I am Gandalf and run a local BBS in Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A. Prior to 1988 I had up to 200 members but since the avances in the internet membership has fallen to about 12..Just is progress..Retired U.S.Air Force and currently work at a State Prison as a Classification Officer.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I do think ET exist and will most likely fine us before we find them..We as a world are not doing a great job of getting along with each other even country to country, so I think they are waiting until we get the act together..
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.