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Message 1805752 - Posted: 30 Jul 2016, 2:35:52 UTC

Greetings all!

I am new to running SETI@home, though my brother growing up ran it on our parents computer.

I was curious to know more about the Data Info panel; I see that it says the data is from Dec. 31, 2010...

Is that the date the data my PC is crunching from, or is what I see on the graphics just a visual, not real-time, place holder just for show?

I tried googling the answer, but found nothing.

thanks!
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Message 1805753 - Posted: 30 Jul 2016, 2:40:51 UTC - in response to Message 1805752.  

And not even a moment after posting this question, I found the answer, lol!

http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/screensaver/data_info.html
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Message 1805791 - Posted: 30 Jul 2016, 8:47:15 UTC - in response to Message 1805753.  

About why we process "old" data you can read some explanations here:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=79949

Info about "acronyms" (jargon) we use on SETI@home forums:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=79990
 


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