Why do I have so many granted credits of zero?
9 Jul 2007 19:36:12 UTC
Topic 192952
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After having watched my results panel for a couple of weeks, I noticed that for many pending results zero points were granted, although it took more than 20 h calculating each.
How comes that?
fran_ky
Why do I have so many granted credits of zero?
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While a result is pending, no credit is given. You must wait until another result, from a different computer, arrives and agrees with your result. Then you will get credit.
Tullio
RE: After having watched my
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Okay that's what I read in
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Okay that's what I read in the FAQ section, but when the pending status was over I received 0 credit!
How does that explain?
fran_ky
ARE YOU TURNING THE WORK IN
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ARE YOU TURNING THE WORK IN COMPLETED AND ON TIME ? I DID 2 44 HR. PROJECTS, TURNED THEM IN 6 HRS. LATE AND RECEIVED "0" CREDITS. KIND OF A WASTE OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HRS. MORAL: MAKE SURE THE WORK IS IN BEFORE THE DUE DATE. SORRY YOU DID NOT GET THE CREDIT YOU DESERVED. IM SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY FUNK THIS ! BUT, IT IS A GREAT CAUSE... KEEP AT IT,YOU LEARN ALONG THE WAY.
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RE: Okay that's what I
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This can happen because of the so called "cross-platform validation problem". Sometimes, host of different platforms (e.g. Windows and Linux) return slightly different results because of compiler and math-library differences. Then (at least) one additional host has to crunch the task, until two submitted results are sufficiently similar for the validator to let them pass. The other host(s) receive 0 credit :-(.
The project team is busy fixing this problem, hopefully within the current week.
CU
BRM
RE: RE: Okay that's what
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Thanks for the answer!
Best wishes
fran_ky