On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Pappa <[email protected]> wrote: > So lest we forget the "Fun Times" at Seti such as the Credit Wars, the > PomPom wars, Bonfires seen from Space (sorry that can touch a few nerves or > memories) and as you say every couple of weeks someone asks "What are > Credits For?" There is both good and bad, pick your project. I will leave > other things unsaid. Your efforts, are part of what helped to move Seti past > many difficult times. So yes, at times it seems that we are traveling in a > circle. Technology lately has made the circle larger, we are still not sure > how large that circle is... From my perspective things will get worse before > they stabilize. We all will then do what we have to.
Al, thanks. My problem isn't with the recurring questions. I know that those questions will come back time and time again, which is why I asked Neil Munday to set up the BOINC FAQs Service web site, and put all those questions and their answers there. Not just for people to look at and learn, but for myself as well. Even I can't remember all the answers for all the errors that are out there. As for the wars you mention, the next bit might be flame-worthy and have no right to be here on this list. But I've kept my silence for too long, it's time I let some of it out of my system. I missed at least 2 of them during my 1 year hiatus from Seti after I asked Matt & Eric to be demoted and let go (as ever, don't believe everything you read, written by others :-)). During that time I set up most of the BOINC FAQs and dove into the BOINC code, to see if I could find what makes it tick (I'm still learning), while also laying down the foundation of the in-depth contact I have with the developers and admins all around. Even in that time away some of the instigators tried to get rid of me completely by fabricating whatever story they could think of, to make me look bad. We all know who I mean, we all know they read this list as well and else that someone who reads here will point this out to them (so, hi!). About the same time I quit one of my biggest problems - alcohol - all for self-glory. After a year on tea and water only, I went and got soda... gaining a couple of kilos in the process. So now I have to work out as well, to keep my weight and general health in check. The horror. ;-) I know they're still out there to get me, and frankly I don't give a damn. Whatever gives them the feeling they're interesting, important, or that they have a high self-esteem, for me they're pixels on a bulletin board, I don't really know them, they don't really know me. There are plenty of people who want to get rid of David as well, do you think he'll lie awake at night thinking about that? And besides, what's the use to get rid of any of us, are they then going to take over our volunteered job? Or are they just big-mouthing because they don't know any better, can't come up with a better solution, or even know what they're talking about? Or is it just - coming full circle - that whatever there's out there about to happen is going to hurt them in those utterly worthless credits that they got? There are still some questions going on in this thread about the value of them, the worth they have for the science that you do to get them. Here's a question for you who wonder about this: How do you know you're actually doing science? Apart from Einstein and CPDN, I haven't seen any project release any (detailed) outcome of what was researched, nor whether that work was actually done by BOINC competitors. Isn't that a scary thought? A couple of omissions, like Primegrid, where your name is on the Prime you find or DP where when a web-site is down, you'll get email notifications... Other than that, Conspiracy Theorists be most welcome. :-) So, what am I to do? Go away or stay? I don't know yet. First I have to get past that one level in C&C3: Tiberium Wars that I've been stuck on since September '09, let Jack navigate The River without dying, and have Laura kick Natla's ass in the end-level (isn't Underworld just that much easier? ;-)). -- -- Jord. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
