Anyone else run SETI@home???

[TC2]

Since I rarely use my desktop anymore(use my laptop mostly now).

I just let SETI run all the time, kinda cool watching it scan data looking for alien signals.

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

 

[Nihilist]

nope. but i set it up at every computer in every library in the county about 6 months ago.

 

[JerseyDevil]

nice

 

[c-sharp minor]

Do you FOLD as well?


http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108580

 

[TC2]

I wonder if there's programs like this for aids cancer etc..

 

[ajtomasi]

i thought there was one that worked on cancer

at college every computer had seti running on it

 

[DJ_UFO]

I run seti from about 5 years ago

 

[Seashell]

Yep, my workplace has it running on all the pc's... personally I'd rather contribute to Cancer or Aids research like TC2 said..

 

[c-sharp minor]

Yep, my workplace has it running on all the pc's... personally I'd rather contribute to Cancer or Aids research like TC2 said..

Protein Folding.


PROTEIN FOLDING AND DISEASE: BSE (Mad Cow), Altzheimer's, ...

What happens if proteins don't fold correctly? Diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, BSE (Mad Cow disease), an inherited form of emphysema, and even many cancers are believed to result from protein misfolding.

When proteins misfold, then can clump together ("aggregate"). These clumps can often gather in the brain, where it is believed to cause the symptoms of Mad Cow or Alzheimer's disease.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

SETI is a waste of time - people tend to like it because it is a fun sounding idea and they made a fairly decent looking screen saver that shows the stats (incidentally, showing the mindset of most that do it, running the screensaver takes up enough processor time that by having it up, you are hurting your SETI results).

I've run the distributed.net client since college (don't recall exactly when, but would guess around '97 or '98).

The folding effort is a good one - but when doing these things, you have to look at:
1) the feasibility of what they are doing
2) the moral side of what they are doing
3) is anyone making money off of this
4) if you really give a shit about numbers 1-3

I've found that most people that run them fall into number 4 - you could argue there is a 5 in there, where you consider who has the best statistics collection and display system.

 

[Code]

I don't.
I prefer my bandwidth went to my needs.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

I'm giving serious thought to writing a distributed client that analyzes the lotteries around the world and trying to find the magic numbers from sophisticated measures.

That said, it is not possible unless there is some corruption in the randomness of the system, but as long as I have a good screen saver and some cool stats system on the website, then I am pretty sure people will still use it.

Better yet, I could then do what I really want with the client, and that is massively parallel market analysis.

And Code - the bandwidth on those things is pretty low - although I don't know about SETI, I think its sessions are pretty large, but they aren't sent out as frequently.

In the end, I run the distributed client on my work machine but not my laptop.
The Google Toolbar links into the protein folding effort I think... or maybe it is genome sequencing - either way, I turned it off since while those better science, they are really helping others profit greatly from the results and "all" they are doing is providing the framework of the clustering system while we do the work for no pay.
And by work, I mean have my computer on.

 

[Code]

And Code - the bandwidth on those things is pretty low - although I don't know about SETI, I think its sessions are pretty large, but they aren't sent out as frequently.

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Bandwidth and processor time. I like them to idle when not in use.

The lottry concept is a good idea. I sat in Vegas once and wrote down all the Keno numbers I saw in a 3 hour period at the luxor.

Took it home and tried to find the common seed primes. Couldn't figure out why there wasn't a commonality until I talked to someone from the IT dept at the luxor who claims they re-figure seed numbers for each draw.

 

[ToTall]

Seti= crunching numbers for the NSA.

 

[Code]

Seti= crunching numbers for the NSA.

Dumbass.

They have application specific cipsets to do decryption/encryption.

Thats like tying all the Yugos ever made to harness the horsepower to get to the moon. A yugo can't fly and a PC chip cannot break non-commercial encryption.

Go home and stick your useless head (you choose which one) in a vat of acid.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

Bandwidth and processor time. I like them to idle when not in use.

