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peerlessinid Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 2 Credit: 57,160 RAC: 0 |
Is anyone other than me a little concerned that a new project, i.e., Astropulse, suddenly appeared on their computer without warning??? I'm not anti-Astropulse. I offer my computer resources to Seti@Home willingly. However, when I suddenly discover a new project running on my computer I didn't know about, it makes me wonder how safe my computer is running Seti@Home. I can't be the only person wondering about this. |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Is anyone other than me a little concerned that a new project, i.e., Astropulse, suddenly appeared on their computer without warning??? I'm not anti-Astropulse. I offer my computer resources to Seti@Home willingly. However, when I suddenly discover a new project running on my computer I didn't know about, it makes me wonder how safe my computer is running Seti@Home. I can't be the only person wondering about this. Astropulse is not a different project, it's another way that SETI@home uses to search for ETI... just like the normal SETI@home Enhanced application that you already run. Astropulse takes significantly longer than Enhanced, and it doesn't give the same credit per second as Enhanced also, this is why I choose not to run it at this time. You can choose to disable Astropulse in your SETI@home preferences if you also like me don't want it to run on your computers, because it is enabled by default I believe, but if by chance have already disabled it and you are still recieving them, see this thread. Also, welcome to the boards! :) - Luke. |
Byron S Goodgame Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 1145 Credit: 3,936,993 RAC: 0 |
There is more info on Astropulse in the Astropulse FAQ page, if you'd like to learn more on the subject. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Also see Astropulse thread for my advice about how to disable getting AP work for all or some of your computers........... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Sutaru Tsureku Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
... Jason G posted at the opt.-crew-board that Enhanced AK v8.0 and Astropulse v5.0 [both optimized!] have around the same Credits/CPUsecond [on Intel-CPU [E8400]].. The best way to know it - is to test on the own system.. :-D I don't know how it's with stock apps.. |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
Is anyone other than me a little concerned that a new project, i.e., Astropulse, suddenly appeared on their computer without warning??? I'm not anti-Astropulse. I offer my computer resources to Seti@Home willingly. However, when I suddenly discover a new project running on my computer I didn't know about, it makes me wonder how safe my computer is running Seti@Home. I can't be the only person wondering about this. SETI is a project that is currently doing two different kinds of searches for ET: one for narrowband signals (Multibeam) and one for broadband signals (Astropulse). |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19091 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
For me, it just shows how many people install software on their computers, without being fully aware of what are the implications. The Future Plans page has been available for ages and has always had a section on Astropulse. I just wonder how many people noticed the change to "Enhanced" and then the introduction of the Alpha receiver and Multibeam. I did try to make people aware of Astropulse, by ensuring that Josh provided a FAQ, Seti Beta thread -AP release soon. And therefore we did have a AP FAQ sticky thread here on the first day and a duplicate link on the front page titled "About Astropulse". What more could be done? |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
For me, it just shows how many people install software on their computers, without being fully aware of what are the implications. Nothing. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. |
NewtonianRefractor Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 495 Credit: 225,412 RAC: 0 |
For me, it just shows how many people install software on their computers, without being fully aware of what are the implications. use the same name as before? then people would be screwed up by long time... |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
... We'll, I've taken your advice and set my celery to receive only AP tasks with the AP v5.00 app installed... now to catch an Astropulse WU and see how good it really is... ;) - Luke. |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
Except that I've agreed to "crunch" SETI, and since AP is SETI, why should I expect some big notice? Why would the project be expected to offer an opt-in? The names aren't that important. |
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