# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/141 "2002-12-19T12:49:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > \*\*If you add up the numbers (the easiest way to do this is to cut and paste them into a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel), \*\* There is a much easier way than that :). Try [SETI Team](http://www.sqiz.co.uk/Seti/setiteam.htm). It adds the results for you, compares them to other days and predicts future results. And the numbers it uses aren’t updated twice a day or less, like the “official” ones, but real time. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/142 "2002-12-20T09:23:31Z")
Fricking finally. I had three units done and they still hadn’t sent me an e-mail, so I had to download the program all over again with a different e-mail address and they sent the e-mail there. I guess they just don’t like hotmail. I have now officially joined the Straight Dopers, and should be pumping out 2 units a day minimum. ---
**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 21, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/143 "2002-12-21T13:24:40Z")
Sorry you had trouble, **Asylum** ; welcome aboard. ---
**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 21, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/144 "2002-12-21T13:28:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > Okay, I’ve posted this before, and I’ll do it again, in interest of seeing a goodly set of work units develop for Cecil: > > I’m a member of the alt.fan.cecil-adams group, and with 51 members, we’re currently at 44,466 units. Surely, with the vast resources (all you Teeming Millions, yes _you_) at hand, the Straight Dopers can scrape together a team worthy of challenge. Perhaps you can break 10,000 units by the end of the year (when pigs fly!). > > But this can only happen with **_YOU_…you** …you…you! > > /playful challenge issued by a scampering brachy as she _neener neeners_ over her shoulder. As of December 21, our official total is now 20,880. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/145 "2002-12-22T16:09:21Z")
Sigh. Okay, let me swallow my pride and say I am impressed. Very nice, well done. I would not have thought it do-able. /kowtows (with 48409 original Cecilian units.) BTW, **Demo** has raced up the AFCA group list, due to his second quickest per unit computing time. Happy Holidays to you all! ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/146 "2002-12-22T16:22:16Z")
So, as of 0822 PST 22 Dec 2002, we’re unofficially at 21,021 (the official team page hasn’t updated yet and still shows 20,935) Looks like we’ll easily break through the 22K mark shortly - probably before Christmas. Can we make 25K by 31 Dec?? (TVGuy now calculates how much longer before his slightly faster average return rate is able to eclipse **MEBuckner** and move him up to number four … BWAAA HAAA HAAAAA!) ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/147 "2002-12-22T17:01:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > \*\* > BTW, **Demo** has raced up the AFCA group list, due to his second quickest per unit computing time. > \*\* Second? Whatchoo talkin’ about Willis? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/148 "2002-12-22T18:08:38Z")
I am SOOO close…but I don’t think I’ll be over taking Arcturis any time soon. I really have to see about installing this on the other P4’s in the office… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/149 "2002-12-22T21:37:09Z")
I’ve just pulled the stats and we’re at 21,056 units! Whooo Hooo! 22,212 units projected for the end of the year! I’ve got a family Christmas party to attend, so I’ll post the new chart later tonight or in the morning. Keep up the good work. Ugly ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/150 "2002-12-23T05:08:10Z")
