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Alien Life Form found on Seti site

But the search for intelligent life in Birmingham continues

Alien watchers who came together over the Web to search for extraterrestrial life may be disappointed to learn that the site co-ordinating the experiment has been hacked. Then again, they may not -- since this may be just the proof they were looking for in their quest to discover whether or not we are alone. For they may interpret this -- along with crop circles and other such unexplained phenomena -- as proof that ET does exist. For them the publication of a picture of furry TV puppet Alf (which stands for Alien Life Form) on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home (SETI@home) Web site, could well be a sign that other beings are trying to get in contact with Earth. Then again, it might just be a childish prank by someone out to have a laugh. Either way a message on the SETI@home Web site confirmed that the site was vandalised and a picture of the TV puppet creature Alf was published in its place. "Someone broke into our Web server and replaced our home page with a picture of Alf," read a statement from the alien watchers. "This understandably caused concern about the security of our FTP servers. These are highly protected, but we will double-check our security mechanisms." SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). ®

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