"f/fgeorge" <ffgeorge@yourplace.com> wrote in message 
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:15:29 +0930, "Cameron" <cameronx11@yahoo.com>
wrote:

I know that credits are dependant upon return of the same
wu's from other participants, but I've watched my own avg
drop from 200+ to 135. To me, that seems to be an excessive
variation.

Average credits is actually RECENT average credit, this is kind of
like a speedometer, the more units you return and get validated the
faster you go and the higher the RAC. This of course goes hand in hand
with the quality of the units being crunched, if you run across a
bunch of 10 minute units your credit will decrease because you are not
spending much time crunching each unit.

Your explanation confuses the situation more. My setup is 'run always', adsl 
connection (always on) & a 10 day cache.
My crunching routine hasn't varied since BOINC/SETI  became stable. The 
average credits have dropped significantly before, but not this low.