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The current scoring method is blatently open for major abuse. If you see ondeck_movie_type=testing in the link you know it is a test video. You can spend your time looking for a track. If it says real you are safe to just click no track. Easily gaining a lot of points. I'm sure you could get even m...

I have 332 cal movies vs. 774 reals for 43%! Man I'm getting ripped.

I feel the same way about the calibration movies, but that's the price we pay for not having degrees or lab experience. I included Total movies rather than Real Movies because you have to wade through the cals to get to the real thing. My Real Hit Rate is 1.11%

My definition of Hit Rate is simply the number of Events registered divided by your Total Movies Viewed.

Mine is 8/928 for a Hit Rate of .862%

Just my two cents. Yes it does appear as if there are people on the site who are going through the movies as fast as they can. But I don't agree that the speed readers are hurting the project. There are several safety features built into the project. First of all is the repetition of the samples. Th...

Just wanted to say hi to all my fellow "scientists". Good luck everybody!