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Updated: 25-Apr-2004 |
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SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is a scientific effort aiming to determine if there is intelligent life out in the universe. There are many methods that SETI scientific teams use to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Many of these search billions of radio frequencies that flood the universe, looking for another civilization that might be transmitting a radio signal. Other SETI teams search by looking for signals in pulses of light emanating from the stars. SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data off-line (you don't need to be connected to the Internet all the time). There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth. Seti@home runs on Windows, Macintosh and Unix/Linux systems.
Project PlanA history and future schedule of SETI@home: 1996: David Gedye, along with Craig Kasnoff, conceived the idea for SETI@home and formed the initial project team. A scientific plan was developed that received widespread academic support at the 5th International Conference in Bioastronomy in July 1996. 1997: The signal analysis code and prototypes of the client and server software were developed. 1998: Most of this year has been devoted to fundraising. In 9/98 we began working on the data recording system and on the final version of the client software. In 11/98 we plan to begin recording data and to begin testing the client software. 1999: From 1/99 through 3/99 we tested and debugged the client software, developed the final version of the server software, and prepared the web site for launch. The launch occurred on May 13. See the tech news for details of the many problems we experienced in 1999. 2000: The sky survey has been continuing. We've accumulated half a million years of CPU time and have half a million active volunteers crunching data. We've started the task of sorting through the 1.4 billion potential signals in our database to eliminate radio frequency interference (RFI), computer errors, and to search for signals that repeat. For more details of the analysis and the potential signals found see the Science Newsletters and What have we found? 2001 and beyond: Due to the incredible response we will be able to extend SETI@home past its initial two year life span. We're planning for SETI@home II now. We may increase our radio band coverage at Arecibo by adding another recorder system. We may add a recording system to a telescope in the southern hemisphere so we can see an entirely different part of the sky. We'll also add new features to our web site showing more details of the process of the analysis process, and show in more detail your personal contribution to SETI@home.
LinksFor more information about Seti@Home: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu About the future of Seti@Home in 2003: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/setifuture.html Seti Newsgroups:
:: My System Configuration - Updated @ Oct/2002 :: Currently, I have 3 computers working 24h a day, 7 days a week on the Seti@Home project: 1) DIEGO: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 512Mb Ram@333Mhz, 40Gb Hardrive, MSI GeForce 3 Ti200, WinXP Pro: about 4 hours per work unit. 2) ANGEL: Pentium III 600Mhz EB, 640Mb RAM@133Mhz, 8Gb Hardrive, Creative Graphics Blaster Riva TNT, WinXP Pro: about 12 hours per work unit. 3) FRANKY: AMD K6 266Mhz, 128Mb RAM@133Mhz, 2Gb Hardrive, Creative Graphics Blaster Riva TNT, WinXP Pro: about 40 hours per work unit. I accept any working hardware (old/new) to build more slave units for the Seti project :)
The SetiGate SolutionMy system can only work 24 hours per day on an offline network using the SetiGate from Grooteman Software Solutions! It is a very simple work unit caching software, that works with no problems. Highly recommended for anyone that loves the Seti project, and don't have a always-on connection to the internet! Click on one of the next two links, to learn how to install SetiGate with Seti@Home screen-saver version!
LinksThe homepage of SetiGate is: http://home.wanadoo.nl/rongrooteman/seti/ To download the latest version of SetiGate go to: |
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