I am a semi-retired computer consultant. I live in south Florida.
I have always thought there are others in the universe. Maybe someday we will find out. I just hope that it is in my lifetime.
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.