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Cheating at Seti@home

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bored-lately dept.

Megor writes "Well it was bound to happen, people are cheating on Seti@home to inflate their work unit statistics, and the people who administer Seti are ignoring the complaints. ZDNET has an article explaining how they are cheating."

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  1. Re:Holey Moley! by phunhippy · · Score: 0, Troll

    A first post which is

    1. on-topic
    2. gets modded up

    What's this world coming to?

    2nd posts that are surprised at a first post that is relevant and a shameless FUNNY karma whoreing grab...

  2. MOD PARENT UP by jcoy42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Parent is underrated.

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    Never trust an atom. They make up everything.
  3. Re:Interesting paper on this subject by NearlyHeadless · · Score: 1, Troll
    Theres an interesting paper on this subject available here. well worth a read.
    It's also worth noting that the Trusted Computing Platform (TCPA) and/or Palladium could be used to solve a problem like this.