52 year old, Computer geek, with lots of spare cycles.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. Of course I think ET exist. We would have to be extrememly arrogant to believe we are the only intelligence in universe.
2. I run SETI@home because it's a very easy way to feel like I am part of a greater effort.
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.