Not sure if i'm in the right forum but could someone please explain why the progects shown as 'pending' are 'pending.

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669223351 184108677 28 Nov 2007 14:38:18 UTC 5 Jan 2008 19:18:18 UTC In Progress Unknown New --- --- ---
669206378 184100546 28 Nov 2007 13:46:33 UTC 28 Nov 2007 16:11:11 UTC Over Success Done 4,534.38 17.31 pending
668948944 183977814 28 Nov 2007 7:05:38 UTC 28 Nov 2007 16:11:11 UTC Over Success Done 20,449.59 63.98 pending
668901046 183954661 28 Nov 2007 5:51:16 UTC 28 Nov 2007 9:30:41 UTC Over Success Done 4,632.11 19.41 pending
668818541 183914757 28 Nov 2007 4:25:11 UTC 28 Nov 2007 9:30:41 UTC Over Success Done 4,434.98 17.78 17.78
668732067 183873302 28 Nov 2007 3:08:25 UTC 28 Nov 2007 7:05:38 UTC Over Success Done 4,563.27 19.41 pending
668715074 183865209 28 Nov 2007 2:35:41 UTC 28 Nov 2007 5:51:16 UTC Over Success Done 4,590.25 19.41 19.41
668504693 183767961 27 Nov 2007 22:20:50 UTC 28 Nov 2007 4:25:11 UTC Over Success Done 15,044.70 90.09 pending
668329696 183686184 27 Nov 2007 16:40:52 UTC 28 Nov 2007 1:30:26 UTC Over Success Done 20,189.66 54.32 pending
668127533 183592220 27 Nov 2007 10:36:46 UTC 27 Nov 2007 21:50:30 UTC Over Success Done 20,514.89 54.38 54.38
667804087 183440214 26 Nov 2007 23:16:09 UTC 27 Nov 2007 8:02:14 UTC Over Success Done 20,179.00 54.33 54.33
667311772 183212241 26 Nov 2007 5:46:28 UTC 26 Nov 2007 14:44:13 UTC Over Success Done 20,523.28 54.25 54.25
667147681 183134005 26 Nov 2007 0:03:10 UTC 26 Nov 2007 8:51:22 UTC Over Success Done 20,494.72 54.22 pending
666147808 182672931 24 Nov 2007 17:22:58 UTC 25 Nov 2007 2:29:59 UTC Over Success Done 21,749.36 75.45 pending
665478505 182367208 23 Nov 2007 16:56:22 UTC 24 Nov 2007 2:11:18 UTC Over Success Done 21,761.28 75.52 pending
647637380 174050226 30 Oct 2007 13:14:34 UTC 30 Oct 2007 20:48:35 UTC Over Success Done 87.30 0.10 pending
625139608 163661332 2 Oct 2007 11:09:44 UTC 2 Oct 2007 20:39:22 UTC Over Success Done 15,426.61 39.92 pending


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Not sure if i'm in the right forum but could someone please explain why the progects shown as 'pending' are 'pending.
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Rgds

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Since we have switched to the new Multibeam application, we have seen a big jump in the number of pending results. This is due to a combination of things. One is that we have switched to an initial replication of two and a quorum of two which means that only two results are sent out to start with, and you must wait until both results are in to get credit. If one result is sent to a slow computer, or one that is not responding for some reason, then the wait can be quite long.
With the initial replication of three, the two fastest computers to return results would trigger validation whether the slowest computer had returned it's result or not.

Another reason is due to the longer deadlines for the new work units. If you are paired with a non-responding computer, then you must wait until the deadline passes before a replacement is sent out. This wait is much longer with the new work units than we had with the older "linefeed" work units (used with the original SETI and thee SETI Enhanced applications).

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As Jim said, you have to wait for credit until your result has been Validated against at least 1 other result from an independant computer. Occasionally it take a second validation if the 2 results returned are weakly similar or not similar.

You are in luck for your oldest result listed, it just validated and got credit a few minutes ago. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=163661332.

Most of your other pending results are less than a week old, so I wouldn't worry too much yet. If you want to see some long pendings take a look at Oldest Pending Date.

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