What is the whole credit thing about

Author	Message
theo Send message Joined: 19 Oct 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 448 RAC: 0	Message 820900 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 9:58:26 UTC Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo ID: 820900 ·

Fred W Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 2524 Credit: 11,954,210 RAC: 0	Message 820904 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 10:10:07 UTC - in response to Message 820900. Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo The first. F. ID: 820904 ·

Aristoteles Doukas Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 1091 Credit: 2,140,913 RAC: 0	Message 820907 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 10:40:08 UTC Last modified: 20 Oct 2008, 10:40:43 UTC or you can go to bank and try to make them chance them to iceland kronors, they could do that since they have practically same value now ID: 820907 ·

KWSN Ekky Ekky Ekky Send message Joined: 25 May 99 Posts: 944 Credit: 52,956,491 RAC: 67	Message 820976 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 13:02:34 UTC - in response to Message 820907. Last modified: 20 Oct 2008, 13:02:46 UTC Wow! What's one credit worth, then? Can we set up a hedge fund or commodity broker to deal in them? ID: 820976 ·

John Neale Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 00 Posts: 634 Credit: 7,246,513 RAC: 9	Message 821027 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 15:27:33 UTC - in response to Message 820976. Wow! What's one credit worth, then? Slightly less than one Zimbabwean dollar. On its release in July this year, a Zim$100,000,000,000 note could purchase three eggs. With the official inflation rate currently pegged at 231,000,000 %, this is probably no longer the case. (And in any case, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe lopped ten zeros off their currency in August 2008.) Iceland has a long way to go. ID: 821027 ·

Josef W. Segur Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0	Message 821088 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 19:13:20 UTC - in response to Message 820900. Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo The Total and expected Average credit are used for the Statistics tab in BOINC Manager. They provide an indication to the user whether the host is producing useful results. Beyond that, many human beings are inclined to be competitive and most sports seem to need some kind of scoring system to be popular. Joe ID: 821088 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328	Message 821110 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 20:07:41 UTC Well as I run 9 crunchers 2 of them remote, just a quick glance at their totals and RAC lets me know everything is OK. The other day on of my remotes (AMD processor) got stuck on a nasty astropulse unit, one glance at the RAC told me things were not good. So they do have a use. Bernie ID: 821110 ·

KD [SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 24 Oct 99 Posts: 459 Credit: 2,513,131 RAC: 0	Message 821119 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 20:18:24 UTC - in response to Message 820900. Last modified: 20 Oct 2008, 20:20:00 UTC Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo When we find ET, we are going to get paid $1 for every one million credits. Most of all us will make just enough for a pack of gum or T-shirt, but NEZ will get him/her/itself a new TV. (Credits are only for whatever you want them to be for.) ID: 821119 ·

Zap de Ridder Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 227 Credit: 1,468,844 RAC: 1	Message 821149 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 21:07:23 UTC - in response to Message 821119. Last modified: 20 Oct 2008, 21:08:13 UTC I was channeled that every one that was stupid enough to think that seti@home would reveal any eti will be charged an equivelent of the credits as soon as they arive. That's why I keep it as low as possible. But every couple of years I do a stress test on a new computer for some weeks, and s@h is a good one ( in evry way ).I hope they won't hold it against me. Hence this reply. So I have proof. ID: 821149 ·

KD [SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 24 Oct 99 Posts: 459 Credit: 2,513,131 RAC: 0	Message 821162 - Posted: 20 Oct 2008, 21:21:57 UTC SETI isn't looking for ET. That is a just cover story and trick to get you to install it on your computers. Its actually a SPY program that is controlled by the gubmint. It spies and monitors everything that you do. Arecibo isn't just receiving, its also TRANSMITTING all of your information to Department of Homeland Security satellites. ID: 821162 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30676 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 821309 - Posted: 21 Oct 2008, 1:58:59 UTC - in response to Message 821119. Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo When we find ET, we are going to get paid $1 for every one million credits. Most of all us will make just enough for a pack of gum or T-shirt, but NEZ will get him/her/itself a new TV. (Credits are only for whatever you want them to be for.) What you haven't found PaySeti yet? Or was that SetiPal? Can't remember. But you can trade credits for cash. ID: 821309 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 821398 - Posted: 21 Oct 2008, 5:04:20 UTC - in response to Message 821309. Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo When we find ET, we are going to get paid $1 for every one million credits. Most of all us will make just enough for a pack of gum or T-shirt, but NEZ will get him/her/itself a new TV. (Credits are only for whatever you want them to be for.) What you haven't found PaySeti yet? Or was that SetiPal? Can't remember. But you can trade credits for cash. I cashed in some of mine at the SETI commisary. ID: 821398 ·

OzzFan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28	Message 821608 - Posted: 21 Oct 2008, 22:44:55 UTC - in response to Message 821398. Hiya new to seti but i'm completely confused about the whole credit system. Is the credit system a way to brag about how much you do or is it something that can practically be used? Thanks Theo When we find ET, we are going to get paid $1 for every one million credits. Most of all us will make just enough for a pack of gum or T-shirt, but NEZ will get him/her/itself a new TV. (Credits are only for whatever you want them to be for.) What you haven't found PaySeti yet? Or was that SetiPal? Can't remember. But you can trade credits for cash. I cashed in some of mine at the SETI commisary. I should have went there. Some guy on the street tricked me into giving him my credits for these stupid "magic" beans. Pfft. ID: 821608 ·

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