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Message 860034 - Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 4:41:07 UTC

Looks like my subscription magazine, PC Authority Australia, has given SETI@home an "Honorable Mention" for the Top 10 most inspiring moments in IT!

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Message 860037 - Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 4:45:52 UTC - in response to Message 860034.  

Looks like my subscription magazine, PC Authority Australia, has given SETI@home an "Honorable Mention" for the Top 10 most inspiring moments in IT!

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Not for success, apparently......LOL......

Were they in the 'bloopers' section?
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Message 860049 - Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 5:00:29 UTC - in response to Message 860037.  

Looks like my subscription magazine, PC Authority Australia, has given SETI@home an "Honorable Mention" for the Top 10 most inspiring moments in IT!

PC Authority Article.

Not for success, apparently......LOL......

Were they in the 'bloopers' section?

Honorable mention near the below #1 on the page.


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Message 860066 - Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 5:24:33 UTC - in response to Message 860049.  

Looks like my subscription magazine, PC Authority Australia, has given SETI@home an "Honorable Mention" for the Top 10 most inspiring moments in IT!

PC Authority Article.

Not for success, apparently......LOL......

Were they in the 'bloopers' section?

Honorable mention near the below #1 on the page.

Ah........honorable mention for the best use of shoestrings to support a project.......
Yes.....I guess they are worth mentioning..........not an IT wonder.......but I still wonder.......LOL.
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Message 860382 - Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 21:07:56 UTC

Its better to be `last` than not finish the race at all,
How many others didnt make it onto the list,
though seti was not last, the only dnc project to get a mention ;)
`almost` the first dnc project,
and it IS the biggest boinc around.
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