Well they are searching for extra terestrial intelligence... Maybe the @home part of the project signifies IN your house? :-)
On Thursday, 8 January 2015, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's an odd one to ponder. I have a 21.5-inch, mid 2011, iMac, running > 10.9.5, and during any times that I am not using it, I like to run SETI to > do my bit looking for little green men. > > I've noticed something rather odd. They seem to be looking for me! I > thought that if the webcam was on, there was a light showing next to it, > but if the SETI screensaver is running and I wave my hand near the > computer, or in front of the webcam, the screen saver immediately stops > with a message saying that the computer is in use. > > I have searched Google and found this (below), but I still think it is > rather odd. Is anyone else running SETI? Any ideas what is going on? Are > the LGM watching me? > > http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74248#1484369 > > Best wishes, > Paranoid David, Burgess Hill > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smug%[email protected]');>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
