Hey guys, I just created a SETI@HOME Team for us because I restarted a new account because I forgot my old webmail password.

If anyone is willing to join our team ...

Techspot Team homepage (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_148104.html)

:)

See you soon on SETI@HOME and IRC ;)

2 members & counting :D

3

*yoink*

4...as soon as I get my password...

How about the cancer research screensaver one. That way it is for something more tangible than SETI?

Or have I just offended heaps of trekkies out there? :D

don't even knwo about it :p

The problem is the following :

If I run such a screensaver and they find something and I then I have a cancer THEY fill have MAX PROFIT and I will pay MAX PRICE to be healed anyway ...

SETI is not a project that is likely to make much money of our results ...

What do u say about it ?

I think on occasion some of the dirt in the appartment that I used to share with Elros could have been classified as extra terrestrial life as there was certainly nothing like it else where in the world... ;)
I don't think my computer on a 56k connection that isn't cheap to connect over would be of much use to Seti... or Elros's Athlon 800 on ADSL for that matter :eek: :rolleyes:

SETI doesn't use much bandwidth. You download packets from the SETI server ( WUs = Work Units, they're generally 340k ) & from there the program starts analysing it.

It takes about 4 / 6 hours for a good CPU to complete one unit. During that time, the PC doesn't have to be connected to the net at all.

Once the packet has been analysed, the results will be sent to the server ( takes less time then the packet download ) & you credited with the completion of one Unit.:)

I hope this might convince some people to join.:D

I just joined the team :) I'm a first timer though so I'm not contributing to the team much for now, however since I got cable now I will be on 24/7... will give you guys a post tomorrow, ouch 5am already !

WAIT! Before anyone else joins this team please take a look at our newer team...

New Team (http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2401)

I should have done this earlier - didn't think.

LNCPapa

I could switch to the Cancer Research team, no problem. However I believe we must decide first which one we will go for from the beginning...

Once we got a lot of members in, we could diversify efforts but in order to grow up faster in quantity we better have only one project for now. I'll let you guys decide :D Also take in consideration the popularity and availability of clients for each of the programs, of course, we could run a secondary team (in this case for example, there is no Windows client for joining the UD Cancer team).

Also, it would help a lot if people already running these clients join our team, that way we could boost our stats.

Last but not least... how much time is one of those SETI units supposed to take to complete? My PC is only 38% done and it has been running for more than 10 hours - (Athlon XP 1600+, 512mb RAM, KT333 mobo, etc, etc.)

I believe SETI units would finish in around 4 / 5 hours on such a machine. The time is affected by the runing apps in the background / foreground. If you're doing a lot of Photoshop at the same time, it clearly will take some more time.

As most people do when they start, I suppose you're running the GUI client ( same as the screensaver ). The CLI ( Command Line Interface ) is much faster & it can be used along with 3rd party tools. It can even run as a service.

Here's an article on how to get maximum performance for SETI -> How do I get SETI@Home up and running under Windows? (http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=68)
It also explains how to create a WU cache ( when you want to download more then one unit at a time ).

That's the only thing missing with UD. It's newer then SETI so there aren't many 3rd party tools available for it.

Originally posted by TS | Julio
in this case for example, there is no Windows client for joining the UD Cancer team
There's no other than Windows client right now. I'm running it in Window$ emulator in Linux. :)

I followed those instructions on Anand's site and I'm using the command based program now, much faster for sure... my recommendation to all people joining.

I seem to have completed my first package, how often is that page on the SETI website updated btw? I would love to see my name going up a few positions in the next couple of weeks for sure ;) hehe, let's start this thing rolling !

The team's page only updates manually. the owner ( in this case DigitAlex ) has te renew it every time.

You can always hassle him on the IRC channel to do it more often. After all, he's always asking Papa to update the IRC stats.;)

I've taken a break of SETI for the moment & am running UD right now.

Let me start the SETI hall of fame ;)

http://www.ping.be/~pin12042/images/seti/Seti-100-results.jpg

http://www.ping.be/~pin12042/images/seti/Seti-250-results.jpg

http://www.ping.be/~pin12042/images/seti/Seti-500-results.jpg

Talking of dirt classified as extra-terrestrial, I seem to remember Arris's dirty dishes containing a form of mould that could have been a cure for cancer. Shame we threw it out. :D

I suppose dividing our resources means spreading them thinly, but on the plus side, it does mean helping more people, since that is the main aim, rather than a wee competition to see who can do the most work? ;)

I reckon if ET is out there, he can give us a call, the cheap sod! :D

Well, I got the CLI up and running ok w/ SETIDriver. I'm looking at 3 hours and 30 mins per work unit. Haha! Beat that Julio...:D

I also joined the anandtech team, just for the heck of it.

Originally posted by Vehementi
I also joined the anandtech team, just for the heck of it.
Also?
;)
Check Techspot's team page.. :rolleyes:

:eek: dang it maybe I can only join one team...phooey!

Back to TS I go then...

Even though I have fully dedicated the past couple of weeks on completing SETI work units, I have now switched to the UD Cancer Research team and I would recommend most people to do so as well.

Though it's hard to put your efforts behind and start from zero on this new project, I would still recommend you to do so as we will be unifying forces once I start promoting the "Team TechSpot" on the site and it's much more likely it's going to be either UD or Folding but definitely not SETI.

