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- Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:29 pm
- Forum: Stardust@home Community
- Topic: How fast are you ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14672
How to Get Fast
After viewing several thousand movies, I became frustrated with poor response time from the pc for loading the next movie. I would wait and wait. While waiting, and having plenty of time to look, I noticed that there are splash circlets, of very light , VERY light shades of grey. Concentric circles,...
- Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:22 pm
- Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
- Topic: How the top scorers get those scores.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 74980
Finding 'Cheaters' - My Rankings Re-Set
To Buttorworth: Here is what I have posted in the forums: " Did you ever think it was possible. that persons may display observational characteristics that are different? Please READ. "On another thread this evening I found a note about finding so-called 'cheaters', which is apparently why...
- Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:11 pm
- Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
- Topic: Spotting 'Cheaters'- 8/16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28038
Spotting 'Cheaters'- 8/16
Here is what I have posted in the forums. Did you ever think it was possible. that persons may display observational characteristics that are different? Please READ. "On another thread this evening I found a note about finding so-called 'cheaters', which is apparently why I was removed from the...
- Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:52 pm
- Forum: Stardust@home Problems and Support
- Topic: Official Stardust@Home Issue & Status List UPDATED 10:57
- Replies: 131
- Views: 265673
Finding 'cheaters' or NOT!!!
On another thread this evening I found a note about finding so-called 'cheaters', which is apparently why I was removed from the top 15 rankings after much hard work. Here is my reply to Buttorworth: A"fter viewing several thousand movies, I became frustrated with poor response time from the pc...
- Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:29 pm
- Forum: Stardust@home Problems and Support
- Topic: Official Stardust@Home Issue & Status List UPDATED 10:57
- Replies: 131
- Views: 265673
Rankings reset!!!
On Wednesday August 16 at approx. 6:15 pm est, my ranking was reset to zero. I (gailod) was # 12 on the list, with a score of 5723. I also noticed that the number 1 ranked person is now gone from the list - they had a score of 10,001 - the first person to break 10,000 - now gone! Hope this can be fi...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:35 am
- Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
- Topic: How the top scorers get those scores.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 74980
my ranking - under 1000!!!
Hey gang, I made it under 1000! I want a certificate. :D I am proud! Here's my stats: Calibration Movies Answered Correctly 230 Calibration Movies Answered Incorrectly 16 Your Overall Score: 214 Total Real Movies Viewed: 637 Your Rank: 998 out of 8481 Specificity: 99% Sensitivity: 88% Those small tr...
- Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:37 am
- Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
- Topic: Stardust@home Suggestion Thread
- Replies: 276
- Views: 352056
Learning from mistakes
I hit the back key to review movies I made mistakes on. But I agree - sometimes I just cannot spot what I did wrong. Maybe the same bad movies are re-used again and again for calibration, and if we were corrected and learned which movies were bad, it would defeat the purpose of calibration, that is,...