| Personal background |
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| I was originally born in Ft. Worth, Texas, but my family moved to Prescott Arizona when I was about 5. Now at 19, I reside in Tucson where I attend the University of Arizona. I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering, with minors in electrical, mathematics, computer science, and an associate's degree in networking. I first heard about SETI while browseing the web, I belive. I only run the commandline version now, since the pretty graphics simply ate up CPU time. My old computer couldn't crank out much, but my new dual Athlon MP 1800 s crank out 2 work units every 3-4 hours. Personnaly, I enjoy biking (I own a 2002 Lemond Zurich road racer), backpacking, and alpine skiing. That's when I'm not playing with the network at our new house of course. We have 24 ethernet ports in our house with 6 computers (only 3 people live there, myself included). It's quite a setup! Our current project involves setting up our new servers, and organizing a student computer gaming club. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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| As far as extraterrestrial life goes, I think it's rather naive and arrogant of us to think that we're the only intelligent life in the universe. I mean radio signals can only travel so fast, and the distances between star systems is unblieveably vast. Also, there is so much background noise that we have to filter out, it's like trying to tune a radio to a whispering voice while there are 100 other radios blasting static at us. All in all, I believe this is a good thing, because the human race is not quite ready to cope with an alien civlization. We can't even handle the petty differences of our own species, let alone accpet and befriend an entirely new one. We humans have the most amazing ability for openness and understanding, but at the same time are capable of such fear and hostility of things we do not comprehend. Mankind has an insatiable hunger to KNOW, to UNDERSTAND. So I'm doing what I can to keep the search alive, because I think within the next 50 years or so, we will eventualy detect some sort of signal that will prove to the human race beyond a shadow of a doubt, that our cosmic neighbors have finnally come knocking. |
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