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Run SETI, get fired... — #10

Quote: Originally posted by Truepop: Those are some crappy jokes I thought they were pretty good.
MacNN Software by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO

Run SETI, get fired... — #11

Quote: Originally posted by Synotic: BugMeNot seems to work well enough. The first result gave: heywood/hjablowmee@mailinator.com blowme nice link!
MacNN Software by d4nth3m4n

Run SETI, get fired... — #14

the password is 'lounge', sorry about that. The security question is pretty easy too, if you try to log in and guess the password. You have a 50/50 chance
MacNN Software by ThinkInsane

Run SETI, get fired... — #15

I do run SETI on the workstation at work.. haha.. it completes one WU in 3hrs.. an A64 2800+. My DP 1.25 finishes one in ~6hrs.. but I set it to do 2 WUs at a time.
MacNN Software by Kenneth

Run SETI, get fired... — #16

Oh, and you guys are free to use that macnn/gmail account to set up usernames and passwords for stuff you are going to link, but try not to use it as a dumping ground for all the s…
MacNN Software by ThinkInsane

Run SETI, get fired... — #17

Quote: Originally posted by Kenneth: I do run SETI on the workstation at work.. haha.. it completes one WU in 3hrs.. an A64 2800+. My DP 1.25 finishes one in ~6hrs.. bu…
MacNN Software by macaddict0001

Run SETI, get fired... — #18

I run either SETI or RC 5 on all my Macs. The guy who comes in to support the PCs (I won't touch 'em beyond configuring email for employees) is utterly paranoid and has convinced m…
MacNN Software by chris v

Run SETI, get fired... — #20

Quote: Originally posted by MilkmanDan: I had a beige G3 233 that did a unit in 24 hours. Those were the days. Heh. My PowerTower Pro 150 took 105 hours at first,…
MacNN Software by chris v

Run SETI, get fired... — #21

Although it was not his private computer, and he should have abided by the rules (if this was indeed clearly against the rules, which was not explicitly stated), I do not see how i…
MacNN Software by Gabriel Morales

Run SETI, get fired... — #22

Quote: Originally posted by Powaqqatsi: Why the **** do they mention this ? mmm, it is a bit strange...
MacNN Software by storer

Run SETI, get fired... — #23

I can see getting reprimanded, but fired? I think this guy must have been on someones sh*t list, and this is an excuse to get rid of him.
MacNN Software by galarneau

Run SETI, get fired... — #24

meh. sorry kids, I forgot they'd started requirin' a registration recently. lame. I'll copy/paste next time.
MacNN Software by CMYKid

Run SETI, get fired... — #25

Quote: Originally posted by Gabriel Morales: Although it was not his private computer, and he should have abided by the rules (if this was indeed clearly against the rul…
MacNN Software by macroy

Run SETI, get fired... — #26

Quote: Why the **** do they mention this? To illustrate the guy lost a damn good job for a dumb reason. I'm not sure the guy should've been whacked for that, but you are tak…
MacNN Software by DigitalEl

Run SETI, get fired... — #27

They probably just take their policies seriously. I think the same thing would happen where I work, where they'd consider it misuse of company property. Anyway, the important poi…
MacNN Software by itai195

Run SETI, get fired... — #28

Quote: Originally posted by galarneau: I can see getting reprimanded, but fired? I think this guy must have been on someones sh*t list, and this is an excuse to get ri…
MacNN Software by thesearcher

Run SETI, get fired... — #29

1) The guy that got fired shouldn't have been fired. He should have been warned. That being said, if it was a secure network... or if by running SETI@HOME he opened up his network.…
MacNN Software by mitchell_pgh

Run SETI, get fired... — #31

QUOTE]Originally posted by MilkmanDan: The man was a jerk for saying those things. [/quote] Ok, Im late to this discussion. I actually work for the state govt dept that this guy g…
MacNN Software by Markovich

Run SETI, get fired... — #32

The reason people get fired is because all large companies have policies stating very clearly against the practice of installing unapproved software onto computers. Basically the e…
MacNN Software by t6hawk

Run SETI, get fired... — #33

If you want to eliminate spyware issues on your work PC, then you should not have internet access. Basically, any web cruising will infect a PC with multitudes of spyware,etc. I sp…
MacNN Software by Markovich
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