Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

In message <J2XUb.36468$9k7.768664@news.xtra.co.nz>, ~misfit~
<~misfit~@his_desk.com> writes

mrbonaparte wrote:

It's a noble cause, but I refuse to let my computer do work that
might make some drug company Billions of dollars.  So I just do
SETI. Just my opinion.

I agree totally. If they gave a clause saying that either you get a
chunk of cash if something sucessful is discovered or that you and
your family/friends will be entitled to free treatment them maybe
I'd consider it. Probably not though. They make billions, let them
buy computers or computer time.

I don't know if the Great Internet Mersenne Prime project (GIMP) pays
out if your unit provides the biggest prime, but you certainly get
your name in the papers. Happened last year.

It used to, don't know about now.

Can you imagine being the guy (or girl!) who provided evidence for ET?
I know where my time is going. 1646 units and counting!

Yeah, I'll stick with SETI for a while. I'll never donate my CPU time to any
organisation that stands to make money out of it.
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~misfit~