Margin of error on ratios?
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So, I got two system-generated private messages a few hours apart, namely:
From System at 2014-07-03 06:16:58 (9 hours ago) GMT (NEW!)
Hello… badAttitude
This is a system generated re-seed request message:
User reem has asked for a reseed on torrent:
ManAvenue - Aaron Compilation 7 scenes (480p wmv)!reem is a User, has a ratio of 0.411, and a Seed-Bonus of 0.250
and
From System at 2014-07-03 03:02:17 (12 hours ago) GMT (NEW!)
Hello… badAttitude
This is a system generated re-seed request message:
User reem has asked for a reseed on torrent:
ManAvenue - Aaron Compilation 7 scenes (480p wmv)!reem is a User, has a ratio of 1.409, and a Seed-Bonus of 0.250
What's going on with the ratios?
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He pigged out (downloaded a lot) during those four hours ???
And he may have very modest upload/download amounts so a relatively small download could affect his ratio dramatically
PS As in the opposite way, with your ratio, if you downloaded a complete DVD-R and uploaded nothing it would take your ratio from 4.29 to 4.28 (figures rounded)
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Oh, it never even occurred to me that the ratios might be right. I just assumed there was some sort of bug in the system. But if I feed a hamburger to my pet guinea pig, she will gain a lot of weight, but if I feed the same hamburger to my pet hippopotamus, her weight gain will be hardly noticeable.
(I don't recommend hippopotamuses as house pets, by the way, although there is this: Jessica the Hippo )
Thanks for your answer.
