You know you are addicted to SETI when...

[EvilWobbles]

You just received all the parts for your company's backup/archive server and building it then burning it in becomes your #1 priority superceding all other job responsibilities!!

 

[geek167]

You identify with most everything in the "You know you are addicted to SETI when..." Thread.

 

[Evadman]

.... you shut down your we server to try to catch the guy leading you in the race, only to have 10,000 customers e-mail you telling you your server is down. ( did that day before yesterday )

 

[soni]

You stay an extra 4 hours at work to install seti in the classrooms

/just returned home

 

[GulDukat]

...you eyeball your Black & Decker toaster oven every morning wondering if the embedded OS that controls it could be hacked to provide a WU every third day or so.



Dukat

 

[kulki]

this was fun. I havent had so much fun in a while. thanks guys. Its good to know I aint alone.

 

[teriba]

...you constantly scheme ways to build another computer cheaper. No case, no problem. One CD and floppy drive that you swap between 10 computers, no problem.

 

[RaySun2Be]

You post multiple times in a "You know you are addicted to SETI when..." thread! :Q

 

[DarkMajiq]

No power supply? Meh, I'm sure I can rig something up...

 

[KouklatheCat]

OMG, this is good.

You know youre addicted to SETI when....

Youre considering spending this months house payment to build a herd of cheap computers to crunch SETI just so your team can win......

 

[Engineer]

<< Youre considering spending this months house payment to build a herd of cheap computers to crunch SETI just so your team can win...... >>



Wow...but....

They don't run so well when it rains on them from no house...hehe!

Sorry, but the wife won't let me do that...:Q

 

[ShotgunSteven]

<< ...you constantly scheme ways to build another computer cheaper. No case, no problem. One CD and floppy drive that you swap between 10 computers, no problem. >>



Teriba, I could whip up a ten-to-one splitter cable, if you like. That way there is no time wasted hooking and unhooking it.

 

[KouklatheCat]

Engineer....why do you think I havent done it yet.....its not the rain.....

The threat of my wife shooting me with my service weapon isnt all that appealing.....

The rain part is not a biggie....that is why god invented cardboard boxes and trash bags.....LOL

Plus ive got a 1000 foot box of cat 5, I could make a couple of runs out to the dog house with that......LOL

 

[Sukhoi]

Ray, why not use the computers as furniture? Get a few big Addtronics server cases and use them as end tables..a few big desktops on some bricks as a coffee table..

 

[RaySun2Be]

<< Ray, why not use the computers as furniture? Get a few big Addtronics server cases and use them as end tables..a few big desktops on some bricks as a coffee table.. >>



LOL! I should have thought of that!

I could build a couch crack rack. Instead of making the rack tall, make it long with a top, Arms could be full tower cases, a few throw pillows, and voila! The Cracking Couch!

 

[srvblues00]

<<

<< Ray, I could build a couch crack rack. Instead of making the rack tall, make it long with a top, Arms could be full tower cases, a few throw pillows, and voila! The Cracking Couch! >>



Dual purpose heated seats!

 

[Engineer]

Oh...my wife loves furniture...I wonder it that would work! :Q

 

[Maggotry]

<< Sorry, but the wife won't let me do that...:Q >>


Wives.......they just don't understand, do they?

 

[Baldy18]

<<

<< ...you have computers that have nothing installed on them but Windows and SETI. >>


You hit the nail on the head there for me. I dusted off an old eMachines PIII 500 with a copy of Win ME and Seti Driver. That's it. I booted it up, and then unplugged the monitor, the mouse, and the keyboard. All it has is a power cable right now. In a week I'll check on its progess and flush the cache. >>



I did the same thing with a P3 933.

I actually do have an Intel Cabrillo-C server chassis functioning as an end table.:Q Was supposed to be a WU machine but that fell through. Maybe selling it soon if anyone is interested.

 

[KouklatheCat]

Engineer...let me know if that works. Meebee I can trick my wife too.

"No honey, that is not a computer that is an end table"....

 

[Confused]

1. You stay up til 3am to get Windows XP reinstalled on a friend's computer cos their brother installed Easy CD Creator 4 on it and it screwed it all up, a week after you gave it back to them after having it for 2 weeks while you "were looking for the Windows XP cd"

2. You POST in a "You know you are addicted to SETI when..." thread

3. You agree with or do everything mentioned in the "You know you are addicted to SETI when..." thread

4. You have more computers in the house than people

5. You drive faster than the speed limit when carrying your computer so that you minimise down time (note to any police in my area, it was only on a couple of occasions, and down country lanes when there was no other traffic or pedestrians)

6. You look at EVERYTHING and think "i wonder if i could run SETI on that"

7. You tried to install Linux on your iPaq to run SETI on it, then ended up turning it into a paperweight (but am in the process of trying to repair it)

8. You can think of 8 things to post in a "You know you are addicted to SETI when..." thread



ConfusedBW

 

[KouklatheCat]

How bout when...

You try to find a way to install SETI on the dispatch terminal in your take home government issue car.

A) without crashing the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch).

B) without pissing the techies off.

or

When you try to install SETI on your handspring visor.

or

Try to think of ways to intecept AOLs mailing of free CDs so you can substitute AOL for SETI.

 

[IsOs]

...you're willing to sign a loan so you can upgrade your hardware and produce more workunits per day

 

[KouklatheCat]

People look at the needle marks on your arm and think youre a heroin addict because you have been to the blood bank so many times to get some money to buy more computers just to run SETI.