Stolen laptop found because of folding software installed

[Laura@NBF]

Although this case doesn't represent the first time a thief has been tracked down by the very item he / she swiped, it does mark the first time in the history of SETI@home that the number crunching actually discovered something substantial. In another tale of good things happening to diligent people, a Minnesota husband installed the Berkeley-created software onto his wife's laptop to run whilst sitting unused, but he probably never imagined that having it check in with thehttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/seti-home-claims-its-first-major-discovery-a-stolen-laptop/


What a cool story! Don't ya love it when things work out? I hope they nail that guy.

[ToastedFart]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/seti-home-claims-its-first-major-discovery-a-stolen-laptop/


What a cool story! Don't ya love it when things work out? I hope they nail that guy.
Eh i saw that b4... I think the guy should be charged for a year in prison. That seems reasonable and realistic.

[faction]

u never know where he bouhgt laptop.

[SolApathy]

what is funny is that a lot of people don't know that newer laptops (like Dell M1710) come with lojack built into the bios in the form of computrace.

[juneblaize]

Wow

[morph3715]

He learned the hard way

[Spartan-117]

welcome to the forum, morph. btw, this thread is about a year behind.

[chacritsup2008]

Nice....