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| Personal background |
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BACKGROUND
I have been contributing to SETI since April 5, 2000. I am sad at the passing of Roelof J. Englbrecht in 2004, who's application I've used for most of that time to facilitate this participation. SETISpy is a wonderful little program. I'm currently a server engineer working 3rd shift for Siemens Business Services. No computers were harmed in this participation "though a few electrons were inconvenienced". I love space, watched Cosmos on TV when it first aired, have watched all iterations of Star Trek, Dr. Who, Space 1999 and many others. I continue to be fascinated by the advances in science and try to understand it, its potential impact and potential other uses than that the developers intend. Far from being a actual Futurist, predictor of the future, I am an avid spectator, humbly attempting to remain prepared for what may come. I am continually suprised, and darn-it-all, be better at it by now. Movies, like Minority Report, AI, I, Robot and yes, the impossibly contrived Terminator franchise, make one think about the good intent, the bad implentation and the immense task every individual in society (corporations are legally individuals, too) has to balance those to make the best possible use of every advance. Still the most I see of stars is when I travel to get a glorious Autumn night view from the northern end of lower Michigan (Manistee County). I have even seen an aurora that far south once back in August of 1980. The most I see of computer technology in my life is the ones I maintain that a mercilessly in the task of running corporations, hopefully to the benefit of society that allows them to exist and not just "the shareholders".
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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SETI THOUGHTS
SETI is the largest computing project in the world - ever - and likely will continue to be so for a very long time. This, in of itself, is enough to enjoy participation. The "cheap thrills" of hitting the various milestones are nice, but I am hoping to be able to help direct the compass of future space exploration. Although I am close to 8,000 Work Units, my eyes and electrons wander and I now split my time between SETI and the Folding@Home project (http://folding.stanford.edu). If I am successful and/or lucky, my daughter will be interested in space exploration and I can tell her I had a hand in her career long before she was born. We shall see....
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