How to get Credits?
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Hello! | |
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Welcome to SETI and the boards! | |
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Danke Gundolf! Now it's getting clearer and clearer... | |
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I too was wondering about this credit system. So basically, all computations are done twice to check for flaws. This makes sense now. Thank you for asking about this. | |
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,178 RAC: 424  | |
I too was wondering about this credit system. So basically, all computations are done twice to check for flaws. This makes sense now. Thank you for asking about this. All computations are done at least twice. Sometimes tasks are returned late, not returned at all, or returned as errors. In these cases, another task is sent out with the same data. So, while it is always at least 2, it can sometimes reach 6 or 7. NOTE that there is a scheme being considered to have the most reliable computers be "trusted" and only occasionally get a task with a wingmate. ____________   BOINC WIKI | |
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I just started with the Seti program. What are the credits for? Thanks | |
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I just started with the Seti program. What are the credits for? Thanks Bragging rights. They can tell you your relative performance against other machines or other users. | |
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Special note for Canadians: 1,000,000 credits, plus $1.52, will get you a large double double at Timmies. | |
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Hi - I just made an acct for Seti @ home, I downloaded the BOINC. So now what? is it running? When I log out of this site - is Seti at home still working? | |
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I downloaded the BOINC. So now what? is it running? No, since you didn't attach any computers to the SETI@home project yet. You have downloaded BOINC, but did you install and run it already? If you do, you'll be asked by an "attach wizard" to select a project. [edit]Since you have already created an account, make sure to register as "returning user" when attaching to SETI@home, lest you create a second account.[/edit] When I log out of this site - is Seti at home still working? Your BOINC client runs independently from your being logged into this site, but it will need access to the Internet from time to time. How do you get credits? By successfully calculating the downloaded tasks and returning the results. That's all done automatically by the BOINC client once attached to a project. Gruß, Gundolf | |
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[edit]Since you have already created an account, make sure to register as "returning user" when attaching to SETI@home, lest you create a second account.[/edit] It is "Yes, existing user" in BOINC 6.10.58 ____________   - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) | |
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I seem to always have 70+ "Completed, waiting for validation" seti@home projects. | |
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I seem to always have 70+ "Completed, waiting for validation" seti@home projects. Some people have 1000+ "Completed, waiting for validation" - this is normal, nothing to worry about. Anybody's tasks have to be checked against the same computation done on another computer (computers may make errors and it happens all the time, e.g. overheating, bad overclock, bad software) (Consider this: if somebody calculates your payment for given work wouldn't you calculate the same to check for error?) Some SETI@home tasks (Not projects) validate in seconds (if your "wingman"'s computer already returned "good" result and your result is similar ("equal")) and for other tasks may pass months if the WorkUnit have bad luck (if your wingmate's computer crash the task and return error the same task will be send to #3, #4, etc. wingmates) If you continuously send good results they may (temporarily) add to your "pool" of "Completed, waiting for validation" but about the same number of your older "waiting" tasks will validate around that time (it take 1-3 months of steady task "crunching" to reach this "equilibrium" condition) Reading threads, it seems I have a "wingman" supposedly also assigned to the same projects but the slug isn't performing, so I'm being penalized. You are not "penalized" - if your results are good you will get your credits, just not immediately (as is for all of us - we get credit when our results are confirmed by another person's computer (for example I may wait for your result)). How to fix this quickly? As you see - you can't "fix this quickly (?!)", nobody can - the wait for confirmation is by design. (I like Formula 1 races but this here is not a race - it is more like of long chain/queue of cargo trucks - when the first cargo arrives a month after it was sent there are already 100s of trucks on their way over the 1000s km long road) ____________ - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) | |
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got it. thanks. | |
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