Topic: SETI Thread Part III (Read 198252 times)

Toasty0 · « **Reply #400 on:** March 18, 2004, 09:41:45 am »

57) Toasty0 557 3056 hr 19 min 5 hr 29 min 13.6 sec Sat May 10 22:40:51 2003 United States

The Postman · « **Reply #401 on:** March 18, 2004, 10:17:27 am »

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57) Toasty0 557 3056 hr 19 min 5 hr 29 min 13.6 sec Sat May 10 22:40:51 2003 United States

Thinking of starting up again? We could use your output!

Toasty0 · « **Reply #402 on:** March 18, 2004, 10:21:21 am »

I have...but I'm still just one machine fighting against the odds...

KRolling · « **Reply #404 on:** March 19, 2004, 05:08:59 am »

I still don't understand.

What's with the time and date?

How does it work?

nexa1 · « **Reply #406 on:** March 19, 2004, 08:33:57 pm »

Funny thing is that for nearly 2 years I haven't been able to run SETI. And I am still #61.

I wonder what I would need to do to get it started again on my laptop here. hmmm....

nexa1 · « **Reply #408 on:** March 20, 2004, 12:14:32 am »

After a year and a half off, I finally rejoined Team Taldren.
*applause and cheering in background)

So shortly I will be chompin away at them work units. Too bad my MIS on base won't let me run it on the gov't comp.
Anywaym what is sad is that either I don't remember my email addy from that far back or Seti deleted it after being inactive for so long. In either case, my first goal is to beat myself.
*snicker*

Nevermind. I had a Beavis and Butthead moment.

Toasty0 · « **Reply #409 on:** March 20, 2004, 09:27:13 am »

Nem,

I'm experiencing issues with the Seti Client running on my machine. Not sure what it is yet, but one of the things is I think it is using up all my resources even though I have it set for "low".

ack!

Best,
Jerry

IKV Nemesis D7L · « **Reply #410 on:** March 20, 2004, 11:58:03 am »

1/ What OS are you using?

2/ Did you use my SETIDriver set up?

3/ Symptoms? All programs or only some (which programs have you tried?)

nexa1 · « **Reply #411 on:** March 20, 2004, 07:14:31 pm »

Now at 142 and climbing. whoo hoo!!! I figure by May I should overtake my old spot of #61

KRolling · « **Reply #413 on:** March 21, 2004, 06:35:37 am »

Ok... let me see if I get this.....

A university receives "signals".
They are put into "units".
People with computers download software to "crunch" these "units" made of "signals".
You receive a "scoring" by how long, or how many, of these "units" you "crunch" to discover where these "signals" are coming from.
There is no pay in the use of your personal computer even though you are providing the resourses in which to "crunch" the "units" made of "signals".

Is this correct?

KRolling · « **Reply #416 on:** March 21, 2004, 12:30:24 pm »

But, of course, no one ever finds an ET.

Sooooooooooooo, why do you do this?

jualdeaux · « **Reply #417 on:** March 21, 2004, 01:16:03 pm »

I think that some people do it in the hope that someone will ultimately find a signal. Others might just do it o be a part of a group of like minded people. There are also some who just like the challenge of trying to work their way up through the ranks and try to get to the top of th list. Iin this group alone there were a number of people had an informal, or formal, race to see who could produce the most. That lead to quite a few races that ultimately increased the performance of the group and also lead to people learning more about the computers they used and how to get the most out of them. I distinctly remember people building totally new computers just sothey would have much better processing times.

Anyway, there are many reasons people joined the group.

The Postman · « **Reply #418 on:** March 21, 2004, 01:49:40 pm »

As you can see the Arecibo Radio Telescope only covers a fraction of the sky. Every red dot is a potential signal, however unlikely, where ET might be found. ET might be found in another part of the sky or ET's signal might not reach Earth for another thousand years. Who really knows? We certainly won't find him if we don't look.

KRolling · « **Reply #419 on:** March 21, 2004, 03:16:12 pm »

Ok, I understand now.

<backs out of room.... turns and runs>

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IKV Nemesis D7L

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Toasty0

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