Thursday, February 22, 2007

aliens save laptop - or why geeks matter

well, put it this way - can matter.

ms. melin is a novelist and aspiring screenwriter. the house she and her husband share was broken into and the computer she is using for notating all her hard work is taken.

enter the brave husband - geek to the core, programmer and all who has installed the distributed software for finding life other planets (SETI@Home for those interested) and sure enough the system was 'calling home'.

he turns in the data to the cops, cops locate the system and return it safe and sound.

aliens save laptop?

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