It is entirely possible the Nez did originally go through channels and the
most recent change in the political head retroactively revoked the
permission. We need to wait and see before we do anything drastic.
jm7
Jack Shultz
<j...@drugdiscovery
athome.com> To
Sent by: Maureen Vilar <[email protected]>
<jackygraha...@gm cc
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[email protected],
[email protected],
12/03/2009 12:24 Andrey Voronkov
PM <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: [boinc_dev] Man fired for
running BOINC, bogging down
computers
Unfortunetly the mainstream culture has not seen the value added by
running research projects on computers. Maybe if Nez had done this
through official channels he could have done something more
constructive like integrating the technology into classroom
curriculum's. Usually people with innovative ideas like that get
rejected, but its better to contribute to BOINC in an official
capacity than trying to do things under the radar. It does a
dis-service to the community who are trying to get recognition from
academia as a legitimate form of volunteerism and avoid the perception
of cybercrime. I have posted a thread on a d...@h forum to please only
install on computers you own.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Maureen Vilar <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw this slowdown on an older computer with only 256MB RAM until I
added
> more. The computers in many schools are minimum spec because there's
little
> spare money.
>
> I also feel great sympathy for anyone who loses their job. I admire a
person
> who for so long made such an effort to do so much for Seti. However, the
> bottom line is that everyone employed in public service is a trusted
> guardian of the public purse.
>
> For the good reputation of Boinc and Seti I don't think David can do
> anything except apply the rules. The permission rule was there and it
> was clear.
>
> I don't think the fact that Nez was unrivalled #1 can change this
situation.
> Should Wate have received a message of support from David because he also
> tried so hard and reached #7 in the ranking? I hope not. The rules apply
to
> all of us whether we crunch on one computer or 5000.
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