Welcome to the 19 Year Club!

Author	Message
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 798 Credit: 6,995,545 RAC: 10,813	Message 1934540 - Posted: 9 May 2018, 8:34:53 UTC Last modified: 9 May 2018, 8:56:43 UTC Bragging rights: Suddenly, it's dawning on me that since last april I have been crunching (albeit intermittently) SETI@home data for 19 years. And comrades, I suspect I'm not the only one in that cohort. I went in at first for the screen saver and the dream of finding an ETI. I keep crunching data (in my humble way) for the science and the dream of finding that elusive but so heavily significant extraterrestrial technosignature. Thanks to all those who have made this possible. Addendum: too soon, I'll want one of those 20 Year t-shirt lol (I hear the 15th anniversary tee was way cool!) -- Welcome to the 18 Year Club! Previous Years' Clubs! Classic 4,852wu 77,843h ID: 1934540 ·

Paris Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 109 Credit: 937,413 RAC: 71	Message 1934555 - Posted: 9 May 2018, 12:37:54 UTC Last modified: 9 May 2018, 12:39:19 UTC Congratulations! That is quite a milestone. I will be joining you in a few days. I wonder how many of us from the early days are still plugging away. ( I still think that the original screen saver was the neatest.) :-) Plus SETI Classic = 21,082 WUs ID: 1934555 ·

Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1677 Credit: 432,607,889 RAC: 104,688	Message 1934697 - Posted: 9 May 2018, 19:45:54 UTC Just passed that milestone myself. My, how time flies... ID: 1934697 ·

Karsten Vinding Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 239 Credit: 23,930,652 RAC: 6,969	Message 1934700 - Posted: 9 May 2018, 19:55:20 UTC I will be joining the club in 9 days :) In fact it would have been before that. I created a Seti account in April 99, but somehow registered with a nonexistant mail adress. And back then I couldn't find a way to change it (I don't hink it was possible). So I created a new account, which I'm using to this date. Next year will be an aniversary. I wonder if the peoble behind the project will do something to celebrate it? ID: 1934700 ·

Lane42 Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 55 Credit: 208,539,201 RAC: 523,839	Message 1934705 - Posted: 9 May 2018, 20:23:26 UTC Last modified: 9 May 2018, 20:24:21 UTC :0} 8 Days ID: 1934705 ·

HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 433 Credit: 5,705,300 RAC: 13,301	Message 1934744 - Posted: 10 May 2018, 0:33:32 UTC - in response to Message 1934700. I will be joining the club in 9 days :) Wow me too - same registration day! Nice to meet you. :-) I've just picked up a fault in the forum. It will go 100% failure within 72 hours. ID: 1934744 ·

HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6533 Credit: 194,179,756 RAC: 13,423	Message 1935002 - Posted: 11 May 2018, 4:00:16 UTC So many CPU cycles over 19 years. On day I will have enough points for that toaster! SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today! ID: 1935002 ·

Dave Lewis Send message Joined: 12 Apr 99 Posts: 26 Credit: 41,567,081 RAC: 55,059	Message 1935030 - Posted: 11 May 2018, 8:29:12 UTC It's been quite the fun ride too. It's been a real treat to me to be able to contribute to this world-wide communal effort. ID: 1935030 ·

Jim Volfan Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 52 Credit: 20,122,818 RAC: 12,861	Message 1936004 - Posted: 17 May 2018, 8:39:19 UTC 5 more days and I'll be joining too :-) ID: 1936004 ·

Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 798 Credit: 6,995,545 RAC: 10,813	Message 1936012 - Posted: 17 May 2018, 10:48:58 UTC Just so that you know: On this day (1999/05/17), 19 years ago, SETI@home was launched (public release) Cheers ! Classic 4,852wu 77,843h ID: 1936012 ·

Keith J. LaGue Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 59 Credit: 40,441,387 RAC: 1	Message 1936013 - Posted: 17 May 2018, 10:59:28 UTC - in response to Message 1936012. Just so that you know: On this day (1999/05/17), 19 years ago, SETI@home was launched (public release) Cheers ! Hats and t shirts for us next year, right? Keifer ID: 1936013 ·

Jim Welch Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 21 Credit: 15,355,041 RAC: 5,384	Message 1936110 - Posted: 18 May 2018, 3:01:20 UTC Looks like it is time for my annual anniversary message. 19 years today and I am still just as interested in this project as I was on the first day. My congratulations and thanks to the SETI@Home staff and volunteers. ID: 1936110 ·

Paris Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 109 Credit: 937,413 RAC: 71	Message 1936394 - Posted: 20 May 2018, 11:51:32 UTC OK, I'm officially starting on my twentieth year; the nineteenth is in the books. Not much of a contribution, numbers-wise, but I keep plugging away. I'm hoping to manage one million by my twentieth anniversary :-) but only time will tell. Plus SETI Classic = 21,082 WUs ID: 1936394 ·

Siran d'Vel'nahr Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 6919 Credit: 20,030,380 RAC: 65,509	Message 1936412 - Posted: 20 May 2018, 15:18:22 UTC Greetings, Three days from today will be my 19th. Whoo! Almost 2 decades. :) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr XO - L L & P _\\// USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 Windows 10 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker Microsoft wants us to "Imagine life without walls"... I say, "If there are no walls, who needs Windows?" ID: 1936412 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 50377 Credit: 982,715,653 RAC: 49,283	Message 1936425 - Posted: 20 May 2018, 16:16:29 UTC Congrats to all in this special club. You're all a little more than a year ahead of me. Well done! "Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein "With cats." kittyman ID: 1936425 ·

Bill G Send message Joined: 1 Jun 01 Posts: 1126 Credit: 167,601,429 RAC: 89,283	Message 1936441 - Posted: 20 May 2018, 18:14:20 UTC - in response to Message 1936425. I keep trying to catch up but always seem to be 2 years behind. I am going to keep tryin. SETI@home classic workunits 4,019 SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours ID: 1936441 ·

Cactus Bob Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 203 Credit: 9,278,205 RAC: 7,344	Message 1936444 - Posted: 20 May 2018, 18:58:49 UTC Looks like I am keeping with a theme here. A day late and a dollar short..lol Hard to believe it has been 19 years since I first tried to catch an alien signal. Gone through a BUNCH of computers, software and checking on the forums to see what is happening. I have taken a break here and there but always drawn back to this community. Seti@home has some of the most knowledgeable and friendly people you couple find in a forum community. Sure there is the odd tussle but just enough to add to the entertainment. Here is hoping we make some real progress in the next few years and create our own = real WOW event = Thanx for the ride all, everyone here helps in some way. Bob Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes the bug. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SETI@home classic workunits 4,321 SETI@home classic CPU time 22,169 hours ID: 1936444 ·

FeK9 Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 40 Credit: 60,207,190 RAC: 4,223	Message 1936532 - Posted: 21 May 2018, 13:43:27 UTC Out of 2260 of those who join Seti Classic on the 20th of May 1999, only 317 processed some WU's in the last month... I believe they giving away free toasters to twenty some things next year..... :) Regards John Noli tangere circulos meos... ID: 1936532 ·

Sleepy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 187 Credit: 75,762,444 RAC: 75,550	Message 1936541 - Posted: 21 May 2018, 14:33:49 UTC 19 years of happy crunching for me too as of today! Sleepy ID: 1936541 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9830 Credit: 80,286,581 RAC: 284,261	Message 1937230 - Posted: 26 May 2018, 7:31:49 UTC Seems I join the club today. 19 years, how time flies!! ID: 1937230 ·

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