Well, let me see. A Wu gets sent out to a computer. The WU is crunched. The result is returned. The result gets validated. Seems to be working.

You're going to have to be a LOT more specific.

I need a bath, which would you prefer???

a) For all the "A types" to be dumped into the WCG hopper and let run, then, without any checking, for the "B types" to be created, dumped into the hopper and run - likewise for the "C types". Then, after all 22,000,000+ WU's have been processed for the scientists to turn round and say "sorry - the algorithms were off by 0.2%, we'll have to run it all through again", or;

b) Wait until we've got everything totally confirmed by the scientists that when the flood gates are opened up, that we'll be getting valid results (with the subsequent verification steps in between each phase)?

I know which one I'd prefer (and I'm sure the majority of people would agree that it's option 'b') - after all, have you ever heard of the computer term "GIGO' (Garbage In, Garbage Out)?

All we need, is patience - science can not be rushed!!!!

I said I wasn't judging. I don't prefer anything. I just don't see the Grid resource being used fully. I wonder if what is being done now could have been done off-Grid. Let me reiterate: I'm just wondering. I don't know and am not guessing. Just wondering...

I need a bath, sure, all the results returned so far (some 244,580 - acording to the current statistics page), COULD have been processed by a bank of computers within the scientists labs - although would that have ensured that when scaled up to the WCGrid, everything would still have run as expected?

Quite often, not even an Alpha & Beta test run will ensure that all the bugs/issues are resolved - as there are just so many individual scenarios (particularly in science), that, only can be ironed out by 'ramping the project up' in a controlled manner (such as this has been).

I'm sure the scientists are as keen (if not keener) than us, to get these results being made available to them - but, as always, they need to be as near as possible to 100% sure that the results are valid.

We've got to remember, that, in the future, there is a possibility of some type of drug(s) being produced from the outcome of these WU's we're crunching, and, although I know that there'll be many tests done in between, inevitably, those tests will have been based on the work done here.

So, in answer to your question "are the Grid resources being used fully", I'd say a definate YES - especially considering that, whilst the DDDT2 scientists are beavering away in their labs, we're helping other projects move forward.

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