as some of you know, i run SETI@Home on about 5 machines right now, and i just rolled over to 5000 packets today.

YEAH ME!!!

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/f...user_stats_new

 

who cares its not like you're getting money for it lol.
and you're helping berkley to boot. why not run a network cpu cycle sharing prog that you get money for.

 

what the hells a packet?

Mr computer eliterate
aka Beau

 

Random-Strike: i was thinking about swtiching over to distributed dot net, can winup to $1K on that, but you really need a group to make any headway.

UberTeg: SETI@Home records sounds from a radio telescope, and then release that packet out to several users. each users runs thier program, and it searches for triplets (three spikes in the same area) and gausens (sp?) which indicates a strong signal from one point in space, and not a strong signal from a broader area of space (noise).

BLACKSI (AKA Beau): a packet is one recording from any given point in space. when i started SETI@Home (like 3.75 years ago) they where about a year behind (when a packet was recorded vs when is was being processed), any now we are within a month of recording vs process. they are even having some of the faster users reprocess older packets that had possiblity, and run them through the new codes.

 

Wow, that's some neat ----. I really hope you guys find something out there! Then we can race them.