Yes, SETI is using the distributed resource technology that I mentioned earlier... This technology has been around for a long time...I am just proposing that we use it to process anomalies found in submitted CCD images from amateur astronomers. However, the leap in technology would come from being able to have amateur astronomers submit their CCD images along with the coordinates and time of the capture to make those images useful for tracking NEOs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarra, Tony" <Tony.Sarra@landesk.com> To: <JohnRenstrom@Hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:26 PM Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: NEO Detection Software Idea... John, Are you familiar with the SETI distributed processing program that runs as a screen saver? Via the internet, individual desktop PCs get a chunk of data collected from one of the radio telescopes and analyses it for possible signal content and sends the results back to the central web site. Tony Sarra Engineering Product Manager LANDesk (R) Management Suite 801-208-1593 801-633-9157 (cell)