Hi.

I thought that was funny: according to my CPU temperature history, it's definitely under less stress when doing SETI work (52 deg C) than during an Einstein interval (54 deg C), although both are using 100% of the CPU.

Has anybody else noticed this? Is there some information about this? Does anybody care? ;-)

My CPU probably has more fun to do SETI work, so it is more relaxed... :-O

I think it's because SETI is looking in the "blank space" between stars, where planets or spaceships might be, and Einstein is looking directly at the stars, which are much hotter. That's my theory anyway, and I'm sticking to it.

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Bill's theory has merit.

My theory is that in that gravity exerts more force over long distances this increases the electron friction. Where SETI@Home is not using gravity at all, in fact I believe that its primary focus is to use as much levity as possible ...

However, it is more likely that the Einstein@Home processing is actually using more of the circuitry of the CPU chip which means greater heat. In other words, the two programs are doing different work, both of which use up to 100% of the CPU time, but, some operations use more of the circuitry.

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Same here Cruncher.

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Bill's theory has merit.

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