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发表于 2017-12-8 14:26:37
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2017-12-07: SETI@Home, Special Fundraiser for Parkes Data Store and GPU development system
Thanks to our collaboration with Breakthrough Listen and their international colleagues, we will soon have the ability to access data recorded at the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia. For the first time, this will give us full-sky coverage, including the southern hemisphere, in our search for ET. However, due to the enormous amount of data that the 13-beam receiver at Parkes can generate, we will require extra hardware to store and distribute it. We need your help to purchase this.
Thanks to some special offers, one from the Hanson family in memory of Robert W. & Mary P. Hanson, one from Richard Haselgrove in memory of his mother, Jenifer Leech, and one from Mr. Kevvy, we have the possibility to match donations which will allow us to purchase the Parkes Data store server (~$34K) and the GPU development systems (~$10K) we will need for the coming year. For every dollar you donate in this special fund raiser, Mr. Kevvy will match it, the Hanson Family will match it with two, and Richard Haselgrove will match it with two more. That means for every dollar you donate we'll get six dollars towards the purchase of these servers!
Because this is a special fundraiser we'll have special notation on your account page and on the forums. The 12TB disk drives in the Parkes Data Store cost $450. One sixth of that is $75. So, a donation of $75 or more gets you a disk drive icon. The GPUs in the GPU development machine that we will be using for our recording systems at future telescopes are $1500 each, so a donation of $250 or more will get you a GPU icon. And as always, any donation of $10 or more will get you a green star.
But in the end, it's not about the icons: it's about getting the data and making a discovery for the ages. Your help, whether by crunching data or by donating, is always appreciated.
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82316
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2017.12.07 为Parkes 的数据存储系统和GPU 开发系统募捐
经过我们与Breakthrough Listen 的国际同行们的默契合作，我们将很快能够访问到澳大利亚Parkes 射电望远镜的数据记录。这是我们首次获得包括南半球的全天覆盖能力。不过由于Parkes 的强大数据生产力，我们需要额外的硬件来对其数据进行存储、分发。因此我们需要你们的帮助（purchase this ）。
感谢one from the Hanson family in memory of Robert W. & Mary P. Hanson, one from Richard Haselgrove in memory of his mother, Jenifer Leech, and one from Mr. Kevvy ，我们能够使用匹配捐赠的方式购买Parkes 的数据存储服务器（约34K刀）和GPU 开发系统（约10k刀）。这相当于诸君每捐一刀，相当于在服务器的购买中出了六刀！
由于本次活动为特别募捐活动，我们给各位捐款者准备了在账户页面和论坛上的特殊标识（大佬们，出手的时候到了）。12TB硬盘价格为450刀，六分之一即是75刀。所以捐款75刀即可获得一个硬盘的奖章。GPU 开发系统里的一块GPU 大概是1500刀一块，所以捐250刀就能拿到一个GPU 徽章。并且和以前一样，捐10刀或以上就能得到一个小（绿）星星。
话说回来，这不是得不得奖章的事，这可事关到我们明年获取数据的能力和发现小绿人的机会呢。我们感激您的一切帮助，不管是在蒜粒上的还是经济上的。
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