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Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
On 1999/05/17, SETI@home was publicly/officially lauched. But of course, it was already up and running on March 1st, 1999 - if not before -, hence this new thread. See ya - soon, too soon - here :) Welcome to the 19 Year Club! |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
I still have a couple of months to go before I hit the big 20. Uli was thedriver on the past T-shirts she needs to be bribed with a Seti toaster. |
JT327GIR Send message Joined: 1 Jan 00 Posts: 4 Credit: 71,956 RAC: 0 |
I will hit the 20-year mark on January 1, 2020. |
Computer Addiction Send message Joined: 23 Sep 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 71,549,861 RAC: 258 |
I will hit the 20y club this September! |
Wandering Willie Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 136 Credit: 2,127,073 RAC: 0 |
Will hopefully reach in August |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Seems your nefarious but cunning plan worked, betreger, as Uli again is graciously accepting orders for the 20th anniversary tee here on this thread ! Congrats to all those of you who've reached or who'll soon reach this momentous anniversary ^^ I still have a couple of months to go before I hit the big 20. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Yes she deserves a toaster. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36562 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
3 of them by now. ;-) Has anyone worked out yet how to make 1? Cheers. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30550 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Might get my Tee Shirt before I hit the mark, but it will be close. |
XArchAngel Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 7 Credit: 3,319,602 RAC: 2 |
20 years today! What a long way I have come from crunching WU's on my Pentium II 233. :) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I had a PII Deschutes. Good CPU. Tullio |
Dave Lewis Send message Joined: 12 Apr 99 Posts: 34 Credit: 53,432,603 RAC: 108 |
I've got 20 years in today (crunching since 12 Apr 1999). I tip my hat to all of the scientists, volunteers and others who have kept this project moving forward. IIRC my first CPU was a Cyrix 6x86MX that ran at 133 MHz. Edited to add: I also want to thank the helpful people on this forum who have added so much to helping others like myself. |
Gene Send message Joined: 26 Apr 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 48,393,279 RAC: 118 |
I turned 20 (Seti years) today. In those days it was an Intel 486 CPU. The first Seti application downloaded was setiathome-3.08.i686-pc-linux-gnu that reported an integer benchmark of 268 MIPS. And running Linux kernel 2.0.30, which took me two months to get running in a DOS 5.0 environment. I didn't run 24/7 in those days and for internet connection it was a dial-up modem capable of a "blazing" 14,400 bps. It was in that month (April '99) that local dial-up internet access became available - i.e. no more long-distance toll charges - and that motivated me to participate in the Seti project. Work units were a week-long endeavor. I notice in my "Seti Classic" statistics having completed 141 work units, with 6924 CPU hours, over a 6 1/2 year interval. Golly... network speed is now a hundred times faster, CPU speeds are a hundred times faster, and GPU speed another ten times that (all "round" numbers, of course). Now I have my sights set on the 25 year goal! I expect to see a flurry of posts to this thread in the next few months. 1999 was the beginning of the very rapid rise in Seti activity. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Belated congrats to all the (more or less recent) 20ers ! A short reminder : some SETI@home 20th Anniversary tees (B or W, M L XL and/or 2XL) are still available ($13 USD+shipping tbd depending on destination country) - Uli still welcomes orders and/or inquieries at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=84069 ^^ Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3799 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Was hoping to cross a million RAC for my 20th... SETIversary? AnniverSETI?... today, but doesn't look like that is going to happen. :^) It's been a good two decades anyway. When this project first started I predicted it would be at least twenty years before the hardware, algorithms and techniques were sophisticated enough to make a discovery (plus there's that much space to listen to.) With the recent developments of Breakthrough Listen, two more signal sources, the computing power of modern GPUs and the optimized clients to achieve their full potential, it seems we're just about there. Edit: Thank you, Zalster. :^) And congrats to Gene, Dave Lewis, XArchAngel and of course Pierre Renaud on your 20ths! |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
Happy Anniversary!! |
Roger Johnson Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 3,052,537 RAC: 0 |
It was 20 years ago today... That's when I D/Loaded my first Seti@Home WU. I remember it took 5 days to work that first unit. When the screen started displaying 'seti@home needs your attention' (using dial-up to get WUs) I got very excited! I thought that I had found ET. Nope, just need another WU. Little did I know that I would still be doing this 2 decades later. I don't remember what rig I was using at the time (I built it from scratch) but I do remember the MoBo used 2 separate AMD CPUs. This is before the days of dual core CPUs and I thought it was very advanced (which it was for it's day). Dial-up was my only access to the net. Original seti WUs: SETI@home classic workunits 1,554 SETI@home classic CPU time 34,635 hours BOINC WUs: Total credit 2,621,846 Recent average credit 2,954.21 What a long strange trip it's been, Styx_N_Stones |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
It was 20 years ago today I joined seti@home. Wow time goes fast. [/quote] Old James |
Lane42 Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 59 Credit: 227,150,556 RAC: 11 |
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