About a month ago I downloaded the Seti@Home program, and I finally completed my first data unit last night. And it only took 393 hours, 19 minutes, and 50.6 seconds! Of course, that's to be expected with a Commodore 64.
I'm still waiting to hear back from the people running the program, however, about my idea: I emailed them a suggestion that whoever's computer first finds evidence of an alien civilization should be allowed to name the new species. That's only fair, right? Plus, it can act as an incentive to get even more people to sign up for the program.
Of course, with my luck the Lugosians will turn out to be a benevolent race whose favorite book is something called "To Serve Man."
Friday, October 29, 2004
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