It's SCIFI Friday for all that get the Scifi channel! All new stuff...

good evening Captain!

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It's SCIFI Friday for all that get the Scifi channel! All new stuff...

good evening Captain!

Hey Oh Danny Boy!

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It's SCIFI Friday for all that get the Scifi channel! All new stuff...

I will be there!!

Howdy. Damn, why don't we have the SciFi Channel here in this country!

And 2 Fuzzy: Den ble sendt i går. Husk å ta av de tre limbåndsbitene som holder platen på plass i postgangen, før du tar ut platen av omslaget.

I just found on Download.com a page entitled Seti@home v5.2.13
Link to Page
It downloads the BOINC client v5.2.13, anyone else think this might be confusing?
Though from reading the user reviews it doesn't seem to be.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

I just found on Download.com a page entitled Seti@home v5.2.13
Link to Page
It downloads the BOINC client v5.2.13, anyone else think this might be confusing?
Though from reading the user reviews it doesn't seem to be.

yeah...i was just there myself...and i agree...it seems to have potential for causing some confusion...since what they are downloading is actually BOINC.

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I would never download a client from that site. The Seti client is open source, so anybody can put what scriptings one wants in it and then compile it and upload it to that site.

This is also true, though this site has been pretty reliable in the past.
And hopefully they would test it first.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

I just found on Download.com a page entitled Seti@home v5.2.13
Link to Page
It downloads the BOINC client v5.2.13, anyone else think this might be confusing?
Though from reading the user reviews it doesn't seem to be.

I would never download a client from that site. The Seti client is open source, so anybody can put what scriptings one wants in it and then compile it and upload it to that site.

Fuzzy...they're a little more careful with what they offer on download.com these days...spyware infested offerings are not allowed on the site anymore.

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yeah...i was just there myself...and i agree...it seems to have potential for causing some confusion...since what they are downloading is actually BOINC.

And from flicking through the help fora, even people who download it from the BOINC website have complained that it just sits there not doing anything.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Fuzzy...they're a little more careful with what they offer on download.com these days...spyware infested offerings are not allowed on the site anymore.

Still wise to scan it with whatever you've got first before running it though.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Fuzzy...they're a little more careful with what they offer on download.com these days...spyware infested offerings are not allowed on the site anymore.

Still wise to scan it with whatever you've got first before running it though.

yep...i do that...'cause you never know when a wild one might sneak through.

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yep...i do that...'cause you never know when a wild one might sneak through.

And it's bound to sooner rather than later.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Vil Norsk Rigskringkastning ikke sende SciFi? :-(

Vel, jo, en gang i blandt. Men SciFi Channel er jo bare SciFi hele tiden, ikke sant? Den kunne jeg tenke meg å ha.

Tusind tak, jeg glæder mig til at se den. Og jeg formoder, at du har læst min mail?! Jeg lugter stadig af røg.

Ha-ha. Vet ikke hvorfor de brant deg på bålet, du er vel ingen heks? :D Men gøy var det sikkert likevel. ;)

Vi snakkes, ok?!

Klart! Jeg svarer på mailen din litt senere. Si fra hvis du ikke får spilt platen på din spiller, så skal jeg sende deg en ny.

What's it coded in? C++, I think? Any skillfull programmer who's a trained C++ coder can with malevolent intentions put code in it, no virus protection can catch. Because it's coded into it. And how can download.com recognize what it should do compared to what it actually does.

I actually have downloaded programs from download.com, so I'm not so insecure of this site, but the BOINC client is given access to both inbound and outbound traffic in my firewall. So a malevolent code in the compiled client could give everything access to my computer.

And many people's first question about BOINC is "Is it safe", and if I should answer this question about this client downloaded from download.com, I would have hesitations about saying yes.

Maybe a good test would be, stick it on a computer and watch it closely to see what it does. Along with Virus check, spyware etc.
If it did cause problems with peoples machines, they'd have complained and it would have been removed by now, 62 user reviews speak in its favour.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Maybe a good test would be, stick it on a computer and watch it closely to see what it does. Along with Virus check, spyware etc.

Not on my computer! ;-)

But feel free anybody to try on a host, that's not used for anything else, and report back.

That was what i meant, set up a computer with just windows and a few other programs (like Word etc, common stuff) and this version and see it anything happens that shoudn't. And crunch some data in the meantime.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Maybe a good test would be, stick it on a computer and watch it closely to see what it does. Along with Virus check, spyware etc.

That would not guarantee to catch any malicious code. Fuzzy is right about how easy it is to change the source code to do something bad. And the Antivirus software would probably not detect it because they (almost all) scan for known virus signatures. That is, recognizable patterns of code, known to be a virus.

Maybe a good test would be, stick it on a computer and watch it closely to see what it does. Along with Virus check, spyware etc.

That would not guarantee to catch any malicious code. Fuzzy is right about how easy it is to change the source code to do something bad. And the Antivirus software would probably not detect it because they (almost all) scan for known virus signatures. That is, recognizable patterns of code, known to be a virus.

If it did do something bad, this is what the test should find out, because it would happen to the test computer. If it crashes for no apparant reason, it could fairly safely be assumed this program had caused it.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Maybe a good test would be, stick it on a computer and watch it closely to see what it does. Along with Virus check, spyware etc.

That would not guarantee to catch any malicious code. Fuzzy is right about how easy it is to change the source code to do something bad. And the Antivirus software would probably not detect it because they (almost all) scan for known virus signatures. That is, recognizable patterns of code, known to be a virus.

If it did do something bad, this is what the test should find out, because it would happen to the test computer. If it crashes for no apparant reason, it could fairly safely be assumed this program had caused it.

and if that happened too often...download.com...would be down&out.com

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and if that happened too often...download.com...would be down&out.com

Exactly, but it isn't, so they got something right. I'm sure this version is completely normal, but its been an interesting discussion.

Righto i'm off to bed, i'll see you all in the morning. Night.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Check out the old Alien Babe thread. I think there was also a Star Trek babe thread.

Huh? Didn't bother to provide a link?

Well that link is correct. And my question at the end of that thread never got answered. :(

A Star Trek babe thread, hmmmm...., I don't remember that one, maybe from before my time in the Cafe? There was this, but I don't know if there were any babes in it?

Nope, wrong thread. I had Jeri Ryan pics in it.