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Occupation:
I work for a major software company (no, not that one!) as a group leader in the GUI toolkit department.
Education:
I've a BSc (hons) Degree in computer science from Manchester University (home of the worlds first stored program digital computer, the Machester Mark 1.
Interests:
Besides SETI@Home, you might also find me playing the guitar (badly!), Horse riding (infrequently these days), or most likely contemplating what next to repair/renovate/replace in my new house.
Computers
A dual Pentium III 850Mhz machine, a 500Mhz K6-III machine and a Pentium II 266Mhz Laptop. |
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
Hmmm, why do I run SETI@Home, well to be completely honest, getting a good position in the rankings is a strong reason. However, I do believe that I'm helping to contribute to noble scientific endeavour (no, really!).
I first came to SETI@Home after seeing the original screen saver running on a friends PC. I started off with the screen saver before moving on to the command line version. I guess also that seeing the film "Contact" also helped pique my interest, as did watching Carl Sagans's TV series "Cosmos" all those years ago.
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