Early SETI contributors - who's still around?

Author	Message
bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0	Message 988695 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 20:21:37 UTC 16 June 1999 Bill ID: 988695 ·

QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59	Message 988747 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 23:30:26 UTC - in response to Message 988695. 2 Oct 1999 ID: 988747 ·

theCase Send message Joined: 25 May 99 Posts: 22 Credit: 2,416,299 RAC: 3	Message 988771 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 1:14:01 UTC <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< whatever this says. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ID: 988771 ·

Philip R Olson Send message Joined: 7 May 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 11,865,829 RAC: 0	Message 988817 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 3:51:38 UTC I came in May 7, 1999. In some ways it seems like yesterday, in others like another life time. It is funny back then I thought that after a few years, at the most, we would find at least a very promising signal. Since then I have learned much and realize that this is something that could actually go on for generations. I am going to make a prediction though, within the next 6 months my computer is going to find that "super wow" signal and we will know for sure that we are not alone. Ok, it is nice to dream isn't it? I would love it if we would find something at least in the next couple of years but like I said this is something that could take many generations. I myself have been in and out of SETI@home over the years but I thank all of you that donate your time to this wonderful task. Even if we find nothing this is an important task. I wish we could have 10 times the amount of volunteers as well as ten times the amount of data to study, think what we could accomplish! I hope this made sense, I have been awake for 53 hours so my poor mind is not real clear at the moment. Best Regards, Philip ID: 988817 ·

Wiyosaya Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 39 Credit: 2,985,585 RAC: 0	Message 988822 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 4:08:21 UTC I was born the 19th of May, 1999. ;) ID: 988822 ·

Mikey Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 15 Credit: 4,504,202 RAC: 0	Message 988898 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 14:44:42 UTC Joined May 15th 1999 and still plugging away. Just about to pass the 1,000,000 mark in a few days. ID: 988898 ·

Tackleway Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 82,309 RAC: 0	Message 988971 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 23:03:25 UTC - in response to Message 988898. Hi there well done on the million mark. I joined 3rd April 1999 but have been off line for a few years. Back now though with very modest processing setup and a mere 132751 credits plus whatever Seti has been sitting on since Sunday. ID: 988971 ·

William Roeder Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 69 Credit: 523,414 RAC: 0	Message 988978 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 23:25:47 UTC - in response to Message 988971. I had seti classic running on one of the first (SN<2000) SGI Origin 2000 quad systems circa 1997 (two years earlier than 99). Cranked out a WU every few minutes. ID: 988978 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 988983 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 23:36:42 UTC . . . still around BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . ID: 988983 ·

PaddyHseti Send message Joined: 1 Jul 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 667,576 RAC: 0	Message 989012 - Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 1:31:38 UTC Last modified: 14 Apr 2010, 1:34:07 UTC Joined Seti on 1 July 1999 SETI@home classic workunits 15,718 SETI@home classic CPU time 138,245 hours Patrick ID: 989012 ·

Kerwin Send message Joined: 7 Dec 99 Posts: 18 Credit: 10,635,562 RAC: 0	Message 989571 - Posted: 16 Apr 2010, 13:24:03 UTC Joined December 7, 1999 SETI@home classic workunits 6,538 SETI@home classic CPU time 32,924 hours ID: 989571 ·

iSHOP Squad Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,569 RAC: 0	Message 990291 - Posted: 18 Apr 2010, 23:53:09 UTC Last modified: 18 Apr 2010, 23:59:43 UTC Wow.. as I can see.. I'm one of the oldest in SETI "business" My 1st acc was activated on... SETI@home member since 3 Apr 1999 I remember CPU's... Pentium 166MMX x2 +200MMX x2 Something went wrong so my 2nd acc was... SETI@home member since 12 Aug 1999 Total credit 615,191 Recent average credit 134.36 SETI@home classic workunits 24,141 SETI@home classic CPU time 95,912 hours I wasn't bad at crounching that classic WU's ;) and now i'm back after almost 5 years Happy anniversary! http://allprojectstats.com/s809855x15a.png ID: 990291 ·

iSHOP Squad Send message Joined: 12 Aug 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 795,178 RAC: 0	Message 990293 - Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 0:06:26 UTC - in response to Message 990291. Last modified: 19 Apr 2010, 0:06:48 UTC Hello! my 2nd and now active acc. ID: 990293 ·

Todd Hebert Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jun 00 Posts: 648 Credit: 228,292,957 RAC: 0	Message 990311 - Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 2:23:19 UTC Joined up to S@H on 16 Jun 2000 so quickly coming up on 10 years of solid crunching. Only 8836 of the classic WU's but now turning about 1.75 million credits a week now. My how things have changed over the years when it comes to computers and performance. 10 years ago we wouldn't have known what to do with more than 2 cpu cores in a machine let alone the 32 (+32 Hyperthread) in the system I am putting together shortly. It should be a monster! ID: 990311 ·

Alaskan Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 18 Credit: 53,634,823 RAC: 0	Message 990340 - Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 5:23:13 UTC Last modified: 19 Apr 2010, 5:33:12 UTC SETI@home member since 18 May 1999 Total credit 6,552,381 Recent average credit 5,766.04 SETI@home classic workunits 29,079 SETI@home classic CPU time 178,013 hours ID: 990340 ·

BattleShip Ron Send message Joined: 6 Apr 04 Posts: 20 Credit: 909,452 RAC: 0	Message 990615 - Posted: 20 Apr 2010, 6:41:03 UTC - in response to Message 957526. Last modified: 20 Apr 2010, 6:42:48 UTC SETI@home member since 6 Apr 2004. Does this count as "early?" ID: 990615 ·

Shane Meyer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 Jan 00 Posts: 126 Credit: 31,280,265 RAC: 42	Message 990616 - Posted: 20 Apr 2010, 6:46:11 UTC Started Jan 22 2000 Classic WU 658 Classic CPU Time 19,356 Hrs ID: 990616 ·

Tackleway Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 82,309 RAC: 0	Message 990734 - Posted: 20 Apr 2010, 22:10:20 UTC - in response to Message 990291. Happy re-birthday ID: 990734 ·

Rick A. Sponholz Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 43 Credit: 23,179,807 RAC: 0	Message 990741 - Posted: 20 Apr 2010, 22:44:59 UTC Last modified: 20 Apr 2010, 22:47:41 UTC 13 June 1999 for me (26,071 original SETI Classic workunits). One of my original 263MHz computers is still contributing. I hope us oldtimers (and you newer folk) will be around for a long time. Rick ID: 990741 ·

John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0	Message 990750 - Posted: 20 Apr 2010, 23:33:12 UTC Still around from 29th September 1999 It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues ID: 990750 ·

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