I'm your basic linux geek. Been using Linux since 1994.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I've always believed in life in space. Stephen Hawkins did a statistical paper on the probability of life in space using generous numbers supporting the "other side"'s beleif in there being no life in outspace. The numbers didn't hold up their side.
What is one to do? In my case, I choose to allow it to cement my belief.
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.