sciforum seti crunchers

Just started using it. Pretty intresting. Can someone explain roughly what in the hell Im looking at?
 
I think its hundreds and thousands of computers crunching data gathered from various radio telescopes around the world and filtering out any possible signals that may appear to have been emited either deliberatly or accidentally by another sentiant being. I think that they are interested in some " special" frequencys that intelligent life would in their opinion be the most likely to transmit on. I think thats about it in a nutshell.
 
Sorry should of read your question more carefully, what your looking at is the data that your computer is crunching for SETI at that time. the box at the top tells you which bit of the universe you are number crunching. What the rest is - i have'nt a clue, but it looks cool. ;)
 
I'm trying to start crunching. I used to do it, but I'm having a problem. With the official client, when i run the installer, it says:

16 bit Windows Subsystem
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

Close Ignore

Which is upsetting to say the least.
I have tried also using the CLI version, recommended by wet1. But when trying to log in using that I enter all my information into the prompts and then it says No such file or directory when trying to connect. "Can't connect to server" and returns to the beginning.

Any ideas on how to get either to work? :) thanks
 
ah yeh sorry and I am running Win XP, and I have downloaded the correct version (in regards to the official client)

I have also btw, tried compatibility settings, in case anyone was thinkin a takin that route.
 
Just joined. As I'm doing it anyway, I thought I might as well add a bit more sense of purpose by joining the group.

Everyone elses CPU time per unit is like 10 hours... I don't get why because mine is like 3 hours 30 minutes.
 
Gondolin said:
Just started using it. Pretty intresting. Can someone explain roughly what in the hell Im looking at?
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your not looking at anything really, just visual representations of data being "crunched", best thing is not to try and interpret it, just leave it crunching away in the back ground and have your settings on automatic to allow SETI to access the net anytime it likes, then forget it. Mine is something like 7337 hours to date.
 
Red Devil said:
your not looking at anything really, just visual representations of data being "crunched", best thing is not to try and interpret it, just leave it crunching away in the back ground and have your settings on automatic to allow SETI to access the net anytime it likes, then forget it. Mine is something like 7337 hours to date.
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Let us know if you see something like the 'WOW' Signal on your computer screen. We might start getting excited then.

Novacane ;)
 
wet1 said:
All are invited to join the Sciforums team to crunch for SETI. If you are already doing this then you can join the team through the Berkeley Seti site. Should you need help then contact me.QUOTE]


Just joined Sciforums Seti team. I used to crunch data 10 or more years ago but stopped after I got my 500 cert. I was using a 333Mhz machine then. Got a little more horse power now. I loaded Seti this morning early and had 52 units before I joined Sciforums and they seem to have come over to the team. Anyway, hope I can contribute a wee bit.

T Rasa
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I think, until the new radio telescope is operational or the next set of kilometer RT are cranking....do not expect much results....

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Novacane said:
Let us know if you see something like the 'WOW' Signal on your computer screen. We might start getting excited then.

Novacane ;)
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That was oh so long ago. I removed seti from my pc a while back. I have 1gb ram and seti was filling me up stopping other programs from functioning proplery, took it out and everything went "back to normal". This was shortly after they changed to the "new" program biong or something or other.

The original program did not interfer with my pc at all, even in those days of steam driven number cruching.
 
Can somebody here enlighten me again why do we presume aliens might be using radio technology for interstellar communication?
 
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Can somebody here enlighten me again why do we presume aliens might be using radio technology for interstellar communication?
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Those of us who recall Star Trek film in which Enterprise encounters voyager on its way "home" will know that they found its transmissions in an "olde radio frequency" that went out before the founding of the Federation. In fact they would have missed it altogether if it hadn't been for a certain Vulcan with inquisitive ways.

What would replace radio, be instead of radio? Light is the nearest to "quick" at 186+kps. Even the Federation need rebro stations dotted across the known universe to be able to speak to each other.

I think we are listening for exactly what WE are sending out, filling the void with, entertainment comms, not necessarily voice to voice comms. In the film "Contact" Jodie Foster finds the rebroadcast 1936 Olympic Games broadcast with hidden mathematical equations buried inside the "rebro" - the aliens used our own technology to "come back" on.
 
Can somebody here enlighten me again why do we presume aliens might be using radio technology for interstellar communication?
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They proberly wouldn't use radio signals even radio signals between earth and the moon would be stretching the limit if your planning on direct and large transmissions, I believe their more hoping for leaks like red devil says
 
If some aliens get found on my computer time, can I name them or something?
 
NicK - yes, on the SETI site

GeoffP - There is something along those lines on the SETI site, or were.
 
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