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SETI at Home vs Project Serendip
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The use of SETI at Home, a program that uses idle computer time to analyze radio signals from space, caused an IT head at the Department of Education to be fired for installing it on all the computers without permission. Project Serendip, on the other hand, relies on dedicated telescope time and cannot control where it points, making its analysis more limited.
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The Project Serendip is a program that uses a lot of telescope time to search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe, taking advantage of technology to analyze massive amounts of data.
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Summary
The Project Serendip is a program that uses a lot of telescope time to search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe, taking advantage of technology to analyze massive amounts of data.
ChapterSETI at Home vs Project Serendip
EpisodeSelects: How SETI Works
PodcastStuff You Should Know
An IT worker was fired from his job as the head of IT for the Department of Education in his community after installing SETI at home on the computers without asking, causing the local news to make him appear as a crackpot.
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An IT worker was fired from his job as the head of IT for the Department of Education in his community after installing SETI at home on the computers without asking, causing the local news to make him appear as a crackpot.
ChapterSETI at Home vs Project Serendip
EpisodeSelects: How SETI Works
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Despite billions of years and billions of planets, why haven’t we found evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence?
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Despite billions of years and billions of planets, why haven’t we found evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? The SETI Institute suggests that we consider the vastness of the universe and the abundance of stars and galaxies before claiming that Earth is the only planet with intelligent life.