On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:41:15 +0000, david@djwhome.demon.co.uk (David
Woolley) wrote:

In article <t2rqv01fkc7io7bclijm1idfvvshfj65se@4ax.com>, goony@gogo.com wrote:

Will seti driver send or receive WUs if I dont tell it to?  Will the
setiathome-3.08.i386-winnt-cmdline instance it uses send or receive?

I want to put WUs on a thumb drive, take it to work, process them and
bring it home for sending to seti.  I dont want it to even try at
work.  Trying and failing will be detected.  I just want it to sit and

Could you please explain why the detection of your accessing the network
matters when you already have permission (as required by the terms of
use for the program) to use the client in the office.

In the absense of such a satisfactory reply, could I suggest that people
don't try to help this person use it in the office as it seems likely
that it is being used illegally, which is a risk to the credibility of
the whole project as far as businesses are concerned (it causes its
use to be associated with irresponsible employees and therefore makes
it likely that permission will get withdrawn in other companies).

Incidentally, most businesses nowadays also outlaw the use of personal
USB drives, for seurity reasons.

We cannot be the police, when this person makes the mistake and trys
to get help from his IT person because his computer is running "slow"
and then tries to cancel that same IT person when he remembers what
the problem could be, he will be caught all on his own. Kind of like
AOL, they can not be sued because some pedofile decides to use their
network. You and I can provide help but what that person does with
that help is their own business. They DID NOT ask for anything like a
serial number or whatever, they asked about a "feature" of a publicly
available program. I see a difference, so I answered him.