Well, I\\\\\\'m a Brit in America - hence my allegiance with the UK BOINC Team. I\\\\\\'ve been interested in doing this for years and have finally made it around to taking part. I think most of us barely come close to using the processing power we have at hand so this is an opportunity to do something worthwhile with it!
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
As silly as it may sound, it was the movie Contact that first sparked my interest.
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