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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 1101149 - Posted: 27 Apr 2011, 21:44:03 UTC
	As noted in the Scientific American and elsewhere, the Allen Telescope Array was recently forced into hibernation. While we are sad to see this happen, SETI@home receives its data elsewhere, so our project is not directly affected. Dr. Eric Korpela wrote a helpful Q&A about this in the SETI@home Staff Blog. ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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mitrichr Send message Joined: 23 May 07 Posts: 32 Credit: 1,720,566 RAC: 0	Message 1101154 - Posted: 27 Apr 2011, 22:16:02 UTC
	The SETI Institute does accept donations at their web site. ____________ >>RSM http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/sciencesprings
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S@NL - FGBlemans Send message Joined: 23 Sep 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 11,427,505 RAC: 24,494	Message 1101157 - Posted: 27 Apr 2011, 22:30:31 UTC
	Matt, it is good that you say it again. Looking here in Europe what the result is, you see differend messages spread around from the news-media mentioning that Seti@Home is stopping all it's projects also this one. Looking to the Websites, you see the comments of people which wiil stop crunching for Seti@Home and going to crunch for other projects or stopping totally, this because the information that was given from the Seti-Institute was not to clear enough.
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Jason Safoutin Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0	Message 1101172 - Posted: 27 Apr 2011, 23:40:31 UTC
	I think SETI@home should make a press release and send it to these organizations. The misinformation I have seen from European news agencies is disturbing. It is not hard to make a few clicks to this website and see that SETI@home is NOT effected. It amazes me how lazy and irresponsible news agencies have become these days. It seems they run stories for entertainment purposes rather than to report actual facts. ____________ "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3
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PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 137 Credit: 806,599 RAC: 2,056	Message 1101180 - Posted: 27 Apr 2011, 23:57:56 UTC
	Figures. The month I start to send them money on a monthly basis they stop the project.
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Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 360,598 RAC: 180	Message 1101335 - Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 10:51:09 UTC - in response to Message 1101180.
	Figures. The month I start to send them money on a monthly basis they stop the project. You oughtn´t to have done that! LOL ____________
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PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 137 Credit: 806,599 RAC: 2,056	Message 1101338 - Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 11:55:29 UTC - in response to Message 1101335.
	Maybe my donation will go for lawn care.
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Tom_M Send message Joined: 2 Apr 09 Posts: 2 Credit: 186,331 RAC: 0	Message 1101704 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 14:33:27 UTC - in response to Message 1101338.
	On the News here in Chicago the other night, they reported that the SETI program at Berkley would no longer be funded and that the university would be forced to close the program entirely. Though the photos they showed were of a radio telescope array, not Aricebo. Very disturbing. Perhaps if it really isnt true, someone from the SETI program sghould make a press release and also ask for retractions.... Just a thought? ____________
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Jason Safoutin Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0	Message 1101712 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 14:59:40 UTC - in response to Message 1101704.
	On the News here in Chicago the other night, they reported that the SETI program at Berkley would no longer be funded and that the university would be forced to close the program entirely. Though the photos they showed were of a radio telescope array, not Aricebo. Very disturbing. Perhaps if it really isnt true, someone from the SETI program sghould make a press release and also ask for retractions.... Just a thought? I also stated this in a previous post a few replies down. And I agree with your statement. ____________ "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,975,925 RAC: 58,455	Message 1101716 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 15:06:25 UTC - in response to Message 1101704.
	On the News here in Chicago the other night, they reported that the SETI program at Berkley would no longer be funded and that the university would be forced to close the program entirely. Though the photos they showed were of a radio telescope array, not Aricebo. Very disturbing. Perhaps if it really isnt true, someone from the SETI program sghould make a press release and also ask for retractions.... Just a thought? The official press release is on the front page of SETI@Home, and it directly links to Dr. Eric Korpela's Q&A about the shutdown. Asking the press for a restraction would be like trying to get TMZ to stop following around celebrities. Good luck with that.
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PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 137 Credit: 806,599 RAC: 2,056	Message 1101801 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 19:29:26 UTC
	I don't see why the government won't fund it. Its only 2.5 million for the whole year. Finding a signal from space could unite the world and create world peace. Some of these missiles the military use cost 1 million plus each and sometimes they miss the target. :/
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David Anderson (not that DA) Send message Joined: 5 Dec 09 Posts: 81 Credit: 15,267,185 RAC: 34,297	Message 1101862 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 22:43:27 UTC Last modified: 29 Apr 2011, 22:47:19 UTC
	Today on NPR Science Friday the director of the Seti Institute made clear that they are separate from seti@home and seti@home continues to operate as normal using data from Arecibo. She did not mention seti@home till a caller asked about seti@home though. I sort of wish she'd said something about seti@home a bit sooner. Even the host, Ira Flatow, seemed to confuse the two seti projects.
