# ATTN: SETI@home Straight Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035 "2002-10-20T01:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/121 "2002-12-15T14:33:33Z")
Damn. It looks like my PC at work is hung. Hasen’t updated since the 13th! Argh! ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/122 "2002-12-15T18:26:34Z")
I just rejoined, although I’m only adding 17 units. That ungodly processing time is what I got right before my old computer crashed, which is also when I dropped out for awhile. But even when it was working okay it still took about a week to finish a unit. I hope the new computer works a little faster! ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/123 "2002-12-15T18:42:11Z")
:eek: Wow, this sucker is _flying!_ Woohoo! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/124 "2002-12-16T17:11:20Z")
Time for the weekly update. I pulled these numbers yesterday at about noon, using the SETI Team program. Several new members joined during the week, and along with outstanding performance (you guys were out standing somewhere weren’t you?) by the existing members easily blew by my challenge of 17,500 units by the end of the week. As of about noon yesterday we were at 18881 units. Because I had no previous totals for the newcomers to use for comparison, the total for the week and the projected total for the end of the month are probably low. Just to have some numbers, for the newcomers I plugged in 10% of the total as the change for the week, with a max of 10 units. This probably shorts some (or most) of you a little, but we’ll have good numbers on you next week. These are the standings as of yesterday, shown in order of total units: ```auto Rank) Name Units on Units on Units in Est Total on 15-Dec-2002 8-Dec-2002 7 Days 31-Dec-2002 1 Arcturis Apt Pendragon 3753 3734 19 3796 2 Max Override 3392 3374 18 3433 3 BriEsterson 1555 1533 22 1605 4 MEBuckner 1087 1062 25 1144 5 Donald Young 767 757 10 789 6 Ed Williams 760 734 26 819 7 ColinW 734 727 7 750 8 Astroboy 655 652 3 661 9 mkl12 639 552 87 837 10 Cazzle 588 578 10 610 11 TheGarce 492 452 40 583 12 Triskadecamus 491 481 10 513 13 erislover 454 444 10 476 14 Richard 346 305 41 439 15 mblackwell 336 272 64 482 16 bernse 269 206 63 413 17 Hodge 260 219 41 353 18 Jarod Ilcast 215 205 10 237 19 jcmckaig 198 198 0 198 20 Vanyel 190 188 2 194 21 KendoMonkey 188 143 45 290 22 Stilett0 185 185 0 185 23 Hattrick 180 143 37 264 24 Wonko 170 160 10 192 25 iconoplast 110 104 6 123 26 Nate Werve 93 84 9 113 27 LeeJam 90 69 21 138 28 Jvanhorn 88 86 2 92 29 Wicky 69 55 14 101 30 Nick Dierks 68 65 3 74 31 Brian Smith 63 59 4 72 32 The Lone Corndog 61 52 9 81 33 Xploder12 52 39 13 81 34 Lockz 50 45 5 61 35 Kevin Blinn 44 44 0 44 36 TheLoadedDog 41 33 8 59 37 Rutabegger 34 34 0 34 38 Loopus 30 27 3 36 39 Achernar 19 17 2 23 40 coosa 17 15 2 21 41 Menocchio 17 15 2 21 42 neutron star 15 14 1 17 43 PatPF 13 11 2 17 44 Dancin Pete 2 2 0 2 45 Saltire 1 0 1 3 46 Tuco 0 0 0 0 47 StoneSwivel 0 0 0 0 48 MaxTorque 0 0 0 0 Totals 18881 18174 707 20476 ``` And these are the standings shown in order or units processed during the week. Some of us who are newer and don’t have a huge number of total units show a bit higher on this list because we are cranking out more units per day. ```auto Rank) Name Units on Units on Units in Est Total on 15-Dec-2002 8-Dec-2002 7 Days 31-Dec-2002 1 mkl12 639 552 87 837 2 mblackwell 336 272 64 482 3 bernse 269 206 63 413 4 KendoMonkey 188 143 45 290 5 Richard 346 305 41 439 6 Hodge 260 219 41 353 7 TheGarce 492 452 40 583 8 Hattrick 180 143 37 264 9 Ed Williams 760 734 26 819 10 MEBuckner 1087 1062 25 1144 11 BriEsterson 1555 1533 22 1605 12 LeeJam 90 69 21 138 13 Arcturis Apt Pendragon 3753 3734 19 3796 14 Max Override 3392 3374 18 3433 15 Wicky 69 55 14 101 16 Xploder12 52 39 13 81 17 Donald Young 767 757 10 789 18 Cazzle 588 578 10 610 19 Triskadecamus 491 481 10 513 20 erislover 454 444 10 476 21 Jarod Ilcast 215 205 10 237 22 Wonko 170 160 10 192 23 Nate Werve 93 84 9 113 24 The Lone Corndog 61 52 9 81 25 TheLoadedDog 41 33 8 59 26 ColinW 734 727 7 750 27 iconoplast 110 104 6 123 28 Lockz 50 45 5 61 29 Brian Smith 63 59 4 72 30 Astroboy 655 652 3 661 31 Nick Dierks 68 65 3 74 32 Loopus 30 27 3 36 33 Vanyel 190 188 2 194 34 Jvanhorn 88 86 2 92 35 Achernar 19 17 2 23 36 coosa 17 15 2 21 37 Menocchio 17 15 2 21 38 PatPF 13 11 2 17 39 neutron star 15 14 1 17 40 Saltire 1 0 1 3 41 jcmckaig 198 198 0 198 42 Stilett0 185 185 0 185 43 Kevin Blinn 44 44 0 44 44 Rutabegger 34 34 0 34 45 Dancin Pete 2 2 0 2 46 Tuco 0 0 0 0 47 StoneSwivel 0 0 0 0 48 MaxTorque 0 0 0 0 Totals 18881 18174 707 20476 ``` So there it is. The projection shows over 20,000 by year end. Lets try for 21k! Ugly ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/125 "2002-12-17T04:30:36Z")
**RJKUgly** , I’ve had time now to see how long it takes my new computer to process a unit - about 10 hours. I’ve been able to keep SETI running constantly in the background with no problems; if everything continues to go well I should have processed about 36 by the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/126 "2002-12-17T04:56:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by coosa \* > \*\ ***RJKUgly** , I’ve had time now to see how long it takes my new computer to process a unit - about 10 hours. I’ve been able to keep SETI running constantly in the background with no problems; if everything continues to go well I should have processed about 36 by the end of the month. \*\* Cool! When I download the stats next weekend, I’m sure it will pick up the new higher rate and give a better prediction for year end. In fact, I just checked the totals and you’ve gone from 17 to 19 units since yesterday, so your estimate looks dead on. Keep up the good work! Ugly ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/127 "2002-12-17T12:00:58Z")
Woo Hoo! I’m number 8! Or number 30! Err… Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/128 "2002-12-17T14:42:32Z")