Ok, time again for the weekly update. I pulled these numbers today at about 2:00 MST (GMT-7), using the SETI Team program. Once again, we have several new members this week, and with their added contributions we processed 915 units this last week, for a current total of **21056** units. **We are smokin’!** Several of the new members this week posted in this thread what their total was at the time they joined, and I plugged those numbers in for the beginning count to get a better estimate of the units per week processed. I had to guess on a couple, but I think the year-end projection of 22212 units is pretty close based on the current member list. So once again you guys have already gone past my challenge of 21k and most likely we’ll get to 22k and change. So, come on, let’s see 23! Also, since I used the SETI Team program the last two weeks, it gives the change in standing for overall units processed since the last time. So I added that column to the table. It shows a positive number for those who moved up a rank, a negative number for those who slipped down, NC for those who didn’t change, and New for the members new this week. And it looks like most everyone slipped down a notch or two (I was 10th two weeks ago, 17th today) but mostly because some of our new members plugged in close to the top. Since this is a team effort, every unit counts toward the total, so we won’t complain, will we? (Freakin’ 17th! I’ve got to have a faster processor around here somewhere. Dang upstarts.) These are the standings as of 2:00 pm MST, shown in order of total units: ```auto Rank Name Change Units on Units on Units in Est Total on in Rank 22-Dec-2002 15-Dec-2002 7 Days 31-Dec-2002 1 Arcturis Apt Pendragon NC 3761 3753 8 3771 2 Max Override NC 3425 3392 33 3467 3 BriEsterson NC 1573 1555 18 1596 4 MEBuckner NC 1110 1087 23 1139 5 Ed Williams 1 820 760 60 897 6 Donald Young -1 801 767 34 844 7 ColinW NC 742 734 8 752 8 mkl12 1 718 639 79 819 9 adam yax New 703 693 10 715 10 Astroboy -2 661 655 6 668 11 Cazzle -1 612 588 24 642 12 smfritzii New 583 497 86 693 13 TheGarce -2 534 492 42 588 14 Triskadecamus -2 499 491 8 509 15 erislover -2 480 454 26 513 16 mblackwell -1 400 336 64 482 17 Richard -3 381 346 35 426 18 bernse -2 328 269 59 403 19 Hodge -2 299 260 39 349 20 KendoMonkey 1 231 188 43 286 21 Jarod Ilcast -3 218 215 3 221 22 Hattrick 1 203 180 23 232 23 Wonko 1 200 170 30 238 24 jcmckaig -5 198 198 198 25 Vanyel -5 193 190 3 196 26 Stilett0 -4 185 185 185 27 iconoplast -2 122 110 12 137 28 LeeJam -1 106 90 16 126 29 Nate Werve -3 93 93 93 30 Jvanhorn -2 89 88 1 90 31 Wicky -2 86 69 17 107 32 Nick Dierks -2 68 68 68 33 The Lone Corndog -1 68 61 7 77 34 Brian Smith -3 65 63 2 67 35 Xploder12 -2 63 52 11 77 36 Lockz -2 57 50 7 66 37 TheLoadedDog -1 46 41 5 52 38 bbafford New 46 41 5 52 39 Kevin Blinn -4 44 44 44 40 Rutabegger -3 35 34 1 36 41 Achernar -2 35 19 16 55 42 coosa -2 32 17 15 51 43 Loopus -5 32 30 2 34 44 neutron star -2 21 15 6 28 45 Menocchio -4 19 17 2 21 46 auliya_raven New 16 16 0 16 47 mtothe5th New 15 13 2 17 48 PatPF -5 15 13 2 17 49 wy937 New 10 0 10 22 50 StoneSwivel -3 7 0 7 16 51 Asylum New 4 0 4 9 52 Dancin Pete -8 2 2 2 53 Saltire -8 2 1 1 3 54 Tuco -8 0 0 0 55 Max Torque -7 0 0 0 Totals 21056 20141 915 22212 ``` 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 22-Dec-2002 15-Dec-2002 7 Days 31-Dec-2002 1 smfritzii 583 497 86 693 2 mkl12 718 639 79 819 3 mblackwell 400 336 64 482 4 Ed Williams 820 760 60 897 5 bernse 328 269 59 403 6 KendoMonkey 231 188 43 286 7 TheGarce 534 492 42 588 8 Hodge 299 260 39 349 9 Richard 381 346 35 426 10 Donald Young 801 767 34 844 11 Max Override 3425 3392 33 3467 12 Wonko 200 170 30 238 13 erislover 480 454 26 513 14 Cazzle 612 588 24 642 15 MEBuckner 1110 1087 23 1139 16 Hattrick 203 180 23 232 17 BriEsterson 1573 1555 18 1596 18 Wicky 86 69 17 107 19 LeeJam 106 90 16 126 20 Achernar 35 19 16 55 21 coosa 32 17 15 51 22 iconoplast 122 110 12 137 23 Xploder12 63 52 11 77 24 adam yax 703 693 10 715 25 wy937 10 0 10 22 26 Arcturis Apt Pendragon 3761 3753 8 3771 27 ColinW 742 734 8 752 28 Triskadecamus 499 491 8 509 29 The Lone Corndog 68 61 7 77 30 Lockz 57 50 7 66 31 StoneSwivel 7 0 7 16 32 Astroboy 661 655 6 668 33 neutron star 21 15 6 28 34 bbafford 46 41 5 52 35 TheLoadedDog 46 41 5 52 36 Asylum 4 0 4 9 37 Jarod Ilcast 218 215 3 221 38 Vanyel 193 190 3 196 39 Brian Smith 65 63 2 67 40 Loopus 32 30 2 34 41 Menocchio 19 17 2 21 42 mtothe5th 15 13 2 17 43 PatPF 15 13 2 17 44 Jvanhorn 89 88 1 90 45 Rutabegger 35 34 1 36 46 Saltire 2 1 1 3 47 jcmckaig 198 198 0 198 48 Stilett0 185 185 0 185 49 Nate Werve 93 93 0 93 50 Nick Dierks 68 68 0 68 51 Kevin Blinn 44 44 0 44 52 auliya_raven 16 16 0 16 53 Dancin Pete 2 2 0 2 54 Max Torque 0 0 0 0 55 Tuco 0 0 0 0 Totals 21056 20141 915 22212 ``` So there it is. Everyone keep it up! (Good advice for many situations) Ugly ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/151 "2002-12-23T06:10:05Z")
