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jsmaje
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Re: CM 8978919V1

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BruceHull wrote:I did not click on anything in CM 8978919V1, but was marked as a miss.
http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =8978919V1
Bruce - I would guess it's that thing at 96,213. It lasts for only a few bars before fading out in a sort of nebulous 'flare', starting surprisingly high and quickly disappearing before the bottom frames.
I've found this a current favourite type of fake track (probably all derived from a single candidate, re-scaled and re-oriented according to whichever team member's fancy and, as here, not always with adequate regard to the surrounding context).
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CM 1405626V1

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There seems to be a problem with CM 1405626V1. The dust starts above the surface and extends throughout the entire movie changing slightly after the surface came into focus. I marked the spot and was scored as a hit.
http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =1405626V1
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Re: CM 1405626V1

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BruceHull wrote:There seems to be a problem with CM 1405626V1
I agree - that just has to be the most outrageously badly pasted track I've seen.

Bryan has in fact previously admitted that the CM tracks have been inserted by a computer program.
Nevertheless (indeed particularly so), one would have hoped that someone on the team had responsibility for evaluating them before adding to the VM, and should have taken at least the same sort of care expected of us.
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Should be 50 micron scale

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http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =1670000V1
Wrong scale, should be 50 Micron scale

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =8329353V1
Correct scale

Notice lens spots at the top.
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Re: Should be 50 micron scale

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fjgiie wrote:http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =1670000V1
Wrong scale, should be 50 Micron scale

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =8329353V1
Correct scale

Notice lens spots at the top.
I brought it to the attention of the Team. If you are rating it on the Red Team page, go ahead and note it in your comments as well.

Thanks,
-Bryan
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High CM

Post by fjgiie »

This track is way above the surface and placed where Moe usually is in 100 micron movies. :(

Thanks,

fjgiie
jsmaje
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High CM

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fjgiie wrote:This track is way above the surface and placed where Moe usually is in 100 micron movies.
'This track', i.e. 7589704V1, has been causing problems for some time.
I've found several postings about it such as these: 1, 2, 3,4. Personally I think it should be withdrawn.

Moe, meanwhile, has long been the team's favourite stooge!

John
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Post by BruceHull »

There seems to be a problem with CM 3657095V1. I clicked at 226,310 and this was recorded as a miss. http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =3657095V1
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Post by ST47 »

I lost points for CM 6376341V1, I clicked it and there is a very obvious track.
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Post by ST47 »

7500844V1 seems to have one movie in focus near the top and another at the bottom...
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Post by ST47 »

CM 4519774V1 also lost credit, another obvious track
rock
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Bad + CM

Post by rock »

Movie 9709624V1 seems to be a bad positive CM. (location of track 156, 333) Coordinates of track must be wrong.
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Very faint CM

Post by fjgiie »

The small square shows up better in this calibration movie than the simulated track does.

:) fjgiie
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Re: Bad + CM

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rock wrote:Movie 9709624V1 seems to be a bad positive CM. (location of track 156, 333) Coordinates of track must be wrong.
Sorry for the late reply, but can you clarify what you mean. Did you click at 156,333 and get it wrong? If so, then you were close enough and shouldn't have received a score for an incorrect answer. However, sometimes (although rarely) "scoring" gets delayed and so what looks like a bad score is actually the system catching up with a previous incorrect answer (see FAQ here). If you don't think this is the case, we can double check the database, but only if you can provide the date and TIME that you clicked that particular movie. Hope this helps! Dan
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Re: Bad + CM

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DanZ wrote:
rock wrote:Movie 9709624V1 seems to be a bad positive CM. (location of track 156, 333) Coordinates of track must be wrong.
Sorry for the late reply, but can you clarify what you mean. Did you click at 156,333 and get it wrong? If so, then you were close enough and shouldn't have received a score for an incorrect answer. However, sometimes (although rarely) "scoring" gets delayed and so what looks like a bad score is actually the system catching up with a previous incorrect answer (see FAQ here). If you don't think this is the case, we can double check the database, but only if you can provide the date and TIME that you clicked that particular movie. Hope this helps! Dan
I was just reporting that Movie 9709624V1 is a bad calibration movie and I believe that the coordinates are wrong. I based this on my missing it several times and reports from other dusters who have missed it also.

I posted it here instead of "I answered a calibration movie right but was scored wrong" because I do not care about the missed points but just wanted report that I believe the coordinates are off. I continue to keep trying to hit it but never have. It's bad. Coordinates probably off. See if anyone has ever hit it. If they have hit it then I am wrong.
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