mcclearyironman 2002-06-01 16:28:32 | I have a dumb question... It seems possible to counterfeit results. Do you have something that checks the results we send? |
Stephen Brooks 2002-06-01 16:43:57 | Yes, it is possible to counterfeit results, although often it'll be obvious from the distribution when one is a fake. When I extract the final best design from the distributed computing run, I simulate it several times over myself to get a more accurate muon percentage, and of course, to check whether the design specified in the file really _does_ produce a good design for the accelerator. "As every 11-year-old kid knows, if you concentrate enough Van-der-Graff generators and expensive special effects in one place, you create a spiral space-time whirly thing, AND an interesting plotline" |