I've been involved in the computer industry for about 17 years now. I currently am the enterprise architect for a clothing retailer. I'm 47 going on 18. I'm an avid amateur landscap photographer working primarily with large format cameras and Van Dyke printing method. Amateur radio plays a large part in my life (KC6RFC).
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I don't think that there is any doubt that extraterrestrial life exists. The universe is just TOO large for it not to. The discovery of such life may lead to a maturing of the human race. I don't see any downsides to the discovery, but contact, that's another story. Just look at the history we have with contact between more advanced civilizations with lesser advanced civilizations. Why should we believe that alien civilizations would be any less vicious than us? I don't like the idea of advertising our presence. Let's find something out there and see what thy're all about BEFORE we say 'Howdy'.
I run Seti because I believe that it can eventually find something and I would like to be a small part of that. Imagine how it would feel to process the first unit that actually finds signs of alien life.
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.
