Posts by ersatzjim

1) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Look out, here I come! (Message 20178) Posted 14 Jul 2006 by ersatzjim Post: Having given up my love, SETI, with as much difficulty as a love affair that will never work (we've all had a relationship where you break up and get back together half a dozen times), and having met my goal of 300,000 cobblestones in Einstein, I'm now turning my machines over to Rosetta. Yes, I'm one of "those people" who started with SETI many years ago for the thrill of being able to make a contribution to science but got caught up in the heat of competition. I haven't read the boards here too much, but I sure do hope that this mindset is not shunned here. To my mind, the competition for credits has brought more computers to bear on DC projects, and consequently gotten more work done for the good of all, than would ever have been seen if the "reward" of cobblestones was not integral to BOINC (or SETI Classic in the early days). So, glad to be here, I've liked Rosetta from the start of my BOICing career. Hello to all. Jim
2) Message boards : Number crunching : The SETI thing was over credits? (Message 18599) Posted 13 Jun 2006 by ersatzjim Post: I know that many folks were tweaked about credits. I love the credits since it fuels my competitive nature, but it goes hand in hand with the pleasure I get from being able to contribute to the greater good. Both are good for me. ' I left SETI (except for one core crunching on 10% priority) after many years of dedicated crunching because of the evil feel in the forums and the lack of interest the devs took in that. I felt that since the community supported the effort, the devs should take a very active interest in the health of that community. They did not and, in fact, made it clear that they wanted to be divorced for the most part in the maintenance of a healthy and clean forum environment. By the time moderators were required to take a more active role in cleaning things up, they were forced to such extreme action that they became victims of abuse themselves. I was reminded of "The Dog Whisperer" and "Supernanny" episodes where the dogs and kids were allowed to run free for so long that when "rules, boundaries and limitations" (Cesar's words) are finally introduced, the dogs and kids go nuts with tantrums trying to regain the old status quo. Adults ahving tantrums about rules for decent conduct made it clear to me that I had better places to be and more worthy projects to dedicate my resources to. Jim
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Just want to say: "Hello, i'm back" (Message 18598) Posted 13 Jun 2006 by ersatzjim Post: Nice to see you here again, Uli! Crunch on, sir. Jim