I'm from Corpus Christi, Tx and I've been contributing to the SETI@Home project for a few years now! I'm also part of Team Anandtech.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Given the vastness of the universe and the number of star / planetary systems out there I believe life must exist beyond our own solar system. That said, because of that vastness it is probably very unlikely we will encounter such life any time soon.
I run SETI@home for fun. Who knows? Maybe someday we will "hear" something!
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.