because I'm still wondering and I can't figure it out.
Sorry for my bad English :)

> because I'm still wondering and I can't figure it out.
> Sorry for my bad English :)

Well, I cannot speak any other language besides FORTRAN at all, so don't feel bad, besides, I like your accent!

:)

Ok, the credit granted is based on processing time vs. the speed of an "ideal" defined reference computer. Bottom line, it depends ...

To make it more complicated we have policy rules that say if you get the max requested credit, min, or an average (or the median value) ...

In my BOINC FAQ there is a whole long bit aboiut credit... Also, in the glossary you can look up credit, related terms and concepts.
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In Uncomplicated words, the Wu you are ding has to be done by 2 other people, the middle value of all 3 will be the granted credit for all of you.

EG: person1 = 4, person2 = 6 , person3 = 15 you will all be granted 6.

Now you asked how does 'it' work it our, Boinc just dishes out credit for how good the WU was and the time taken!

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In a perfect world each work unit should request the same amount of credit no matter how processes it.

It is the work unit that determines the amount of credit and not who processes it.

In the perfect world every work unit would be processed by each computer give the same result and ask for the same amount of credit. However, because different systems use different amounts of numbers after the decimal and some round and some truncate we get different results. Also having different speed computers with only rough benchmarks for comparison makes it differ some as well.

wow, I thought it would be less complicated but I was wrong
Thanks for all of you for help :))))

Also, there are different types of work units. Some take longer or shorter depending on how fast/slow the telescope was moving while the work unit was being recorded. And then of course there are work units with too much noise that cancel out before they are 'done'. So yes, complex it is :)


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> Also, there are different types of work units. Some take longer or shorter
> depending on how fast/slow the telescope was moving while the work unit was
> being recorded. And then of course there are work units with too much noise
> that cancel out before they are 'done'. So yes, complex it is :)

There is a handy chart and some results vs. other things (provided by Comotose) that talks to this and other issues. That is in the SETI@Home FAQ I wrote.

Credit and all the wonders about it are discussed in the BOINC FAQ, touched on in the SETI@Home FAQ and in the glossary where the terms are defined.
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>
> There is a handy chart and some results vs. other things (provided by
> Comotose) that talks to this and other issues. That is in the SETI@Home FAQ I
> wrote.
>

Could you provide a more direct link to this information? Thanks.

>
> >
> > There is a handy chart and some results vs. other things (provided by
> > Comotose) that talks to this and other issues. That is in the SETI@Home
> FAQ I
> > wrote.
> >
>
> Could you provide a more direct link to this information? Thanks.

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