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Kooothor

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From: Paname

Registered: 2008-08-02

Posts: 228

What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Hello,

Why are you all searching for traces of alien life ?

There is other projects you know... And I think they are (far) more interesting and concrete, like docking@home.
I know you must be on SETI since the beginnings of time, and I too, began with Seti@home with a 200 MHz proc, but now, distributed computing can actually help find a cure for diseases !!

anyway,

keep enjoying life folks

(I say this and I crunch for primegrid wich is not so concrete (I mean, what do you do when you find a prime number ? you search for another one.... doesn't quite really save lifes...))

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SteveK

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Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 80

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Actually nothing saves lives - you just prolong the agony.

The only certainty in life is death.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Actually nothing saves lives - you just prolong the agony.

The only certainty in life is death.

And taxes :-D

AaronD

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From: Tosev 3

Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 29

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Aliens might cure our diseases, too. 

Besides, pharmaceuticals don't want to cure disease.  Treat them, yes; cure them, no.

Last edited by AaronD (2010-08-02 01:24:49)

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ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,360

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

I'm doing folding@home myself, never understood the SETI mania.

Though now that I think about it, I think Archers are just trying to fill a gap deep inside themselves... they need a life.... hence searching for Alien LIFE =p

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

I'm doing folding@home myself, never understood the SETI mania.

Though now that I think about it, I think Archers are just trying to fill a gap deep inside themselves... they need a life.... hence searching for Alien LIFE =p

Archers are just aiming high, trying to reach the stars :-)

arinlares

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From: Anaheim, CA

Registered: 2010-02-01

Posts: 165

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Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Actually nothing saves lives - you just prolong the agony.

The only certainty in life is death.

And taxes :-D

That's why you get a bank account in the Cayman Islands.

I don't do any of these at all (yet), but I sort of expected more Folding@Home participants than anything else because of the Arch F@H team, and the exposure with PS3 (unless you omitted F@H).

SETI@Home's higher participation confirms one fact, however:  Most Archers want to know who their new alien overlords will be.

splittercode

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From: WI, USA

Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 203

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

I love SETI.  Sure, saving lives is great, but not everything you do has to save lives, unless you're superman.   Then again, I might be delusional, because I've watched the entire X-files series... twice.

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

When I first started DC projects, I liked SETI because its work was completed much faster than folding. Now I do fold on my machines (not team Arch though, sorry).

Kooothor

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From: Paname

Registered: 2008-08-02

Posts: 228

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Aliens might cure our diseases, too. 

Ahah, yes you may see this like that

I think Archers are just trying to fill a gap deep inside themselves... they need a life.... hence searching for Alien LIFE =p

/me laughing

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2009-10-12

Posts: 215

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

It is inevitable that for Arch linux success to become one of a galactic scale, we must first search our long lost space brethren who can give us the capability to spread the word of Arch throughout the stars.

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Varg

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-07-07

Posts: 272

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Haven't heard about these project before, looks very cool. I signed up for SETI and Rosetta.
For science !

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AaronD

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From: Tosev 3

Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 29

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Aliens might cure our diseases, too. 

Ahah, yes you may see this like that

They are going to want us healthy before they eat us after all. 

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Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

How many of them are around us ?

Make your guess with the Drake Equation at:

http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/To … ation.html

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Kooothor

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From: Paname

Registered: 2008-08-02

Posts: 228

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Aliens might cure our diseases, too. 

Ahah, yes you may see this like that

They are going to want us healthy before they eat us after all. 

Nah, I think they'll enslave us.
We're so inferior and of multiple weird skin colors, we will be slaves.
And then they'll realize we are lazy and rebellious and THEN they'll eat us !

Nice link Mektub

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jb

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From: Florida

Registered: 2006-06-22

Posts: 466

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Besides, pharmaceuticals don't want to cure disease.  Treat them, yes; cure them, no.

Umm, yeah...

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Heller_Barde

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Registered: 2008-04-01

Posts: 245

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Umm, yeah...
I don't think so, Tim

Thank you very much. I was just wrestling with myself whether I should just ignore it or comment on that FUD (link and link).

On topic: I don't fold nor dock nor seti (yeah, it's a verb now) nor prime (that too)

but I think I should start folding or docking... hmmm, I'll have to read up on that.

Cheers
Barde

PS: I love the new forum look. takes some getting used to but looks veery pretty and slick congrats on whoever designed it.

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

...pharmaceuticals don't want to cure disease.  Treat them, yes; cure them, no

Anecdotally, I have met many people over the course of my life who make a living in the pharmaceutical field who echo similar sentiments. Cancer researchers also.
Come to think of it, anyone I've met who makes a living wants to keep their job!

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JohnVV

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From: Ann Arbor, Mi. U.S.A.

Registered: 2009-09-30

Posts: 107

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Re: What is it between Archers and alien life ?

Archers and intelligent Alien life  ???
well the " intelligent Alien life  " is and has watched our daytime and prime time TV and decided that they
want nothing at all to do with us and Archers do not watch daytime and prime time TV.

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