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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Really? I quote from the sworn testimony before the House committing on May 21, 2014. You sure about that? Suggest you look at this "supposed forum" & read what it says about the project... S@H is not funded by the taxpayer "SETI@home is a nonprofit educational and research organization that relies heavily on donations to continue its work. We are deeply grateful to all the individuals and organizations that have donated to SETI@home." |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Really? I quote from the sworn testimony before the House committing on May 21, 2014. Very https://seti.berkeley.edu/ https://seti.berkeley.edu/sponsors Or are you sure you know the organization chart? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Really? I quote from the sworn testimony before the House committing on May 21, 2014. Already trawled that site & nowhere does it state that NASA & NSF currently fund S@H. Maybe at one time it did, but neither is currently funding it. At the last time this came up, I believe the project needed at least $240,000 per annum to survive. If that is so, the $1,000,000 they're getting requires no voluntary donations! Edit. Do see the NASA & NSF logos, but that proves nothing. The funding was pulled, but are you saying it has been restored on the QT? |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
OMG you too? Where does it say SETI gets no public money? It doesn't. If SETI gets no public money someone perjured themselves before congress. I posted a link to the swore testimony. You people are having sport with Batter Up are you not?Really? I quote from the sworn testimony before the House committing on May 21, 2014. Again this is the swore testimony. Look at the last page. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/werthimer_house_testimony.pdf Try page 9, top paragraph. Remember this is given under oath. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
How about this? http://docs.house.gov/meetings/SY/SY00/20140521/102261/HHRG-113-SY00-TTF-WerthimerD-20140521.pdf and this http://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-113-SY-WState-DWerthimer-20140521.pdf Ed http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-astrobiology-and-search-life-universe |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/werthimer_house_testimony.pdf No need, I've found what I was looking for, so my bad. However, the NSF does indeed fund S@H but only Astropulse & only covers 35% of the annual budget. As for the rest of S@H, still cannot find any proof that NASA funds them. |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/werthimer_house_testimony.pdf Look at the last page. I gave you the quote of you don't believe me just look. It's not that difficult, I gave you the link. Reading is fundamental. Our SETI program currently receives roughly a million dollars a year in research grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation.There are others but that is not germane to the discussion. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
It was another poster that bought up the race issue in a post that is now gone.There you go again. That is totally 100% not true. This cesspool should be shut down, I'm sick of paying for it. Batter since you feel this way why don't you share with us what turned you off on this project. Prior to March of this year you were a contributor. If we knew maybe some of us would follow you. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Well this went off topic rather badly didn't it? I mean, I thought there would be outrage at the suffering of the people in Detroit. I thought people would say "thank you, Canada, we sure got ourselves into a mess, but you came to save us" Instead we are arguing about who funds seti because one poster wants to pick up his handbag and go home. Well, let him go. He is more passionate about imagined slights on an internet forum than human suffering. That's his shame to live with. What have the rest of you got to say about what to do to help the people of Detroit? Reality Internet Personality |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Expect a lot more of this & not just in Detroit. Putting public utilities into the hands of private companies has & will continue to be a disaster which will come back & haunt us all. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Expect a lot more of this & not just in Detroit. Putting public utilities into the hands of private companies has & will continue to be a disaster which will come back & haunt us all. My thoughts exactly. Letting things that are so essential for life be run for profit was bound to end badly. Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
What have the rest of you got to say about what to do to help the people of Detroit? I would say the Bankruptcy Trustee is teaching an invaluable life lesson the the people of Detroit. You know how many American's are up to their eyeballs in debt, credit card debt, option ARM debt, even student loan debt. The Bankruptcy Trustee is teaching that their are consequences if you don't pay your bills. That is a very important lesson, and one damn few American's have learned. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Letting things that are so essential for life be run for profit was bound to end badly. The city government is for profit? face palm |
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What have the rest of you got to say about what to do to help the people of Detroit? KingHustlin'Hussein can Write a Big 'ole Check. Add 'it' to the debt. ' ' May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Letting things that are so essential for life be run for profit was bound to end badly. You are correct, it is more complicated than that. They are trying to make it for profit so they can privatise it. That seems to be what has started this sudden attempt to recoup money. In its letter to the UN, campaigners denounce officials in the bankrupt city for apparently eyeing up privatisation opportunities as part of a “savage austerity regime,†while also calling on the city to abandon the measures. Reality Internet Personality |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30698 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Letting things that are so essential for life be run for profit was bound to end badly. The sudden attempt to recoup the money is because the city is in bankruptcy court and the city is no longer in charge of it finances, the bankruptcy trustee is in charge. His job is to be a ruthless bastard and milk every dime out possible and while not spending another. You really should be asking how a city like Detroit ends up in bankruptcy court. I know there is a different King's English term for bankrupt and the court proceedings, insolvent? The trustee is doing a partial liquidation of the city. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
The trustee is doing a partial liquidation of the city. A good question is what is a city and will Deroit remain one? |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
Batter since you feel this way why don't you share with us what turned you off on this project. Prior to March of this year you were a contributor. I was having sport. This is a joke forum is it not? I did send an email to the Congressman last month asking him to fund SETI. My computer had a major melt down, it will be back in the winter. Well this went off topic rather badly didn't it? Right, Detroit just elected the first white mayor in 42 years so your foreigners start this crap. All boarders should be closed and the UN sent to China. Do you seriously think we give a crap what you or the UN think, the UN I pay for BTW. Keep it up. If something isn't working, the buck stops here. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34971 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Batter Up, for someone who claims to be a "moderate" your posts certainly don't come across that way. To most people your posts make you out to be a chauvinistic and racist extremist that bounces from extreme left to extreme right constantly. It seems that you regard foreigners and woman as 2nd class people and if no one agrees with you they must be either bashed, strangled, deported, shot or blown up. Is it any wonder that very few can take you seriously? Cheers. |
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