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| I was born in Harlingen, TX to a military family, so we moved around a lot. I'll turn 40 this October, and have settled in Georgetown, TX (about 30 miles north of Austin). I run SETI@Home on my computer at work, but will start running it at home as soon as I get my DSL hookup in the next month or so. I've been tinkering with computers since I got my first one, a TI99/4a, back in 1983. My hobbies include art, cooking, and music. I play guitar in the country/rock band Nighthawk, and have been playing guitar since I was 9. I write my own music and am working on my first solo CD project. I've always had an interest in science fiction and the paranormal, and firmly believe the addage that if we are the only sentient beings in all the universe, it's a tremendous waste of space. I also believe that our sudden advances in technology after the late 40s are more than a coincidence (remember Roswell?). Anyway, I'm sure that there's someone out there. I just hope I live long enough to hear their message. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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ET is out there. We will confirm this once we decide, as a people, that space exploration is a priority. I think that, while it will have serious social and religious implications, it will unite us as a species. A beacon is a great idea. Unfortunately, differences in values and ideologies will prevent us from coming up with a message. If anything, just a series of numbers in an easily recognizable pattern that could be discerned from any natural phenomena would be enough. We just need to get them curious, at first. We don't need to be sending them a Tolstoy novel, just an easily recognizable message that we are here. I run SETI@home because I believe that it is a great program, and getting the general public involved in space exploration, even on this rudimentary level, will benefit us all. We had the technology to put a colony on the moon back in the 70s. The only reason it hasn't happened is because we have become a "results-oriented" society, and after the first few moon launches, the media lost interest. Once the media lost interest, the rest of society followed their lead. Plus, we are too wrapped up in the "what's in it for me" quest for instant gratification that we don't see the long-term benefits that can be gained by space exploration. If it doesn't put money in our pockets at the start, we don't want to know. It's sad, because there's a lot out there to explore.
I think the program is good. Of course, seeing the results of our labors would be nice. That link has never worked. All-in-all, though, a great program. |
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