SETI@HOME Easter Egg!

Baron Munchausen · #14 December 13th, 2001, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by MikeRMcCartney:
I think the whole idea is fantastic, and that people will show such a great interest is truly outstanding. I never thought about running more than 1 computer for the project, but now I may have to go to the scape pile to build a couple of machines just for SETI.

Yep, some people are putting 200 Mhz Pentiums to work on SETI@HOME. It takes several days for a 200Mhz Pentium to do a work unit, but what the hey. If you hook it to a network as a 'diskless workstation' and turn off the monitor it's like a large lightbulb. Just a little extra electricity on the bill.

Californians should probably not do this, though.