As an aside, while most of the time this place is filled with poor imitations of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, those of you that put some effort in did a good job. I'm impressed.

I don't know that it's enough coverage to cut through the clutter for most people, but I'll bet you got at least several hundred thousand or more sets of eyeballs exposed to SETI@home and it's plight.

Good job. Well done.

> it's bEEn on Most Major Television NEWS Network's too . . .

Good Publicity can't hurt . . .

As an aside, while most of the time this place is filled with poor imitations of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, those of you that put some effort in did a good job. I'm impressed.

I don't know that it's enough coverage to cut through the clutter for most people, but I'll bet you got at least several hundred thousand or more sets of eyeballs exposed to SETI@home and it's plight.

Good job. Well done.

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Rush

elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com
Remove the obvious...

USA TODAY

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I'm seeing this story everywhere now that AP picked it up...One of the more interesting headlines was on CNET...SETI@Home finally finds something.

Cruise down the page for the story.


http://news.com.com/News.com+Extra/2001-9373_3-0.html?tag=nefd.aof

this is the Inquirer's take on the subject
PS not the National Inquirer.

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Another SETI Member - CoolBlue87GT has had a Laptop Stolen

> here's his Post I received an email this morning - SETI has found something !!!!

Message 522102 - Posted 23 Feb 2007 12:41:51 UTC

That's great.

Question, who do I contact to search for the laptop I had stolen ?

Not a joke, I had a Compaq laptop stolen awhile back. Would love to get it back.

Suggestions?

note:

@ CoolBlue87GT . . . see this Thread i started for You . . .

Another SETI Member - CoolBlue87GT has had a Laptop Stolen

I'm seeing this story everywhere now that AP picked it up...One of the more interesting headlines was on CNET...SETI@Home finally finds something.

Cruise down the page for the story.


http://news.com.com/News.com+Extra/2001-9373_3-0.html?tag=nefd.aof

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PROUD TO BE TFFE!

This is fantastic. I'm wondering if SETI has more than usual downloads of BOINC than it usually had in a given time period?

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_ALIENS_LAPTOP?SITE=FLDAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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ipdgroup - A News Service For Research Professionals has quite a few Links to SETI Laptop Issue . . .

INBOX ROBOT - ipdgroup.com: SETI@home News

© 2001 - 2007 Internet Product Development Group, Inc.

This episode is now on 63 websites

http://news.google.co.uk/news?oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&ned=uk&ie=UTF-8&q=stolen+laptop&btnG=Search

But its also on the Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine! Now that’s got to be serious recognition!!!

http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=1218

ABC 7 NEWS




> the FEDs are Broadcasting it too . . . on 1050 AM Federal News Radio

This episode is now on 63 websites

http://news.google.co.uk/news?oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&ned=uk&ie=UTF-8&q=stolen+laptop&btnG=Search

But its also on the Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine! Now that’s got to be serious recognition!!!

http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=1218

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"none so blind as those who will not see" (John Heywood 1546)

Don't drink water, that stuff rusts pipes!


You are making Proof out of Logic, by just being dubious! {Bluestar to me)

here's more . . .




Missing Laptop Found in ET Hunt

Hunt for Aliens at Least Lands Laptop By RACHEL KONRAD AP Technology Writer


[quote]SAN FRANCISCO Feb 21, 2007 (AP)— The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California,

Berkeley, has signed up more than 1 million volunteers worldwide in a search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

They've found no aliens yet, but they have at least turned up one missing laptop. more



Copyright © 2007 ABCNews Internet Ventures

AP picked the story up: Missing Laptop Found in ET Hunt

Not bad for free publicity!

UPDATE Note:

> have sent "Aliens, Geeks, And A Stolen Laptop by David Utter Staff Writer 2007-02-15" Message (below) to Dr. Seth Shostak @ the SETI Institute - to be forwarded to Dr. Jill Tartan (so as to 'clarify' the actual Media Coverage re: the 'Stolen Laptop' Matter and the Possiblity of more Publicity when Dr. Tartan lectures next Month in Canada). This Entire Matter - from the Publicity Viewpoint - can only enhance the Reputation and possibility of greater Funding for SETI / BOINC Projects and as well for the SETI Institute . . .

see: Message 518771 - Posted 17 Feb 2007 16:00:00 UTC

Thank You


< @ Pawly - niCE onE . . . hopEfully othErs will do so 2 . . .

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BOINC Wiki . . .

Science Status Page . . .

