ET is out there. The odds of this program finding "ET" is extremely low, but it is fun and exciting to think about, and take part in. I applaud those that kept the program going back when the gov't funding was cut. And a huge round of applause to the biggest multi-processor computer project ever!
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.