Appears that SETI@home has some new competition - YETI@home. Details (and perhaps a few chuckles) to be found at: http://www.phobe.com/yeti/index.html On a bit more serious note - humour does often try to capture what people feel uncomfortable about. I think the comments about "aggressive algorithm" that takes control of the computer probably echo the reservations many have towards participating in distributed computing. Rich Pardoe _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers