. . . How Many of You are @ SETI for thE SciEnCE ?
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. . . How Many of You are @ SETI for thE SciEnCE ?
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 Dr. C.E.T.I.  Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 
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. . . How Many of You are @ SETI for thE SciEnCE ? > moi'  BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 554360 ·  |
GalaxyIce  Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 
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thorin belvrog  Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 
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I started SETI because I read about it and found the subject interesting, so I wanted to be part of it. I'm not a scientist, so I leave the science part to the scientists. I spend my little computer power to the project, and I have no clue what the scientists are doing with the data before they arrive at my computer or after they were sent back. That's beyond my horizon. I am glad to operate my own stuff, not to speak of programming or something like that. Account frozen... ID: 554367 · |
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Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79
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What other reason would there be? The pretty screen-savers? Or, you could be asking about why we came to the message boards. For that, I will say it is both for socialization and discussion of academic matters. However, in light of ongoing discussions here and recent revivals, let's stick for the moment to "why we crunch." As many of you know, I am engaged in research. I am also somewhat to fairly well versed in other things. However, I must ultimately say, as I have pointed out before, it is absolutely impossible for any one person to go back and verify every experiment in the areas they are interested in. If they research, they carve a few niches and remain informed about a few others. They cannot be jack-of-all-trades. What I find most irritating is people that either are researchers that do not provide a shred of background/evidence into what it is they work on and so we do not know if they can speak as authorities, or arm-chair vicarious scientists through reading that also act as if they are authorities. (Reading outside one's area is fine. Acting as if you know more than you do and maligning others is not.) Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 554370 · |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
Define science. Astronomy? Cosmology? Computer science? I'm in it for the computer science, has been all the time, and since this project is the mothership for BOINC and a big testbed for distributed computing, I am here. My main interest at the moment is what's taking place at the moment at Astropulse, and since this project is closed linked to it, economically, scientifically and with the same staff, I am here too. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me 
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Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79
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Yes, part of it is the science of distributed computing overall, I guess. Is this perhaps a little more transparent and understandable than the science of the particular projects. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 554446 · |
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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'avE fun All - gotta makE din for thE lady . . . proust!!! BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 554451 · |
Scary Capitalist  Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0
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I primarily do it to help the science. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! 
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Scratch Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 12 Credit: 830 RAC: 0 
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Nope. In it for the one in a billion billion shot of being the one! ID: 554455 · |
Daniel Michel  Send message Joined: 2 Feb 04 Posts: 14925 Credit: 1,378,607 RAC: 6
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For sure i'm in this for the science...I crunched Classic for about 5 months without ever posting on the message board...and it was a couple months after I started BOINCing in July '04 before i ventured into these boards...I've always been interested in Extraterrestrial life...So being able to help by crunching data for SETI@Home is sweet privilege.  PROUD TO BE TFFE! ID: 554459 · |
Mac Girl.  Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 679 Credit: 15,042 RAC: 0
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I'm in it because it's interesting and exciting. 'No one can make you inferior without your consent.' Eleanor Roosevelt. ID: 554461 · |
Misfit  Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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I'm iN iT foR thE spEllinG. me@rescam.org ID: 554530 · |
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Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0
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I'm also in it for the hot nerdy chics....can't do without those. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing!
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Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79
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I'm also in it for the hot nerdy chics....can't do without those. You go, boy! I'm sure many couples have come together via these message boards ... . NOT!!! ;) Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 554548 · |
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Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0
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I'm also in it for the hot nerdy chics....can't do without those. Don't go and get in between me and my hot nerdy girls, man. They're minxs. Don't ruin it for the rest of us that are 'in the know'. :-) Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing!
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Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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No those were what the local BBS boards were for back in the day. me@rescam.org ID: 554556 · |
Graeme Stretton  Send message Joined: 2 Nov 01 Posts: 392 Credit: 349,012 RAC: 0 
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Spent a lot of time crunching for classic then lost my net connection. Soon as I got back on the net I signed up for BOINC. I'm in it for the science, not the score. New puter in a week or two so I guess the throughput will improve soon. ID: 554777 · |
tenebra  Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 35 Credit: 368,467 RAC: 0 
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I also crunch for the science and do not care about credits. I have replied somewhere else that I would still crunch projects even if there were no credits. I am in it for both the astronomy and computer science.  If you are from Greece, please visit the following: Sicence Fiction and Fantasy Forum The World of Science ID: 554780 · |
Al  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0 
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<----Ja! Scorpions - Wind Of Change ID: 554783 · |
Mike   Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34735 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80
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First only for the sience. Now to meet some friends too. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. ID: 554823 · |
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