>News< Daily Commentary for Sunday, March 2nd

[Talon]

Finally, some new blood pops up in the lower leagues! Welcome Karlo!

The Team total for today was 290.

In the GaseousMatter League, Karlo stomps OmegaOne+Jimbo and grabs the MAM. :D

In the SpaceDust, Asteroid, Comet, Mars, Jupiter, Stellar, RedGiant, SuperGiant, BlackHole and TheContinuum Leagues, not a blessed thing happened. ;)

>MAM< Karlo - GaseousMatter - 3 units
>MAM< CHIMAERA - Jupiter - 6 units - (16th day in a row)
>MAM< bicycleman7 - Stellar - 8 units
>MAM< Chelle - Stellar - 8 units - (2nd day in a row)
>MAM< Fat Dave - RedGiant - 19 units - (16th day in a row)
>MAM< Tgoshinski - SuperGiant - 7 units - (16th day in a row)
>MAM< NM_Arian - BlackHole - 48 units - (9th day in a row)
>MAM< DOCTOR WHO - TheContinuum - 105 units - (9th day in a row)

Legend - What do all these awards stand for?? POD - Producer Of the Day - highly subjective and at the whim of the commentator MAM - Most Active Member - most units produced in the league that day Phoenix - Awarded to a team member who has been long inactive and has returned to active duty StompMaster - Awarded to the member who stomps the most people on a single day (Saturday only, at present)

[The Doctor]

:sunshine: I'm trying for ten-days in a row...

One day I think I have all the bugs-out, next day, I spent all day getting them out again... it seems it never ends... updates from hell....

Compact, fast, easily read report m8... gonna have to call you "FLASH" ... we're in the same time zone, eh... (?) EST....

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[dcwhitney]

hi there, new to this forum, lookin' around. This looks like a nice place to be. How active a team is this.

[Chelle]

Thanks for the great report Talon :thumbsup:

Welcome to Team Ninja Seti, dcwhitney :) We like to think we're active :D We're kind of a newly formed/restructured group... slowly working our way up the chart. Whatever we're doing we're having a good time :)

Pull up a chair and stay awhile :cheers:

[Talon]

Originally posted by dcwhitney
hi there, new to this forum, lookin' around. This looks like a nice place to be. How active a team is this.

Welcome aboard DC, glad you found us! As Chelle said, we are newly reformed, and things are starting to pull together nicely. So, sit back, relax, and just have fun! :D

[Chelle]

reformed, too :D

[dcwhitney]

I'm looking for a fun interesting active team. I guess I'm trying to find out a little bit of history of the team without trying to be nosey or ruffle any feathers. I will say i've looked around on the forum's threads and liked it. What is the story on: "newly formed/restructured group" Thanks!

[Nanobot]

Team Picard used to reside here but have moved on to pastures new, so a new team was created with two rules

#1 Have Fun
#2 See rule #1

:D

Oh, and welcome to our humble abode :lol:

[dcwhitney]

I just don't want to get stuck in a controversy, yes just have fun is a good idea, while doing it with like minded people.

[Nanobot]

No contorversy here, just a band of cruchers looking to have a bit of fun :D

[10:13]

Originally posted by dcwhitney
I just don't want to get stuck in a controversy, yes just have fun is a good idea, while doing it with like minded people.

DC ... There was controversy ... and it is now gone. Both teams (TP and TN) are fine teams ... it just got to be like siblings that are too close to each other ... we needed to separate and remember why we like the heck out of each other. Right now .. well we (TN) are a bunch of hard core crunchers who participate in several arenas including Seti (currently about 190th .... but we'll be top 100 fairly soon), Dnet (our current Maths projects)(looking to be top 50 in RC5-72 and then figure out just how good we can really be, G@H (44th despite having only started 3 weeks ago), Distributed Folding (7th), F@H, Sengent, and TSC ... ooops I forgot Ubero as well.

Currently the membership is small, but very active and we are spread thin as we restart several teams. When our sister team Picard left, all the Teams under their banner left as well (which was everything save Distributed Folding and TSC). So for three weeks old (in most arenas) ... we are a really damn fine team.

Hope you pull up a chair and set a spell, take in the ambiance ... and have fun. Love to have you aboard.

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/edit ... I forgot to mention ... we have one of the best stats masters, bar none, in Jema ... and some really cool sigs ... (courtesy of Rids, Chelle and any number of fine peeps)

[Ragnarog]

And a selection of sigs can be looked at here:

teamninja.no-ip.com

:)

Rag

[Farley]

First post here.

