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Originally Posted by samster25 what is this |
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Originally Posted by Radeon915 [email protected] wat? |
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I don't see how [email protected] benefits humanity.
Originally Posted by Dopamin3 http://tinyurl.com/yffsyyv |
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Looks haaaarder.
Originally Posted by JKBenchmarks I don't see how [email protected] benefits humanity. |
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Astronomy does not benefit humanity? Hmmm.... maybe we should cancel all sciences because you can't see the direct benefit?
| [email protected] is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO gravitational wave detector. It also searches for radio pulsars in binary systems, using data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. |
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Originally Posted by JKBenchmarks I don't see how [email protected] benefits humanity. |
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I don't see how searching for pulsar stars helps humanity.
Care to explain how?
Originally Posted by DuckieHo Astronomy does not benefit humanity? Hmmm.... maybe we should cancel all sciences because you can't see the direct benefit? |
Care to explain how?
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works for me
She must be a witch anyway, BURN HER!!
Originally Posted by DuckieHo Astronomy does not benefit humanity? Hmmm.... maybe we should cancel all sciences because you can't see the direct benefit? |
She must be a witch anyway, BURN HER!!
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How does any science research benefit humanity? We don't understand how they work so expanding human knowledge in figuring out how.
We do not fully understand star formation and life cycles. Who knows what information we can gather with more research? Maybe we'll find out a quark star or prove the possiblity of their existence?
Specifically for pulsars.... Pulsars can be very regular. Some are as accurate as atomic clocks. This is useful in research... if you noticed a pulsar's timing change, it is possible that some gravitational change occured between you and the star.
The energy pulse passes through particle fields as it reaches Earth. You do analysis and figure out what the pulse passed through in reaching Earth.
Also note that a pulsar burst in theory can wipe out life lightyears away. Maybe future research and survey may identify any risks.
Originally Posted by JKBenchmarks I don't see how searching for pulsar stars helps humanity. Care to explain how? |
We do not fully understand star formation and life cycles. Who knows what information we can gather with more research? Maybe we'll find out a quark star or prove the possiblity of their existence?
Specifically for pulsars.... Pulsars can be very regular. Some are as accurate as atomic clocks. This is useful in research... if you noticed a pulsar's timing change, it is possible that some gravitational change occured between you and the star.
The energy pulse passes through particle fields as it reaches Earth. You do analysis and figure out what the pulse passed through in reaching Earth.
Also note that a pulsar burst in theory can wipe out life lightyears away. Maybe future research and survey may identify any risks.
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All knowledge benefits humanity.
If this isn't self-evident, no explanation can help you.
Originally Posted by JKBenchmarks I don't see how [email protected] benefits humanity. |
If this isn't self-evident, no explanation can help you.
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LMAO I will have to sig this +rep for making me laugh this morning.
Originally Posted by SilverPotato This is pretty chill. I can't wait for [email protected] where the governments use all our GPUs for calculating how to use all their nukes. |
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Or [email protected] so we can calculate how they can screw us over...
Originally Posted by SilverPotato This is pretty chill. I can't wait for [email protected] where the governments use all our GPUs for calculating how to use all their nukes. |
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The US Gov't was nice enough to just use tax money to build a supercomputer for that.
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ASCI Q: http://www.sandia.gov/supercomp/sc20...ASCI_Q_rev.pdf
Originally Posted by SilverPotato This is pretty chill. I can't wait for [email protected] where the governments use all our GPUs for calculating how to use all their nukes. |
ASCI Q: http://www.sandia.gov/supercomp/sc20...ASCI_Q_rev.pdf
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Sure does, all Boinc projects do.
Don't worry, [email protected] is going strong. There's a vast world of @home projects that *gasps* have nothing to do with Stanford or Folding or OCN
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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike Does [email protected] have a points system? If not, it's destined to fail. |
Don't worry, [email protected] is going strong. There's a vast world of @home projects that *gasps* have nothing to do with Stanford or Folding or OCN
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Compared to other @Home projects, this one is more for general knowledge... it definitely does not directly help humanity like [email protected] would.
Originally Posted by JKBenchmarks I don't see how searching for pulsar stars helps humanity. Care to explain how? |
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