Does this picture look familiar?  How about this one?

 

These are the faces of people who are in the throes of Seti at Home Stats Addiction.  A disease that has recently been identified as the number one problem among Clinic patients. 

How do you know if you are in the first stages of this dreaded illness?  The Clinic has put together a list of known symptoms for you to review:

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You check your statistics on the Seti at Home web page at least once a day.

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You have sent at least one email to a Seti at Home newsgroup bragging about your rank (usually listed as a percentage).

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You have sent at least one email to a Seti at Home newsgroup bragging about how many work units you have done.

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You have upgraded or replaced perfectly good parts in your computer because they weren't running the Seti at Home program fast enough to suit you.

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You keep track of how many work units a person needs to do to move up to a certain percentile.

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Your inability to move up in the standings quickly has caused you to take out your frustrations on your computer.