SETI and other nonsense...

Overall: 43.286% done
CPU time: 5 h 15 min 17 sec
And still nothing from the little green guys... 😢
👋Little Green Men! Hit me up!!! I need my fame!👋

And what would even be the point of all that? Some massive global conspiracy or something? It says right there what happens if a signal actually gets confirmed—you just notify the United Nations. Besides, verifying a signal would require a bunch of different independent groups to weigh in, which means there’s basically zero chance they could keep it under wraps.

I mean, obviously, anyone who stumbled onto that kind of data would want to exploit it for their own gain; you really think they'd just hand it over to some researcher out of the goodness of their heart or some naive hope for a better future for humanity? 😛
(who knows what they're hiding there)

(If people were actually that decent, we wouldn't still be burning fossil fuels to get around, and honestly, you don't need to be a paranoid conspiracy theorist to see how much shadow play goes on behind the scenes)

Ridiculous. What on earth would they lose by adding your name to the list? How exactly does that benefit them? It makes absolutely zero sense.

Whether they’re acting out of malice or good intentions doesn't really matter when they're so far away.😛

slycrane94 said:Whether they're good or bad doesn't really matter since they're so far away anyway. 😛

But honestly, maybe they're actually closer than we think. 😉

Melissa Moore32 said:Maybe they're closer than we realize. 😉

If they were that close and actually hostile, wouldn't they have shown up by now? We’re easily within their 60-light-year reach.

Nicole Morgan55 said:SETI obsession

Honestly, just run the CMD version as a service instead of wasting CPU cycles on useless graphics. Why bother with all that inefficiency? 😁

slycrane94 said:If they were really that close and looking for trouble, they would have shown up by now. I mean, we’re pretty much sitting ducks within a 60 light-year radius.

Hmm... I guess it's possible they follow some kind of "prime directive" like in Star Trek, where they aren't allowed to mess with the development of supposedly inferior species like us.

You never really know.

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.

Listen, are you people actually certain your computers are even searching for aliens? For all we know, they might just be feeding data to some shadowy government agency designed to crack encryption codes 😁 You can never tell. Personally, I’d much rather my processing power go toward medical research and drug development. It doesn't matter if some massive pharmaceutical corporation turns a profit off the discovery; what matters is that it could save a life down the road, and who knows, maybe one day it will be yours or your own children's lives at stake.

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.

slycrane94 said:Man, just set up the CMD version as a service instead of wasting CPU cycles on some dumb graphics. Talk about being useless. 😁

I don't even know what you're flexing about here.😉
I've got SETI running in the background constantly, no matter what I'm doing...

Ethan Williams5 said:...Maybe they're just helping some secret agency crack codes 😁 You never know. I'd much rather help develop new medicines...

You sure that helping with drug research isn't actually helping some shadow group break encryption ? 🙄

slycrane94 said:Appreciate it. Honestly, my kids are more likely to get wrecked by runaway capitalism than by radiation.

No matter how you slice it, they're getting the short end of the stick... 😉

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?

slycrane94 said:Turns out the CMD version is way smoother and more efficient. Just grab that one and set it up as a service. Then the computer just handles it automatically and you don't have to lift a finger. It's a total lifesaver.

What even is this CMD thing? I'm lost...
Besides, SETI just launches itself whenever I boot up my PC and shuts down when I turn it off...

And honestly, nobody’s even thrown out an alternative to SETI yet... 🙄

The command prompt version. It’s mainly intended for NT systems.

If you set it up as a service, it'll run more efficiently—plus, you won't have to constantly babysit it.

Alright, give me one good reason why... It’s not like he’s giving me any grief. He's basically an open book... nothing to hide.

Because it’s more efficient. Personally, I prefer keeping my system tray uncluttered, but at the end of the day, efficiency wins out.

Where can I grab this without wasting my life searching for it?

CMD version

Here you go. Hopefully you know how to set up services, otherwise you might want to pull up Win2K🙂