IP: Sweden's public radio reportedly bans SETI from office computers

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 21:10:05 +0100
> To: declan () well com
> From: Ulf Hedlund <guru () slideware com>
> Subject: Swedish national radio bans SETI software
>
> Conspiracy theory has reached the state owned public service radio in 
> Sweden, "Sveriges Radio" (www.sr.se). They have banned all use of the SETI 
> software and says that three of the technicians from the IT department are 
> going to be relocated. According to the head of human resources, Per 
> Thorsell, this is due to the fact that they don't know if the software is 
> actually performing search for extraterrestrial life. "The software could 
> be used by some service for other purposes, i.e. calculation of missile 
> ballistics", he says.
>
> At the moment, there's only an article in Swedish available.
>
> http://www.sr.se/ekot/index.asp?article=22761
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