My God.....It's full of stars!!

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Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4609 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 265308 - Posted: 19 Mar 2006, 22:48:50 UTC - in response to Message 265182. I added a star to my sig. Aint it pretty! Sweet.... ID: 265308 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 265401 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 2:54:45 UTC - in response to Message 265004. I would love to donate but my meds and treatments take all my money and more. Last month the docs told me my remission is over and I'm back fighting the big C again. Gonna have to shut down my crunchers pretty soon too I think. Though my best buddy says he'll subsidize me in those and some other bills for a while. I'll continue to contribute to the effort by helping folks as best I can when they have questions. Jim And you do help a lot, and you've got a star! ;-D "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 265401 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 265415 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 4:07:49 UTC - in response to Message 265004. I would love to donate but my meds and treatments take all my money and more. Last month the docs told me my remission is over and I'm back fighting the big C again. Gonna have to shut down my crunchers pretty soon too I think. Though my best buddy says he'll subsidize me in those and some other bills for a while. I'll continue to contribute to the effort by helping folks as best I can when they have questions. Jim Worry more about your fight than about the future of S@H. If you can't donate, then everyone should understand. I lost 3 of my grandparents to cancer (all 4 to smoking - the last died of emphysema instead of cancer). Good luck, and I hope you beat it this time. BOINC WIKI ID: 265415 ·

UBT - Timbo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 157 Credit: 10,720,947 RAC: 362	Message 265550 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 10:25:05 UTC - in response to Message 263683. I want to see this thread full of stars!! Donate and then post here! My God......It's full of stars!(2001 movie) Thanks I'm IN. (Am also getting as many of our team to donate, since receiving the email from DW and SACC). regards to all crunchers. Tim PS Weren't we s'posed to be looking for little green men - not little green stars !!). ID: 265550 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21688 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 265571 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 11:44:40 UTC - in response to Message 265550. PS Weren't we s'posed to be looking for little green men - not little green stars !!). Scientists are renowned for their very dry wry humour... (Often, the jokes are miles over the heads of the mere peanuts counters which probably doesn't help...) Happy crunchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 265571 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 265580 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 12:09:44 UTC - in response to Message 265550. PS Weren't we s'posed to be looking for little green men - not little green stars !!). Right now it's the stars we're looking for! ;-D "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 265580 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 265685 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 17:30:34 UTC - in response to Message 265550. PS Weren't we s'posed to be looking for little green men - not little green stars !!). I would expect a strong correlation between "little green stars" and "little green men." ID: 265685 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 265687 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 17:31:16 UTC The largest donation now stands at $1,500.00 and was posted sometime in the last 24 hrs. OUTSTANDING!! Thanks to each and every one of you! Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 265687 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 265985 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 2:19:32 UTC - in response to Message 265580. PS Weren't we s'posed to be looking for little green men - not little green stars !!). Right now it's the stars we're looking for! ;-D ID: 265985 ·

Pappa Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0	Message 266006 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 3:04:31 UTC - in response to Message 265140. I am sorry, but this struck a part of me that most will never know. First I have to send My Best Wishes to the "Friend" that typed this for Jim! Few, I hope will never have to understand why! This is based on the time that I was the "only" relative that was close enough to my Uncle that was dying of Cancer... I drove miles daily to provide support that the rest of the family sent by telephone or mail... It was very tough on my Uncle (obviously) and me to be the middle man (for the Family). The positive thing that I can point to is BOINC is now searching for "cures" and other things... Boinc and the first Folding@home, Protein@home etc. are the foundation of people using their home computers to help others... When all this started for companies/organizations stated computer time was far more expensive than what grants could afford... What we saw was a person could donate computer time to help move "science" ahead! I do have to say Yes there are companies that can abuse this... BOINC has started a new process where people can start to help "cure" what ails us of move other areas of "science" into things that do not cost Millions... or Billions... At this point, to watch Seti,BOINC die would be very sad... WE are here to Help, We believe that things should move Forward! We believe that even a small group can do things larger than the Corporations that are only in it for the profit. We believe that People are Important! and things we do should benefit the People. God bless you Jim You truly are one of the good guys, Byron. (written by a friend at Jim's request - he's here next to me but a little "dopey") He's very concerned about "hijacking" this thread - I told him to shut up if folks want to say nice things - he grumbles as I type this - he's a proud man. I believe that Seti Boinc deserves consideration for Donations... Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 266006 ·

Eugene A.C. Send message Joined: 10 Jan 06 Posts: 5 Credit: 59,244 RAC: 0	Message 266210 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 13:59:31 UTC Just made a donation =P "How can you say were are alone in the universe if you don't even look?" -Me ID: 266210 ·

