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by Mississauga
Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:19 am
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Questions on Ranking ...
Replies: 122
Views: 157847

I commend the member who took the time and made the effort to write a program which could very well provide this project the much needed assistance it requires. Like it or not, this is EXACTLY the type of occurrence which drives the technology and science industries. I hope further attention and dev...
by Mississauga
Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:52 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Nasa has found a track
Replies: 7
Views: 13045

Does insurance cover that? :wink:
by Mississauga
Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:50 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where do I fit in?
Replies: 20
Views: 63835

How can you possibly do that (alone) - are you at it all day, every day? I really admire your enthusiasm. I just hope you've got a life outside stardust !! :lol: I did spend an excessive amount of time to get to that score. My lifestyle allowed it for a short while, but reality caught up and I put ...
by Mississauga
Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:25 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where do I fit in?
Replies: 20
Views: 63835

Calibration Movies Answered Correctly 10091
Calibration Movies Answered Incorrectly 91
Your Overall Score: 10000
Total Real Movies Viewed: 29396
Your Rank: 48 out of 15972
Specificity: 99.92%
Sensitivity: 98.29%

... and waiting for the rest of the top 100 to catch up. :wink:
by Mississauga
Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:27 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Review: The 2 highest-rated candidates.
Replies: 69
Views: 98835

Bad focus for both gets my vote.
by Mississauga
Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:42 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: SAY "HI" TO THE COMMUNITY
Replies: 144
Views: 352538

(For those of you who don't speak Russian, I'm suggesting Babel Fish for him to translate the English text into Russian. I'm also using it to "cheat" and improve upon my high school Russian skills. :D For some odd reason, some of the Cyrillic characters aren't coming over like I'm expecti...
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:27 am
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: How is your browser working?
Replies: 20
Views: 35857

Safari handles cache files poorly. I've killed caching and locked the Safari cache folder; much better now!
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:43 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: How fast are you ?
Replies: 12
Views: 20341

May2904 wrote:Any less that 5 seconds and I think that the person isn't paying attention
Wanna come look over my shoulder? Your statement is arbitrary and unfounded. Some movies are that simple.
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:33 am
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Questions about the certificates
Replies: 34
Views: 43535

Re: Certificates

Snowdrops wrote:... I am still trying to work out HOW you can cheat without compromising your percentages??
Exactly! Keeping the errors low is a real chore. Perhaps the certificates should be based upon a combination of "sensitivity" and movies completed.
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:23 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Do you have a relevant professional backgound?
Replies: 59
Views: 96815

I've been irrelevant for the past ten years. :?
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:08 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: SAY "HI" TO THE COMMUNITY
Replies: 144
Views: 352538

Hey, all!

My name's in my sig, my location listed to the left; a proud Canuck. I'm an OFI providing independent support/training to Apple computer users. I'm not allergic to dust (I'm saving the "bunnies" under my bed to have a sweater knitted), so this project works for me!

Cheers! :)
by Mississauga
Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:49 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Compulsion or obsession?
Replies: 2
Views: 7493

Addiction. :wink: