Posts by Whitefang Greytail

1) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : Computation error -- Only while video card in use by another program (Message 844503)
Posted 24 Dec 2008 by Profile Whitefang Greytail
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If you're really desperate, version 6.2.19 will most likely not have the CUDA version.

http://boincdl.ssl.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_6.2.19_windows_intelx86.exe


I am not sure if there is a way to disable the CUDA, but I guess until they seperate the CUDA version from the CPU SETI@Home then this will be the best workaround.

Mind you, I don't have CUDA graphics card so I have no idea if the preferences are there.

- Whitefang
2) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Southern Hemisphere SETI (Message 716719)
Posted 22 Feb 2008 by Profile Whitefang Greytail
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There is a 64-meter parabolic steerable scope at Parkes, Australia but, gee, that's awfully small. I've heard of no concrete plans to use that scope. Maybe nothing will happen. There has been talk about making a one-square-kilometer array and putting it in Africa or Argentina. It may be in planning now. But its completion would be way off, maybe fifteen years. I don't know how much of its time would be devoted to Seti, either. I believe the One Hectare Array (maybe called the Allen scope), under construction, is in California, too far north to see much of the Southern Hemisphere. Also it's pretty small, too. I think that about four hectares of the seven-hectare Arecibo scope is in use at any one time with the Seti apparatus there - at least that's what I've heard.




The SKA (square kilometer array), is being debated for South Africa or Western Australia. Just in case anyone wanted to know.

<a href="http://www.skatelescope.org">SKA home page</a>


2009-10 Decisions on funding, governance, and site

2011 Start of construction of Phase 1 (10% SKA)

2014 Early science with Phase 1 - the first 10% of the array

2020 Full SKA operational


I hope they decide on Australia. It'll be great to know that the open expanses of Australia are used for something worthwhile.





 
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