Profile: Ryan Ball

Personal background
Oh, where to begin, I was born in Coos Bay Or. My family moved around alot but we always seemed to come back to Coos Bay. I was in the Army for three years and I am at present finishing up eight years with the military, three Army, five Army National Guard. At the moment I am a Slot Techician for a casino, for those of you who don't know what that is, I program and maintain slot machines.....yes....I am the guy everybody loves to hate, the one who messes with the payback percentage. I am 25 years old and a science junkie, expecially astronomy. I hope to go back to college one of these days and get my doctorate in astronomy or astro-physics, those are my real passions in life....besides my son, who, if god willing, will be the next Hawking...no presure though....lol I also love sci-fi, I guess maybe the two go hand in hand, but also golf....hey, doesn't everyone!!!!
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Hmmm, do I believe E.T.'s exist? Well yes, I believe it is nieve to think otherwise, now do I believe intelligent E.T.'s exist? Well, I guess I hold hope that they do, or I would be just waisting my time here. I believe it is logical to think that intelligent life is out there. Now, will I see it in my lifetime, probably not, this is probably the closest I will ever get to seeing any contact with Extraterrestrials. Do I believe extraterrestrial intellegent life has ever been to our planet? No, I believe the distances are just to great, besides I'm still waiting to see non-extraterrestrial intellegence on this planet(a little cynicle humor). I run SETI@Home, because I believe science is the persuit or truth, and why not help out an organization that is doing just that. Expecially if at its best, enlightens humanity, and at its worst, causes no harm to anyone, but the giving of researchers the countless hours of data and tunnel vision.

Keep up the good work everyone, hope something peaks your interest soon.
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