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To: SC Swamp Fox; Malsua

Any thoughts as to why our daily points fluctuate so much more than theirs? With more members - most of whom have more machines (a few many more) it would seem our output would be much smoother, not more irregular. Puzzling.


136 posted on 03/02/2006 6:53:23 PM PST by HangThemHigh (Entropy's not what it used to be.)
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To: HangThemHigh
Any thoughts as to why our daily points fluctuate so much more than theirs?

High end machines draw tougher units that last longer. We flop up, then down, then up, etc.

That's my case anyway. Pretty much, with the exception of my three thoroughbreds that drop a unit per day, my 2-3ghz machines seem to be in a 36 hour schedule.

137 posted on 03/02/2006 6:59:30 PM PST by Malsua
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To: HangThemHigh
Any thoughts as to why our daily points fluctuate so much more than theirs?

It's actually somewhat of an illusion caused by the scale of the graph. As a percentage, their fluctuations are just as large.

Our average is 55k, a 15% variation is 8,250.
Their average is 17k, a 15% variation is 2,550.

138 posted on 03/02/2006 7:11:10 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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