IF you won the lottery and never had to worry about money ever again, what would your first SETI machine, that you buy, look like?

I'd stuff 8 Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 s on a motherboard (each has 48 logical cores) and on top of that, I'd stuff a terabyte of memory and oh, maybe I'd go with 4 1080Tis, or maybe 4 Pascal Titans...or maybe Professional-level cards, although I guess they're not so useful with single-precision. Then I would dominate the "Top Computers" list for the next few years. :)

I wouldn't want to go TOO crazy and set up an entire complex for SETI crunching or anything, just one, SERIOUSLY bad-ass system that rules all other systems. I'm not an unreasonable person. I would build the most epic gaming system that the world has ever seen, too and that would, of course, crunch SETI when I'm not gaming, but it wouldn't be my mission to be #2 on the Top Computers list with that one.

What about you? What's your ideal SETI cruncher if money was no object?

If money were NO object? Don't I wish.

I'd build a new house with a separate computing annex that would house a Cray supercomputer.
If I ran Seti out of work, I could sell computing time to other Boinc or scientific projects.

And of course, kitty rescues throughout the country would be great benefactors.
As well as the Seti project itself.

Meowwhatadream.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I don't build machines strictly with SETI in mind, so even if I won the lottery, the system wouldn't be specifically geared for SETI@home. That being said, as a tech enthusiast and hobbyist, I would absolutely over-spec a machine with ridiculous horsepower for my personal use. I'd use it for gaming and for video ripping/compressing, but when I'm not using it SETI would get to use the full power of the system.

I would also update/modernize my server farm in the basement because I love building and maintaining infrastructure. And if money were no issue, SETI would be able to use those machines too.

I would hire Mark to build design and build my new system.

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I would hire Mark to build design and build my new system.

+1
Can still recall his "Frozen Penny" thread :-)

As for winning the lottery, have done many times :-)

So far, never the jackpot :-(

i'd buy one of google's data centers and let seti borrow it

On the original question, I agree with OzzFan.

Expanding to what I would do overall, in the short term I would get my bathroom remodeled with proper professional mold remediation. Nothing fancy, just clean and safe.

Next, I would design a new house around the model railroad that would run through every room. There would also be a room for computers, which would run Seti and Einstein when not doing other things. Then I would hire a few people to bring me all the things in my current house and do with them whatever I decide; a lot would be trashed, but I need to decide.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I would hire Mark to build design and build my new system.

LOL.....
And what a grand shopping spree we would have indeed!
Meow meow meow!

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

If I won the lottery it would be a miracle or theft because I don't do it, but if I did and it wasn't, I would set up a trust to fund SETI itself, and meet its needs - equipment and staffing - and surpass them hopefully for a long long time to come. That's one thing I would do. :)

And I'd set up a sort of hardship fund to provide help to setizens struggling with stuff - so as to make up for all the times I 've not been able to help :

And there would be a lot of donations to charities that work in areas that are close to my heart. And there would be my family and friends, to take worries away from.

If there was still enough left - then I would buy all the properties owned by my landlord, and I would give them to the sitting tenants - with a fund to call on for repairs etc.

I really don't need much for myself at all :) it's all you lot that are expensive :) but worth it ...

edit: there was a nut when there should have been a but

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oh...and did we say we like humans too? Well we do :)

Oh well, Seti & new cruncher still awaits :-(

That's $76.40 according to Bing.com.

Not a bad return for $3.81 :-)

I've played the UK lottery twice, and "won" twice. Each time was because a syndicate was one short of its normal number. Each time the syndicate won, once it worked out at just over a £1 profit, and the other just under £2 profit. I decided to quit while ahead.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I'd better keep quiet then seeing as I've been winning quite a lot since Nov 94.

If I ever get the big one, Seti will get a lovely Xmas present :-)

I'd better keep quiet then seeing as I've been winning quite a lot since Nov 94.

If I ever get the big one, Seti will get a lovely Xmas present :-)

If I ever won...............
The kitties and shelters in this country would see the biggest undertaking of kitty welfare ever undertaken.
So far, the kitties have not won. But they are playing.

I have high hopes...............as do all other lottery players.
Wish us luck.

Meowforthekitties.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I think my total winning are around $140. But I am sure I have bought more than that.

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How about we just donate enough of our winnings to seti(@home) to allow them to do all the
computing necessary? Or would it bother you if you didn't need to help crunch anymore?

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~Sue~

...I think some would suffer serious withdrawal symptoms

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I would think that for SETI's ongoing efforts, it would need continual funds over a long period of time. It's been almost 20 years and we know we've only scratched the surface.

IOW - I don't think there's a lottery big enough to give to SETI that would fund it completely without need for additional resources over time.

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