dharbert wrote:
That's good to hear that cheating is not a viable option. That's what made me quit Seti. Trying to get ahead in the rankings was futile.
or you just let the machine crunch away, and not get too caught up in the stats. think of the contribution to the science involved, and contributing to that as opposed to the stats. i mean, i try to get my machines cranking away as fast, and efficiently as possible, and i'm always checking the stats, so i'd be lying if i told you that i wasn't preoccupied w/ production, and the stats.

but for myself, i see no reason to cheat. if i could somehow enhance production, i'd welcome it. a tweaked kernel, and minimalist os that supercharges folding would be great. the gromacs wu's using sse optimizations adds up to a 20% sped boost, so there is likely to be further enhancements in that area. there is a place where real work must be done, and real results must be achieved, and this won't come by cheating. there usually is a certain degree of cheating that parallels real efforts. some follow in the motions of others, and capitalize on it- and it's bs. stock market is a good analogy for this behavior.