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About me? Well, i'm the sporty type who likes to play badminton, go dragon boating, enjoy swimming in summer .. too cold in winter (brrr). Also enjoy computer games and just going out with friends.
As a Programmer and System Administrator at the same time, i've gone through many different projects. A lot of SETI stuff are ran on "average performance" computers.
Been living in Australia since 1991 and born in 1978. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Well, extraterrestrial life do exist. If there exists a planet like Earth, then is a chance of another planet like Earth out there. Since there are other solar systems similar to ours, there is a good chance that extraterrestrial life exists. There are advantages and disadvantages of discovering extraterrestrial life. We can benefit from sharing knowledge or resources (such as trade between one country and another). Of course, there is also the possibility of viral contamination happening where something like the common cold and flu can wipe out an entire race. Discovering extraterrestrial life can happen, but chances are we will not be the one discovering yet. It will discover us.
Transmitting a beacon to find extraterrestrial life can be futile at times considering that they might not understand us. A language barrier between life forms are usually the reason why we do not have extraterrestrial contact. Should we send anything? Not useful until the discovery of a universal language.
For me, SETI@home is ran just for fun and to discover what has yet to be discovered. Could we finally discover that unknown factor from random guesses at chaos theory? Possible. Well, either way, it's good to see that a large pool of resources can be combined together to perform a cooperative global task. |
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