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Message 1020676 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 20:12:21 UTC - in response to Message 1020673.  


Now, I somehow would expect a more or less gaussian distribution. For some reason the 300-499 group is exceptionally small. There must be system based reason why less users fall into that category.

Or, it could have been a buglet in the code. Which has now been corrected so the 300-499 group should be accurate. Let this be a lesson, never code sober.


May I question that correction
That jumps the total active users 9000 in one day
which is not consistent with the number of users thru the month

I think the bug, or typo, threw everything off. Instead of >=300&<500 at one point in the script, i had >=400&<500. As such, all numbers prior to 07/28/10 are going to be off. From that point on they should be accurate. Disclaimer: Unless I've fat-fingered something else yet to be discovered. :)
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Message 1020682 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 20:46:57 UTC - in response to Message 1020673.  


Now, I somehow would expect a more or less gaussian distribution. For some reason the 300-499 group is exceptionally small. There must be system based reason why less users fall into that category.

Or, it could have been a buglet in the code. Which has now been corrected so the 300-499 group should be accurate. Let this be a lesson, never code sober.


May I question that correction
That jumps the total active users 9000 in one day
which is not consistent with the number of users thru the month


The total number of users hasn't changed, even after the number in the group with an RAC between 300 & 499 has been corrected. If I sum the users per RAC group between 22 & 27 July, I get a number that averages 933,846 users. That, on average, is 175,555 users less than the average of the total that Scarecrow shows for those six days, which is 1,109,401 users. Presumably, the difference is the group with RAC = 0. Presumably, also, the correct size of that group (RAC = 0) is in fact around 167,479, using the corrected data of 28 July. And yes, as I understand the Scarecrow, the number of active users was previously understated by around 8,076.


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Message 1020683 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 20:49:37 UTC - in response to Message 1020485.  

Doesn't matter. Nobody should be more important than anyone else.


or less


Last time I checked, no one has actually said the larger crunchers are worthless. But I have seen lots of larger crunchers threaten if they don't get their way with the project, they'll leave and that the project needs to keep them happy.

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Message 1020688 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 21:27:30 UTC - in response to Message 1020682.  


The total number of users hasn't changed, even after the number in the group with an RAC between 300 & 499 has been corrected. If I sum the users per RAC group between 22 & 27 July, I get a number that averages 933,846 users. That, on average, is 175,555 users less than the average of the total that Scarecrow shows for those six days, which is 1,109,401 users. Presumably, the difference is the group with RAC = 0. Presumably, also, the correct size of that group (RAC = 0) is in fact around 167,479, using the corrected data of 28 July. And yes, as I understand the Scarecrow, the number of active users was previously understated by around 8,076.


Ok what you are saying there are additional users with 0 credit not even listed
Which takes me back to what I said
anything less than 1 should be ignored
Instead of >0 <1 that should be <1 period
adding those with 0 to the less than 1 still only make only a fraction of a percent
that's less than calculation rounding errors
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Message 1020691 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 22:04:43 UTC - in response to Message 1020683.  

Last time I checked, no one has actually said the larger crunchers are worthless. But I have seen lots of larger crunchers threaten if they don't get their way with the project, they'll leave and that the project needs to keep them happy.

Hi Ned...

I think Ned is "." not "$o |>0/|/3" ;-)

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Message 1020707 - Posted: 29 Jul 2010, 23:37:12 UTC - in response to Message 1020691.  

Last time I checked, no one has actually said the larger crunchers are worthless. But I have seen lots of larger crunchers threaten if they don't get their way with the project, they'll leave and that the project needs to keep them happy.

Hi Ned...

I think Ned is "." not "$o |>0/|/3" ;-)

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