In 1999, I had an arguement with a friend about what goes around comes around.
This somehow came to was there a parallel earth somewhere else in the universe.
Neither of us were into science although he believed in E.T's.
My belief was that as everything (Planet wise), is spherical the Universe must therefore be round. A big balloon type of thing in which all planets and stars are inside.
If therefore we pointed out and set off into space we would in the end come back to where we started from. No matter how many lightyears it took. The earth we left would be the same one we left but in a different space time.
Sometime later we heard of the SETI program and I decided that although man would never get past the first few planets in our lifetime, it may be possible that light and soundwaves being searched by SETI might prove me correct or then again wrong.
Between bouts of bad health and changes of Phone and internet providers I have crunched SETI and the occasional other pojects since.
How long is it going to take to get my answer do you think with the progress of computers and the additional manpower of hundreds of thousands now crunching?

Baz, this may be of interest to you.

Click here

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Qunpu' lo'taHmo' jIH yItamQo'

You say that everything is round. Excuse me, but egg boxes are not round - they are egg box shaped. And the universe is inside a huge party balloon? Right...

I actually said "what goes around comes around"
and yes the "party ballon" might be a bit on the small size, is it must keep getting bigger as our universe expands it now seems.

Make sense to a pensioner with no education and self taught in the little he does know. Sorry I am not a Stephen Hawkings just ME

Baz

My apologies. But I'm too fickle when when it comes to concepts about God let alone the universe, that I get turned off from reading more, eg, "so why ain't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible mummy?" - "Shuddup and eat you porridge" ?*?~@*??, Maybe if Stephen Hawking mentioned a big balloon I might have read on, but...

Well, I guess I am ;)

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flaming balloons

They exist and we gotta find them!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

Do they? That's a fact? Or a belief based on no facts at all, but only on a wishful imagination?

I don't mind mind you looking for something in case it exists, but that doesn't mean that you can tell me that 'they' exist, as if it was a fact, no matter how often you say "YUP".

I never did take to religion well, even yours.

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flaming balloons

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

Do they? That's a fact? Or a belief based on no facts at all, but only on a wishful imagination?

I don't mind mind you looking for something in case it exists, but that doesn't mean that you can tell me that 'they' exist, as if it was a fact, no matter how often you say "YUP".

I never did take to religion well, even yours.

It isn´t a fact for me but it sounds logical to me.
No matter what you think about.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Baz, this may be of interest to you.

Click here


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Thanks Graeme. Made for interesting reading. Just had problems with my text reader with names and things as I need it to read for me as I am registered blind.

Bit out of my depth too but I did get the general gist of it.

Baz

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Alien Pet Lover

Baz, this may be of interest to you.

Click here

Thanks Graeme. Made for interesting reading. Just had problems with my text reader with names and things as I need it to read for me as I am registered blind.

Bit out of my depth too but I did get the general gist of it.

Baz[/quote]


Yes, it's fairly heavy going I suppose, but it's really just another take what the universe is.

Does your text reader sound like Hawkins ? If so, imagine the prank calls you could make.

Evil grin.

Baz, this may be of interest to you.

Click here

Thanks Graeme. Made for interesting reading. Just had problems with my text reader with names and things as I need it to read for me as I am registered blind.

Bit out of my depth too but I did get the general gist of it.

Baz

Yes, it's fairly heavy going I suppose, but it's really just another take what the universe is.

Does your text reader sound like Hawkins ? If so, imagine the prank calls you could make.
Evil grin.[/quote]

Jaws has a choice of voices but they are much better than they used to be. Just takes that bit longer to get things done, especially on the internet.

If it hadn't been for the RNIB here in England helping out at times, I would be just another lost soul unable to use the ether or chat to you guys. (I ain't politically correct you gather). ;-)

Any spare cash I get goes to them as they help with the here and now. Sorry SETI. (No RNIB - No Computer - No Internet - No Number Crunching for you), you can't have it both ways off some of us.

Baz

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Alien Pet Lover

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

Do they? That's a fact? Or a belief based on no facts at all, but only on a wishful imagination?

I don't mind mind you looking for something in case it exists, but that doesn't mean that you can tell me that 'they' exist, as if it was a fact, no matter how often you say "YUP".

I never did take to religion well, even yours.

It isn´t a fact for me but it sounds logical to me.
No matter what you think about.

It's logical and reasonable to deduct that we are not the only planet in the entire universe with intelligent life, but this does not make it true that there is intelligent alien life elsewhere. It is only your hope, not obvious logic that equates to a fact.

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flaming balloons

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

Do they? That's a fact? Or a belief based on no facts at all, but only on a wishful imagination?

