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Strangest graphic ever displayed by seti@home
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NNM Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 5 Credit: 617,301 RAC: 0 |
I can't remember ever seeing an output like that: it was as if someone had rolled a ball through the graphical output... Throughout the entire run on that task, that very low power signal was marking a clear trail. What does that mean? Alien chat? A fly on the antenna?? A black hole??? |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/rfi/broad_band.html "the SETI@home screensaver normalizes the graph" so it's not 'very low power signal' but is probably normal noise surrounded by strong 'signals' (and very strong 'signals' are very probably very near (terrestrial)). Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I'm wondering if he saw the dip in the signal. Thats normal and found routinely. IIRC its part of the WU production In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
NNM Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 5 Credit: 617,301 RAC: 0 |
Hi, It was much weirder than that image... VERY flat in the middle (diagonal), and normal signal around, just like a path. Came over and over, in different directions during the run... I so regret not screen shooting it... :( |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
It naturally means that is the location where the extraterrestrial signals were located, but the aliens removed them as not to be detected. If it were totally flat. It could have been something like the data recorder not receiving any information from the telescope or something. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20397 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
For what you've seen, is that for a WU at the base frequency 1.42000... GHz? Look anything like on this thread: explain what this is... ? Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
NNM Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 5 Credit: 617,301 RAC: 0 |
Similar to that, yes... But it looked even flatter, like near ==0. With very steep edges around the flat area. Like someone had skied right through. I can't believe I didn't screenshot it, or remember id or something. |
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