Hi, my name is Philip Thomas Maskell. I just turned 30 years old, and have used SETI@Home on and off (depending on computer reliability) since I was 19.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I first heard of SETI@Home through friends on an IRC, knew of the project SETI through popular media years earlier and found the research fascinating.
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