If you received points for this workunit, then a result was successfully sent back. There are three possibiliites for this:

1. Workunits are non-deterministic. Each workunit folds a protein n number of times. Each fold can be quick or take a very long time. So it might be quick to go to, say 30% and slow going to 40% then quick again, etc. I don't think this is the case howerver as going from 36% to 100% in an hour or two is rather quick, but not unheard of depending on how fast your hardware is and what it's being used for.

2. The workunit failed to converge. This has been discussed waaay back when the project first started. As mentioned in point 1 above, some folds can take a very long time to complete. If it takes too long to converge (and it tries for quite a while), we simply abort the workunit. You still get credit for what you've completed. I think this is the most likely scenario. The best way to determine this is to look at the percent complete on the graphics screen as it measures progress in tenths of a percent. If it sits at a specific percentage for say an hour or longer, it's likely not converging.

3. You hit the absolute timeout for the workunit, which is 3 weeks I believe. If you've had the same workunit for 3 weeks, it will abort. This could happen, e.g., if you routinely turn off your computer for periods of time. You would know if this happened, and I don't think this is the case either.

Hi All, welcome to new members and congrats to record breakers!
Been away a while, and will be very quiet again for another week or so. Just had a baby son on June 18, so I a little busy!! Keep on crunching team. Bye for now.

Congrats Steve! I'm real excited for you and your family. My 2 kids drive me crazy at times but I wouldn't trade them for the world. Hey, I like the "white noise" idea of the cooling fan. If you don't think that is a good enough reason for your wife, you could also add in a the idea of playing soft music from the PC to help him go to sleep... or maybe a colorful simple screen saver with geometric shapes that could be "educational". Oh the reasons I could think up if I had the time!

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Date....................Runtime...................Daily Points.......Daily Results.........Place
06/25/2005..... 0:349:11:08:05.......... 213,404................ 875................. #3
06/24/2005..... 0:360:18:35:27.......... 226,783............. 1,036................. #3
06/23/2005..... 0:356:19:23:28.......... 223,888............. 1,074................. #3
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(Stats-Image Generator by WCG Member Börni)

Hi Everyone,
Been a while since I last posted, however have no more work for my course and can spend a little more time in the forums.

I see a race developing for the next MOT 1/4 million crunchers. 3 Brits v 1 Aussie, LOL may the best convict win.....