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The Geeks and the Aliens

http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_06feature.html

Why are the tech industry's best and brightest so determined to spearhead the hunt for extraterrestrials? [Salon]

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Seti: Is Anybody Out There?

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/12/40801

Overview of the Seti@home project's accomplishments and future plans. [Wired News]

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Cheats Wreak Havoc on SETI@home: Participants

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Cheats-wreak-havoc-on-SETI-home-participants/0,130061744,120269509,00.htm

SETI@home administrators are allegedly ignoring claims that the project is being sabotaged by miscreants who are threatening to derail its reputation and that of many valuable Internet-based distributed computing projects. [ZDNet]

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Cheaters Bow to Peer Pressure

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/02/41838

Discovered hacks to the Seti@home software - some malicious, others not - to make it run faster, to spoof positive results and to make it look more work had been performed to improve leader board rankings, are impeding the progress of the project. [Wired News]

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