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| Personal background |
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I was born in Denver, CO Dec. 24, 1950. I stayed in Colorado until about a year after graduating from the Colorado School of Mines. I then had a four year Army active duty obligation to fufill, and served most of it in Nurnberg Germany. From there, I was transferred to Ft. Benjamin Harrison Indianna for a year, where I completed my active duty with the Army.
After the Army, I got hired by the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Center in Salt Lake City Utah. While in Utah, I met and married my wife, Sue. For awhile, we were active in the Salt Lake Astronomical Society. In 1994, my wife got elected as a State Representative for District 38, Kearns, Utah. Just when things seemed to be going well, the U. S. Bureau of Mines got abolished by Congress, and I was temporarily unemployed.
I had always wanted to live in Arizona. As luck would have it, I found a job as a chemist with the Phelps Dodge Copper mine in Morenci, Arizona. So far, I'm still working there. In the meantime, I got my private pilot's license, and an airplane. In a remote area like Morenci, an airplane is more than just a luxury. It actually comes in handy at times.
This morning (1 Jan. 2002) I happened to be watching the Discovery Channel and they had a segment about Seti@home. That's how I found out about this. I thought it was an incredibly clever idea and an excellent way to get really productive use out of my computer. I sent the link to everyone in my address book too. I hope a lot of people find out about this and sign up. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. I think extraterrestrial life exists. However, I strongly doubt that it's very common for life, even if intellegent life evolves, to get much past the level of technology found on earth now before self destructing. Still, once in a while, an intelligent culture may conquer its demons and go on to great things. If one of those are in our vicinity, Seti seems a good way to locate it.
2. I know it's tempting to think that if a civilization advances to a point where it could be involved in interstellar travel that it must be beyond imperialism. I'm not convinced that this would always be the case, and would advise great caution in attempting to broadcast our existence to the rest of the galaxy. I suppose we already have to some extent with radio and TV though.
3. I think Seti@home is one of the best ideas to come along. What an ingenious and efficient way to increase Seti computing power. My main reason for running it is to help speed up the search. But it is also an excellent way to increase my computer's efficiency by putting it to productive use on a very worth while project when I'm not using it for my own purposes. If there is an advanced civilization close enough, and they are broadcasting via radio, trying to contact other civilizations, Seti seems like a good way to find it. |
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