I live in East Sussex on the south coast of the UK, I've been a seti member since June 1999.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I do think ET's exist and humans will discover it either through this programme or in another way, the benefits far outweigh the dangers and this is why I take part in this programme.
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.