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Number crunching :
Bug in the credit assignment?
(Message 8593)
Posted 16 Jul 2005 by  Saenger
Post: > This goes back to the Intel versus AMD floating point differences found 259 > days ago. > What would typically happen was that sometimes they'd validate on AMD results, > and sometimes on the Intel results. Back then, if you were a Pentium user, > and your work unit was sent to 3 AMD's as well, you might have gotten zero > credit. > Back then, it wasn't fair to penalize someone for crunching a on a different > CPU than his workunitmates. Why wasn't homogenous redundancy introduced, instead or credit tweaking? |
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Number crunching :
Bug in the credit assignment?
(Message 8556)
Posted 15 Jul 2005 by Saenger
Post: > Not sure that is a bug, the WU was a sucess but was invalid cause it did not > match the rest of the crunchers results, would be my quess..... > Invalid is invalid is 0 credit, no matter the cause imho. Getting more or less than claimed is nothing unusual, as Hefto99 said, and as long as I would get credits, I would presume that I had only valid results. Can anyone explain why this project has decided to change the common Boinc policy? |
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Cafe LHC :
Welcome New LHC@Home Crunchers
(Message 8519)
Posted 14 Jul 2005 by Saenger
Post: Great! Finaly I'm in it :) Just crunched my first sixpack...eeehhh...sixtrack, and now I'm waiting for the next crunchers to do so, to get my first validation! BTW: Hello to all oldies (= |
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Number crunching :
sign up now!
(Message 8437)
Posted 13 Jul 2005 by Saenger
Post: > Welcome to one of the best BOINC projects ever! ;-) > > And speaking of best, you are welcome to join the best team, Boinc Synergy: > http://lhcathome.cern.ch/team_display.php?teamid=97 > > :-D > Define "Best Team" ;) I finally made it, THX everyone (and join the best team ;) edit: Wouldn't this thread belong in the Café?) |
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