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| Personal background |
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Occupation:[/b] Student
Computers: From slowest to fastest: 233 K5 w/ win95, 400 Intel w/ NT 4, 533 K6-2 w/ Linux/Win2k;
I'm going to buy a new computer one of these days. Unfortunately, being a college student, I can't afford another one.
About myself: I've always been interested in space and technology. Ever since I was a little kid and
my parents bought me my first computer to toy with, I've been hooked in trying to
figure out how and why things worked. From this, I've became a computer
nerd who has a minor in Computer Science and nearly a Bachelors in both Computer
and Electrical Engineering. My biggest interests right now include logical
compression of large randomly-generated data files(non-lossy) and encryption.
Being a 21 year-old computer nerd and all and with the entire world at my
fingertips, I'm looking forward to making a name of myself and changing the
world to fit my needs. My other interests include fishing, hunting, football,
skiing, whitewater rafting, gaming(RTS/RPG/FPS) and whatever sounds fun at the
time. I also have a really weird obsession with cows. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I became interested in Seti@home when /.org did an article on it. I signed up
for it that same day and have atleast one computer running 24 hours/7 days a week
crunching those seti@home units. Before this, my computer mostly stood
idle, waiting for me to type something like bzip2 very_large_file.data. What else
am I going to do with it?
My personal views on seti@home is that it is mostly a wasted project. The old
arguement is, most likely their are aliens out their. The problem is, most likely
they are too far from being within a reasonable distance to communicate with.
If they are within reasonable distance, they aren't likely to be sentients.
If they are intelligent, they are not likely to have reached a technological
stage of development capable of communicating with us. If they have reached
that stage or passed it then why haven't they discovered us yet(unless they already have) and why aren't we having
coffee with them right now. Their is a flaw in this theory in that, what if
they are at approximately the same stage of development as we are? Sometimes poeple do find a
needle in a haystack and that is why the project is not
a complete waste.
Most likely, if we do find aliens, it'll start at a time of peace between our
two planets. After a relatively short time, we'll be war that will be on
the basis of us being so different from them(or vice versa), having some difference that
we/they arent' use to yet, trade, difference of opinion, or something little that causes a spark. The war will settle down after a few years and we'll
have a greater peace, respect, and understanding of each other, if one of us
doesn't get wiped out in the process.
As for sending a signal in space, why not? It never hurts to try. Even if we
don't find extra-terrestrial intelligence, we may discover something about
ourselves in the process. It's something to think about. What do we have to lose besides our lives and our planet. |
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