Stardust@home

I agree - a new poll may be in order. I answered the poll before the updates hit. Now I have 4 possibles: Movie 1591460V1 271 54 Passed cut 1 possible interstellar dust particle Movie 9982449V1 287 73 Passed cut 1 possible idp Movie 9545029V1 280 68 Passed cut 1 possible interstellar dust particle M...

I would have NOT clicked on either of them. Both appear to be slanted surfaces with surface occlusions and focus problems without any real field of view depth into the aerogel. Now for a real candidate: http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/myevents_viewer.php?id=568405V1 - it even appears to have ...

Well, one thing is for sure: CK has hit a nerve in the community. :lol: I still stand by my proposal. When SETI@Home released it's first versions, the number science was weak at best. Over time, users, like the famous Cruncher, developed algorithms that not only proved accurate, but significantly re...

First - I submit that S@H, to my knowledge, has no rules against someone using software to evaluate movies. Second - If CK's stats are correct, S@H and the Berkeley Staff should hire this guy to code for them. As a relative newcomber to S@H, my stats are NOT that different than CK's! (97%/90%). With...

As an ex-SETI@home participant, I would like to see the ranking be more of a "weighted" ranking that takes into account all the factors as a participant: Total Number of Movies viewed AND accuracy. Perhaps a weighted rank like this: WT. RANK = (Total REAL movies viewed)*(Specificity)*(Sens...