On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:11:13 +1200, "~misfit~"
<misfit61nz@yahoo-mung.co.nz> wrote:

There must be a few WUs getting lost out there. You know how each unit is
sent out with a _0, _1 and a _2 suffix so that each unit is calculated three
times and cross-checked? Recently I've noticed a few _3's and _4's and today
I got a _5. Obviously a few results are being lost or not returned. My
understanding is that, if all three 'units' haven't been returned by the
expiry date they send out however many other copies are needed to get the
three results. A _5 must mean that all of the original three units were
lost.

Just thought I'd mention it. Anyone seen one higher than _5? Just curious.

It could also mean that the first returns weren't within
"computational" sameness. Meaning that the first return may have asked
for 35 credits while the second was asking for  68 credits and the
third was asking for  2 credits. Something is wrong and the units
would be sent out again and again until 3 returns are within alowable
limits. Those limits are set by the Scientists and can of course be
changed.