leXX Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Are there any other geeks here helping to find ET? I have been donating my resources along with 4,871,961 users for some time now. Do you think this is pointless, or do you think that this extra help might indeed end with an actual signal being recieved faster than it would normally. Will we ever make contact with an alien species in our lifetime? I for one have my fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I can honestly say I hope we come into contact with another species. The galaxy is vast, and it is inconceivable to think we're the only ones in the entire thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I'd much rather be using my spare cpu cycles to do something more useful for humanity, like trying to find out how proteins fold(assemble). http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding It acts much like Seti@Home, with you downloading work units to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Originally posted by Tyrion I'd much rather be using my spare cpu cycles to do something more useful for humanity, like trying to find out how proteins fold(assemble). http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding It acts much like Seti@Home, with you downloaded work units to work on. Me also though I believe other life out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I tend to believe that there's life on other star systems somewhere out there. With billions upon billions of galaxies, all of which hold billions upon billions of stars, odds seem good to me that there is life elsewhere in the universe. That said, however, I find it highly unlikely that we'll be able to make contact with other life. For one thing, we assume that alien life is just as advanced, if not more so, than us. It could very well be that some life is still in microscopic stage or in some other form that isn't advanced enough to communicate with us. Moreover, one has to keep in mind the sheer size of the universe. Most of the stars you see are hundreds of light years away. Galaxies are even further out, being thousands and sometimes millions of light years away. Even if aliens were to recieve transmissions coming from earth, we would probably be long dead by then. Furthermore, it would take just as long for them to send a response. As for actually travelling and visiting other life, (or other life visiting us) the chances are even more remote. It is impossible to travel at light speed or faster due to the laws of physics. Since the time it would take to travel to other star systems would be extremely long, it just wouldn't be feasible to undertake such a quest; you would probably die of old age first. In a nutshell: there's a slight possibility we might be able to make contact with other life many decades/centuries from now, but we couldn't actually meet them face-to-face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Originally posted by leXX Are there any other geeks here helping to find ET? *looks in mirror* Um.................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_64027.html The team has kind of slowed down as of late, but there's a few of us at XWA still churning out packets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I used to have the SETI program on my computer, but I agree, working with the protein thing just makes more sense. But one way or another, I'm sure we won't make any form of contact until we make actual physical contact, whether its with a sand scooper or a bayonet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Originally posted by Neverhoodian I That said, however, I find it highly unlikely that we'll be able to make contact with other life. For one thing, we assume that alien life is just as advanced, if not more so, than us. It could very well be that some life is still in microscopic stage or in some other form that isn't advanced enough to communicate with us. Good point. But, I watched something on the science channel on hyperspace which said that it was possible. So either that or wormholes would get us to other places. But before we do that., lets clean up our own world first mmkay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrobot Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Originally posted by Neverhoodian As for actually travelling and visiting other life, (or other life visiting us) the chances are even more remote. It is impossible to travel at light speed or faster due to the laws of physics. Since the time it would take to travel to other star systems would be extremely long, it just wouldn't be feasible to undertake such a quest; you would probably die of old age first. Ah, but what of quantum teleportation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Originally posted by leXX http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Are there any other geeks here helping to find ET? I have been donating my resources along with 4,871,961 users for some time now. Do you think this is pointless, or do you think that this extra help might indeed end with an actual signal being recieved faster than it would normally. Will we ever make contact with an alien species in our lifetime? I for one have my fingers crossed. *raises hand in glee* You never know, then again, humans are so incredibly foolish, why should an intelligent species want to contact us? just so we could forcively remove their clitoris, or bomb their clinics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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