I hate this - it is taking 4ever

[Kosh Naranek]

Can anyone please tell me what is going on ?
It would seem i have got my hands on a work unit which seems to run 4ever.
Currently it's 15.23% complete with 6 h 22 mins of work. My normal average time pr. work unit is currently around 4 hours.
What is going on ? I'm thinking about skipping this work unit so it won't slow my average return time down.

[Guru]

Delete the unit and dload a new!

Edit: This forum is being overrun by Danish people!
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[Kosh Naranek]

Done That.....according 2 Seti Spy it would have completed in 41 h and some mins....helloooooooooooooo !

The Danish Olympic Handball Team for Women rules...BIG time

[Brian R.]

They're just bored...

[klambert]

Guys, give me a break!

What is the purpose of deleting a work unit just because it will take too long to process? If the only reason you are in this is self-gratification then get out. This is a scientific program, not a competition. While the competitive side makes it fun, it is not the sole purpose. If it is your sole purpose, maybe you should quit wasting your time here & get your butt to the gaming sites.

[Kosh Naranek]

What's gaming sites got 2 do with it ?

[Guru]

klambert I agree! But look at if this way the unit wold have taken ~40h in that timehe can complete 6WU's

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[Kosh Naranek]

and yes it is scientific but there is not much science in wasting 41 hours on processing one work unit while i could do 10 work units in the same amount of time.
and yes it's very competitive and no i'm not doing this for myself i'm doing this for myself and MatroxUsers (MURC).

[Sisyfos]

But what about the unit that got deleted?
Who's gonna analyze it then?

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[Guru]

Well if the result of that unit is not sent back to berkley within a week they are going to give it to someone else(hopfuly to TA)!

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[Rattledagger]

Think about this: Maybe this was the wu with ET in it? Wouldn't you feel stupid then someone else gets the credit for finding ET?

What seti@home client are you using, and what os?

[Dyre]

Every WU is proccessed about 2-3 times anyways.

[Sisyfos]

This one isn't, because everyone are deleting it.

[Pace]

lol, Yea - what's the coordinates? I've deleted 2 identical WUs just this week which could be the same one Maybe Assim is sending them to us somehow!

(j/k btw)

Paul.

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[klambert]

I've had fast units and slow units. When I get a 43 hour unit (I've actually has 4 of those on 1 computer) I'm very unhappy, but I process it. I would never dream of deleting it just so I wouldn't hurt my "average time" or because I was afrais I would fall behind someone else. Heck, maybe they'll get a few of these puppies themself! I just hope everyone doesn't delete the hard units & save themselves for the easy ones!