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04-27-2011, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Bye bye SETI
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04-27-2011, 07:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | | hi.
Sort of a shame, but it was only a matter of time.
I once thought (briefly) about the SETI scereen-saver but the cost was outrageous. IMHO anyway.
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04-27-2011, 08:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Bossier City, LA | | | Stephen Hawking thought it was very foolhardy trying to contact ET's. He said it was much more probable that they would be hostile rather than peaceful. |
04-27-2011, 08:02 AM
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Unofficialy endorsing EBMM, Avatar Speakers | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle (ish), WA | | | SETI didn't get shut down... read the article. Sensationalism at it's best at work here... while the ATA was a large part of the project, SETI is still marching on. |
04-27-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird  I once thought (briefly) about the SETI scereen-saver but the cost was outrageous. IMHO anyway. | Free is outrageous. |
04-27-2011, 09:28 AM
|  | Esteemed Nitpicker | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A Galaxy Far, Far Away | | | It wasn't a very good use of our time and money anyway. Let's get settled on Luna, Mars, and the ocean floors first before we try to contact other civilizations. On the off chance we could talk to one, I think it would be best to have something to talk about. |
04-27-2011, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by colcifer It wasn't a very good use of our time and money anyway. Let's get settled on Luna, Mars, and the ocean floors first before we try to contact other civilizations. On the off chance we could talk to one, I think it would be best to have something to talk about. | It was privately funded. If you want to enter the discussion of what should and should not be cut by the government, you'll have to do that else where. Quote: |
Funding for SETI Institute programs comes from a variety of sources. Contrary to popular belief, no government funds are allocated for its SETI searches – these are financed entirely by private contributions. Other astrobiology research at the SETI Institute may be funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation, or other grants and donations. TeamSETI is the SETI Institute’s worldwide membership and support organization.
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04-27-2011, 10:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kolkata (Calcutta), India | | I had the SETI screensaver on my computer once. Not anymore. Can't understand why, but I feel like I miss it 
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04-27-2011, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus, OH | | In regards to the seti@home screensaver/data crunching app: The application is provided by the university of california, berkeley. It is still in operation. The radio telescope facility that they use is not Hat Creek, but the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico, which is funded by both Cornell Univ. and the NSF.
You can obtain the software via seti's homepage at: SETI@home
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04-27-2011, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by masturbasser Stephen Hawking thought it was very foolhardy trying to contact ET's. He said it was much more probable that they would be hostile rather than peaceful. | That's hilarious because they are probably saying the exact same thing about mankind--and they'd be right.
(For the record, I don't believe in ETs. I'm just making a comment to the conversation)
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Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
04-27-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by colcifer It wasn't a very good use of our time and money anyway. Let's get settled on Luna, Mars, and the ocean floors first before we try to contact other civilizations... | +100!
I still think the cures for cancers and AIDS are somewhere on the ocean floor. We just have to go find it.
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Originally Posted by Gopherbassist I'd laugh, but you can get really sick from that. | |
04-27-2011, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Auzzie-Phoenix ....the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico... | That was in an episode of the X-Files.
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04-27-2011, 12:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California | | | If we don't waste precious resources on SETI, we can speed up the process of exterminating ourselves. |
04-27-2011, 06:34 PM
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Maker of HPF-Pre upright bass preamp | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | An advanced civilization wouldn't waste precious resources beaming huge amounts of energy into the sky, just in case somebody out there happened to have a huge radiotelescope turned on at exactly the same time. |
04-27-2011, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 That was in an episode of the X-Files.
-Mike | Not to mention a prominent feature scene in Goldeneye.
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04-27-2011, 06:37 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | You know...I've always kind of thought that it was a waste of time, but for some bizarre reason, I find it sad that it's being mothballed. I gonna miss it
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04-27-2011, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by totallyfrozen (For the record, I don't believe in ETs. I'm just making a comment to the conversation) | Not a betting man, I presume? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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