It just seems cruel, that I would go directly from twelfth to fourteenth. Numeristically speaking, that is. Triskadecamus, the . . . the14[sup]th[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/152 "2002-12-23T08:41:35Z")
…with my almost 1200 units 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonas\_Marainen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jonas\_Marainen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonas_Marainen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/153 "2002-12-23T21:10:48Z")
Just added my 976 units. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/154 "2002-12-23T21:17:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Triskadecamus \* > \*\*It just seems cruel, that I would go directly from twelfth to fourteenth. Numeristically speaking, that is. > > Triskadecamus, the . . . the14[sup]th[/sup] \*\* Tell me about it. I’ve added 250+ units since joining, worked my way up to 10th place, and now I’m at 17. Oh well, it’s all good for the cause, so I won’t bitch (much 🙂 ). And welcome aboard **Qixotica**! Your approx 1200 units is greatly appreciated by all, even if it will drop me yet another notch. And if anyone is looking, the chart showing the status as of yesterday shows up (for me, at least, and I’m using the defaults for how much to display) at the bottom of the previous page of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/155 "2002-12-23T21:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonas Marainen \* > \*\*Just added my 976 units. \*\* Welcome Jonas, I didn’t see your post until after I submitted mine. Didn’t want you to think I was ignoring you. Ok, with Quix and Jonas, we have 23368 showing on SETI Team right now. We may make 25k yet. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/156 "2002-12-23T21:55:30Z")
I’ve had to back out. I’d forgotten just how much a constant load on my CPU makes my laptop overheat. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/157 "2002-12-24T05:32:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RJKUgly \* > \*\*Ok, with Quix and Jonas, we have 23368 showing on SETI Team right now. We may make 25k yet. \*\* COOL!! (Even though I dropped from 5th to 7th with the addition of the two new folks 😃 ) As of 2135 PST, 23 DEC, my SETITeam future prediciton for 31 December shows us at 24713 - less than 300 units from 25K. I bet we can do it. (of course, I played PowerBall too, so that’ll tell you how much stock I put in “the odds”!) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/158 "2002-12-24T05:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Demo \* > \*\*Second? Whatchoo talkin’ about Willis? > > 😃 \*\* What I meant was that your computing time was the second fastest of the AFCA group, and so you’re zooming up the ranks…except I forgot to rewrite what I had written out to clarify it, and to add something else which I have forgotten what _that_ was and the next thing I knew, I had somehow posted…I think my parakeet must have landed on my mouse. Yeaaaahhhh, that’s it, my parakeet posted. Ahem: \*Only 1505 units to go to hit \*\*50,000 \*_AFCA/Cecilian Units._ Thank you for your attention. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/159 "2002-12-24T06:14:13Z")
Ah! I get it! Sorry, I’m a dummy! In other news, I just got my Sun box working the command line client. 😉 Agent Demo, on the job. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035/160 "2002-12-24T23:59:38Z")
I am now running the command line client as a service on another P4 2.2G. 🙂 Time to start raking them in! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-seti-home-straight-dopers/133035.md?page=9)