What Causes A WU To Complete in 3 Minutes?

[Greg M]

Just had a .897 WU complete in 3 minutes. First time it has happened based on the 97 WU's in my SETIQueue history. Can you SETI pros please enlighten me?

 

[Jon]

Probably alot of interference. If alot of abnormal spikes are detected the client will just reject the WU and start on another.

Sometimes you get credit for them...sometimes you don't.

 

[Greg M]

Thanks. Unfortunately, I think this one was a "don't".

 

[Lonely Raven]

I read somewhere that you need a minimum of 10-15 mins
processing time for them to give you credit for it.

 

[Morpheus]

To quote Berkeley:

Occasionally, a work unit will contain strong radio interference; these strong interfering signals typically come from satellites and radar from our own civilization. If the interference is very strong, the SETI@home program can not analyze that part of the spectrum, and after trying for a few minutes and detecting thousands of strong signals of earth origin, the program stops early in the processing and gets a new work unit. You will still get credit for the work done.

 

[DeltaSierra]

I've gotten credit for those short WUs. I once had one that took about 20 seconds though...I did not get credit for that one.