New scoring system

[Dingo]

They changed the scoring system so that there is one point per 15 minutes for each core that runs an application.  There is also one point for every 15 Mb of data that is processed. See this thread.

You will see that I asked for clarification about Hyper threading as my i7's have 4 cores but are in effect 8 cores.  They have confirmed that I could run 8 applications as long as I had enough memory for the 50mb each application.

They have also put into affect a system where you will not get credit if you have too many applications running on a PC.

[Chris Rhino]

Thanks for the heads up. Did they mention how many applications are too many? I assume its way more than my 9?

[Dingo]

Thanks for the heads up. Did they mention how many applications are too many? I assume its way more than my 9?

One application per core or 2 per core if hyper threading is turned on in the Bios.  So if you have a 4 core computer that is not hyper threaded then you can run 4 of their applications.  If it is hyper threaded then you can run 8.  I am running 11 at the moment. 1) i7 930 quad core hyperthreaded = 8  2) C2D laptop is running 2, and 3) Linux Q6600 hyper threaded but only running one application as it is also my web server.  My dashboard has said that I am running 13 for a couple of hours now but do not know how it gets that number ??

[Dingo]

The Team is really moving up the ladder, even though there are just seven of us.  We were down in the 60's a day or two ago and we were at 35^th yesterday and when I just looked we were in 19^th and rising.  Good job Team, even though it is not BOINC I have the points bug now on this one.  I am still crunching a lot of BOINC as well doing Primegrid, Yoyo and DnetC.

[kashi]

Yep, team is going great.

Sometimes it gives no credits at all for many hours and then jumps up a bit. Seems to be giving me less than their formula but seeing as the team is rising up the ranks it must be doing the same for everybody. Running 3 browser applications and for BOINC, currently doing WCG on CPU and MilkyWay on GPU.

Haha, how weird is the trophies system, you can go for hundreds of points without getting any more, then get 3 or 4 within the space of fifty points.

[owner]

Wondering if there has been a major crash on skynet.  On 2 of my computers my 525 credits have suddenly become a great fat 0

[kashi]

Yes something awry at the moment. Website not available at all here for the last hour or so.

Hopefully they'll fix it up soon and it won't continue to go down on weekends like MilkyWay sometimes does.

Edit: It's back up, all my points are intact and I have another trophy.;D

[owner]

Normal service resumed over here too, and credits restored.  Onwards and upwards again.

[Dingo]

We are in 16th position but by tomorrow the Team should be in the top 15 going by the credits we are gaining on the 15th spot 

[kashi]

"Zoot Allures, en garde!" ;D

[Dingo]

I don't think we can stop them if they really try.  They have many more members than us on BOINC but you can't see in this one so maybe we have a chance.  I will keep an eye on their credits over a period and see if we are keeping pace with them.

date                   B@A     Place         SkyNet Francophone       Place     Diff

26/9 12:35        28637   15              11679                             29      16958
26/9 15:12        29194   15              11769                             29      17425           --------   we are currently producing more than them.
29/9 20:34        30251   15              12170                             28       18081          ----------  Looks like we are going to be OK for a while.

[Dingo]

They have a forum now with a Troubleshooting board here:  http://www.theskynet.org/account/forum   Give it a try you might get an answer quicker.

[Dingo]

Good to see you in the Alliance and there are 10 of us now. 

[kashi]

Yes, welcome Dennis. 

[Dingo]

The Team should slip into 12^th place today going on our points average over the last couple of days.