[04:43] *** Turingi left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [06:14] *** Turingi joined #setiquest. [17:36] *** gagan joined #setiquest. [18:31] *** gagan left irc: Ping timeout: 268 seconds [18:36] *** gagan joined #setiquest. [18:42] *** jrseti_ joined #setiquest. [18:46] *** leash joined #setiquest. [18:51] *** Jill joined #setiquest. [18:59] *** sigblips joined #setiquest. [19:00] Hello all! It is 11AM California time. [19:00] Hope all had a good break and are ready to get back at it. [19:00] Happy New Year! [19:01] Happy 2012 everybody. Will this be the year we detect SETI? [19:01] thanks for all the work keeping our SETI observations of exoplanets running over the break [19:02] Agenda? 1) ATA status. 2) Website issues. 3) setiQuest Explorer [19:02] that would be a somewhat different outcome for 2012 than a lot of the population is expecting [19:03] Have you seen the Google+ Muppets commercial in TV? It' all makes sense to me now! [19:03] No, havent [19:05] Try to find it on YouTube. It might give us some ideas on how to use Google+. [19:05] leash may have some ideas. [19:05] She is logged in. Leash? Any Google+ ideas? [19:05] There are a few different things SETI could try. I sent them to Jon. [19:08] The Google+ hangouts feature as demonstrated by the Muppets may be the most useful to us. [19:08] What about a business page, or google+ groups? [19:09] *** janebird joined #setiquest. [19:09] Hangouts are more easily initiated with a business page, and it would be specific to SETI. [19:09] can we work up something that links to Science Channel "join the search month' in March? [19:09] Yes, we should figure out what we want to set up. Better yet, I wonder if we could get help from a person at Google. Jill, any contacts that could help us? [19:13] I guess I should start things by creating a page and linking it to my jrseti account [19:14] I'll try that and then we can all take a look further [19:14] looks like you can use it for video conference of up to 10 folks [19:14] that would be nice [19:15] should we try to replace typing on tuesdays? [19:15] That's what the Muppets were doing. [19:15] well if Muppets can do it... [19:17] 1) ATA status - observations were almost full time over the XMAS break, going fine. [19:18] Observing the Kepler planets whenever they are up. [19:18] I've got http://setiquest.info working fairly smoothly [19:18] Title: SetiQuest Info Service (at setiquest.info) [19:19] I've noticed that SonATA has switched from 3 beams down to 2 beams. [19:19] One beam is under repair [19:20] yes - there is a problem with beamformer 3 that we haven't been able to cure with usual tricks and power cycling [19:22] Hopefully we'll get the third one going soon. [19:22] I also hope to get the webcam pics posting to this site, maybe once a minute [19:23] That would be nice. [19:24] After I get the webcam pics posting, there is enough information for someone to make a nice iPhone app [19:24] *** _Jens_ joined #setiquest. [19:24] Or Android! [19:24] i think you should aim them at node 5 or some other cluster that can be seen to move. but they don't move very often since they cycle through frequencies on one set of targets before picking others [19:24] <_Jens_> hey folks! Sorry I couldn't make it earlier. [19:24] No problem. 2) Website issues: Jens found several spammers over the break [19:25] All were eradicated [19:26] <_Jens_> I really wonder, how this spamming system works. There must be persons employed by companies to browse all forums they can find and post content in it that at first glance somehow relates to the topic [19:27] I have no idea. And who purchases items based on this type of thing? They must be able to make some money off ot this spamming. [19:28] <_Jens_> but anyway: It's rather quiet regarding spam in the forum. [19:29] great, thanks for watching this. [19:29] <_Jens_> You might want to answer to this thread: http://setiquest.org/forum/topic/ipad-2#comment-2972 [19:29] Title: iPad 2 | setiQuest (at setiquest.org) [19:29] There are some forum posts I need to catch up on. One guy has questions about the setiquest Explorer project. [19:29] <_Jens_> in it Don_G asks many questions about the setiquest Explorer and its status. [19:30] <_Jens_> yeah, probably that's it [19:30] Yes, Don_G. I'll respond to him. This kind of flows into the next agenda topic 3) setiQuest Explorer [19:31] To continue on with setiQuest explorer we need to start gathering some new data, [19:31] don't you all think? [19:31] <_Jens_> I don't really know as I'm not into this, but I suppose new data always is good :) [19:32] Even if it was just an 8 hour period a month. We could stare at Kepler planets [19:32] I'm sure Sigblips would agree [19:32] Might be a good PR thing if we release data from Kepler planets [19:32] i don't think we've yet exposed all the datasets we have to Explorer [19:32] Yes, the setiQuest project needs some new data. [19:33] Jill: Good point. I guess I don't know why, we never got around to it? [19:33] we need to ask Gerry [19:33] Francis Potter was eager to meet as soon as we got back from break [19:34] OK, but maybe some data from the newly discovered Kepler planets would be good. [19:34] Francis and I are meeting soon [19:35] since we've been observing at the 8.66 GHz 3He+ line, there's hardly been any signals. [19:35] Will setiQuest Explorer have any value once the Galaxy Zoo project launches? [19:36] Which Galaxy Zoo project? [19:36] I would assume so, since the Zoo project does not give raw dat access [19:36] i think that its use of flash and flex will probably mean that it is not likely to be the base for mobile version of GZ [19:37] Leash: We are working on a project with Galaxy Zoo to have people look at our data [19:37] Jil: Yes. It wil have to be HTML5 [19:38] Is it going to be another citizen science project, or is this specifically for scienctists? [19:39] Citizen, through the Galaxy Zoo project [19:40] That sounds interesting. [19:41] Hopefully it will be! [19:42] I never did put ipup a new poll. Any ideas? [19:43] "up", not "ipup" [19:44] if the desire is access to raw data, not actually interacting with it via eyeball, is there a role for Explorer? i thought that's what we were discussing, but maybe the need is for more data in the cloud to download? [19:44] jrseti - You could always use the polls to survey the users about the website, or the program itself. [19:44] Poll: "Do you think SETI will be detected this year (2012)?" yes/no [19:45] Sigblips: that may be good [19:45] how about Earth 2.0 detection rather than SETI? [19:46] Jill: I think they kind of go hand-in-hand. The raw data and the waterfalls. People like Sigblips want the raw data - others want only waterfalls. [19:46] Jill: "Earth 2.0". Please explain. [19:47] an earth-size planet with rocky composition in habitable zone orbit around its star - a true Earth-analog [19:49] Jill: OK, I could do that one - with a small blog explaining it. [19:49] Access to raw data allows for all sorts of analyses that are just not possible with waterfalls. Raw data also allows for experimentation. [19:50] <_Jens_> We could also (later on) ask, whether people would give money for SETI. Might give us an impression on which kind of users visit the site. [19:50] And we could point them to setistars.org also [19:51] Kepler can give you size of planet - radial velocity follow up from ground needed for mass --- then you have mean density, but composition still degenerate - many different ways to get same density --- rest will be inferential starting with spectra pre and during secondary eclipse to see if you can nail major atmospheric components [19:54] http://archive.stsci.edu/kepler/planet_candidates.html is a good reference [19:54] Title: Released Kepler Planet Candidates (at archive.stsci.edu) [19:56] Sigblips: From that site you can get the data for planet observations. It would be interesting to see if Baudline could make any sense of it. [19:57] I'll put up a new poll this week. [19:57] <_Jens_> If I may, I think I've just found a website issue [19:58] ? [19:58] <_Jens_> Threads in the "Welcome to setiQuest"-Forum don't appear in the comments-list (http://setiquest.org/admin/content/comment) - and also not in the aggregator. [19:59] <_Jens_> Just found this thread by accident: http://setiquest.org/forum/topic/level-cooperation-between-setihome-and-seti-institute [19:59] Title: Level of cooperation between seti@home and the SETI Institute? | setiQuest (at setiquest.org) [20:00] If it's time domain or frequency domain data then it can be streamed into baudline. [20:01] Jens: Good point. I'll have to study this [20:02] All, our hour is up. Thanks for attending. [20:03] <_Jens_> bye all :) [20:03] *** leash left irc: Quit: Page closed [20:03] *** _Jens_ left irc: Quit: Page closed [20:03] Nice chat. Bye. [20:04] *** Jill left irc: Quit: Page closed [20:05] *** jrseti_ left irc: Remote host closed the connection [20:05] *** janebird left irc: Quit: Page closed [20:18] *** sigblips left irc: Quit: Page closed [22:20] *** Turingi left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer [22:53] *** davidstrauss joined #setiquest. [00:00] --- Wed Jan 4 2012