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| Personal background |
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Name\\'s \\"Doctor Clu\\", a person who works for the Army/Air Force Exchange Service, but in his off time enjoys tinkering with \\"vintage computing\\".
Currently has a Atari 800.
When I\\'m not clikcing away at some computer keyboard I enjoy hanging with my wife, riding a bike, & music (listening and singing).
And naturally I enjoy a little star gazing. :)
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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\\"Do you think extraterrestrial life exists? If so, when and how will humans discover it? What are the possible benefits and dangers of such a discovery? \\"
I know there is life out there. The universe is too vast for it not to. Such information and details are described in the bible (see Genesis,Job, Daniel, and Revelation to name a few) The real question is, the universe is so vast what makes us believe that other races want to be seen?
\\"Should humans transmit a beacon for others to find? If so, what information should we send?\\"
Yoyager had the right idea. Of course, we are sending out radio signals and a device with a gold record in it like a note in a bottle thrown to the sea. Truth be told, that is probably the best we can do for now.
\\"Why do you run SETI@home? What are your views about the project? Any suggestions?\\"
Why do I run it? Just thought I would help \\"Team Atari\\" look good. :) As for the project itself, it\\'s not a bad start. While life is out there, it is highly unlikely that another race would be using the scope of frequencies that we are scanning. If they are too primitive (say a world of mainly plant life... which I believe is most likely) we wouldn\\'t receive radio signals at all. If a world was actively populated (animal life, human-like race) what\\'s to say they use radio for communication? Maybe they found something better. Maybe their signals are do diluted and distorted after years and years of travel that we see next to nothing now. :(
Anyway, the Seti project is a good start, and I know we are trying to take a open mind to this, so we will probably find something along the way.
Too bad we don\\'t have a way to detect plant life on other planets... I\\'m sure that would easily be out there. But then, we are doing good just to see VERY large planets in other star systems now.
Oh well... go Team Atari!!
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