Hi,

I started a team at the SETI home page for actors to help find intelligent life in the universe. The url is here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=119197

Space is huge, and to search radio signals from space for any possiblility of intelligence takes a lot of computer time. You can help by joining the team and add a fraction of your computers power to numbercrunching the data. The little program that gets the data, crunches it, and sends it back to SETI is very non-intrusive. I leave it running all the time, even when working during the day, and I never notice a slow down. To learn more about SETI (as seen in the movie Contact with Jodie Foster) go here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/


Thanks and Kind Regards,
Donald C. Foley

Home: www.donaldcfoley.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm1975841/

I used to have that running all the time. :cool:

Can't install it on my current workmachines. :no:

Must... find... intelligent... life. Lord knows we need more here on Earth. http://www.stevenrichards.com/images/smiley_pac.gif

Plus we need to find more audiences for our work!

so about this program that's installed on my machine feeding information to Berekely....

What does it do exactly?

analyzes radio signals for regularities. lots of signals.

What does it do exactly?

SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses 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.

When you run SETI@home on your computer, it will use part of the computer's CPU power, disk space, and network bandwidth. You can control how much of your resources are used by SETI@home, and when it uses them.

Think millions of Jodie Fosters from "Contact" all looking through the data from that huge freaking radio dish from "007:Golden Eye".

<whisper>You've gotta speak in terms they understand</whisper>

;)

Yes, I know what SETI is, but I personally don't feel comfortable installing an application on my pc the opens a portal to another network.

That's just my thoughts coming from the Technology Risk Management field.

Hi CootDog,

That is certainly a valid concern. You could go look at the site, and see what they say about it. I am pretty comfortable with it because I belief the source is a valid trusted organization, but certainly there are always risks when computers are involved. In the end, I guess for me it is worth the slight risk to be a part of something so cool. I have always loved space stuff, so this was right up my alley. I would love to have you on the team, but I understand where you are coming from.

Kind Regards,
Donald C. Foley

Home: www.donaldcfoley.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm1975841/