From the age of 8 I worked with all kinds of systems. Mostly Unix like systems. Currently fully engineering with Linux for www.nebula.nl.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. If I think extraterrestrial life exists. Offcourse it does. It's just a matter of time and triggering something that generates a responce. (see startrek for that)
2. Yes we should send a beacon. We should not put in a lot of information. Just HEY! we're here! and a translation table.
Not like nasda sending all kind of shit they thinks is wise
3. If I can help why not. I've got the stuff at the moment so why not let it work while not working for me.
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.