The school superintendant should be arrested for lying about the cost of removal of SETI..
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [boinc_dev] Man fired for running BOINC, bogging down computers 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? --------------- 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. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
