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A question regarding the SETI stuff
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Posted by: NightMage
what roughly is the download size for say 30 mins, as I'm on a 3 gig limit and I want to be careful not to go over this.
Posted by: SKYHN
You download a full work unit, they are small, I think 600k at the most. Then it processes it. You do not transfer any information while you are processing it. When its completed, it sends it to the SETI Server, then downloads a new one. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Posted by: Outlaw
1 Work Unit is about 300-350kB, my Athlon XP 1800 takes about 4 to 4,5 hours to complete 1 WU. The file it sends back to the server is even smaller, I think about 50kB max, probably less.
Posted by: NightMage
ok cool thanks  think i'll download it a bit later then
Posted by: Europa2010AD
I heard that if you run the SETI program or other similar processing-power intensive programs too often, it might damage your processor chip because of the long hours of intensive processing. Does anyone know if that's true?
Posted by: ZeRo_MaXwInG
That's true for any component. If you stress something for long consecutive periods, it will eventually break way. But then again, the chips were built to be used so why not make use of the extra clock cycles. If sufficient cooling is available for the processor, then the chip should be fine.
Posted by: Outlaw
I've been running SETI for more than a year, 24/7 and my CPU still works 
Posted by: Europa2010AD
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Originally posted by ZeRo_MaXwInG
If sufficient cooling is available for the processor, then the chip should be fine.
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I've got a laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100). Would you think there's sufficient cooling for me to run these programs for extended periods of time?
Posted by: Digitalphatman
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Originally posted by Europa2010AD
I've got a laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100). Would you think there's sufficient cooling for me to run these programs for extended periods of time?
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Yeah you should be fine. Its really not gonna hurt anything, just if u run it in the background constatnly u may notice a degrade in preformance.
Posted by: Outlaw
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Originally posted by Digitalphatman
Yeah you should be fine. Its really not gonna hurt anything, just if u run it in the background constatnly u may notice a degrade in preformance.
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SETI only uses your idle CPU time, in other words, you won't notice anything when you have it running.
Posted by: taco_fox
You can set SETI to run all the time in the background. That's what he was talking about.
Posted by: Digitalphatman
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Originally posted by Outlaw
SETI only uses your idle CPU time, in other words, you won't notice anything when you have it running.
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Wait, i am a bit confused, so if I run data analysis constantly it won't degrade my preformance. I thought it did.....since it was constantly running in the background.
Posted by: Outlaw
It only uses the part of the CPU that you're not using, so if you're doing things that require alot of your CPU (like gaming or video editing) then SETI won't be doing anything.
Posted by: Europa2010AD
I heard that there are some programs similar to SETI that use this "distributed" method to analze data. I heard some of them are used for cancer and other medical research. Does anyone know what's the name of these programs and where can I get them?
Posted by: taco_fox
The only one I can think of right now is www.FoldingAtHome.com
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Our science seeks to understand how proteins fold and assemble into living cells.
Understanding protein folding will help make better treatments for diseases.
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Posted by: Foogar
Part of a list I compiled in November, these are just the ones that have a medical background. By no means am I saying this is complete, just what I found in a quick search at the time. I didn't include Folding@Home since the_radarblip mentioned that one.
*edit*
This site has the most complete list of active projects I've seen yet, but I might edit again later if I find more...
Posted by: twista6453
I had seti for about a year on my old compaq computer, and it ended up burning an image on my monitor. Maybe it was just a cheap monitor but I was pissed.
Posted by: Europa2010AD
I have a laptop so would an image burn onto a LCD monitor?
Posted by: Canis Lupus
burn-ins only happen on older monitors (really old ones)... the newer CRTs and LCDs aren't susceptible to it...
Posted by: taco_fox
Plus, why wouldn't you turn off your monitor when you aren't using it?
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