In the last 10 years I think I've spent more of life on the Internet than off of it, sleeping excluded.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Because it's better to put something idle to use, even if it consumes a bit of electricity. Honestly I don't think SETI will ever be found this way, but what the heck...
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.
