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1) Message boards : Number crunching : Credit anomalies (Message 40515)
Posted 1 Sep 2010 by old_user521524
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Lost 16,902. Source: BOINCstats.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Offline crunching (Message 39630)
Posted 24 Apr 2010 by old_user521524
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... As they will not be able to trickle, will this cause any reporting problems upon the resumption of internet service? ...
There should be no problems. There is a very long deadline, which is pretty much ignored by CPDN anyway - so just ignore it.

In theory, BOINC can re-issue tasks in work units where progress isn\'t being made. But I\'ve never seen any evidence that CPDN works that way in practice: the CPDN scheduler just doles out the models as work is requested - and the project accepts anything that\'s sent back.

(The only time-related problem CPDN participants encounter is if a phase-end Zip file starts uploading and for some reason it can\'t finish. Even that unusual situation is now much improved as the timeout has been increased substantially beyond the length of any likely server outage.)

I hope the work on your home goes well.

Iain

Wish I had known...was forced offline last summer/autumn for an extended period and aborted a completed work unit out of ignorance. (not sure if it was a phase or an entire run. Threw away a lot of credits! Thanks for the best wishes on my renovations. Although I do this for a living, I\'m gonna need it.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Offline crunching (Message 39626)
Posted 23 Apr 2010 by old_user521524
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I am planning some extensive home remodeling in the near future and may be forced to be offline for up to 3mos. I had thought to download some of the longer running work units and allow them to crunch during this time. As they will not be able to trickle, will this cause any reporting problems upon the resumption of internet service? Disk space will not be a problem. Using v6.10.43. Thanks in advance.
4) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Bonus Credits (Message 36860)
Posted 5 May 2009 by old_user521524
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The only people giving it thought are those that think it would be a quick way to boost their credit rating.
It's not going to happen.


Don't agree that it would be a "quick" way to boost credit (at least not on my boxes) but respect your stance on this issue. Thanks for your quick response.
5) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Bonus Credits (Message 36858)
Posted 4 May 2009 by old_user521524
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CPDN can't do anything that would make us unpopular with other projects, or that other projects would consider an unfair advantage. There are stats freaks who compare the credits for different projects and post about it. Carl (in Oxford) did once mention your bonus idea, so this has been considered and, I'm afraid, rejected.

When members complete a model, if they report their success in the Milestones thread in the cafe, they'll find that they soon receive the reward of (virtual) champagne and fireworks. Because everyone here understands the effort involved.

It has been two years since previous post. Has any thought been given to perhaps granting bonus credits for completed climate models? This would encourage the "stats freaks" to crunch tasks to completion and would seemingly benefit the science as well. A modest 5 or 10k would probably accomplish this, and shouldn't be out of line when compared to the long run times involved.




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