SETI- Classic: A message to TeAm Enterprise and TeAm AnandTech

[Smoke]

Hello TeAm Enterprise 🙂

Well, the final days of Seti-Classic have arrived. The change-over to BOINC (see the e-mail I just received from SETI below) has now begun in earnest. SETI as we have known it will be gone.

Some could say we have wasted our time these last four to five years for it is true we have not found evidence of a single Extra-Terrestrial. But we must all remember that the search is a "scientific" undertaking. The road to scientific discoveries are littered with failed attempts, wrong turns, and dead-end streets but each failure narrows the search. We build upon our experiences. We try new things. We move on. We persevere.

I want to thank you for your participation. The team to which we belong, TeAm AnandTech, has ended Seti-Classic as the #5 major team in the world. Over the course of the project TeAm AnandTech has had 3,342 contributing participants. Many of those participants are made up of many individuals like our TeAm Enterprise. The final statistical standings will not be ready for awhile. The administrator's of SETI have promised to go through the final statistics and eliminate once more and forever those accounts that never really contributed to the science but were nothing more than vandals and cheats. When the scum are finally removed I will proudly report back to you on our "real" final standings. 😉


The replacement for Seti-Classic is BOINC (again, see below). This new platform will move distributed computing into the 21st century. We now have the capacity to work not only upon finding proof of extra-terrestrial life but other projects of a more immediate nature. As many of you know, my precious 4 year old granddaughter, Maegan has just been diagnosed with cancer. I personally feel the need to work on projects that will help produce cures from disease and infections. TeAm Enterprise will carry on and I cordially invite you continue the fight. Our emphasis will be on the project http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/. Captain Crazee and I have already begun the project and we are off to a fine start. With participation from you and the "forces" we have within our control we expect to be one of the dominant "mini-teams" in the world. This will provide great benefit in the field of medicine and should be a lot of fun too. 😀


I will follow-up this e-mail with another giving you specific instructions on how to get BOINC installed and running on your computer.

I want to wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving.

For TeAm Enterprise,

Captain Smoke
Captain Crazee





-------Original Message-------

From: SETI Web
Date: 11/21/05 22:01:42
Subject: SETI@home News

SETI@home completes the switch to BOINC
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SETI@home has completed its transition to BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure
for Network Computing). BOINC, developed at U.C. Berkeley, is a framework for
volunteer computing projects like SETI@home.

Switching your computer to the new "SETI@home/BOINC" is easy. Visit
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu for instructions. We'll be shutting down the
"SETI@home Classic" project on December 15. The workunit totals of users and
teams will be frozen at that point, and the final totals will be available on
the web.

Scientists at other universities are using BOINC to create volunteer computing
projects in areas like molecular biology, high-energy physics, and climate
change study. See http://boinc.berkeley.edu for more information. BOINC lets
you donate computer time to multiple causes, divided up however you want. For
example, your PC could spend 40% of its time searching for extraterrestrial
life (SETI@home), 30% studying climate change (http://climateprediction.net),
and 30% studying protein folding, design and docking (Rosetta@home:
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/).

You can run SETI@home 100% of the time if you want. But we strongly encourage
you to participate in other projects. Doing so ensures that when SETI@home is
down or has no work, your computer stays busy helping other researchers.

Support SETI@home
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SETI@home is increasingly reliant on individual donations. Without the support
of individuals like you the project will not be able to continue. We urge all
SETI@home participants to make a yearly donation to keep the project going:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donate.php

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Thanks again for your participation in SETI@home.

The SETI@home Team
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu


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[Hurricane Andrew]

Well said! :beer:

Though most of my fleet will be switching over to F@H, Rosetta does intrigue me somewhat, especially given it's similarity to my last name. 😉 I'm sure I can spare a few cycles for a second worthy project. 😀

I still have a little more to go on Seti though. 10,000 WU's is rapidly approaching. I should be able to just get in under the wire.

Tick... Tock.... Tick.... Tock....

Even though I've only been a member of the TeAm for less than a year, it's been a blast. Nearly 97% (and counting) of my production has come in that period. The comradery around here is just awesome, which is a tribute to all participants. Here's to many more "joint ventures" in the future! :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :wine: :wine: :wine: :wine:

 

[BofRA]

Greg thank you for all you have done for the TeAm and for SETI. I am sure with someone like you R@H will do just fine.

