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JSetiTracker 1.0.4b is now available

Posted by Roblimo on from the it's-not-just-useful-but-pretty-too dept.

jsrbirch writes "JSetiTracker, a 100% Pure Java add-on client for the SETI@home software is available now for preview. Features include: Logging of WU's; SkyMap; Coordinate Tracker(New); Dynamically generated image from SkyView that tracks your WU progress across the sky; Vital Stats(CPU, Power, Gaussian). Check it out! "

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  1. Aha ! by Morendil · · Score: 2

    Ooo, this together with the soon-to-be ubiquitous availability of the JVM for palmtops, plus wireless connectivity means... Yes ! Soon we can donate to worthy causes the idle CPU cycles of our PDAs as well. Another great step forward in conspicuous power consumption ! (What's that you say ? Depleting the batteries ? If you're a true geek your Palm runs on rechargeables and stays docked all the time anyway - it's not as if you were leaving home that often...)

  2. Re:moderation is out of control by Fizgig · · Score: 2

    Most people in that experiment didn't want to shock people. They just said "Am I really supposed to be doing this? Is this safe?" and the researcher on hand would nod. They also did a variant where the researcher was only over an intercom. It didn't work nearly as well. The point was that people would do drastic things if they thought they were being ordered to or could blame someone else (it's been used to justify the actions of WWII Germans, for better or worse). It had nothing to do with sadism. No one enjoyed it, and many people from that experiment suffered severe trauma.

  3. finally by Jburkholder · · Score: 2

    ... a cool graphic to make up for the not-windows versions not having the screen saver! Gotta try this.

  4. Re:hmm by Jburkholder · · Score: 2

    here we go again...

    sure, its a waste - its all relative to what you consider 'useful'. I think its interesting and that's why I run it. I'm sure there's a non-zero probablility of finding something, then again I'm sure there is also a non-zero probablility that OJ didn't do it. :-)

    Must we go through this entire discussion of seti vs rc5 vs something else more useful yet again?

    Isn't re-hashing these stale arguments a waste of cpu/bandwidth/time also?

  5. what are we looking at? by NtG · · Score: 2

    It's nice to see all these graphical representations of SETI, but to the ordinary person, these frequencies, waves, gaussians(sp?), spikes, etc etc etc mean little. I'm more interested in project stats rather than an analysis of the data being crunched. One thing I especially like about rc5 is the amount of information about the project available. This is the sort of stuff I understand.