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| Personal background |
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I work in the Physics Department at Stanford University, doing various things,
including computer support.
I run SETI on several machines, under four different accounts. I really
recommend the SETIspy program -- http://pages.tca.net/roelof/setispy/ -- It's
great for tracking statistics. I've also used SETIWatch to track progress on many
machines at once, and see if they're running behind schedule.
I've also been using SetiQueue (http://www.setiqueue.org/). It's great for bandwidth problems, and it
tracks the statistics. It's useful for pointing out machines that aren't running.
I'm very active in square dancing, which is a wonderful way to meet a lot of
friendly and interesting people, and get some fun and easy exercise, too. I'm
also the founder of the SETI@home "Square Dancers" group:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_67267.html
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I run SETI@home to avoid wasting CPU cycles. My guess is that ET is as likely
to exist as not, but the only way to know for sure is to look. Since funding
for SETI projects is scarce, SETI@home seems like a very worthwhile effort.
Even if SETI@home never finds an intelligent signal, perhaps the data analysis
will find new kinds of natural radio sources. If we don't look, we won't know
what we're missing. |
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