DC was kind of doing this on my behalf. Silly as it may sound we belong/belonged to the same team. Disenchanted I started looking elsewhere. I think DC has become more interested than he anticapated. (hope theres no points off for spelling)

We just feared getting into what I left. So far in a few short hours you have explined the evelution of the team, disptched our fears and responded favorably and promptly.

I personally like the elections of Mods, No dictatorship. My way or the highway. Yea.. Thats what this is all about. Just out of couriosity, what happens if someone breaks rule #1 and doesnt have fun.

I have been following the thread since he started it, and if you don't mind I'd like to pull up a chair next to him and continue to be amazed.

Thanks for the space

Brian

[Jules]

:wave: Hi Brian...:welcome: to both you and DC.

I hope you'll find us to be just what you're looking for! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask :)

Ohh...and great work you guys....I may just have to change projects for a little bit :nod: I have to restomp Meady :D

[dcwhitney]

Well all i can say is if Brian joins you are in for a treat. He keeps me smiling.

Thanks for all the kind, helpful, informative posts!!

[Chelle]

Welcome to you too, Brian :wave:

10:13 summed it up well :nod: Team Picard has been an integral part of NinjaMicros for a long time, so only natural when they departed there were a few waves. Things have settled, and for the most part, everyone just wants to crunch and have fun. Some members left with them, others stayed here, and some crunch for both teams and that's just dandy. DF and TSC were already established under Team Ninja, but all the other projects started fresh under the Team Ninja banner, and we're having fun working our way back up. We have some hard core crunchers among us and we're making tracks fast :beep:

When someone breaks rule #1 we send them to the humor forum for awhile :D

[dcwhitney]

Now that was a good reply!! You guys are cool.

[Farley]

Originally posted by dcwhitney
Well all i can say is if Brian joins you are in for a treat. He keeps me smiling.
Don't listen to him, I'm a trouble maker.

Speaking of. Gotta ask, What happens in the event of an unacceptble action. Is there a vote thing or is there a ruling party. I don't want to go into details, just looking for fairness and I fear power hungry founders.

I mean no offense if any is taken

Peace

Brian

[Meadmaker]

Originally posted by Jules


Ohh...and great work you guys....I may just have to change projects for a little bit :nod: I have to restomp Meady :D

Oh really.........:D


/Meady wanders off, and checks his SetiQueue.....:cunning:

[Talon]

Welcome to you too, Farly! Thanks for stopping in, I am sure you will get along just fine with this group! :D

[Meadmaker]

Oops!


A big Ninja :welcome: to Farley and DCWhitney! :D

[dcwhitney]

thank you very much

[Farley]

Dunno D, they seem too friendly. We magpied their news thread and they ain't flamed us for it.

<<Wake up wake up>> Oh Man.. I was have this cool dream where a team was a team and everyone got along and there was no evil forum god that shot lighting bolts through your keyboard when you typed out of turn...

Thanks for the support peeps

Brian

[Talon]

Originally posted by Farley
Dunno D, they seem too friendly. We magpied their news thread and they ain't flamed us for it.

<<Wake up wake up>> Oh Man.. I was have this cool dream where a team was a team and everyone got along and there was no evil forum god that shot lighting bolts through your keyboard when you typed out of turn...

Thanks for the support peeps

Brian

We turned that option off in these forums Farley, so don't worry. :D ;)

[Meadmaker]

Going "Off Topic" is one of our favourite pastimes here! :lol:

[Chelle]

:hijacked:

OMG :idea: this thread has been hijacked! We'll have none of that here! :eek:

Okay... the fact we HAVE a hijack smiley means nothing. Line them up.... 50 lashes with a wet noodle

:whip: :whip:

:D

[The Doctor]

:sunshine: I'm normally the biggest offender for taking a thread off topic... and the family here, knows that when we have a thought, its best to get it down, before we loose it... oh we try to use the other forums, I'm making progress... but threads will wander all over the galaxy and back... rather relaxing not being scolded. You expect to get spanked, but all you get is help and understanding....

It's best said in the theme of the Golden Rule... we get along, because we are cool... and we're from all over the place; I'm from Cincinnati, as you can see in the side bar.... been here going on a year this May... these chaps are worth my money and my time; I think they are fine... and yeah, I just hate it when I typo myself to death :rolleyes:

But the camaraderie is bar none, which is the basis of the fun....

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[10:13]

I'm confused here ... what is this "off-topic" concept ... maybe I'm just being dense tonight (this morning actually) but it's just not coming clear to me ... :rolleyes:

[10:13]

Originally posted by Farley
Speaking of. Gotta ask, What happens in the event of an unacceptble action. Is there a vote thing or is there a ruling party. I don't want to go into details, just looking for fairness and I fear power hungry founders.

