Has SETI number crunching got faster?

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Message 1954848 - Posted: 11 Sep 2018, 20:01:04 UTC

Hey all, I've noticed over the past two or so weeks that I'm crunching about 40% more work units daily and on average I'm getting about 20% more credit for each work unit done. Not a complaint of course! But what's behind this?
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Message 1954852 - Posted: 11 Sep 2018, 20:28:37 UTC - in response to Message 1954848.  

We've been plagued by "noise bombs" for the past couple of weeks. So there is your 40% more completed tasks. We have also been getting a regular diet of Arecibo files too so there is the cause of your increased credit per task.
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Message 1955112 - Posted: 13 Sep 2018, 2:31:16 UTC

Yeah it seems to have gotten faster.

The shorties for the moment have ended their rain of error, as has My browser but that's a different story.
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