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by jdrockster
Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: SAY "HI" TO THE COMMUNITY
Replies: 144
Views: 352081

Are we still having fun?

:shock: Now that we have several thousand movies behind us...except for those special ones that keep us in a constant state of deja-vu, are we still having fun??? I am...I seem to be averaging a "passed 1st cut" every 2k movies viewed. I have 4 now and many that have had at least 25-50 peo...
by jdrockster
Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:51 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: When did you start dusting
Replies: 8
Views: 16304

start date

I started around Aug. 7 :roll:
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:46 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: How many "Passed cut 2" do you have ?
Replies: 5
Views: 9003

2nd cut

none :cry: but 1 of 3 is no doubt!
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:23 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: You may be a starduster if...
Replies: 120
Views: 250907

You might be...if?

You get stronger reading glasses so you can see below the surface of the book you are reading!!

You used any vacation time/sick leave to gain on the pack!

You are really starting to believe that you are a rocket scientist!

Your friends are starting to believe you are a rocket scientist!

:roll:
by jdrockster
Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:09 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: 1st cut average @ 1/800 for me after 10-19 review/you?
Replies: 3
Views: 8351

1st cut average @ 1/800 for me after 10-19 review/you?

My searches were averaging approx. 2000+- movies/each passed 1st cut. How about you? What is the average for the lab? :shock:This was updated 10-19+- and many events that were previously "indeterminate" are now listed as "passed 1st review" and/or "out of focus, need to be r...
by jdrockster
Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:47 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where are the signed up members from?
Replies: 286
Views: 584994

Howdy, from near the SETI array at Hat Creek, Northern California. We be dustin! 6500movies/3 passed 1st cut, and rising...oh joy. Happy hunting! :shock:
by jdrockster
Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:30 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Update: How many "Passed cut 1" do you have ??
Replies: 27
Views: 36926

passed cut 1...0.02%?

I have viewed +-6500 movies. I have 3... passed 1st cuts. From what I am reading it appears that we are averaging approx. 1 in 2,000! :shock: I wonder if that is close to the estimates @ Stardust@Home? :roll:
by jdrockster
Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:14 am
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Review: The 2 highest-rated candidates.
Replies: 69
Views: 98757

highest rated

I clicked on them both but they are not as convincing as others in review. After looking at thousands of them, we get a feel for subtle features or anomalies that have enough potential to be "the unexpected". To simply discard a potential candidate is not why we are here. If computers were...
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:43 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Stardust@home Suggestion Thread
Replies: 276
Views: 497141

certificates

:shock: I totally agree with varying degrees of recognition for a job well done! It would motivate many people to dust-on and could speed up the process. We all have our reasons for being here, discovery and science being the most likely for many of us. I have personally looked at over 5500+- movies...
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:08 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: New searchers beware!!!
Replies: 0
Views: 11932

New searchers beware!!!

:idea: Read everything before you start searching! It will help with your score and accuracy. I was so anxious to get started that I started searching immediately and was trashed by the cal. movies. 5500+- later, I am still making up ground to improve my numbers! Also, watch for tiny events...happy ...
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:47 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Learning curve, and addiction
Replies: 4
Views: 7135

addiction warning

:shock: Yes, an addiction warning should be issued! I too have some things that have been neglected since I started this project. It is fun though. I have been staying up much later to try to maintain a ranking around 330. It is difficult to gain on some of these "addicted" searchers. Good...
by jdrockster
Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:10 pm
Forum: Message Board Archive
Topic: Stardust vs. comet impacts?
Replies: 8
Views: 12429

Stardust vs. comet impacts?

:roll: Comet impacts will most likely be larger than stardust events. If the spacecraft entered the stardust zone with the collectors reversed, would we not be viewing them from the bottom? Would they not appear as a dot below the surface rather than the telltale ring of the impacts we have been tra...