There are two big issues here. First, we aren't really talking about work that has "crashed" -- we may be able to tell that the work unit finished early, but work like the SETI -9 results didn't "crash" they just had a lot of signals.
Run time isn't necessarily an indicator of quality. What we're talking about is work that does not validate -- where the result is compared to work done on another machine, and the results don't match. Notice has to get from the validator, travel by some means to the eyeballs of someone who cares about that machine, and register with their Mark I mod 0 brain. The two issues are: What if the back-channel to the user is not available (old E-Mail address, or not running BOINCMGR)? What if the user is (obscure reference to DNA, since this is Towel Day) missing, presumed fed? There is probably an argument that BOINC should shut down gracefully if the machine owner doesn't verify his continued existence periodically. On 5/25/2010 12:07 PM, Maureen Vilar wrote: > When computation finishes prematurely would it be possible to add to the > messages something like: 'This task crashed'? And even 'Ask for advice on > the project forum'? _______________________________________________ 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.
