Quorum 2 through the end is confirmed, but they're sizing the tasks based on a (gene) estimator program, so the number of sequences could well be fluid. We see that now too with fahv, each task has a different number of jobs included.

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Reading the project description I found a number saying it would take a single computer 40000 years of runtime to complete. If this is with the initial batches in mind (before any new genes get revealed), then does this mean that when the stats on WCG for this project shows 40 000 CPU years contributed, that would be the initial scope of the project?

It of course depends what is meant by "a single computer would need 40 000 years", since a single computer can be 1-many-cores/CPUs and very different performance per core...

Of course it's a big assumption with anything wcg who love to keep things as foggy as can be, but if circulating the batches quasi sequentially, and it seems the order in which new tasks are being received, then now doing 00343 would mean 1.7 percent of estimated 20,000 batches has been circulated, and still my one device has not been auto-opted in. Not that it matters, yet, as it's the profile the tablet is associated with.

No, it is not as simple as that. Take an old 8086, 40,000 years of computing time on that is nothing compared to 40,000 years on say an E7-8890. One has a single core/single thread and the other a 15-core/30 thread processor.

There are people who crunch on older computers and other who crunch on the latest and the greatest. Both might contribute 24-hours of computing time, but the number of results returned would be greatly different. This is why knowing the number of WU's is the better indicator as to the status of any project.