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I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI these
days:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit

Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With these
modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow SETI to use
otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on SETI and gone up from
14th place to 5th place in the team in less than a month.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

~misfit~ wrote:
> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI these
> days:
>
> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit
>
> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With these
> modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow SETI to use
> otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on SETI and gone up from
> 14th place to 5th place in the team in less than a month.
>
> Cheers,

think of the energy wasted.............clean and green and all that.....

regards

thing

Somewhere on teh interweb thingy typed:
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
>> these days:
>>
>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit
>>
>> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
>> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
>> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
>> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less
>> than a month. Cheers,
>
> think of the energy wasted.............clean and green and all
> that.....

There's actually not that much energy "wasted". I bought one of these a
while back when they were on "special":

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView....Max=&SUBCATID=

(Or go to jaycar.co.nz and search MS6115)

The difference between the PC just running Azureus and running SETI is just
a few watts.

It turns out that I can run SETI with the power I save from swapping *one*
incandescant lightbulb for a CFL. As I only have two incandescants in the
whole house (in places where they're only turned on momentarilly, spare room
and toilet) I figure I can run SETI using a small part of the energy I'm
saving on lighting.

Anyway, when we find the aliens they'll tell us how to sort out this mess
we've made.
--
TTFN,

Shaun.

"~misfit~" <> wrote in
news::

> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
> these days:
>
> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...823&offset=0&s
> ort_by=expavg_credit
>
> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less than
> a month.
>
> Cheers,

I run Folding. I would rather help Humans with a project that actually is
useful in the real world we live in today!
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=12519

--
Ciao, Dave

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:08:27 +1300, "~misfit~"
<> wrote:

>I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI these
>days:
>
>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit
>
>Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With these
>modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow SETI to use
>otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on SETI and gone up from
>14th place to 5th place in the team in less than a month.
>
>Cheers,

With all due respect, you climbed so rapidly because really only two
members have crunched any units in the last 12 months.

I am impressed by your number of recent completed units though.

Somewhere on teh interweb Peter H. typed:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:08:27 +1300, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote:
>
>> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
>> these days:
>>
>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit
>>
>> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
>> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
>> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
>> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less
>> than a month.
>
> With all due respect, you climbed so rapidly because really only two
> members have crunched any units in the last 12 months.

Hehee! I know. I also remember your gigantic contribution to SETI in the
"classic" days.

> I am impressed by your number of recent completed units though.

Yeah, thanks, and that's with me not running SETI for over a week in the
last month. This CPU really cranks them out. (I did maybe five units with a
Celeron 420, OCed to 2.13GHz I have here, then decided that it wasn't worth
the cost in electricity leaving it on). As /this/ machine is on 24/7 I
figured that, for the relatively small increase in running cost, I might as
well run SETI on it. The cooling's good, SETI runs both cores at about case
temp plus 18°C or so. With a 25cm fan built into the side of the case,
(iCute S901,
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf...2571ED000C70D2 )
case temp isn't far off room temp.

My current computer churns out roughly 7x the units my Barton did per day.
When you consider I started SETI with a 486 that took nigh-on three days to
do a (classic) WU and the Barton did a classic in 2 hours (or slightly less)
you can really see how far home computing has come. What took three days
with my first PC I can now do in 17 minutes.

Cheers,

Shaun.

~misfit~ wrote:

> Somewhere on teh interweb thingy typed:
>> ~misfit~ wrote:
>>> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
>>> these days:
>>>
>>>
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...=expavg_credit
>>>
>>> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
>>> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
>>> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
>>> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less
>>> than a month. Cheers,
>>
>> think of the energy wasted.............clean and green and all
>> that.....
>
> There's actually not that much energy "wasted". I bought one of these a
> while back when they were on "special":
>
>
http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView....Max=&SUBCATID=
>
> (Or go to jaycar.co.nz and search MS6115)
>
> The difference between the PC just running Azureus and running SETI is
> just a few watts.
>
> It turns out that I can run SETI with the power I save from swapping *one*
> incandescant lightbulb for a CFL. As I only have two incandescants in the
> whole house (in places where they're only turned on momentarilly, spare
> room and toilet) I figure I can run SETI using a small part of the energy
> I'm saving on lighting.
>
> Anyway, when we find the aliens they'll tell us how to sort out this mess
> we've made.

Hey, maybe they'll be just like us and no help at all (or worse?).
You might just pick up one of their broadcast reality shows or a re-run
of one of their cheesey sitcoms.

On 4 Dec 2007 19:15:42 +1300, Dave Taylor <>
wrote in <news:Xns99FCC3F4EF1FCdaveytaynospamplshot@203.97. 37.6>:

> "~misfit~" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
>> these days:
>>
>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...823&offset=0&s
>> ort_by=expavg_credit
>>
>> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
>> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
>> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
>> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less than
>> a month.
>>
>> Cheers,
>
> I run Folding. I would rather help Humans with a project that actually is
> useful in the real world we live in today!
> http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=12519

And a site that tells us what the project is and what it does and how it
is 'useful in the real world today' is .......?

--
Nicolaas.


.... All bleeding stops ... eventually.

Somewhere on teh interweb Dave Taylor typed:
> "~misfit~" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
>> these days:
>>
>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...823&offset=0&s
>> ort_by=expavg_credit
>>
>> Has everyone given up on the search for extraterrestrial life? With
>> these modern and efficient multi-core computers it's easy to allow
>> SETI to use otherwise-unused CPU cycles. I've put my Core 2 Duo on
>> SETI and gone up from 14th place to 5th place in the team in less
>> than a month.
>>
>> Cheers,
>
> I run Folding. I would rather help Humans with a project that
> actually is useful in the real world we live in today!
> http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=12519

It's good that there are different distributed computing programmes out
there so anyone can pick whichever they want without having to deride
someone else's choice.

So, do tell, what has Folding done for us? You say "actually useful in the
real world we live in *today*" (my emphasis). What benefit are people
reaping today? How do you "help Humans"? (other than the project organisers)

Also, is there a clause somewhere from Standford that says, if a
breakthrough is made that reaps billions of dollars, that they'll share it
with you? Or that your family will be first on the list to benefit if they
have a disease that this project finds a cure for? That little question is
the reason I don't "donate" my CPU cycles to anything that has the potential
to make people stinking rich. Especially when they're based in the US.
--
TTFN,

Shaun.

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"~misfit~" <> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh interweb Dave Taylor typed:
> > "~misfit~" <> wrote in
> > news::
> >
> >> I see that there are very few of us left crunching units for SETI
> >> these days:
> >>
> >> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_...823&offset=0&s
> >> ort_by=expavg_credit

Hmm.. OK, after not being involved for ages.. I am still 12th..

I'm back in.. and should shortly jump up the list.. Unless others join
me

Daniel