What if a bug in a Science Application makes the results worthless?
Actually, a bug that invalidates all of the processing is not likely. Again, using SETI@Home Classic as a basis we can say with confidence that the bulk of the data has been evaluated and the samples that have just too much noise or some other error have been identified. So, even if we find that a massive and critical error has been made, we have less to do because we have already done one of the hard parts. We have a good idea of what data is not worth looking at again for almost any reason. That aside, the actual limiting factor for SETI@Home is on the data gathering end still. We still have work to do, but, each year faster and faster computers are available and we are using them on an increasing basis. When I started SETI@Home I got one result a day if I recall correctly. Now I am seeing 15-16 a day (early 2004) on my Macintosh PowerMac dual G5 and Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with Hyper-Threading (HT). With continual increases in processing power we may make a decision to increase the proces
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