I don't mind mind you looking for something in case it exists, but that doesn't mean that you can tell me that 'they' exist, as if it was a fact, no matter how often you say "YUP".

I never did take to religion well, even yours.

It isn´t a fact for me but it sounds logical to me.
No matter what you think about.

It's logical and reasonable to deduct that we are not the only planet in the entire universe with intelligent life, but this does not make it true that there is intelligent alien life elsewhere. It is only your hope, not obvious logic that equates to a fact.

Thats your point of view.
Not mine.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

They exist and we gotta find them!

YUP.

Do they? That's a fact? Or a belief based on no facts at all, but only on a wishful imagination?

I don't mind mind you looking for something in case it exists, but that doesn't mean that you can tell me that 'they' exist, as if it was a fact, no matter how often you say "YUP".

I never did take to religion well, even yours.

It isn´t a fact for me but it sounds logical to me.
No matter what you think about.

It's logical and reasonable to deduct that we are not the only planet in the entire universe with intelligent life, but this does not make it true that there is intelligent alien life elsewhere. It is only your hope, not obvious logic that equates to a fact.

Thats your point of view.
Not mine.

It might not be.

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flaming balloons

I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

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I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

At Long Last, another person who knows why he joined. Keep crunching and be LUCKY KB...

Baz

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Alien Pet Lover

I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

The problem is that they would actually have to be looking for that signal. Right now all we are doing is running data. There is no analysis of that data happening. Someone could have already found the signal, but they ( Seti, us ) wouldn't actually know it.

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Air Cold, the blade stops;
from silent stone,
Death is preordained

Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome

...no analysis...

What is the point if there is 'no analysis'?

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flaming balloons

I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

The problem is that they would actually have to be looking for that signal. Right now all we are doing is running data. There is no analysis of that data happening. Someone could have already found the signal, but they ( Seti, us ) wouldn't actually know it.

Thats ok though KM. It would still be cool. :-) I crunch for the science and the fun of it. Don't care of competitions, don't care about the numbers. If I did, I wouldn't have anywhere to hook all the computers up cause I'd be out of house and home. LOL

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I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

The problem is that they would actually have to be looking for that signal. Right now all we are doing is running data. There is no analysis of that data happening. Someone could have already found the signal, but they ( Seti, us ) wouldn't actually know it.

Thats ok though KM. It would still be cool. :-) I crunch for the science and the fun of it. Don't care of competitions, don't care about the numbers. If I did, I wouldn't have anywhere to hook all the computers up cause I'd be out of house and home. LOL

Well. I am still crunching for the project, but I have strictly limited the amount of cycles it gets.

My RAC will fluctuate quite a bit because I will run this for a while, get my RAC up a bit then shut it down again to run other projects. I won't stop SETI altogether simply because I think it's a worthwhile project. If they start analysis of the data we are crunching, I will go back to letting SETI have the majority of my cycles.

I don't really care about the numbers either. I did install one og Chicken's apps to get a higher RAC here, but numbers aren't what it's about to me. I installed the app just to help the team a bit more....lol Then again, the team isn't really numbers oriented either. :-)

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Air Cold, the blade stops;
from silent stone,
Death is preordained

Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome

I joined because I thought it was the cool thing to do. And then when BOINC came about, it gave me more reasons to crunch more projects. One day, I hope one of us is the lucky one to find that "WOW" signal.

The problem is that they would actually have to be looking for that signal. Right now all we are doing is running data. There is no analysis of that data happening. Someone could have already found the signal, but they ( Seti, us ) wouldn't actually know it.

Thats ok though KM. It would still be cool. :-) I crunch for the science and the fun of it. Don't care of competitions, don't care about the numbers. If I did, I wouldn't have anywhere to hook all the computers up cause I'd be out of house and home. LOL

Well. I am still crunching for the project, but I have strictly limited the amount of cycles it gets.

My RAC will fluctuate quite a bit because I will run this for a while, get my RAC up a bit then shut it down again to run other projects. I won't stop SETI altogether simply because I think it's a worthwhile project. If they start analysis of the data we are crunching, I will go back to letting SETI have the majority of my cycles.

I don't really care about the numbers either. I did install one og Chicken's apps to get a higher RAC here, but numbers aren't what it's about to me. I installed the app just to help the team a bit more....lol Then again, the team isn't really numbers oriented either. :-)

LOL KM Thats what I do as well. All the projects but this one I'm with BOINC Synergy, so since they started this Project Of the Month thing, I've dedicated my cycles to the project we select. I will grab a few wu's for here just to keep my RAC up high enough to post, but mainly focus my work on the different project we vote on.

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