1) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI/BOINC Milestonesâ„¢ I (Message 107667) Posted 5 May 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: 1. This thread resides in the SETI/BOINC website message boards. 2. This thread is for announcements of milestones for the SETI/BOINC project. 3. This thread will allow milestone totals of all BOINC projects crunched. 4. This thread will allow references to other individual projects. [See #6 below.] 5. This thread will allow helping new users only if related to SETI/BOINC and the topic of this thread. 6. This thread will not allow milestones of other individual BOINC or NON-BOINC projects. Those projects have their own message boards for this purpose. 7. This thread will not allow milestones not related to SETI or BOINC totals. 8. This thread will not allow flaming any other users. [See this thread.] 9. This thread will not allow any profanity. 10. This thread will not allow 'stretching': no overly large graphics and while quoting a post with a very long URL in it, fix it if you know HTML, otherwise delete it or place spaces in it to break it up so it will wrap properly. Isn't the above taken from a famous Woodie Guthrie tune? This thread don't carry no passengers, this thread. This thread is bound for glory, this thread. I can't be certain. Seems familiar, though... :->

2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Please break my forum! (Message 107666) Posted 5 May 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: This is the wierdest thread. :->

3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Thread Closed! (Message 105088) Posted 29 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: Woodland Hills, California. Western end of the San Fernando Valley. Northwest region of Los Angeles. 35 09 04 N 118 35 29 W. White house, blue trim, can't miss it.

4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Closed (Message 105083) Posted 29 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: Uh, anybody have any thoughts about what should be done to deal with trolls? :->

5) Message boards : Number crunching : Planned Outage Today (28 Apr) (Message 105078) Posted 29 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: I'm starting to feel horribly frightened and alone. :-O

6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Nostalgia Hardware (Message 102943) Posted 23 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > > > Got any links or have you a way to host any of the pics ? > > > > No. Sorry, Paul. Thanks for the interest, though. Appreciated. > > Robert > I can help you there if you want Doc!! > Thanks, CW. What kind of help would I need? Robert

7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Nostalgia Hardware (Message 102383) Posted 22 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > hi robert, > > > Doing some astrophotography. > > Got any links or have you a way to host any of the pics ? > No. Sorry, Paul. Thanks for the interest, though. Appreciated. Robert

8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Nostalgia Hardware (Message 101660) Posted 20 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > > Don't know if you had this in mind when you started the thread, NA, but I > own > > a Fidelity Chess Challenger, a 3MHz chess computer that was the 1983 > World > > Computer Chess Champion. (It still beats me.) > > Robert > > > > Hey Doc, long time no post! How ya been doing? > L8R.... > Thanks for the personal greeting, Siran. Honored. Been well. Working, happy. Doing some astrophotography. Loving my wife. The usual, for a lucky stiff like myself. Hope the same is true for you, sir. Best regards, Robert

9) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Nostalgia Hardware (Message 101611) Posted 20 Apr 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: Don't know if you had this in mind when you started the thread, NA, but I own a Fidelity Chess Challenger, a 3MHz chess computer that was the 1983 World Computer Chess Champion. (It still beats me.) Robert

10) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Sorry..... (Message 89119) Posted 22 Mar 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > I used to run Seti@Home religiously, now they're forcing us into Boinc, and > they're never online. > > Bye bye. > Jay > What will we do without you, Jay? Crunch. Incidently, Jay, I have about a quarter-million work-units that say SETI's online quite a bit of the time. Bye Bye, Jay. Robert

11) Message boards : Number crunching : But I did more Classic and it doesn't show here. :( (Message 87334) Posted 18 Mar 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > Dr. Bob, long time, huh? Have you looked at you account data lately? I just > did and I saw a whopping 24,827 WUs crunched for Classic and 116,181 hours. > They're not lost, my friend. >:-) > > L8R.... I'm a doctor, dammit, not a blasted computer geek!! Sheesh. Leave it to a Vulcan to track down a bunch of lost ones and zeroes... OK. Well, thanks Siran. :->

12) Message boards : Number crunching : But I did more Classic and it doesn't show here. :( (Message 87332) Posted 18 Mar 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > Hey now! That's a way too mature view for this forum... please cease and > desist! > ;-) > > Skip > You're right!! I don't know WHAT I was thinking. Where's my bazooka? Heads are gonna roll!! Tell ET to shove it! Why, I oughta.... :->

13) Message boards : Number crunching : But I did more Classic and it doesn't show here. :( (Message 87237) Posted 18 Mar 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: I goofed up my switch from Classic to Boinc, too, so the nearly 25000 WUs I crunched for Classic will likely be "lost." However, I don't plan to think of it that way. They were crunched for SETI. So they can't really be lost. If it turns out there's some workaround, so be it. Otherwise, what is crunched is crunched and cannot be uncrunched. Just my POV.

14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : What music floats your boat? (Message 82931) Posted 27 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > I was country when country wasn't cool... Still am.. I like Southern Rock > too. > Used to play in a good little country band. Rocky Top, Orange Blossom Special, Long Black Veil, Queen Of the Silver Dollar, all of Johnny Cash's stuff, lots of other great stuff back then. I used to sing Okee From Muskogee. (They wouldn't let me sing anything else by myself.) :-D

15) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Did we go to the moon? Yes or No. What are your thoughts? (Message 82897) Posted 27 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > Ah, I see where you are coming from now. Perhaps my hide is so thick now that > I didn't see these as flames (directed toward Kio) as much as statements of . > . . philosophy? > Gotcha, Tom.

