NEW !!! TechSpot SETI@HOME Team

[LNCPapa]

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

 

[MrGaribaldi]

Hehehe...

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

 

[lalaji]

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.

 

[lalaji]

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

 

[Didou]

So now you're running UD & SETI ?

How many machines are you running these on ?

 

[lalaji]

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

 

[Didou]

w00teh for the TS team !!!

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

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

 

[Didou]

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 ( Link provided by http://www.jurixt.com/xp/xp_18.htm ).

 

[Didou]

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 ?

 

[LNCPapa]

LOL - me too! j/k

 

[Didou]

*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

 

[Tarkus]

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?

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

 

[Didou]

-=( Update )=-

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

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 !!!

 

[MrGaribaldi]

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?

 

[Didou]

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

 

[MrGaribaldi]

LoL!
Oh, well... As long as he inactive in both...

 

[novicegamer]

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

 

[Didou]

The team page is HERE.

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.

 

[Didou]

w00teh

Hum...


We've reached 10K results !!!


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

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

 

[SNGX1275]

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

 

[MrGaribaldi]

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.....

 

[Didou]

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

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

 

[Masque]

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.....

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

 

[SNGX1275]

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

 

[MrGaribaldi]

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...