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Massive Censorship at Predictor Boards!
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 ThEfTSend message Joined: 28 Sep 04 Posts: 4 Credit: 59,045 RAC: 0 |
Predictor@home is censoring massively at their boards and is restricting the freedom of opinion of their registered users in an inappropriate manner. After a discussion had started about the attitude of the project administration towards a big cheating issue in this thread. That thread was closed immediately to avoid any different opinion. After that any new discussion thread and any question concerning "censorship" were "answered" with the immediate deletion of the postings/threads. Even accounts were fully blocked for posting (in my case until the year 2038!!). I think it is not acceptable that the freedom of opinion is restricted in that way and I want to ask the BOINC community members to form an opinion about this. Try for yourself and start asking about this all at the P@H message boards! In between even account creation was disabled to prevent the "bad users" from posting further questions. After that didn't help meanwhile whole IP ranges are blocked from access to the complete Predictor homepage! There's an ongoing discussion over at the BOINCstats forum, where also the beginning of this whole mess is to be found. See: Trojan boinc installation by rogue member |
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Send message Joined: 14 Dec 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 128,225 RAC: 0 
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OK - as requested, I have formed an opinion on this. |
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Send message Joined: 29 Dec 06 Posts: 100 Credit: 184,937 RAC: 0 |
I want to ask the BOINC community members to form an opinion about this. After investigating the issue, I have found the accusations against P@H to be valid. I have disconnected from the project. Thanks to ThEfT for the post, and good luck on your quest; the cause you pursue is just. As for me, I have spoken by taking my CPU cycles elsewhere. _______ "Three quarks for Muster Mark!" . . . . . . . - James Joyce, Finnegans Wake . . . .  
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S_Garbe Send message Joined: 10 Aug 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 117,998 RAC: 0 |
new Members cant get help at Predictor anymore - they cant post - you need an minimum of credit - but it says not how much I think they dont need any supporters beside Wate |
Misfit Send message Joined: 27 Aug 05 Posts: 55 Credit: 8,216 RAC: 0 |
Click here to vote for my Predictor profile! :-) Vote recommend and vote often! Join the Banned for Life team! me@rescam.org |
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Gopherboy76 Send message Joined: 28 Jul 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 53,513 RAC: 0 |
For all who may not be aware... To all interested in the current censoring issues at Predictor, an online petition has been created for user’s who do not agree with the censorship. The letter is available to read before signing and will be presented to staff at the Scripps Institute to express the feelings of the Boinc community who feel the censorship is wrong and should be addressed. We need as much support as possible, thank you. Link to online petition. |
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M.Finkel Send message Joined: 2 Apr 06 Posts: 5 Credit: 102,197 RAC: 0 |
why not just leave and take your cpu cycles somewhere where they will be appreciated? |
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[BOINCstats] Garindan Send message Joined: 2 Oct 04 Posts: 7 Credit: 29,833 RAC: 0 |
I agree. I am not a member, nor will I now be, but I would have withdrawn from the project alltogether. |
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cthulhu2007 Send message Joined: 20 Jan 07 Posts: 13 Credit: 4,099 RAC: 0 |
I was a member of P@H, but after 331 days of donating cycles to the cause and finally finishing my W/U, my results were never credited and the BOINC message panel informed me that the W/U was corrupt. That was enough to just chuck the project and donate my cycles to projects which would actually work. I shall immediately go to the petition page and look it over. If I am allowed to do so, I shall sign it. Censorship of the kind described is intolerable. We're helping with science, not politics! |
Jim Baize Send message Joined: 17 Sep 04 Posts: 103 Credit: 38,543 RAC: 0
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why not just leave and take your cpu cycles somewhere where they will be appreciated? I agree! Why fight to be allowed back into a place that is so bad? Why constantly expose yourself to the attack when all you have to do is never return to the project and never have to worry about loss of credits or censorship on this level? |
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[B^S] ShanerX Send message Joined: 14 Jul 05 Posts: 41 Credit: 1,788,341 RAC: 0 |
WOW ... impressed by the petition setup ... my sig now there. Surprised to only see 42 sig.s there - more than that many people have commented on single threads?! I agree with comments above and just stopped crunching for them. My freedom, my choice, their loss.  
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Big Dogs Send message Joined: 2 Sep 08 Posts: 10 Credit: 9,117 RAC: 0 |
Wow ! In the words of the wise sage Carlos Castaneda.. Petty Tyrants ! Insie-wincie tiny-weenie miniscule self-absorbed tyrants. I blame it all on that 9/11 nonsense :) Live long and prosper. |
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Big Dogs Send message Joined: 2 Sep 08 Posts: 10 Credit: 9,117 RAC: 0 |
..another thing.. Check out when the last person submitted anything on their boards - 26 days ago. That says it all really - sweet F.A user participation. The Floggings will continue until morale improves |
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