SKA [skatelescope.org] - The SKA will give astronomers insight into the formation and evolution of the first stars and galaxies after the Big Bang, the role of cosmic magnetism, the nature of gravity, and possibly life beyond Earth.
SETI [seti.org], the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is an exploratory science that seeks evidence of life in the universe by looking for some signature of its technology.
Yeah, SETI@home found 114 sources of pulsed emission [arxiv.org], possibly a new form of pulsar. But you don't wanna hear about that. You want to hear about the what the telescope that doesn't exist yet might find.
I remember SETI always having issues with work units. There weren't enough so a bunch of users got the same work units. Found that to be a turn-off...didn't have that cozy feeling of actually contributing anything, as with other projects. Has that been worked out?
Also, did not SETI also want to make use of the australia array? What's the status of that (haven't been following it)?
Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first weekend we were in operation. As someone close to the SETI@home team, please stop bitching about a bug that's been fixed for 11 goddamn years!
BTW, we'd love to make use of the SKA, but it doesn't exists yet.
> Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a > software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first > weekend we were in operation.
Nobody was bitching, so chill, bro! I was not aware, that this was merely a bug. My impression from back then (it's been a while) was, that there was simply not enough data from Arecibo available due to other work being done with the radioscope (is that the correct term?). If that is not an issue anymore, then great!
Two different projects doing the same thing, I think. SETI is a search for alien signals with the Arecibo telescope, and SkyNet is a search for alien signals with the SKA telescope.
Having just read TFA, I find that I missed something important. SETI is just about looking for alien signals. This is about looking for anything interesting, whether it's extraterrestrial intelligence or not.
If all the world's economists were laid end to end, we wouldn't reach a
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This is different from SETI@Home...how? (Score:-1)
Re:This is different from SETI@Home...how? (Score:5, Informative)
SKA [skatelescope.org] - The SKA will give astronomers insight into the formation and evolution of the first stars and galaxies after the Big Bang, the role of cosmic magnetism, the nature of gravity, and possibly life beyond Earth.
SETI [seti.org], the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is an exploratory science that seeks evidence of life in the universe by looking for some signature of its technology.
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Yes, but how is it different LATELY?
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For one of them, it's actually quite likely that they'll find something interesting.
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One is a scientific project, the other is looking to find Alf
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One is a scientific project, the other is looking to find Alf
No, they are looking for E.T., otherwise they would be named SAlfI@Home! :-)
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Yes, but how is it different LATELY?
SETI is already running for some time. SKA is still the "under construction" stage.
Is this enough for a specific difference?
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I remember SETI always having issues with work units. There weren't enough so a bunch of users got the same work units. Found that to be a turn-off...didn't have that cozy feeling of actually contributing anything, as with other projects. Has that been worked out?
Also, did not SETI also want to make use of the australia array? What's the status of that (haven't been following it)?
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Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first weekend we were in operation. As someone close to the SETI@home team, please stop bitching about a bug that's been fixed for 11 goddamn years!
BTW, we'd love to make use of the SKA, but it doesn't exists yet.
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> Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a
> software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first
> weekend we were in operation.
Nobody was bitching, so chill, bro! I was not aware, that this was merely a bug. My impression from back then (it's been a while) was, that there was simply not enough data from Arecibo available due to other work being done with the radioscope (is that the correct term?). If that is not an issue anymore, then great!
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Two different projects doing the same thing, I think. SETI is a search for alien signals with the Arecibo telescope, and SkyNet is a search for alien signals with the SKA telescope.
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Having just read TFA, I find that I missed something important. SETI is just about looking for alien signals. This is about looking for anything interesting, whether it's extraterrestrial intelligence or not.