Nicole Morgan55 said:I have no idea what you’re trying to brag about now.😉 SETI is constantly running in my background, regardless of what I'm actually doing...
It turns out the CMD version is just more efficient. Just set that up as a service and call it a day. It’ll run on its own without any hassle. Why make things complicated?
Ethan Williams5 said:Guys, are you actually certain your computers are searching for aliens? For all we know, they could be assisting some shadow agency with brute-forcing encryption codes. 😁 Who knows? I’d much rather contribute to medical research. It doesn't matter if someone turns a profit on those drugs. What matters is that it might save a life down the road—maybe even yours or your kids'.
Thanks. But my kids will likely fall victim to runaway capitalism long before they ever face a plague.
Melissa Moore32 said:Hmm... maybe they follow some kind of "Prime Directive" like in Star Trek, so they aren't allowed to interfere with the development of inferior species like ours.
You never know.
In that case, they aren't malicious or looking to turn us into burgers like we do to cows, 😁 which would mean there's no real threat.
Either way, maybe something like that would finally force fools (read: humans) to spend less time fighting and more time actually cooperating.
Slime said:SETI actually holds patents. If your computer actually picked up a signal from deep space, do you really think they’d just broadcast it to the public? They’d likely grab that data, lock it away in some vault, and you’d never even know if you’d stumbled onto something massive. You'd be left wondering if you actually found anything at all. 🙄
But what would be the point? A global conspiracy? The protocols for confirming a signal are pretty clear—you report it to the UN. Besides, verifying a discovery requires multiple independent groups to confirm it, which makes keeping it under wraps virtually impossible.
There's no real way to profit from it either way. Not to mention, your name gets attached to the discovery.
Nicole Morgan55, don't be so cynical. Just because you don't believe in it doesn't mean it isn't there. That's exactly why we look. 😛
1424 units processed so far. My average is sitting at 22 hours and 26 minutes. Honestly, looking at this machine, it seems like it could knock them out in under 5 hours.
Nicole Morgan55 said:I get where you're coming from, but still... If this could actually help someone—or even save a life by finding a new cure—why wouldn't we...?
It’s just like the race for an HIV cure. Of course, some massive corporation is going to patent it, and the price tag will be astronomical. And who needs it most? Affrika, obviously. So look at the "benefits." You line your pockets, and it’s not even enough that people are suffering; they have to live knowing a cure exists but is completely out of reach because some corporate suit owns the patent.
Whatever. As soon as they declare it public knowledge, I'm downloading SETI and getting to work. Until then, let them deal with their own mess.
Nicole Morgan55 said:And what’s my payoff for helping out at SETI? A little alien souvenir? 😉 😁
Nothing, unless you happen to discover the signal of the century. But the real kicker is that the data remains public domain, so nobody actually gets rich off it.
I'm really not a fan of the idea of some massive corporation getting even wealthier off the back of my free labor.
Now, here comes my political manifesto on the whole thing.
Why choose SETI over some other nonsense?
First off, all medical research and everything else is basically done FOR corporations. You end up with nothing if your company makes a breakthrough. Of course, it wouldn't be such a disaster if that same corporation didn't just patent it and sell the drugs at astronomical prices. Well, they do. My company works for them, and then they reap the rewards. If the contract actually stated that nothing discovered could be patented, maybe I'd give it a second thought.
Steven Ruiz said:I actually thought it was a solid movie. I just finished watching it, and my roommate and I were so caught up in the vibe that we spent the entire drive home pretending to be X-Men. 😁
That was us right after The Matrix. Thank God it was actually good. 😁
I don't get it; I had the exact opposite experience. For me, the only downside was the headache 🙂
Personally, I thought this was a solid action flick with a decent plot. Plus, isn't it great how the villains are basically the US government? Feels pretty relevant right now 😁
I finally caught it today. I have to admit, I actually liked it. It doesn't give me those bad vibes you get from movies like Spider-Man.
Sure, the plot and everything else is standard fare for an action flick, but the action was great—and personally, I thought the story held up just fine.😁
Has anyone else seen this yet, or am I just shouting into the void here?
(And please, if you're one of those people who only watches "serious" cinema, stay away. My liver can't handle the judgment, especially since it's already struggling enough from all the vodka.😁
Jeffrey Torres said:And did you know people also call it a Cartridge? Hehehe... So, since there are mice everywhere now, is the whole house infested or just the backyard?''😁 😉
Keep pushing me and see what happens. I’m a moderator now—the evil version. 😁 😈