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SETI@home Project Responds To School Firing

Posted by Soulskill on from the correcting-dim-reporters dept.

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."

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  1. Wow by awowwalton · · Score: 0, Troll

    I heard its costing more than a million dollars to fix everything. How many computers did they have? thats a ton of money. http://www.memoryfoamslipper.com/

  2. Re:Idle computer resources by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Troll

    I bought a netbook at Best Buy for MSRP on an impulse basis. I still have it, and recently put Karmic x64 on it (It's got an Athlon 64.) If you say I'm not a nerd again, I'll talk you to death.

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