A fee of 12 - 50 USD per year is probably about right for this kind of

venture <<
So how many $ have you given SETI?
The great difference between WU (hardware and electricity) and actual $ that
people are willing to give has always amazed me........
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/donor_history.html
The online donation process has worked fine for me.
https://colt.berkeley.edu:444/urelgift/seti.html
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"Max Power" <mikehack@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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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.