Apologies if this is a n00b question, but to which set of stats will wu’s be credited if they crunch SETI under BOINC? I’m presuming they’d have to set up a BOINC account which would be different from their usual SETI account?
To BOINC you need a BOINC account. The sign up is currently closed as they can’t handle the bug reports from the accounts currently open even though fewer and fewer people are BOINCing now since the software doesn’t work.
The BOINC credits are totally different. They are based on the number of teraflops you perform and the bandwidth you use rather than numbers of work units. Each result you send back is somehow verified and you are assigned a fractional credit based on your computer’s effort. It does take several days to receive credit (if at all).
That’s cool - I already have a BOINC account but am just not crunching till it sorts itself out, I think they have enough beta testers to keep it going for now
Originally posted by riddlermarc Apologies if this is a n00b question, but to which set of stats will wu’s be credited if they crunch SETI under BOINC? I’m presuming they’d have to set up a BOINC account which would be different from their usual SETI account?
i dont know, normally you need for every BOINC Project an extra Account.
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Seti@home BOINC and Seti Classic will be run at the first time with the normal WUs paralel, and the Results are going in the same Database.
Originally posted by riddlermarc That’s cool - I already have a BOINC account but am just not crunching till it sorts itself out, I think they have enough beta testers to keep it going for now
My thoughts exactly - I lost all interest in it a long time ago, came close to shutting it all down, but then with the newbies and the intro to Lifemapper (no1)™ its all going well again…
Sir Ulli - I wasn’t trying to put Boinc down in any way at all - I am sure the beta-tester/Berkeley relationships is going great guns, and I will be one of the first once it becomes final release.
Keep up the good work to all those who still run it !
yep, it is a fantasting feeling, to be one of the first, and to do a little for the future, and that the people at Berklely will work with us Crunchers, not against us
so that is fantastic
so if my Stats are zeroes ore not, but i am one of a great team, who are working for this, and for the future.
I hope BOINC@Seti@home will start in Oktober, so many Teams and many cruncher will have Big problems…
Originally posted by Sir Ulli
[B]… so if my Stats are zeroes or not, but i am one of a great team, who are working for this, and for the future.
with very best regards
Sir Ulli [/B]
On the subject of stat credits, I’ve been BOINC/Astropulsing for 4 weeks now but still showing 0 credits.
Is this typical?
Although the messages show results being uploaded, I’m starting to get concerned that something is not set up correctly on my machine.
I’m sure it’s been mentioned in a thread or two, but I seem to have missed the answer to this: exactly when are we supposed to give up “classic” SETI and begin crunching for BOINC? When they need the new data crunched, I want to be on top of it, but I also don’t want to be spending time on BOINC while they putz around trying to get it all working. Just wondering when I can expect to switch.
