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PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 137 Credit: 810,541 RAC: 1,898	Message 657922 - Posted: 11 Oct 2007, 18:46:25 UTC
	What would you do if sometime in the future they find the real thing and your work unit was the one that found it. :) I myself would drop dead I would think. lol
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Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0	Message 657925 - Posted: 11 Oct 2007, 18:51:50 UTC
	I'd feel proud but realize that that would be just a lucky occurrence and due to the effort of all Seticrunchers and Setiorganizers. ____________
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thorin belvrog Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0	Message 658026 - Posted: 11 Oct 2007, 22:31:02 UTC
	I think you wouldn't even been told, for National Security reasons. Imagine: aside from the scientific point of view, can you imagine what panic could occur among the non-scientists if it were published that a signal was detected? ____________ Account frozen...
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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 2126 Credit: 1,088,132 RAC: 145	Message 658031 - Posted: 11 Oct 2007, 22:38:27 UTC - in response to Message 658026. Last modified: 11 Oct 2007, 22:44:38 UTC
	I think you wouldn't even been told, for National Security reasons. Imagine: aside from the scientific point of view, can you imagine what panic could occur among the non-scientists if it were published that a signal was detected? That is paranoid nonsense--there is no one smart enough in the government to understand let alone to suppress information garnered by the scientific community. What is the "National Security" rationale for not disclosing any information of the sort--Would put religion and Earth in more perspective. ____________
	ID: 658031 ·

thorin belvrog Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0	Message 658119 - Posted: 12 Oct 2007, 0:36:44 UTC - in response to Message 658031.
	I think you wouldn't even been told, for National Security reasons. Imagine: aside from the scientific point of view, can you imagine what panic could occur among the non-scientists if it were published that a signal was detected? That is paranoid nonsense--there is no one smart enough in the government to understand let alone to suppress information garnered by the scientific community. What is the "National Security" rationale for not disclosing any information of the sort--Would put religion and Earth in more perspective. My opinion is, even because they are not smart enough to understand the information, they suppress them nonetheless. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust the information policy of any government. They are not interested in a fully informed population. ____________ Account frozen...
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Timo Send message Joined: 10 Jan 02 Posts: 1 Credit: 2,751,977 RAC: 8,132	Message 658626 - Posted: 12 Oct 2007, 22:40:22 UTC - in response to Message 657922.
	What would you do if sometime in the future they find the real thing and your work unit was the one that found it. :) I myself would drop dead I would think. lol Please correct me if I'm wrong but right at the beginning of SETI@HOME I seem to remember that if one of your work units found life and it was confirmed, you would be a part of the Nobel prize. Perhaps I dreamt that : ) ____________
	ID: 658626 ·

PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 137 Credit: 810,541 RAC: 1,898	Message 658914 - Posted: 13 Oct 2007, 7:42:55 UTC - in response to Message 658026. Last modified: 13 Oct 2007, 7:45:48 UTC
	I think you wouldn't even been told, for National Security reasons. Imagine: aside from the scientific point of view, can you imagine what panic could occur among the non-scientists if it were published that a signal was detected? hmm...well maybe they already have the signal right? Hopefully there is more than one to find. :)
	ID: 658914 ·

Larian LeQuella the Elven Ranger Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 11 Credit: 4,353,762 RAC: 12,902	Message 659591 - Posted: 14 Oct 2007, 14:29:37 UTC
	I think I would just smugly tell my Wife "I told you so!" She constantly tells me to stop installing SETI@Home on our computers because she thinks it's wasteful and just way too geeky... That would show her! ____________ Larian LeQuella, Sidhe 50 Ranger of Guinivere Armyn ab Treanid
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MeltWreckage Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 293 Credit: 15,951 RAC: 0	Message 663333 - Posted: 20 Oct 2007, 20:05:07 UTC - in response to Message 659591.
	I think I would just smugly tell my Wife "I told you so!" She constantly tells me to stop installing SETI@Home on our computers because she thinks it's wasteful and just way too geeky... That would show her! ah, my friend! I support you in your struggle! ____________ that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me
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pziasd Send message Joined: 14 Oct 07 Posts: 12 Credit: 3,156 RAC: 0	Message 669444 - Posted: 30 Oct 2007, 11:30:57 UTC - in response to Message 658026.
	I think you wouldn't even been told, for National Security reasons. Imagine: aside from the scientific point of view, can you imagine what panic could occur among the non-scientists if it were published that a signal was detected? I would suspect that a signal has already been found and that OUR government will do anything possible to keep a secret a secret. How many things has OUR government tried to keep events confidential? For every leaked or release of declassified information there has to be millions of other events that will never be known. National governments since the first organized ones have done everything possible to keep secrets and claim national security and it works a high percentage of the time. To believe that OUR government is not capable of doing anything wrong...ever...is pure fantasy than it is paranoid to believe that they could never do wrong.
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Free Send message Joined: 24 Oct 99 Posts: 456 Credit: 1,867,483 RAC: 0	Message 670254 - Posted: 1 Nov 2007, 0:45:40 UTC - in response to Message 657922.
	What would you do if sometime in the future they find the real thing and your work unit was the one that found it. :) I myself would drop dead I would think. lol Well, I wouldn't feel like I found it. I would feel like the software found it and I just got really lucky. Either way, if I received any media attention (you know the media will be a circus), I would use it to tell the general public why the location that the signal was found needs to be heavily observed in real time.
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Tklop Send message Joined: 11 May 03 Posts: 175 Credit: 613,952 RAC: 0	Message 670390 - Posted: 1 Nov 2007, 4:38:19 UTC Last modified: 1 Nov 2007, 5:02:26 UTC
	First, it would take extensive analysis of the work units to verify the signal, then that piece of the sky would have to be reobserved for confirmation. Finally, the data from the reobservation would have to be sent out for crunching again. Currently, this process could actually take quite some time--but whenever the long-awaited "Real-Time Persistency" checking capability comes on line, it should shorten the analysis phase considerably. So, assuming the "lucky" signal hasn't been already sent out the first time, and isn't already sitting in Berkeley's database awaiting analysis, each "lucky" signal would first have a minimum of 2 initial SETI@Home participants involved in "finding" it. Those two users would be listed as co-founders (with their permission of course), along with a number of project scientists. (If the signal had been found a while ago, how ever many participants crunched on it would probably get co-discoverer status as well). Probably both of the SETI@Home participants involved in the reobservation of that piece of sky would be offered the chance to be given credit too. Reference Then, I'd assume that the following protocol would apply: Declaration of Principles... OK, so it's not as much fun as being paranoid--but that's the deal. Or, maybe I'm just another tool sent into this forum to decieve you! Maybe I'm just telling you this, because that's what they want you to believe! Bwahahahaha! Happy halloween, everybody! ____________ Keep on crunching, all... SETI@Home Forever! ___Tklop (Step-Founder, U.S. Air Force team)
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John Richard Send message Joined: 21 Oct 04 Posts: 1 Credit: 121,111 RAC: 0	Message 681770 - Posted: 21 Nov 2007, 1:53:33 UTC - in response to Message 676481.
	Someone is calling here at least. It seem to be E.T. Gaussian: power 0 fit 0 (score -12.0000) Pulse: power 39329.89 period 1.274828 (score 40303.47) Triplet: power 10.75878 (score 10.75878) Possible earlier value for Pulse: power > 200000.00 period about 25, score > 100000.00 . --- OK I give up, where is this information kept.? I have never seen this anywhere ____________
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