…kinda!
So if you have got a computer just sitting around doing nothing you should have it join my SETI@home team and get searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence! Hahahaha, I know that sounds insane, but that is really what we are doing in my computer architecture class! It’s a test to see which group in the class can get the most people running the program. When you run the program you do ‘projects’ every completed project earns my team more points. Whichever team gets the most points….wins! So yeah, I like winning and stuff….:D
Here’s how you join:
1. Go to http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
2. Click on ‘your account’ then ‘create account’
3. Create an account!
4. Once you have your account search for a team call ‘Fontaine Futuristics’ and join it. (You may have to refresh the page until the ‘join team’ option shows up…)
5. Once you have your account and have joined the team download and install BOINC
6. Now umm…I can’t rememeber, LOL! I think you go to New Project to start a project. (Make sure you attach your account and team to the project, there will be prompts helping you thru this part)
7. Now just run BOINC whenever you are not on your computer! That’s it! YAY!
SETI@home runs the same as FOLDING@home, just instead of folding proteins it is searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence! It uses your computers’ processor…yadda yadda yadda.
Hmmm, I need some sort of incentive to make you join and run the program. I’ll think of something…
