| Personal background |
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I am 18 years old, but I started SETI long ago when I built my first computer (PIII 600 which my brother now runs his own SETI account), but I lost the user name and password for my old account along with almost 500 data units to my name. I now have an Athlon 1500 XP with GeForce 3 etc which crunches data alot faster. I am a student studying Physics, Maths, Economics and English Language. My ambition was to succesfully build a cold-fusion plant. I'm starting to enjoy life too much to have time to do something like that now. Also, I realised such an aim is a bit unrealistic, and all I wanna do now is get a Physics degree and move on from there. There is a huge range of things I enjoy. I like playing computer games and watching TV, music etc. I like to work out at the gym (although 'workout at...' is more like 'pass ... on the way to the pub' now). My passion in the sporting genre though is Lau Gar Kung Fu, although I am finding it harder to fit it in with studying these days.
Oh yeah, I live in England, the Home of Science and dismal politics. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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You may have heard it all before, but please take the time to read it!
1. I find it hard to believe that ETs don't exist in a univers so big. I beleive they could be fairly advanced as well. I go as far as saying that they could be much like us, because the unlikely conditions needed for life to begin may cause an evolutionary path similar to our own. To be honest, I'm not sure we will ever discover life elsewhere, and I am certain that there is none in this galaxy, but I may be wrong...
There is no threat from alien discovery until various extremists start causing riots etc in some sort or cultish, ritualistic protest that we won't understand. Likewise, there will be no immediate benefit from aliens sharing technology or anything like that. However, knowing that we are not alone may be the excuse the world needs for a unicating revolution.
2. Like I said, there is no threat from aliens, because there is no way they could reach us, so we might as well. I wouldn't expect a reply, but I find it comforting to think that a record of human existance is now beyound the reach of the Sun's explosion. A beacon should contain as much info as we can cram on to it, quite frankly. It should be true, but emphasis should be put on how we are peaceful and have learnt from our mistakes etc...
3. I run SETI at home JUST IN CASE basically. I hate the though of just giving up the search and SETI is a great way for poeple like me to be involved in the search without having to live in my parent's loft. I am a bit suspicious however. I have this feeling that I have discovered loads and am not getting any credit for it. I get a lot of what look like patterns in signals and am hearing nothing from it. I am ignorant so it's probably nothing, but everytime the software spots something I would like to be informed on the spot of what it might be (such as a Pulsar or whatever)
Thanks for reading, or at least scrolling to the bottom! |
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