Isn't BOINC supposed to always run everything at the lowest possible priority?
Shouldn't that prevent BOINC from ever "bogging down" or otherwise "interfering
with" the computers it runs on?
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34241415/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Search for aliens costs school employee his job
Man used computer program that bogged down system; will cost $1M to fix
updated 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
MESA, Ariz. - A former school district employee is accused of using school
computers in an experiment to find space aliens, costing the worker his job and
the district more than $1 million.
School officials say that Brad Niesluchowski, who was Higley Unified School
District's information technology director, downloaded free software on
district computers in 2000.
The program, known as SETI(at)home, uses Internet-connected computers worldwide
to analyze radio telescope data in an experiment to find extraterrestrial
intelligence.
But Superintendent Denise Birdwell told the East Valley Tribune that the
program also bogged down the district's system and interfered with technology
use in classrooms.
Birdwell said it will take more than $1 million to fix the problem, including
removal of the SETI software. She says police are conducting a broader
investigation.
Niesluchowski resigned from the district Oct. 22.
His lawyer did not return calls for comment.
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