Recently retired at age 60 from the IT world and concentrating on non-technology pursuits (gardening, etc.). Working at becoming a "user" instead of a techno-geek. :-)
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
To me it's a no-brainer to believe that there are other intelligent civilizations in the universe. I'm convinced that one day we will find irrefutable proof that we are not alone. I'm hopeful that it will occur in my lifetime so I'm happy to contribute to the effort to find 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.