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SETI@home Project Responds To School Firing
SETIGuy writes "SETI@home Project Scientist Eric Korpela has responded to many of the allegations made by Higley Unified School District administrator Denise Birdwell regarding the difficulties caused by the installation of SETI@home, which led to the recent firing of the school's technology supervisor. One of the project's founders, David Gedye, takes issue with Dr. Birdwell's claim that 'an educational institution ... cannot support the search for E.T.' Meanwhile, the fired supervisor denies misusing school computers."
Who knew leaving a bank of computers on 24/7 costs money?
I guess they're too busy allocating all their resources trying to find intelligent life in their class rooms...
If that CPU time is being used, it has to be paid for.
We've come so far since the 60's mainframe days.
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"It could also lessen the life of the computer. A computer that is shutdown at night would likely last longer than one crunching numbers every night."
Very true. A computer fan spinning at 100% 24/7 is far more likely to suffer a early death due to dust and hair, as you can see from these photos:
Dust in computer
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If the computer is shutdown or in low power the fan isn't spinning so it's not sucking in dust and dirt.... or bugs
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Can you tell me what 17x16 is?
It's a multiplication, sir!
I'd love to, but none of the schools around here have courses in fucking for me to teach.
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