SETI to Upgrade Software, Telescope

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SETI to Upgrade Software, Telescope

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday October 1, 2002 @08:11PM from the stepping-up-to-the-future dept.

Professor_Quail writes "Space.com reports that SETI@home is planning to transfer it's operations from Arecibo to another telescope in Australia, where they say lies an increased chance of finding extra-terrestrials. The Australian telescope is more powerful, with a wider view of the sky; scientists are betting that this new telescope will also help find signs of 'shriveling' black holes."

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Re:As an employee of SETI@home ... by Raffzahn · 2002-10-01 22:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I hope you are not the one who will have the job of decoding the signal, because you cannot even speak english.

But the ETs will - huh ?
Re:Not actually Parkes by N+Monkey · 2002-10-01 23:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Damn! I'd forgotten that. Still I suppose it's not as bad as some of the changes made to "historical" movies - certain recent war movies spring to mind.
Re:"Shriveling" black holes by BigRedBall · 2002-10-01 23:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I can get broadband from a shriveling black hole??? L33t!!! ;)
j/k
Re:Why? by SystematicPsycho · 2002-10-01 23:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

it's like those guys who try find a way to make a seedless watermelon.

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Re:Grammar, man, grammar by Deton8 · 2002-10-02 00:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I think chicks dig men who know the difference between "it's" and "its", unlike the author of the original /. post. Now, trying to swerve this off-topic thread back into line, maybe it's time to develop artificial intelligence software here on Earth which knows its contractions and possessive pronouns. If you aggregate all the spare CPU cycles on all the computers on Earth, you might be able to assemble enough computing horsepower to correct all the improper uses of the word "it's" on the web. It could even be a screen saver, where you get to watch it crawl the web, hack to root, and correct web sites for people.
Oops... spelling mistake ruins joke by N+Monkey · 2002-10-02 00:31 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Meant to write "starred" not "stared".

/me goes off to sit in the corner wearing the dunces cap.
Idle processor by Tim+Ward · 2002-10-02 00:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I mean nothing is more stupid than an idle processor 24/7 while it can help something.

So turn the f***ing thing off if you're not using it!! Haven't you heard of global warming? Let me guess, you're American, right?
Re: As an employee of SETI@home ... by Saeger · 2002-10-02 04:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I was going to post the same joke - but I guess you'll get to take the karma hit instead. I'll join you when my reply gets modded Offtopic. :)
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