On my SETI profile it says I've been a member since August, '04, when I switched over from SETI Classic to BOINC. I originally signed up for SETI Classic in October of 2000.
On the leaderboards I see names with signup dates as far back as '99, with thousands of credits. It looks to me like their SETI Classic credits are showing up, since BOINC wasn't around in '99. Or was it? So I'm puzzled. Would anyone be willing to help clear up my confusion. Thanks in advance.

Is it possible that when you moved to boinc you opened a new account instead of activating your seti account.

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> On my SETI profile it says I've been a member since August, '04, when I
> switched over from SETI Classic to BOINC. I originally signed up for SETI
> Classic in October of 2000.
> On the leaderboards I see names with signup dates as far back as '99, with
> thousands of credits. It looks to me like their SETI Classic credits are
> showing up, since BOINC wasn't around in '99. Or was it? So I'm puzzled. Would
> anyone be willing to help clear up my confusion. Thanks in advance.
>
>
perhaps adding the confusion..


hi Robert
Wellcome onboard!

Do you use the same account (email adress) as on seti classic?
IF you use an other email adress (=new account = new creation date )
this could be ONE possible answer.

friendly ric

> On my SETI profile it says I've been a member since August, '04, when I
> switched over from SETI Classic to BOINC. I originally signed up for SETI
> Classic in October of 2000.

As already mentioned, it sounds like you've created a new account by using another e-mail address than the one in use on sah classic.

> On the leaderboards I see names with signup dates as far back as '99, with
> thousands of credits. It looks to me like their SETI Classic credits are
> showing up, since BOINC wasn't around in '99. Or was it? So I'm puzzled. Would
> anyone be willing to help clear up my confusion. Thanks in advance.

It's not their classic credits nor is it a combination. The sign up date refers to the date you signed up for sah (regardless of it being on the boinc platform or not) - but if you created a totally new account, it doesn't know when you actually joined and think you've only just signed up. I'm guessing you have no or zero classic work units mentioned on your sah/boinc account. This would be a clear indicator that you created a totally fresh sah account.

Hope our answers clear things up a bit for you ;-)


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Hey Doc I got this pain in my lower right chest have any ideas ;o)

Links to Documents by Project or How I found out all the Stuff I Needed to Know About BOINC
My name is Pascal and this message has my approval...

It is 10 oclock, do you know what your WUWUs are doing tonight...

> Hey Doc I got this pain in my lower right chest have any ideas ;o)
>
> It is 10 oclock, do you know what your WUWUs are doing tonight...
>

Quit playing with your WUWUs!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

> > Hey Doc I got this pain in my lower right chest have any ideas ;o)
> >
> > It is 10 oclock, do you know what your WUWUs are doing tonight...
> >
>
> Quit playing with your WUWUs!
> (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
>

Good one lolololoolllol

My name is Pascal and this message has my approval...

It is 10 oclock, do you know what your WUWUs are doing tonight...

Thanks to all (Switzerland, Denmark, and Down-Under) for the help. Yes, it looks like I created a new account rather than activating my existing account. I don't see a way to fix it. But that's OK. It's a good reminder to me that what we're doing here is not about how high my numbers are, but how high is our collective vision.
Clear skies.

> I don't see a way to fix it. But that's OK.

If you don't mind "loosing" your current credit on sah2 you could just activate it now ;-)

> It's a good reminder to me that
> what we're doing here is not about how high my numbers are, but how high is
> our collective vision.

Exactly :-)


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Pascal, I'm glad you weren't offended. Being an ex-Navy type, my "smart-ass" remarks sometime get the best of me.