"Martin 53N 1W" <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote in message
news:SHONc.987$vF6.319@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...

"message of encouragement to Seti@home development team"
http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=1988

Being one of the complainers, I too wish the development team well. But
there is a warped logic in this thread too. Complaining about the
complainers misses the point, and it's got nothing to do "hard-working
people on the development team". It's got to do with attitudes and
priorities at the top that allowed the whole thing to seize up. That should
never happen just because an improved version is being pushed through
prematurely.

Any time technology interacts with people, there's a risk of a culture gap
between the techies and those who live in the world. Sometimes exceptional
people can bridge that gap, and then you have Apple Computer. Often they
can't and then you have SETI @ home dead beside the road.

THAT's why complaining about the complainers misses the point, guys and
girls.

I do agree however that the twerp who emailed the entire Berkeley Astronomy
Department was out of line.