Uncle Sally wrote:
> < OP's cross posts to other groups removed in this reply >
>
> Bill Velek wrote :
>
> "Just thought some of you might be interested in a Music Video that helps to
> promote grid computer research to find cures for diseases, including cancer.
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> I do not wish to question Mr. Velek's motives, and his promotion of Grid
> Computing seems sincere; he is the founder of a network of "world-wide"
> home-beer-brewers who evidently register as a team on a grid-computing site
> that ranks teams where his team is ranked 72 out of 13,940 teams.
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Thanks for checking this out. You are correct that I formed a team of
Homebrewers for this important medical research, which includes cancer;
I formed that team because I'm very active on many homebrewing forums,
and it was a way to encourage that particular segment to participate.
However, the link that I provided in my initial post here does NOT link
.... anywhere ... to my Homebrewers team, nor do I promote my team or
even mention it anywhere on any of the pages that you can reach through
that link or my personal websites --
www.velek.com or
www.2plus2is4.com
My motives were for no purpose other than to help with cancer research.
I hope the fact that I happen to brew beer as a hobby does not affect my
credibility; for what it's worth, I'm a Judge in Arkansas, and you can
find me listed on page 49 of the _official_ Arkansas Judiciary Directory
here --
http://courts.state.ar.us/aoc/docume..._directory.pdf
-- although I'm not sure that increases my credibility ;-) And
incidentally, home brewing beer _is_ legal under both Federal and
Arkansas State law.
> But for folks like me ... leery of spyware, trojans, etc. ... there's no way
> I'm going to download a music video from someone I don't know, and who,
> while promoting grid computing in general (a very good thing), and
> mentioning "cancer" specifically in his message here, and less specifically
> on his rather hyper-promotional websites ...
>
> I would rather "get it straight from the horse's mouth" :
That is perfectly understandable. If you will trust other sources for
the same video, here they are:
Google:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?...ity+grid&hl=en
U-Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boS8UUHh0EM
My site also includes several other informative videos, an excellent
podcast by the head researcher at the New Jersey Cancer Institute, and
plenty of other resources; it brings together info from lots of sites.
I don't know about my sites being "hyper-promotional" -- but I am VERY
passionate in my belief that we should all be doing as much as we can to
help cure diseases, etc., and the World Community Grid is an extremely
easy, cheap, and convenient way to do that, but far too few people are
helping, including most people who are most affected by such diseases.
Specifically because of skepticism and mistrust, I have also launched my
Project 2plus2is4 --
http://www.2plus2is4.com -- which I hope you will
take a few minutes to visit.
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> Bill I apologize if what I write here seems suspicious, and I, in fact,
> intend to sign up for one of the cancer-related Grid Computing projects and
> let them have my surplus bandwidth.
>
> ... in the interests of informed choice ... best, Uncle Sally
You raised valid points ... except for me being a homebrewer ;-) ...
which I hope I have addressed. And THANKS for taking an interest and
planning to join. I hope other members here will follow suit. If and
when you join, I strongly implore you to post about it here and in any
other forums to help persuade others to also join.
Cheers.
Bill Velek
Music Video helps to promote cancer research 
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