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Toilet Drinker Joined: 08 Mar 2001 Posts: 350

what is the appeal of SETI?

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

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what is the appeal of SETI?

diffrent appeal for diffrent people:

contributing your wasted CPU time to a Noble project
the search for whatever's "out there"
the desire to compete
the feeling of comeraderie from being part of the team
the desire to see your team get in the top 200 teams
knowing that you are part of the largest computing project ever undertaken

and lastly . . the desire to pass Spot in the rankings

did i miss anything . . . anyone . . . anyone. . . Beuller Question

Moderator Joined: 05 Dec 2000 Posts: 5941 Location: USA

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what is the appeal of SETI?

It has the same appeal that racing does to me ...
I always want to go faster ... faster ... faster ... Evil Smile

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Edited by - squito on 03/10/2001 17:44:14

Cat Chaser Joined: 23 Oct 2000 Posts: 556 Location: USA

A new cute little icon in your systray that changes colors in order to communiate with you....

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2001 5:17 pm Post subject:

My introduction to SETI was through music.

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SETI vs. Prototype 909
When not working alone, Taylor, like many of his contemporaries, has been known to indulge in various collaborative projects. From the spooky, spacey minimalism of the SETI project, to the brutal acid experimentation of Prototype 909, they explore new, interesting territory. SETI, born out of a desire to work with friend Savvas Ysatis (from Omicron), has released two albums of music related to the research project trying to pick up radio signals/leakage from alien civilizations.

Resonance: Can you provide the relevant background behind this project?

Taylor: We wanted (to do) some kind of conceptual thing, so we phoned my cousin who is a conceptual genius, and asked him for ideas. He called us back and told us about SETI. Savvas and I thought it was a great thing to write music about, so with a basic knowledge of the subject, so went and captured what we felt was the mood of such an adventure.

Resonance: What was the initial reaction from the SETI institute upon hearing the release?

Taylor: One day I got e-mail from the PR person at the SETI Institute in California - he'd found the CD at Tower Records... I was kind of nervous because I thought he'd be pissed we took the name... but, it was just the opposite, he thought it was one of the coolest records he's heard and was eager to learn more about us. We ended up working together with the Institute for the second release Pharos. They supplied us with a bunch of information and sound sources from outer space, (along with) spoken word interviews and radio transmissions.

http://www.outerbass.com/resonance/issueFour/t8StoryF.html

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