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I am very close to my first star, but I think it would be nice to have a badge for total work done... | |
ID: 2773 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I just had a similar thought. My version would place the circle/stars badge on a colored background in place of the normal white we have now. We could use your ranks scheme as it stands with the just the background color changing. | |
ID: 2775 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I'd like a second (and third and fourth etc) badge as suggested in other threads | |
ID: 2777 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
Hi, Khali - the background idea sounds good - is what your'e suggesting that we keep our badge, but according to total hours have a different background? | |
ID: 2778 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
Hi, Steve - that sounds like a good idea, too - just looked at your account, for example, and you have over 180 apps that are eligible for a badge - therefore, 80 of the apps you have crunched for aren't being credited on your badge... | |
ID: 2779 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
if you have any more ideas for new badges, please post them. Badges for the total credits are also missing... ;-) While we could add a lot of different badges here, I also would like to see a second badge for more apps first. ____________ Life is Science, and Science rules. To the universe and beyond Member of BOINC@Heidelberg My BOINC-Stats | |
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Thanks, DoctorNow - I'll mention the total credit one, but stress that we all want the extra badge asap | |
ID: 2782 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
Like I said in the badge upgrade thread, I think if people aren't willing to do the necessary work to get to 20 apps, they really aren't deserving of the badge. My reasoning is that the strength of this project is gathering a wide variety of information about all of the BOINC projects. someone putting in 10,000 hours into one project (which in some cases means 1 application) is really less valuable to the community as those numbers really aren't going to change that much compared to putting in 10,000 hours in a multitude of applications. Thus splitting up your CPU's time to get data on how it runs other projects is more valuable than a single app. Let's face it. First badge here can be acquired on a single core/single thread computer in less than 3 months run time. That really isn't that difficult. Factor in that the average mainstream PC is a dual or quad core these days and you cut that time down significantly. A dual core cell phone that costs <$10 (US) can knock out 14+ apps. | |
ID: 2784 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I'm with Colslaw. WUProp is all boinc projects. If you crunch 1000nds of hours on Seti then great for you and I applaud your dedication but ask Seti to recognise your contribution in a badge. WUProp is a stat application for all projects on Boinc, not a badge issuing project. | |
ID: 2785 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I am in agreement with Coleslaw on this topic. The science behind this project is to understand how the variety of applications work across a variety of computers. Running a single app on an individual cpu for a billion hours adds virtually nothing to this project and shouldn't be "specially" rewarded. | |
ID: 2786 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I'm also in agreement with Coleslaw. | |
ID: 2787 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I know we CAN see our total hours, but it's like saying that a credit badge for, say Bitcoin Utopia, is useless just because you can see the total credit on your account page - I was thinking we could have this badge as another something to add to your signature. | |
ID: 2788 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I know we CAN see our total hours, but it's like saying that a credit badge for, say Bitcoin Utopia, is useless just because you can see the total credit on your account page - I was thinking we could have this badge as another something to add to your signature. And we are saying we understand what you are asking. We are also saying that the meaning to that badge would be pretty low to most users as the badge would kinda be pointless in reflection to the purpose of the project. Those hours have nothing to do with WUProp where as your points badge from BU reflects the contribution directly to that project/sub project. I already have run time badges from WCG. They are broken down by sub project. That has meaning. A WUProp badge that says I ran 1,000,000,000 hours of BOINC project apps? Not much meaning to that considering some apps do absolutely nothing! Try running QCN on a system without a sensor. It sits in memory collecting badge time. What was so impressive about that? QCN has 8 projects. That is almost half a star. Throw those projects into multiple virtual machines and you can rac up tons of hours for those 8 apps and do absolutely nothing. You would also get WUProp credits which is kinda crappy. So, that is an easy way for someone who has contributed literally nothing to the BOINC world obtain this illustrious badge of yours. Is that fair? I say no. OProject had the ALX app that did nothing and could be exploited the same way. I'm sure there will be more... ____________ | |
ID: 2789 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I agree with Coleslaw and others. This project has an agenda and that is to measure every other projects elapse times across the board. The badges here support that. It's easy enough to get a badge if you participate in multiple applications (several can be from the same project). The hours are already signified on the badges. Having an extra badge for hours seems silly to me. | |
ID: 2790 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I agree with Coleslaw and others. This project has an agenda and that is to measure every other projects elapse times across the board. The badges here support that. It's easy enough to get a badge if you participate in multiple applications (several can be from the same project). The hours are already signified on the badges. Having an extra badge for hours seems silly to me. Like I am 8 apps away from 11 stars at this point. That isn't saying I need to find 8 more. That is saying, I need to get 8 more up to the 100 mark that are currently sitting around 70-80 hours at the moment.... ____________ | |
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I forgot about the QCN thing, Coleslaw - I see the point that a badge like that could easily be exploited... | |
ID: 2792 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I do see the point, Coleslaw, but certain devices CAN'T crunch on a lot of projects - e.g. the only Projects that I have found that the Raspberry Pi are Enigma@Home, Asteroids@Home and Einstein@Home - some people may not have (or be able to get) a device that can crunch more projects, so they should get some form of recognition for either total credit, or total hours. I don't agree with this last part. Quite frankly if they can afford a RPi, they can afford a cheap cell phone that is more widely supported and just use it off of WiFi. PC's are tossed in dumpsters all the time. So, cost is nominal for the mass majority of volunteers. I can't see basing the argument off of looking for a very small potential sub set that happen to fit some very specific possibility. Edit: you can add Collatz to that list according to their apps page http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/apps.php A couple more options listed here: http://burdeview.blogspot.com/p/raspberry-pi-boinc-project-ive-created.html ____________ | |
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True, very true, but even so, some projects dont work on mobiles, and some sort of recognition (no matter how small), should be available for total hours, that can be displayed outside this website... | |
ID: 2796 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
If you only count 1 of the 8 QCN projects then there is at least 14 (active) apps for Android phones/tablets (unless QCN doesn't detect your accelerometer then subtract 1). Count all 8 of them, and you have 21. If you count WCG's BETA apps, then there is what... 2 more potentials? And just because "some" projects don't have Android doesn't mean much. Like I said, PC's are a dime a dozen. Choice is what is restricting people. I don't think we should cater to those unwilling to go the distance. It really isn't that tough to get to 20 apps with 100 hours each... | |
ID: 2797 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote | |
I forgot about all of those, Coleslaw... | |
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