Paul D. Buck wrote: > On Oct 3, 2009, at 1:31 AM, Richard Haselgrove wrote: > >> Paul D. Buck wrote: >>> Wasn't me that said so ... it was you (and I quote): >>> >>> "There are also some fairly major drawbacks, and that is why I think >>> it won't be implemented as is. First, it's immediately deflationary. >>> The average host that connected to s...@home today earns 292 credits >>> per day, which is significantly more than 100. There would be strong >>> (perhaps irresistible) demand for projects to keep their current >>> credit scheme for as long as possible. " >>> >>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=45024&nowrap=true#705408 >> Ah, at last we get to the bottom of the mystery. >> >> Paul, you're looking at the wrong script. >> >> That post of Eric's, dated 29 January 2008, is a commentary on a >> proposal by David which was never implemented. The suggestion is >> that David's script, not Eric's, would have been deflationary. >> >> The script which the rest of us are talking about was coded by Eric >> some six months later (22 July 2008), and has been running at SETI >> and SETI Beta ever since - I don't know how many other projects have >> taken it up. That script is *NOT* deflationary, except to the >> limited extent that Joe and I were talking about. You can check the >> coding yourself at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/15661. > > If you say it is deflationary, no need for me to check ... > > But you cannot be a little bit pregnant, you either are, or you > aren't ... if it is deflationary, then, well, I am sorry, my statement
Paul, Read it again... You're letting your exasperated conspiratorial negativity prejudice your mind into blindness. Eric is running a *different script* ... However, I'll add the proviso that as far as I understand, there are no reference measurements anywhere and so noone can know for sure either way in any case. We do have anecdotal evidence suggesting that the s...@h credits absolute value changes over time even if that is no more than just a "bad feeling". I don't think we know. And my interest in credits hasn't been high enough to take the trouble to make any measurements! Now... Credits used as an accurate performance measure are much more interesting... Aside: Can we keep to discussing /only/ the ideas regardless of who's ideas please. "Who-said-what" and anti-favouritisms are much better for offlist if you want that sort of unscientific silliness. You're very welcome to comment direct offlist if you wish. If egos dictate so, we can argue over who's idea(s) on another forum once something is in use and proven ;-) Regards, Martin -- -------------------- Martin Lomas m_boincdev ml1 co uk.ddSPAM.dd -------------------- _______________________________________________ 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.
