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Monitor SETI command line client progress
Authored by: nxor on Mar 14, '03 11:17:52AM
I can't believe people shorten the life of their CPU running SETI. Besides, if we find aliens several light years away, what are we going to do about it?

If you're into distributed computing, there's Folding at home which simulates protein folding and related diseases. They've already had some success too.

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Monitor SETI command line client progress
Authored by: spenton on Mar 14, '03 01:01:47PM

>I can't believe people shorten the life of their CPU running SETI. Besides, if we find aliens several light years away, what are we going to do about it?

Hmm, well we could give them your address to put on their "stop by for
a checkup list". But, the point is, to try.

Do you really think that running SETI is going to shorten the lifetime of your precious CPU ? I've got a ten year old unix box that still scans the skys. Go ahead and toss a few poor scientists your extra CPU cycles, your CPU is not going to burn out. Your cat, really an alien, may however take a whiz on your keyboard.



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Monitor SETI command line client progress
Authored by: numpins on Mar 15, '03 01:44:13PM

If running SETI shortens the life of your CPU, how can you recommend people run another distributed computing client? Spenton is right; the CPU's life is _not_ shortened just because it's working. That's a CPU's job - to do "stuff."

Anyway, I wanted to use the Folding@Home client but it's not up to the standards of the distributed.net or SETI client. It's a more difficult to set up and the progress output is rather cryptic. S@H and F@H also need to provide options for portable users. I'd use those clients on my iMac but not my iBook. While d.net will realize that I'm running on battery power and pause, S@H and F@H will suck my battery dry.



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