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| Personal background |
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| I'm running an Intel E7300 (2.66GHz) overclocked to 3.6GHz stably. Computers are one of my hobbies, especially hardware and overclocking. I'm an invalid who hates being stuck at home. Thank sky-pixies for the internet! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I may as well use my computer's down-time for something and I've always been an avid sci-fi fan so........ Plus it gives me an excuse to overclock, try to get as many units done as possible. (Error-free I might add, a computer that isn't stable is just a lump of metal, silicon and plastic).
I like SETI as opposed to other distributed computing projects as no commercial entity stands to make money out of my CPU time. Sure, it may be a noble cause to donate CPU time to trying to find a cure for cancer but if such a cure is found you can bet your bottom dollar that "the company" will make a fortune out of it. And if I then get cancer and need their expensive drug sometime will they give it to me free or discounted because I donated X amount of CPU-years to help discover it? I don't think so jack.
BOINC seems like a good idea for those who want to crunch data for other projects as well/instead of SETI but I'm giving my CPU cycles for science, not for profit.
Rock on SETI! |
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