Seti ( not Settee )

[blobrana]

Happy birthday seti@home!

[From /. ]
     "Five years ago today, SETI@home launched a comprehensive program to search for Extra Terrestrial life in the universe, using millions of home computers to help compile useful data that could some day lead to the discovery of advanced extra terrestrial life. Since inception, SETI@home has found 2,568 persistent Gaussians, possible radio transmissions from a distant planet. SETI began in 1960 with the efforts of Cornell University astronomer Frank Drake, whose Project Ozma became the first modern SETI experiment in history."
[/From /. ]

Now where`s the drinks section? :pint:

[blobrana]

Hum

The team at SETI@Home have released their new client software based on the BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) software platform.

[Hum, shame it wasn`t BOING]

"This new platform  promises transparent version upgrades, more efficient work unit distribution, and the ability to seamlessly integrate other distributed computing projects that are also using the BOINC standard. For now, SETI@Home is allowing both the Classic and BOINC clients to run, but eventually they will shut down the Classic data server and force everyone to upgrade. You can read  more about the transition here. ”




[BTW, happy birthday, Quake]

[Dalamar]

Hmph!  That's a whole lot of clients I'm going to need to upgrade then.  Arg....

[blobrana]

Hum,
Are you getting the following error message and the seti program quits?

Unknown Fatal Error : 1

Don`t worry too much, it looks like it`s a problem with their site interface...

[graffias79]

Same problem here, I read on their site that they were updating the software client at some point as well.  Haven't checked that out yet, though.

-Jamie

[blobrana]

Hum,
that`s Seti back online now!

i`ve downloaded BOINC as well...
It can`t be run at the same time as seti, but it looks like a simple transafer process...activate acount and input your new ID number...(giving http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ as the URL)...

Looks good...

 :-)

[blobrana]

Hum,
i`ve just completed 1000 Seti@home  units...

I can now download, my `You are a super person` certificate...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

@Blobrana
with the new thread considering the possible discovery of extra-terrestial life, this thread cought my eye again, and especially the word "settee" in the title. What does that word mean if I may ask?

[X-ray]

(May I be so bold as to answer for the esteemed Blobzie)


@ Toy Boy: a settee is a furniture item, like what you would have in a lounge room. It is a seat for two or three people, usually watching TV.

[Karlos]

Also known as a couch, or a sofa ;-)

[blobrana]

Hum,
the inner encoded  meaning (apparent to any advanced sentient  being )is of course, `get up and do it...`

Settee/Couch is a metaphor for `relaxing and doing nothing`;
And Seti is an allegory for, er, `doing the work`...

[X-ray]

@ Blobzie

You mean a single word, in the title of a thread, is a metaphor? No phrase, no nothing?

Damn, woman, you're good!!

I've clearly got a lot to learn, so please be patient with me.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

@Blobrana,

Ach zo,
Yes, I've seen more often ambiguous postings and certain usage of metaphores from you.. I like 'em :lol:

(apparent to any advanced sentient  being )

Wiz a goud eunderstaending of ze Engliz laguasj zat is...

[JaXanim]

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned (or maybe it has...?)

'New Scientist' magazine reports that a radio signal noticed on three occasions is the best candidate yet for an ET message.

The signal comes from a point between PISCES AND Aries and has been observed for a total of about 60 seconds only, not enough time for a full analysis. However, it's unlikely to be radio interference or noise and it doesn't look like any known astronomical object.

Some people theorise that it could be a glitch in the Arecibo telescope, or simply an unknown astronomical phenomenon. SETI workers though, think it could be ET.

The signal has been named SHGbo2+14a and has a rapidly fluctuating frequency around 1420 MHz. This is one of the main Hydrogen emission frequencies and would be a 'logical frequency for aliens to announce their presence'.

Sorry if this is old news, but it appeared in yesterday's Yorkshire Post, one of the best regional newspapers in the UK.

Cheers,

JaX

[Cyberus]

Are SETI units transferrable?
I've got a load from when I was at Uni...

SEE HERE

[blobrana]

@Cyberus
>>transferrable

Yes , just plug youself in here.