Subject: Re: Is boinc worth my effort?...
From: "larry" <larya@rogers.com>
Date: 26/02/2004, 21:23
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

 SETI@home is still recording fresh
data at Arecibo, so it's still worth running the original S@H, even if it
was
supposed to end a while back.

As I recall, the problem I ran into was that I stopped seti@home a couple of
years ago...I the meantime my isp changed it's computer system, it used to
be @home.com and is now @rogers.com...Therefore I was unable to check into
my account and make some changes.....There was something I needed to do,
which I have currently forgotten, which made getting into my account
necessarily.....I think I had forgotten my password or something...

So, with seti@home I am dead in the water, even though I have accumulated
around 5000 hours of computer time....With boinc I am not getting any data
feedback...I have no way of know if the program is even running or is doing
anyone any good...me or boinc....patients I, believe, I have plenty of...it
is just if something is not working for me I have not way of knowing if I am
just spinning my computer wheels or actually accomplishing something for the
overall good...

Larry



"Tom" <.> wrote in message news:1077720942.79657.0@iris.uk.clara.net...

"larry" <larya@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Fn1%b.60681$RTW1.764@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...

stage I have to be patient...how long does my patients have to last....


Beta tests are not for the impatient.  SETI@home is still recording fresh
data at Arecibo, so it's still worth running the original S@H, even if it
was
supposed to end a while back.