Sitting Targets (Mar 22 2011)

Message boards : Technical News : Sitting Targets (Mar 22 2011)

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N9JFE Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 2596 Credit: 8,475,896 RAC: 15,278	Message 1090285 - Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 14:28:08 UTC - in response to Message 1089429.
	Why is the upload server down? I didn't see that anywhere on here. My machine has been sitting on its last 6 WUs all week and started working on Einstein again. David ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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jravin Send message Joined: 25 Mar 02 Posts: 718 Credit: 61,484,912 RAC: 71,022	Message 1090291 - Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 14:31:55 UTC - in response to Message 1090285.
	Why is the upload server down? I didn't see that anywhere on here. My machine has been sitting on its last 6 WUs all week and started working on Einstein again. David It's been down for several hours now, at least 8 or more. ____________
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KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1596 Credit: 4,436,261 RAC: 3,952	Message 1090348 - Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 17:00:30 UTC
	Fixed now... probably when the SETI crew got into the lab... ____________ .
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Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 237 Credit: 514,742 RAC: 61	Message 1090561 - Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 6:41:42 UTC - in response to Message 1090348.
	Has the stars Sirius and its dim companion ever been seached in that portion of space.
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Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 164 Credit: 43,798,218 RAC: 90,634	Message 1090564 - Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 6:53:29 UTC - in response to Message 1090561.
	Good question. I don't know if there is a list somewhere of just where the Search has looked. Other than looking at the Science Status page and seeing if by chance the current telescope RA and DEC position match Sirius, it would hard to know based on the data exposed to the public as far as I can tell. Sirius B is just now opening up enough separation to be visible again in large telescopes. I've caught it once in a big scope under excellent conditions many years ago. ____________
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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,711,086 RAC: 2,396	Message 1090655 - Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:47:36 UTC Last modified: 26 Mar 2011, 18:48:44 UTC
	However, on a long shot Jeff suggested I reseat all the drives (most of which have been mounted in the system since we first got it roughly 8 years ago). I think this is the equivalent of "Have you tried a bigger hammer?" However, it may solve the problem. The wiping action on the connection fingers can do wonders for those "bits" than haven't been moved for a long time. Thanks to you guys for all your efforts to keep SETI up an running.[/i] ____________
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KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1596 Credit: 4,436,261 RAC: 3,952	Message 1090658 - Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:55:53 UTC - in response to Message 1090655. Last modified: 26 Mar 2011, 18:57:47 UTC
	However, on a long shot Jeff suggested I reseat all the drives (most of which have been mounted in the system since we first got it roughly 8 years ago). I think this is the equivalent of "Have you tried a bigger hammer?" However, it may solve the problem. The wiping action on the connection fingers can do wonders for those "bits" than haven't been moved for a long time. Thanks to you guys for all your efforts to keep SETI up an running.[/i] Actually it's the equivalent of the "pick it up a couple o' inches and drop it" or "Gravity re-seat" which we sometimes used on CRT terminals back when I was running big iron... (the shock would re-seat the cards in the terminal... and this worked suprisingly often, particularly on terminals in non-office environments...) ____________ .
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Odysseus Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Jul 99 Posts: 1786 Credit: 3,750,367 RAC: 1,959	Message 1090674 - Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 19:35:23 UTC - in response to Message 1090564. Last modified: 26 Mar 2011, 19:38:29 UTC
	[…] I don't know if there is a list somewhere of just where the Search has looked. Not in detail AFAIK, but since Arecibo can only ‘look’ within a radius of about 20° from its zenith, the declination range it can cover is limited, as shown in grey in the skymap at Where in the sky? Other than looking at the Science Status page and seeing if by chance the current telescope RA and DEC position match Sirius, it would hard to know based on the data exposed to the public as far as I can tell. Since Sirius (α CMa) is at Dec. –16°43', it’s some 15° too far south for Arecibo to ‘see’. ____________
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