I mean no offense if any is taken

Peace

Brian
no offense taken. This question does deserve a serious answer. You've seen both rules. So far peeps around here have failed miserably at being too serious and running afoul of the rules. Beyond that, there's there are the Forum Rules of Use (http://www.ninjamicros.com/disclaimer.html#rules) which are mainly directed at common decency toward each other and not breaking the law. These latter are enforced by the Moderators, Super-Mods, and Admins and by and large this is done with a light hand. PM's are the normal first course of actions, typically asking a person to reconsider what ever it was that has appeared offensive in some way (to people or rules) and asking them to voluntarily amend their post. This typically is the end of any action because most things of this nature are based on misunderstandings by one or another person and are almost never intentional.

As to Moderators ... for the Team forums, Mods are chosen by the membership and can be removed by the same process (which is rather informal at present). Outside of the Team forums, Mods are chosen by the ownership, as are Super-Mods and Admins. Within the team forums, SMs and Admins prefer to let Mods handle any issues if at all possible and generally will step in only when a Mod is unavailable.

Of course this is just a general outline ... but it covers most of the situations.

About the only thing that might be out of the ordinary from some forums is the fact that there are minors that are members of the teams (my daughter for one) and the forums ... so we always try to remember that what we say may be viewed by someone underage ... in short, a bit more family-oriented in tone than some other boards.

Hope this helps,
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[Farley]

OK!! The wet noodle lashing was pleasant, thank you, I prefer Spinage noodles. Heh.

10:13-- Thanks for explaining that so well. Seems very fair.

Dr Who-- Excellent!! Big Tom Baker fan myself. I get a big feeling of camaraderie here. This is good cuz you gonna hate me ;)

I love the Stats page, so much info you almost can't stop playing with it.

Another question, I know I know.. when am I gonna stop? This team is loosely based on TNG...?? Why Team Ninja?? Is there an episode I missed??

Wow I just noticed the spell check. HOW COOL!!

Thanks for all the info, You've all been great

Brian

[10:13]

Originally posted by Farley
OK!! The wet noodle lashing was pleasant, thank you, I prefer Spinage noodles. Heh.
Better sting? :banghead:
I love the Stats page, so much info you almost can't stop playing with it.
Anytime it starts to get boring, Jema tweaks it again ... the man is amazing ...

Another question, I know I know.. when am I gonna stop? This team is loosely based on TNG...?? Why Team Ninja?? Is there an episode I missed??

Well I'll give you my own take on this ... the next person might very well have a different take. The "Ninja" part comes from the forum, NinjaMicros ... The "TNG" ... well many of us are SciFi fans (there's even a forum just for SciFi) ... we borrowed the phrase to signify a couple of things ... that we were moving on (and indeed the Picard origins ... obviously trekkish) and even more that we are really pointed toward SetiII (BOINC) ... the next generation of Seti. The TNG is only for the seti team ... The Dnet team goes under the moniker of The Counts of Crunch (which really tickles me for some odd reason ... :blink: ) ... other projects run under just the name of "Team Ninja"

l8r,
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[Chelle]

We never did find a use for Molly's Wart :D

[10:13]

Originally posted by Chelle
We never did find a use for Molly's Wart :D
I could add it to the Sengent team name ... :blink: :sunshine:

[Nanobot]

Sounds a good idea to me, I like the sound of "Team Ninja - Molly's Wart" :lol:

[Talon]

The Dnet team goes under the moniker of The Counts of Crunch (which really tickles me for some odd reason ... :blink: ) ...
l8r,
10

Isn't that a cereal? :D

[Squeaky]

belated welcomes to you two peeps :)

just to repeat what has already been said....and to raise my post count obviously (well duuuhhh).

'Fred Drift' (TM) is way of life around here, most members have a good feel for when *not* too...apparently, though ive not yet experienced this rare phenomenon in my years here.

Team Picard was hosted at NinjaMicros for a LONG time...and very recently Team Ninja (who were in some part Picardians crunching less popular projects). Half of Picard chose to move house, which did stretch the membership loyalties somewhat..some of us decided to remain, kiss goodbye to old work and start afresh under a Team Ninja banner :D...some of us still travel across to chat with our old amigos regardless of DC team ...and some others actually crunch for both (and even more) teams. There has always been a sense of family here...rich with in-bred virginians, sex mad welshmen, short canadians, many black sheep (but non virginal), romantic tangles, and teenagers claiming life aint fair :D

The general Trek theme helps us ex/old-picardian types remember our roots and comforts us on long dark nights :D

[The Doctor]

:cool: However I applaud stats, and you dudes just hit above and below me... good show... we get that one left-over Brit out of the way, and the Yanks will have captured the stats board = very cool... :roflmao: jed and 10:13 were watching me, while you stomped-em... that's a hoot :p :rolleyes: :D :p

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[Farley]

Thanks Doc. I just read the other thread about your situation, sorry to hear...

