I am 37 years old and my hometown is Wetzikon near Zurich... Wetzikon is in the so called "Zurich Highlands". I am married and we have two children. During winter time I love to play curling, but it's hard to find frozen lakes in sommer :-( so I use the melted water to swim an play around with my children. Business? Yes, I work as a security consultant for information security issues in several companies.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1) Yes. But I am pretty shure that the distance to them is so big that we never will meet a single extraterrestrial creature. If this happens anyhow... we will be in trouble because our life would change dramatically (cultur, religions)
2) We should first clean up the earth before we let others know that we are alive... (f.e. polluting the evironment)
3) Curiosity? And respect for the researchers to never give up in finding something new! ... and my hidden love for astronomy...
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