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Blurf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 6334 Credit: 5,670,843 RAC: 6,510	Message 1101864 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 22:50:31 UTC - in response to Message 1101716.
	The official press release is on the front page of SETI@Home, and it directly links to Dr. Eric Korpela's Q&A about the shutdown. Asking the press for a restraction would be like trying to get TMZ to stop following around celebrities. Good luck with that. That's not a press release, friend...that's a simple announcement on a website and unless other people spread the links, the people that should see it won't. A press release would be faxed/emailed to the various local news agencies or ones that have been inaccurately reporting the info. ____________
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,975,925 RAC: 58,455	Message 1101870 - Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 23:08:00 UTC - in response to Message 1101864.
	The official press release is on the front page of SETI@Home, and it directly links to Dr. Eric Korpela's Q&A about the shutdown. Asking the press for a restraction would be like trying to get TMZ to stop following around celebrities. Good luck with that. That's not a press release, friend...that's a simple announcement on a website and unless other people spread the links, the people that should see it won't. A press release would be faxed/emailed to the various local news agencies or ones that have been inaccurately reporting the info. That's about as much of a press release you're gonna get. Take it or leave it. It's good enough for the women I date.
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Jason Safoutin Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0	Message 1101879 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 0:06:24 UTC - in response to Message 1101870.
	The official press release is on the front page of SETI@Home, and it directly links to Dr. Eric Korpela's Q&A about the shutdown. Asking the press for a restraction would be like trying to get TMZ to stop following around celebrities. Good luck with that. That's not a press release, friend...that's a simple announcement on a website and unless other people spread the links, the people that should see it won't. A press release would be faxed/emailed to the various local news agencies or ones that have been inaccurately reporting the info. That's about as much of a press release you're gonna get. Take it or leave it. It's good enough for the women I date. Then SETI@home poses to lose crunchers if the situation is not cleared up properly in my opinion. The women you date must be very confused then :P ____________ "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3
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mitrichr Send message Joined: 23 May 07 Posts: 32 Credit: 1,720,566 RAC: 0	Message 1101882 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 0:11:28 UTC Last modified: 30 Apr 2011, 0:13:05 UTC
	My post today at ScienceSprings http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/from-seti-institutecarl-sagan-darkness ____________ >>RSM http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/sciencesprings
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Fred J. Verster Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3232 Credit: 31,585,541 RAC: 1	Message 1101887 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 0:31:09 UTC - in response to Message 1101882.
	I read it yesterday in a magazine, indeed sad, although SETI@Home is not affected. ____________ Knight Who Says Ni N!, OUT numbered.................
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,975,925 RAC: 58,455	Message 1101892 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 0:59:43 UTC - in response to Message 1101879.
	The official press release is on the front page of SETI@Home, and it directly links to Dr. Eric Korpela's Q&A about the shutdown. Asking the press for a restraction would be like trying to get TMZ to stop following around celebrities. Good luck with that. That's not a press release, friend...that's a simple announcement on a website and unless other people spread the links, the people that should see it won't. A press release would be faxed/emailed to the various local news agencies or ones that have been inaccurately reporting the info. That's about as much of a press release you're gonna get. Take it or leave it. It's good enough for the women I date. Then SETI@home poses to lose crunchers if the situation is not cleared up properly in my opinion. The women you date must be very confused then :P Already covered this. SETI@Home is only going to lose the crunchers that don't bother to check the website. And those that don't will likely let BOINC run SETI until it's out of units, only the units won't end. Then they'll find out. The women I date are smart enough to know how much action to take and when action is necessary. ;-)
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Steven Gordon Send message Joined: 1 Jun 08 Posts: 5 Credit: 52,188 RAC: 0	Message 1101932 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 2:18:35 UTC
	My laptop and PC are happily at work, processing data unabated for seti@home. Thanks to all who have shown their continued support. I'll continue to run seti@home until the project no longer operates, until my computers kick the bucket, or I do. ;-D Steven Gordon San Antonio, Texas USA Team Wisconsin
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mitrichr Send message Joined: 23 May 07 Posts: 32 Credit: 1,720,566 RAC: 0	Message 1101935 - Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 2:25:35 UTC
	Thanks to whomever checked out the ScienceSprings blog. ____________ >>RSM http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/sciencesprings
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