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My Work
I am a mechanical engineer, doing diesel engine research at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. I grew up in Texas, and although most of my career to date has been spent in other states and countries, I am happy and proud to have returned to Texas.
My Education
I have two Bachelor's degrees, in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University, and in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute.
Me Personally
I am single, 41 years old. Aside from work, I enjoy biking the magical Texas Hill Country, working on my Opel GT, participating in and attending community theater, and occasional other volunteer projects. Take a look at my page — home.satx.rr.com/manlymatt
My Hardware
I run SETI@Home on every machine I touch, at work and at home. Three machines run it nearly continuously — a P4-1.5 that takes 6-8 hours, a P3-700 that takes about 11 hours, and a P2-366 laptop that takes about 20. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Unless you find the Creation fable to be credible, it seems highly improbable that humanity would be the only form of sentient life in the universe, or even the one most evolved. One race, of course, must be the most intelligent — so some small chance exists that it's us.
However, the greater probability is that other races do exist, that one or more are farther along in terms of interplanetary communication and/or travel than we are, and that they may be seeking contact — or have already made contact.
The questions involved in interspecial contact are tricky, but I have never thought that knowledge should be avoided, or buried — it should be our quest to seek knowledge of other civilizations using whatever means are available.
I like the SETI@Home concept for the same reason I recycle — it seems to be a wonderfully good use for all of the available processor capacity that would otherwise be unharnessed. No one can know whether this project will reach fruition until aliens tell us so, but in the mean time, the cost is small and the potential is great. It's a wise investment! |
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