Chuck, SETI@home continues to process fresh data. Each data block (107 seconds of data which can take hours to process) is sent out to 3 computers, processed and collected after it's processed. This helps eliminate computer errors and people just trying to cheat the system just to gain credit. SETI@home will continue with new data from Arecibo until 2011 when Arecibo may be decommissioned unless there are enough funds to keep it running. I also run this to validate the stability of my machines. If I start getting computational errors that means my machines and may have parts going bad or it's overheating. For the last 2 years a new version has been running that is more than twice as sensitive as the original version. I'm sure data that was of interest was probably sent out again for reanalysis, but that doesn't mean it was done just too waste CPU cycles. Unfortunately there have been no detected signals from Extra-Terrestrial life, but many unexplained signal spikes have been detected. In any case, it's a fun way to make your computer useful with otherwise wasted CPU time. Ken -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:49 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] kudos to "Killer Ken" Warner Not to take anything away from Ken's or other's dedication, but seti@homehas been off my radar for a few years, since I heard they were sending out old, already processed data as "make work" due to too many volunteers and not enough fresh raw data. Is this still the case? Any probable hits yet? On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Ken Warner <killerken@killerken.com> wrote:
Thanks Rich. It helps when you have several high end computers at your disposal. I'm currently ranked 2998 in the world and 809 in the United States. I also surpassed 1 million recently in PrimeGrid too. Now for the next million, September 13, 2008 at my current rate. :-)
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