Hi SNURK,

Just an observation on the JR/Sr/Guru specs.

Say a member has been around for 3 years, has 12 badges of the 17 currently available, since they never had the chance to get the first 5 badges which projects were finished before the member started. Lets say there are, on average 3 new projects per year looking forward and lets say this user is doing about 20 years per year.

Since the member has missed 5 badges (17-12), in order to reach 90% of all badges they will have to earn the next 33 badges to get to 45 of 50 badges or 90%. At 3 badges per year, this will take about 11 years at which time this person will have been a member for 14 years, have 45 badges, might have crunched 400,000 WU and have 280 years in total.

If we look at MrKermit's stats, the totals can be estimated at 13 years member, 45 badges, 18,000,000 WU and 6500 years in total.

By contrast, you have a user currently defined as a Guru and based on the statistics of their 6.5 years will have the following stats at the end of their 17.5 years of being a member: 50 badges, crunched 36,000 WU and 38 years crunched in total.

Any member who does reach the GU status could safely maintain it with only one single core computer, while a user with 50 Quads that missed the first 3 badges will never be a GU until WCG starts 13 more projects. Just an observation, as I truly believe this is yours to do what you want with it.

To repeat myself, you have done a really great thing for the community. Thanks.

Pity you did not get to do 10 more hours on ACAH, being senior amongst the seniors ;>)

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PS: 9 nights to sleep till guru status :P

edit: Wonder when uplinger is going to apply for one of these might fine sigs

SNURK, don't let us guess, what's the meaning of the bronze, silver and golden little man. And a little man you do not see anymore, because he's hidden by a big golden crown