Found by SETI

We hear so much about the potential dangers of social networking and being so interconnected. Here's a great little anecdote as antidote to the negativity...

From the Gadget Lab blog:

SETI Project Finds Something: Stolen Laptop

The thieves didn't bother to wipe the machine, so it kept running the SETI program, which periodically registers an IP address with the project's main server.

And I guess you could also call this a victory for reverse engineering -- or, in this case, reverse computing!