re: setiathome

re: setiathome

[Jude DaShiell]

setiathome is one of a few ongoing distributed computing projects.  The 
goal of this project is to locate extraterestrial communications in space. 
Linux can run software as well as other operating systems to do this work 
once it's downloaded onto your computer.  The software is supposed to do 
its work when the computer is left on line and unused.  If other more 
complex tasks are ongoing then it's supposed to go inactive.  The software 
downloads files from astronomy observatories and then does the analysis on 
what was found in those files then reports the analysis back to another 
site.  I figure others on other worlds have managed to do travel between 
star systems and probably don't even use radio spectrum for communications 
because of the slow speed of communications.  I've got no idea what's 
being used but I also think just on the odd chance we manage to find 
another world with beings at or a little beyond our stage of development 
this project might work.

Re: setiathome

[Glenn Ervin at Home]

I don't know how it will work in Linux, but in windblows, it took me to 0
system resources on a daily basis, and I ad to re-boot to be able to do
anything with my computer.
A 1.7 ghz P4 processor, & 256 MB ram.
On broad band.
Glenn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: re: setiathome


setiathome is one of a few ongoing distributed computing projects.  The
goal of this project is to locate extraterestrial communications in space.
Linux can run software as well as other operating systems to do this work
once it's downloaded onto your computer.  The software is supposed to do
its work when the computer is left on line and unused.  If other more
complex tasks are ongoing then it's supposed to go inactive.  The software
downloads files from astronomy observatories and then does the analysis on
what was found in those files then reports the analysis back to another
site.  I figure others on other worlds have managed to do travel between
star systems and probably don't even use radio spectrum for communications
because of the slow speed of communications.  I've got no idea what's
being used but I also think just on the odd chance we manage to find
another world with beings at or a little beyond our stage of development
this project might work.



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RE: setiathome

[Sina Bahram]

Don't set it to run all the time, but only when screen reader is active.

Take care,
Sina

No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of
electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:54 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: setiathome


I don't know how it will work in Linux, but in windblows, it took me to 0
system resources on a daily basis, and I ad to re-boot to be able to do
anything with my computer. A 1.7 ghz P4 processor, & 256 MB ram. On broad
band. Glenn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: re: setiathome


setiathome is one of a few ongoing distributed computing projects.  The goal
of this project is to locate extraterestrial communications in space. Linux
can run software as well as other operating systems to do this work once
it's downloaded onto your computer.  The software is supposed to do its work
when the computer is left on line and unused.  If other more complex tasks
are ongoing then it's supposed to go inactive.  The software downloads files
from astronomy observatories and then does the analysis on what was found in
those files then reports the analysis back to another site.  I figure others
on other worlds have managed to do travel between star systems and probably
don't even use radio spectrum for communications because of the slow speed
of communications.  I've got no idea what's being used but I also think just
on the odd chance we manage to find another world with beings at or a little
beyond our stage of development this project might work.



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Re: setiathome

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

In Linux it is not even noticeable. I have been running
setiathome for three weeks now with no noticeable impairment of
functioning here. It only briefly uses connectivity to download a
data set of about 350K and then usually hours later it uploads
the results and discards the data. Very nice. In fact it is
maximum "nice", which is 19. Check "man nice"

My average load pins the needle at 1.0 for one, five, and fifteen
minute periods, but as soon as I initiate something else,
setiathome steps aside with no arguments.

A bunch of speakuppers are constantly on the lookout for those
little green men, myself included.


On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote:

> I don't know how it will work in Linux, but in windblows, it took me to 0
> system resources on a daily basis, and I ad to re-boot to be able to do
> anything with my computer.
> A 1.7 ghz P4 processor, & 256 MB ram.
> On broad band.
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:30 PM
> Subject: re: setiathome
>
>
> setiathome is one of a few ongoing distributed computing projects.  The
> goal of this project is to locate extraterestrial communications in space.
> Linux can run software as well as other operating systems to do this work
> once it's downloaded onto your computer.  The software is supposed to do
> its work when the computer is left on line and unused.  If other more
> complex tasks are ongoing then it's supposed to go inactive.  The software
> downloads files from astronomy observatories and then does the analysis on
> what was found in those files then reports the analysis back to another
> site.  I figure others on other worlds have managed to do travel between
> star systems and probably don't even use radio spectrum for communications
> because of the slow speed of communications.  I've got no idea what's
> being used but I also think just on the odd chance we manage to find
> another world with beings at or a little beyond our stage of development
> this project might work.
>
>
>
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RE: setiathome

[Luke Davis]

Sina Bahram wrote:

> Don't set it to run all the time, but only when screen reader is active.

Uh, for most of us, that is pretty much all the time.
However, when it comes to screen savers...

Luke

RE: setiathome

[Sina Bahram]

Uhh: oops...i think this is where I seriously go, what in the world was I
smoking? *chuckling* wow if I wasn't feeling so stupid, this is kinda
hilarious.

Sorry guys, I meant screen saver....

Take care,
Sina

No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of
electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Luke Davis
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:59 AM
To: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: RE: setiathome


Sina Bahram wrote:

> Don't set it to run all the time, but only when screen reader is 
> active.

Uh, for most of us, that is pretty much all the time.
However, when it comes to screen savers...

Luke

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Re: setiathome

[Thomas Stivers]

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on Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 03:23:38AM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote:
> Uhh: oops...i think this is where I seriously go, what in the world was I
> smoking? *chuckling* wow if I wasn't feeling so stupid, this is kinda
> hilarious.
> 
> Sorry guys, I meant screen saver....

Well since I usually turn off the screen when using a screen reader they
serve much the same purpose. Just so you won't feel too far off.
*chuckle*

- -- 
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

Thomas Stivers	e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org
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