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| Personal background |
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SETI:
I like the idea of SETI and what is does, and its fun to say your helping NASA with a project. Science and technology is what keeps the world moving forward, so lets help.
LIFE:
My life is based around technology, from home to work, and everywhere in between there’s always technology there from, cars, & theaters, to gaming systems, & PDA’s technology transforms everyone’s world.
I enjoy creating computers that are more then just machines. I create functional works of art, some of the most powerful computers available to regular people.
GOAL:
I aim to create something that everyone will want, and that will help everyone that uses this item. Currently this would be computer systems, and I will set up a page were people may inquire about getting one.
SYSTEM:
Currently my “Rig†that is running SETI is a Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood with 512MB PC1066 RDRAM on a Asus P4T533-C motherboard, Video is pumped by a MSI GeForce4 Ti4600 128 MB DDR, sound runs through a SB Audigy Platinum, my internet is connected by a Intel Pro 100 NIC, a Adaptec 29160 SCSI adapter connects some of the systems drives. Storage is provided by a main Seagate Cheetah 10,000 RPM SCSI Drive with Dual 120GB Western Digital JB 7,200 RPM Hard Drives for extra storage, a Toshiba 16/48 DVD-ROM, Plextor UltraPlex 40, & a Plextor PlexWriter provide's the system with an installation, & backup media. The whole thing is powered by a 420 Watt Chieftec Power Supply in a Custom Dark Pearl Red Metallic Dragon Case.
This system can O.C. to 3.150 GHz and pulls a 3Dmark2001SE score of 15,240 points. Quake 3 can see frame rates well over 300 fps, & even 150 fps in 1600x1200 resolution.
SPEED:
I average about 3 hours 30 min per nugget, but I have seen small nuggets finish in less than 1 hour and average nuggets in 3 hours 5 min, I hope to get this down to under 3 hours, but I think I will have to go with a faster clock speed. If your interested in a fast system, drop me an email, and will talk about it. PHAT_A6@hotmail.com
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. I believe that there must be other kinds of life out there, somewhere.
I think that in order to discover extraterrestrial life we will have to travel the stars. Scanning, and probing is a good start, but until we get out there and start exploring, and digging around the cosmos our chances are probably thin. There are lots of possibilities of both benefits and dangers, and I guess it’s like anything else in life, if you don't look, or try, you will never know what you’re missing. Maybe its a good thing that where missing something out there, and maybe its not, but we must be prepared to deal with it whatever the outcome maybe.
2. I don't know if that’s a great idea, there are lots of reasons to, and not to send a beacon. If we send a beacon and there are hostile extraterrestrials out there, then it will only give them a head start against us. If on the other hand there are others out there looking as we are, then a beacon sending a radio wave, or message might be just the thing to initiate first contact.
As far as what information to include if we do send a beacon, I think it should be nothing that someone could use against us.
3. I run SETI@home because it helps our scientific community, and NASA. It also gives my friends\\members and me in my group a feeling of community, friendship, and helping a cause that’s something other then ourselves.
I think that some of the servers get overloaded at times, and that becomes frustrating, when your uploading/downloading. I also know how hard it is to keep systems running on a budget, and I think that SETI@home is doing pretty good for what they have to work with.
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