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mc68k
Apr 26, 2011, 05:52 PM
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_17926565?nclick_check=1

not surprising given CA's ongoing budget issues.


OrangeSVTguy
Apr 26, 2011, 10:47 PM
There goes my chance of shaking hands with ET again. :(
techfreak85
Apr 26, 2011, 11:06 PM
That's really too sad. I hope some day they will find the funding again..... hopefully by that time we will find many more potential planets.
leekohler
Apr 27, 2011, 12:37 PM
That stinks. Hopefully, they can get back to work sometime in the future.
gkarris
Apr 27, 2011, 06:26 PM
Just like the computations - is there a way we can buy the receivers and gather the signals at home - then pump the data onto the 'net?
alphaone
May 4, 2011, 04:07 PM
Just like the computations - is there a way we can buy the receivers and gather the signals at home - then pump the data onto the 'net?

Not unless you have room for Arecibo or the VLA in your backyard.
gkarris
May 4, 2011, 10:53 PM
Not unless you have room for Arecibo or the VLA in your backyard.

The many households in the USA can be interconnected into a VLA... :eek:

;)
twoodcc
May 4, 2011, 10:58 PM
i'm really sad to hear this. SETI is how i got started with distributed computing. hopefully they'll be back up soon
techfreak85
May 5, 2011, 01:19 AM
If you SETI guys' CPUs are just dying not running at 100% 24/7, I know a Folding@Home team that would be very welcoming of new members. ;)
gmfeier
May 13, 2011, 11:00 PM
SETI@home isn't going anywhere:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=63888