I recently signed up for SETI@home and have begun processing packets.
While attempting to understand credits I went to my account>tasks.
Here's what I found:

Task Computer Owner

711973321 3786593 Robert

Since neither the computer or the owner were me, I looked up 'Robert'
and found the following info:

Account data for Robert

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SETI@home member since 25 Oct 2002
Country Canada
Total credit 1,372,105
Recent average credit 1,152.36
SETI@home classic workunits 9,230
SETI@home classic CPU time 92,149 hours
Computers View

Projects in which Robert is participatingProject
Click for user page Total credit Average credit Since
SETI@home 1,371,003 1,061 25 Oct 2002
Einstein@Home 659,846 848 12 Sep 2005
PrimeGrid 282,031 74 31 May 2006
BBC Climate Change Experiment 585,014 42 31 May 2006
Rosetta@home 61,423 26 31 May 2006
QMC@HOME 108,212 20 31 May 2006
LHC@home 40,324 5 2 Sep 2005
climateprediction.net 696,827 3 31 May 2006
cpdn seasonal 85,752 1 31 May 2006
SIMAP 3,326 0 31 May 2006
XtremLab 3,837 0 31 May 2006
uFluids 1,642 0 31 May 2006
Predictor@Home 89,380 0 28 Aug 2005
SZTAKI Desktop Grid 5,266 0 31 May 2006
SETI@home Beta 353 0 28 Jun 2006
Team Canada
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Copyright © 2008 University of California Generated 15 Jan 2008
12:14:26 UTC

Why does Robert show up in my account? Has he stolen my computer? This
is the 2nd stranger I've found while looking at statistics for my
account.

Please tell me what's going on here.

Dick Rounds

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Hi Dick, Its nothing to worry about.
Each work unit is sent to 2 people, you and Robert
If yours and Roberts results are the same, you will be awarded credit.

If the results are different, the work unit will be sent out to another person until 2 matching results are received.

Hi Dick, Its nothing to worry about.
Each work unit is sent to 2 people, you and Robert
If yours and Roberts results are the same, you will be awarded credit.

If the results are different, the work unit will be sent out to another person until 2 matching results are received.

Thanks. Makes sense now.

Dick