Jack G. - WU alumn (1990 - I.S. Degree night-school.)
Enjoy electronics, computers and astronomy, so SETI@Home was a perfect match. I built my computer (i7 / 2600k) and like getting the most out of it (overclocking).
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I think the idea of doing massively parallel work utilizing zillions of home computers' idle time is a fascinating idea. I also like the idea of making sure we aren't missing any phone calls from ET.
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.