Joined today - took me a while to figure the CLI out - not very good at that stuff. I cranked out my first WU in 2.25 hours.
I am running a Dell XP Pent 4 2.4 Ghz, if anyone is interested…
I just got that one too! I was pleased! It’s really crummy-looking, but it’s the thought that counts. 
I had one very unfortunate computer hangup a while back that made one data unit get sent in after 180 hours. My average is closer to 6 hours, and that really screwed it up. I’m glad to see that my listed time is dropping; it’s now below 10 hours. The only thing to do is just keep processing those units!
I think I’ll be overtaken by mishaa pretty soon, though. 
I just joined. I had 36 units complete, but it was with an e-mail address that no longer exists. So I join with a grand total of 0. Go me!
Excellent. Soon, the Universe will be mine–ah–ours!
So, I take it “not” will not be joining the Cause, huh? Oh, well–bummer.
Wow, Kwyjibo - if I ever make it to 2500 I’ll probably have the certificate laminated and hang it around my neck! Seriously, though, they are a nice thought, and I’m looking forward to earning a few more.
brachyrhynchos, what I received was a congratulatory e-mail and instructions to download my certificate from the SETI website. Maybe there’s a glitch there somewhere on your end? [sub] Or maybe the SETI bosses just like us better <snicker>[/sub] If you’re really, really nice I’ll let you touch mine someday - maybe. 
Achernar, yeah, it’s a pretty crummy looking certificate, but, as you say, it’s the thought that counts. I had a similar time-glitch when my old computer died - take a look at my speed right above you! My average was over 200 hours, I think. It’s come down to 49+ hours since I got the new/better computer. (Compaq Presario) Thanks for the boost, though - I’m #35 now instead of #39!
Welcome, white-tigeress, mishaa, and NoNameForMoi! I guess y’all bumped me a little too, although I’m sure I’ll soon be waving at mishaa sailing right past me. It takes my computer about 10 hours to process a WU, and that’s with SETI running in the background all of the time. I ran it as a screensaver on my old computer and it took about a week to process one complete unit! At least I no longer have the slowest computer in the group.
And I think I’ll go ahead and embarrass myself by mentioning how excited I was when I saw that I had an e-mail from SETI - I thought they might have found an anomaly on one of my work units!
Go to the SETI home page and click on “Individual User Statistics”. On the next screen, enter the e-mail address you use for SETI. This brings up your individual statistics. At the bottom of that page there should be hyperlinks to download your 100, 250, 500… etc. certificates.
Death to the heritics!
Yay! I recently got a new computer and started running SETI@Home again; my old computer had gotten very slow and had problems connecting, and so I had stopped running it. Now I’ve re-downloaded the command-line client and SETI Spy, joined the team, and I’m rockin’!
Welcome Geobabe!
I wish you could change email addresses without losing your units.
Wherever Geobabe goes, there go I. Can’t trust those E.T.'s around my wife. Besides, I’ve seen Star Trek. I know those alien wimmins are hot!
You can. As long as you have the old email address and password, you can sign in and change the address here. If you don’t know your password and the old address is invalid, then you’re screwed.
thanks a ton, Geobabe! I don’t know why I had trouble finding it…
Crap. I don’t know the password. Did they automatically generate one for you, or do you pick it? Because if I picked it then I should know it 
They generate it… sorry.
Well… I’m afraid that I’m going to drop a bit.
I’m shipping all my stuff out in a couple of hours. Computer included! It’ll be about a month before I’m back online again and able to process units.
Well, it’s been a busy month since the holidays, but this thread coming up reminded me to post the current standings.
Our current total as of about 4:00 PM Mountain Standard time (GMT –7) is 29409 units, with 5,103 units being processed in the (just over a) month since the last posting.
There has been some jockeying for position, and some new members, so people have moved up or down a little. For instance, Beelzebubba, with his amazing magic processor, has jumped up 5 places since last month by cranking out an amazing 588 units. I’m back up to 18th (just thought I’d casually throw that in), just above Triskadecamus and our newest member Geobabe.
