The benchmark affects the estimated run time, and the amount of work downloaded. It affects credit, and credit is "fun" but it's not science.
As you correctly said, it will measure something about the quality of the network. What John said (and you apparently didn't read) is that the science application produces a result, and that result is either valid (the calculations were performed correctly) or they're wrong (the result of the calculations is incorrect and useless). It's a two way street, Paul. If you have a technical argument, present it (and only the technical argument). When you accuse people of not reading, or not adopting your ideas because they're your ideas, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. Paul D. Buck wrote: > On Sep 28, 2009, at 5:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Just how does an improved benchmark improve the quality of the DATA >> returned? Not just the Credit request, but the DATA. > > For one thing, done as I suggest we can begin to prove, at lest for > some projects initially, that the software is working as we intend. > Done as I suggest we can also start to identify those systems that are > returning results that are not accurate. IN other words, we will > begin to measure the quality of the computer network. > > This is because the proposal I made is about more than just improving > the benchmark. THen again, you actually have to read the proposal and > what I have been writing about it rather than just skimming it and > objecting to some provision without understanding how that piece fits > into the overall proposal. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
