This month I checked the projects with the most users, if our team wasn't on the first page when I opened the top teams, I listed it.

As usual, you have until the last day of the month to vote.

uFluids again?
Not fair, im on three of those, and with my luck its the one im not on that will win

I voted for Einstein this time werechild are you on this one?

Well, since uFluids was the POTM recently, its a gimme.
And like many "old timers", i started out with Seti.

If i say anything more it'll probly jinx something or the other.

Hey WereChild
I'm an old timer too. I started in 1999. SETI is a good choice too. I should have voted for it .

Don,t worry SETI will be there again!

I should have known.

Maybe you should reserve a POTM spot for AI so were ready for it when it goes live!?

I second that!

Good idea guys.

I like that idea also and I'm sure Ovidiu would really like all those Canadian Computers ready and waiting when the times comes.

For the time being I'm voting Einstein.

sounds like a good idea to me.
One problem though, most projects that start out may not have enough work for us.

Also the first month or so for most projects tend to have a lot of bug fixing. We may want to see how it's going first before jumping everything on board as a POTM. I'll jump in with a couple of systems (linux and windoze) for the first little while as I'm always up for volunteering a PC or 2 for project testing, but those with only 1 or 2 PCs to begin with may want to hold back in order to ensure the project is stable prior to jumping on board. I'm still advocating keeping it shortlisted for POTM, but check stability and ensure Ovidiu is up to a hard push on the system. Just my 2 cents...

Excellent post 312. I finally figured out a good title for you.

Wise decision.

Good points both.
Although, having a heads up like this might give Ovidiu time enough to prepare for it, and besides, can you think of a better and faster way to find bugs, fix them and test their system to see if its ready for "a hard push" than having a bunch of boxes running it as POTM?

Gratz!

We can always crunch another project at the sane tine just in case it doesn't go wel. We can keep AI as the main one and crunch one that we don't need to much off a push to get to the top.

Wow - a title! Thanks Pawly. Never thought I'd have one...however I think my wife would disagree with the one given! Next time we have an argument I'll just show her my title and maybe I'll win for once, although I somehow doubt it...

The only thing is by promoting the project immediately as a POTM you might get people who are unused to, or unwilling to, accept the issues involved with a newly launched project (e.g. comupational issues, credit loss/wonky credit system, validator issues, bad wu time estimates, lack of checkpointing, etc). The main problem with this is that if people jump on board to crunch a project when they are more used to a "stable" project it may put them off the project for good. If you wait until the project is running smoothly and then jump on it, people are more likely to form a better opinion of the project and may keep it as an active project after the POTM runs out - all in all a better scenario for the project admin in my opinion (of course, you're welcome to your own opinion on this Ovidiu!). All in all, I think we should give Ovidiu a chance to put in his 2 cents first as it's his project...

Very good point 312

Having experience with "Ralph" I wouldn't mind jumping in at the start. I remember downloading and crashing out about 30 WU's one afternoon before they could pull the offending units.

Stuff happens in test mode.

BB

Before OhC! and team Canada starting taking up all my time, I was very active at SETI beta. Lot's of funky wu's, the dreaded red colour in the messages tab, Client Errors, Compute Errors, HEHEH! Remember what VTU did to my BOINC platform, Grizz? lol Most new projects have lots of growing pains.

Besides, we would be in competition with the "ATA"! LMAO!! The "Alpha Testers Anonymous" Group! lol
Just check the message boards at ANY new project and you will soon see what I mean! lol

Yea I remember vtu, they did the same to me as well, I've been finding these projects for quite a while now and I attach right away with a computer, so I've seen almost everything that can go wrong. And believe me when I tell you, very few projects start without some sort of problem. So if you are going to alpha or beta test and something happens, don't say I didn't warn ya!

As Grizz is probably aware I'm usually one of the first couple of team Canada users at every new project so I know a lot about growing pains with new projects (and usually dumb enough to dedicate a PC to it for a day or so...). It's not for everyone as they can screw up your BOINC install and even freeze up your computer (SciLINC anyone?). That's why I advocate a little waiting period just in case...

Now that I think of it we have quite a few of the ATA among our ranks here on our team! lol 312, Grizz, Frank Encruncher and myself! lol Infact check out who the #1 Canadian Cruncher at SciLINC is!! http://www.scilinc.org/SciLINC/team_dis ... t&offset=0