On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:01:19 GMT, KB <nospamme@nospam.com> wrote:
I appologize if I seem to have an attitude, but I think I have some
reason to be annoyed. I've been dedicated to this project for 5
years, I run it on all my machines, I've encouraged it on many others.
At the time I registered, 1999, I don't believe I had a password, and
none is needed to run the client, so it isn't like any of us usually
used it. Most people signed up (remember back when it was a new
thing!) and just ran the client, 5 years have passed, and I'm still
running the client.
Let's see you registered in 1999, I registered in 1999, you don't have
your user account ID that Berkeley sent you upon initial sign up, I
still have mine. You have 98.624% completed, well done btw, I am at
99.952%. You WILL be missed but you can be replaced too! We are all
just stastics in a big Science Project!!! We CHOSE to sign up and run
under those principles, we still are, YOU STILL CAN! You are
complaining about not being able to keep the stats that you
CONTRIBUTED to the project!
Most projects do not even keep those kind of stats!
There is no way that the drug program can tell you what exactly your
stats are when you can't even prove who you are!
You do for one individual out of FOUR MILLION!
Four million registered perhaps. Read the message boards, you'll find
many other in the boat I'm in.
They like you will either start over, we do this for the Science
REMEMBER, or like you they will threaten to quit. Some of those
threatening to quit will quit, some won't.
>From my stats:
You have completed more work units than 98.624% of our users.
4 million or not, I'm in the 98% percentile of active users. AND I
DON'T CRUNCH A HECK OF A LOT OF WORK UNITS compared to many. But if
the project isn't interested in their 98% most productive users then
there won't be a project for long. If people like me (with account
problems) are 98%, then I guess the producers are not that important.
I understand they are volunteers, great. Us crunchers are all
volunteers too. I'm not looking to break any records, I'm not
battling out with buddies for work-units, I'm not involved in an
clan's or crazy junk like that.
I do however like to know, that whenever I want, I can see the
contribution to the project I made. Its that simple. I'd like to be
able to send a message to those running the project (even if I have to
wait for a response). Offering NO email address is just not right.
When you run the project, any project, you can decide how things are
done!
Either contribute or don't, don't make this a long goodbye! Everyone
does NOT care about your problems! You have issues, sure, either fix
them or move on if you feel you have no choice.
If you choose to move, be aware that your contibutions were worthwhile
and helped the project advance. If you choose to stay you
contributions wil lstill be helpful!
I can drop a line to PJ on Groklaw (who I can guarantee gets far more
mail than Seti@Home - if they HAD an email address) and get a
response, and she's one person.
And you can stroll around the Berkeley Campus and see Dr. Anderson in
person and adress your issues with him.
After 5 years of dedication, 98th percentile, I think I deserve that.
You deserve the thanks of the project, and you have it, and that is
ALL they offerred in the beginning when WE ALL signed up!
What you THINK you deserve has nothing to do with the fact that we all
signed up as volunteers under THEIR system and have been continuing
that relationship ever since! Like it or leave it, that is what it is!