BIONIC's SETI program: why don't they remove all display modes except Minimalist -- and work on a Minimalist + StarMap & Minmalist + Sponsor...

BIONIC's SETI program design flaws:
Why don't they remove all display modes except for 4 to 8 variations of
Minimalist.
The other screen saver modes just waste CPU cycles, and don't display the
scientific data very well.

Why don't they work on an updated screen saver that features:

Minimalist + StarMap
&
Minimalist + Corporate Sponsor ... (a possible source of revenue)

And dump the other display modes.

Something that has also ****ed me off since V2.0 is that there is no graph
of DOPPLER DRIFT RATE.

Nor is there a rotating counter for:
Gaussians
Triplets
etc...

As far a way to raise revenue, a SETI @ HOME II program -- that does much
more in depth looking at already processed work units is overdue. A fee of
12 - 50 USD per year is probably about right for this kind of venture.

Said S@H_2 should allow for process 16 work units at a time [where the work
units have the same exact time stamp] so that 16 users could process work
unit one time block (256 bands x 339 k) at the same time.

It would be nice if S@H & proposed V2 would give more detail as to what
[visible from earth] stars are near the sample point in the work unit. A
built in database of 365 stars would probably suffice.

Max Power wrote:
BIONIC's SETI program design flaws:
Why don't they remove all display modes except for 4 to 8 variations of
Minimalist.
The other screen saver modes just waste CPU cycles, and don't display the
scientific data very well.

Why don't they work on an updated screen saver that features:

Minimalist + StarMap

This would be so cool!! Starmap screen saver! It would show current WU
and your history!

But the trouble is they are on a minimalist budget!

But on the other hand some knowlegdeable programmer might undertake the
task as a matter of training :-) and do it for them. A Gnu StarMap!

&
Minimalist + Corporate Sponsor ... (a possible source of revenue)

And dump the other display modes.

Something that has also ****ed me off since V2.0 is that there is no graph
of DOPPLER DRIFT RATE.

Nor is there a rotating counter for:
Gaussians
Triplets
etc...

As far a way to raise revenue, a SETI @ HOME II program -- that does much
more in depth looking at already processed work units is overdue. A fee of
12 - 50 USD per year is probably about right for this kind of venture.

Said S@H_2 should allow for process 16 work units at a time [where the work
units have the same exact time stamp] so that 16 users could process work
unit one time block (256 bands x 339 k) at the same time.

It would be nice if S@H & proposed V2 would give more detail as to what
[visible from earth] stars are near the sample point in the work unit. A
built in database of 365 stars would probably suffice.

Alfred A. Aburto Jr. wrote:
Max Power wrote:

BIONIC's SETI program design flaws:
Why don't they remove all display modes except for 4 to 8 variations
of Minimalist.
The other screen saver modes just waste CPU cycles, and don't display
the scientific data very well.

Why don't they work on an updated screen saver that features:

Minimalist + StarMap


This would be so cool!! Starmap screen saver! It would show current WU
and your history!

But the trouble is they are on a minimalist budget!

But on the other hand some knowlegdeable programmer might undertake the
task as a matter of training :-) and do it for them. A Gnu StarMap!

Hey! It would also show the Messier objects (at least), and maybe some
of the NGC objects, but also the Sun, Moon, and Planets! This would be
so great!

[snip,snip]

"Alfred A. Aburto Jr." wrote in message
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Alfred A. Aburto Jr. wrote:
Max Power wrote:

BIONIC's SETI program design flaws:
Why don't they remove all display modes except for 4 to 8
variations of Minimalist.
The other screen saver modes just waste CPU cycles, and don't
display the scientific data very well.

Why don't they work on an updated screen saver that features:

Minimalist + StarMap


This would be so cool!! Starmap screen saver! It would show current
WU and your history!

But the trouble is they are on a minimalist budget!

But on the other hand some knowlegdeable programmer might undertake
the task as a matter of training :-) and do it for them. A Gnu
StarMap!

Hey! It would also show the Messier objects (at least), and maybe
some of the NGC objects, but also the Sun, Moon, and Planets! This
would be so great!

[snip,snip]

What's a Messier object?

Ouch wrote:

[snip,snip]

What's a Messier object?

The first catalogue of deep-space objects (nebulae, galactic star
clusters, globular clusters, and external galaxies) was compiled in
the XVIII c. by Charles Messier. He was mainly interested in comets,
but wanted a list of permanent 'faint fuzzies' to check potential
comet discoveries against. All the objects can be seen in small
telescopes, so the list is popular with amateur astronomers -- there
are even "Messier marathons", events in which the participants try to
spot every one in a single night of observing -- and the "M#"
designations are very commonly used. Several objects were added to
the catalogue after Messier's death, and a few entries are mistaken
(non-existent or duplicated), so published lists vary, but there are
about a hundred of them.

--
Odysseus 22# @ 45Y

"Odysseus" wrote in message
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Ouch wrote:

[snip,snip]

What's a Messier object?

The first catalogue of deep-space objects (nebulae, galactic star
clusters, globular clusters, and external galaxies) was compiled in
the XVIII c. by Charles Messier. He was mainly interested in comets,
but wanted a list of permanent 'faint fuzzies' to check potential
comet discoveries against. All the objects can be seen in small
telescopes, so the list is popular with amateur astronomers -- there
are even "Messier marathons", events in which the participants try
to
spot every one in a single night of observing -- and the "M#"
designations are very commonly used. Several objects were added to
the catalogue after Messier's death, and a few entries are mistaken
(non-existent or duplicated), so published lists vary, but there are
about a hundred of them.

--
Odysseus 22# @ 45Y

Thank you.