I run SETI@home on my primary system, chaos, my beloved Linux box. I've been switching between Red Had and Mandrake for years, and I've decided that I hate them both. I start the SETI@home client with a cron job that runs every two hours.

I know it sounds like I'm an incurable computer nerd. Well, I am, but I have other hobbies too. I'm a "tattooed freak" with piercings and I watch a lot of movies. Anybody remember Clue? What a great film! I just started trying to learn French by listening to some learn French CDs in my sleep. I'm not sure how that's going to work out yet.

I run SETI@home because I'd still like to know, whether we meet them or not. I also run SETI@home because I have to leave my computer on all the time (my power supply is too weak to boot the system without coaxing); it may as well do something useful.

I appreciate the project as an experiment in multiprocessing. I find Beowulfing interesting, and SETI@home as well. A little friendly Seti-unit competition between friends never hurt anyone!