Since this is an openly supportive thread, I'd like to take a moment to THANK all the big Crunchers out there for illustrating what we can achieve whilst contributing to this project (and others).

I'd also like to invite anybody "NEW" to BOINC, SETI and/or other projects to celebrate your own "milestones", no matter how "small" they may seem in comparison to the 100-thousands and the multi-million+ marks the long(er)-time crunchers have reached.

"A Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step."

And so it is, even here.

Whether you're committing a room-full of servers, stacks of blades, or just *one* old "spare" PC chugging along under Win95/98, EVERY WORK UNIT each person (or more accurately, your *computer*) completes is ANOTHER STEP closer to the goal of whichever project you're subscribed to.

ONE Work Unit every few days? If that's your contribution, IT's STILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

*DO* "celebrate" even YOUR "Milestones" as you set out, alongside everyone else here, and remember -- "Size Matters Not". (Here's to betting the majority of people out there will know to whom that quote is attributed!)

It is in that happy vein that I'd like to declare passing the 3,000 work units mark. (Yes, that's three THOUSAND; I didn't "forget" a few zeros..!) ..and managing to up my Average Work Units from 20-something to over 80.

Here's an Open Invitation to all the rest of us with our simple, solitary computer, contributing its spare resources while we're away at work, or asleep, (or even asleep at work!) to also Be Counted.

You're giving what you can, and that's all that was ever asked of you in the first place.

So here's to the Big Crunchers, and here's to the Li'l Chippers...
To Progress! Forward, slowly or quickly, is still FORWARD!

Encouragingly,

.Cx.

Well said

Erm... *THANKS*, Bird-Dog. =)
Happy Crunching,
and CONGRATS on hitting your 2,000 credit Milestone!

{-Cx-}

Thank you and sorry for the mix up over credit for your previous post. I could never elucidate like that. Bird-Dog.