Pooh Bear 27 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 3224 Credit: 4,603,826 RAC: 0	Message 266228 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 15:12:21 UTC Last modified: 21 Mar 2006, 15:12:38 UTC If you are looking for more information on what is needed, a couple of good places to read are: Personal Donation letter The Plans The Budget Matt L's post And watch how well they are doing from Donation History My movie https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/502242 ID: 266228 ·

joebloe3000 Send message Joined: 28 Oct 00 Posts: 24 Credit: 3,165,532 RAC: 0	Message 266287 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 19:08:15 UTC Just made my first donation... PS: Good luck Jim. Its not an easy road but you can make it. I stood by my girlfriend's side as she went through it. 2 years with no signs of it now after 5 years of on and off treatment and reoccuring problems. I sincerely wish you the best. ID: 266287 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 266521 - Posted: 22 Mar 2006, 5:43:52 UTC Yes, I got Sir Arthur C. Clarke's email and wondered about one little thing that everyone here ignored: How come a writer of his esteem is asking us to put money into this? How come he doesn't put the $750,000, or at least a big part of it into this project? He's a Sir! He's a big money writer, or at least he was. He invented the commercial satellite in his books. So how come he didn't put at least x00,000 dollars into this project? How come "we" need to?? Until mr. Clarke sent his x00,000 amount of dollars, why would you need to spend any money on this "project"? Searching for extraterrestial life isn't even a science. So why spend money on it? Mind, I have read the budget page. It's for Seti only. I give HIGH marks for BOINC, but Seti? ID: 266521 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 266528 - Posted: 22 Mar 2006, 5:56:35 UTC - in response to Message 266521. Yes, I got Sir Arthur C. Clarke's email and wondered about one little thing that everyone here ignored: How come a writer of his esteem is asking us to put money into this? How come he doesn't put the $750,000, or at least a big part of it into this project? He's a Sir! He's a big money writer, or at least he was. He invented the commercial satellite in his books. So how come he didn't put at least x00,000 dollars into this project? How come "we" need to?? Until mr. Clarke sent his x00,000 amount of dollars, why would you need to spend any money on this "project"? Searching for extraterrestial life isn't even a science. So why spend money on it? Mind, I have read the budget page. It's for Seti only. I give HIGH marks for BOINC, but Seti? How do you know for a fact that he has not contributed? He could be one of many anonymous contributers. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 266528 ·

Steve Cressman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Jun 02 Posts: 583 Credit: 65,644 RAC: 0	Message 266530 - Posted: 22 Mar 2006, 5:58:22 UTC - in response to Message 266521. Yes, I got Sir Arthur C. Clarke's email and wondered about one little thing that everyone here ignored: How come a writer of his esteem is asking us to put money into this? How come he doesn't put the $750,000, or at least a big part of it into this project? He's a Sir! He's a big money writer, or at least he was. He invented the commercial satellite in his books. So how come he didn't put at least x00,000 dollars into this project? How come "we" need to?? Until mr. Clarke sent his x00,000 amount of dollars, why would you need to spend any money on this "project"? Searching for extraterrestial life isn't even a science. So why spend money on it? Mind, I have read the budget page. It's for Seti only. I give HIGH marks for BOINC, but Seti? How do you know that he did not donate? Maybe he made an anonymous donation as well as a public request for you to donate for something that he too feels is worth while. He may have donated $250,000 so now seti only has to get $750,000 instead of $1,000,000. Most normal people don't go around bragging about how much they donated to this or that. 98SE XP2500+ @ 2.1 GHz Boinc v5.8.8 And God said"Let there be light."But then the program crashed because he was trying to access the 'light' property of a NULL universe pointer. ID: 266530 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 266845 - Posted: 22 Mar 2006, 22:30:30 UTC - in response to Message 266521. Yes, I got Sir Arthur C. Clarke's email and wondered about one little thing that everyone here ignored: How come a writer of his esteem is asking us to put money into this? Because he has a certain amount of name recognition. Is it any different than when Alex Trabeck hocks life insurance to Senior Citizens? People see Arthur C. Clarke, and they read it. If they believe in SETI, they'll donate to SETI. If not, well, at least they read the message. ... and hopefully, he did donate. ID: 266845 ·

MJKelleher Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Jul 99 Posts: 2048 Credit: 1,575,401 RAC: 0	Message 266861 - Posted: 22 Mar 2006, 23:04:21 UTC - in response to Message 263683. I sure would like to see more of us "crunchers" donate. Is it possible to reach .5% of us or even 1.0% of the "crunchers"? Sure would like to see it happen. Sure is possible to reach that .5%, we've done it this month! Whoooo!!!! MJ ID: 266861 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 266870 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 0:01:16 UTC Congratulations are in order!! Congratulations to everyone. We have reached the .51% mark. Keep those donations coming in! Boinc/Seti needs all the financial help we can muster up. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 266870 ·

SteveSueTyler Send message Joined: 12 Feb 01 Posts: 6 Credit: 2,291,762 RAC: 11	Message 266956 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 3:00:17 UTC Do I hear 1% ? ID: 266956 ·

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