Mechanical engineer working in the semi-conductor field. I am currently working on GaAs Solar cells and LED's.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
How and when did you become interested in SETI@home?
Why do you run SETI@home?
I saw a computer at work with the seti screensaver and decided to look it up. I am interested in the other possible applications of web-based multiporcessing. I like the idea that my computer is always doing constructive work.
What are your views about the SETI@home project? Why do you think it's worthwhile?
What are your thoughts about extraterrestrial intelligence?
Are they out there? Will we discover them? What are the benefits and dangers of such a discovery? Should we transmit our own signal for others to find?
I think they are out there. I belive that there is a possiblity that the distances are so great that we may never bridge the gap. I also believe that ETI may be very close and accesible soon. We should procede with caution in our search.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.