The SETI@home client is about to be upgraded to version 2.0.  Many,
if not all, of the 2.0 versions are available from the SETI@home FTP site:

   ftp://alien.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/

The Mac and Windows versions are at the bottom.  Note, however, that these
versions are not yet linked on the "official" download pages.  Those people
concerned with individual stats may want to hold off; word is that the new
version may take as much as 25% more time to complete a work unit.  However,
this will be a *required* upgrade.  The relevant portion of the ReadMe is
included below.

(Mac OS 9 users:  Even if you're operating in single-user mode, the new
SETI@home version will create a new "Users" folder at the top level of
your startup drive if one does not already exist.  The reasoning is
explained in the Mac-specific "ReadMe."  Don't try to move this folder
elsewhere.)

Team HP3000-L has contributed over 47 *years* of computing to the
SETI@home project.  Jeff Kell (aka Sharkman) far-and-away leads the
team with over 12% of the total effort, both in terms of time (over
6 *years*) and in terms of the number of results returned.  Go, Jeff! :)

Many thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed -- and continues to contribute --
to SETI@home on behalf of Team HP3000-L.  More details on SETI@home as it
relates to Team HP3000-L, including links for joining the team and for
checking our stats, are available from:

   http://software-al-dente.com/seti.html

--Glenn


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Q: Why are we requiring you to upgrade to SETI@home 2.0?

A: Before answering this question, we want to say thank you to our users
(over a million of you!).  You have made history with this, the largest
distributed computing project ever, with more processing power than any
supercomputer ever built.

Unfortunately, there are a few individuals who have caused us problems.
Some of them have been altering the data files to make it appear that
they have found the highest values, so they can see their names on our
web site.  Not only is this fraudulent, but it threatens the integrity
of the project.

SETI@home is, after all, a scientific research project.  While we will
eventually screen out bogus results by reprocessing the interesting work
units ourselves, this form of hacking hurts our project in many ways.

In addition, some persons have altered the SETI@home client software to use
faster math routines.  While their intentions may be honorable (faster
computing means more data processed), the scientific integrity of this
project requires that the same processing be applied to all data uniformly.
Since we can not verify that the results of these altered versions match
those of the originals, they are a cause for significant concern.

Due to the actions of a tiny percentage of our users, we have been forced
to add protection against this sort of hacking.  This is the main reason
we must refuse to send new work units to older versions of the SETI@home
clients.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but find this to be necessary
to protect the investment of you, our legitimate users in this project.

Version 2.0 also fixes many bugs.

We understand that during the transition, there will be a heavy load
on our servers for downloading the new software.  Please be patient
and keep trying; the quality of the science will greatly benefit from
the upgrade.