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| Personal background |
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| Born in Denver in 1961. I am a computer consultant and a Microsoft Certified System Engineer. Currently live in Santa Clarita, CA with my lovely wife, Tracie. My spare time is occupied by learning Animation:Master 3D modeling and animation software. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I believe that extraterrestrial life exists. I have seen a few things that make me think that contact has already been made at some level. It may be that civilizations spend a relatively short time span using speed-of-light communication (i.e. radio) before advancing to quantum entanglement communication. So most advanced civilizations might not be putting off signals we can detect for much of the civilization's life-span.
The discovery of ETI will be beneficial for humanity because it first of all gives us hope. Hope that a civilization can survive its technology and not destroy itself either by war or destruction of the environment.
I do not think that sending a beacon will be of particular advantage because of the limits of speed and distance. Besides, I think a sufficiently advanced race would be able to find us without the beacon anyway.
I run SETI@home because I am the type that believes that if you are not a part of the solution, you are probably a part of the problem. Also, I like using my excess clock cycles for a good cause. I get more for my money that way!
I think the project is progressing nicely. Its a noble experiment and we are learning many things about it. I am especially excited about its demonstration of the power of distributed computing. |
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