NSF GRFP 2009-2010

[DrBones]

All I'm saying is thank goodness I'm in Arizona, so I don't have to wait up as late.

[Coffee_Wine]

FYI: THE website notification from last year, taken from the 2009 thread

"FastLane will be unavailable Thursday, April 9 from 11:00PM ET until 1:00AM ET on Friday, April 10 for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience."

That was a good find. Now I think when they say 5am they really mean it :-( Here's hoping for an email.....

[Coffee_Wine]

My obsessive compulsive behavior is being redirected from my computer to my cell phone (I get emails on it).

[sarajune]

How many times can I refresh school webmail before I develop repetitive strain, or break my e-mail?

[economicalendar]

I got an email!

...but not from the NSF. Again. Darn it.

[Coffee_Wine]

How many times can I refresh school webmail before I develop repetitive strain, or break my e-mail?

You know, if you have firefox there is a plugin that will automatically check your email every second

I mean that will automatically refresh the page every second.

Edited April 6, 2010 by Coffee_Wine

[thecircumstance]

This is like waiting for Santa. You just went to bed and know he isn't coming for hours, but you still think about it every five seconds. The worst part is that thinking about Santa keeps you from falling asleep and makes it take longer to get the gifts.

The main difference is 90% of us will get coal.

[BioTurboNick]

The uploading of results to The List takes around 2 hours. We will start to get emails at the end of those 2 hours, with all emails completed by 5am. Last year people received emails between 1am and 4-5am. At 5am, after everyone theoretically has had a chance to view personal results via email, The List will be posted.

.. thoughts?

[edit] SORRY bioturbonick, totally just said what you said already. I seem to be doing this a lot today.

No problem, you also added some valuable intel for those who are new this year, like me!

[science time]

I love that everyone here is just as neurotic as I am! (I mean that in the nicest way possible of course!) good luck to everyone! Here's hoping that NSF didn't just put that site maintenance post up to mess with us!

[sarajune]

You know, if you have firefox there is a plugin that will automatically check your email every second

I mean that will automatically refresh the page every second.

thanks for the tip! i'll have to look into that.

at the moment I'm checking school's webmail on an iphone, I've stopped delivery to a gmail account that I have a notifier app/push enabled for.

[michigantrumpet]

You know, if you have firefox there is a plugin that will automatically check your email every second

I mean that will automatically refresh the page every second.

I'll stop lurking and put my CS knowledge to good use. Here's a shellscript to check the site every 15 seconds and start beeping continuously when it goes back up to get your attention... modify it as you like.

#!/bin/sh


while [ true ]; do

  curl -f https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov

  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

    break;

  fi

  sleep 15

done


while [ true ]; do

  echo "\a"

done

[kdilks]

Way too many people are assuming that the NSF GRFP people act as a rational entity.

[Mokon]

Being in Computer Science I am very confused with the NSF's system. Sending 2000 emails on any server would take a matter of minutes, and uploading review sheets will also take a minimal amount of time. In fact if they did it like most websites do, to the users the rating sheets should appear to be uploaded instantly. I don't get why their systems would have to be down for 6 hours to publish the results.

On another point they should really announce results like some of the conferences I have written for do. They give an exact date and time that emails will be sent out. Even if that date was April 15th it would be better than waiting for their mysterious date. :-) Waiting a few extra days would be less painful than never knowing when the results will be announced.

Edited April 6, 2010 by Mokon

[bolani]

What? My page is back up...doesn't do anything though.

[michigantrumpet]

IT'S UP!!!!! LOG IN TO SEE RESULTS!!!!

[sarajune]

What? My page is back up...doesn't do anything though.

So is mine!

[MarineBio]

I got one!

[kdilks]

Yup, it's up.

[sarajune]

.

Edited April 6, 2010 by sarajune

[bolani]

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jrisingsun]

I GOT IT TOO!!! THANK GOD!!

[thecircumstance]

I GOT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just pulled out a Odell's IPA.

[000]

VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EDIT: Wait. This... might be a bad sign. Has anyone NOT gotten one?...]

[EDIT 2: Okay, I'm just crazy paranoid. Hah. Sorry.]

Edited April 6, 2010 by Guest

[btown]

winner winner chicken dinner.

[CarpodacusAculeatus]

Congratulations everyone! Another year, another honorable mention. Got one more shot.

Good night!