Posts by James Doutsis

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Top Participants (Message 43789)
Posted 7 Nov 2004 by Profile James Doutsis
Post:
> James,
>
> Most of the stats sites sort by total credit. The berkeley pages sort by
> recent average credit (RAC). If you click on the 'total credit' column on the
> seti@home website, you are currently listed as #847. The BOINC projects all
> base their leaderboards on RAC by default. I think the theory is to keep
> people on their toes. If you accumulate massive amounts of credit but then
> slow down, you will fall quickly in the ranks if they are sorted by RAC. I
> think all of the stats sites sort by total credit by default since this is the
> way it has always been done I guess - and it does kind of make more sense...
> :)
>
> Thanks for the vote of confidence, Everette :)
>

Thanks, that has cleared it all up.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Top Participants (Message 42417)
Posted 3 Nov 2004 by Profile James Doutsis
Post:
Hi all,

According to 'BOINK Statistics for the WORLD', I am ranked around 870th. When going to SETI@home's Top Patricipants I can not see myself there, or anywhere in the listing for that matter.

Am I missing something? If not, what stats are accurate?

Regards,
James





 
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