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USACITIZENSCIENCE
Cruncher Joined: May 7, 2016 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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What drives the prioritization of work sent when I select "If there is no work available for the project(s) I have selected above, please send me work from another project."? Am running Help Stop TB and have 100 free CPU's, and want to know if I should check the above OR just check all the active project boxes. What is the practical difference? Thanks.
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Dayle Diamond
Senior Cruncher Joined: Jan 31, 2013 Post Count: 452 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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So many CPUs!
----------------------------------------My understanding is IBM sends out work at roughly 40% Adult Cancer, and on average 10% each of everything else. If you pick only TB chances are you still won't get any TB, cuz there's so little to go around, so lemme answer more generally why it matters which project you pick. TB and Childhood Cancer work units tend to be claimed immediately. Nobody seems to want Ebola work units, but they should (it studies Lassa fever too, which is very much present and deadly in some parts of Africa). But work units are not equal - run the ones best for your computer and increase your total scientific contributions. If they are running on Windows, select MCM, FAH phase 2, Stop TB, and MIP. Those run about the same on any system. If they are running on Linux, pick the tasks that are MUCH faster in Linux (Ebola, Zika, AIDS phase 1 and Childhood Cancer). Those all run a program called VINA. If you claim an hour-long task on VINA, you'll save another volunteer from spending ninty minutes crunching it on Windows. It's like thirty bonus minutes going back to the grid! If you have both operating systems, I recommend you set up a "home" and "school" profile. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Dayle Diamond at Feb 17, 2018 1:44:09 AM] |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7848 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Dayle Diamond gives some good advice. The TB units only number about 2000 per day so they are just about as scarce as hen's teeth. I have never had trouble keeping my queues filled with Childhood Cancer units, they are plentiful. The Ebola project is scheduled to end sometime in June, but as you can see below, they are also fairly plentiful. The only project with the real shortage is the TB project. At least I have heard no complaints about an inability to get any of the others.
----------------------------------------TB and Childhood Cancer work units tend to be claimed immediately. Nobody seems to want Ebola work units, but they should (it studies Lassa fever too, which is very much present and deadly in some parts of Africa). Ebola Feb. 16,2018 Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) - Day 52:145:09:44:56 Points Generated - Day 78,924,432 Results Returned - Day 245,477 Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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branjo
Master Cruncher Slovakia Joined: Jun 29, 2012 Post Count: 1892 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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And if you are running some MacOS (or OSX) computers, there are not WUs for it, so you have to select some other sciences.
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USACITIZENSCIENCE
Cruncher Joined: May 7, 2016 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thanks to all. Great advice.
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