Seti@Home needs a face lift!

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.

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

"Reuben King" wrote in message
. ..
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.

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

"Reuben King" wrote in message
. ..
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.

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

"Reuben King" wrote in message
. ..
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.

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


In article ,
says...
I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

"Reuben King" wrote in message
. ..
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.

In article ,
John-James-Connellan wrote:
I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

No, they prefer code that produces absolutly consistent results across
all platforms. Efficiency is nice, but not at the expense of science.

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

No. It was for an early client, but is being kept undertight control
to ensure consistency.

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

You can use the CLI and run any screensaver you wish...


Gary

--
Gary Heston
PHB: "That's the sort of leadership that will turn this company around."
Wally: "Were we doing well?"
Dilbert, 5/23/3

In article ,
John-James-Connellan wrote:
I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

No, they prefer code that produces absolutly consistent results across
all platforms. Efficiency is nice, but not at the expense of science.

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

No. It was for an early client, but is being kept undertight control
to ensure consistency.

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

You can use the CLI and run any screensaver you wish...


Gary

--
Gary Heston
PHB: "That's the sort of leadership that will turn this company around."
Wally: "Were we doing well?"
Dilbert, 5/23/3

In article ,
says...
In article ,
John-James-Connellan wrote:
I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

No, they prefer code that produces absolutly consistent results across
all platforms. Efficiency is nice, but not at the expense of science.

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

No. It was for an early client, but is being kept undertight control
to ensure consistency.

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

You can use the CLI and run any screensaver you wish...

But I want the Seti screensaver!!

wah

You know if they just made it so that it would stretch to fill the
entire resolution that small tweak would make it look a lot better..

In article ,
says...
In article ,
John-James-Connellan wrote:
I think that they prefer more efficient code that can yield up more useful
data.

No, they prefer code that produces absolutly consistent results across
all platforms. Efficiency is nice, but not at the expense of science.

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

No. It was for an early client, but is being kept undertight control
to ensure consistency.

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

You can use the CLI and run any screensaver you wish...

But I want the Seti screensaver!!

wah

You know if they just made it so that it would stretch to fill the
entire resolution that small tweak would make it look a lot better..

Reuben King wrote:

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.

It's been ages since I used the screensaver, but wasn't there "skin" stored
in plain .bmp in the seti@home folder?