"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)."
I typically don't participate in any BOINC project forums, primarily due to a lack of time. However, I will say that I agree with this and that I continue to participate in SETI, WCG, and many other projects, simply using my older P3 933MHz systems. The hopeful science/health return is what keeps me going. Credit means nothing to me other than to see that I actually am contributing to the project. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Lynn W. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Tavis Curry Web: http://www.zerodatastress.com _______________________________________________ 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.
