From: Xam@Xam.Xam
Steve B wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:01:06 +1000, Xam wrote:
>
>> Yoss1960 wrote:
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>>> 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.
> :)
>
It sounds quite different than the one I used as well.
I know there is a way of setting up groups for seti@home, although I
don't know how. But that's what I meant by a show of atrd strength.
If we could get everyone here in on the act, we could probably process
quite a lot of data quite quickly.
If your IT guys conform to the stereotype, they probably wont mind you
running S@H. (-:
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