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  1. 03-13-2002, 04:54 PM #1
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    Do you SETI?

    A general query to the group since Trek is about seeking out "seeking out new life & new civilizations", how many of you have the SETI@Home client running in the background.

    I'm quickly approaching 250 units (211 actually)

    Anyone else?
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  2. 03-13-2002, 07:10 PM #2
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  3. 03-14-2002, 12:02 PM #3
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    I'm working on my 147 one now. I even started my own group for my RPG board. Although I'm still the only member so......

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  4. 07-01-2002, 04:17 PM #4
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    bump

    finally hit 250 this afternoon. Wouldn't have taken this long if I hadn't been on the road so much, but oh well!
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  5. 07-01-2002, 04:35 PM #5
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    Nope. Don't like having someone else using my machine remotely. Must be the holdover from the intel work.
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  6. 07-01-2002, 04:46 PM #6
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    I understand the basic premise of SETI, but how do I do it on my computer?

    As I understand it, SETI is a private (or is it public?) program/organization searching for intelligent life in our universe. While I don't know the finer points, the search process includes processing large amounts of data using private PC's (like your's and mine). Do I have the right picture?

    Anyway, how do I set my computer up to SETI?
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  7. 07-01-2002, 05:28 PM #7
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  8. 07-01-2002, 07:13 PM #8
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  9. 07-01-2002, 07:34 PM #9
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    I just started a few weeks ago. Only 2 units completed, but I'll catch up soon! Gotta find those aliens - I'm waiting for the mother ship to take me home!

    E W Dawson, here is the link. It's a screensaver, and processes the data when your computer is idle. Or you can set it to process in the background all the time, but that might slow down your computer.

    http://setiathome.berkeley.edu
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  10. 07-01-2002, 09:25 PM #10
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    Thumbs up

    Thanks for the link, LizardQueen. I visited the site and read some of the info as well as down load the screensaver. It is all very interesting.

    I only briefly reviewed the user agreement, but if this thing is a legitimate higher education endeaveor (Berkeley support), I wonder why more universities don't participate? Or maybe they already participate? I could not help but wonder what kind of potential processing power the hundreds of computers in my schools 3 or 4 computer labs, though. Maybe I should study up on this project and propse it to my school.

    At any rate, thanks for the help. I am now processing my first unit as I write this message.
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  11. 07-02-2002, 06:32 PM #11
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    But My comp is @ home . . . and I am now in the military, but it still runs and sends data in . . . so I don't know how much more I've done.

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  12. 07-04-2002, 04:26 AM #12
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    Hey! You guys have inspired me!

    I have run S@H in the past, but not for the last year or so. I'm downloading 3.07 as we speak, to see if I can start boosting up my current 50 units.

    Thanks for reminding me.

    The only other thing I want them to do is guarantee that if I find THE signal, I get to be on the "First Contact Team"!
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