On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:56:22 -0400, "Devon Ferns"
<NOSPAMdfernsNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> wrote:

OK, but shouldn't it be based on how much work is done and not how fast your
computer is?
Like if you process x G/MFlops you get x credit.
Or does SETI get more work to do for a faster machine?

I guess I'm looking for the formula or method which they calculate the
credit.

On the website it just says it's based on the CPU speed and how much CPU
time it takes to do a work unit.

Maybe I'm under the wrong impression of how it works? Is it just the average
of the results over a certain time and not over a certain amount of WU?

On a side note, some people's is going to be in the billions in no time
because it seems to go up pretty fast.

Devon.

RAC is returned average credit, therefore it is an average rate of
return, remember the speedometer. If you are going 100mph but only go
20 miles you are still averaging 100mph but you don't travel for the
full hour.
To get the actual formula you will have to ask AthalonRob or whomever
in the Mirc group.
The Mirc program and links are under, Boinc home page, participate in
seti@home , BOINC add-on software, Boinc mIRC.
They are all links you click on fromn the Boinc home page.

The Total Credit is the total amount of credits you have asked for.
The RAC is the rate at which are asking for them.
The time frame for the RAC will have to be answered by the Mirc group.
AthalonRob does come to this group sometimes if you refuse to use
Mirc.

As Boinc becomes more and more stable more and more of us "farmers"
will dedicate more of our machines to it. I, for instance, still have
10 doing Seti Classic.
Computers are cheap when you either build your own or buy them at
auction.