Posted by mars on February 16, 2001, at 11:58:03
In reply to Re: SETI@home--trustworthy?, posted by shar on February 16, 2001, at 2:14:02
Good question, Shar ~
Yes, I trust 'em. I work in computing and am fairly meticulous about privacy (I run a firewall, monitor all cookies, etc.), and I haven't been able to detect anything like that at all. Also, SETI@Home is developed by the U. of California at Berkeley and the most CPU hours are racked up by guys who wouldn't put up with any software scanning their hard drives.
Y'all can check it out at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu.
cheers,
mars (who's racked up 1080 CPU hours)
p.s.
> Do you trust the group? No funny business with the screensaver worming into your computer?
> Shar
>
>
> > hi folks ~
> >
> > just curious ~ would anyone want to join a SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) team?
> >
> > all you do is run a screensaver that uses your computer processor to crunch data. it's a pretty screensaver. then all the processing-hours all of us who join rack up would contribute to our team "standings".
> >
> > i actually wish we could have a search for extraterrestrial compassion or wisdom or some such thing, but oh well =;) and i have noticed we are a pretty damn smart bunch.
> >
> > luff,
> >
> > mars
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