| Personal background |
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Hello out there! Can anyone hear me? Hehehehehe...
Anyway, I'm 17 years old, and am a senior this year here at the school. I'm doing a lot of different things this year
(Friday is the opening day for the play) of which SETI is perhaps the most consistent. I come in every morning and check the
six computers that SETI is installed on, and it never fails: at least one unit has been done. I thought I was doing pretty well, with 96 units
as of this writing, but then I looked at other profiles (US Navy) and I realized that I'm just starting. Still, it provides an
outlet for tensions that I have. I'm a big nerd. I'm on the robotics team, and it never fails: Friday after school finds me here in the
computer lab, blasting some unsuspecting fool with a BFG. Right now, I'm recruiting other people into the SETI life, but it's a tough slog.
I've also got to find a way to get the NA to put SETI on all of the other computers so as to legitimize my operation (which is in
flagrant violation of network use policies). That's about it, and for the life of me I can't imagine why you'd care. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Hey, SETI rules. There are multitudes of dreamers out there who exist to talk, talk talk and then talk some more about
the future, my future, instead of doing something about it. I'm glad to be part of a program dedicated to finding the future whereever
it may be hiding. Also, finding the aliens is the first step to contacting them, a beneficial step for all mankind.
Yes, I am sure that extraterrestrial life exists. Given the odds against it not existing, we'd have to be really retarded not to acknowledge
it as a fact. And hey, even if we are alone in the universe, SETI is an example of how we as a race can stand up and overcome challenges.
Another bonus: if, on the off chance, I discover ET, the fame and fortune will be worth it. Space, here I come!
Now, it might be dangerous to try and seek out ET. Our entire way of thinking, our entire race, will have to do some serious rethinking
of truths that are deeply ingrained. An entire universe could be overthrown, and a new system, one completely unpredictable, will rise from its place.
Humanity needs some way to send out our message to others. A beacon, much like the Voyager probes, is needed. In it we tell who we are, not where,
and give means for contacting us.
The only suggestion I can make for the program is that it needs to run faster. The computers I have it on are all very nice, but it still takes a lot of time to process.
If there were some way to speed it up, it would make the program so much better (not to mention my own findings).
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