THIS IS A REPOST OF A PREVIOUS POST UNDER "Oct 31, 2002 at 23:32 Anti Cheating Petition" ON THIS FORUM - SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING DOUBLE ;-). PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, WE NEED TO GET ATTENTION ON THIS, FAST !!!
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Greetings all,
Text of the open letter I've just posted to SlashDot and various other forums in regards to this matter is pasted in below.
I've also posted it to the petition at <
http://www.teamprimerib.com/seti> and have taken the liberty (with a calmer and more respectful cover letter) of forwarding it to the personal email addys of to Drs. Anderson, Werthimer and Korpela over at Berkeley (if anyone else writes them, be nice and don't waste their time -- they're hard working scientists, after all -- but neither should you be shy if you have something relevant to tell them. Never forget WE are the foundations of their project <grin> )
Don't give up the fight to set this right, soon. (Jeez! Can you imagine if CNN gets it's claws into it? <shudder> )
Keep processing those WU's! (As for the cheaters, here's hoping there's a place reserved for them on the appropriate level of Dante's Inferno for False Witnesses...)
Peace on you all.
Nota Bene: For those of you whom "Element 118" doesn't ring a bell, it's a reference to the scandal (at Berkeley too -- such a small world, n'est pas? ;-)
of the disgraced scientist who was found recently to have falsified his results in the matter of the creation of element 118 of the periodic table, and brought disgrace onto his entire team, to the delighted and ravenous baying of the hounds of the Media.).
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OPEN LETTER TO SETI@HOME
Subject: Result return cheating allegations.
Friday Nov 1, 2002
Scientists and administrators of the Seti@home project, I have two words for you: Element 118.
Why are you ignoring these extremely serious allegations? You have a duty as scientists to insure your work is legitimate and above board. Not only is your silence an insult to each and every one of the honest subscribers who make your project possible, but there is a distinct possibility that the cheating may be CORRUPTING YOUR DATA.
Perhaps you fear "rocking the boat" as you approach the inception of Seti@home II. Perhaps you dismiss the entire matter as irreverent, a "tempest in a teacup". Believe me, it is not! Address this matter NOW, before all your - and our - efforts are destroyed by sensational headlines in the mainstream media. Wake up! Ostriches end up drowning in sand.
There is a thread currently running over at Slashdot.org on this very subject. If you know anything at all about geeks (and make no mistake, it because of geeks that your project was viable in the first place and continues to this day) then cold dread should be running down your spines. Have you any idea at all how many of the geeks who run the major processing clusters and server farms which return the majority of your results read Slashdot? Or maybe you now know - ever hear of the "Slashdot Effect" <ironic grin>
Thread is here: <
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/31/034219.shtml?tid=99>
Ars Technica is also running a furious thread over at: <
http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=122097561&m=1380946735>
There are many other places people are expressing their outrage at what is going on. Google it -- I believe the blood will drain from your collective faces...
Or you could just check your own forums -- do you not even bother to moderate or look them over from time to time?
I have been a supporter since the very first month Seti@home went online. I am member of no team and care not a whit about competition. Period. I have supported you and given you my CPU time because I believe in the project and the promise of SETI as a whole. I never ended up becoming the scientist I so wanted to be as a boy -- life can be unfair that way :-( -- so this is a way that I can contribute, albeit in a small way, to the advancement of science and growth of our collective knowledge about the Universe. So I am sickened and disgusted, not only at the irresponsible small-minded idiots who are cheating, but at your refusal to acknowledge this very serious problem.
We await -- no, WE DEMAND -- your response forthwith, not to mention your assurance to us all, your supporters and the greater scientific community, that you are addressing and investigating this matter, thoroughly and honestly (as opposed to PR noises).
Marc-Yves Soula
Montreal, Canada
those dumbasses lol...
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