500-fold Increase in Data Flow from SETI Telescope

coondoggie brings us an article from Networkworld about a flood of new data for the SETI@home project. We discussed something similar a few months ago when a new telescope array went live. The vast amount of processing power required to handle the new data is prompting the SETI@home team to make a plea for more volunteers. Quoting the press release: "What triggered the new flow of data was the addition of seven new receivers at Arecibo, which now let the telescope record radio signals from seven regions of the sky simultaneously instead of just one. With greater sensitivity and the ability to detect the polarization of the radio signals, plus 40 times more frequency coverage, Arecibo is set to survey the sky for new radio sources."

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Re:Uhhh...Earth to slashdot nerds....

[IrquiM]

I know a bigger one...

It's called religion!

The chances of finding life in other places in the universe is actually bigger, than praying to some all mighty deity, and he will influence the world in the way you want.

And regarding life other places in the universe, there's always the panspermia hypothesis. Now, intelligent life is a totally different question! I'm not even sure it exist at all, including Earth.