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What is little mentioned in discussions of BOINC by its proponents is that the competitive aspects of what could well be called the "BOINC-Credits Game" tends to overshadow its use as a scientific tool.
The very same people who hope to gain online social status by showing high point scores are also those who need the most policing to avoid cheating and spoofing.
The investigating scientists using this means of number crunching need no more statistics than they can pull from their own server. They can see how much of the body of data has been processed and how long it took. The game-style scorekeeping serves no purpose for most researchers.
using their own machines and those upon which they can surreptitiously install the software while avoiding detection.
The article is flagged as missing citation or sources; however the reference to the main BOINC project website contains all the information I just randomly looked up. As such, the article does appear to have a valid source - though specific phrases are not "citet" directly; just the overall source. Is this not sufficient to remove the flag? SplatMan DK (talk) 10:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)