Preservation of the Screensaver (Simulating Data Crunching?)
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 Patrick Mollohan  Send message Joined: 9 Oct 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 200,862 RAC: 34 
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I was wondering if there are any plans to preserve the SETI@home screensaver. It is arguably one of the most iconic screensavers in the world of computing (alongside others such as the classic 3D maze) and was part of an incredible scientific experiment. I know it is completely silly for multiple reasons (screensavers not really having a purpose anymore for modern displays, wasting CPU resources and power, etc.) but I think it would be cool if there's a way to preserve the screensaver such that it simulates data crunching while SETI@home is in hibernation. Would this be feasible? |
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Jmarcelo Send message Joined: 18 Sep 08 Posts: 14 Credit: 248,071 RAC: 23
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+1 to this! I think it'd be neat if we could have a screensaver to memorialize/simulate SETI@Home once we stop getting WUs and move on to other projects. Even if it's just a standalone program, it'd be nice to see it again when my nostalgia starts acting up. |
Kissagogo27   Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62 
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Here > https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=63288&postid=1082291#1082291 u can find Rar archive with Old seti classic with an old WU you can run in standalone mode with the screensaver running it real compute the WU ... for fun . |
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Patrick Mollohan Send message Joined: 9 Oct 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 200,862 RAC: 34
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Here > https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=63288&postid=1082291#1082291 Thanks for the post. Unfortunately, all links are dead and the Wayback Machine doesn't seem to have them archived. |
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Patrick Mollohan Send message Joined: 9 Oct 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 200,862 RAC: 34
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Update: I did find the link to "SETI@home__Classic_SETI_for_fun__--BilBg--.rar" from your FTP server, Kissagogo27 (I hope you don't mind me sharing the link here for anyone curious). However, it appears all sources for "SETI@home__Classic__work_unit.sah.rar" (as well as all the files it should have contained) are gone. Same with the file "SETI@home_3.08__BilBg.rar". Does anyone have either of these? |
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Kissagogo27 Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62
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Sorry, i'had only the Rar file with the work_unit - Classic SETI.zip inside . |
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Kissagogo27 Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62
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Sorry, i'had only the Rar file with the work_unit - Classic SETI.zip inside . perhaps try to send a private message directly to https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=8647488 last activity 10/2018 |
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Kissagogo27 Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62
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find this one here http://fileshare.bcdmda.com/ setiathome_win_3_08.exe ^^ for the 3.08 exe inside ;) |
William Rothamel  Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4
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in the past I used to play it with the sound from the movie "Contact" |
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Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462  |
Is there a "clean" video of the Screensaver someplace? I run my crunching (mostly) under Linux so an executable for Windows would be something else I would have to learn how to do. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
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