Ever wanted the constant feel of defrag without the hassle of having to restart it? That's what I get out of Seti@home. Just knowing my laptop is processing @80% for time eternal fills my "Solid-State-Physics" heart with glee.
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.