ParoxysM Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Missing laptop found in ET hunt James Melin, a software programmer for a county government agency in Minnesota, runs SETI(at)home on his seven home computers. One of the computers on which Melin installed SETI(at)home is his wife's laptop, which was stolen from the couple's Minneapolis home Jan. 1. Melin monitored the SETI(at)home database to see if the stolen laptop would "talk" to the Berkeley servers. Indeed, the laptop checked in three times within a week, and Melin sent the IP addresses to the Minneapolis Police Department. After a subpoena to a local Internet provider, police determined the real-world address where the stolen laptop was logging on. Within days, officers seized the computer and returned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Kewl!!! That is reason enough alone all business' should have SETI (or similar) on every PC they own!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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