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Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
I must say Molgao, I am from Ireland and i just joined the other day. I was and have been suspicious of this project from day one. I also have been running ideas through my head about what information i am processing on my computer. The way i see it, and the Irish government have never been in conflict with your country so i am neutral, is if you have information on your hard drive that might be sensitave, dont use that computer. At worst, along with 500,000 other fools, you might be helping the amercian goverment. At best you might be following a truely Great Human endevour. I think you are bluffing anyway otherwise you would not have signed up in the first place. I think your an American just pullin the piss. |
Fat B Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1688 Credit: 4,205,162 RAC: 0 |
I must say Molgao, I am from Ireland and i just joined the other day. I was and have been suspicious of this project from day one. I also have been running ideas through my head about what information i am processing on my computer. ROFLMAO - nice one John you silver tongued devil you |
Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
Yes, i am good with words alright, shame about my atrosious spelling |
Astro Send message Joined: 16 Apr 02 Posts: 8026 Credit: 600,015 RAC: 0 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. Ahh, but who's to say that what we would download is the "real" open source code? Sorry Tony, just had to ask. Kind of makes you think, doesn't it? I, for one, do not believe that there is any "wrong doing" happening here or at any BOINC project. And I do have a suspicious nature.... (-:< CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
mikey Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0 |
I hope this isn't serious. SETI was founded by people the CIA was probably watching back then. Check the Web site of the Planetary Society which is sponsoring the search if you need more comfort. This is an international project that does not have a place of earth politics. That is why I joined. OF COURSE I WAS JOKING!!!! Do you HONESTLY think the US Government can control 300 million people??!!! Take a look at the words of the two main Political Parties and see how much even the Lawmakers can control anything. Every day they are screaming about something the other Party did! If even the Lawmakers can't control themselves what makes you think the other 3oo million of us can be controlled? I was just feeding the conspiracy theorists and in no way was I serious. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. Compile the current source, and you still get credit as the results verify against other results from other clients that do not have self compiled code. There is one project that existed for a while that was very worrisome. Anyone remember "Shoft"? It was run out of Russia, and they were very evasive about what they were doing. BOINC WIKI |
Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. I don't believe anything "wrong" is happening either, but it's not the "open source" apps we should worry about, it's the so called "data". And it's not the CIA, it's all those other unknown "black" agencies. {insert twilight zone theme here} Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
Fat B Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1688 Credit: 4,205,162 RAC: 0 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. They are still around John Shoft |
Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. I thought it was Shaft, John Shaft. Sorry, I just couldn't resist!! |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
both boinc and the seti application are "open source", you/anyone are free to download and examine them for any tampering. And furthermore, you can even make your own version of the application/client if you'd prefer total control.... |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
And it's not the CIA, it's all those other unknown "black" agencies. Hence why I always laugh at that line on Seti Beta: AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956 I always read NSF as NSA. :P |
Fat B Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1688 Credit: 4,205,162 RAC: 0 |
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Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
I said I couldn't resist, you're assimilating the assimilated. EDIT: to fix quote BBCode tags Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 |
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 |
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