Comments on: Across the Universe… http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Parker http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Parker Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:32:29 +0000 http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/#comment-2461 I find the graphic screensaver oddly relaxing, but yeah, I'll probably switch to something that actually helps people before long. I find the graphic screensaver oddly relaxing, but yeah, I’ll probably switch to something that actually helps people before long.

]]> By: sschroeder http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 sschroeder Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:09:55 +0000 http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/#comment-2460 I think I found your stats page: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu//show_user.php?userid=8687327 SETI@Home used to track CPU hours in addition to work units (which was nice if your machine was a bit slower). I don't think they do that with the current system. The current system is also incompatible with the credits from the old system. Perhaps that was necessary, but I don't think that change was popular. They preserved the legacy tallies for veteren users, as you can see on my stats page, but just counting credits now isn't as cool for some reason: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu//show_user.php?userid=300710 I pretty much retired from participating shortly after switching to the new set up. My computer is old and doesn't agree with BOINC so well. And, as you say, this project doesn't seem like a great use of CPU time. Some of the other projects they have now could be more interesting. When I was doing SETI@Home, or in the wake of losing interest in it, I looked into a bunch of other distributed computing projects, many of which don't even exist any more: Popular Power, Process Power, distributed.net, Genome@home, Folding@home, GRID.org, DCypher.net. I think at least one of them had the ambition to try and pay people for their CPU time. I don't think that worked out in the end. So if SETI doesn't feel like a good fit, you might be able to find something else. It probably won't have the big competitive user base that SETI has, and so that might trap you for a while longer. I think I found your stats page:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu//show_user.php?userid=8687327

SETI@Home used to track CPU hours in addition to work units (which was nice if your machine was a bit slower). I don’t think they do that with the current system. The current system is also incompatible with the credits from the old system. Perhaps that was necessary, but I don’t think that change was popular. They preserved the legacy tallies for veteren users, as you can see on my stats page, but just counting credits now isn’t as cool for some reason:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu//show_user.php?userid=300710

I pretty much retired from participating shortly after switching to the new set up. My computer is old and doesn’t agree with BOINC so well. And, as you say, this project doesn’t seem like a great use of CPU time. Some of the other projects they have now could be more interesting.

When I was doing SETI@Home, or in the wake of losing interest in it, I looked into a bunch of other distributed computing projects, many of which don’t even exist any more: Popular Power, Process Power, distributed.net, Genome@home, Folding@home, GRID.org, DCypher.net. I think at least one of them had the ambition to try and pay people for their CPU time. I don’t think that worked out in the end.

So if SETI doesn’t feel like a good fit, you might be able to find something else. It probably won’t have the big competitive user base that SETI has, and so that might trap you for a while longer.

]]> By: Parker http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Parker Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/#comment-2436 I hadn't- how cool! Thanks for the heads up, Spencer! I hadn’t- how cool! Thanks for the heads up, Spencer!

]]> By: Spencer Curran http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Spencer Curran Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:55:09 +0000 http://www.parkerspace.com/2007/09/10/across-the-universe/#comment-2435 dn't know if you've already seen this Jeff, <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/10/365-reasons-to-love-comics-253/" rel="nofollow">but guess who's a reason to love comics?</a> dn’t know if you’ve already seen this Jeff, but guess who’s a reason to love comics?

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