Chance of finding aliens: 1 in a really huge number.  Chance of finding a
cure for cancer: 1 in a much smaller number.

Dan

> On Wed 21 Jan 2004 at 11:57:38, Jacob Albretsen said:
> > This is true, from what I read the project was so successful that there
were
> > more contributors than data to give out.  But they are still giving me
data,
> > so I still chunk it in my spare time.
>
> I'l pick back up on this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is still sending data, but it's
> repeat data.  Basically, you're checking for alien signals in a region
> of space where someone's already looked and hasn't found any.  What's
> more, in some cases you're going over exactly the same data set someone
> else has already processed.
>
> Proteins, on the other hand, a still abundant.  Only about
> 10,000,000 more that we haven't determined the structure of yet.
>
> -- 
> Soren Harward
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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