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Guest

2006-03-11 23:43:27

Please refer to "Why do you participate in BOINC?" Poll before you answer. I'm among those who answered. . . "for the credits".
HollyXYZ
BAM!ID: 449
Joined: 2006-05-20
Posts: 57
Credits: 550,164
World-rank: 292,552

2006-03-12 00:22:17

If the alpha projects award no Credits who will take part then?
HollyXYZ
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Credits: 550,164
World-rank: 292,552

2006-03-12 00:22:53

Nobody
wizzszz
BAM!ID: 86
Joined: 2006-05-10
Posts: 205
Credits: 34,259
World-rank: 1,064,373

2006-03-12 00:24:11

@O&O: So why do you crunch for alpha state projects?
Guest

2006-03-12 05:19:09

My team does it for the science, not the credits, we could get 0 credits from every project and we'd still do it.
Guest

2006-03-12 08:24:30

The idea of BOINC is to help SCIENCE. For project developers stringent Alpha testing is better than a flawed active release. Giving it the alpha title allows us to distinguish between these projects and decide which SCIENCE we want to help.
Guest

2006-03-12 13:58:47

I can not find my number on BOINC detailed statistics page.
pfuender
BAM!ID: 800
Joined: 2006-05-26
Posts: 8
Credits: 8,354,911
World-rank: 62,486

2006-03-12 14:03:23

just so btw. there's a new project. . . boinc. banaan. org/hashclash/
pfuender
BAM!ID: 800
Joined: 2006-05-26
Posts: 8
Credits: 8,354,911
World-rank: 62,486

2006-03-12 14:04:29

boinc. banaan. org/hashclash/
Guest

2006-03-12 14:06:32

@wizzszz: (1/2)I crunched WU for more than 15 projects for 3 reasons: 1) To Keep my machines crunchablity at their utmost, 2) To find what the projects are offering me back in return (credits) for my volunteering, . . .
Guest

2006-03-12 14:07:41

. . . (2/2) 3) compare the stats and find out which project is the best for my machines. . . And if I'm to share my experience. . . I would say: "A tangled heap of unpleasantness. . . Good grief, What-a-Mess!"
Guest

2006-03-12 14:38:44

. . . and do you know what projects I'm still crunching for. . . PrimeGrid & Rosetta. . . because they grant me 100% of my cliamed credits!
Guest

2006-03-12 14:46:32

@borandi: When the Alpha projects WUs don't even get completed and error out after 4 hours, isn't it a waste of valuable computing hours which could be used to crunch successful WUs for other Science projects?
Guest

2006-03-12 14:55:42

Maybe a waste of time for that one unit, but without finding the errors in the beta software, we never would have the valueable science apps!
Guest

2006-03-12 19:12:10

If people didnt crunch for Alpha projects, and a flawed release was the result, any computation done then wouldnt get any results because of the flaws. Like I said, projects are called ALPHA so you know there is a risk.
wizzszz
BAM!ID: 86
Joined: 2006-05-10
Posts: 205
Credits: 34,259
World-rank: 1,064,373

2006-03-12 19:30:38

@O&O: So you have tried 15 Projects, and found 2 that fit your needs. . . Where is the problem? I crunch for 13 projects, and had broken WUs only because of erraneous pausing!
wizzszz
BAM!ID: 86
Joined: 2006-05-10
Posts: 205
Credits: 34,259
World-rank: 1,064,373

2006-03-12 19:32:44

O&O: And another statement: Crunching for alpha state projects IS valueable science work. . . Maybe you do this for the wrong reasons. . .
Guest

2006-03-12 20:18:11

@matt: it's not a case of one WU, but for ALL the WUs being released. It's been there for months now and the team behind that project seem they do not care. Why I'm bothered, the rank 4 on my analysis and grant my machine 86% of the cliamed credits.
Guest

2006-03-12 20:20:24

@borandi: which brings us back to my original question. Will user still be crunching WUs for Alpha projects if there were no credits?
Guest

2006-03-12 20:20:35

I Krunch ALPHA and I helpt the projects find bugs in the apps before public release (for fun). Have over 20 running now.
Guest

2006-03-12 20:32:07

@wizzszz: The problem is that you should be granted credit for every single crunching second! With errors or not, this is the least they can do in return to your volunteering, shouldn't they?
Guest

2006-03-12 20:38:12

. . . otherwise, they are better stop giving credits from the begining or . . . off!
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