As for me, I have joined forces with the Rebel Alliance and will finish out FAD and then move my home fleet onto R@H. My work fleet will end up with either DPAD, SB or F@H.

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: BofBnT
Greg thank you for all you have done for the TeAm and for SETI. I am sure with someone like you R@H will do just fine.

As for me, I have joined forces with the Rebel Alliance and will finish out FAD and then move my home fleet onto R@H. My work fleet will end up with either DPAD, SB or F@H.

I guess that would be BofRA now
😛
Folding at home is a good project if you can get it to work that way.
I know Todd is very into it. He has us up to 12th on the team in it.

 

[networkman]

Originally posted by: BofRA
Greg thank you for all you have done for the TeAm and for SETI.

Whole-heartedly agree! 🙂

While I enjoyed doing SETI for quite a while(too much at times) 😀 I've discovered the joys of the Einstein@Home project. Even though it's a different project, it's still with the great Team AnandTech. 🙂

Crunching with good people is surely better than crunching alone.

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: BofRA
Greg thank you for all you have done for the TeAm and for SETI. I am sure with someone like you R@H will do just fine.

Totally agree & I expect to see your mini team tear up through the ranks 😀 ,though I'll miss you in SETI ,will you have 1 li'lle rig plugging away there for an account?😉

Btw ,is it me or is everyone diversifying after S@H1?
I'll be doing S@H2 & DPAD

 

[CheesePoofs]

Nice message, smoke!

While I've only been here a few months (6ish?), its been fun. Especially the MTR.

Assimilator1: I'll be moving on to seti boinc, hopefully I'll be able to get a few more computers and this time around. 🙂

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I can't believe it. No more classic SETI. Guess I'll have to find a new project. Never was much for BOINC. I'll print all my certificates again and frame them. Maybe I'll try Folding@Home. Oh well.

Poor Classic SETI.

🙁

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
I can't believe it. No more classic SETI. Guess I'll have to find a new project. Never was much for BOINC. I'll print all my certificates again and frame them. Maybe I'll try Folding@Home. Oh well.

Poor Classic SETI.

🙁

I was never one for BOINC either but I have to say the latest release has been working quite well for me.

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: Smoke
As many of you know, my precious 4 year old granddaughter, Maegan has just been diagnosed with cancer.

I'm sorry to hear that Smoke 🙁
Best wished for her

edit-
BTW, other than that, nice email 🙂

 

[Surge On]

Smoke:

Thanks for the great post--and for all you've done for the TeAm.:thumbsup:

I started crunching seti many years ago, and by chance one day looked at the user of the day profile--that person just happened to be a member of the TeAm. Much like Hurricane Andrew I have only been a member for a short time but have really enjoyed the comradarie and have had the vast majority of my production since joining with this great group. I started transferring resources to BOINC a few weeks ago (I really like Rosetta!!) and have also put Dimes on my machines. It's fun, it's for a good cause, and it's for the glory of the TeAm!!

I can't wait to see what Enterprise does to Rosetta!!:Q😀

Mike
aka Surge On

 

[Wolfsraider]

I am sorry to hear about your granddaughter, I lost both my grandmas to cancer and that was hard, I have also seen some very dear relatives live through it. The advancements are coming slowly. One day I hope we find an end to end all the suffering.

I hope you are recovering more and more, and I hope you are restored to full health. I hope your brother is doing better as well. I really hope he eventually joins us here on the forums🙂

Originally posted by: BofRA
Greg thank you for all you have done for the TeAm and for SETI. I am sure with someone like you R@H will do just fine.

I whole heartedly agree. I have emensly enjoyed reading your rally threads, as well as all the help you have given so many on this great team. I have seen countless posts where you went above and beyond what was ever expected of a member of this or any team. You have supported so many others ideas, and paths even when they walked a different path than your own.

I along with many on the Rebel Alliance team will be joining you on Rosetta@Home.
I have been informed that they are located here at the university of washington. Nice to have a project right in my backyard lol The wife works across the street and I am there twice a day as I am the chauffeur.

Thank you for introducing me to the team, and the warm welcome I recieved from you, not to mention all the help you have given me over the years. It was and still is most appreciated.

Mike

 

[networkman]

I'm sure Wolfsraider can attest to my prior disdain for the BOINC system as I was very negative about it. However, after they worked out some bugs and made the documentation of how the system worked(primarily in how credit for completed work was granted), I have since embraced it[BOINC] as a way to support multiple projects easily, if one so chooses. 🙂

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