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I am an amateur photographer, a wannabe novelist, and an IT professional. I'm also Canadian; I currently live in Vancouver.
SETI@home really caught my imagination when I first learned of it. I've been in the program fairly steadily since July of 1999, and have had as many as 30 processors working on the project at once (my boss liked the project, too).
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1. Yes, of course! The Universe is infinite, how could it not? I think it will be years before we find proof of primitive extra-terrestrial life, and I think it will be centuries or longer before we discover advanced ET life. The benefits will include shaking off the arrogant concept that we're all that matters in the universe. The dangers, I think, are to the other life forms; we'll probably want to dump toxic waste in their environments.
2. We already are; every TV radio station, remote garage door opener, cell phone, and power line is broadcasting. Send everything! Well, maybe not "Jerry Springer".
3. I think it's a fascinating project, and I like the idea of distributed computing. I got into the project to help with the science and to make the most of all the underutilised CPU's at my disposal. I stayed with it because it attracted so many participants, and because the client runs very well and quietly, in a non-disruptive fashion (unlike other distributed computing clients).
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