Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Little Green Men


I'm still searching the skies for little saucer shaped aircraft. Listening to the radio waves for little green men. Yup. I've set up another account on SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) from Berkley. It's a rather clever project that has been around for years. SETI takes data take from radio telescopes and analyze it for any unusual signals. Because there is so much data to process, they cannot keep up with it all. So instead of processing all of it by themselves, they uses other people's computers to help analyze the data. They created a screensaver, basically. When your computer is not in use, this program boots up and analyzes the data for SETI. When your data packet is done being analyzed, it automatically uploads the data to their servers and downloads a new packet. If nothing else, it's a cool screen saver as it scrolls through the data. You should check it out if you get a chance. I use to have an account years ago and I've processed a lot of data. Unfortunately, I don't remember my login information. So I had to start over. At least I'm doing my part by searching for the little green men.

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