These are the standings as of 4:00 pm MST, shown in order of total units:
Rank Name Change Units on Units on Units in Est Total on
in Rank 02-Feb-2003 29-Dec-2002 35 Days 28-Feb-2003
1 Arcturis Apt Pendragon NC 3903 3772 131 4000
2 Max Override NC 3685 3465 220 3848
3 BriEsterson NC 1664 1590 74 1718
4 Qixotica NC 1380 1227 153 1493
5 smfritzii 5 1331 743 588 1767
6 MEBuckner -1 1245 1132 113 1328
7 Ed Williams NC 1165 875 290 1380
8 mkl12 1 1107 774 333 1354
9 Jonas Marainen -3 1014 980 34 1039
10 Donald Young -2 991 837 154 1105
11 adam yax 1 818 722 96 889
12 ColinW -1 759 742 17 771
13 mblackwell 5 732 465 267 930
14 TheGarce 1 730 569 161 849
15 Astroboy -2 700 668 32 723
16 Cazzle -2 692 633 59 735
17 erislover NC 600 480 120 689
18 Richard 1 583 407 176 713
19 Triskadecamus -3 542 505 37 569
20 Geobabe New 499 0 499 869
21 Hodge NC 470 326 144 576
22 KendoMonkey NC 466 276 190 607
23 bernse -3 461 351 110 542
24 Wonko -1 374 228 146 482
25 Jarod Ilcast NC 241 218 23 258
26 Ian Stuart (#1) -2 226 222 4 228
27 Hattrick -1 226 203 23 243
28 Vanyel NC 217 196 21 232
29 jcmckaig -2 198 198 0 198
30 Stilett0 -1 185 185 0 185
31 bbafford 5 169 72 97 241
32 LeeJam -1 155 111 44 187
33 Wicky NC 149 92 57 191
34 Achernar 11 136 36 100 210
35 Xploder12 NC 135 76 59 178
36 coosa 6 127 48 79 185
37 iconoplast -7 122 122 0 122
38 Lockz 1 104 66 38 132
39 TheLoadedDog 2 101 52 49 137
40 The Lone Corndog -2 99 68 31 122
41 Nate Werve -9 95 93 2 96
42 Jvanhorn -8 90 90 0 90
43 Asylum 7 80 18 62 126
44 Nick Dierks -7 72 68 4 74
45 Brian Smith -5 65 65 0 65
46 Mishaa New 60 0 60 104
47 white-tigeress New 57 0 57 99
48 TwoCent New 49 0 49 85
49 Kevin Blinn -6 44 44 0 44
50 Loopus -4 42 33 9 48
51 Rutabegger -7 36 36 0 36
52 StoneSwivel 2 35 12 23 52
53 neutron star -6 34 21 13 43
54 PatPF -2 27 17 10 34
55 Menocchio -6 26 19 7 31
56 nonameformoi New 21 0 21 36
57 Ian Stuart (#2) -9 19 19 0 19
58 mtothe5th -5 18 16 2 19
59 auliya_raven -8 17 17 0 17
60 Derek New 8 0 8 13
61 Jukeball -4 7 1 6 11
62 Saltire -7 3 3 0 3
63 Dancin Pete -7 2 2 0 2
64 Unclebill35 New 1 0 1 1
65 Tuco -7 0 0 0 0
66 Max Torque -7 0 0 0 0
Totals 29409 24306 5103 33173
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.
Rank) Name Units on Units on Units in Est Total on
02-Feb-2003 29-Dec-2002 35 Days 28-Feb-2003
1 smfritzii 1331 743 588 1767
2 Geobabe 499 0 499 869
3 mkl12 1107 774 333 1354
4 Ed Williams 1165 875 290 1380
5 mblackwell 732 465 267 930
6 Max Override 3685 3465 220 3848
7 KendoMonkey 466 276 190 607
8 Richard 583 407 176 713
9 TheGarce 730 569 161 849
10 Donald Young 991 837 154 1105
11 Qixotica 1380 1227 153 1493
12 Wonko 374 228 146 482
13 Hodge 470 326 144 576
14 Arcturis Apt Pendragon 3903 3772 131 4000
15 erislover 600 480 120 689
16 MEBuckner 1245 1132 113 1328
17 bernse 461 351 110 542
18 Achernar 136 36 100 210
19 bbafford 169 72 97 241
20 adam yax 818 722 96 889
21 coosa 127 48 79 185
22 BriEsterson 1664 1590 74 1718
23 Asylum 80 18 62 126
24 Mishaa 60 0 60 104
25 Cazzle 692 633 59 735
26 Xploder12 135 76 59 178
27 Wicky 149 92 57 191
28 white-tigeress 57 0 57 99
29 TheLoadedDog 101 52 49 137
30 TwoCent 49 0 49 85
31 LeeJam 155 111 44 187
32 Lockz 104 66 38 132
33 Triskadecamus 542 505 37 569
34 Jonas Marainen 1014 980 34 1039
35 Astroboy 700 668 32 723
36 The Lone Corndog 99 68 31 122
37 Jarod Ilcast 241 218 23 258
38 Hattrick 226 203 23 243
39 StoneSwivel 35 12 23 52
40 Vanyel 217 196 21 232
41 nonameformoi 21 0 21 36
42 ColinW 759 742 17 771
43 neutron star 34 21 13 43
44 PatPF 27 17 10 34
45 Loopus 42 33 9 48
46 Derek 8 0 8 13
47 Menocchio 26 19 7 31
48 Jukeball 7 1 6 11
49 Ian Stuart (#1) 226 222 4 228
50 Nick Dierks 72 68 4 74
51 Nate Werve 95 93 2 96
52 mtothe5th 18 16 2 19
53 Unclebill35 1 0 1 1
54 jcmckaig 198 198 0 198
55 Stilett0 185 185 0 185
56 iconoplast 122 122 0 122
57 Jvanhorn 90 90 0 90
58 Brian Smith 65 65 0 65
59 Kevin Blinn 44 44 0 44
60 Rutabegger 36 36 0 36
61 Ian Stuart (#2) 19 19 0 19
62 auliya_raven 17 17 0 17
63 Saltire 3 3 0 3
64 Dancin Pete 2 2 0 2
65 Max Torque 0 0 0 0
66 Tuco 0 0 0 0
Totals 29409 24306 5103 33173
Based on my figures, we should be at about 33173 units by month end. And if this holds up, we should catch up to the evil deviationists over at AFCA by about mid-year.
So keep it up everyone, and welcome all new folks!
Ugly
We’ve now topped 30,000 units.
Zeta Reticuli, here we come!
Sigh. What to do. My 1,900+ units put me at #8 in the heretical a.f.c-a group (where I have been for years). They would put me at #3 in the SDMB group, but I don’t think work units go with you when you switch groups.
OTOH, all work units in both groups are work units for Cecil, which is the important point, right?
Actually, I think your total does go with you when you switch, but since the site is down right now, I can’t check for sure. I used to belong to the old Straight Dopers team, but when I switched, my total was credited to the new team.