[quote]Update: We just got into the top 5%! Props to everyone that helped. Watch for the full update next Monday. [/quote] [url]http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=364[/url] So Bungie.net's nearly 15-year-old Seti@home team appears to have recently got an award for being in the top 25% of teams with regards to average credit. The thing is, the bulk of that is carried [b][i]by two users[/b][/i] (Prototape and myself). On top of that, the entire modern history was generated by only six members. Now I'm not saying you should feel obligated to help, but I think it would be cool if, given the size of this community, more people helped with this. I could see us easily making it into the higher tiers. [spoiler] In case you don't know, SETI@home is a distributed-computing program that lets you use some of your unused processor time to help interpret the mountains of data SETI is taking in about the universe. You're basically helping them find out if anyone up there is shouting at us. It's pretty non-intrusive and you have full control over how much of your processing power it's allowed to use. It will yield to other programs automatically (meaning you don't have to plan what you're running ahead of time), but it defaults to a max of 100%, so if you don't want your computer going full-speed 24/7 you can set the processor usage to low values (I keep mine at 50% and I can't event tell it's running).[/spoiler] Per foman's recommendation, we're forming a (bungie.net) group for this team. We have guides to getting the program working, joining our team, and how to make the most of your contribution. I assume we'll also have discussion of space stuff once things get rolling. [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Groups/Detail?groupId=65116]Seventh Column SETI[/url]