SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific area whose
goal is to detect intelligent life outside Earth. One approach, known as radio
SETI, uses radio telescopes to listen for narrow-bandwidth radio signals from
space. Such signals are not known to occur naturally, so a detection would
provide evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/index.php
OK, I used to do this, but a software issue made it a problem, now they write, after over a year. So I tried the new program, and it works.
ever see CONTACT? remember the line:
S.R. Hadden: They still want an American to go, Doctor. Wanna take a ride?
I wont get that chance, but, every little bit helps. SO JOIN UP!!!
APril 16, 2008
Dear jbeckhamlat:
We'd like to invite you to reconnect with SETI@home. Our records show that you've been with SETI@home since 28 August 1999, but it's been 386 days since you last returned a work unit. We want you back, and here's why:
These are exciting times for SETI@home. Last year we implemented a new SETI@home data recorder at the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. This recorder is attached to a state-of-the-art multibeam receiver, so we can now measure signals from 7 positions on the sky at once, with greater sensitivity to weak signals compared to the data from the flat feed antenna we've used since 1999. We've greatly increased the sensitivity of our data analysis, and the likelihood that we'll find the first signs of extraterrestrial life. We're also close to releasing a second application, Astropulse, which will look for extremely short pulses of astronomical (and possibly intelligent) origin.
With these new developments comes an increase in required computing power, for which we depend on people like you. We hope you will consider signing back on with SETI@home, and help in this wonderful scientific venture.
If you experienced problems running SETI@home, please try any of the resources listed at: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_help.php including the new BOINC Online Help System which lets you talk live, over the Internet, with a help volunteer: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/help.php
We thank you for your involvement in SETI@home, and hope that you rejoin us in our search for signals from other worlds.
-- The SETI@home team
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