I just rejoined the group and added my 693 processed units to the cause. Keep checking your rearview **Colin W** , I coming for you!!! What do you mean it isn’t a contest? ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/129 "2002-12-17T16:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I just rejoined the group and added my 693 processed units to the cause. Keep checking your rearview **Colin W** , I coming for you!!! > > What do you mean it isn’t a contest? \*\* Woo Hoo, new blood! Keep 'em coming folks, and we may hit 22k by year end. 🙂 Ugly ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/130 "2002-12-17T18:47:57Z")
I’ve added my 497 completed units to the group. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/131 "2002-12-17T19:04:02Z")
All right! It’s now officially a rush. We’re giving those evil deviationists at AFCA a real run for their money. Welcome aboard **Beelzebubba**! ---
**Author:** ![Vengeant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@Vengeant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vengeant)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/132 "2002-12-18T04:50:03Z")
quote:Originally posted by Jman Don’t use the screensaver…it takes FOREVER. If you do use the screen saver, set it to go to black after a few minutes…it’ll cut processing time in half. I use the WinNT command line client on WinXP, with SETI Driver to cache work units (so I don’t need to do much). With that setup, I was taking about 14 hours per unit on my old PII-350. A PIII - 450 should do one in around 11 hours. My AthlonXP 1900+ takes about 3 hours and 50 minutes to do a unit. Jman Ahh, so that explains why it takes forever for me to finish work units, while my girlfriend skyrockets past me. Um, but is there a version of the command line client for Windows 98? what? Hey, Win98 is stable! And I’m not gonna upgrade until I absolutely have to! \ Vengeant ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/133 "2002-12-18T06:30:22Z")
According to the [SETI command-line version download page](http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html), the WINNT version works on Windows NT, 2000, '98, and '95 (with Winsock 2 upgrade). So far, I’ve completed 17 units, averaging 3 hours 45 minutes each on my Athlon XP 1800. I haven’t tried the screensaver version, so I’m not sure exactly how much slower it is. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/134 "2002-12-18T20:36:15Z")
Now that I finally have a computer with some decent power I signed up for Seti@home, and time wise I’m not doing too bad (eight hours on my first unit). I’ve been wanting to do this for years and this thread getting bumped reminded me of that. But when I tried to sign up for the Straight Dopers I hit a snag. I honestly have no idea what my password is and for some reason even though I’ve requested it three times they still haven’t sent me an e-mail. I went to create/change login and it told me I was logged in as [asylum60@hotmail.com](mailto:asylum60@hotmail.com), which is right, but when I tried to change the account it told me it had no record of my e-mail address. Anybody have an idea what I should do, or should I start over with a new account? ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/135 "2002-12-18T21:28:16Z")
**Asylum** , I think you should wait a bit more. The Seti servers sometimes act a little strange. When I registered, I couldn’t join the team either. If it doesn’t work in one or two days, you probably should re-register. ---
**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/136 "2002-12-18T22:05:21Z")
I have joined and brought my paltry 16 units and my 9yr old son 😃 I have a feeling we might end up with the embarrassing label of ‘slowest computer on the SDMB’ but, ah well, every bit helps I guess. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/137 "2002-12-19T02:46:51Z")
Well, you never know. The slowest computer could be the one that processes that one work unit with the Big Hello from the Galactic Federation (or the Ultimatum from the Evil Galactic Empire). ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/138 "2002-12-19T03:39:49Z")
I had both of my machines turned off whiel I was away on vacation for two weeks. But they’re back up and running again 24x7 running the command line version. Only took four days to move back up to #5 again!! 13 days to go - can we actually make 20K?? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/139 "2002-12-19T04:08:07Z")
Actually, we’ve already made 20K. If you add up the numbers (the easiest way to do this is to cut and paste them into a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel), you’ll see our total is already over 20,000, even though the “official” total right now is still only 18,something. I can manually update the totals and make the number increase somewhat, but because of something to do with how their server processes things, when new users join the group with existing work units, those numbers don’t get added to our total until the next weekend, when I guess they do some kind of great big global update. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/140 "2002-12-19T08:58:31Z")
I’m still not getting my password and I’m on my third unit. Maybe someone could go over to the SETI board and post my problem? I would, but you can’t post without your password. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035.md?page=8)