Space Forum / SETI / May 2006

Howdy All
I've run into a bit of a puzzler when running BOINC on one of my home
PCs. The problem/symptons as follows - hope someone has seen something
like this before and has a solution.

After some  time away from the computer I have restarted my seti account
using boinc..On looking at my units I see the the 3000 units I got from
the old seti setup are not counted in the boinc system..Is this a usual
occurence ??

After some  time away from the computer I have restarted my seti account
using boinc..On looking at my units I see the the 3000 units I got from
the old seti setup are not counted in the boinc system..Is this a usual
occurence ??

After a period away from SETI I downloaded BOINC and attached SETI,
everything was working fine including Boinclogx and Map View.  Then I
decided to also run the Climate Change Experiment.  I had to download the
Screensaver software and during installation it closed the BOINC ...

Every time I start Boinc Manager, it has not saved the last position
on my desk.
No big deal, but thought I would ask.
XP pro sp2

Got my yearly powerbill and got a healthy refund, so i calculated
what it did cost me to run seti on my computers, so here:
Seti since 2000,  23067 workunits Seti Classic  Cost of electricity
for that time in addition to normal use, 3800€ that makes it

Hi.  I finished another two packets.  On my next download, not only did
a get another packet, but also got the following files:
setiathome_5.12_windows_intelx86.exe
libfftw3f-3-1-1a.dll

On May 8, 2006 SETI@home reported:
"The first SETI@home fundraising drive has drawn to a close. Thanks to
your help, we've raised over $250,000 for continued operations, about
one-third of our total goal. Because of this we've been able to

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Data file: Yes. Results Header: Yes.
Scanning results header file.
This is the last message displayed while the client works.

i have a problem caching workunits...
i am only crunching seti.
my workstation is a 2 x 2,2 GHz Xeon with an optimized client.
1 workunit takes about 1:25 to 1:30 to finish.

Every time I attend public events with my telescope, several people
will ask (of their own volition) whether or not I think there is life
in the universe.  This is a good opportunity for SETI outreach.
Regards, Jason H.

A codefix I would love to see: Moneybee's internet connection code inserted
into BOINC, and Moneybee moved over to BOINC...