archive-1: Re: SETI . seti(at)home: file download and explanation of the code...

Re: SETI . seti(at)home: file download and explanation of the code...

David Woolley ( david@djwhome.demon.co.uk )
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:24:05 +0000 (GMT)

> Hoax proof. Probably the reason why the source code will not be released.

This is partly covered by their FAQ. The real problem is false negatives;
false positives just waste their time as they will reprocess the data
any way. They do claim to have some false negative checks.