PC users around the globe have loaded screensaver software that scans the data when their computers aren't otherwise in use.
Some volunteers are less than happy.
According to Keating, volunteers figured out that they were processing the same 115 blocks of data from a two-day period in January that were recorded by the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. New packets of data stopped being sent out around 24 May, Keating said. What most miffed Keating and other volunteers was the lack of communication from the project's leaders. So please bear with us during these 'growing pains,' and thanks for being part of this incredible project. Project director David Anderson said a shortage of manpower and computers led to the project's problems.