How Many SETI Data Units Have You Completed?

[Aignam]

So...how many SETI Data Units have you completed to date?

Data units completed: 1541
Total computer time: 8678 hr 43 min

[Ryan M.]

None. Don't have the thing installed.

If anyone wants the program, which I assume is what he's talking about, it's at SETI@Home.

[dlavery]

Data units completed: 8925
Total computer time: 77045 hr 56 min (so far... )

I'm probably going to stop after I get the 10,000 unit certificate.

-dave

[geo]

Data units completed: 191 (My computer is too slow )
Total computer time: 7432 hr 02 min 04.7 sec

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Data units completed: 8922
Total computer time: 77037 hr 32 min (so far... )

I'm probably going to stop after I get the 10,000 unit certificate.

-dave

Whoa! Is your account running on multiple computers? All of NASA in on the mix? Heh, that's ALOT of units.

[Ashley Weed]

I ran it for a very short time after a fellow FIRSTer installed it on my other lappy at school. My new zd7000 might handle it better though - does anyone notice lag when running SETI? Any warnings or precautions I should take before installing?

~Thanks

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

I ran it for a very short time after a fellow FIRSTer installed it on my other lappy at school. My new zd7000 might handle it better though - does anyone notice lag when running SETI? Any warnings or precautions I should take before installing?

~Thanks

No lag whatsoever, this having been tested with loads of games, applications, and software. My computer does run funny during Doom 3, but it does it with or without SETI running.

And Dave, that's pretty awesome! Here's mine---

[dlavery]

Yeah! I just finished my 9000th unit! And moved all the way up to 25,292nd place!

-dave

[Elgin Clock]

I thought I had signed up for this a long time ago, but I can't find any old e-mails saying what my password and username was and what not..
So I signed up for a new one today.

Estimating how long it took to do 1% of a data packet, I'm guessing I will have the first one done in 4-4.5 hrs. Is that a good time?

I'll post the actual time when I finish the first one.

[Ashley Weed]

I decided to download and run the BOINC program. I think I'm dense and did something wrong though, it recorded a lot of communication back and forth at the beginning, but then nothing in the past 12 hours. I'll probably end up just installing the SETI Classic.

[Aignam]

4-4.5 hours is pretty amazing. I'm pulling about 5.5 hours on an AMD Athlon XP 3000+.

EDIT: I have a question. Right now, I'm completing Data Units that are about a year behind today. What happens when we catch up to today?

[Elgin Clock]

Yeah um.. I may have grossly over estimated my computer's ability. I went to bed last night expecting to wake up and have the first (and maybe 2nd) packet done, and I have 33% of the first done only and it's been 10 hours..

I'm thinking that it doesn't work as hard when my computer went to sleep mode, so I shut that off and we'll see how long the next one takes..

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

I decided to download and run the BOINC program. I think I'm dense and did something wrong though, it recorded a lot of communication back and forth at the beginning, but then nothing in the past 12 hours. I'll probably end up just installing the SETI Classic.

I tried that too. Actually, I compiled from source, but same thing. The BOINC keeps giving me an error of "No work available". Um... anyhelp?

--EDIT--
Also, know of any more fun BOINC distributed computing things I could join?

[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by Ryan Morehart

I tried that too. Actually, I compiled from source, but same thing. The BOINC keeps giving me an error of "No work available". Um... anyhelp?

--EDIT--
Also, know of any more fun BOINC distributed computing things I could join?

I just gave up, deleted it... and installed SETI@home. This is deffinately working and processing information.

[geo]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

I decided to download and run the BOINC program. I think I'm dense and did something wrong though, it recorded a lot of communication back and forth at the beginning, but then nothing in the past 12 hours. I'll probably end up just installing the SETI Classic.

Same thing happened to me.

BONIC suppose to be a improved version of SETI Classic, from my point of view it's unreliable. One day downloading data, other day showing no work available for 24 hours. I definitely like the classic better.