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SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-End Processing (2025)

A promising Hacker News link to an article about SETI@home's future data acquisition instead leads to an unyielding Radware Bot Manager Captcha. This digital gatekeeper effectively blocks access, leaving readers unable to explore the anticipated technical details of the 2025 project. The irony of a bot manager preventing access to scientific content is not lost on eager minds.

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The Lowdown

Hacker News enthusiasts clicking on "SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-End Processing (2025)" were met with an unexpected barrier: a Radware Bot Manager Captcha. This security measure, intended to prevent automated access, inadvertently blocked human readers from the article's content.

  • The provided URL, linking to iopscience.iop.org, displayed a "We apologize for the inconvenience..." message.
  • Users were prompted to tick a box to confirm they are human.
  • A contact link was offered for those unable to complete the request, advising a screenshot of the experience.

The presence of this captcha meant that the technical details and future plans for SETI@home's data handling in 2025, which the article title promised, remained inaccessible to anyone attempting to read the linked content directly from Hacker News.