Just got a letter from
Seti@home in case there are any other Seti users out there.
We'd like to invite you to reconnect with
SETI@home. Our records show that you've been with
SETI@home since <Date Blanked> , but it's been <Edited> days since you last returned a work unit. We want you back, and here's why:
There are exciting times for
SETI@home. We recently installed a new
SETI@home data recorder at the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. This recorder is attached to a state-of-the-art multibeam receiver, so we can now measure signals from 7 positions on the sky at once, with greater sensitivity to weak signals compared to the data from the flat feed antenna we've used since 1999. Coupled with a new application,
SETI@home Enhanced, we've greatly increased the sensitivity of our data analysis, and the likelihood that we'll find the first signs of extraterrestrial life. We're also testing a second application, Astropulse, which will look for extremely short pulses of astronomical (and possibly intelligent) origin.
With these new developments comes an increase in required computing power, for which we depend on people like you. We hope you will consider signing back on with
SETI@home, and help in this wonderful scientific venture.
Whether or now you resume running
SETI@home, you can help us by filling out a survey about the BOINC software used by
SETI@home. We want to make sure that
SETI@home is easy to use for everyone, and your comments will help us make this happen.
If you experienced problems running
SETI@home, please visit the Questions and Answers area of our web site. You may find the solution to your problem there; if not, you can ask for help from project volunteers and staff.
We thank you for your involvement in
SETI@home, and hope that you rejoin us in our search for signals from other worlds.
-- The
SETI@home team
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