Einstein has started sending out more alpha invites in preperation for final testing before going public.
Currently Team MacNN is #5 in total credit out of 113 teams and just dropped to #6 in RAC. However we aren't to far behind the three ahead of us in production, and with just a small increase could shoot for #3 In the past 48 hours, three new members have been added to the MacNN team via invites, but the validator seems to be acting up, so they don't have any credit posted yet. For that matter, I only have 96 posted for the past 36 hours, instead of my usual 1500+ A total of 802 users have earned at least one credit. More are joining every day via the invites.
I think the plan is to send invites to everyone who was still on the list for testing. Once they get a few more glitches (like the validator) fixed, then they will open it up to the public.
BTW: Einstein requires BOINC 4.15 if you are also running CPDN at the same time. Otherwise the credit earned gets messed up. However, if you aren't running CPDN you can successfully run mikkyo's
optimized compiles for the Mac.
Work units are longer then SETI by 2-3 times. My Athlon 2800 takes just under 6 hours. My P4 3400 can do two units in about 11.7 hours with HT. My iBook 600 takes about 32-34 hours. My iMac G5 1.6 can do a single unit in a little less time then the P4 3.4 takes to do 2. This project seems to like Mac's and really likes the Athlon XP's. It is favorable to shorter CPU pipelines, then longer ones, so I suspect that Mac G4's will also do well. Haven't compared any Linux boxes. For the duration of testing, the work unit deadlines are only 7 days. The project team has indicated those deadlines will be longer for the public release (12-14 days?).
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