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 dcappello  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0 
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Wondering what I should do about a laptop/client that I had which was stolen when my house was burglarized? There was a bunch of SETI tasks Q'd up and chances are they will never complete. Do I try to merge this with another host ? Do I wait until all the work units are completed before the date/time the computer was stolen? Anyway to shut off the host asking for more work without being at the console? The reason I ask is: who ever stole my laptop re-connected it (after they re-named it) and it started to report completed work units - alas the last contact was at: 11 Dec 2008 15:55:29 UTC about 13-14 hours after it was stolen. - I even have its last "public" IP address ( 65.69.142.37 ) Of course I have contacted the police with this info - will see how far I get - I have been trying to connect to it so I could take a photo of the user. This is the host I lost with all the work units (yea a nice new 15" MBP, less than 1.5 Months old) Any ideas or suggestions are most welcome. 
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kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51470 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Wondering what I should do about a laptop/client that I had which The best you could hope for is that your lappy reports some work, and the IP can be traced.... There are more than one instance of a stolen lappy being recovered by it's Seti heart reporting in.... Let your ISP know what is going on so they can monitor it's possible activity... We luv stories of thieves being lojacked by Seti.... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." 
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W-K 666  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19280 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 
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One of the computers recovered was reported in the press Stolen laptop recovered thanks to SETI@home software and Computer project recovers stolen laptop, affirms couple's love Googling subject brings up a few thousand responses. Hope yours is also recovered. ID: 839466 · |
Geek@Play  Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0
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Hope you get your laptop back and the thief shares gets to share a cell with Mr. Simpson. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 839468 · |
Aurora Borealis  Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 
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You may want to email davea at ssl dot berkeley dot edu with details. He may be able to setup something to monitor your account and provide the info to report to the police. Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 ID: 839472 · |
Dr. C.E.T.I.  Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0
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. eh mate - here's a screen-shot of that IP Address . . .  wishing You the Best in getting it back Sir . . . EDIT: sent E-Mail Notice to Dr. David Anderson and as Well - Dr. Eric Korpela  BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 839495 · |
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Darren Young Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 39 Credit: 3,800,238 RAC: 0
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Hope the 'person' that stole from you is caught and you get your laptop back. I also hope that you and your family can find a sense of security again in you house. 
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RoosStar Send message Joined: 16 Oct 99 Posts: 51 Credit: 12,900,339 RAC: 20 
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Hope this helps and you get your laptop back. Please note that the accuracy of the Geo-Location information may be inaccurate. For US based IP addresses 85% of the results should be within 25 miles. Lookup IP Address: 65.69.142.37 Geo-Location Information Country United States State/Region TX City Dallas Postal Code Latitude 32.8098 Longitude -96.7993 Area Code 214 TraceRoute to 65.69.142.37 [adsl-65-69-142-37.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net] Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name 1 23 9 6 72.249.0.65 - 2 6 6 6 8.9.232.73 te-3-4.car1.dallas1.level3.net 3 9 11 6 4.68.19.76 ae-2-79.edge2.dallas3.level3.net 4 7 14 18 151.164.248.209 ex1-p12-1.pxnyny.sbcglobal.net 5 12 10 13 151.164.95.187 - 6 7 7 7 151.164.243.96 dist2.10g1-2.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net 7 9 8 10 151.164.162.87 bras1-ga9-0.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net 8 Timed out Timed out Timed out - 9 18 15 15 65.69.142.37 adsl-65-69-142-37.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net 
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skildude  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 
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errr its Dallas... Being from the Metroplex I'd say he has better luck at finding ET than his laptop.  In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 839573 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51470 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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errr its Dallas... Being from the Metroplex I'd say he has better luck at finding ET than his laptop. Lemme load up da gun.......... .38 special should do just fine......when I find that mudda....... 'Course I could bring ol' Clint along with me......the most powerful handgun in the world............ "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."
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champ  Send message Joined: 12 Mar 03 Posts: 3642 Credit: 1,489,147 RAC: 0 
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Please remember the stolen Laptop of the Admiral. They have found it. ID: 839576 · |
Byron S Goodgame  Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 1145 Credit: 3,936,993 RAC: 0
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I guess it depends who you use, my trace shows 10 | 0 | 65.69.142.37 | adsl-65-69-142-37.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net | Richardson, TX, USA | 46 | +- | PPPoX Pool - RCSNTXRBACK9 SBCIS-10151-134925 ID: 839585 · |
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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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Please remember the stolen Laptop of the Admiral. They have found it. . . . quite true SIr! - quite true - recall it like it was yesterday BOINC Wiki . . .Science Status Page . . . ID: 839609 · |
Eric Korpela  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60
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It appears to be in the same DSL DHCP pool that most of his other hosts use. His best bet is to find out where that IP was pointing at the time. For that he'll need to have Southwest Bell's cooperation, and to get that he'll probably need have the police helping out. Eric @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) 
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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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jim little Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 112 Credit: 915,934 RAC: 0
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A century ago stealing ones horse would lead to a necktie party when the miscreant is caught. Now with ones entire financial history in a laptop the loss can be far greater. I hope that the leads in this thread lead to the hideout of the rascal! duke ID: 839701 · |
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