same here Sek. Just missing yesterday afternoon work also.

Oh good, I figured you all would be on this! I was concerned when there was an update today, but a long-running WU that had validated yesterday *still* didn't show in my statistics.

Human nature is funny. Even though we do this for the science, we still very much want the credit for what we've actually done.

This summer I will be teaching in a program introducing minority undergraduate math majors to biostatistics. One of the things I will have the students do is to participate in WCG as a way of learning about how advanced technology is used in medical and environmental research. I was thinking about how disheartening it would be for such a student if there were glitches and they didn't get their appropriate credit. So I'm happy to be assured that such glitches will be straightened out and the human nature needs met.

Yep, BOINCstats daily numbers are OK for yesterday and today (they run their daily about 17:00 UTC usually). So nothing has been lost and when the failing steps will have been rerun all WCG stats numbers should be fine.

Edit: I just checked something else in My Grid and, guess what, March 27 stats are OK now.
As far as I can see, the only remaining rework to do is for team stats. Keep watching.

@ andzgrid. the thing about distributed computing is that a miss hass value as well as hits.

remember it took Edison along time to creat a light bulb and he found lots of ways not to make one.


so yes while a hit and a good hit is what we ultimatly want even a miss has its uses and if we are lucky they can find further ways to make the project run faster like they did on the cancer project... again because of the misses as well as the hits it became posible to make a more accurate modle

happy crunching

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Hello nasher.

One thing is, the science-side is not recognized, whether it be a hit or a miss. The computing-side is recognized just because the machine was used whether there was a hit or a miss.

Using your Edison analogy. Did the cruncher fail? No. Did the cruncher get a credit for the effort? Yes, but only because everyone is looking on the computing-side of the crunch. What about the science side? Forget it, it won't happen, sorry Edison.

Should we then reward a miss if only because with it we know what NOT to do? I don't think so in the same way that the MVP should not be given to a basketball player who knows how to NOT play basketball.

Back to the topic under the root post: a stats glitch affects everyone, regardless of what school of thought (computing-side or science-side) you associate with. All things being equal, A stats glitch would probably hurt the computing-side camp more; the science-side camp being less dependent on the more, shall we say, "materialistic" side of things.

Good day
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