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<< The issue with NWM may be moot. One Aktobas has topped his bid! >>



BUT, NWM counters with a higher bid of his own!

GO NWM!
 


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<< GO NWM! >>



hes still on top with $227.50 >>




Not any more...someone just came in at 245.50. Networkman...put me down for $20. That should put us at 247.50.

C'mon people...this represents our conquest over the Evil Empire of Microsoft right here and now!!!!

This is definitely worth it to stick it right up Bill's....I'll be good, but did I mention that Microsoft means small and flaccid?
 
Dasm... Climbed higher than I thought it would and it's not over yet. Hope NWM's current bid wins... 😕
 
Everyone please PM Networkman w at least a small donation...5 bucks here..5 bucks there....anything! He's putting out a very large sum of his own $$ to help out *YOUR* team. He's scratching our back....return the favor!

Only 30 minutes left!

ShotgunSteve...any chance on a title edit at the last minute?
 
I am wondering... what if this account used to be a member of a team, with all the wu's being added to that team so if I remember right from reading, his wu's couldnt count towards our team? am I correct or was I smoking something when I read the seti@home rules?
 
Incorrect - you're probably thinking of RC5.

In SETI@Home if a member leaves, they take their WUs with them; in RC5, blocks crunched while the person was a member of the team stay with the team.
 
OMG! $410.00 (!) with 13 minutes to go!

I would send you a donation, but i'm buying a car this week, and all of my money is tied up. Besides, you wouldn't want my Canadian money anyways. 😀
 
And the winner is....






























































networkman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Everyone please thank him for his -610.00- donation to the TeAm!
 
ok networkman... thanks for the correction
I probably was thinking of rc5
I read all the rc5 stuff, set up with it then a week or two later switched over to seti... more interesting to me 😛
 
OMG!!!!! I do not believe it! Networkman, my friends / wife / girlfriend would kill me if I did that. I will keep my eye out for a dishwasher at HD where I work for ya 🙂
 


<< ShotgunSteve...any chance on a title edit at the last minute? >>



Sorry, I have been AFK the last several hours. 😱 I must say, I hope this whole incident does not set some sort of precedent.
 
I have been thinking on this matter for the last few days now. I guess it comes down to this.

Despite the fact that Stats are fun, and I like them a lot, that is not the main reason I do SETI@Home. I do it because I like the thought that it might be my computer that processes the WU that contains the trace of a signal from a distant civilization, or the radio emanations from some new type of astronomical phenomena. Used/Already processed WU's hold no interest for me. I came to this conclusion when trying to decide whether or not to bid on the accounts up for sale.

I do, however take an extreme interest in making sure every WU I download gets processed and returned to the people at Berkeley. I have even gone so far as using 3.5" floppies to transfer uncrunched or partially crunched WU's back to my home machine when upgrading the machines at my friend's store to a Service install. If people want to bid on crunched WU's, I have no problem with that. I just will not be one of the people doing it. I will, however, happily upgrade my computer and build more computers, as well as assimilating any I can, in the name of processing new WU's. 🙂
 


<< OMG!!!!! I do not believe it! Networkman, my friends / wife / girlfriend would kill me if I did that. I will keep my eye out for a dishwasher at HD where I work for ya 🙂 >>

No way, if your wife doesn't mind the girlfriend then I doubt she'd mind you paying for some Seti WUs 🙂
 
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