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| David 2002-11-26 04:31:17 | Why on Earth would you do this? Consider: the work has been done and the stats are based on total particles simulated, not on some particles/simulation metric. So, you reduce your stats by not submitting them. |
| Stephen Brooks 2002-11-26 08:07:34 | Yes I know, it's a dim thing to do. You certainly don't _lose_ points for submitting low results, although the high results score for more "particles" since generally they take longer to simulation (and this increase in time is above proportion with the real number of particles). "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" |
| Chuck Coleman 2002-11-27 14:07:18 | Worse than losing credit, witholding low results biases downward the estimated efficiency.  See my discussion in the thread "Recalculation of high scores shows lower efficiency." "Sorry, no concluding witticism" |
