"Andrew White" <andywhite@mchsi.com> wrote in
news:EE6Pa.24611$H17.8022@sccrnsc02: 

How do I know if SETI@home has found anything interesting?  I use
SETIspy and it shows me when it finds gassians and spikes and what not
but how do I know if they're of any intrest?  Does the score mean
anything?  What is the score out of? (like is it a 1.5 out of 10 or
what?)  Any help would be appriciated.

You don't, really. Even though something may be interesting to you or 
anyone else it really must be further analyzed by the scientists at 
Berkeley. It may have an easy logical explaination for it. Without all the 
information available about the location (we got that), terrain around 
Aricebo, satellite positions, earthly events (radio events, especially) and 
many others, you just cannot make any judgements about a signal. In other 
words, the process for which we provide assistance to the project is only 
the first in a long series of processes that must happen before any 
conclusions be made.

It's best to just settle for knowing that we are providing a valuable 
service to the project.

Many have fun with plotting and charting, and you can too, with the right 
tools. And some of those are freely available as add ons or share/freeware.


Cheers,
Mark