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 Dr. C.E.T.I.  Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 
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eh - you still 'ave it set-up so that one can NOT 'ave the STAR showin'? right? @ Peter - as in 'anonymously' . . . ID: 523963 ·  |
Pappa  Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Richard The Seti PayPal is setup that if you do Not enter your Seti User ID then it would be anonomous... In the Berkeley Seti Donation form, it is setup so that you can make the Donation Anonomous... If you by chance miss that then in your preferences you can turn off the star or put a dot in a circle to effectively make it anonomous... So there are several ways that should you choose to not display the Star, it would not displayed. Yes, I can understand why some would not want it seen... Pappa
Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 524327 · |
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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merci Pappa . . . Richard ID: 524367 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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I Personally, want to Thank Everyone that has found "Something!" Job Well done! Okay I am overdue, and trying to not push anyone... As of [1 Mar 2007 1:06:13 UTC] $167891.47 has been raised or 31.2% of the goal... So in three months almost a third of the Goal has been reached... It shows what can be accomplished when everyone works together! I will not mention names, some people want it to be anonymous I would not presume to embarrass them... I also know of one individual that did not want his name published who purchased Two 2.8Ghz Xeons and a pile of RAM for the kryten replacement (roughly $1800+) because of where the RAM was ordered from it is still in transit... The Motherboard was donated and a Case is on order... The quiet statement was, Eric will start the server build on Monday... Another Individual from a Team purchased a Large amount of RAM that is Helping Seti in other machines... I know that one small machine, a couple of switches and a UPS was delivered to Eric and it will/has been put to use... An individual purchased two compatible fiber channel cards to hook into existing drive arrays... I have no word on the other server or optical cards... My bad... What I do know is that drives for the various Array's are still needed... Partly it will be required to get the Upload/Download Array's to a bit of a larger capacity as MultBeam Data hits... When I saw Matt dismiss the Red Lights on the NAS graphic... I cringed... Currently I do not have those model numbers (it requires pulling one, pick one and hope it does not cause the array to crash) but "generally" they are 73 Gig Fiberchannel Drives (Seagate)in a NetApp Nas... Yes I know that over the years everyone changes model numbers... I am chasing several items to find the cheapest replacements that a user might be able to afford... I also know that if you wish to donate cash towards just hardware there is was way that it could be identified through UCB... So to not make this overly long I will close... Thank You Everyone! Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 524807 · |
zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66370 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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I Personally, want to Thank Everyone that has found "Something!" Job Well done! Is that case for Kryten? If It is, Hot Dang the end is near. ;) Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST 
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Yes that is the case for the kryten replacement. There have been quiet Donations from various people that account for about $2800.00. They do not want fame they just want the machine to work... So if other small parts are needed it will be announced... Is that case for Kryten? Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 525851 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Okay Folks Some Very Good News The Replacement Server is a Dual 2.6 Xeon with 12Gig (will be) of RAM is being built. The bulk of the OS Install and the build should be completed on Thursday... There have been many that have donated Motherboard, CPU's, RAM, the case, Fiberchannel cards, Drives and Memory... Some want to recognized and others that want to just be in the background. I Respect that, so no names mentioned! Eric Knows! So after a bit of testing I presume that it will take a few days to migrate data from kryten... We hope that it will majickly appear by the next weekly outage... All I can say is that "IF" we put our minds/resources together and a bit of Funds "WE" can Help to insure that Seti Survives... Thank You, to Everyone that has found a way to Help! I know that some would if they had the resources, Seti Understands... We still have other drives to get replaced... More on that later... Or watch Donate Hardware II Regards Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 527896 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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I spoke with Eric briefly this morning... Between Hardware donations that they would have had to turn around and Purchase with the Roughly $6000 in hardware donated... Not to mention your Donation efforts.. We have a small respite. "YOU" have managed to to get Seti almost a 3rd of the way to the goal... Thank YOU! Now other news... Cross post to the Donate Hardware II Thread... The work to get Bruno ready to move into place is going slow... See Matt's Tech News entry Happy Ides (Mar 15 2007) states that the issue may be solved... Eric also mentioned for the first time in a while, they have been working to make just about all the Red Lights go away... Other resources are coming to a point that while things in most cases are not New... They are becoming more reliable again. Thanks to "many people" Bruno is a dual 2.8Ghz Xeon the 12 Gig of RAM and the last couple of drives will be in place shortly. So as the file copy, is now working properly... We should see good things during the next Weekly Outage... A User came up with enough Sata drives to solve that part of the issue... Thank You! Thank You to Everyone that has found "something," It shows the Spirit of those that Believe in Seti! Many do not want their names displayed... Regards Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 531883 · |
