41) Message boards : SETI@home Staff Blog : What does loss of net neutrality mean for volunteer computing? (Message 1540475) Posted 12 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: This new act will damage the internet so much that projects like this one will be a thing of the past. No matter what we say or how much we scream and yell this will pass. Our societies are no longer being run by the people and we will have no say. The corporations will indeed have their way. Like the Smart Meter crap that the majority of the population said no to had us being subject to blackmail. We were told that if we did not get the meter then we would be charged 100 dollars a month. So now we have a meter. Smart meters have taken jobs away from Canadians and Americans. I download movies and I did get a notice that I was downloading pirated material from Shaw communications. I told them if I can do it then I will. They refuse to spend millions of dollars placing "Stops" in the system so that we can't download so I have no heard back from them at all. We must protect the net from the governments Michael Miles

42) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1537566) Posted 7 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: As I hunt around I am finding a lot of places that do offer computers for free Here is what I have so far.... Computers For Classrooms 315 Huss Drive, Chico, CA 95928 (530)895-4175 CFC provides good working computer systems for those who cannot afford to buy new ones. As Microsoft Authorized Refurbishers they can only place MS licensed computers with low-income families. http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/html/low_income.html Computer Recycling Center CRC Computer Recycling provides refurbished computers to Foster Youth, Home-Bound Elderly, Teachers, Community Nonprofits, and more. http://www.crc.org/apply/ PC’s for People PCs for People creates new opportunities by providing personal computers and education to people who have limited experience with technology due to social, physical and/or economic circumstances. http://www.pcsforpeople.com/index.php/receive/eligibility http://www.pcsforpeople.com/index.php/receive/how-it-works FreeCycle Freecycle is an online network of charitable individuals who post gifts and donations of many things, including computers, so that others may benefit from their gifts. http://www.freecycle.org/ World Computer Exchange World Computer Exchange is a portal for rescuing used computers, refurbishing them and distributing them throughout the world. This company has benefited many communities and organizations that otherwise would not have been able to afford a computer or laptop. Visit their website for more information on donating or receiving a free computer. http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/ Alachua Free-Net Computer Recycling Program [Florida] Requests for computers are considered on a case-by-case basis by the AFN Computer Recycling Program volunteers. Some of the areas used for determination are as follows: Priority is given to local community organizations, schools, and non-profit organizations. Individuals with disabilities or hardships where it is demonstrated that the computer would enhance the person’s life. http://www.afn.org/~recycle/ Castaway Computers, Inc. [Wisconsin] We accept donated computer equipment and software from companies, refurbish the equipment, load available software, and upgrade the equipment. Castaway donates the computers to individuals, families, schools, charities, and agencies including religious, scouting, genealogical, historical, and other nonprofit entities. Call for more info (414) 221-3442 Computers for Families (CFF) [Virginia] Computers for Families is a not for profit organization founded to place computer systems with and provide computer information access to individuals who can not afford a computer system. Currently we are only able to help families in the SW Virginia localities. 540-745-6340 First Chance Project First Chance will locate used computer equipment and transfer it to rural women who do not have computers in their own home. Telephone: 720 855 0501 Free Computers [Michigan] We place computers in homes (in low-income Grand Rapids neighborhoods) that could not otherwise afford one. To qualify for a computer, you must complete ten (10) hours of service to your community http://www.wherevergodwills.org/free_computers.htm FREE GEEK [Oregon] FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service. http://www.freegeek.org/ Santa Barbara Computers for Families [California] The Computers for Families project is providing computers, Internet access and training for Santa BarbaraCounty students whose families cannot afford to purchase them. We believe that access to technology at home is critical to building the skills essential for success in the 21st century. (805)964-4711 x5400 http://www.sbceo.org/~sbceocff/ Southern Arizona’s Computer Bank [Arizona] SACB is a community-based, non-profit 501(c)(3), charitable and educational organization, that helps those who are less fortunate. We acquire, upgrade and donate computers, and printers to under-privileged students K-12, who live in Southern Arizona. http://www.sawcb.org/ Technology Assisting People In Need [Ohio] TAPIN focuses on serving individuals who are economically disadvantaged or disabled, and who could benefit by owning a computer, and the agencies which serve them. http://www.tapin.org/ Micrecycle Rochester, NY- Free and Low-cost Refurbished Computers Available Now Through Micrecycle: Computers for Education Back-To-School Promotion Location: Micrecycle, 98 College Ave., Rochester, NY14607 Media Contact: Debra Jacobson (585) 697-1944 • Email: debra_jacobson@rmsc.org Computers will be available for pick-up a week or two after applications are processed. For more information about the program or to request an application, call Alex Johnson at RMSC/Science Linkages, (585)256-3170. Computers for Children (no website available) 2550 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 874-3350 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10-6 pm That's it for now Michael Miles Team New Mexico

43) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1536522) Posted 5 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Very well said Mark. I too have given my life to Christ. Having Cats as friends is a lot like having Christ with you. Unconditional love. ( Only conditions are love, food, security) There is a reason that the Egyptians regarded cats as protectors of man. If only the rest of the world could understand. I get a lot of ridicule telling people what is about to happen to our societies. I'm called crazy, insane, you name it. All I am doing is watching and telling people what I know will happen. WW3 is about to take place. It must happen. The Anti-Christ is among us now. It's all Good and Evil, nothing more. The oldest battle in the world My place in this world is secure. I may not have any riches or bank accounts with tons of false hope in them. I do understand what love is and how powerful the lessons of forgiveness that Christ gave us. At times I look at what is now taking place in Israel and the Arab world and it's very hard to stay focused without anger. They are being guided into hating each other. This life is just the beginning. It's what we do in this life that will determine what the next will be for us. You are not alone Mark. Your place is secure and you are among friends. Lots of Love bro Michael Miles

44) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1536501) Posted 5 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: I walk back to Squirrel's grave most days when I can, and speak to her. Is that odd of me? I mean, she sat on my couch next to me for almost 18 years. Is my missing her really that unusual still? And I STILL glance over in the dark of night and expect her to be there... Just means one thing Mark. Your love for her will continue for your entire life. That is called being a True Human Being Michael

45) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Beet's Give Us a Caption #57 (Message 1536149) Posted 4 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Am I still your sweet little Angel Dad?????? Michael

46) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1536087) Posted 4 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Hey Bro I know exactly what you mean Mark. There is no more dear of a soul then that of a cat. Leo my SON is now 12. I dread the day that he passes on but I must look at what relationship we have and how lucky I am to have that experience with him. I was just diagnosed with Aids and I went insane with drugs and self abuse. just could not handle the idea that my days were numbered. Short numbers. A friend of mine saw was I was going through and gave me this kitten. He was only 6 week old and the runt of the litter. My life changed at that point. Looking after him and loving him has taught me how to be human. My other friend Sam was an abused kitty.I was at a guys house that I did not know and I witnessed this little calico kitty being thrown against a wall. I did what any self respecting human would do. I broke his nose and took his cat. He had the nerve to have the Victoria police come to my home. The police heard the story, smiled at me and left. So Sam and Leo had 5 litters over 2.5 years and now we have 4 cats in this house. Surgeries were done to eliminate the possibility of more. 25 cats was enough. They all have good homes. Two died due to Red blood cell problems but one that had the problem made it. It was horrific to see this little girl kitten of 7 months not being able to lift her head. She was so weak. After several dollars from vet bills she made it. My mother was the owner. She is not too well off but not poor. Thank God. She went through hell with worry but the rewards are just so great. I too have a grave yard in my back yard. Two a buried there. Yes, your help was tremendous Mark. You will always be in my thoughts. Have a great day brother. Michael Miles Team New Mexico

47) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1536042) Posted 4 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Good to hear from you Mark. You are in my thoughts. I always embrace my inner kitty. I have no choice in the matter. They always say to me when I am late getting home "Your late slave" Love it. Michael Miles

48) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1536011) Posted 4 Jul 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: I have had some dealings with ERA and am finding out the computers they have are corporate donated systems. That means low end. Dual cores with win 7 installed but very low HD space and low ram. Not suitable for any real Seti work If people want a computer for internet and basic viewing then these systems will work no problem but a cruncher is not what you will find here. They do have lots of laptops. Dual cores with 120 gig or more HD space and 4 gig ram DDR2 Those may be another thing entirely. Two laptops have been donated to 2 lucky disabled people here in Victoria BC that I arranged for them. So ERA is the real deal and help is there http://www.era.ca Michael Miles Team New Mexico

49) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1534056) Posted 30 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Teamviewer does not have to be installed. It can run only and the same result. As far as being busy that is okay. I am on Disability and need things to do while I watch my medication grow (ha,ha) I saw the post change right when I was posting. I tried to send the post and the system came up with no such thread. Thanks for doing that Rob. Freaked me out at first but thanks for the work. I am wondering something though. Companies like Nvidia and AMD ATI have a huge inventory of old cards. To them the 500 series and 400 series GPU would be ideal to donate as they are not generally sold anymore and their business is now tied up with more advanced cards. I will write both companies to find out if they do donate through their PR program. To them having Setiathome volunteers endorsing their products would be great for us and a boom for their business. I will feel it out and see if they do have a PR program like this Michael Miles Team New Mexico

50) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1533746) Posted 29 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Chris S. I completely understand where you are coming from and I always find that learning comes with need. I myself can and do help others with their computers VIA remote computing. Team viewer is free to use and an excellent way to remote in and control another computer http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx Anyone who needs help can PM me direct and after downloading Teamviewer and giving me the user and password I will come in and help for any needs Internet connections are getting to the point now that for one they are cheap and a lot of companies offer extremely low connection fees. Most already have free internet with your cable TV connections or at least discounts on the internet end of a cable account at least here in Canada. I have seen a lot of low income housing developments with 100% free internet for their tenants. I absolutely applaud you for what you are doing with helping people. Where there is a will and a need there is always a way to obtain what you need whether it is getting a computer or learning how to use one. Good for you bro Also it would seem my original thread has been changed from Donated Computers in Canada, USA and other countries to Donated Computers in Canada and other countries Michael Miles Team New Mexico

51) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Donated Computers in Canada and elsewhere (Message 1533733) Posted 29 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Hello all I have been asked to get a thread going on the possibility of getting a list of companies and Non profit organizations that will help low and fixed income people to get computers world wide. This would be a very helpful list to obtain as a lot of companies that do this are not advertizing or in some cases being hidden from the public. If any participants in Setiathome or any of the other distributed computing projects know of non profit organizations and would like to let the public in on it then list here. There are many people in North America and other countries that have incomes so low the idea of owning a computer is a pipe dream. Awareness of these places that will help is far and few as their own budgets leave no room for advertizement so people are not getting the information they need. I posted a previous thread called "Donated Computers in Canada" and this thread is meant to replace that to include USA and other countries Any ideas or knowledge of companies that do this service will be greatly appreciated. For Canada this company services 11 cities Canada wide http://www.era.ca will help in the areas of Calgary Alberta Edmonton Alberta Vancouver, Richmond BC Victoria BC Saskatoon Saskatchewan Winnipeg Manitoba Montreal Quebec Toronto Ontario Ottawa Ontario Barrie Ontario Dartmouth Nova Scotia Thank you very much Michael Miles Team New Mexico

52) Message boards : Cafe SETI : I need financial assistance. (Message 1533724) Posted 29 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: It's just wonderful when a community gets together and helps each other. Now if we could only get our Governments to follow such a lead. Michael Miles Team New Mexico

53) Message boards : Cafe SETI : 2048 (Message 1533379) Posted 28 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: Oh great, Just great... Another addiction to cope with. GOOD GAME I like it and I do not play games usually. My mother will get just as hooked just as fast..... Michael Miles

54) Message boards : Number crunching : How number crunching affects a computer (Message 1532872) Posted 27 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: If the iMac is a single unit and not a desktop the fan issue may be one great headache. They are just like laptops and very hard to maintain. I do not use any Mac products at all for one reason. MONEY Cost is way too high. A noisy fan could resolve itself if you turn it down a bit but with that iMac heat is a killer On my desktop I have a cool master 212 plus cooler and it keeps the CPU very cool but the motherboard is hot so I completely remove the side cover and place a small desk fan blowing in. Keeps thing very cool but I did loose one MOBO recently as my cat did bite into a fan wire and shorted out the circuit. Smoked my MOBO. Now I have a small screen replacing the side cover so no cats get in there I run full bore on this six core and at 100% load running AP units I get temps hovering around 32C. Very cool for air cooling. Good luck and keep your computer cool Michael

