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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:24 am

Hubby has just installed this new program on the computer in the lounge (He's a total geek and we have computers everywhere, biggest in lounge)
This program searches for life beyond this planet. Rolling Eyes

The sad thing is, he's really excited coz he thinks he's going to find something.

I'll let you know if he does, don't hold your breath though Wink

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:45 am

Does his equiptment rival NASA's? cauze they haven't found any thing yet. Then again I really don't believe much of what the gov. tells me any way. Wink

On a more serious note. When my son was about 2 and a 1/2 he woke me up to tell me about the glowie light outside his window and the funny looking little people that were in his room. We never watched a UFO show or talked about aliens when he was that age. He was adament about what he saw and could describe it in detail. I believe there's something out there. But most people consider me a nut case so I don't know what this post is worth to you.
I'd look in every now and again to see what's up on this thread.

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:35 am

I had Seti@home running on several computers on the job - was kinda fun getting in the top 100 (of users sending in the most number of finished analyzed packets) but never found anything (nor did anyone else up to now).

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:25 am

icrighthruU wrote:

On a more serious note.
(...)
funny looking little people
(...)
I believe there's something out there.
(...)
most people consider me a nut case

You don't say?

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:09 am

wokabo wrote:

but never found anything (nor did anyone else up to now).

Hubby's convinced he's gonna be the first to find 'something'

I'm getting the scones ready to welcome them Shocked

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:30 am

People who run SETI make people who play the lottery look smart. Wink

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:42 pm

I love the way it makes the electrickery bill increase cos you daren't shut down the computer in case you miss the packet of data that contains ET.

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:34 pm

kleindoofy wrote:

People who run SETI make people who play the lottery look smart. Wink

Oi! I used to run that Evil or Very Mad

But seriously, I ran it as a screensaver because it look pretty impressive, but still wasn't useful. Once they lost the pretty graphics I stopped running it.

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 5:30 pm

My nephew insists that the bogeyman lives under his bed and comes out every night to gobble him up. He's never seen a TV program on the bogeyman..... Shocked

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

ahhh seti - what will they do when they do get a signal - we cant even get on with the neighbours we already have.

I used to use thegrid - they do the same but for cancer research and i find that much more rewarding - if it helps one person its worth it, but aliens no offence but pah - plus bet if we get invited for dinner we're likely to be the main course.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 2300

Used to run seti@home until they switched over to boinc.

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:23 pm

kleindoofy wrote:

People who run SETI make people who play the lottery look smart. Wink

I didn't run it to find anything ETish, I did it just for the stats (contesting my overseas colleague).

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:32 pm

it wasn't me wrote:

I'm getting the scones ready to welcome them Shocked

We like the little raisin ones. Wink

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:38 pm

Well at least we know from Hollywood that if theyre unfriendly and try to attack we just have to use a Linux laptop with a jolly roger virus to defeat them...

..Or we could just redirect them to Lagos with an email client. Laughing

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:41 pm

^^^

Radden and I would rather use Windows..

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:50 pm

You can't compile properly on windows though, so you'd have to make sure the kernel was the right one to interface with their ship, oh yes and make sure you take all 3billion cable possibilities along to ensure you can get proper connectivity (not all ETs are bluetooth capable) Wink

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:53 pm

^^

What if my IP router is not compatible with my Ethernet LAN configuration. Can Linux offer a SCSI or USB port that will modulate within the parameters of my specified DOS protocol?

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:00 pm

If not we could always just make moses run up to their ship with a long wire, shouting "OUT OUT DEMONS OF STUPIDITY!!"

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:08 pm

My neighbor works for MS and has assured me that ET runs windows. Something about Bill and a monopoly or something. I didn't understand all the technical jargon but I trust him. Very Happy

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:14 pm

I do hope you've seen proper ID BAWare so it's 100% risky free

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:30 pm

Dionysius wrote:

Once they lost the pretty graphics I stopped running it.

Don't know if it's Seti, Yeti or Betty he's running, but it does have very pretyy graphics! A bit like those graphic equalizers you had (or was that just me?) in hte car to look cool when you were 18 and thought you were hot.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:58 am

I think it would be great for a world unification strategy if we all found a common purpose, which would unite all countries in a imilar objective.

War with an alien race seems like a winner to me - and by all accounts the search may be over.

Given the prospect of alien life in this new planet orbiting Gliese 876 I think it would be nice if the world could join hands and give blessings to the children of tomorrow who will eventually set off to obliterate all life on that planet with a huge interstellar nuclear arsenal.

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

I crawled my way to 1000 SETI units, but I could never get BOINC to run properly.

Last I heard, even though the human race puts out vast quantities of radio noise, our current technology could not detect it at distances we might expect ET to be. So any signals that we might receive would have to be sent out on purpose. We have sent out exactly one such signal, for maybe a few hours. It is very much like looking for a needle in a haystack and SETI makes a lot of guesses about what a signal will look like. The good thing about SETI@Home is that the massive processor power allowed them to make a few less guesses. Even so, they would have to be amazingly lucky to pick up a signal, even if ETI is common and the nearest compatible ET planet is actively trying to talk to us.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:26 pm

What ever to all of this. All I know is if I were an alien and saw the bs that goes on down here on this planet I'd fly home and stay far away.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:41 am

^^^good point Crying or Very sad

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