I'm trying a "Grassroots 2007" approach. I created an email with links to the AP article and SETI@home, I kept it short and sweet and asked that people forward to any laptop owners they might know. (Some of you may have received it) If the word must be spread then we must do it ourselves! We cannot rely on the media.

I URGE ALL OF YOU
Create your own email and send it to your friends. They will see your name and (maybe) take you seriously.

Aliens, Geeks, And A Stolen Laptop by David Utter Staff Writer 2007-02-15



® SecurityProNews publication - 1998-2007 All Rights Reserved

Do not trifle in the affairs of geeks, let alone pilfer their wives' laptops, for they are subtle and quick to track you down.

SETI@Home may not have discovered alien life yet. But it did help one persistent guy find something else - his wife's laptop, which had been

stolen on New Year's Day.


Rather than just dropping a police report into the ether to drift along with thousands of other reports of stolen electronics and waiting for

the insurance check to arrive, James Melin took action. A WCCO.com report said he started keeping an eye on the SETI@home site to see if the

laptop would phone home.


It did, three times, and Melin collected the IP addresses recorded when the laptop accessed SETI@Home's servers. With that information in hand,

Melin took it to the police, who in turn took it to court for subpoena to find the identity behind those IP addresses.


They did, turning up a thief who either had really bad taste in rap or was even worse at rapping himself. Along with his wife's screenplays

and novels, they found "20 tracks of rap music with unintelligible lyrics."


A savvier thief would have probably wiped the hard drive, so Melin was fortunate that the person just plugged the laptop into the Internet

and started using it. The incident is just one of many laptop thefts that take place all the time.


It makes us wonder why more effective laptop recovery software isn't being more widely used. SETI@Home worked here, but it is trivial to

uninstall. There are solutions that are much tougher to defeat. Perhaps people and companies are a little privacy-paranoid about having a

third-party being able to track their machines whenever they connect to the Internet.

® SecurityProNews publication - 1998-2007 All Rights Reserved


see *Stickied* Thread also . . .

SETI@home Laptop Stolen

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BOINC Wiki . . .

Science Status Page . . .

Hey there folks,

I posted this on movie forum (lots of computer junkies there)and after catching up on this thread I thought you all might be interested, I hope I got my facts right.
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I think that if we want to spread the word and get people interested, we need to let them know BOINC is more than just "Listen' fer Aliens".

OK I'll be quiet again.
Pawly

Looks good.

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Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

Hey there folks,

I posted this on movie forum (lots of computer junkies there)and after catching up on this thread I thought you all might be interested, I hope I got my facts right.

Your World Needs You.....And Your Computer!!

BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a free download. It utilizes your CPU's idle time to "crunch" numbers for scientists conducting research in all kinds of fields.

BOINC is related to SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) but these days it does so much more than just listening for aliens!! Cancer, Malaria and AIDS research aswell as many other projects being conducted by Universities and Labs. If you have the time (it's quicker to download and install than most music files), it is a great thing to get your comp to do in the background while you surf. I have it running full time and it doesn't slow my comp down at all, and I have the "warm fuzzy" feeling that this expensive box is helping the world and doing more than just goofing around!

Please consider BOINC, your world needs you!

Related links:

Seti@Home Listenin' fer aliens!
Rosetta@Home Research into many diseases.
MalariaControl Researching Malaria in Africa.
Climate prediction Researching weather patterns and where we are headed.

I needed help with BitTorrent and got it here at TorrentPortal. You helped me and I hope these links will help you help the planet.

There is so much more I could tell you but part of the fun of the internet is searching out things for yourself. If you have questions or concerns, post them here. I'm no computer guru, but I'm good at getting answers!

I think that if we want to spread the word and get people interested, we need to let them know BOINC is more than just "Listen' fer Aliens".

OK I'll be quiet again.
Pawly

lets say Europe and America being the most internet connected areas

John, you're forgetting that China will soon overtake the USA as internet surfers. There's a few of them crunching here, but why should the rest be? What's our sales pitch?

SETI/BOINC is its own sales pitch, it just needs to be advertised.

My 'slogans':


If you think bettering the human condition through the development and furtherance of science and technology is a good thing, and you want to do it easily, click Here.

Free your PC, let it do scientific research! Click the link to find out how: Boinc

Help turn Science Fiction into Science Fact. Click the link to find out how: Boinc

Bringing The Future into The Present. Click the link to find out how: Boinc

Turn your PC into a Supercomputer. Click the link to find out how: Boinc

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Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

lets say Europe and America being the most internet connected areas

John, you're forgetting that China will soon overtake the USA as internet surfers. There's a few of them crunching here, but why should the rest be? What's our sales pitch?

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