Topic: SETI Thread Part III  (Read 201979 times)

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Stormbringer

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #160 on: March 22, 2004, 06:46:34 pm »
Spaceship one set to make second powered flight. Story is at space.com.

nexa1

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #161 on: March 23, 2004, 04:14:53 am »
   What happened in the first powered flight? I thought that they lost it the first time.

Oh!!!
 I know I have been gone for almost 2 years, but what is the deal with the Taldrenite Haven? I recogonize some of the names from when Erik and the community first started the Taldren team, and what I think became the biggest or second biggest thread. I remember that monster Star Wars vs Star Trek thread might have been the biggest, oh and that plasma thread.
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The Postman

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #162 on: March 23, 2004, 06:01:40 am »
I see we picked up a couple of new names. Anybody spot who or where they are?  

The Postman

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #163 on: March 23, 2004, 08:10:58 am »
Does anybody have an extra P4 400mhz lying around surplus to their needs? I am currently running a 1.5  and thought it might be a good time to upgrade.  

ActiveX

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #164 on: March 23, 2004, 08:52:00 am »
I'm at 138th place right now...

136th now
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Stormbringer

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #165 on: March 23, 2004, 11:40:23 am »
Dunno. I'm just Gate crashing at the moment. I will probably pick it up in a couple of months.

Stormbringer

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #166 on: March 23, 2004, 11:41:43 am »
It crashed IIRC but they repaired the damage and fixed the issues that caused it.  As to the havens I think they moved thier groups comms to another forum at the TCS. I think they are still active. Some of thier members had a disagreement with enforcement of taldren forum rules and left. The rest followed the core over there but most are still active here just not regarding the havens.
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nexa1

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #167 on: March 23, 2004, 02:59:10 pm »
 Hey there...

  Well, I am new sort of. *snicker*
 Ok, not really. I have just been gone for a while (year and a half). I have that military thing going on.
 Currently my old SETI acct is #61 but my current one is #125 and creeping up.  I should be able to overtake Rick Knox at #121 in about 6 hours and then it is on to Hawkeye.  
 What ever happened to him or Xak Tsaroth?
 

IKV Nemesis D7L

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KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #168 on: March 23, 2004, 07:22:35 pm »
7) KD4     10003     5.393 years    4 hr 43 min 22.0 sec    Tue Mar 23 23:43:09 2004    United States

Congratulations on joining the 5 figure club and on your new certificate.  

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #169 on: March 23, 2004, 07:32:57 pm »
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   What happened in the first powered flight? I thought that they lost it the first time.

Oh!!!
 I know I have been gone for almost 2 years, but what is the deal with the Taldrenite Haven? I recogonize some of the names from when Erik and the community first started the Taldren team, and what I think became the biggest or second biggest thread. I remember that monster Star Wars vs Star Trek thread might have been the biggest, oh and that plasma thread.  




There was a landing gear malfunction.  Minimal damage.  We discussed it here at the time (see link below)

Link to thread  

nexa1

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Re: SETI Thread Part III
« Reply #170 on: March 24, 2004, 02:07:01 pm »
 Thanks Nem.
 I think the next cool thing as far as space goes is that we have a sattelite arriving at Saturn in June this year. It is supposed to have some probes go into the atmosphere of Titan.
 Cassini mission
  Anyway.... I am gradually movng up. It is a shame that so many people have gone inactive. But newcomers ActiveX and Cross are making great progress, infact I think cross will be passig me up tommorow. Good stuff.
   

KD4

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #171 on: March 24, 2004, 02:32:47 pm »
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7) KD4     10003     5.393 years    4 hr 43 min 22.0 sec    Tue Mar 23 23:43:09 2004    United States

Congratulations on joining the 5 figure club and on your new certificate.  






thanks. after all these years i finly make the 10,000 mark  

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #172 on: March 24, 2004, 09:07:15 pm »
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thanks. after all these years i finly make the 10,000 mark  




How many calendar years did it take?  

KD4

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #173 on: March 25, 2004, 05:34:21 am »
i started on may 17 1999. changed isp and forgot to get my password and had to start new account dec 29 1999. for some time i used a old 266. only in the last year did i start useing 2 computers.  

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #174 on: March 27, 2004, 12:25:08 am »
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i started on may 17 1999. changed isp and forgot to get my password and had to start new account dec 29 1999. for some time i used a old 266. only in the last year did i start useing 2 computers.  




Nearly 5 years on SETI?  You are one of the old timers.  At just past two years I am rather a Johnny come lately.  

KD4

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #175 on: March 27, 2004, 05:12:43 am »
lol ya i am a old timer. when i frist heard about it i could see the posabilty for future research in other fields. think of all the computers that set on screan saver all night. i tried some of the medical research a few years back but i found them to be to intrusive. with seti driver set on low i dont ever notice it taking away from what i am doing. i realy dont think our tech is far enough alone to where we have much of a chance to find anything.
If there is a more worthy project out there that will work like seti driver i would be willing to move to that if we did it as a team.
sorry but its 6 am and time for me to go to bed  

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #176 on: March 28, 2004, 11:01:43 pm »
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lol ya i am a old timer. when i frist heard about it i could see the posabilty for future research in other fields. think of all the computers that set on screan saver all night. i tried some of the medical research a few years back but i found them to be to intrusive. with seti driver set on low i dont ever notice it taking away from what i am doing. i realy dont think our tech is far enough alone to where we have much of a chance to find anything.

If there is a more worthy project out there that will work like seti driver i would be willing to move to that if we did it as a team.
sorry but its 6 am and time for me to go to bed  




We (as a team) were considering at one point what to do after SETI 1 ended and couldn't decide.  Some of the projects look interesting but many of us object to the proprietary nature of the programs.  Then again some of them allow the people behind the system to jump you to another project without even giving you a choice.  

I also don't think it likely that we will find anything.  But it is worth the chance.   The attempt has already proven the practicality of distributed volunteer processing to help scientific research.  

On a more personal level I just achieved a goal

 Your rank out of 4939040 total users is:    7994th place.  

Top 8000 and on to 7500.  

nexa1

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #177 on: March 31, 2004, 02:46:19 pm »
  You kick butt man.  So you are like now officially one of the big guns eh?
 
 I still think I will find ET before you.  NAH!
   

ActiveX

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #178 on: March 31, 2004, 04:55:32 pm »
Im turning them out 1 about every 4 hours and 17 minutes, but you are faster at 3 hours and 39 minutes...

When I put together my uber crunching box, I'll be spittin 2 an hour hehe...

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Re: KD4 sneaks by the 10,000 mark.
« Reply #179 on: March 31, 2004, 05:12:35 pm »
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  You kick butt man.  So you are like now officially one of the big guns eh?
 
 I still think I will find ET before you.  NAH!
   




Intermediate gun.  Guys like Raven are the big guns.  

Just so long as someone finds ET its all good.