On Wednesday 27 December 2000 21:34, you wrote:
> I turned off the graphics (made screen saver "NONE") a long time ago, and
> it CERTAINLY makes a difference in running times without vs with. ~10 to 12
> hours vs 24 to 30 running the 3.03 client.
>
> Recently installed Setispy. It's a cute program, but do not see any
> reduction of processing time. How could it? Isn't it actually another
> program that uses cpu cycles with no benefit to the run time of Seti?
Actually, all SetiSpy really does is allow the user to keep track of the
stats and operate the seti client, at least on a windows machine, without
having to operate the GUI as well.
On my Linux machines it's far easier to operate the Setiathome binaries in
text mode without any kind of GUI intervention.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
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