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Seti at Home
Mels Started conversation Sep 23, 1999
I have a Seti@Home screensaver. For those of you not familiar with this
phenomena, it is a data processor disguised as a screensaver and uses your
computer's downtime to process radio signals recorded by Arecibo Radio Observatory
and others like it to aid in the search for Extra Terrestial Intelligence.
I have processed 4 data units so far, and it suddenly struck me that instead
of the Berkley Institute looking for signs of alien life, they might just as well
be studying the computer use and habits of homo sapiens... Instead of logging on to
the internet to download another block of data, I might be uploading the contents
of my harddrive!
How about that for a conspiracy theory? I must say though, if true, I admire the
beauty of it, and only regret that my harddrive is not more interesting.
Perhaps I should lay a trap - start downloading bomb-making plans from the internet
and creating documents outlining my plans for assembling an arsenal and attempting
a coup. How soon would the black cars and black-suited men arrive?
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