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SETI Finally Finds Something

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. Re:Welcome by sconeu · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In Korea, only old people use SETI@Home on Beowulf Clusters

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  2. Re:Welcome by zcsteele · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, SETI@Home only uses Beowulf Clusters of old Koreans! ...how many other permutations you guys come up with?

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