To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.off-topic.geekOpen lugnet.off-topic.geek in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Off-Topic / Geek / 35
34  |  36
Subject: 
Re: SETI@Home?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Mon, 17 May 1999 18:29:20 GMT
Reply-To: 
cjc@newsguy.com/AvoidSpam/
Viewed: 
346 times
  
Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
Are you sure about what you're running?  They purposely don't release the
source code, under the explanation that they want to keep the analysis
pure.  Although I'd be inclined to trust them since they're at a university
reputed for good programming ethics, it still raises a red flag.

Yeah, I hear you.  I'm not too worried, tho.  I have ghost images of
all my important PC's.

...And Mike, what are you doing with 13-15 PC's at home?!?  Aren't you going
to share with the rest of us?  :-,

Oh, I don't have that many at home.  I have that many at work.  I only
have 4 at home.  Couldn't have more than 5 without running a proxy
server, which is actually something I'm considering setting up at some
point.  I only have 5 static IP addresses allocated to me with my
router.  4 machines work for now - my machine, rachael's machine,
server, laptop.  I might throw a Mac in there at some point.

--
Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada)
www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new resource for LEGO fans worldwide



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: SETI@Home?
 
(...) Don't bother with a proxy server - it's too much bother - I messed around with Wingate and everything needed special settings. The solution is a gateway - I use SyGate, basically all machines running through the gateway on a single machine can (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: SETI@Home?
 
(...) Are you sure about what you're running? They purposely don't release the source code, under the explanation that they want to keep the analysis pure. Although I'd be inclined to trust them since they're at a university reputed for good (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

22 Messages in This Thread:






Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR