Power movies without tracks possible?

[behdahh]

Hi,
I'm new to this project and like it very much so far. The only problem that occurs from time to time is that when i get a power-movie and identify a track (or something which I'm quite sure of to be a track) I get a "missed". Is it possible that some power-movies can contain *no* tracks at all for testing purposes?
In order to find out what I'm doing wrong it would be good to have this information, so that I know that a "miss" is really a miss (like wrong end of the track or wrong thing at all) and not a complete fail (like seeing a track in a movie that doesnt contain any).

[DanZ]

Hi, I'm new to this project and like it very much so far. The only problem that occurs from time to time is that when i get a power-movie and identify a track (or something which I'm quite sure of to be a track) I get a "missed". Is it possible that some power-movies can contain *no* tracks at all for testing purposes? In order to find out what I'm doing wrong it would be good to have this information, so that I know that a "miss" is really a miss (like wrong end of the track or wrong thing at all) and not a complete fail (like seeing a track in a movie that doesnt contain any).

Hi behdahh and welcome aboard!

In essence, there are Power Movies (PMs) without tracks. There are actually tracks in them, but so small no one can see them and thus everyone misses them. But this is on purpose - we needed a way to measure volunteer (or duster) efficiency down to zero. But if you honestly think you see the track (which seems like the case here), then that's a different matter. When you miss one you think you clicked on correctly, go immediately to http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/myevents.php then follow the link where it reads "Follow this link for a list of power movies you have missed during this cycle." Once there, study the track, and if you still feel like you should have received the score, then copy the URL at the top of the PM review page (it will look like this http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... 76&theY=63) and post it HERE along with your reasoning for why you think you should have received the points. Note, at the end of the PM review URL just mentioned, the "where to click" coordinates will be displayed. In the example I just gave, X=176 and Y=63.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks,

Dan

[enokh]

Hi all

sorry Dan I found a movie with no exact coordinates

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... 8&theY=279

thanks
enokh

[DanZ]

Hi all sorry Dan I found a movie with no exact coordinates http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... 8&theY=279 thanks enokh

They are definitely off and reported by others too. If you find more like these, please report them here.

Thanks!

Dan

[Mark Howard]

Hi all

sorry Dan I found a movie with no exact coordinates

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... 8&theY=279 mexico dentist


thanks
enokh

This is not working for me. Is it flash based?

[DanZ]

This is not working for me. Is it flash based?

No, the Virtual Microscope (VM) is not flash based. Instead there are a series of images that are brought up via simple links as one moves their browser pointer up and down the blue "focus bars" to the right of each image. But if that's not working for you, try a different browser like Firefox.

Dan