There's absolutely no relation to the usefulness of the data generated
and the GUI on the screen.

Of course a flashier GUI means more CPU cycles spent drawing than
computing but why should "they" care? Computers have gotten pretty
frickin fast over the past few years, after all.

Scientists and engineers never appreciate the aesthetic


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I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

"Reuben King" wrote in message
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Is the source code for Seti@Home available?

I think it urgently needs a serious makeover, it could look SO much
cooler -- or even make it skinnable.. Something.