SETI@Home Adds New Search Method

Adam Korbitz writes to point out that SETI@Home has added a new algorithm for use in evaluating signals from outer space. It's called "Astropulse," and they've made the scientific details available. Quoting: "The original SETI@home is narrowband, meaning that it is listening for a particular radio frequency. That's like listening to an orchestra playing, and trying to hear when anyone plays the note "A sharp." Astropulse listens for short-time pulses. In the orchestra analogy, it's like listening for a quick drum beat, or a series of drumbeats. Since no one knows what extraterrestrial communications will 'sound like,' it seems like a good idea to search for several types of signals. In scientific terms, Astropulse is a sky survey that searches for microsecond transient radio pulses."

Comments

Re:Yes but

[Joebert]

Actually you're wrong. This is our universe and not your's. Let's try to think little bit more in term we and little less me.

Go fuck yourself.
I'm tired of being taken advantage of in that whole "we" game.

Re:Erm...

[Joebert]

Yes. Assholes know better.