Thread 'Why am I doing this?'

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rock0 Send message Joined: 27 Dec 17 Posts: 1	Message 85013 - Posted: 6 Mar 2018, 15:56:47 UTC I have been doing SETI for a number of years. Altho my scorecard reads Dec. 2017, I started way before that. I rejoined in 2017. I have put in a lot of SETI hours, but why. What exactly am I doing? No one has explained what my computer is used for, other than searching for ET and the gang. Would some like explain too to me what I am contributing to? I know the screensaver, is just a screensaver and nothing else. Looks nice, drives my dog crazy. Thanks in advance Greg in Massachusetts [email protected][/url] ID: 85013 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 10 Dec 12 Posts: 323	Message 85050 - Posted: 8 Mar 2018, 7:19:09 UTC To "Greg in Massachusetts" Your question might best be answered on the SETI@Home forums, however looking HERE ight be a start. ID: 85050 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 10 Dec 12 Posts: 323	Message 85069 - Posted: 9 Mar 2018, 12:04:14 UTC Of course he also said Publishing this paper won't mark the end of SETI@home. It may continue indefinitely. However, it will probably undergo a major transformation soon - new telescopes, new frequency bands, new front-end algorithms - that will effectively start a new experiment. We need to finish the original experiment. ID: 85069 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5129	Message 85071 - Posted: 9 Mar 2018, 12:11:33 UTC And David is still actively working on Nebula. He wrote this three days ago (in the repository, not on the web site): Eliminate separate program versions for SERENDIP Before: SAH/S6 differences (e.g. data parameters) were implemented as #ifdefs, so we had to compile separate versions of all the programs. This was unwieldy, and would get worse as we add data sources. As you noticed (you have a 'special fundraiser' icon), SETI is preparing to add Parkes (southern hemisphere) as a data source. That's never been searched before. ID: 85071 ·

betreger Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 18 Oct 14 Posts: 1487	Message 85084 - Posted: 9 Mar 2018, 16:52:54 UTC - in response to Message 85073. If we don't look we will never find, but why waste any more time or money after 18 years?? I continue the search because it's fun. ID: 85084 ·

Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 12 Dec 17 Posts: 70	Message 86687 - Posted: 26 Jun 2018, 13:26:04 UTC - in response to Message 85084. Last modified: 26 Jun 2018, 13:30:38 UTC If we don't look we will never find, but why waste any more time or money after 18 years?? I continue the search because it's fun. I agree. If it was not for the forums I would have logged out years ago and turned off the cruncher. I feel the posts with other people help keep this endeavor worth persuing. Not just the idea of you doing this group science project. ID: 86687 ·

Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 12 Jul 14 Posts: 220	Message 86728 - Posted: 28 Jun 2018, 1:23:08 UTC - in response to Message 86687. Ditto. The mind is a weird and mysterious place ID: 86728 ·

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