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Prototype Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 67 Credit: 414,025 RAC: 0	Message 1503 - Posted: 24 Jun 2004, 23:38:19 UTC
	... S@H credits starting to roll (slowly) for now. :)
	ID: 1503 ·

machx0r Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 21 Credit: 151,017 RAC: 0	Message 1517 - Posted: 24 Jun 2004, 23:47:58 UTC - in response to Message 1503.
	Someone correct me if I'm wrong but to get credit I think three people need to process the same WU and come up with similiar results. I don't think there is a process on the server doing this.
	ID: 1517 ·

freespace2dotcom Send message Joined: 18 Feb 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 139,190 RAC: 0	Message 1529 - Posted: 24 Jun 2004, 23:56:56 UTC - in response to Message 1517.
	Well, I've sent in a few results, and they seem to be waiting for validation. Everything seems to be working. Just have to wait for those slowpokes to catch up. ;) > Someone correct me if I'm wrong but to get credit I think three people need to > process the same WU and come up with similiar results. I don't think there is > a process on the server doing this.
	ID: 1529 ·

Paul D. Buck Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0	Message 1816 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 11:04:25 UTC
	Yes, three people have to process the WU, get "similar" results from processing it (number of spikes, etc...) and then if they are all close enough, now errors in processing, a quorum of results is created and then credit will be granted. Also, on timeing there are two uploads of the WU, and I can never keep them straight. I believe the first one (which is automatic after) is a very small amount of data, at the next communication between the BOINC Software and the server the actual data generated is uploaded. If I have it wrong one of the Sir Johns will straighten me out ... <p> <p>
	ID: 1816 ·

Keck_Komputers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1575 Credit: 1,395,493 RAC: 478	Message 2054 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 19:04:33 UTC - in response to Message 1816.
	> Yes, three people have to process the WU, get "similar" results from > processing it (number of spikes, etc...) and then if they are all close > enough, now errors in processing, a quorum of results is created and then > credit will be granted. > > Also, on timeing there are two uploads of the WU, and I can never keep them > straight. I believe the first one (which is automatic after) is a very small > amount of data, at the next communication between the BOINC Software and the > server the actual data generated is uploaded. If I have it wrong one of the > Sir Johns will straighten me out ... > <p> The data is uploaded automatically at the end of the workunit. The small descriptive report is sent later. John Keck testing BOINC since 2002/12/08
	ID: 2054 ·

ror Send message Joined: 3 Jun 04 Posts: 28 Credit: 3,020 RAC: 0	Message 2058 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 19:11:15 UTC - in response to Message 1517.
	> Someone correct me if I'm wrong but to get credit I think three people need to > process the same WU and come up with similiar results. I don't think there is > a process on the server doing this. > > There is also a validator that has to check the 3 results are the same, hand out credit etc, although it's been online for a while now. p.s. sorry if this is a double-post, I got disconnected whilst sending it the first time.
	ID: 2058 ·

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