My background comes from a few scottish familys who were quite close to royalty.
I would rather not go into to much detail.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I run Seti@Home because I'm interested in what it has to offer and in finding out if whats out there, is just stars, planets and bits of rock or if there is intelligent life out side this big blue planet.
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.