Jeff writes:

> And Team-HP3000 eases its way into the 60s ranks in top 100 groups
>  (but hasn't been updated since Dec 9).  John Zoltak is waaayyyy on up
>  there in the top 1000 individuals and I just found my way in a week
>  or two ago, currently at 956.
>
>  Let's go guys, get the team on up there :-)  Thanks for everyone that
>  is participating.

The following is a short synopsis of my understanding of the SETI@home
project so far:

    o To date, one year later, after a quarter-billion analyzed packets,
nothing has been detected that appears in any way to be a non-natural signal
nor a local signal artifact (i.e., nothing extraterrestrially intelligent).

    o They're going to switch over to a new client software package that will
put substantially more of the search & analysis load on your PC or Mac, which
will make the average computation time significantly longer. Although you can
switch to this new client now, it's merely optional. However, it will shortly
be mandatory.

    o They're pleased enough with the general process that they now intend on
extending the process one more year, either as a result or because they have
recently taken on additional sponsorship from groups such as the Planetary
Society.

    o They're going to switch frequencies away from the 21 cm hydrogen
spin-flip frequency they're using now to other frequencies in hopes of better
finding indications of other technological societies. This will be done at
Arecibo by changing the radio receiver's detection frequency.

Wirt Atmar