Re: SETI Hardware Hoax?

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From: Marco S Hyman
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:43

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road_w...@my-deja.com writes:

> Recently a friend was sharing with me at lunch that
> some European engineers had invented a PC plug in
> card that speeded up the SETI@home calculations
> considerably.  It used a dedicated processor to do

Yes, it was a hoax.  Check out, for example:

   http://www.krasnoconv.com/

(the remains of the "source" of the supposed card)

   http://x57.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=650207546&CONTEXT=966475871.1578434569&hitnum=6

(a copy of a "cancelled order" for the card)

and, for real enjoyment

   http://x67.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/dnquery.xp?search=next&LNG=english&IS=seti%20accelerator%20hoax&svcclass=dnserver&ST=PS&offsets=&svcclass=dnserver&CONTEXT=966476210.1459355669

which brings up the thread wherein people discovered it was a
hoax.   Some people have *no* sense of humor :-)

// marc

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