:: 17-Nov-1999 04:36 (Wednesday) ::

I’ve put a rate clock up for the duration of the CSC contest. It
currently refreshes every two minutes, and talks directly to the master
keyserver. These stats are current.

http://nodezero.distributed.net/~vetere/csc-rate.html

:: 13-Nov-1999 17:43 (Saturday) ::

Moo.

I’m back, after an eleven-month hiatus. I’m doing the Image Thing and
you’ll be seeing the product of my efforts in short order, I do believe.

I’m looking for good writers. If you can write, please send a short copy
of something you’ve written to vetere@distributed.net . I’m going to begin
(in a week or so) rewriting the dnet web site and help documentation, in
an effort to make the place a lot more user friendly.

:: 28-Dec-1998 17:04 (Monday) ::

Did a bit of updatin’ on /faq/ today. New files:

RC5DES Client Documentation: http://www.distributed.net/faq/rc5des.html
Mac OS Client Documentation: http://www.distributed.net/faq/macos.html

Other tweaks as well. The new generic MacOS doc will be included under
Help in all further distributions of the client.

:: 28-Dec-1998 00:27 (Monday) ::

All .420-423 clients have been declared unfit for operation, on grounds
they revert to the rc5 project after running out of des blocks.

It is requested that you downgrade to a .41x series client immediately.
All .420-423 clients are being removed from the distribution sites as I
post this.

I should make clear that there is nothing wrong with the actual
block-processing code in these clients; your rc5 work is valid and you
will retain credit for it. The problem lies solely in the
project-selection code, and does not affect actual work in any way.

Build 424 will remedy the problem. Watch cyp’s plan for further
information.

:: 24-Dec-1998 05:18 (Thursday) ::

Craig Durkin, #distributed lurker and altogether too helpful a guy, has
compiled the new DES-III FAQ. I recomend you take a looksee at it –
though if you’ve been following this planboard at all, you’ll know
everything on it by now.

http://www.distributed.net/faq/des-iii-faq.html

:: 15-Dec-1998 11:47 (Tuesday) ::

Adam L. ‘Duncan’ Beberg has set up a survey at
http://www.distributed.net/survey.html to gauge desire for various
distributed.net consumables. Currently, the tshirt, mug and a write-in
option for some strange thing called a ‘bumper sticker’ are in the lead.

:: 26-Nov-1998 02:52 (Thursday) ::

The distributed.net .plans are now provided via email daily at 0000 UTC.
Cool, eh?

To subscribe to the mailing list, send a message to
majordomo@lists.distributed.net with the body ‘subscribe plans ‘
followed by your address.

There may be a few bugs in the first day or so, but I’m sure I’ll be
able to work them out. Cough.

:: 23-Nov-1998 21:44 (Monday) ::

The MacOS 412e clients have been placed in the pre-release directory on
ftp.distributed.net. In all likelihood, they will -never- be released.
We expect the 420 MacOS build to be complete near what would be the
release date of the 412e clients (one week from today)… two releases
in a row may prove confusion.

So, if you’re astute enough to be a .plan-reader, you’ll have a MacOS
client that’s got cosmetic fixes, a G3 Upgrade Card detection bugfixes,
and that only a few other people have.

Again, for clarity’s sake: these are -prerelease- clients. Do not
redistribute them.

o ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/dcti/pre-release/

:: 18-Nov-1998 22:03 (Wednesday) ::

distributed.net .plans are now easily browsable in archive form through
the ‘Archive’ link off the main finger page. An example:

http://nodezero.distributed.net/cgi/planarc.cgi?user=vetere

This should prove more useful as our plans tip over the 128-line limit,
which they’re approaching…

:: 18-Nov-1998 15:19 (Wednesday) ::

The new beta testing signup page is online and operational. However, I’m
keeping the URL quiet for now. :)

Next up on list: distributed.net .plan archive display from a central
source and after that, stats emailing…