Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:36:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" <leec@adam.adonai.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Check your bovine stats for yourself... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970912132328.9042A-100000@adam.adonai.net>
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Thanks to some discussion on these lists, I started up processing the rc5 clients on all of my machines and some of my clients machines. I redirected the output to a file so I could keep up with how I was doing for myself. Well, after a few days, I started to notice a real discrepency between *my* count of blocks and the count they were saying I had -- like greater than 50% off. When my counts showed me over 1,600 blocks, their records said just over 700. When I pointed this error out to them, I got a message back that said it was a known problem with their proxy connection but that all of the blocks were being received. I don't understand how a proxy connection can screw up my stats, but that's the explaination I was given. Especially since all of my processes are using the same .ini file (via symlinks and/or mirror). For me this isn't an issue. I'll never be enough of a contributor to make a real difference in the big scheme of things. If I win, of course, that's great, but the chances are veeeerrrrryyyyyyyyyyy small. But some of the discussion I read concerned where you were in the rankings and such. Basically, if what I was told is correct, the stats they have are asu (all screwed up), along with all of the associated rankings, etc. I also asked how I would be notified when someone get's the answer, and was told that no notification would come. Somewhat anticlimatic. Anyway, I'd start checking your output stats against their stats to see how you are *really* doing... Lee
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