On Sep 30, 2009, at 5:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I don't care if it is generating credit. It is not doing the real > science > that we are supposed to be doing. It is just a gold plated > benchmark. It > cannot guarantee that the next result is valid, it is only a better > credit > estimator. It is a waste of time to program, it is a waste of time > to run.
The problem is that what you don't want to see that real science is about careful attention to detail and the effort to eliminate error. When error CANNOT be eliminated we compensate. But we also, to the extent possible, measure our level of error. All of that, according to you is waste ... it isn't. It is what science is about ... careful measurement, looking for and the elimination of error, and accurate measurement. Sorry for the comparison because I don't know how else to get it across ... you are like the kid that wants it RIGHT NOW ... and anything that gets in the way of that ... The real science we are supposed to be doing should include lots of stuff that we keep dropping by the wayside because too many like you are only interested in doing heaps of results ... not heaps of accurate results ... which would only be a slightly smaller heap ... just heaps ... the devil take the details and the accuracy as long as we can pile up the results ... Its Ok John ... you are going to win the argument because my disability is on the rise and I will not be able to continue the argument ... besides, doing things the right way is always hard ... slapdash work is always faster ... the part that makes me sad is that I seem to be the only one that thinks that science involves rigor and accuracy. And I still find your fetish for efficiency hysterically funny when you tolerate a level of waste in the operation of the base client that is actually unjustifiable ... and funnier still ... you pointed to as a problem in an earlier post ... _______________________________________________ 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.
