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SETI@home
Posted Jun 25, 1999
Just installed Seti@home. It makes lots of nice graphs on your screen that you won't understand, but I suppose if it didn't have a display you'd think it wasn't doing anything at all.
The signal is processed using fourier analysis. A maths process that once you hear of, turns up behind the scenes all over the place. As I understand it is a distant cousin of logarithms. Logs and exponential processes are both mathematically very simple, yet seem to baffle (if not frighten) a large proportion of the people who get confronted with them.
The process of Seti@home reminds me of those adverts for electric pads that will exercise your body and give you a toned abdomen whilst you watch a video and eat pizza. In this case the gain for no pain is the discovery of extraterestrial life, slightly more plausible than me achieving a flat stomach.
Now its unlikely to turn up the goods, but every guide minded researcher should join in with their own PC, we may just find a ready market for copies of our publication.
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Local reviews
Posted Jun 24, 1999
The experience for me as a stranger in London is obviously so very different to that of a regular resident. I wonder if as the guide develops, we could have two seperate views, a residents recommendations versus those chosen by the casual visitor.
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London
Posted Jun 24, 1999
Came back from failing my exam in London today. A few things stopped me getting too wrapt up in my own disasters. If I had gotten up earlier on wednesday, I could have been in that train crash.
Also I went for a wander round in the evening to settle my nerves, and was shocked by the number of people sleeping rough. It's one of those issues that seems less real sometimes because it's not featured on the news any more.
London residents must take all of this for granted, but there is such a lot about within easy walking distance. Car drivers look pretty silly in london. I was intending to do some eating out (for the sake of reviewing for the gude only of course), but in the end all I had was a ham + cheese sandwich. I also saw Bush house, and a camera shop proudly declaring it is featured briefly in the Prisoner.
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12345
Posted Jun 17, 1999
Discovered page with no link in, only out. You can't find it by searching for its title or its content. Its not credited on its authors list of pages. To find out more click on my forum link to 12345.
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Neighbours
Posted Jun 16, 1999
Just nipped next door to see the neighbours at 38091 + 38089, and there was no one there. Or any sign that they have ever been there.
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