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SETI Accelerator Hoax Revealed
Stone Table writes "The SETI Accelerator by Krasnoconv sounded too good to be true. Well, in response to the overwhelming requests that they've had, they finally let the cat out of the bag. The whole thing was a hoax! They've posted a page to explain the hoax, from birth to death. I think this just goes to show that people will believe just about anything, if it serves their interests." Check out the original article on it as well. (CT:Duh!)
how meaningless technical specifications really are. Think about it this way: If we, an enlightened (one would hope) group of tech-heads, fell for this almost completely, imagine an ordinary user's experience when he/she walks into a computer store. "K6-2? Is that better or worse than a Pentium? Is 64 megabytes fast enough, or do I want 600 megahertz instead? This one says 'multimedia ready'. That's good, right? I think I'll choose that one. Does it have the Internet?" Computer companies prey on this with mindless technobabble like "internet ready" or "fully RFC compliant", and customers are the ones that end up being swindled.
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I also able to invent a SETI accelerator by using manies electronics in my home. By passing parts of SETI Work Unit to my:
I have able to increase my processing from 1 unit every 22 hours on very fast Compaq Presario to 17 units every half hour. It is very fast.
Last week my street lose power (I don't know why) so I am forced to stop processing. And yesterday in the mails there is a letter with electric bill for $700 (US!) for one month! I think there is some mistake, but I keeps processing! I know one day we will find ET for science but I also very happy to make #7 in high scores list. Maybe if search continuing I will #1!
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See the "..for smart people" banners Wired runs here? Look elsewhere guys.
what kind of sick mind cares more about SETI stats than about the very real problems of the very real world that surrounds them?
You disgust me. You are the kind of person who looks that the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sees wasted effort that could have been put into building homes for the poor. You are the kind of bastard that burned Alexandria's library, fearful and ignorant of the knowledge contained within. You are the jerk who makes fun of anybody who has spent serious effort and often serious money into any useless but personally rewarding hobby, like collecting Rocky Horror items.
What is Mankind if he only looks to the ground? We might as well be automated baby machines in your view - only caring about the basic necessities. We live set in a cosmos that is full of wonder, and if you can't feel that wonder, then I pity you.
Food, shelter - these are important for life. But they are not what life is for. I can't tell you the purpose of your individual life, but if you can't look up to the stars, don't scream that those who have loftier visions are foolish.
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"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
...is that there were people willing to spend actual money on buying a device that would run a process that was intended to use just your spare CPU cycles. For their next hoax, I propose the create a Screensaver On A PCI Card. "Get 18 Million Triangle/sec!"
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