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One PC here runs 24/7 as a fax machine - most of the time it was just twiddling bits to no purpose. So running SETI@home on this machine means that at least it is doing something usefull while it's waiting for the fax line to ring.
As to ETI's, it seems like a big waste of space if there's nobody else out there. However, the distances are so great, and (at least here on earth) a species liftime is so short, we would be very lucky indeed to even find them, let alone communicate with them. I don't see them being a danger to us, except perhaps and intelectual one, as there is a tree of possibilities...
1) they can't get to us (no problem)
2) they can get to us
2) i) they can travel FTL
2)ii) they can't travel FTL
If 2) i) is true, they have a rather large volume of space to explore, filled with vast resources. Unless they are total xenophobes bent on destroying all other types of intelligent life, why bother us?
if 2) ii) is true, they can obviously survive for at the least many decades in space - again, our resources are pitifully small to cross such a huge distance to "exploit". |
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