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From: Christine Fernandes <pumpkin@netfly.com.br>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 23:35:42 -0300
Fwd Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:07:41 -0400
Subject: Re: SETI@home Project Erroneously Sending Same


>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:09:36 -0600
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: Don Allen <dona@amigo.net>
>Subject: Re: SETI@home Project Erroneously Sending Same Packets Of Data

>>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 02:02:41
>>To: updates@globalserve.net
>>From: Stig Agermose <stig.agermose@get2net.dk>
>>Subject: SETI@home Project Erroneously Sending Same Packets Of Data


>>Computer users who are contributing to the SETI (search for
>>alien life) project are inadvertently wasting CPU cycles by
>>processing data that has already been scanned.

>>Due to failures in coping with the overwhelming response from
>>volunteers, the SETI@home project has been erroneously sending
>>the same packets of radio data to its 500,000 participants.

>Thanks for posting this article. It explains why I've been
>processing the same packet from a few days ago and also why my
>processed units stats haven't been getting updated. I was just
>about ready to delete Seti off my machine.

Well, since that problem is occuring now with the SETI
participants, should I still go ahead and download it on my
computer or would be more advisable to wait and see how it
unfolds? Thx for the time, Christine.