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mthomas45 Send message Joined: 26 Sep 09 Posts: 1 Credit: 7,261 RAC: 0 |
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/11/30/20091130searchforaliens1202.html#reply18886474 |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
WOW, so 'Nez' is finally ID'ed...... |
Nick Send message Joined: 16 Oct 09 Posts: 81 Credit: 112,909 RAC: 0 |
This may become a case study for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in a future issue of Psychology Today. I wonder how many WUs have been detached! |
jreinstedler Send message Joined: 28 Apr 02 Posts: 26 Credit: 24,605,608 RAC: 0 |
I remember seeing his computer lists long ago... they were all identical machines and were generating around 300 cred/day avg, which led me to believe this (edu situation) was the case a year or two ago. It was just a matter of time... |
kaseychief Send message Joined: 3 Dec 07 Posts: 1643 Credit: 480,503 RAC: 1 |
Would someone fix the link for those of us thar don't know how? |
jreinstedler Send message Joined: 28 Apr 02 Posts: 26 Credit: 24,605,608 RAC: 0 |
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Nick Send message Joined: 16 Oct 09 Posts: 81 Credit: 112,909 RAC: 0 |
Check out his email address that he used at his school here: http://www.ade.state.az.us/edd/NewDetails.asp?EntityID=4248&RefTypeID=1027 The CNET news flash for this story: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10406588-71.html |
kaseychief Send message Joined: 3 Dec 07 Posts: 1643 Credit: 480,503 RAC: 1 |
thanks for the links. Much appreciated. |
AndyW Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18 |
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Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
Wow, what a story! Certainly quite interesting! LOL Thanks for the link/news. |
kaseychief Send message Joined: 3 Dec 07 Posts: 1643 Credit: 480,503 RAC: 1 |
I dont feel sorry for him because he knew the risk he was taking. Make sure you either own or have WRITTEN permission to install and run seti/boinc. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Thats why he hid his computrers id say. [/quote] Old James |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21099 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Looking at this article, I suspect that s@h is just an easy and very convenient scapegoat to lever him out for other 'problems'... Gilbert man loses job in case tied to alien-search software As usual, likely all very sad. I just hope the uneducated sensationalist gutter press don't drag Boinc and s@h into the dirt. Berkeley need to watch this one very carefully and prepare a rapid response if needed... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
They did claim their was missing equipment which would seem odd for a guy trying to run seti to steal stuff that could be used to run seti. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34363 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I´ve read that story yesterday. Sad but thats the risk using other computers. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
"other" being an entire school districts In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Berkeley has always made this very clear............ Quoted from a post by Ageless in the NC forum in a parallel thread............. "They already have that: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/info.php says: Run SETI@home only on authorized computers Run SETI@home only on computers that you own, or for which you have obtained the owner's permission. Some companies and schools have policies that prohibit using their computers for projects such as SETI@home. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Usage_rules says: Run BOINC only on authorized computers Run BOINC only on computers that you own, or for which you have obtained the owner's permission. Some companies and schools have policies that prohibit using their computers for BOINC-based projects. If you deliberately choose to ignore those rules, the consequences when found out are for you only. ____________ Jord" So, I think nobody could fault Berkeley for somebody that went rogue and intentionally installed their software on every computer he could get his hands on. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8964 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
He set himself up....that's why it is so important we use only the resources we have control over |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
whats bad for Seti is that they demonize seti as much as the actual perpetrator. Perhaps a call from the seti/BOINC staff to the news sources telling them their rules that were clearly not followed. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
[KWSN]John Galt 007 Send message Joined: 9 Nov 99 Posts: 2444 Credit: 25,086,197 RAC: 0 |
whats bad for Seti is that they demonize seti as much as the actual perpetrator. Perhaps a call from the seti/BOINC staff to the news sources telling them their rules that were clearly not followed. New job for DA??? Public relations??? Clk2HlpSetiCty:::PayIt4ward |
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