On MW Travis also discussed albeit briefly his state on getting his degree, but it was an aside in a thread not a stand alone ...
But I digress ... On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Maureen Vilar wrote: > Hi Jord and all > > I thought that research publications had been listed on Milky Way. And some > projects by their nature lead to discoveries that don't lend themselves to > publications. I would have thought for example that if a new prime number is > discovered, this wouldn't necessarily lead to an article; maybe just a > mention somewhere or an addition to a preexisting list. But the work's been > done and the result is ready for future use. > > In the case of Seti no result can be published until the day when / if some > alien signal is detected. But the project's search processes are constantly > being refined and I think its developers make an excellent job of informing > members about process developments. > > Several projects lead to PhD theses. In the UK a copy of every thesis is > deposited in the library of its own university and probably at the British > Library and the Cambridge Uni Library as well. Other countries doubtless > have similar systems. But I don't think there's a system yet for making a > copy of each thesis available online. For example, quite a few theses have > come from CPDN work but I've never seen any. This must also apply to a > number of other projects. > > Even if theses can't yet be looked at, even to read the acknowledgements and > (presumably) see the crunchers thanked there for generating the raw results, > I do find it disappointing that doctoral students don't automatically after > completion come onto project websites or forums to tell crunchers what the > research was about and say that they've gained the qualification. > > So there is more research going on at Boinc projects than is immediately > obvious, but some researchers and admins really should make a greater effort > to communicate this to the crunchers. > > > > Regarding unpleasant and unacceptable behaviour by a tiny minority of > project members. We all know we wouldn't want to be friends or spend much > time with everybody we meet out on the street. We certainly can't allow our > lives to be made miserable by the tiny minority who are unjustifiably rude. > > I believe that the project mainly alluded to by Jorden has now pretty well > cleaned up its act. We have to put behind us some of what happened in the > past. What matters is how people are behaving and speaking here and now. We > all know whose opinions matter. > > I'm going to make a suggestion about how Boinc could make it easier for > admins and moderators to do a good job on the forums. > > On CPDN we also have an independent forum with completely different software > from the Boinc forums. We have a hidden section available to the > researchers, admins and mods. We can discuss tricky situations, difficult > members, what to do, log the actions we take. We can have a laugh and > support each other. Tell each other whether we've done the right thing or > not. > > I know that email lists can be used for behind-the-scenes communications. > But they're far less efficient than a hidden forum area, if only because on > a forum you see all the posts in the right chronological order. I work in a > school where I do not know how we could function without the staffroom. At > CPDN I do not know how we would manage without the hidden forum area. > > I am suggesting that Boinc could provide an optional hidden forum area for > each project. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