55) Message boards : Number crunching : How number crunching affects a computer (Message 1532844) Posted 27 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: If you run a laptop then you take your chances. These "Bic Lighters" I call them because they seem to be disposable will burn fairly quick. The newer ones with medium to high end GPU's in them are not going to last long if you do not have a cooling system on them. A Laptop fan under them is a must. As far as desktops go keep them clean and make sure the fans are not making any weird noises and they will last a very long time. The CPU will probably never burn out unless the fan fails but the boards now have safeties built into them so if a failure does occur it will just shut the machine down and tell you you have a thermal overheat before it does. Get a good monitor program to keep an eye on voltages and temperatures. There are many but the one I use is simply the best. SIV ( System Information Viewer ) by Red Ray is the best I have seen for a Boinc user. He has built in an entire page to allow users of Boinc to keep Boinc under full control. He also updates a lot. It is constantly being improved. It does not use global locks which will allow other programs that use the sensors to work without shutting down SIV To download go here http://rh-software.com/ Depending on what system you have use the SIV32X or SIV64X Start as admin and use the argument -GPUCTL (Gpu control) That will give you control over GPU such as Overclocking the GPU and control over fans Bottom line is keep you system clean and free from heat and you are crunching for a very long time unless your kitty goes in and bites a fan wire and it smokes the computer. Have a great day

56) Message boards : Cafe SETI : To the kitty people.....new edition. (Message 1527414) Posted 12 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: :( So sad reading this news! Have made your links clickable Thanks very much buddy.

57) Message boards : Cafe SETI : To the kitty people.....new edition. (Message 1527383) Posted 12 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: My daughter is planning to pop a link to it on her facebook page. I hope our voices can make a difference. Excellent. This MUST stop. They are just too beautiful to be treated this way. All it takes is enough pissed off people to make a huge difference. There was another sighting about 400 yards from my house last week and I have seen animal control around here and helicopters flying low searching for it. Same place as another sighting weeks before this. Just disgusting to see happen. Michael

58) Message boards : Cafe SETI : To the kitty people.....new edition. (Message 1525700) Posted 7 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: My Step sister lives in Sidney, Victoria. Sidney is a very pretty little sea side town with a lot of History. She would know exactly what I'm talking about. These cougars are being shot for nothing more then to save money. It cost much more to relocate them then to just put a bullet in them. Just a shame..... Michael Miles Team New Mexico

59) Message boards : Cafe SETI : To the kitty people.....new edition. (Message 1525663) Posted 7 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: We here on this Island are witnessing the extermination of the most beautiful cats on this planet. The Mountain Lion The other day not far from where I live. About 2 miles a lady was not using her head. 5:30 am she takes a walk alone down the galloping goose trail and a cougar comes out. It started to charge at her. She turned and fled. The cat stopped and went about it's business The cat was hunted down and shot no questions asked. Then the authorities deemed they did not have the right cat so they shot another. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cougar+killed+after+chasing+woman+popular+Vancouver+Island+trail/9900263/story.html this happens far too much. Instead of drugging the cat and relocating the authorities just kill them straight out. This Island is a wilderness which is slowly but surely seeing the wildlife stripped from its habitat because of human intervention. Housing and new building have seen these beautiful cats having to come into Victoria to get food. I have heard of sightings about 400 yard from where I live in this city. Peoples backyards. They are hungry We here are flipping out but they are just not listening. Please speak up and send the a note to Vancouver Island wildlife Authorities and let them know how you feel. http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/info/wildlife_human_interaction/docs/cougars.html There is a contact us here Drug them, take them into the mountains but do not shoot them over human incompetence. This is taking place every couple of months that we know of. I was hitch hiking down the road by Lund BC which is just north of Powell river. I heard some noise coming from the bushes as I walked down the highway. Low and behold a female cougar walked out and saw me. I just stopped and wondered if I was going to be dead in a minute. Nothing of the sort. She looked back and gave an all clear to three beautiful kits. They just walked down the road and passed me by with no concern that I was there. Ever since then I have known that it is humans who are the real danger. I could live 1000 years and not see one. I consider myself lucky to have seen one let alone 4. God bless the innocent. God bless our wildlife. The real caretakers of this planet Michael Miles Team New Mexico

60) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Help......... Computer cooked big time (Message 1523888) Posted 2 Jun 2014 by Michael W.F. Miles Post: What do you mean in particular ? Of course r_2170 has a lot of fixes as well. I believe that the same thing was happening with ATI cards on Multibeam. High CPU usage. Nvidia cards were always low CPU usage with Multibeam but Ati cards saw a high usage for CPU Astropulse was opposite until now. Nvidia astropulse was always high cpu usage and ATI was low usage, until this came out with the sleep function So with r_2170 on ATI cards the Multibeam is now using low CPU usage?????? I don't own one but am seriously thinking going to ATI because of the power they have and handle astropluse very well. The price is also lower then Nvidia cards. Michael

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