How can I make SETI@home run as fast as possible?
Select the “Blank screen after 1 minute” option under Screensaver Settings, and select “Data analysis always runs” in the Preferences dialog. Minimize the application window. Will SETI@home run faster with more RAM (e.g., 256 MB instead of 128 MB)? SETI@home uses about 16 MB of RAM while it’s running. Beyond a certain point (typically 64MB, more if you run memory-itensive applications) more RAM won’t make it run faster. If I turn off my computer while SETI@home is running, will it lose any data? No. SETI@home writes its results to disk every minute or two. Why is curve fitting done for some FFTs and not others? If time resolution does not yield 64 or more time bins, or if the slew rate is out of bounds, the curve-fitting routine is not called. In the curve-fitting routine, if a Power of Time array has no bin above 3 sigma, skip that array. For each bin (i.e., each candidate Gaussian) if amplitude not above 3.2 sigma (mean recalculated to exclude peak) skip that bin. Why do some work un
