Jord, I certainly understand what you're talking about. I've been ridiculed for my small contribution in terms of credit. Doesn't bother me, because despite my enthusiasm for BOINC and s...@home, I'm more representative of the average cruncher than the typical forum participant.
First, I wouldn't assume that Rom has become a credit hound, I would assume that he is using credit as intended (as a measure of computing) and that it's more about the amount of work that can be done with a GPU. Second, quite some time ago I was told that roughly 8,800 participants at s...@home had posted to the forums out of something around a million participants (according to BOINCstats.com). Those 8,800 participants are self-selected (they chose to post) so they aren't a statistically valid sample. They don't represent the average participant by a very long way. Rather than turn your back on what matters (the researchers behind the various projects) I think it'd be best to approach the forums for what they are: a place for the fanatics to vent. Side comment for David or Eric: if someone in the Sociology department is looking for a thesis topic, I think the various BOINC forums are loaded with material. I've always been fascinated by the work of J.S.G. Boggs. He's a performance artist who draws money by hand and then trades it for products at face value. The credit race is the same, except people are spending real money and in exchange they don't even get a hand-drawn $10 bill. Seriously. I know money is money because we think it's money, but this is just crazy. -- Lynn Jorden van der Elst wrote: > Seeing how Rom has been swayed to the dark side, when he said in a > conversation I had with him that he had passed 1 million credits at > Collatz, using his ATI GPU only, I doubt it is about anything else > these days. _______________________________________________ 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.
