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. >
I will add my own two cents. I too help newbies with BOINC and get quite a few questions about credit. This has become my stock reply: Credits are there to give you a warm fuzzy feeling for having contributed to a worthy cause. They are a measure of how much computing time you have contributed to a particular scientific research. In regards to s...@h, they also do astronomical research via Astropulse. And yes, the credit junkies disable this because the turn around of credits is too slow. Jord, I do hope a sabbatical will revive your spirits. Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ 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.
