Subject: BIONIC's SETI program: why don't they remove all display modes except Minimalist -- and work on a Minimalist + StarMap & Minmalist + Sponsor...
From: "Max Power" <mikehack@u.washington.edu>
Date: 02/02/2005, 00:55
Newsgroups: alt.ecommerce,alt.sci.seti,sci.astro.seti

BIONIC's SETI program design flaws:
Why don't they remove all display modes except for 4 to 8 variations of 
Minimalist.
The other screen saver modes just waste CPU cycles, and don't display the 
scientific data very well.

Why don't they work on an updated screen saver that features:

Minimalist + StarMap
&
Minimalist + Corporate Sponsor ... (a possible source of revenue)

And dump the other display modes.

Something that has also pissed me off since V2.0 is that there is no graph 
of DOPPLER DRIFT RATE.

Nor is there a rotating counter for:
Gaussians
Triplets
etc...

As far a way to raise revenue, a SETI @ HOME II program -- that does much 
more in depth looking at already processed work units is overdue. A fee of 
12 - 50 USD per year is probably about right for this kind of venture.

Said S@H_2 should allow for process 16 work units at a time [where the work 
units have the same exact time stamp] so that 16 users could process work 
unit one time block (256 bands x 339 k) at the same time.

It would be nice if S@H & proposed V2 would give more detail as to what 
[visible from earth] stars are near the sample point in the work unit. A 
built in database of 365 stars would probably suffice.