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Quick question about the multi-beam receiever
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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 2 Mar 02 Posts: 200 Credit: 2,874,433 RAC: 0 ![]() |
.....does this mean SETI@home is recording seven times the data it did before (with the single beam receiver)? It seems obvious that it does, but I just want confirmation from someone who actually knows....thanks! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1575 Credit: 4,152,111 RAC: 1 ![]() |
That's right. The data is also recorded at a higher resolution, 4 bit instead of 2 bit. BOINC WIKI ![]() ![]() BOINCing since 2002/12/8 |
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So that explains the change from "uh oh, we're crunching the same data over and over again" talk to "we need more crunchers" talk. Sweet. Fresh data is always nice. Now all we need is an influx of cash for the project, and maybe we can get all the doo-dads we want (awesome science pages, signal candidates page updated regularly)..... On that note, everyone DONATE. ![]() |
![]() Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 ![]() |
It's really 14 times as much data bacause each element has two polarization angles. Most workunits are only analyzed twice. That's a far cry from the latter months of Classic. |
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