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| Personal background |
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Hi everyone, I am a 62 year (1944-11-04) old retired manager IT and financial services, enjoying immensely my free time, now without having any obligations. That's one of the reasons why I joined this and other BOINC projects.
My background is a beta education (HBS-B) and Electrotechnic study (HTS-E). I have worked for companies as Digital Equipment Corporation, Intergraph, Harris Adacom, Citybank and during the last 10 years of my career, Achmea.
Currently I am studying Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Hobbies are skiing, sailing (lakes and ocean), puzzling (mid-benders), long distance running, reading,golf and again, studying.
One of my famous quotes by others is the following by Kenneth Olsen, President / Owner / Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (D.E.C.), done around 1970:
"I see no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home".
I frase this quote without disrespect; it just shows that even the great men of computer engineering history can make mistakes as far as vision is concerned. Therefore we should never be surprised of what the future can and might bring. (Almost) nothing is impossible. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1)-Why do I run SETI@home?
Well, most of the time my, and I guess anybody elses, PC is idling, waiting for me to type or click something. So, be my guest, use it as long it's done neatly without abuse.
2)-What are your views about the project?
Hard to say, I haven't seen direct results yet. The goal as I understand it appeals to me since I started recently (last year) studying Physics and Astronomy @ Utrecht. And... I have always been curious what signals 'aliens' would use
3)-Any suggestions?
Yes,
a)-put some audio into the screensaver
b)-where do I find a description of the algorithms used?
c)-combine all BOINC profiles into a single one, at least the first section on personal background |
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