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Michael ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 ![]() ![]() |
Somebody (all of us) needs to take Dr. Korpela and all the Seti@Home staff out to a really nice dinner and celebrate the wonderful contributions to Seti@Home over the years. 21 years...INCREDIBLE RUN! |
Juan Jose de Onate, M0WWA Send message Joined: 14 Feb 00 Posts: 17 Credit: 3,625,997 RAC: 6 ![]() |
The sad news hit me like a bucket of cold water. SETI@home has been a part of my life for over twenty years. The statement that SETI@home is going to hibernation (it sounds to me as a Noble lie) doesn’t help with the pain. I joined the project just at the start of the new century. I remember crunching data work units with a budget computer and a 56k modem (phone bills were of this size). Despite modest results (it is a result too) today after all those years and several computers burned I continue enjoy it as I did the first day 20 years ago hoping to hear someday a WOW! Signal. SETI@home is a unique scientific project like no other with the ability to attract millions of non-scientific people from all over the globe with the hope of helping to find intelligence out there. Really a social phenomenon. I can’t understand why end a project pioneer on Distributed Computing that have achieved a huge computing capabilities and millions of enthusiast volunteers in a time of cheap and high performance personal computer hardware. In a time where advances on radio communications have boosted as never before radio astronomy. Anyway thank you to the SETI@home team for making us dream throughout all these years. Farewell SETI@home. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6330 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Somebody (all of us) needs to take Dr. Korpela and all the Seti@Home staff out to a really nice dinner and celebrate the wonderful contributions to Seti@Home over the years. Send them coupons for Cheeseburgers. I read once 'bout their liking of cheeseburgers. 'specially if they haz coupons. Part-time monies is GOoD, REAL GOoD, however who don't like a discount? ![]() May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! ![]() |
TheClap Send message Joined: 18 Oct 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 35,782,014 RAC: 127 ![]() ![]() |
If we all shout Encore! Encore! then the project is obliged to keep going for at least a couple more years. |
Sjafor146 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 15 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,712,131 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Aborted all tasks too, and it's a dead end to talk about "start distributing work again". I was a member just for 5 years but ending this project in that way? Good luck seti@home team. |
Ivailo Bonev ![]() Send message Joined: 26 Jun 00 Posts: 247 Credit: 35,864,461 RAC: 2 ![]() |
Group Question: To what project are you going to direct all your NVIDIA computing power after March 31? GPU-s to Einstein@Home, CPU-s to Rosetta@Home. :) It was a near 20 years ride that I will remember till my last day! I hope our data to be useful for for some scientific breakthrough. Big thank you to the staff of the project! ![]() |
Grumpy Swede (I stand with Ukraine) ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Nov 08 Posts: 8921 Credit: 49,849,242 RAC: 65 ![]() ![]() |
It's only natural that they have to shut down SETI. The risk that we would be spreading the Coronavirus through our computers, are way way too high. That would be a global catastrophy of course..... It's possible that the virus came to Earth through the Arecibo telescope, or through the Green Bank Telescope. It could be an attack from some Alien civilization, in preparation for a full scale invasion.... The safest thing to do now, would be to stop sending out work immediately, but if they do not do that, I do hope that the project have a good Anti Virus program, scanning the work they are sending out now. |
bruno ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Dec 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,061,716 RAC: 4 ![]() |
j ai 51 ans et j ai utilisé le programme Seti bien avant boinc , je vous est suivie depuis le début j jusqu'à aujourd huit j'espère que nous auront d’autre information suite a tout ce temps passé a faire fonctionner nos ordinateurs pour Seti depuis y a d autre projet avec boinc mes seti était quelque chose de particuliers pour moi la recherche des extraterrestres 👽 |
Jozef J Send message Joined: 4 Mar 10 Posts: 4 Credit: 2,660,388 RAC: 0 ![]() |
It's only natural that they have to shut down SETI. The risk that we would be spreading the Coronavirus through our computers, LOLOLOLOL Best sarcasm ever )))),... really people : And " wash you hands after you send finnished task from your computer - boinc manager back to projects servers " ,,,, |
![]() Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5121 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 ![]() |
Somebody (all of us) needs to take Dr. Korpela and all the Seti@Home staff out to a really nice dinner and celebrate the wonderful contributions to Seti@Home over the years. +1 A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
![]() Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 11,896,037 RAC: 33 ![]() ![]() |
I feel like a part of my daily life is coming to an end. I have been processing work units since May 15 1999 and Seti@home has become just a normal part of my life. I will look at other BOINC projects but to me any other project will just not be the same. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think I may convert some of my more powerful computers to GPU mining bitcoin and see how that goes for a while. At least mining will offset some of the investment in hardware. Best of luck to the S@H team! |
Miguel Madden Send message Joined: 24 May 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 24,165 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I feel like a part of my daily life is coming to an end. I have been processing work units since May 15 1999 and Seti@home has become just a normal part of my life. I will look at other BOINC projects but to me any other project will just not be the same. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think I may convert some of my more powerful computers to GPU mining bitcoin and see how that goes for a while. At least mining will offset some of the investment in hardware. Best of luck to the S@H team! I feel a little upset about this sudden "hibernation". After 20 years of work, several changes in technology, etc. Suddenly: "Thats it guys see u later.." Guess I have no words to express my feelings right now. |
![]() Send message Joined: 1 Jul 99 Posts: 15 Credit: 11,329,118 RAC: 32 ![]() ![]() |
Same here ! What do you know about "Gridcoin" . Is that legit ? Seems to use BOINC for distributed mining. TIA I feel like a part of my daily life is coming to an end. I have been processing work units since May 15 1999 and Seti@home has become just a normal part of my life. I will look at other BOINC projects but to me any other project will just not be the same. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think I may convert some of my more powerful computers to GPU mining bitcoin and see how that goes for a while. At least mining will offset some of the investment in hardware. Best of luck to the S@H team! |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 14 Oct 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,349,945 RAC: 2 |
oh no!!! i didn't ever think this would happen *Treat others as if they were you* |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13139 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
Same here ! What do you know about "Gridcoin" . Is that legit ? Seems to use BOINC for distributed mining. TIA https://gridcoin.us/ Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
OZ1LGH Send message Joined: 24 May 03 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,921,014 RAC: 20 ![]() ![]() |
What about Square Kilometre Array? |
Azrael Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 30,080,847 RAC: 85 ![]() ![]() |
Same here ! What do you know about "Gridcoin" . Is that legit ? Seems to use BOINC for distributed mining. TIA Gridcoin is legit but don't expect to get rich (unless Gridcoin becomes the next big thing in crypto...seems unlikely but you never know). You'll earn more by mining another crypto but with Gridcoin you get to participate in useful work and perhaps earn a few pennies along the way. Basically you just run BOINC like you usually do, install and setup the Gridcoin wallet, and you are good to go. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Feb 18 Posts: 13 Credit: 13,236,190 RAC: 13 ![]() ![]() |
... Of course! This is all just a setup for the largest April Fools joke in S&H history! |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7372 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 ![]() ![]() |
... Of course! Hi Swabbie, The day before April Fools Day... Hmmm... Never thought of that. Would be hilarious if you are correct. ;) I haven't done anything to my garden of computers to crunch other projects. :) Several years ago a radio station in San Diego got hundreds of people parked out by Montgomery Field airport waiting for the space shuttle to land. Never did and I didn't get hooked. :) Have a great day! :) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr XO - L L & P _\\// USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 Winders 10 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
![]() Send message Joined: 4 Jan 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 725,893 RAC: 2 ![]() |
Really sad to hear that... |
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