Why do the new files have to be so big?
I have only a modem dial up connection, so I stop participation on E@H. the same to rosetta.
I love the seti units with each having about 0.35 MB!
When I'm paying for dial-up access, having to stay connected for several hours (usually overnight!) so Einstein can download massive files is not very user-friendly.
P.S. That explanation says "Dial-Up users may want to suspend the project for the next few days". But that was over 2 months ago. I don't usually think of "the next few days" meaning 60+ days.
Please, can you find a solution for this problem? I think Einstein@home is doing good work, and I really don't want to stop participating.
The downloads of the Workunits are quite large / too large for modem users.
The Einstein@Home workunits require a large data file (slightly more than 12 MB in size). With a 57.6kb modem, this file will take close to an hour to download. Once you have downloaded it, the Einstein@Home scheduler should send you a number of workunits for that file, so you won't need to download another file for some time. However be warned that sometimes the OUTPUT files from Einstein@Home can be quite large, and so it may take an hour or more to upload the results back to the Einstein@Home server.
The bottom line is that if you need to pay an hourly rate for dial up modem service, Einstein@Home is probably not a good thing to run on your computer. Users with broadband internet connections such as DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and cable modems shouldn't find that these uploads/downloads take more than a minute or so.
why 15.47 MB?
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Explained here
I don't want an explanation,
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I don't want an explanation, I want it to stop!
When I'm paying for dial-up access, having to stay connected for several hours (usually overnight!) so Einstein can download massive files is not very user-friendly.
P.S. That explanation says "Dial-Up users may want to suspend the project for the next few days". But that was over 2 months ago. I don't usually think of "the next few days" meaning 60+ days.
Please, can you find a solution for this problem? I think Einstein@home is doing good work, and I really don't want to stop participating.
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From the Einstein FAQ:
The downloads of the Workunits are quite large / too large for modem users.
The Einstein@Home workunits require a large data file (slightly more than 12 MB in size). With a 57.6kb modem, this file will take close to an hour to download. Once you have downloaded it, the Einstein@Home scheduler should send you a number of workunits for that file, so you won't need to download another file for some time. However be warned that sometimes the OUTPUT files from Einstein@Home can be quite large, and so it may take an hour or more to upload the results back to the Einstein@Home server.
The bottom line is that if you need to pay an hourly rate for dial up modem service, Einstein@Home is probably not a good thing to run on your computer. Users with broadband internet connections such as DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and cable modems shouldn't find that these uploads/downloads take more than a minute or so.