( ESNUG 322 Item 2 ) ---------------------------------------------- [6/15/99]
Subject: Who Needs SETI? I Can't Find Intelligence On The Synopsys Hotline!
> Essentially, SETI is the Search for Extra-Terrestial Intelligence and the
> people doing it have a massive amount of raw radiotelescope data to
> process. Their solution? Distribute PC and workstation screensavers that
> process chunks of data when your computer is idle. Novel idea! And
> currently over 500,000 computers are partaking in this project. So,
> instead of letting your unused CPU cycles go to waste, I urge you to go
> to http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu and let that unused processing power
> go towards a really cool project! Nanoo! Nanoo! - John
From: David Simmons <simmod@taec.toshiba.com>
John,
Having encountered the Synopsys hotline, I have no interest in contributing
to any further search for extraterrestrial intelligence. As Meriweather
Lewis (of the explorers 'Lewis & Clarke' fame) put it, referring to his
expedition's encounters with the grizzly bear, "We have entirely satisfied
our curiosity with respect to this animal".
Sorry,
- David Simmons
Toshiba
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