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SETI@Home Install Leads To School Tech Supervisor's Resignation

Posted by timothy on from the totally-worth-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the most prolific of users in the SETI@Home community has resigned his job as a school technology supervisor after it was revealed he had the software installed on some 5000 school machines. The school claims to have lost $1 million in upkeep on the affected machines."

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  1. Wait, he didn't have permission? by slimjim8094 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    When I saw this guy on the boards I just assumed he did. I mean, who would be stupid enough to not ask for permission to run crap on computers you don't own, especially when it's at best orthogonal to the purpose of the machines? It's like if I were to run a personal webserver off the school's T3.

    It sounds like this may not be the only issue, either. Apparently there was some theft involved as well?

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  2. Re:$1 Million... Really? by mweather · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What does being finished scanning the spectrum have to do with processing the data collected by the scan?