16) Message boards : Number crunching : Power Outage mayhem: Feb 24/05 (Message 82878) Posted 27 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > Okay this is my last post on the subject. I appreciate the kind words of > support and always welcome constructive criticism/post-trauma analysis, all > while rolling my eyes at the know-it-alls who add nothing to the discussion, > really. > > I gotta tell ya it's been really difficult biting my tongue. But my frank > opinions don't really have a place on this forum. > > - Matt > THE reason I've never criticized the development team for anything is also the most important thing I learned in medical school and post-doctoral training. Namely, that I don't know what I don't know. The corollary point is, if I procede based on what little I do know as if it is quantity-sufficient information, or worse, as if what I think I know is all there is to know, I'm circling the drain.

17) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Did we go to the moon? Yes or No. What are your thoughts? (Message 82853) Posted 27 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > > For what it's worth, I admire your non-combative rejoinders to the > somewhat > > flaming responses of some of our older members. > > Again, welcome. > > Robert > > Dr. Bob! > What "flaming responses" did you read? You've been around long enough to have > seen some real flames on these boards. I would characterize the tone of the > posts here as, more like, resigned disbelief. I'm glad Kio himself isn't so > sensitive. > Hi Tom, I used to think I was sensitive. But maybe I'm just touchy. :-> But in the spirit of answering your question, Tom, here are a few examples of remarks that seem to be directed, flamishly, at our new friend. As you say, they are mild in comparison to the acetylene-enriched attacks found elsewhere. 1) "Anybody who thinks we didn't go to the moon is a total moron. Moon hoax believers should be rounded up and put in camps." 2) "So, you are so fixated on this 'conspiracy theory' that you are unwilling to hear from anyone that is in a possible position to refute it?" 3) "Kio, Do you belong to the Flat Earth Society too!!" 4) "Another one? Why do people join the SETI@home project, then immediately come to these message boards to post whatever rubbish leaks out of their head?" Call me sensitive, or call me allergic to what has several times happened before on these forum message boards. There were times when a gas mask was necessary just to click on a thread. Finally, Dogbytes wisely initiated a trend of ignoring the knuckleheads ("The Shunning"), which ushered in better times here. And not that I am any kind of conscience or watchdog herein, but I just wanted the new guy to hear something sincerely encouraging as counterpoint to what I perceived as the SOMEWHAT flaming reception he got. Just my two cents, Tom. Robert

18) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Did we go to the moon? Yes or No. What are your thoughts? (Message 82810) Posted 26 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: Hello Kio, Welcome to SETI. Happy crunching. I welcome your original post, which seemed thoughtfully worded, noncrackpotish, and seemed designed to engender lively discussion, devil's-advocate style. When I read your post, I noted in me a certain irritation with the hoax question because, a)I've been reading science fiction since my childhood and I WANT to believe mankind took the giant step to the moon, b)The evidence for the hoax theory has been thoroughly examined and found to be suitable for enriching lawns, and c)The folks who promulgate the hoax idea seem absolutely convinced they have a laser-guided line on the Truth, such that they are never apparently in search of discussion, but rather seem content to sling hogwash at relativistic speeds. As an aside, I've often wished they would aim the hogwash beams at the ground so that Newton's Third Law of Motion would take them where they're convinced no man has gone before. For what it's worth, I admire your non-combative rejoinders to the somewhat flaming responses of some of our older members. Again, welcome. Robert

19) Message boards : SETI@home Science : What's your telescope? (Message 82513) Posted 26 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: > I currently don't have one but I'm seriously looking at a Meade LX200GPS 8 or > 10 inch with CCD (so I don't have to freeze my butt of in the cold northern > Canadian winters). > Would anyone have any other sugestions.I'm looking for image quality plus > portability. > If you get a Schmidt-Cassegrain, the focal ratio will often be in the f/10 range. Consider getting a focal reducer, which will serve to widen the field-of-view and shorten photo-exposure times (whether ccd or film). I most frequently use a Televue NP101, a refractor with about a four-inch aperature, for astrophotography. Take a look. About $3500 US. While you're looking at Schmidt-Cassegrains, you might also want to consider the Celestron 9.25. The glass is pretty good. It seems solidly built. I think it's worth a look. Much less expensive than a premium refractor, but the refractor has some advantages, especially for astrophotography. For serious astrophotography, and I'm frankly strung out like a research monkey, a good equitorial mount is essential. If you do photography, I wouldn't skimp on the mount. I have a Losmandy G-11 mount with a Gemini drive. Not cheap, but equal to any task I have asked of it. Please post what you decide to get. Or ask more questions. Got to be some experienced astronomers frequenting hereabouts. And, if you haven't before, check out [www.cloudynights.com] for good discussions and info on this subject and many others. Good luck and clear skies. Robert

20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Deimos et Phobos Must Go! (Message 78745) Posted 12 Feb 2005 by Robert Sullivan, MD Post: The patients I've treated who were in the Nazi concentration camps would be unimpressed by any "documentation" or "verifiable facts" offered as denial or refutation of the origins of their deep wounds. Deimos et Phobos join a small group in my plonk-file, where they can feed undisturbed at the trough of ignominy.

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