And of course, you will also want to switch inmediately considering that we are a few weeks away from promoting the team officially and you won't want to run at the bottom of the charts :D

Originally posted by TS | Julio
but definitely not SETI.


:eek:

I guess I'll just switch to UD then...

A little update on the small SETI@Home team.;)

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_148104.html

We should all congratulate Papa for passing the 2K mark a little while ago. I think SETI@Home is only running on his Mac machines due to the lack of an UD client on MacOS.

A big :grinthumb to Timmoore who's nearing 500 returned results allready. Keep crunching those packets & keep those CPUs heated.

We're also nearing 6K returned results for the whole team. So whoever is interested, download the CLI client & start looking for little green neighbours.:D

Blimey, Tim is working fast! He won't overtake me just yet, but if he keeps this up...

*looks around the room to see if he can't build another machine to look for ET's*

Wheeee!!! I broke 2000! Guess I need to keep a closer eye on this one.

Hehehe...

Too bad I couldn't build another machine for crunching...
(Powerbill is way too high!)

Im trying to join the team but it keeps saying my user name(email) and pw are unknown... i guess their database isnt intantly updated and i have to wait for them to add me? I guess ill just try to join later.

I figured it out... now we rollin 13 deep.

So now you're running UD & SETI ?

How many machines are you running these on ?

Im running UD on my Desktop, and Seti on my Laptop.

Well, we've made it to 6K results & counting.:D

Congrats to all the "active" members of the team.:grinthumb

I'm currently running SETI@Home from a RamDrive, but I don't know if it has a big impact on times.

If you wish to try it out, download the free RamDrive utility from Microsoft ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257405&SD=MSKB& ).

Install it following the ReadMe, instructions & enable it by changing the registry key :

"HKey Local Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fastfat\Start"

from 4 to 1.

PS. You are limited to 32mb with this utility, or you can download another one here (http://www.jurixt.com/ftp/ramdisk.zip) ( Link provided by http://www.jurixt.com/xp/xp_18.htm ).

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/virus.html

Over the past few weeks we've been getting reports from users who found unauthorized installations of SETI@home on their systems. It should be made clear that this is not due to a security flaw in SETI@home itself, but a flaw in your system that allows viruses to infiltrate and install our software. As well, this seems to be only a problem for people using Windows operating systems.

In one case, a user found a Windows command line client running under the name "cpuidle" in the directory:


D:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\CPUIDLE

There is a real program out there called "cpuidle" - this particular infection was running SETI@home under this same name to confuse the user into thinking it was the valid "cpuidle" and not a fake one.

Another user claimed that they got infected this way over an IRC channel.

Why didn't I think of that ? ;)

LOL - me too! j/k

*Update*

I'd like to welcome Spike, Dantrag & AcidOsmosis to the team. We need all the crunching power we can get.;)

We're closing in on the 10K Mark.:grinthumb

Originally posted by Didou
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/virus.html



Why didn't I think of that ? ;)

I thought you did, how do you explain all of those extra results that show up on your machine? :D

I'm still busy with UD cancer research. I sense a more realistic payoff than crunching space static.

Well we've passed the 8 years of computing time barrier ( Papeh provided 4 years by himself :eek: ).

We also have some new members crunching -> Sngx & Acid ( Smoking !!! ).

Mic is also back after a small hiatus.:grinthumb

Next Milestone -> 10K results so keep those CPUs busy !!!

Cool!

And nice to see that more are joining us!
(Yeah, I know I haven't been reading this thread for a while...)

But it's pretty sad that the "owner" of the team isn't crunching anymore... Didou, can't you whoop him over the head with a keyboard until he starts crunching again?;)

DA hasn't really been crunching anything anymore. He's also the "owner" of the UD team.;)

LoL!
Oh, well... As long as he inactive in both... ;) :D

I have been trying to join the team but am haveing trouble figuring out how or where to find the right link

The team page is HERE (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_148104.html).

Just click on Join & you're good to go.:)

PS. You should wait for the page to update to show up in the list, it's not updated real-time.

Hum...


We've reached 10K results !!!


Thx to everyone who has crunched & to those who are still crunching.:D

Let's keep those CPUs busy & keep those Aliens on the run.

I'm about to break 100 results :) Just submitted my 93rd

Welcome aboard!

The more the merrier, and maybe we'll be the lucky group to find us some ET's... :)

If we do, what should we call them? "TechSpotians" could be one solution, though not sure how glad Julio'd be about that if they turned out to be hostile..... ;):D

I don't want to find ET. I like the ones in Mars Attacks.:D

"Can't we all just ... get along ?";)

Originally posted by MrGaribaldi
If we do, what should we call them? "TechSpotians" could be one solution, though not sure how glad Julio'd be about that if they turned out to be hostile..... ;):D

I'm thinking "Juliotians" will be the next big catch-phrase. :haha:

You guys know the winning result is going to be turned in by my parents P2 300 right? :P

LoL...

I seem to recall from when I was running SETI at such a box that it took closer to 20 hours to complete one block.... Or am I way off base?


Juliotians... Well, it has a certain ring to it... And it excludes us from bad press if they turn out ot be hostile... Doesn't sound bad to me... ;) :D