Found something interesting Posting, just now, at SETI....

Apple Emojis DON'T Post anymore. They get scrambled into random characters.

All my prior Posts that did have Emojis have also been scrambled.


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Cert issue seems to be solved for Main at least. However the Beta cert is now screwed up in another way.
It's issued to the wrong domain (same as Main.) CN = setiathome.berkeley.edu

NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

With that, I think I'll just sigh, and move on with my life :-)

According to my calendar today is Tuesday.
Time to place your bets on if there is an outage today.

Finally, the main SETI page changed, so now we're really in hibernation, and no longer in hiberation.

However, the BETA cert is still screwed up

Finally, the main SETI page changed, so now we're really in hibernation, and no longer in hiberation.

However, the BETA cert is still screwed up

Does Beta matter to you and if so why?

However, the BETA cert is still screwed up

The Beta cert worked for me this morning...

Now to see if my clients can see the scheduler.

Edit - Nope, still no scheduler. And no reply to my email, either.

However, the BETA cert is still screwed up

The Beta cert worked for me this morning...

Now to see if my clients can see the scheduler.

Edit - Nope, still no scheduler. And no reply to my email, either.

Does not work here. The cert is still issued to setiathome.berkeley.edu, and not to setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu.

So, still: NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

This server could not prove that it is setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu; its security certificate is from setiathome.berkeley.edu. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.

It's very very strange. It worked again for me this morning on my daily driver (Windows 7 x64, Chrome), but is failing now on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 - different test machines.

But then again, the whole of SETI (and BOINC, for that matter) is very strange at the moment.

SETI main website is very slow to load my "home page", even the forums are slow to load.

Any one else seeing the same thing?

I'm seeing other weirdness. Logged in and made sure to uncheck the stay logged in box. Quit browser. Open browser. Still logged in.
Win 10, firefox.

SETI main website is almost too slow to load any page or occasionly timing out.

SETI main website is almost too slow to load any page or occasionly timing out.

Time to libate. Being in Scotland, dictates my choice.

So it's going to be a Buckie then.....

Never tried a, "Buckie." But then I am in Dundee rather than Glasgow. Single malt is my choice when here.

Went out to perform the weekly ritual sacrifice. Because it's been Monday all day (don't ask), stayed for an extra one. Emerged to the most intense monsoon I've experienced since Bombay '84 (unless I'm blanking Kenya '86). Listen to the drips...

There were at least two truly spectacular thunder storms at the marina yesterday after noon - lots of heavy rain, superb lightening and belly rumbling thunder Followed by a really very nice meal outside; I was glad the rain had stopped by 6pm and the courtyard had dried somewhat by the time I sat down at 7pm.

"SETI@home is temporarily shut down for maintenance. Please try again later."

Hehe, maintenance of what? The only thing left of SETI is the board, and that's not used by many people.

Edit: A 5 minutes outage it seems. The board is back.

It's been a while since we celebrated the Tuesday evening ritual. But I still went down to the place of sacrifice as usual ...

On Sunday, for the first time, they had joined up with an 'app' to enable socially-distant ordering. I gave it a whirl.

Yesterday, it didn't know it was Monday. (We have an all-evening 'happy hour' on the quietest night of the week)

Today, I went right through. The app didn't import all my payment details from Google Pay (it got the expiry month for my debit card, but not the year). I asked the barmaid how much they receive from an app purchase - expecting both the bank, and the app developer, to take a slice. She assured me they get the full amount. Hmmm. We'll keep an eye on that. Paid for my next pint with cash.

Heard the next table asking what the policy was on people from different households meeting for a quiet drink. Advised the barmaid that the traditional response was "Don't ask, don't tell."

Apart from that, it was a good night.

Another night, another sacrifice. Venue NOT accepting orders, the app says. Completely untrue, as the barmaid taking my order confirms - it's only the app which isn't taking orders, because it would only charge the lunchtime price, and even then salami-slice their cut off the top. The landlady is not impressed by the new technology when it meets the real world ...