Huz Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Got SETI@Home? Not in a team? Want to be in a team? Want to be in a super-duper MOJO team and have some friendly competition with the likes of the world-famous Huz and, er, well, that's about it. Yes, I created a SETI@Home team on a whim, called it 'MOJO', and now I need some actual members. I could just compete with myself, but that doesn't quite sound exciting enough. So join here, or don't. How's that for persuasion?
Riffage Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 RIGHT YOU LOT, WHO EVER HAS GOT SETI WILL BE SIGNING UP TO THAT GROUP OR IM GONNA SET THE MOJO DOLL ON YOU, YOU JUST WATCH ME. SO SIGN UP NOW OR YOUR ACCESS TO MOJO WILL BE LOST AND YOU WILL SUSTAIN HEAVY DAMAGE TO YOUR BRAIN AND OTHER VITAL ORGANS, YOU GET ME!
elTee Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Let me tell you about SETI: its a waste of time. Now, I don't mean that the search for intelligent life is a pointless one, but I personally don't think that there is that much to be found - at least, not within our reach. And only Guybrush needs to fear the doll.
DasJan Posted June 29, 2002 Posted June 29, 2002 Maybe it's pointless, but at least it looks cool on the screen! Just imagine your long time 'just friend' Suzy comes to visit you and she sees the SETI stuff on your screen and she ask "what's that" and you say something like "you know, that's some piece of distributed computing software that connects millions of PCs worldwide to put some extraordinary complicated fast fourier transformations on an inbelievably huge amount of data collected by a radio antenna in Puerto Rico that ist over three hundred feet in diameter" and then she starts touching your face and looking deep into your eyes and then she says "oh you're SO interesting" and then she pulls you on your bed while SETI is still analyzing data and... erm... you know what I mean... Das Jan
elTee Posted June 30, 2002 Posted June 30, 2002 Do I really want to know such a female who would be turned on by a sky watching program on my PC? And furthermore, would she be attractive? I don't mean physically. Oh, and its spyware, by the way.
DasJan Posted July 1, 2002 Posted July 1, 2002 What do you mean 'spyware'? What do you mean 'attractive but not physically' (is there such a thing)? What do you mean 'do I want to know such a woman'? Das Jan
Benny Posted July 1, 2002 Posted July 1, 2002 Is it buggery spyware. At your bequest mighty huzster I have installed seti, joined the mojo team and completed my first work unit. I dont give a monkeys if its a waste of time - its a waste of time that looks cool and gets my name next to some numbers on a page. How could anyone resist?
DasJan Posted July 1, 2002 Posted July 1, 2002 ...and it helps you to find a girlfriend! (Although she doesn't have this 'attractive but not physically' stuff.) Das Jan
elTee Posted July 1, 2002 Posted July 1, 2002 Spyware is a program that sends information about your computer to companies when you're running it. Examples include Imesh and Gator. Oh, and SETI@Home. They say its so that adverts you get (SPAM) will be suited to your taste, but none of us really want ANY SPAM, regardless of its content.
Huz Posted July 2, 2002 Author Posted July 2, 2002 Yes, yes, I know what spyware is. Do you know what distributed computing is? It generally involves doing some work (the "computing") on a bunch of computers ("distributed"), then - horror of horrors - sending the results back to a central server. Otherwise, you know, the whole "distributed computing" bit wouldn't really work. And that would truly make it a waste of time.
MeddlingMonk Posted July 2, 2002 Posted July 2, 2002 Quote Originally posted by LucasTones They say its so that adverts you get (SPAM) will be suited to your taste There aren't any ads in SETI@home. And it doesn't collect information.
elTee Posted July 3, 2002 Posted July 3, 2002 Ok ok, I might be wrong. But it was on PC Formats list!
MeddlingMonk Posted July 3, 2002 Posted July 3, 2002 Yeah, well, some people just don't know what they're talking about. SETI@home does transmit information, but it's just the results of its analysis. That's the whole point of distributed computing. I'm not sniping at you, mind, but at the hysterical nancies who compiled that list you're going by.
mxbx Posted July 3, 2002 Posted July 3, 2002 Monk: the fact that you used the term "hysterical nancies" makes me smile. Please keep up the good work!
Huz Posted August 19, 2002 Author Posted August 19, 2002 *cough* Just abusing the fact that old threads bob to the top like a putrid corpse when you post to them. Come on! Join or die! A quick note to the team members - all five of you! (The joke never gets old! Too bad it isn't a joke in this case! Join or die!) For some reason the team page isn't being updated automatically, which sort of removes part of the point of being in the team. I'll update it manually from time to time, but in the meantime, don't get angry at me! Blame SETI@Home. Those skanks.
Kjølen Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 doesnt this count as spam and abusive advertisement? "Join or die"? That's a bit...mean... and bumping them up? Sheesh... closing...
Riffage Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 ERROR: server cannot find text to command module, thread not closed JOIN OR DIE
Benny Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 Kjolen: im not closing this thread Huz isnt spamming, he's certainly not forcing anyone to join and im part of the seti team so id like to see some more people join up too. Just chill ok?
Kjølen Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 but...but...ahh... people at Bulbagarden would have hunted me down and banned ever part of my body in seperate pieces in I posted this....I guess Lucasforums is just a lot nicer than them.
Huz Posted August 19, 2002 Author Posted August 19, 2002 Well, sorry if I annoyed you, or anyone else. I just wanted to post a little 'reminder', since those that missed the original thread (almost two months ago now) don't really stand much chance of finding out about the team any other way. I've found that saying "<Do x> or die!" is a very effective persuasive technique. Anyway, if anyone else found my resurrection of this thread annoying, let me know via private message and it'll never happen again.
Kjølen Posted August 19, 2002 Posted August 19, 2002 No, no, no problem, i just thought people might find it annoying...but... yeah sorry
scabb Posted August 20, 2002 Posted August 20, 2002 I downloaded Seti@Home and now my 'My Documents' folder has been erased mysteriously.
Benny Posted August 20, 2002 Posted August 20, 2002 Thats not mysterious, its distributed computing. SETI has just distributed your documents to me thats all. Whats this? 'My evil plot detailing how I stole and plagiarised bgbennyboy's sig.txt' Oh dear, oh dear Scabb Its always the supervillans who leave detailed records of their plans...
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