Can't find any mention of this since V8, forgive me if it has been covered.

In last 24 hrs I have two tasks that have finished within seconds due to -9 result overflow, that would normally be given 0.nn Cr. But these two seem to have been awarded full credits.

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=2157694870

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=2157807257

Any reason, explanation?

Anybody.

Oh!

Do I need to say anymore?

A fine example of the failings of the CreditNew system

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

A fine example of the failings of the CreditNew system

CreditMew has been around now for a long time.
DA is the only one to answer for it, and he ain't talking much.

Meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Can't see the Wus (too late I guess), though the full credit for early exits fits a number of possibilities, most likely against new hosts or new applications on hosts. Some of the starting figures before numbers (loosely) dial in aren't chosen from the right buckets.

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"Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions.

Can't see the Wus (too late I guess), though the full credit for early exits fits a number of possibilities, most likely against new hosts or new applications on hosts. Some of the starting figures before numbers (loosely) dial in aren't chosen from the right buckets.

Not new host/application here, but I did take note that the tasks were both at that unusual angle/range of ~0.22nnnn. But I don't know if that could have been a cause. Unlikely I would imagine that both the other two wingmen were both new host or app.

Can't see the Wus (too late I guess), though the full credit for early exits fits a number of possibilities, most likely against new hosts or new applications on hosts. Some of the starting figures before numbers (loosely) dial in aren't chosen from the right buckets.

Not new host/application here, but I did take note that the tasks were both at that unusual angle/range of ~0.22nnnn. But I don't know if that could have been a cause. Unlikely I would imagine that both the other two wingmen were both new host or app.

Yeah, the design indicates that the designer may not completely understand what a 'strange attractor' is, which is fair enough. In this case, without further data, it looks like poorly chosen safeties kicking in, when what's needed is a deeper understanding and to let it run its course. It's a slightly different angle to the scaling and stability problems.

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"Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions.