I'm a right coast fella, stuck on the left coast. I work (indirectly) for the DOD. I flail on computers ~18 hours per day...
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. Of course it exists. We will likely discover it when they land...
2. A beacon would be OK. Content selection should exhibit peaceful intent & defensive resolve...
3. I run SETI@home to give my poor PC something to do when I'm not whipping it...
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.