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Message 127014 - Posted: 23 Jun 2005, 22:14:03 UTC

Can anyone give me a simple, clear and concise explanation of what credits symbolise or represent. This is my only criticism of BOINC, the old system where number of workunits completed was so much simpler.
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Message 127148 - Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 1:45:52 UTC
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Message 127150 - Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 1:50:02 UTC

It is an indication of how much effort was put into the science being done. The problem with 1WU = 1 credit is that not all WUs are created equal. S@H BOINC can short circuit a very noisy WU in as little as 5 minutes, and it is the belief of the developers and at least some of the crunchers that these 5 minute WUs should not count for as much as a WU that took several hours to process.


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