If we're going to get the drop on those aliens we better start crunching numbers fast. ;)
In all seriousness the SETI project is one of wonder at the possibilities the universe holds for all of us. I'm proud to commit my unused clock cycles to searching for something as significant as a signal from another civilization.
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.