The lottry concept is a good idea. I sat in Vegas once and wrote down all the Keno numbers I saw in a 3 hour period at the luxor.

Took it home and tried to find the common seed primes. Couldn't figure out why there wasn't a commonality until I talked to someone from the IT dept at the luxor who claims they re-figure seed numbers for each draw.

I'm suprised you didn't get thrown out for doing that. They usually don't like you recording anything at all - even if you are counting in your head and they notice you trending along with the count, then they will throw you out. (I was talking physical blackjack in that case - but the machines will get you tossed too if you are doing anything non-standard)

I could see why bandwidth should be idle especially if you are paying for it and it isn't unlimited - but processors being idle to me are a waste of time.
That said, I haven't bothered to work out the electricity difference drawn from the house circuit between an idle and fully loaded computer - my electrical engineering background is pretty much non-existant.

 

[Code]

I'm suprised you didn't get thrown out for doing that. They usually don't like you recording anything at all - even if you are counting in your head and they notice you trending along with the count, then they will throw you out. (I was talking physical blackjack in that case - but the machines will get you tossed too if you are doing anything non-standard)

I could see why bandwidth should be idle especially if you are paying for it and it isn't unlimited - but processors being idle to me are a waste of time.
That said, I haven't bothered to work out the electricity difference drawn from the house circuit between an idle and fully loaded computer - my electrical engineering background is pretty much non-existant.

I was sitting in a cafe and used the keno cards themselves to record the numbers. I got asked a couple times if I was actually going to play keno or just keep asking for more cards.

I played a couple times.

 

[TC2]

"Bandwidth and processor time. I like them to idle when not in use."

What's the difference if you not using them anyway, its not like either will run out or anything.

 

[Code]

"Bandwidth and processor time. I like them to idle when not in use."

What's the difference if you not using them anyway, its not like either will run out or anything.

I refuse to add additional process time to my machines if I'm not benefiting from it.

It's like loaning your car to the homeless when you're not using it. Whats the harm if they replace the gas right?

 

[WarriorPL]

I fold for Short-Media.com

 

[TC2]

ok now I have SETI@Home, FightAIDS@Home and Folding@Home on my desktop.

might as well I have an AMD 2000 cpu 512mb of ram and a DSL line just going to waste.

 

[Code]

ok now I have SETI@Home, FightAIDS@Home and Folding@Home on my desktop.

might as well I have an AMD 2000 cpu 512mb of ram and a DSL line just going to waste.

If processors weren't rated for a finite amount of compute cycles you'd be right.

 

[NoDaddyNo]

In 15+ years that I've been using computers I've had countless floppy disks go bad on me. I've had one hard drive die on me. I've had two CD ROM drives bite it - more due to incompatibility than actually dying. I've had 5 memory cards go bad. I've had two network cards go bad. I've had one video card go bad. I've had one monitor go bad. And I've never had a CPU die on me.

The monitor makes sense to me because I left it on all the time and had it for 4 years. The hard drive makes sense to me because it was moved along over 3 different computers over several years. The RAM was cheap, and the floppy are poorly designed from the start.

I'm of course forcing the laws of everything that is wrong to come crashing in on me - but I've never had an issue with the CPU mainly because that in all those years I've had a lot of systems.
The lifespan of a chip is pretty damn good and it usually exceeds the amount of time that I plan on owning it. So I have no qualms running them all out - and in the past I used to overclock them too.

That said, I don't see why one would run more than one spare cycle crunching process at the same time - they are designed to nice themselves, so if you have three of them running, at best each one is taking up a third of the available processor ability.

 

[TC2]

If processors weren't rated for a finite amount of compute cycles you'd be right.

so cpus have a cycle life???

If so I did not know this.

 

[Y_lifter]

I don't fold, but my wife does..

I do Iron though....

 

[Code]

so cpus have a cycle life???

If so I did not know this.

Yes, a proc has a rated number of cycles.

I have only blown 3, ever. Two were in the same machine.

But then I was computing VLPs back then and shit.