Welcome to the setiathome@klx.com mailing list!  This is is devoted
to the discussion of the SETI@home project, where computer users can
take part in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by
downloading a program that analyzes chunks of data when the computer
would otherwise be idle.  Join this list to discuss your experiences
with the software, ways to optimize your system to increase the
program's speed, troubleshooting, and other issues related to the
software.

Information about this list is online at:
http://www.talkspace.net/mlists/setiathome.html


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*** What to Discuss (and Not to Discuss) on the List ***

This is list is devoted to enabling discussion among users of the
SETI@home software, so topics of discussion should revolve around the
software itself.  Some possible topics of discussion include:

	* general experiences with the software.  How long does is
take your computer to analyze a chunk of data?  Do different chunks
take different amounts of time?
	   
	* ways to optimize your system to improve the performance of
the SETI@home software.

	* troubleshooting problems with the software.  If you think
you've found a problem with the software, discuss it with members of
the list to see if it's a real problem with the software before
contacting the SETI@home project, for example.

	* other discussion related to SETI@home.
	

There are some topics that we request *not* be discussed here, since
they are either not appropriate to the list or better just not argued
at all.  These include:

	* "I think my program found an alien signal!"  No, it
probably didn't (remember the advisory included with the software
when you installed it?)  Let the software do its work; the UC
Berkeley folks who run the SETI@home program will be sure to follow
up any potential "interesting" signals it comes across.

	* Operating system flame wars.  Discussion of performance of
SETI@home across many platforms has the potential to lead to heated
arguments and flame wars about various operating systems.  Those that
believe OS X is better than OS Y are unlikely to be swayed by OS Y's
arguments, and vice versa.  Respect everyone's choice in operating
systems, and work together to improve everyone's experience with
SETI@home.

	* General discussions about SETI.  SETI is a fascinating
topic, full of interesting discussions about the possibility of alien
intelligence somewhere out there.  However, there are other lists
devoted to general SETI discussions.  Check out
http://www.talkspace.net/mlists/setitalk.html for information on one
such list.


** Caveats and Disclaimers ***

This list and overall service is very much in a early beta-test
stage; we plan to keep any service disruptions to a minimum but can't
make any guarantees.

This SETI@home mailing list and talkspace.net have no official
connection with the SETI@home project.  We just think it's a neat
project and want to encourage discussion and interaction among
participants.

Questions about the list itself, technical problems, et cetera, can
be emailed to Jeff Foust at jeff@klx.com