And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
500 Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, Guizhou Province, China
For many years, I've been volunteering my personal laptop computer to analyze and exchange raw data in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (i.e., "S.E.T.I.") scientific research project (in addition to numerous other scientific research projects), as part of the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (i.e., "B.O.I.N.C.") at the University of California at Berkeley, which analyzes radio signals collected from Outer Space by the Radio Telescope Observatory at Aricebo, Puerto Rico, along with various other radio telescope observatories around the globe.
On Monday 15 August 1977, the famous "WOW!" signal was detected, coming from the Constellation Sagittarius, at the "Big Ear" Radio Telescope Observatory at Ohio State University.
I like letting other folks know about this opportunity, hopefully encouraging them to also donate the use of their own computers for scientific research, as we now live in a marvelous age when there are so many scientific discoveries being made so rapidly, that there aren't enough scientists or research facilities to follow through on every new lead, and therefore, the work must be farmed out to willing private individuals.
Check out the B.O.I.N.C. web site and see the vast array of scientific research projects for which you can volunteer the use of your computer.
Volunteering my computer for these multiple and various scientific research projects does not interfere with or hinder any of my other normal activities on the computer or on the Internet.
Maybe YOUR computer might be the one to discover a cure for cancer, or initiate communication with distant worlds!
Arecibo is 305 m in diameter, now second in size, but still collecting data and serving as the occasional film set.
The "Big Ear" was torn down several years ago to permit some sort of development. It had been defunct for some time. Back in the 40's, 50's and 60's, Ohio State Engineering College and the Astronomy Department were very big deals in antennas.
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ReplyDeleteFor many years, I've been volunteering my personal laptop computer to analyze and exchange raw data in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (i.e., "S.E.T.I.") scientific research project (in addition to numerous other scientific research projects), as part of the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (i.e., "B.O.I.N.C.") at the University of California at Berkeley, which analyzes radio signals collected from Outer Space by the Radio Telescope Observatory at Aricebo, Puerto Rico, along with various other radio telescope observatories around the globe.
On Monday 15 August 1977, the famous "WOW!" signal was detected, coming from the Constellation Sagittarius, at the "Big Ear" Radio Telescope Observatory at Ohio State University.
I like letting other folks know about this opportunity, hopefully encouraging them to also donate the use of their own computers for scientific research, as we now live in a marvelous age when there are so many scientific discoveries being made so rapidly, that there aren't enough scientists or research facilities to follow through on every new lead, and therefore, the work must be farmed out to willing private individuals.
Check out the B.O.I.N.C. web site and see the vast array of scientific research projects for which you can volunteer the use of your computer.
Volunteering my computer for these multiple and various scientific research projects does not interfere with or hinder any of my other normal activities on the computer or on the Internet.
Maybe YOUR computer might be the one to discover a cure for cancer, or initiate communication with distant worlds!
Arecibo is 305 m in diameter, now second in size, but still collecting data and serving as the occasional film set.
ReplyDeleteThe "Big Ear" was torn down several years ago to permit some sort of development. It had been defunct for some time. Back in the 40's, 50's and 60's, Ohio State Engineering College and the Astronomy Department were very big deals in antennas.
Imagine the stir-fry you could make in that wok.
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There was a show on TV about how this was built. Brilliant engineering.
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