Space Forum / SETI / October 2004

I blinked and I missed passing 75k on SETI Boinc!
SETI@home member since    4 Jan 2001 12:13:24 UTC
Total credit    76243.41
Recent average credit    1081.28

I've a 400 Hz Mac Cube under OS 9.2 processing classic at around 14-15
hours per unit and a Pentium something at 400 MHz under linux (Fedora
Core2) with about the same performance. -Makes sense as my old 233 MHz
G3 needs 22-24 hours per wu.

I have a question that I've been pondering for some time.  In order for an
ETI to detect us, they'd have to be within a radius of at most 110 to 120
light-years, because we began experimenting with radio communications around
the turn of the 20th century (or thereabouts. I'm ...

My SuSE box hasn't been able to start a new WU since yesterday.  Is anyone
else having problems?

From the SETI FAQ we've got -
"
Will running SETI@home overload or burn out my CPU?
No. The CPU on most computers is always executing instructions (often the

It is well known that seti@home, and actually most other SETI projects
on-going, are currently focusing on detecting a 'beacon' signal from an ETI,
containing a message deliberately aimed and intended for us.
In this posting, I want to show that it is very unlikely (less than 0.001%

If you can see the moon right now from your neck of the planet, look outside !
Total lunar eclipse is going on and it is beautiful.
It reflects a nice orange/reddish glow of the sun light which came through the earth atmosphere.
From the moon, earth must look like a reddish circle ...

are there any compelling reasons to switch from SETI Classic to BOINC?  I
really do not want to use BOINC until I absolutely have to, because as far
as I've seen, it's very buggy and hard to configure, and there are almost no
good add-ons written for it (examples of what I'm talking ...

Your credit:
Name (and URL)                                  Patrick Vo
Results Received                                  35297
Total CPU Time                                   20.000 years

I'm running BOINC (4.13) in a terminal window under Linux, running SETI2,
LHC and CP.
When BOINC is switching from one project to another, it's leaving a WU in
memory - Does that mean, that if I am closing down the terminal window,

I have been wanting to write this for a long time. I will create a web-site
for this at some time, but for now, I'd just like to get your feedback.
There have been many questions in the newsgroup as to how far away our
earthly transmissions are detectable. Also the seti FAQ page ...

been a S@H  user for a bit over 5 years...
this has been the best year...look at the numbers.
     Results Received
    2400

Name (and URL) Two pet pike, both called Chris
Results Received 10003
Total CPU Time 9.291 years
Average CPU Time per work unit 8 hr 08 min 12.3 sec

Dr. Michael Salla, a highly credentialed expert in international
affairs, says that extraterrestrials have caused many, if not all,
international conflicts that plague the planet.
Dr. Salla is an internationally recognized scholar in international

I'm using SetiGate and everthing almost works correctly except for
sending and receiving WU between SetiGate and s@h gui cli.
I get stats, WU, and everything ok through SetiGate. My s@h processes
the WU ok. The problem is when finished, my s@h decides it can't