what are credits for?

chalky
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hi i am new to this and i just want to do my part to help with these projects, but i was just wondering what are the credits you get when a project is completed used for?

MarkF
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what are credits for?

Bragging rights among your fellow boinc'ers.

Michael Roycraft
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To show to what extent you

To show to what extent you have been assimilated by the BOINC. (grin)

microcraft
"The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice" - MLK

Gary Roberts
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You can trade them in for

You can trade them in for shopping Dollars at Harrods :).

Cheers,
Gary.

C
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RE: You can trade them in

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You can trade them in for shopping Dollars at Harrods :).

Omigod, I hope my wife never sees this thread. :)

C

Ariane Von WolfLand
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RE: Bragging rights among

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Bragging rights among your fellow boinc'ers.

Then i have not any right,i'm an outcast (crying....),a marginal , "un clochard hord du droit commun " (crying.....)

Ariane

Gary Roberts
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RE: Then i have not any

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Then i have not any right, i'm an outcast (crying....)

Rubbish!! Just get another 64mb of RAM (people basically give these away these days) plug it in and the computer you have listed would happily start to contribute .... :).

Cheers,
Gary.

Ariane Von WolfLand
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RE: RE: Then i have

Message 17224 in response to message 17223

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Quote:

Then i have not any right, i'm an outcast (crying....)

Rubbish!! Just get another 64mb of RAM (people basically give these away these days) plug it in and the computer you have listed would happily start to contribute .... :).

Oh Gary, thank you for the tip , i will meditate on it, but the problem is that i don't know what is "64mb of RAM" ? What is it? A sort of sophisticated mathematic operation ? I'm just about taking my maths courses with MIT, for the moment i don't understand complicated calculus .

Ariane

C
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Ariane: Take a look here for

Ariane:
Take a look here for an example of RAM. (RAM is what your computer's memory chips are called...)

C

Ariane Von WolfLand
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RE: Ariane: Take a look

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Ariane:
Take a look here for an example of RAM. (RAM is what your computer's memory chips are called...)

C

Thanks a lot C, I'll go just buying a good memory for my laptop.By the way i liked your team MacNN , i'll join it if they accept me.

Ariane

chalky
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ha ha bragging rights....

ha ha bragging rights.... fantastic so im a loser right now then.
thanks for letting me know what they are guys i am now a little less clueless cheers :)

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