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Message 4721 - Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 17:46:11 UTC

Dear CPDN - (BOINC Credit versus Classic Credit)

Is there a project to bring these two measures of work done into agreement?

Or will they forever remain separate and not comparable?

Al in Oklahoma 2004 September 27 Monday
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Message 4723 - Posted: 27 Sep 2004, 18:12:27 UTC

Hi Al,

There are a couple of equivalances in the account statistics on your <a href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/home.php">BOINC account page</a>.

<b>Total credit</b> is your credit total for the BOINC version of CPDN.

<b>CPDN classic credit equivalency</b> is the total number of credits that your classic CPDN models would have earned under BOINC.

<i>equivalent HadSM3 Model-Years</i> is the number of model years equivalent to your BOINC credits (separately listed under the other 2).

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Message 7024 - Posted: 20 Dec 2004, 6:46:47 UTC - in response to Message 4723.  

&gt; So does this mean that my classic credits are recognized and added to my BOINC credits?
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Message 7028 - Posted: 20 Dec 2004, 10:14:41 UTC - in response to Message 7024.  

&gt; &gt; So does this mean that my classic credits are recognized and added to my
&gt; BOINC credits?
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As I understand it, projects participating in BOINC will not be adding credits earned under previous methods directly to the BOINC total. In S@H, for example, the two credit systems are very different, and no direct equivalency is possible. As BOINC is designed to provide a unified credit system, it would be very unfair if some projects gave credit for past work and others didn't. In any case, having a fresh start from time to time is no bad thing, as it encourages newcomers to take part.

The arrangement whereby past contributions to a project are acknowledged but not added to the BOINC total seems the best compromise.
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