Whoopee I got another WCG badge

[UBT - PennyQ]

"World Community Grid: Congratulations, you've earned a Bronze badge for your contribution to OpenPandemics - COVID-19
You just earned a Bronze badge for the contribution you've made to OpenPandemics - COVID-19. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!
28/05/2020 01:18:40 "

Nice that I have managed to get enough of the new tasks fairly quickly.

[damienh]

Good stuff! I should have a look at how much covid crunching is going on right now. Quite a lot I think!

[Woodles]

Nicely done Penny

[UBT - Timbo]

Well done Penny !! - you're getting quite a collection now

regards
Tim

[UBT - PennyQ]

and today it got better...
"World Community Grid: Congratulations, you've earned a Silver badge for your contribution to OpenPandemics - COVID-19
You just earned a Silver badge for the contribution you've made to OpenPandemics - COVID-19. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!
16/07/2020 01:18:06 "

Onwards and upwards...

[Woodles]

You're making a habit of it now, well done

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi Penny

Very well done

Might be a while before the Gold badge comes into view...so, carry on as you are

WCG badges
If anyone else wants to earn WCG badges then here's the "how to" which I just found on the WCG website and this explains how to get a better badge:

Bronze - 14 days
Silver - 45 days
Gold - 90 days
Ruby - 180 days
Emerald - 1 year
Sapphire - 2 years
Diamond - recognizing higher levels of contribution of 5, 10, 20, 50 and up to 100 years of computing time

So, if one is concentrating on any WCG project, earning badges doesn't appear to be about earning "points", it's more about the number of days of "computing time" spent on each sub-project.

regards
Tim

[UBT - PennyQ]

The habit continues...
"World Community Grid: Congratulations, you've earned a Sapphire badge for your contribution to Mapping Cancer Markers
You just earned a Sapphire badge for the contribution you've made to Mapping Cancer Markers. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!
23/08/2020 13:18:52"

Didn't think I was that close a month ago!! Obviously things are running much better than expected on this PC

Penny

[Jeffers]

Well done Penny!

[Woodles]

OK, now it's just getting boring

Congratulations, onward and upward

[UBT - Timbo]

Great job Penny - you're getting a nice collection now...



regards
Tim

[UBT - PennyQ]

... and now it's gone one better!!

"World Community Grid: Congratulations, you've earned a Gold badge for your contribution to OpenPandemics - COVID-19
You just earned a Gold badge for the contribution you've made to OpenPandemics - COVID-19. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!
10/09/2020 13:22:46 "

So that was slightly under 2 months to go from bronze to silver, and a smidge less to get gold. Perhaps there might be more of that type of task being made available? Whatever, it's giving me a warm glow!!!

Penny

[UBT - Mikee]

Hi

Well done - they seem to be coming more often with the new setup - must be doing something right!##

Mike

[UBT - Timbo]

... and now it's gone one better!!

"World Community Grid: Congratulations, you've earned a Gold badge for your contribution to OpenPandemics - COVID-19
You just earned a Gold badge for the contribution you've made to OpenPandemics - COVID-19. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!
10/09/2020 13:22:46 "

Hi Penny - very well done...it's always nice to get a plaudit or two from the projects...

So that was slightly under 2 months to go from bronze to silver, and a smidge less to get gold. Perhaps there might be more of that type of task being made available? Whatever, it's giving me a warm glow!!!

Penny

Oooohhhh eeerrrr missus....a warm glow ??

Isn't that the job of.......a nice tot of alcohol ??... Purely for medicinal reasons of course

regards
Tim

[Woodles]

Well done Penny

There still seems to be a lot of work being done on the OpenPandemics project, I see a Ruby badge in your future

[UBT - PennyQ]

As predicted by "Mystic Mark" ...

"Dear UBT - PennyQ,

Congratulations, you've earned a Ruby badge for your contribution to OpenPandemics - COVID-19
Nov 29, 2020 - You just earned a Ruby badge for the contribution you've made to OpenPandemics - COVID-19. Thanks for your participation, and we look forward to your continued support!"

Didn't know about it until the WCG monthly digest email arrived - the usual Notices bit on BM is blank at the moment.
Penny

[UBT - Timbo]

Well done Penny...nice to see you "doing your bit" on WCG

To get to Emerald, you have to be crunching for a whole year, so I hope to see you post again in around another 180 days time - sometime around the end of May 2021

In the meantime, I'm sure you can celebrate another good achievement, in a suitable fashion

If you like a nice beer, this is very nice (£1.09 per bottle at ALDI):

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regards
Tim