We'll see what we can do about that board control issue. I got all guns targeted on Seti, makin a run for top 1000 be she ends. Let them never forget the name.... uh.....mmm.... yea, can I get back to ya on that??

Thanks
Brian

[10:13]

Originally posted by The Doctor
:cool: However I applaud stats, and you dudes just hit above and below me... good show... we get that one left-over Brit out of the way, and the Yanks will have captured the stats board = very cool... :roflmao: jed and 10:13 were watching me, while you stomped-em... that's a hoot :p :rolleyes: :D :p

:spot:
That was a hoot indeed Doc ... between the two of them I'm cross-eyed now ... ;)

[The Doctor]

With my stats, I'm # 420 in the top 1,000 on the planet that crunch only at home; and # 987 [currently] out of the top 1,000 on the planet WHO crunch anywhere... so if you are near me, you too [U2] are in the top 1,000 of the planet, out of the all the

4,281,575.0 [million] SETi crunchers on this rock, m8's....

Like I'm ahead of 99.977% of all SETi Crunchers anywhere...

go check out your own numbers, you'll be amazed.... I was aiming at just breaking the top 1,000 world wide... I did, last month... then thanks to Crystallize, I bumpoed into the top 1,000 at home crunchers and found myself at the 420 level = amazing.

Have fun, I'm gonna bring both of my P2-400's on line just to catch 10:13 :D

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[Farley]

I'm gettin there, as you've seen its slow goin as you get closer tothe top. I'm at 1035th place right now. I pump about 1000WUs/week into it and budge about 12 places. Close very close.

Have fun. You bet, thats why I/we joined!!

By the way, where you seeing reat time stats. I see the stat page off the front, but it seems static. Cool stat page though. Is there a dynamic somewhere?

Brian

[The Doctor]

If you use SETi Spy, just open it and click on your SETi name url...it'll take you to your own page of stats, and link you everywhere else, as will the Page Crsytallize found....

MINE's here:

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/fcgi-bin/fcgi?email=dave@vigus.org&cmd=user_stats_new

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[10:13]

Originally posted by Farley

By the way, where you seeing reat time stats. I see the stat page off the front, but it seems static. Cool stat page though. Is there a dynamic somewhere?

Brian

hehe ... you need the Borg utilities ... available here (http://www.marsjupiter.com/seti/borg.php?project=seti_pica) ... written by none other than Jema ... (the framework and guts ... some of the specific borgs for other projects had other authors ... (I think Nanobot and LinearB for sure ... )

[The Doctor]

No you don't; see my above post... you don't have to use seti spy, you can get there from the BoRkly page :p

[Farley]

Geesh, yea think after almost 3 years of crunching you know a thing or 2. So much more out there. hehe

I was wonder how you guys found the TEAM stats already. I got it. New on the team thing still kinda

Thanks guys

Brian

[The Doctor]

I'll have to look in me Tardis... now which time zone did you want to know about...? 1542, or say, 2457... (?) being a time lord, it's just a hop away :D

[10:13]

Originally posted by Farley
I pump about 1000WUs/week

:blink: :cheerldr:

:givebeer:

:jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop:

I think I am toast ...

[Farley]

I think you might be a little out of reach for me 10:13. You got 8K on me. Thant would be tough even if you shut down. No telling when S1 will end;)

Brian

[The Doctor]

I like to keep my woots between 700 and 800 a week, that way, when I get close to 10:13 and he's looking down the bore of my 1,000 a week woot average... it should give him pause, if not, I'll just throw the whole Tardis in on him :D :rolleyes: ;) :p

[Farley]

if not, I'll just throw the whole Tardis in on him
Ouch!! Maybe K9 can just stun him a bit...

[The Doctor]

That or I'll dig up Davros and the rest of the daleks.... :rolleyes:

[Farley]

Or reduce him to a brain in a jar like Mobius... Oh this thread can reach new record lengths like this... I'll stop hehe

[The Doctor]

:rolleyes: I went to bed, and you stopped... :roflmao: all at the same time... I just read this, and it's midnight, Friday night >yawn< sounds like bed again.... :)

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