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sly176 Send message Joined: 15 Apr 07 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,616 RAC: 0 |
Has seti found anything of importance yet? I am starting to think this is a wast of my computers and my time. I sure havent seen any results. please let me know if You have found anything . thanks |
Jason Safoutin Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0 |
Has seti found anything of importance yet? I am starting to think this is a wast of my computers and my time. I sure havent seen any results. please let me know if You have found anything . thanks Time: Well if everything is set up properly, you don't need to waste time on BOINC. It does all the work for you. BOINC runs on Idle computer background...so its not wasting anything. AS to finding anything, nothing major or you would already know along with the rest of the world :) see: So what have we done and Has Seti@Home ever found anything? "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 |
HTH Send message Joined: 8 Jul 00 Posts: 691 Credit: 909,237 RAC: 0 |
Has seti found anything of importance yet? I am starting to think this is a wast of my computers and my time. I sure havent seen any results. please let me know if You have found anything . thanks Playing games isn't wasting computers? Well, we probably haven't found the ET yet, but we only use one telescope at the moment so the sky coverage isn't the best. Manned mission to Mars in 2019 Petition <-- Sign this, please. |
Walla Send message Joined: 14 May 06 Posts: 329 Credit: 177,013 RAC: 0 |
Also we humans have only been looking for signals from other civilizations for a mere 40 years. It could very easily take hundreds of years or possibly thousands of years before we discover that elusive signal. Even if we don't discover any ETs than that would still be useful knowledge. So whether we discover them or not, either way we still learn something significant about the universe. I run SETI@home because I believe. |
Jason Safoutin Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0 |
Also we humans have only been looking for signals from other civilizations for a mere 40 years. It could very easily take hundreds of years or possibly thousands of years before we discover that elusive signal. Even if we don't discover any ETs than that would still be useful knowledge. So whether we discover them or not, either way we still learn something significant about the universe. I run SETI@home because I believe. I also believe :) "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 |
Demiurg Send message Joined: 2 Jul 02 Posts: 883 Credit: 28,286 RAC: 0 |
And still all the searches are done in the waterhole. I actually think that we should look in the more normal radiospectrum also. But that comes with two problems. 1. Hard to look there since we are saturating everything in that spectrum ourselves. 2. It is very expensive to build radiotelescopes in desolate enough places. 3. Would probably need an orbital radio telescope. 4. No one is currently funding SETI (well Pappa is), at least not enough for new ventures. 5. The big Mandarines of Seti prefer's waterhole searching (and they are most likely correct). Sorry, that was five reasons. Carl |
MeltWreckage Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 293 Credit: 15,951 RAC: 0 |
Has seti found anything of importance yet? I am starting to think this is a wast of my computers and my time. I sure havent seen any results. please let me know if You have found anything . thanks I believe that SETI will eventually make a break-through. People like us (those who run SETI@home) can be proud because we've partaken in one of the most remarkable endeavors in mankind's history. that would have worked if you hadn't stopped me |
[STS]LoB Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 53 Credit: 3,375,888 RAC: 144 |
Also we humans have only been looking for signals from other civilizations for a mere 40 years. It could very easily take hundreds of years or possibly thousands of years before we discover that elusive signal. Even if we don't discover any ETs than that would still be useful knowledge. So whether we discover them or not, either way we still learn something significant about the universe. I run SETI@home because I believe. I want to believe. ;) |
kinhull Send message Joined: 3 Oct 03 Posts: 1029 Credit: 636,475 RAC: 0 |
I run SETI@home because I believe. I don't know what to believe :^) Join TeamACC Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. |
Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 |
It's possible that related workunits might have similar triplets, Gaussians, etc, but the staff has been too busy getting out of this server/data/communication mess and starting to utilize Alfa data. I'm sure that the staff has been bogged down for years and has to assign priorities. The staff is small. More contributions would allow for a bigger staff and/or more equipment. |
Bob Neville Send message Joined: 3 Jan 00 Posts: 35 Credit: 7,451,208 RAC: 0 |
I run SETI@home because I believe. I Just hope words are the symbols of mental experience |
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