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Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0
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I'm wondering if it might help to change the text on the entry page: SETI@home is in the midst of our Fall 2006 fundraising drive. New participants might get the wrong impression, those who have been around longer have become accustomed to it so are not stimulated to think about donating. Joe ID: 532233 · |
Pawly  Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0 
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Hello Pappa! First let me say that giving, tireless people like you make all the difference IN the world TO the world. THANK YOU. Keep up all your hard work and extend these thanks to all your peers. As a recent donor I thought I would let you know that my credit card was charged correctly and the tax receipt came about a week to ten days later. Just today I received correspondance from UC Berkeley with a letter of gratitude from Chancellor Birgeneau, a pamphlet Entitled "Cal Facts" and two nifty "I Feed The Bears" window stickers. No mention of SETI by the way.  Any chance I could trade you two bear stickers for one SETI sticker?  DONATE TO SETI 
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Pawly Thank You! I am not aware of windows stickers that might say something like "Got Seti?" with the Seti Logo... Hello Pappa! Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 534871 · |
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Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8964 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0
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Any updates??? Been a long time since we've had an update on fundraising...   ID: 540714 · |
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Wander Saito Send message Joined: 7 Jul 03 Posts: 555 Credit: 2,136,061 RAC: 0 
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Any updates??? Been a long time since we've had an update on fundraising... Hi Blurf, To keep track of SAH donations, you can simply access the donation history page. It has all sorts of data regarding money contributions to SAH. Regards, Wander ID: 540845 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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I should have said something before now, but have been busy at work and with Astropulse... I Konw that things also have been quiet lately, moving hardware (Seti) into place has left little time for discussion about what to do next. There are still a Few Hardware Items Needed. I will post that again shortly. As of [4 Apr 2007 22:17:29 UTC] $171856.24 has been raised so far or 31.9% of the goal... For those have contributed and those that still trickle in a bit here and there. Thank You Those that would if they, Thank You for the Thought! Everyones efforts have gotten Bruno running a few other machines upgraded and Astropulse to Testing in Seti Beta... Well Done! Regards Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 541006 · |
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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I should have said something before now, but have been busy at work and with Astropulse... Thanks for the Update Pappa . . . YOUR Many Contributions are Obviously DULY Noted SIR!!! hear, hear for Bruno . . .  BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 547236 · |
Jim_S  Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31
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I made a donation on the 24th. May I please have my star back?  I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) ID: 578994 · |
kinhull  Send message Joined: 3 Oct 03 Posts: 1029 Credit: 636,475 RAC: 0 
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I made a donation on the 24th. May I please have my star back? Me too. I'd like confirmation that mine's been received, ta. Join TeamACC Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. ID: 579290 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Kinhull, Jim S You have your stars... As Jim mentioned it I sent an email to insure the script got turned back on... I made a donation on the 24th. May I please have my star back? Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 579389 · |
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Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31
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Kinhull, Jim S Thanks Pappa. Please don't stop your good works. Folks like You have kept folks like me cooking computers and sending what we can when we can. I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) ID: 579402 · |
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Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0
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Jun 03 2007 As You know, I have not been pushing for donations but still see that many of you have still responded. Thank You! Total Raised as of 31 May 2007 $181496.52 or roughly 34% of the $538000 goal. One thing that was not counted on in the Budget was several major server failures. In some things the "You the Users" managed to gather hardware that could help to get past that. One individual opened a door into Sun to get a replacement Server. There are some things still pending on the hardware donations side... A month ago, Eric was supposed to start talking with several individuals to see what ideas could be used to make the next donation push a bit more effective. There have been problems reaching everyone. That was obviously delayed with the last month of Server Deaths and other Hardware Software issues. This has also delayed getting the Alfa Receiver MultiBeam Data ready for Seti Main. Much progress has been made in that area and many feel that it is getting close to happening. Some of the first Astropulse testing has started, currently it is in Alpha Tests... Some of this has gotten a bit messy, it is better to happen there than here... As ever, Your Efforts are appreciated! Regards Pappa Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. ID: 580970 · |
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