I completed another one on a 9800GT ... 33:39 hours and 61,288 credits (429,016 DY points). I'm on a roll now.

Jeez DM, the points your 9800GTs are racking up...!

The boards are on fire this morning at GPUGrid, AQUA and MW about credits. The CPU peeps think they are being cheated, the GPU peeps cry they deserve more than CPU peeps. GPUGrid says AQUA is too high. MW says they pay more because they are an alpha project (and have been for two years ) AQUA says they are still making adjustments.

Does anyone else find this totally silly?

What got me LMAO was almost every poster starts with, "I don't crunch for credits BUT ... and then they go on for three paragraphs about how they are being screwed.

As more GPU projects roll, maybe it will force some kind of standard. I doubt it though.

I'm sorry .... I have been having a laughter attack this morning.

What does MOT think about points, credits and the current state of crunching?

Points and credits are like the stats at a ball game (pick your sport). All that really matters is who wins or loses. In the grid computing universe, all that will really matter in the end is the results of all the WUs we crunch. If one of the BOINC sciences finds a cure for cancer - even just one kind of cancer - it will be worth the time and resources invested. Likewise, if SETI finds my people in a galaxy far, far away (or nearer) it will be worth it.

Now, along the way it would be ideal if stats were kept perfectly uniformly, but it isn't going to happen without a centralized authority with some control (and we know what a mess that would be). Even at WCG where there is centralized authority, there variation between what the various projects grant per hour. Even with the same project, there's variation. Even on projects without WU redundancy, there's variation. The uncertainty principle rules more than just the subatomic world.

But the nice shiny badges do give you a feeling that you've accomplished something.

- D

For someone whose volunteer commitment is at the local childrens hospital (or any hospital), there's a real chance that you'll have to deal with a real jackass of a doctor. If that defines your commitment, they win. We're here out of hope. Points/credits do tend to mean more to us than we prefer to admit in the context of why we crunch but they provide structure to our crunching. It gives us a means to recognize and encourge. It gives us a way to have form to our sense of accomplishment. It gives distance so far on the long path to success. Most recognize our diversity and humanity. For those that don't, they lose. I will crunch because of what I believe. For the jackasses, I celebrate their crunching for it has no less value than mine. That doesn't mean I have to celebrate them.

Edit: truth be told, there's at least a few folks out there that see me as a jackass too. Not like that's anything new either.