From: euclid@NOSPAMTHANKSshaw.ca   
      
   On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:01:06 +1000, Xam  wrote:   
      
   >Yoss1960 wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> Not that the above means SETI is a waste of time, because it's not.  Just   
   >> not a priority for me.   
   >   
   >I agree, not a priority for me either, and imho, they need to get more   
   >dishes in on the act.   
      
   During the show I watched (Nova ScienceNow, I think) a few weeks ago   
   on SETI, it was mentioned that they do have a top-of-the-line dish   
   array that will be able to collect several thousand times more data   
   per year than the old setup.  The problem they have now is that the   
   dishes are collecting so much data, current-generation computers are   
   not fast enough/don't have enough storage to process all of the data,   
   so they end up having to discard a lot of it.  They've traded one   
   problem for another.   
      
   >I just thought it would be a nice show of atrd   
   >strength.   
      
   I downloaded SETI@Home on Monday and installed it on my work computer   
   (is that violating the spirit of the project?) and it's a totally   
   different application today.   
      
   The version I had used a few years ago ran as a tray icon and screen   
   saver.  When the screen saver kicked in, it would display a graph of   
   the data it was processing.  The new version doesn't have the same   
   look and is based on a platform that allows you to process data for   
   several other distributed applications using the same GUI.   
      
   I'll keep it on my work computer until the IT guys give me trouble.   
   :)   
      
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