+1 to mdk777. That has stated the point I've been thinking about for a while. What's below is to garner discussion on the questions that have been the subject of the hundreds of posts above. For the bigbeta p6903/4, I don't have a personal stake in the issue, so I'm just playing with the numbers.
I've thrown together another wrinkle here. Sandwiched between the col for the current "flagship" bigadv p6900 and the bigbeta 6903 is a what-if shortening of both the deadline and threshold times. Shortening the threshold changes the cliff where you start earning the QRB points. Shorting the deadline changes the computation of the QRB, and establishes when you lose points totally.
Nothing magic about these numbers - no one should get hung up in thinking this is a formal proposal or anything - but I wanted to put forth a stalking horse to objectively guide the discussions about the deadlines. This doesn't put more continuity into the project, and a smoother transition between regular SMP, bigadv, and "big bigadv" - that's another step way beyond my little exercise.
As I've stated previously, I think that the thresholds should follow the scientific project need and motivate bringing the high iron forward, while giving guidance on the donors' purchasing decisions.
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| 6900 6903 6903
pts 7,164 22,706 22,706
k 26.4 38.05 38.05
TPF deadlin 6 5 12
dec min thresho 4 3 5
if >60 WU Compl Possible shortening Current (7-20-2011)
mm:ss hrs Days Points ppd Points ppd Points ppd
84.96 141.6 5.90 7,164.0 1,214.2 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 3,848.5
83.52 139.2 5.80 7,164.0 1,235.2 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 3,914.8
82.08 136.8 5.70 7,164.0 1,256.8 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 3,983.5
80.64 134.4 5.60 7,164.0 1,279.3 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,054.6
79.20 132.0 5.50 7,164.0 1,302.5 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,128.4
77.76 129.6 5.40 7,164.0 1,326.7 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,204.8
76.32 127.2 5.30 7,164.0 1,351.7 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,284.2
74.88 124.8 5.20 7,164.0 1,377.7 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,366.5
73.44 122.4 5.10 7,164.0 1,404.7 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,452.2
72.00 120.0 5.00 7,164.0 1,432.8 0.0 0.0 22,706.0 4,541.2
70.56 117.6 4.90 7,164.0 1,462.0 22,706.0 4,633.9 219,184.9 44,731.6
69.12 115.2 4.80 7,164.0 1,492.5 22,706.0 4,730.4 221,456.3 46,136.7
67.68 112.8 4.70 7,164.0 1,524.3 22,706.0 4,831.1 223,799.8 47,617.0
66.24 110.4 4.60 7,164.0 1,557.4 22,706.0 4,936.1 226,219.3 49,178.1
64.80 108.0 4.50 7,164.0 1,592.0 22,706.0 5,045.8 228,719.0 50,826.5
63.36 105.6 4.40 7,164.0 1,628.2 22,706.0 5,160.5 231,303.5 52,569.0
61.92 103.2 4.30 7,164.0 1,666.0 22,706.0 5,280.5 233,977.6 54,413.4
60.48 100.8 4.20 7,164.0 1,705.7 22,706.0 5,406.2 236,746.7 56,368.3
59:02 98.4 4.10 7,164.0 1,747.3 22,706.0 5,538.0 239,616.5 58,443.0
57:36 96.0 4.00 7,164.0 1,791.0 22,706.0 5,676.5 242,593.2 60,648.3
56:10 93.6 3.90 45,656.3 11,706.7 22,706.0 5,822.1 245,683.7 62,995.8
54:43 91.2 3.80 46,253.2 12,171.9 22,706.0 5,975.3 248,895.4 65,498.8
53:17 88.8 3.70 46,874.0 12,668.7 22,706.0 6,136.8 252,236.4 68,172.0
