Just your above average computer user/gamer that is interested in astronomy too, and if your going to leave your computer on all the time, nice to have it doing something for use. My back ground is in computer service and repair.
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.
