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| Personal background |
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I am a 22 year old Computer Engineering student at the University At Buffalo, and work part time as a Unix / Linux administrator for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and as a web application developer for the ePharmocotherapy Network.
I'm a self-taught musician (bass, guitar, mandolin) and listen to many different genres of music (my collection leaves little to the imagination). Some of my favorite artists are Weezer, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Alison Krauss,and Metallica.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. Do you think extraterrestrial life exists? If so, when and how will humans discover it? What are the possible benefits and dangers of such a discovery?
I'm really not sure what to think right now. Yes, there is a possibility of life on other habitable planets, but if so, will we ever be able to discover it? I think Hollywood has done a fine job at scaring the living crap out of people when it comes to alien intelligence and the threat it poses...
2. Should humans transmit a beacon for others to find? If so, what information should we send?
We should do exactly what we have done in the past. Communicate in the simplest of languages (math, science, and astronomy), and hope that they don't take it the wrong way and blow us up.
HOLLYWOOD, contact me if you'd like to make a movie along these lines!!!
3. Why do you run SETI@home? What are your views about the project? Any suggestions?
I run SETI@home because my computer is up all the time anyway (be it rendering video, compiling, etc) so I don't have a real problem sacrificing a few spare CPU cycles for the cause. I love the fact that for the most part, the SETI@home client is one of a few pieces of software that does not crash on my W*ndows boxes. I think that this project is a good way for the world community to unite under a useful common purpose, although RC5crack and some of the other Distributed Computing projects are worthwhile too... |
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