Posts by John Neale |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Cricket
(Message 1369236)
Posted 7 days ago by John Neale
Just a reminder that you're playing for the minor places! ICC Test cricket ranking. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
English is really difficult to learn
(Message 1369228)
Posted 7 days ago by John Neale
Required reading for students of English. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
English is really difficult to learn
(Message 1368396)
Posted 9 days ago by John Neale
I'm really confused by you, how many kinds of English, in addition to British English and American English? Hey, don't forget South African English. We have eleven official languages in South Africa, and scores more unofficial ones. |
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SETI@home Science :
3 earth like planets discovered.
(Message 1360205)
Posted 32 days ago by John Neale
Oh, 1/0 = ∞ Less than the square root of nothing. |
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Politics :
Boston Marathon Bombing
(Message 1360055)
Posted 32 days ago by John Neale
But this is a universal problem when people from indoctrinated religious beliefs, re-locate to another country and try, or expect, to bring their previous lifestyle with them, and just carry on living it in a different place. Chris, that's a very neat summary of European colonialism. |
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Message boards :
Technical News :
Colo! (Mar 28 2013)
(Message 1352984)
Posted 51 days ago by John Neale
Very nicely done! Congratulations to the SETI team. |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Science :
Where is THIS Seti's science ?
(Message 1345958)
Posted 73 days ago by John Neale
Andrew Siemion and several other members of the SETI@home team have recently published a paper on SETI observations of the Kepler field, which is discussed here. |
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Politics :
so·cial·ism
(Message 1336862)
Posted 103 days ago by John Neale
No, think about South Africa in the apartheid era, a highly capitalistic society, very much "non-communist", but very totalitarian in its approach to a large proportion of its community (and I'm not only talking about its approach to the "non-white" community) You should see what we have now! |
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Message boards :
News :
We are thankful for....
(Message 1309465)
Posted 182 days ago by John Neale
Wonderful to see the many first time and 'quiet' posters showing up here. +1 Well said, Mark. What an amazing thread! |
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News :
Continued server problems.
(Message 1307947)
Posted 186 days ago by John Neale
If we switch to Seti Beta the same problem will not apears? Quite probably; at the moment I can't report or obtain new work at SETI Beta. If you applied all of your computing resources there, Juan, there'd be scant left for the rest of us! ;) |
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Message boards :
News :
Continued server problems.
(Message 1307929)
Posted 186 days ago by John Neale
Where does one find this Beta? Here: SETI@home/AstroPulse Beta You'll have to add this project using BOINC Manager. <Tools> <Add project or account manager...> |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Pres is bad. Really really bad. We're lost. Time to implode!
(Message 1307389)
Posted 188 days ago by John Neale
The South African pace attack was dismal... Coming right back at ya in Adelaide this week! ;) |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Where are your ancestors REALLY from?
(Message 1292236)
Posted 230 days ago by John Neale
I live less than 35 km from the Cradle of Humankind. My ancestors roamed through my present-day back yard, a few million years ago. |
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SETI@home Science :
What am I doing?
(Message 1288033)
Posted 241 days ago by John Neale
But how large of a signal are the bits my computer are measuring? LIttle bits of single-frequency signals? Or is it also comparing other signals that might be happening at the same time (like as if it were a broadband signal)? Jenna, I suggest you start by having a look at the "About SETI@home" page. In particular, although a bit dated, there is a detailed description in "Learn more about how SETI@home works" of how the data are obtained from the radio telescope at Arecibo in Puerto Rico, how they are converted into the work units that you and I process, and much more. The Astropulse FAQ is a useful starting point for learning about the broadband searches performed in this part of the project. There is also a more detailed description of the Astropulse science. |
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SETI@home Science :
Alien body examination by Stevan Greer
(Message 1286531)
Posted 245 days ago by John Neale
SETI@Home needs an unscience board for threads such as this, it has no place here. +1 |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Dark energy is real, say "astronomers"
(Message 1286198)
Posted 246 days ago by John Neale
Here is a fact to show you just how thin the red shift theory is; Unsurprisingly, you're dead wrong. The Pound–Rebka experiment achieves exactly that. |
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Message boards :
News :
New AstroPulse applications for GPUs.
(Message 1283616)
Posted 253 days ago by John Neale
WTF o_o All the remaining time of my tasks are speeding up. I was at 3+ hours on a task (which is now computed with my GPU thanks to Lunatics), it ended in less than 3 minutes (fastest got computed in 02:10). It computes more than 60 times faster on my GPU, and at least 2 times faster on my CPU (one of the tasks is going at least 10 times faster). Tasks computed by the GPU are computed a lot faster than Astropulse tasks. For this type of analysis, you need to compare apples with apples. Not all tasks have the same runtimes. Runtimes vary according to the angle range of the telescope at the time of recording. In addition, some tasks might exit early if they're very noisy - usually as a result of terrestrial interference. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
I happen to belive in God.......
(Message 1281041)
Posted 260 days ago by John Neale
I believe Musicplayer is the latest reincarnation of Fjernhode. Perhaps now morphed into bluestar? Stylistic similarities... |
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Politics :
Gawd, I do so love Clint Eastwood.....
(Message 1280044)
Posted 262 days ago by John Neale
Clint's footage seemed to show a wild haired (mad scientist type) talking to himself, and dementia was close to the surface. Clint Eastwood has always struck me as being the archetypal strong, silent type. Emphasis on silent. |
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Message boards :
Politics :
Gold
(Message 1279578)
Posted 264 days ago by John Neale
Actually Platinum and Rhodium are more valuable than gold Not so. Gold overtook platinum in value about a year ago. PGM (platinum group metal) prices are currently severely depressed. The current prices of the three metals you mentioned are: Gold: ±USD1,689/oz Platinum: ±USD1,541/oz Rhodium: ±USD1,150/oz Palladium is currently valued at ±USD631/oz. |
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