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M D Send message Joined: 15 Mar 12 Posts: 2 Credit: 106,642 RAC: 0 |
why are the dates of my scans from years ago? |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
What's the system date on your computer? Gruß, Gundolf Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
15ja12 = 15th of January 2012 = not that long ago 26no11 = 26th November 2011 = not that long ago either In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
To answer your question, it doesn't matter if we're doing work that was recorded from the sky yesterday, or last year, or 10 years ago, as the point in the sky where it's read from is thousands of light years away. So it doesn't really matter when THE SIGNAL is found, as that one will have been broadcast all those thousands of years ago. So you can see that it's then peanuts whether that signal is found in a recording made yesterday, a year or ten years ago. It won't change the outcome. |
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