Profile: Vladikof

Personal background
I was born before 6980 Earth day cycles. I used to live in Belgrade, Serbia, and read books, magazines, walk, study, program (asm,c,pascal), write essays on human societies and war doctrines, enjoy rain showers and thunderstorms, eat and sleep, talk to other people, do many bad things, but there's no use of it now...

This autumn evening
Memories of long life
Straw dance on the wind

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Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Sad but true, I'm the one of the 5% who thinks there is no extraterrestial life. Consider the Fermi's paradox. In an infinite number of civilizations, why we haven't seen any of them?

There is only one logical explanation: There's no such thing as over-lightspeed or hyperdrive, so they are all trapped in their little island-like solar systems, forever. (*sigh*)

Do we live in hope? Do we project our childhood hopes and wishes into this search? Will an extraterrestial contact change anything? I don't believe we'll ever meet them... Maybe only a litte chatter between nearest civ's will do, but I think it's all in vain.

Beacon? Hm... a memory of a passing moment... Entire Earth culture in a beam of dancing particles... Instantly nothing, like whispering in an empty wood. Oh well, infinity is just pure, unclean optimism. What use is a beacon?

Besides, I see no other use of this sad project. How many years it will took us to prove that we're practically alone? Suggestion: maybe we should make distributed search for pure aritifial intelligence? ADAM@home :) That'll make us feel like gods. A gods that failed.
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