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Computing for Good being phased out

Read about it here

https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6343

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[Mar 28, 2014 11:52:18 PM]

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

We knew there would be an end to this, as there has been with other giveaways.

It was a great concept and a worthwhile addition to the research done here.

Although there have been lots of problems associated with payouts and fluctuating currency values, I would call it a success overall, and hopefully an initial model for future incentive crunching.

Its nice to hear that they will honor the lost days of payouts that many members, including me, have experienced.

Though different views have been expressed about this program, I think we all appreciate their willingness to help a great cause. Thanks, Ripple Labs!

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[Mar 29, 2014 12:05:30 AM]

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

Thanks for the link twilyth

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

It couldn't go on forever, and the hacking must surely have had something to do with this.perhaps the new site incompatibility was a sly way of wcg pushing ripple labs away from continued association.

oh well, easy come, easy go

[Mar 29, 2014 12:22:09 AM]

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

Personally I have mixed feelings.

1. Those existing members who joined to benefit from earnings to offset their costs, good luck to them biggrin

2. Those new members who started and will stay because it is a worthwhile task, welcome biggrin

3. Those who came, reaped monetary rewards, then deserted......... thinking

[Mar 29, 2014 6:27:41 AM]

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

Quoted from elsewhere

If the website changes broke our point calculation system this suggests to me that they were screen scrapping. If so, then they missed/ignored knreed's warning some months ago that this would happen.

I use the WCG API (in XML format) daily and have never known it to fail in at least the 6 months that Ripple has been in existence,

[Mar 29, 2014 6:29:50 AM]

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

The Ripple contribution to WCG output

                    	RunTime	Points	Results
Since  Ripple creation	40.97%	38.00%	35.61%
			
Last 28 days          	51.32%	47.63%	48.68%

For completeness the Ripple contribution to WCG's AllTime output is currently:

	RunTime	Points	Results
	4.27%	5.13%	4.24%

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

Scribe wrote:

Personally I have mixed feelings.

1. Those existing members who joined to benefit from earnings to offset their costs, good luck to them biggrin

2. Those new members who started and will stay because it is a worthwhile task, welcome

3. Those who came, reaped monetary rewards, then deserted......... thinking

https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&a...a14bf&start=10#p44757

Yes, welcome on board hugs

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

2. Those new members who started and will stay because it is a worthwhile task, welcome

I'll be looking to report the stats on this aspect in the weeks to come, as CfG winds down and then ceases.

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Re: Computing for Good being phased out

My whole concern is the loss of science being done. I do not care why it was being done. I want to see better treatments for AIDS and Cancer and the contribution to runtime Ripple Labs brought was huge.

This IS a loss for science and I feel bad about it.

[Mar 30, 2014 12:44:47 AM]

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