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SETI Finally Finds Something

Posted by samzenpus on from the laptop-phone-home dept.

QuatumCrypto writes "SETI@home is a distributed processing client from UC Berkeley that installs on the volunteers' home computers and harnesses their processing power in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. So far nothing noteworthy has comeout of this massive project... that is until today! One of the volunteers was able to track down his wife's stolen laptop using the IP address that SETI@home client reports back to the server. After getting back the laptop his wife said, 'I always knew that a geek would make a great husband.'"

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  1. Backups??? by arthurpaliden · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only copies of her work was on the laptop. Someone should tell her that is she is not backed up she is fcked up. Oh and off site backups would be best, say a friends house.

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  2. I suggest by /dev/trash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That you cancel your Slashdot account and demand a refund. Oh wait. You get this for free. So um STFU.