I seem to remember that some of the probes to the outer solar system (Voyager and the like) show up as well.
Those aren't formal tests, but they are known signals. [email protected] wrote: > If I recall, there is a signal injected into a particular place in the > spectrum for all tapes at a frequency that would just be absorbed... > > jm7 > > > > Raistmer > <[email protected] > > To > Sent by: "Paul D. Buck" > <boinc_dev-bounce <[email protected]>, "Lynn W. > [email protected] Taylor" <[email protected]> > u> cc > [email protected], BOINC > Developers Mailing List > 09/29/2009 02:15 <[email protected]> > AM Subject > Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_alpha] Card > Gflops in BOINC 6.10 > > > > > > > > > > >> The example I used in the past is this. SaH is basically a signal >> hunter. When was the last time that a test work unit with known >> signals in the input data was subjected to analysis? If anyone who >> reads this board knows this they have not yet answered the question. >> All the testing I know of is to use a task of real data that we assume >> we know what is in it because we have run it through the software. >> And because the answer today matches the answer of yesterday we assume >> that the software is correct. Unless the software of yesterday was >> bad .. then we are just making today match yesterday's bad analysis. >> > > It's a good point. Maybe Eric could answer if such checks were performed in > > lab before releasing SaH application. > But anyway, such testing should be done only once per algorithm change, it > should be done in project's lab and not on participants PCs. > Validity of algorithm used is fundamental question of course, but should be > > solved BEFORE app goes into public. > Cause such calibration tasks should calibrate Validator in first place. > Then, being calibrated Validator can do same calibration work on user > returned results deciding what result is good and what is wrong. > There is no need for enormous resource waste running such calibration tasks > > on each and every PC joined to project. > > Your approach in this part could be compared with such situation: > I refuse to use ruler, I always wanna compare all lenghts I need to measure > > with meter etalon. > What would be with geometry if each and every measurement could be done > only > after direct comparison with etalon of meter ?.... > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
