Team GTPlanet.net has been created for SETI@Home!
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It's from the Arecibo radio telescope.
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That would be the radio dish in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Ever seen Goldeneye? That's the dish.
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Eeek?
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Originally posted by emad
I just joined...but the email address I used apparently had an account over 3 years ago - back when I had a 333 mhz laptop that barely ran. Soooooo, my average per day thing is very very outdated
Sounds like me....except I was running a Intel 486DX2 Processor at 133mhz. :-)
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So,... what help are we by doing this? Is it just "to be apart of something",.. or are we actually helping them? Please give more specifics as I am interested but am having a hard time processing a lot of this information. <-stoner->
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Well if the pc does pick up something that might be artificial its logged and sent directly to the berkeley sever. Thats all I reall know.
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Basically, the SETI@Home project is about internet users letting Berkley use their unused CPU cycles in order to analyze workunits that Berkley would not be able to analyze on its own. There is so much information that the Arecibo radio dish is able to capture that Berkley does not have enough Supercomputers to analyze the data by itself. That is why the SETI@Home project was started.
More information about the project may be found at this page. It explains how the project works.
How SETI@Home works
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Originally posted by Cobraboy
Uhh, still waiting for my password to join...
Still? Argh. How many workunits have you done? I would try creating a new account and see if that solves your problem. I'm am extremely confused as to why it would take so long to send a password.
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Originally posted by Cobraboy
My fastest work unit is now 3hrs 35mins exactly.
Wow. What's your CPU speed? Mine is a 2100+. I average under 5 hours per workunit. I may upgrade to a faster processor but I don't think I really need it at this point. I also let SETI run all the time when the computer is on.
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Originally posted by Cobraboy
Name (and URL) Cobraboy
Results Received 16
Total CPU Time 76 hr 36 min
Average CPU Time per work unit 4 hr 47 min 18.5 sec
w00t, go AMD! (check out that average cpu time
Pah! Excactly the same as mine.
Btw - Has anyone noticed that their internet speeds up whilst using it? 'Cause mine does.
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Originally posted by Cobraboy
My Athlon at 2.4Ghz (2.38) did a unit in 3hrs 35mins, whats the fastest your P4 at 2.4ghz does?
My last workunit finished in 3 hrs 49 minutes. It was under the screensaver for the majority though. I know this was directed at TVRKing, but I felt like mentioning this. My CPU is clocked at 1.73 Ghz.
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I joined.