51:50 86.4 3.60 47,520.6 13,200.2 22,706.0 6,307.2 255,715.7 71,032.1
50:24 84.0 3.50 48,194.7 13,769.9 22,706.0 6,487.4 259,343.0 74,098.0
48:58 81.6 3.40 48,898.3 14,381.9 22,706.0 6,678.2 263,129.3 77,391.0
47:31 79.2 3.30 49,633.6 15,040.5 22,706.0 6,880.6 267,086.3 80,935.2
46:05 76.8 3.20 50,403.2 15,751.0 22,706.0 7,095.6 271,227.4 84,758.6
44:38 74.4 3.10 51,209.7 16,519.3 22,706.0 7,324.5 275,567.3 88,892.7
43:12 72.0 3.00 52,056.2 17,352.1 22,706.0 7,568.7 280,122.5 93,374.2
41:46 69.6 2.90 52,946.1 18,257.3 183,909.4 63,417.0 284,911.2 98,245.3
40:19 67.2 2.80 53,883.3 19,244.0 187,164.7 66,844.5 289,954.3 103,555.1
38:53 64.8 2.70 54,872.1 20,323.0 190,599.2 70,592.3 295,275.0 109,361.1
37:26 62.4 2.60 55,917.3 21,506.7 194,230.0 74,703.8 300,899.8 115,730.7
36:00 60.0 2.50 57,024.7 22,809.9 198,076.5 79,230.6 306,858.8 122,743.5
34:34 57.6 2.40 58,200.6 24,250.3 202,161.0 84,233.7 313,186.5 130,494.4
33:07 55.2 2.30 59,452.4 25,848.9 206,509.0 89,786.5 319,922.4 139,096.7
31:41 52.8 2.20 60,788.6 27,631.2 211,150.3 95,977.4 327,112.6 148,687.5
30:14 50.4 2.10 62,219.1 29,628.1 216,119.2 102,913.9 334,810.4 159,433.5
28:48 48.0 2.00 63,755.6 31,877.8 221,456.3 110,728.1 343,078.6 171,539.3
27:22 45.6 1.90 65,411.8 34,427.3 227,209.3 119,583.9 351,991.2 185,258.5
25:55 43.2 1.80 67,204.3 37,335.7 233,435.4 129,686.3 361,636.6 200,909.2
24:29 40.8 1.70 69,152.6 40,678.0 240,203.0 141,295.9 372,121.0 218,894.7
23:02 38.4 1.60 71,280.9 44,550.6 247,595.6 154,747.3 383,573.5 239,733.4
21:36 36.0 1.50 73,618.6 49,079.1 255,715.7 170,477.1 396,153.0 264,102.0
20:10 33.6 1.40 76,202.5 54,430.3 264,690.9 189,064.9 410,057.3 292,898.1
18:43 31.2 1.30 79,079.1 60,830.0 274,682.7 211,294.4 425,536.6 327,335.8
17:17 28.8 1.20 82,308.1 68,590.1 285,898.8 238,249.0 442,912.5 369,093.8
15:50 26.4 1.10 85,968.0 78,152.7 298,611.6 271,465.1 462,607.0 420,551.9
14:24 24.0 1.00 90,164.0 90,164.0 313,186.5 313,186.5 485,186.4 485,186.4
13:48 23.0 0.96 92,103.2 96,107.7 319,922.4 333,832.1 495,621.7 517,170.4
13:12 22.0 0.92 94,173.2 102,734.4 327,112.6 356,850.1 506,760.6 552,829.8
12:36 21.0 0.88 96,389.4 110,159.3 334,810.4 382,640.5 518,686.0 592,784.0
12:00 20.0 0.83 98,769.7 118,523.7 343,078.6 411,694.3 531,495.0 637,794.0
11:24 19.0 0.79 101,335.6 128,002.8 351,991.2 444,620.4 545,302.4 688,803.0
10:48 18.0 0.75 104,112.4 138,816.6 361,636.6 482,182.1 560,245.0 746,993.3
10:12 17.0 0.71 107,130.8 151,243.5 372,121.0 525,347.2 576,487.3 813,864.4
09:36 16.0 0.67 110,427.9 165,641.8 383,573.5 575,360.3 594,229.5 891,344.3
09:00 15.0 0.63 114,049.4 182,479.1 396,153.0 633,844.8 613,717.6 981,948.2
08:24 14.0 0.58 118,052.4 202,375.5 410,057.3 702,955.4 635,258.1 1,089,013.8
07:48 13.0 0.54 122,508.8 226,170.0 425,536.6 785,606.0 659,238.5 1,217,055.6
07:12 12.0 0.50 127,511.2 255,022.3 442,912.5 885,825.1 686,157.1 1,372,314.3
06:36 11.0 0.46 133,181.1 290,576.8 462,607.0 1,009,324.5 716,667.8 1,563,638.7
06:00 10.0 0.42 139,681.5 335,235.5 485,186.4 1,164,447.3 751,647.5 1,803,954.0
05:24 9.0 0.38 147,237.2 392,632.5 511,431.3 1,363,816.9 792,306.0 2,112,816.0
04:48 8.0 0.33 156,168.6 468,505.9 542,454.8 1,627,364.5 840,367.4 2,521,102.3
04:12 7.0 0.29 166,951.3 572,404.4 579,908.6 1,988,258.1 898,390.6 3,080,196.3
03:36 6.0 0.25 180,328.0 721,312.0 626,372.9 2,505,491.6 970,372.7 3,881,490.9