you know your addicted to seti when...

[panhead49]

i might be addicted.......when i come home to find one of my crunchers crashed because of the heat, and i through a fit!!.......addicted

i dont want to take apart one of my crunchers to fix a bad cd-rom drive because it will lower my weekly average......addicted

i just let my hot-rod board run 24/7 ..without tweaking with it, as a true o/cer would ......because i'll loose some w/u's......addicted

i sit here looking at my bike....in pieces ..needs paint/some parts/money/time.......i spend money on computer stuff instead.........addicted

this list can go on and on....you all have the same storys and lists as i do..........to all my fellow AT'ers...........we are ALL ADDICTED TO SETI ......



PS..........there is a computer show tomorrow..........you know where i'll be???...........

 

[Freewolf]

me too:Q

 

[Evadman]

When you are unemployed, yet still buy 5 motherboards because you got a good deal on them..... Addicted!

 

[panhead49]

When you are unemployed, yet still buy 5 motherboards because you got a good deal on them

this one should be at the top of the list!!.......

 

[IJump]

I'm not addicted to seti....I am in denial.......

 

[panhead49]

since i will be in the neiborhood of the computer show...lol..........what should i get....ummm.....the xp1600 seems to be the hot chip for the money right now.......it will do for now till the 2400 comes out.......oooooo.....13m.....sweet!!........

 

[Mucman]

you know your addicted to seti when... you find out someone has a computer and the first thing you ask is "Can I make your computer look for aliens?"

 

[toft-dk]

Addicted: ??? Guilty as charged

 

[Ken g6]

When you write a special purpose Linux setup just to crunch on 16 unique machines.

And then when, on finding several network connections aren't available, you go in on a Friday night just to rewrite the system to cache 6 WUs...

I'm hoping to flush 12 on Monday.

 

[networkman]

Not so much SETI in particular but..

When you look at a machine and realize it's not using the idle cycles for ANY kind of DC project and you see it as a terrible waste - yeah, you're addicted.

 

[Robor]

I'm not addicted to SETI. I can quit anytime I want to. I just don't want to right now.

 

[MereMortal]

If any of you want to quit cold turkey, let me know and I'll go into work and 'turn off' the SETI servers! :Q

 

[deerslayer]

...you post in this thread ......Addicted

When the first thing you do when you get up in the morning is check to see how many WU's got done overnight.....Addicted

When you check your stats every time you upload a WU....Addicted

When you use an excuse like "well, it would be cool for lan games" when you explain to friends why you're building yet ANOTHER computer.....Addicted

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: LyNx01
...you post in this thread ......Addicted

When the first thing you do when you get up in the morning is check to see how many WU's got done overnight.....Addicted

When you check your stats every time you upload a WU....Addicted

When you use an excuse like "well, it would be cool for lan games" when you explain to friends why you're building yet ANOTHER computer.....Addicted

1. Yep

2. Yep

3. Yep (Actually, i have my stats updating every 10 minutes on the desktop

4. I don't bother with an excuse, i just build it!


So that makes me.....addicted!

<----- And proud of it too


Confused

 

[LiveLongAndProsper]

you know your addicted to seti when...

you stay at work late on Friday setting up a NIC, network drivers, etc. so a previously idle PIII-600 can start crunching WUs! :Q

 

[networkman]

If any of you want to quit cold turkey, let me know and I'll go into work and 'turn off' the SETI servers! :Q

Argh! Thou speakest blasphemy!!! :Q :|

 

[RaySun2Be]

When you put off buying tires for your car because you got a good deal on some upgrade parts for your PC.

When you develop backup procedures at work that will backup My Documents and Outlook PST files to the network (a good idea in either case) so that the desktops will have to stay turned on overnight.



When you walk by a huge computer lab (100+ PCs) at your son's college, and you almost feel like crying because the idle cycles are going to waste and there's nothing you can do.

 

[LANMAN]

You know your addicted to SETI when... I go to the steal fabrication shop asking them to develop a crack rack and then feel quilty when they ask, "What is this used for?"

--LANMAN

 

[zodder]

When you spend an extra hour after work on Friday going around the agency making sure every machine that has SETI on it is "on" and crunching away - Addicted.

 

[Engineer]

When you look at Network Neighborhood and you see 12 PC's........AT HOME! :Q

 

[Freewolf]

I only have 10 in my network places and none at work doing seti

 

[ShotgunSteven]

With apologies to Robert Palmer, for mutilating of song of his that I actually rather like. Apologies to my friends on Team AnandTech, my strength is in writing original lyrics, not doing parodies of the work of others. Thus, this parody may be open to revision at a later date.

To the tune of Addicted To Love by Robert Palmer
ADDICTED TO STATS
By: ShotgunSteve

Your PC's on, but you're not home
Your cycles are not your own
Your proc heats, your chips bake
Another fan is what it takes

You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your money's tight, you want speed
Another comp is all you need

Whoa, you watch those graphs when they spike and when they're flat, oh yeah

Pretty obvious you think that's where it's at

Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to stats

You see the signs, but you can't read
You're runnin' at a different speed
You overclock to double time
Another crunch and you'll be fine, a one track mind

You can't be saved
Higher stats is all you crave
And late at night you always dream
Of CobraICE joining the Team

Whoa, you seem to think that you know where it's at, oh yeah

Next time that we race we'll stomp DSLR flat

Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to stats

Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats

Your PC's on, but you're not home
Your cycles are not your own
Your proc heats, your chips bake
Another fan is what it takes

Whoa, you watch those graphs when they spike and when they're flat, oh yeah

Pretty obvious you think that's where it's at

Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to stats

Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats
Might as well face it, you're addicted to stats

EDIT: Hmm, this is the really old version. Have to see if I can find the newer, revised version.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
When you put off buying tires for your car because you got a good deal on some upgrade parts for your PC.

Guilty!:Q

<-- Needs tires on his car BAD!!! but would rather spend the ~$250 on a new computer

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: networkman
Not so much SETI in particular but..

When you look at a machine and realize it's not using the idle cycles for ANY kind of DC project and you see it as a terrible waste - yeah, you're addicted.

<--- Guilty

When one looks in network places, and sees only two computers, and it makes one very sad, and causes one to solemnly vow that one will be sure to save enough money to upgrade and/or purchase another computer Very Soon (TM).

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
When you put off buying tires for your car because you got a good deal on some upgrade parts for your PC.

Guilty!:Q

<-- Needs tires on his car BAD!!! but would rather spend the ~$250 on a new computer

<-----------Guilty too! :Q...I have the original tires on my Intrepid....6 1/2 years old and 77,000 miles......just hoping I can get to 80,000 or more...I need more hardware! :Q