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<b>Message ID:</b> 879 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed May 19 01:12:47 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Fun Bob <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Help Search for ET <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2115997623">Why the hell is this on the Bards list, and why should I trust you, of all people someone searching for the Marvin the Martian?<br/>
    -----Original Message-----<br/>
    From: Daniel P. Sniderman &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:slide@...">slide@...</a>&gt;<br/>
    To: Undisclosed-Recipient:@...;@...; &lt;Undisclosed-Recipient:@...;@...;&gt;<br/>
    Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 6:57 PM<br/>
    Subject: [eqbards] Help Search for ET<br/>
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        This is guaranteed not to be a stupid (or even a funny!) joke; and it&#39;s guaranteed to be a worthy cause and it&#39;s guaranteed to be real (not an Internet urban legend like warnings of the Good Times Virus)...<br/>
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        In case you haven&#39;t heard about this (or did but don&#39;t know the URL) - a project is underway to get ordinary people with computers and an Internet connection to help on the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Project.  You know - just like Jody Foster in the movie Contact!  A satellite in Puerto Rico has captured radio waves and they need computers to analyze the data for signs of intelligence via radio transmissions.<br/>
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        Unless you have a REALLY fast computer - you will set it up as a screen saver - so it will only kick in when you&#39;re not using your computer.  When it&#39;s done calculating - it will connect to the Internet, upload the results and download new data for your machine to analyze.  The analysis is quite time-consuming.  On my 300 MHz Machine it took 73 hours 35 minutes to complete a unit of work.  There are version for both Windows and Macs (and Unix and Linux and a  bunch of others).<br/>
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        Anyway - unless you REALLY need a cool snazzy looking Screen saver that you paid a lot of bucks for - you can participate in an exciting research project at no cost to you. If you use your computer a lot like I do - it&#39;s really better just to leave it on all the time (newer machines have power saving features such as shutting your C Drive down for example) and this will really help the project as it will run while you are doing things like sleeping or are at work...<br/>
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        To Download and get more info check out <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu">http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu</a><br/>
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    Danny Sniderman</div>