Martin said: *'A simple example for Boinc would be an actual physical computer at the project lab or wherever, provided that it can run through all types of WUs, reasonably quickly, and survive the lifespan of the project. That is then used to calibrate *live* WUs across all participants, in a hierarchical way similar to what is done with NIST standards.'* ** I believe that exactly such a computer is still in existence at CPDN in Oxford. It was originally used to calibrate CPDN's credits against SETI which had joined Boinc earlier. Credits have been kept at that level apart from a 5% increase to compensate for some WUs that disappeared into a black hole.
As you can see from the Boinc combined credits comparison page ( http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_plugins/boinc/get_cpcs.php) this system has worked admirably. There is now *one project* offering fewer credits than CPDN. Perhaps someone knows how this computer could be cloned and the clones distributed to all projects before it expires and needs to be repaired? Lol. Mo _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
