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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I PM'ed Brad from GPU users to offer assistance last week and still haven't heard anything. *shrug* He's been absent for a bit.....hope all it OK there. I sent a PM and have not heard back either. But he's not posted for a week here. Hopefully he's just out of town for a while and we'll hear back soon. I'll inquire on the team board. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
I´m not 100% sure if was him, (so please forgive if i was wrong) but i remember some talking about he is busy with some illness related to his girlfriend. Just can´t find in what thread i see that to be sure. (edit) I find the msg: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=69925&postid=1303290 seems the info is outdated. |
Dorphas Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 118 Credit: 8,007,247 RAC: 0 |
until seti actually starts looking at the data and showing everyone the results, we all are wasting our time. after almost 14 years they own everyone that. it was, after all, one of the statements made when the ads came out to sign up for seti. i'm aware of all of that. what i'm talking about is running 24/7. even seti was was talking about this as far back as 2005 in a science newsletter. it should have been running after 8 years. but maybe looking for hydrogen gas is more important. |
Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
but maybe looking for hydrogen gas is more important. I would say "important" have few quite different aspects. If important thing is that brings you money to live and that allow you to have some free time and to spend that free time on your own personal interests then what your own goverment treat as important and for what inverstigation it supply funds via grants - that is important thing. It brings you money. And quite different aspect what your own curiosity thinks as important and for what you will spend your money and time (spend money, not recive money, it's important). Taking this into account I would consider all this long thread as quite insulting for peoples who cares about this project. Cause LONG AGO already this project became important thing in second aspect and not the first one. No goverments pay for this project, no goverments give grants for this (very important indeed) study. So peoples who involved must do different (and paid) work to be able to spend some time here too. And forgetting about this crude reality is childish at least and really insulting indeed. I would suggest to let this thread die on its own. Period. SETI apps news We're not gonna fight them. We're gonna transcend them. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is looking for Hydrogen important? It is how the radio receiver for Seti Classic got on the dish at Arecibo. So without that there would be no Seti@home. Is it important to you now? As to NTPCKR, it has been in the budget as a line item for a programmer for many a year. The people here scream for more and more data, not for someone to write a program. Let's face it flashing lights are sexy, a guy with a pocket protector isn't. Want to change that? Write a letter to you favorite celebrity and ask them to donate to Seti@Home. |
dancer42 Send message Joined: 2 Jun 02 Posts: 455 Credit: 2,422,890 RAC: 1 |
One of the sibling projects to seti has mapped the pretease protein that allows hiv to reproduce. this is a huge step to finding a cure. If seti was not here first that this may have taken decades to happen. wasting my time I think not!!! |
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