"Never anonymous Bud" <newskat@katxyzkave.net> wrote

My room is noticeably cooler with no 'extra' stuff running,
and one computer off most of the time.

Up here in Eastern Ontario the air conditioning season only lasts 2-3
months, and should end soon. I usually turn off my screensaver when the air
conditioning is on just so as not to have one electrical device fighting
another. For the bulk of the year, the heat from the computer helps to keep
the place warm, so it's kind of free. So I am not really too upset about
SETI @ HOME being dead beside the road, just at the way it has spun out. And
it's been a good opportunity to vent about the cultural deficiencies which I
find so glaring in a project whose whole purpose is to communicate with real
people.

I hope that there's a significant percentage of the serious "clients" are
like me and prepared to stick around, but I really fear that SAH has
squandered an awful lot of the enthusiasm that was out there.