain because the vent pipes are stopped up and they refuse to fix them. Or how the gas heater (If you forget and turn it off takes days of wiggling the switch to get it to come back on.

I will get to work on my own vehicles in the garage, not having to worry about expensive labor costs or the 50.00 fee if you get caught swapping out a tire etc...

Yep I am Stoked

I can't wait to "throw the bird" to the apartment as I bid adieu

Mike

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: Coquito

Originally posted by: networkman
eBay is.. well.. eBay. You know how that goes. A lot of people are modding their boards to support the higher procs. In fact, I've been reading that some of the newer Sempron will actually work in dual mode without any mods at all! A pair of Sempron 3000s sounds like a good deal to me.

Another thing that limited sales of the duals for a long time was ECC requirement of the DDR modules - the price being somewhat prohibitive. But now, that type of memory has become considerably cheaper, so it's more reasonable for folks wanting to get into SMP, who are familiar with older procs. Could also be that some folks have apps and/or OS's that don't recognize the dual-cores of the newer CPUs.

Please keep us updated. A dualie sempron without having to bend pins & short wires on expensive Tyan boards sound good!

And of course the Obligatory benchmarks must ensue

 

[amdxborg]

lol Mike I am really really happy for you mate!! I hope it turns out to be all and more than you anticipate!! :beer:

 

[Wolfsraider]

I'll drink one with you, er maybe long distance when this is all done johan, my treat

 

[RaySun2Be]

Sorry if I am a bit too excited, we have lived in this 2 bedroom apt 900 square feet with 3 children 14, 12, and 6, for 7 years and 4 months.

Dang man, excited would be an understatement. Man, that's great. I know the feeling, we went from a small 2 bedroom townhouse to renting a 4 bedroom house with a garage. I can still remember the first morning waking up and hearing the birds chirp, and realizing how much light there was (only a couple of windows in the townhouse, not much sunlight got in). Having a garage with a workbench that I could work on my cars wthout fears of complaints. Not having to worry as much about break-ins.

And especially having a yard to play with the kids! Good times!

lol Mike I am really really happy for you mate!! I hope it turns out to be all and more than you anticipate!! :beer:

Agreed!

 

[petrusbroder]

Great Mike; that sounds just great! I hope you will enjoy your new home!

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be

Sorry if I am a bit too excited, we have lived in this 2 bedroom apt 900 square feet with 3 children 14, 12, and 6, for 7 years and 4 months.

Dang man, excited would be an understatement. Man, that's great. I know the feeling, we went from a small 2 bedroom townhouse to renting a 4 bedroom house with a garage. I can still remember the first morning waking up and hearing the birds chirp, and realizing how much light there was (only a couple of windows in the townhouse, not much sunlight got in). Having a garage with a workbench that I could work on my cars wthout fears of complaints. Not having to worry as much about break-ins.

And especially having a yard to play with the kids! Good times!

lol Mike I am really really happy for you mate!! I hope it turns out to be all and more than you anticipate!! :beer:

Agreed!

I agree man. I am so stoked, the last few years this place has gotten on my nerves. If they dont see your parking tag, they tow your vehicles (at night with flashlights and half the time they don't even look to see if you have a parking tag). We had ours towed 6 times, I paid the last tow truck driver 130.00 (to drop the car) even after showing him the tag in the window and driving the car that was "inoperable" according to the security guys.

I made them pay 2x for lost wages and made them return our car after showing them the tag that was still promenently displayed in the front windshield.

I can't wait to hear the birds

 

[amdxborg]

Man some good news at last or rather at 3:30am. Just got home from from meeting with one of my best friends I haven't seen in a year. It was really cool talking about old times and the cold ones went down pretty darn great!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
I guess you mean "Capoeira" with the "Brazilian dancing one"

That's what I've been trying to get in to on and off for the past semester... When I can find time to get to the practices, the workout kicks my gluteus maximus. I don't have a chance at the walking-backwards-on-your-hands stuff, though.

My good news is that, uh, I'm still here. The Athlon X2 hasn't gotten any slower (good for DC). Oh, and I traded in my old camera for one that's a bit newer; it's a pity that DSLRs can't be made to run DC projects (though that would probably kill the battery life).