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 Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
 
 8/3/2006 6:09:05 AM
User is offlineCamelot One
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Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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One of my clients recently had one of the office PCs...misplace itself. It was there one day, gone the next.

Fortunately, it happened to be a client who had approved Boinc. Set to run as a service and crunching only after 10 minutes idle, the employees never knew it was there.

When the client notified me of the loss, I checked my account and found the machine was still reporting in. I checked the IP, found the ISP, and notified the local police. It took them all of a day to get the address and a search warrant. They recovered the PC this morning, from the house of a soon to be former employee.

This is not the first time Seti has rescued a stolen PC, I got a laptop back a couple years ago the same way.

So there you have it, a great way to pitch Boinc to management....Free Asset Recovery Software!
 8/3/2006 6:22:24 AM
User is offlinesetifan
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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There you go! I'm glad they recovered it!
 8/3/2006 6:40:04 AM
User is offlineMcSummation
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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Great job of detective work!
James aka McSummation
 8/3/2006 6:51:14 AM
User is offlineSat_Man
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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You know that criminals are stupid...and you can't fix STUPID!    You need to post that in the SETI and BOINC forum. 

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues
 8/3/2006 7:12:22 AM
User is offlineHeaphus
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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That's awesome!
Heath
 8/3/2006 7:24:43 AM
User is offlinem00kie
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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LOL. That's priceless

I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day... tomorrow isn't looking too good either.
 8/3/2006 7:27:47 AM
User is offlineMatrix
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
 (United States)
Way to go! I remember your laptop story as if it were yesterday.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin
 8/3/2006 10:17:16 AM
Online now...Xaak
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
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Wow, you should tell that story to the press.  I think they'd jump all over it .

Gary
You can't fix dead.
 8/3/2006 10:30:28 AM
User is offlineKinguni
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
 (Canada)
Excellent! I remember the last time that happened too.
 8/3/2006 1:33:24 PM
User is offlineMikeC
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
 (United States)
That's kick ass, my boss will be pleased to know this.
 8/7/2006 7:12:59 PM
User is offlineFLea
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Re: Stolen PC recovered...thanks to Boinc!
 (United States)
Maybe the VA should add Boinc to all their laptops... make that ALL their machines... just reread the article... missing desktop this time.. only info on 38,000 vets involoved this time.
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