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OMG, this is hilarious. :) I had no idea that we were in competition for the highest ranking. This whole time I thought it was for a bunch of people to reach a common goal. I am so glad I don't belong to a team, that way I don't have anything to prove to anyone else or show justification for my time. LOL Just give me WU, and I'll make sure they're crunched.

To MJKelleher: True, I must be blind. Funny thing is I must have seen that link a thousand times.
Still, a user name there would be nice. And user name in quotes.

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OMG, this is hilarious. :) I had no idea that we were in competition for the highest ranking. This whole time I thought it was for a bunch of people to reach a common goal. I am so glad I don't belong to a team, that way I don't have anything to prove to anyone else or show justification for my time. LOL Just give me WU, and I'll make sure they're crunched.

You're right, this thread is funny. But just a perspective reminder regarding credits; if it weren't for the spirit of competition, not a single one of the available projects would be a fraction as far along as they are. Competition drives people, like myself, to build more machines, upgrade them to make them faster and spend hard earned money to keep them running 24/7. Lo and behold, more science is done for all. In addition, fanatics tend to spread "the word" more emphatically, in my experience, and more people join as a result.

I'm not slapping you, Mr. Andersen. I just felt the need to explain a different perspective on BOINC and crunching than you may have considered before.

Having lots of credits doesn't make anyone a better person than another. I'm on the record many times supporting that statement. But neither does crunching based on a philosophy of "I'm only in it for the science" make such a person more "pure" or "righteous".

Please understand, Mr. Andersen, this is not a personal attack nor is it a guess at your philosophies or motivations.

I see the whole DC endeavor in the same way as I do the Walk/run for juvenile diabetes that I paticipate in every year. Some go slow, some charge ahead, all do the best that they are able in order to contribute to a good cause. And in the end, everyone has a different reason for being there.

Crunch on -

Jim

I wish these message boards showed more info on each post, like what post or user they are writen in reply to, etc.

I think if a person clicks on the "Reply to this post" link at the bottom of each post, then it will automatically quote (like I did with yours).

Yes but if you don't quote thre's no way to know who someone is talking to, unless you've been following the entire thread.
And even with quotes, it's easy to get lost in a long thread. Some boards add the name of the person to a quote, like "xxx said: ....", etc. That's neat too.

Anyway, I didn't know if you were replying to me when you said:

OMG, this is hilarious. :) I had no idea that we were in competition for the highest ranking.

That's why I posted my wishful thinking. :p

I concur and no offense taken, Jim. Please call me Steve. I understand the comraderie that is formed by a team as I understand the need for competition. I'm sure it is a driving force for more and more crunching to be performed. Heck, I'll admit I've got 4 computers that I've pieced together to help in the effort. So in essence, I have my own team. ;)

My intentions were to point out how worried this individual was about ranking and such. Not to cause anger amongst anyone. I also go on vacation and shutdown my PCs, come home, power up, and continue on. I can understand his concern about RACs as associated with the team/individual progress. I hope for him and his team it doesn't affect it too much.
It's all good... :)

And, you show your credit and rank in your signature. Why is that? ;)

I'm the one that's always saying that "credits are the opiate of the masses", and I do usually speak against the people that seem to only crunch for the credit. But like Jim said, they are "necessary". It drives more people to crunch more and faster, and in the end science wins.

Geez, I watch My bank account drop all the time and work, What's that? ;)
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Geez, I watch My bank account drop all the time and work, What's that? ;)

That just proves that WORK SUCKS! 8-p

You just figured that out? :p

Geez, I watch My bank account drop all the time and work, What's that? ;)

That just proves that WORK SUCKS! 8-p

You just figured that out? :p

Yeah I bet porn actors say that all the time. :p

Geez, I watch My bank account drop all the time and work, What's that? ;)

That just proves that WORK SUCKS! 8-p