posted 07-22-2001 22:51            

I have it running on a plethora of machines, and my fastest completion so far is like 10 hours, and that was on a 4 proc Xeon 550/1mb machine with a gig of RAM (backup DB).

Another weird thing is that my 750mhz laptop takes like 30 friggin hours...

posted 07-22-2001 23:19            

seriously though: I dont think SETI is configured to run on multiple processors, which is a shame. So the 550mgz machine was probably only running one processor at 550mgz.

There are a few things you have to do to get good times from SETI:

• 1) If you are running NT or 2000, run it as a service. Somewhere in the Tech forum there's detailed directions on how to do this.

• 2) If you run the screen saver version, make sure you have it set to blank screen. If you leave the display up, it actually increases your time by about %500 or more! I have no idea why... it just does.

• 3) Try to actually stay away from the computer periodically... if you (like me) have 3 people using your machine, it wont do a packet in less than 4 days While this doesn't affect the time (much) it does affect how often you turn in a result.
  

Oh yeah... SETI takes longer to run now than it did 6 months ago They wont accept the old version anymore, but if you were once getting 5 hour times, you wont anymore.

-Chris

posted 07-23-2001 21:09            

Unless you're saying its more trouble than its worth, or that you dont believe in its mission... in which case... a lot of people may agree with you

posted 07-24-2001 11:23            

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Originally posted by deeznuts:
i've just always thought it was pointless. in the time it would take radio waves to get here there's a good chance whatever planet these people are on isn't even there any more. even if it were, without some star trek-type warp drive or space folding tech, we'd never be able to talk with them. hell, any signal that made it this far would probably be so distorted we couldn't begin to decypher it anyways. if we can't talk or even just listen to me the couple of months worth of my processor's life isn't worth it. and as i said, it was my idol to smash for the day.

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Then I think you really ARE missing the point, deez. The ultimate point isn't to find, talk with, and trade recipes with aliens, it's simply to KNOW.

posted 07-24-2001 11:46            

*rev* *rev*

posted 07-24-2001 12:46         

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Originally posted by InThrees:
Then I think you really ARE missing the point, deez. The ultimate point isn't to find, talk with, and trade recipes with aliens, it's simply to KNOW.

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that's not much of a point. given the size of the universe it's almost certain that there is life out there - somewhere. by analyzing radio waves you're not showing that there is life out there. you're just showing that there are radio emmisions that don't fit everything we know about all the cosmic crap floating around. it could be the echos of another civilization, it could be a new form of star, or it could be intergalactic line noise.

posted 07-24-2001 16:39            

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Originally posted by LaMFear:
Hmmm... I just had a thought. Why don't they develop a seti client that runs on Cisco's IOS? Now THAT would be interesting. I have no idea what kind of CPU's the average Cisco router/switch has, but in most companies there are a LOT of them, so that should count for something...

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Let's see, my companies'PIX FW has a pentium 233mhz, and our 7206VXR has a 266MHZ RISC processor... Not very quick.

On the flipside, most versions of IOS a pretty lightweight...

posted 07-25-2001 06:37            

T1 at work.
Cable at home.
DSL at parents house.

posted 08-14-2001 11:20           

HA

HAA

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-clmE

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