A Jump in Credit.

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old_user1510 Send message Joined: 26 Aug 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 108,167 RAC: 0	Message 12821 - Posted: 24 May 2005, 7:53:58 UTC 19days ago I had a score of 36691 then 9days ago it jumped to 45657 and then a day later it dropped to ~ 37k and is now steadily rising again as trickles get sent in. What happened? I have two computers running BOINC and both finished WUs at roughly the same time and from what i can see on my account info they both got credited. I'm just wondering where this ~10000point jump came from? Cheers DJ ID: 12821 · Reply Quote

Andrew Hingston Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 17 Aug 04 Posts: 753 Credit: 9,804,700 RAC: 0	Message 12825 - Posted: 24 May 2005, 10:00:05 UTC Last modified: 24 May 2005, 10:01:00 UTC BOINC sometimes gives a credit 'bonus' for finishing a CPDN WU, which it should not as credit is given as you go. The only way of fixing it was to do a sweep of the server every four hours and change the figure to the correct credit of 6805.26 for every completed WU. So credits can go down as well as up, but the final result is fair for everyone. The only lasting consequence is that the RAC is then wrong, but that may be true in other projects as well. ID: 12825 · Reply Quote

old_user1510 Send message Joined: 26 Aug 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 108,167 RAC: 0	Message 12827 - Posted: 24 May 2005, 11:39:43 UTC - in response to Message 12825. That explains brilliantly. cheers. ID: 12827 · Reply Quote