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I am presently a resident in northwest Indiana USA and a member of the Calumet Astronomical Society in the area. I love volunteering to attend and assist in many group outins now that I've gotten quite adept--at least in my terms--at astronomical observations and finally have my own telescope after my first year in the group.
I recently found out about the SETI@HOME from a member who lives down the street from me. It seems like a worthwhile and interesting enough project to participate in now that I also have the computing and Internet tools to accommodate. I am only now learning how to use multiple computers in an at home network to run tasks that get down in quick-time.
Merely a novice though, I just like to be apart of something in common interest with others. Maybe something will come out of it and that's the fun part...we really just don't know but we keep on trying anyway.
Namaste |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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As stated in Carl Sagan's movie "Contact", "The Cosmos is an awefully large place to simply accommodate us alone." Or, something to that degree.
The question of when and how falls back to my profile introduction being, "we really just don't know but we keep on trying anyway." Any emminant benefits and/or dangers are dependent upon what either expect or want to get out of it. I would say it's no different than when European settlers came here and met the Native Americans for the first time.
A beacon for others to find is of neither importance. How would we know that the beacon would be received as it was sent? Newspapers print news for seeing persons. Although there is brail for non-seeing persons we would not know what senses extraterrestrial have or do not have to accommodate. It is of no consequence if we use a beacon or not. Maybe it will work, maybe it will not. With that being said the information being sent is of no matter. Send something, or not. If sending something, send whatever one thinks is of importance. Being intentional and using insight is of the most significance.
I run SETI@home because I am a virtual enthusiast. I love looking up into deep space in the evenings and wondering about our position here while taking accountability of the possibility of our being. Imagine just that. |
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