| Personal background |
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I'm from Toledo, Ohio and got started on SETI@Home a couple of years ago at the urging of a coworker. My first computer was an Acer running at 133MHz. Pretty darn good in its time, but it sure got bogged down in a hurry. Took forever to complete a single unit, even though I let it run constantly for a long time. The poor old Acer finally became overloaded and I had to dump a good number of programs. Unfortunately, SETI was one of them. A few weeks ago, I finally broke down and purchased a new PC and immediately went back to the SETI website and downloaded the software again. VERY pleased with the performance. I'm getting units done in about 5 or 5 1/2 hours each (old time was closer to 5 DAYS). I'm something of a neophite with my computer, though I've had one for about 7 years now.
I'm 47, married with 3 grown kids and 2 small grandsons. My wife and I like to bowl, golf, travel and play with the grandkids. We both put off college until our kids were well on in school, and both of us finished our degrees in the late 90s. I spent about 10 years in the food service industry, another 13 in the truck parts business, and now drive a truck for the local newspaper. Hey, it's not rocket science, but they take pretty good care of us. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I believe extraterrestrial life does exist, only because of the vastness of the universe. I cannot fathom that so many stars would not have life around them somewhere. The search via radio waves is rather curious. An advanced race of beings would have radio,certainly. Assuming such waves would come from a planet, though, any waves we might detect would have to be incredibly old. Would the creators of those waves survive today? Now if they came from something floating, drifting, or flying through space, we may very well stumble across beings approximately our own age.
Benefits might include an increase in technological knowledge and advancement. Dangers might include disease or hostile actions.
I see no reason not to transmit a beacon, and at least one reason to support such a move: to improve the possibility of finding what we're looking for. If we're successful in transmitting TO someone even though we haven't found them yet, they may search us out.
I started running SETI@home as a novelty. I've always been fascinated with space and NASA. I think the approach is a great, unique approach to performing solid scientific research. |
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