Do you need to be Australian to know what this means? I'm not familiar with "big-note".
Maybe... I'm not sure. I wouldn't have thought so though.
Basically it means "make a show of yourself" or "draw attention to yourself by trying to convince others how good you are".
The purpose of that comment was entirely inwards directed if you think about it. All I was saying is that I choose to keep my computers hidden in case the revealing of the actual number is seen as some form of self-aggrandisement.
Also, it's not true to suggest that it's difficult to get help if the computers are hidden. All the poster has to do is mention the CPUID of the box in question at the time of the call for help.
So mention one of your CPUIDs then, to check.
Besides, you're asking the impossible of newby-technies. Have you ever asked a person on a forum about their motherboard make & model, BIOS version, video- and audiocard make & model and gotten as an answer that it's a Dell, Award BIOS 3.81, ??? and ??? ?
Asking people about their OS is difficult enough. How many people can you count on one hand who can actually tell you what Windows version with Service Pack they run? Go ask your neighbours, if you must. Then ask their kids. Compare.
To check what?? Sorry, I don't see the relevance of any of my CPUIDs to the problem of helping someone else.
Besides, you're asking the impossible of newby-technies....
Simply not true!! There was a message quite recently where the poster quoted only his CPUID and not even the version of BOINC he was running. If a person is needing help and has figured out how to ask a question on the message boards, that person has almost certainly looked at the results list by clicking on the CPUID. I think you are offering a huge insult to the average person asking for help on these boards.
Asking people about their OS....
How is asking a person about the minute details of their particular OS version in any way related to a person asking about a problem crunching for E@H?? Let's suppose for a moment that someone who you are calling so totally clueless comes along with computers hidden and simply says "HELP!!!!" with no other details. What do you do?? Do you reply "Because your computers are hidden I can't help you!!" or do you reply, "Can you please go to your account page on the web server and click on 'View computers' and post back here with the Computer ID of your problem computer"????
And while you were asking that, you'd also be asking for BOINC version, messages tab, connect interval, resource share, blah, blah, blah..... That is, of course, if you had already decided that you might be kind enough to try to help even though it appeared to be a totally clueless newbie.
Out of frustration, one might be tempted to dismiss people with hidden computers as not deserving help but most of the time you have to coax out other information anyway so it's really no problem to ask for CPUID as well.
Outcome?
Exactly the same, irrespective of whether or not a person decides to have hidden computers.
Maybe... I'm not sure. I wouldn't have thought so though.
Basically it means "make a show of yourself" or "draw attention to yourself by trying to convince others how good you are".
The purpose of that comment was entirely inwards directed if you think about it. All I was saying is that I choose to keep my computers hidden in case the revealing of the actual number is seen as some form of self-aggrandisement.
OK, I got it. So I guess I "big-note" myself because I have a stats sig. Good thing I don't live in Australia. ;)
OK, I got it. So I guess I "big-note" myself because I have a stats sig.
No, I don't think you have quite "got it" :). You'd only be big-noting yourself if it was relatively uncommon to have a stats signature. Because everyone does it, it's quite acceptable. You'd actually be more likely to be accused of big-noting yourself by not having a stats sig (like me) :).
Good thing I don't live in Australia. ;)
Now you're absolutely spot-on there :). The bloody place is far too over-run with foreigners as it is ;).
Do you need to be Australian
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Do you need to be Australian to know what this means? I'm not familiar with "big-note".
Maybe... I'm not sure. I wouldn't have thought so though.
Basically it means "make a show of yourself" or "draw attention to yourself by trying to convince others how good you are".
The purpose of that comment was entirely inwards directed if you think about it. All I was saying is that I choose to keep my computers hidden in case the revealing of the actual number is seen as some form of self-aggrandisement.
Cheers,
Gary.
Also, it's not true to
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Also, it's not true to suggest that it's difficult to get help if the computers are hidden. All the poster has to do is mention the CPUID of the box in question at the time of the call for help.
So mention one of your CPUIDs then, to check.
Besides, you're asking the impossible of newby-technies. Have you ever asked a person on a forum about their motherboard make & model, BIOS version, video- and audiocard make & model and gotten as an answer that it's a Dell, Award BIOS 3.81, ??? and ??? ?
Asking people about their OS is difficult enough. How many people can you count on one hand who can actually tell you what Windows version with Service Pack they run? Go ask your neighbours, if you must. Then ask their kids. Compare.
Outcome?
So mention one of your CPUIDs
)
So mention one of your CPUIDs then, to check.
To check what?? Sorry, I don't see the relevance of any of my CPUIDs to the problem of helping someone else.
Besides, you're asking the impossible of newby-technies....
Simply not true!! There was a message quite recently where the poster quoted only his CPUID and not even the version of BOINC he was running. If a person is needing help and has figured out how to ask a question on the message boards, that person has almost certainly looked at the results list by clicking on the CPUID. I think you are offering a huge insult to the average person asking for help on these boards.
Asking people about their OS....
How is asking a person about the minute details of their particular OS version in any way related to a person asking about a problem crunching for E@H?? Let's suppose for a moment that someone who you are calling so totally clueless comes along with computers hidden and simply says "HELP!!!!" with no other details. What do you do?? Do you reply "Because your computers are hidden I can't help you!!" or do you reply, "Can you please go to your account page on the web server and click on 'View computers' and post back here with the Computer ID of your problem computer"????
And while you were asking that, you'd also be asking for BOINC version, messages tab, connect interval, resource share, blah, blah, blah..... That is, of course, if you had already decided that you might be kind enough to try to help even though it appeared to be a totally clueless newbie.
Out of frustration, one might be tempted to dismiss people with hidden computers as not deserving help but most of the time you have to coax out other information anyway so it's really no problem to ask for CPUID as well.
Outcome?
Exactly the same, irrespective of whether or not a person decides to have hidden computers.
Cheers,
Gary.
... you have to coax out
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... you have to coax out other information ...
Having a Twisted Pair network, I cannot coax out anything ;^))
(SCNR)
Maybe... I'm not sure. I
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Maybe... I'm not sure. I wouldn't have thought so though.
Basically it means "make a show of yourself" or "draw attention to yourself by trying to convince others how good you are".
The purpose of that comment was entirely inwards directed if you think about it. All I was saying is that I choose to keep my computers hidden in case the revealing of the actual number is seen as some form of self-aggrandisement.
OK, I got it. So I guess I "big-note" myself because I have a stats sig. Good thing I don't live in Australia. ;)
OK, I got it. So I guess I
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OK, I got it. So I guess I "big-note" myself because I have a stats sig.
No, I don't think you have quite "got it" :). You'd only be big-noting yourself if it was relatively uncommon to have a stats signature. Because everyone does it, it's quite acceptable. You'd actually be more likely to be accused of big-noting yourself by not having a stats sig (like me) :).
Good thing I don't live in Australia. ;)
Now you're absolutely spot-on there :). The bloody place is far too over-run with foreigners as it is ;).
Cheers,
Gary.