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I had to drop it after the BOINC switch: no OS 9 version (for my old desktop) and I had too many problems getting the BOINC version running on my AlPB.

Kosh wrote:

...I don't know about others, but I would expose my computers if I could choose which information would be disclosed.  As it is, I feel that too much information is made available, down to patch level of OS..

I used to feel the same way. Then I discovered that IP address and domain name don't show up when unhidden. So I guess I stopped caring that someone could see what OS I was using without other identifying info.

Then again, I'm not in charge of a clandestine S@H server farm; it's just a work laptop and my own comp at home. If my name was derekm-googleservernet I'd hide them (or maybe change my name first).

Oh, and to answer the original question, it IS very quiet in here. BOINC just works too well these days. Now if only I could get some of those enhanced S@H WUs that all the kids are talking about.

Susie wrote:

Hey, guys, has the Team MacAddict home page been removed? A member tried to access it and got the 404, so he wrote a letter to the mag to see what's going on. I  can point him to the forum to learn about the BOINC switch if he doesn't already know, but is there anything else I should tell him?

Thanks...

IIRC, the founder of the team is/was Niko and login/password is lost. Therefore, the webpage listing at

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_dis … amid=30197

will always remain as is. Is there another page out there? No idea. It's up to the current staff to put something at http://www.macaddict.com/seti if they want the page to not be a 404.

To continue the theme of the thread... I'll check this forum once a week, but the place for any discussion is usually at the message board for a specific project, such as http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_index.php.

If someone does not know BOINC, I'd go to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/.

Universal Father wrote:

Where is Niko??

I think he's busy turning his MacBook Pro into a lightsaber and putting that Star Wars kid to shame with his new dance routine.

I never said such a thing - and as far as I know, it's not true.

Kosh wrote:

Yea, I did a search & didn't find anything, either.  I'm going to go ahead and say it fell into the server black hole, since the alternative is that I'm delusional

Who was the moderator of this forum before you, dvpierce?  I definately remember a post from someone who had indicated that they had missed the cutoff before the first classic -> BOINC account sync to get the email address fixed, and that they had been given the "keys" to the  classic account.  It may have been this same thread that originally revealed the hidden identity of "peewee" as the guy's dog.  Of course, as I said, I might be delusional as well, and stitching together bits of random lore from years ago

There was such a thread (I started it), but the relevant post stated that there was no password passed down. Therefore, it's lost forever unless someone can guess the 12? digit numerical old S@H password (not a chance) or have access to the original email address. IIRC, the thread did state that the poster had access to the founder's S@H email account, but that is no longer relevant if the email address itself is no longer valid.