Raj Rijhwani wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:49:07 +1200, in article
     <97BOc.7283$N77.377316@news.xtra.co.nz>
     misfit61nz@yahoo-mung.co.nz "~misfit~" wrote:

If there are they're a dying breed. Or will be soon.

Kirk, stupid request mate. SETI is moving to BOINC

There IS more to SETI than just one particular tool (in this context
distributed computing).

Yes. However most interest in "SETI" in newsgroups is about the DC client.

SETI@home is on-topic for these newsgroups buddy. You want these NGs
to die in a few months when SETI classic is turned off?

No, they want to go back to discussing SETI as a topic (which was its
original purpose), and not be overwhelmed by the masses chattering
about one particular aspect of the processing of one particular data
set.

"The masses chattering" huh? And yet you say to me:

Do try to see beyond the ego.

If you want to, you can feel free to ignore the "chattering" about the
Berkeley SETI project and just read posts about other methods of Searching
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Please, don't feel compelled to be
dragged down to our level. Both groups that this is posted to have 'seti' in
their names. That means *searching* for ET, not just navel-gazing and
philosophizing about ET. Feel free to wander around your back yard searching
for ET and come back here and tell us about your experience. These NG's
cater for all those interested in the SETI and, as much as you don't like
it, 99% of the people who are likely to inhabit these groups are going to be
wanting to talk about, or be involved in the Berkeley initiative.

These NG's *are* serving their initial and intended purpose. Sorry if it
doesn't suit you. Maybe you should go to the Mensa NG and get away from all
these distaseful "masses". Or just post around us disgusting plebs, I'm sure
a man with a superiority complex as big as the one you exhibit is capable of
that.
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~misfit~