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I am just a middle-aged man, of no particular import or interest.
I am one of those blank, empty faces you see passing on the street.
I earn a modest income, and have never owned a brand new car.
I have been an automobile mechanic, cook, bartender, factory worker, salesman, business man, handy man, husband, lover, and friend.
I have wasted a college degree and 15 years of blood and sweat to a pitiful, failing and corrupt medical industry. (do NOT get sick. AVOID hospitals.)
But if we are the sum of our parts, than this more accurately defines me:
I am an avid scuba diver, underwater photographer, who rarely gets to dive.
I am a poet with a poor vocabulary, a philosopher with a low IQ, a scientist with no math skills, an artist with no talent. But I am above all, a student. And I am constanly amazed. By everything.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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There are two important aspectes to the Seti@Home project that attract me:
1) Distributed computing. When 4.4 million people, from all over the world, can join together and speak with one voice, working together to accomplish a common goal, without governemnt or political censurship, then we have taken an enormous step toward realizing the value of what man can accomplish making actual USE of our common technologies. This sends an important message to those who recognize it. Telecommunications for the masses has always been about the free exchange of information. We need to be on guard, as there are those who would dearly love to thwart that vision. Watch and see. Um... what is the "legal" problem with BOINC?
2) The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe is absurd. It's not even a question. It just lacks evidence. If per chance we should identify a signal, and IF that information would be divulged to the world, then it would give humanity a much-needed wake up call. It just might be enough to get us to take a second look at how we live, how we act, and what we treat as important on THIS world. We live in a time when a tall man can make millions of dollars a year for putting a ball in a hoop, but a working mother can't get child care so she can further her education, or afford medical insurance. I fear if we were visited by "Aliens" we would be, SHOULD be, embarassed, and ashamed of ourselves. |
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