We are paid in points.. Not valuable I hear? Well try reducing them and see the outcry These points seem to be very valuable indeed, so valuable that people spend money sometimes lots to earn them. OK so many people don't care about the points or only care a little about the points. But there is no denying they are a currency of sort, just one not fully tradable (at present). Paying donators for electricity? Well they are donators, in this they donate their cost be it hardware or the cost for the juice to run it.new08 wrote:PS On the payment for results issue it would be fair to work out a average electricity cost for long term points gained and this could be refunded on Paypal or be donated to a charity of choice by the donor.
I only suggest this as when something is free - it tends to get taken for granted over time. Human nature!
It has cost me some hundreds of $$ over the years to fold on equipment bought second hand on eBay and I am happy to do it for free.
Others may not be,though..or prefer options as I mentioned.
If Pande was to pay for this well why not just buy the hardware as well and forget about distributed computing.