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jreinstedler Send message Joined: 28 Apr 02 Posts: 26 Credit: 24,605,608 RAC: 0 |
You can read this: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10406588-71.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 or... just read on as I have copied bits and pieces shamelessly. LOL! November 30, 2009 7:42 PM PST Man loses job after searching too hard for aliens by Chris Matyszczyk According to the Arizona Republic, (Brad) Niesluchowski was asked to resign after allegedly using his position at the Higley Unified School District to exercise his own (and our) need for an alien encounter... ...The Republic's sleuths got their hands on documents that suggest Niesluchowski was encouraged to resign after he downloaded free University of California (the terribly forward-thinking Berkeley branch) software that uses idle computers to examine information collected by radio telescopes... ...Niesluchowski, you see, enjoyed the authority to purchase all sorts of technology for his district. And his alleged downloading of alien-hunting software might well have used additional energy resources and caused other related damage or accelerated depreciation to the hardware. The school district estimates these losses at between $1.2 million and $1.6 million... ...Specifically, Niesluchowski stands accused of downloading a program called SETI@home to every computer in the school district... ...However, SETI might not have been the only software Niesluchowski donated to Higley. The school district also claimed it had found another program, with the heavenly name of BOINC, that also emanated from Berkeley... ...Perhaps Niesluchowski's alleged behavior was not entirely thought through. Perhaps he simply hoped no one would ever notice. But, using the moniker "NEZ" he had reportedly become one of the most active and admired alien hunters. The Republic suggests that he earned 575 million "credits,", representing the enormous hours he spent in the search for the next world... So, there you have it folks. DISCUSS. Also, this should serve as further warning to those of you in an "administrative" position at a workplace and are using "company" resources for BOINC projects. Many companies/education facilities/etc have policies in place regarding inappropriate or unauthorized use, and this qualifies. Unless you have express consent of whoever the ultimate authority is for your workplace, don't go putting BOINC/etc on ALL OF YOUR MACHINES. kthxbai |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
...And his alleged downloading of alien-hunting software might well have used additional energy resources and caused other related damage or accelerated depreciation to the hardware. The school district estimates these losses at between $1.2 million and $1.6 million... Sounds like someone's cooking the books. As to losing his job *shrug*. You're not supposed to install the software unless you have permission to do so. Of course if you're the person that's responsible for granting such permissions, things can get a bit messy. Grant Darwin NT |
jreinstedler Send message Joined: 28 Apr 02 Posts: 26 Credit: 24,605,608 RAC: 0 |
and that probably doesn't even include all of the bandwidth he used to download/upload all those WUs... that adds up fast. |
gizbar Send message Joined: 7 Jan 01 Posts: 586 Credit: 21,087,774 RAC: 0 |
Wow... If he's installed this on so many computers without permission, and those losses are anywhere near genuine, losing his job might be the least of his worries. It still must be 000's of computers as well. I hope everybody else using computers without permission looks long and hard at what they're doing before carrying on. Assuming this story is genuine of course... regards, Gizbar. A proud GPU User Server Donor! |
jreinstedler Send message Joined: 28 Apr 02 Posts: 26 Credit: 24,605,608 RAC: 0 |
Wow... the crap just gets deeper... http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/11/30/20091130searchforaliens1202.html Apparently he already lost his job and is facing a legal battle now... |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
and that probably doesn't even include all of the bandwidth he used to download/upload all those WUs... that adds up fast. Given the bandwidth used by email alone, that used by Seti would have been insignificant. Grant Darwin NT |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Wow. That is really all I can say. Wow... This is the exact reason I do not install unauthorized programs on my clients machines. I stick to my own where I have no risk of getting my ass sued or taken to court. NEZ, if you are reading this, you only have yourself to blame. The lesson is: Do not ever install any unauthorized program on any computer of device you are not responsible for! Keep to your machines and your machines only. - Luke. |
bds Send message Joined: 25 Aug 06 Posts: 14 Credit: 51,124,245 RAC: 0 |
QUICK!!!...someone write a script,...sell it to comcast/nbc/universal...and donate the proceeds to seti@home... |
Dirk Sadowski Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
[NEZ] ----------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this aren't negative advertisement for BOINC/SETI@home. |
Dirk Sadowski Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Just about everybody who has ever posted here with questions about running Boinc/Seti at work has been given the warning never to install it without the express permission of those who own the computers. What goes around comes around. Rest assured, I have the permission of the kitties to run Seti on the rigs here!!! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Dirk Sadowski Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
In the Café subforum is already a thread about NEZ. It was opened ~ 15 min. before this one. Maybe combine or continue only in one? [fired for using Seti and boinc] |
S@NL - Eesger - www.knoop.nl Send message Joined: 7 Oct 01 Posts: 385 Credit: 50,200,038 RAC: 0 |
Damn.. why didn't you just ask? :-( On the other hand, that was my first response.. (needed to get that out). I really, really hope NEZ will visit us here and tell us about it, tell his side of the story. It is usually more complex, less black and white, then what we read here now. NEZ, if you got fired, I wish you good luck in finding a new job fast. Hope to hear from you, Eesger The SETI@Home Gauntlet 2012 april 16 - 30| info / chat | STATS |
Samdani Send message Joined: 21 Oct 00 Posts: 85 Credit: 13,480,553 RAC: 0 |
This is a sad day for SETI@home as it is definitely going to harm project's reputation. I think administration should issue clear warnings and guidelines for all SETI crunchers in this regard. |
Frosted Send message Joined: 11 Jul 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 3,898,641 RAC: 0 |
Yikes! He must have been doing this since the begining... 10 million hours of classic S@H!! |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
I think administration should issue clear warnings and guidelines for all SETI crunchers in this regard. They already have that: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/info.php says: Run SETI@home only on authorized computers http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Usage_rules says: Run BOINC only on authorized computers If you deliberately choose to ignore those rules, the consequences when found out are for you only. |
Samdani Send message Joined: 21 Oct 00 Posts: 85 Credit: 13,480,553 RAC: 0 |
thanks ageless, rules and policies of project certainly state that. what more can be done to discourage such incidents in future ? |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
what more can be done to discourage such incidents in future ? Reprogram the mindset of future BOINC users. :-) |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
his one problem was that he never asked. He must have had a butt load of Computers running seti. I can't imagine a school district using high end equipment for anyone other than the superintendents office. But is lack of participation on the forums, his insanely high RAC and his hidden computers made his activity highly suspicious. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 |
Is Misfit still around? The only one to make contact.... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! |
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