IMHO if someone is doing this for points/credits/reconition/whatever they are doing it for the wrong reason. While all the above is nice and makes for good talking points and possibly a little friendly compitition, to me finding cures and bettering mankind trumps anything else.

It's not "preachy" if it comes from the heart. The ones who do this at their own expense, which I would guess is a majority here, could surely find other ways to spend their money if that's what they wanted. I do this in memory of my mom, who died of cancer. *climbs down off the soap box*

RT,
Concerning GPU's Linux etc I underrstand! Just very competitive and the end result is good for humanitarian projects. Yes I could buy several high end GPU video card and clean house but my intent is to not "game" the points but to do more science.Just by doing it in a competive way it give me and addition reason to build new machines do more WU's and the points help me keep track of my contribution. I do it only for me not for anyone else. In retrospect I should have choosen a name other then my own but am not going to do that now. I appreciate and respect your pet peeve and perhaps I qualify to fit your description but not my intent. Please understand I do not take offense just believe your passionately care about the good it does and any less is curroupt. I am ok with that because that is the point! We all approach it differently.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 12/06 - Active Members

Active team members report
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                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0      66,953,751         159,810
marysduby                         2          0      56,681,055          14,847
Coingames                         3          0      38,614,349          71,968
parmesian                         4          0      26,222,876          10,977
NiceMedTexMD                      5          0      19,072,199          41,462
judson Somerville MD              6          0      17,214,608          84,494
Dave Bell                         7          0      16,606,688               0
nl59056                           8          0      15,495,375           1,932
keithhenry                        9          0      14,269,433          13,227
brown chris                      10          0      13,646,303          28,698
Esteban69                        11          0      12,821,714           2,266
Vuj                              12          0       9,362,065          17,535
xroule                           13          0       9,094,987          29,479
Blueprint                        14          0       7,886,655          12,518
Fanie                            15          0       6,878,089               0
frans6nl                         16          0       6,638,173           2,342
PohSoon                          17          0       6,335,099           7,942
sulcata                          18          0       6,308,572               0
darth_vader                      19          0       4,358,141          14,760
finman                           20          0       3,659,728          42,624
lawrencehardin                   21         +1       3,161,104           7,153
Tomwp                            22         -1       3,157,160             241
Alain Bryden                     23          0       3,008,170           2,650
David Autumns                    24          0       3,000,336          35,913
Rene Punt                        25          0       2,540,799           6,963
smcclarigan                      26          0       2,452,421           3,033
Sunny L. Kae                     27          0       2,315,171             555
johng                            28          0       2,085,072           1,635
Wunderwuzzi                      29          0       1,919,302             841
Jockin                           30          0       1,809,817           2,127
harry_i_c                        31          0       1,789,825           7,048
Airwolf_Liu                      32          0       1,571,630               0
imin                             33          0       1,362,598           3,559
Bon Kuhlman                      34          0       1,248,454               0
Daeloan                          35          0       1,216,491           3,995
Mike OSullivan                   36          0       1,169,815          11,242
elpe                             37          0       1,110,312           1,195
Mechanical                       38          0         511,150           1,347
barney15c                        39          0         449,178             282
pramodp                          40          0         437,223           3,176
madambaster                      41          0         421,823             320
Natalino                         42          0         408,758               0
Momentary Lapse of Reason        43          0         382,871               0
cknotty                          44          0         291,224               0
hne12359                         45          0         273,635             394
Harry de Swart                   46          0         159,337               0
xterm2232@yahoo.com              47          0          87,551               0
imdioxin                         48          0          87,397             944

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 159,810 points
02: judson Somerville MD - 84,494 points
03: Coingames - 71,968 points
04: finman - 42,624 points
05: NiceMedTexMD - 41,462 points
06: David Autumns - 35,913 points
07: xroule - 29,479 points
08: brown chris - 28,698 points
09: Vuj - 17,535 points
10: marysduby - 14,847 points
11: darth_vader - 14,760 points
12: keithhenry - 13,227 points
13: Blueprint - 12,518 points
14: Mike OSullivan - 11,242 points
15: parmesian - 10,977 points
16: PohSoon - 7,942 points
17: lawrencehardin - 7,153 points
18: harry_i_c - 7,048 points
19: Rene Punt - 6,963 points
20: Daeloan - 3,995 points

Total points returned today: 651,494
Active members returning points today: 38
Average points per member active today: 17,144.5789

I intended to just make sure that you understood the points/credit game that is being played by projects and individuals. You would not be the first very intelligent person that got to chasing points and seemingly lost track of the original objectives; I struggled with that myself at one time (not to imply anything about my steadily calcifying grey matter). As I said, my intent was to make sure you and others that read this understand the "credit" games played to lure people one place or another; that is all. My intent is not to indicate anything negative about anyone here; by definition if you are here, you are compassionate and caring and that is all that anyone can ask.

I salute and thank you and everyone else here for being here and doing what they are doing.
Kind Regards.

Good Morning MOT

Hey Dubby...You are being very quiet .... any worries friend?