| Personal background |
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I'm a computer geek, tho I don't get as much time to play on my computer as I used to. I love using my imagination, particularly with regard to fantasy medieval type things, such as J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" (which I am reading right now for the first time), as well as having played alot of Dungeons & Dragons (and basically playing out and creating stories similar to this). I have a wonderful group of friends who help to keep me sane, and I am involved with the woman of my dreams, who was also sort of my high-school sweetheart (I am one of the luckiest girls alive to be able to say that because we will probably spend our entire lives together!)
When I'm not playing D&D with my friends, playing American McGee's Alice on my 'puter, spending time with my gf or reading, you can find me roller-blading around the parking lot where I work, or actually at work (I work for Dish Network, a satellite television company, as a Quality Assurance agent. Yes, if you call Dish Network, I'll be the one listening to your conversation for "Quality Assurance and Training purposes" heehee). |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. Do I think extraterrestrial life exists?
Yes. How can it not in some form or another? There are countless stars out there, with countless planets. No matter how much you narrow the parameters down for life to exist on a planet, there are still countless planets that will fit those criteria.
2. Should humans transmit a beacon?
Yes. We already transmit information as is in the form of radio waves and whatnot. Why not distinguish ourselves from the rest of the random phonomena in space to point out to another intelligence that we're here to communicate with. I read in another user's profile that if life exists in Alpha Centauri, only 4.3 light years away, we could send about 18 messages to each other throughout a single human's lifespan. Just think about when e-mail got big here on earth. All of us could suddenly communicate with each other, regardless of distance. I can't imagine intelligent life not wanting to communicate with other intelligent life, even if we don't agree on the same culture.
3. Why do I run SETI@home?
My computer sits online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (I'm lazy and don't like to wait for it to boot, so I leave it on *grin*). It seems an awful waste to not have the computer do *something* useful when I'm not after the Queen of Hearts or that silly white rabbit.
Like I said, when we "got" e-mail, we were communicating like mad. 18 messages throughout one lifetime is more like the pony express, but it's communication, validation that we're not alone, that there are others out here who look into the black of space and are amazed at how big it all is. Who knows, perhaps a few generations after we find another civilization we can make contact, and a few generations after that learn to communicate with each other, and then begin sharing knowledge to find a way to traverse the immense distance quickly so we could visit...! |
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