GPU72.com TF worm fetching tool now available

[Aramis Wyler]

I'm thinking that the c value of ga, the cpu number (worker?) requesting the assignment is marked as an int, not an unsigned int. Maybe we could use negative numbers to represent gpu workers.

[swl551]

Originally Posted by chalsall

I have very little influence on Primenet.

And to be honest, I don't find the Primenet API to be terribly bad. It's not SOAP nor REST, to be sure, but it's functional. Also, sorry to disappoint, but the GPU72 API is very similar.

I know....
My opinion

App builders, like me, petition for an APP_ID (guid) that we statically build into our app. Unregistered app would use {0000......}

When the app is installed on a machine it generates a static machine guid

Users create accounts/passwords via public websites (gimps/gpu72) and configures app to use those credentials. (or select anonymous)

When work is requested or reported all four values are submitted for verification/authentication

APP_GUID:
MACHINE_GUID:
USER_ID:
PASSWORD:

...... other parameters .......


But....we already know it won't change so I'm just rambling.

[chris2be8]

Originally Posted by chalsall

If you haven't yet read it, Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning was the Command Line" is a worthwhile read.

I've just finished it. One point he doesn't explain is that MS-DOS became the dominant OS because it was the first OS available for any PC builder to use. We then had a feedback loop, users bought MS-DOS because it had most software written for it and programmers wrote software that would run on MS-DOS because that was the biggest market. Which made it nearly impossible for any competitor to gain significant market share, regardless of how good or bad it was relative to MS-DOS.

Chris

[frmky]

I for one would love to have a linux command line version of misfit, or even a perl script that I can run periodically with cron to fetch new work and submit current results. If necessary I would use a Linux GUI program, but I find it much easier for me access remote machines using the command line rather than VNC.

[Aramis Wyler]

Well, there is a perl-based submission script you can use here. I run windows myself, but maybe we can get the fetcher to work in linux, or something similar.

EDIT: Though come to think of it, that sort of work might best wait till the api thread runs it's course.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by frmky

I for one would love to have a linux command line version of misfit, or even a perl script that I can run periodically with cron to fetch new work and submit current results. If necessary I would use a Linux GUI program, but I find it much easier for me access remote machines using the command line rather than VNC.

It's coming (a Perl script I mean). Soon.

[ET_]

Originally Posted by chalsall

It's coming (a Perl script I mean). Soon.

Thanks!

Luigi