Hello everyone...
I thought about the SETI project and decided this was a very worthwhile
project, so I setup a team for our group: Team NOSPIN.
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?cmd=team_lookup&name=Team+NOSPIN
I have added SETI to my personal computer and my server. So, for now we have
two members to the team. I hope a few more of you will join me in this project
and join the team. We have enough computing power in this group to really make
a difference in this competition, if I can motivate you to join me. This would be
a wonderful time for everyone to contribute the free time their computer has
each day, (it will run as a screen saver), and give The NOSPIN Group some
visibility on the Internet.
What is SETI?
Seti is the "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence." By 1992, this project was funded
by the US government with a mere $10 million and the funding was withdrawn in
1993. Since then SETI became a private, non-profit foundation and needs the
support of everyone who wants an answer to the question, "Does intelligent life
exist in the Universe?" Today, SETI has this program to have the data they
receive processed by individuals like you and me. You download the small
client software package they offer, it downloads a package of data, processes
it on your system and then it uploads it back to SETI. If you find that signal
from outer-space, that voice sending a signal to earth, SETI will give you credit
for the find.
SETI's Mission
Seti has stated they will take every effort to verify an incoming signal is real,
then they will release the information to the world, as the information belongs
to everyone.
I believe the group has a noble mission with good intent. That is why I got
involved and I hope you will join me. Besides, we can all gather together
in a team for the fun of it. Our thousands of readers could really make a
difference in SETI's quest, while placing us, as a group, at the top of the
Team rankings. This is rather fun after all.
How do you get involved?
Go to Seti's web site, download the proper client for your system. Set it up
with their easy instructions. Once you have downloaded your first packet,
you can then go to our Team page at SETI, (the URL is listed above), and
join our team. I hope to see all the great members of PCSOFT in our ranks
at SETI. http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Thanks
Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group
At 07:32 AM 5/19/99 , you wrote:
>At 05:40 PM 5/18/99 EDT, you wrote:
>
>I'm running this right now. I think it is a good cause to contribute all
>those otherwise wasted CPU cycles to. It runs just like any other
>screen-saver.
>When it is installed, it replaces your existing screen-saver (if any). If
>you wish to change to another screen-saver temporarily, you can still go to
>Control Panel, Display, Screen saver and change to whatever screen saver
>you want. Note the SETIi@Home screen saver name so you can change back to
>it again.
>
>>SETI@home is a free screensaver program for personal
>>computers that will allow people everywhere to join the
>>search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It will be available
>>Monday, May 17.
>>
>>To sign-up, go to The Planetary Society's website at:
>>http://planetary.org
>>
>>If you've already signed up, go to:
>>http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu.
>>
>Now that the program is released, I do not think it is necessary to go
>through the separate sign-up process. I used a different link to go
>directly to the second reference above to sign up and download the program.
Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to
Digest mode - visit our web site:
http://nospin.com/pc/pcsoft.html
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