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I'm a twenty-one year old techno-freak from Phoenix, Arizona. I have interests in Computers, Music, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Electronics, Anime, and a whole host of others. I used to be a member of the Broadway Bound and Gagged Theatrical Troupe, which performed the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but the cast currently has no theatre. All in all, I'm a fangeek, with many interests in that area.
I have one computer dedicated to Seti@home, a Rack Mount Pentium Pro running at 180MHz. It's not the fastest thing on the block, taking about 32 hours per packet, but it does the job and has been a very stable system. It was given to me when my former work closed its doors. It's name is Borg. :)
I'm thinking about bringing a Pentium 200MHz, AMD K6-2 450MHz, and an AMD K7-1.2GHz onto the Seti@home project, just so I can beat all my friends, but I'm concerned about the electric bill. I also am trying to get a DEC Alphaserver 1000A 4/266 working for the same purpose. Hopefully I'll be able to get this stuff working.
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Do you think extraterrestrial life exists? If so, when and how will humans discover it?
Well, I do not know. Doing the math (or more accurately, ripping of Carl Sagan's math) I cannot assume that we are alone. I hope that we can discover life outside of our own solar system (hell, I'd like to find some intelligent life IN our own solar system), and I would suspect that most life forms actively looking for other life forms would be non-threatening, for if they are looking for others, they've possibly accepted that they are not alone as well. However, since I'm not an alien, I have no way to know.
What are the possible benefits and dangers of such a discovery?
Well, if there are other lifeforms in the universe, we would be in a position to eventually try to open a dialogue with them, assuming that they are not so completely different from us that it is impossible. I know that it would be a tough task, for the chances of aliens being even remotely similar to us is very unlikely, so we would have to learn to be beyond that. In terms of dangers, we would have to deal with our own people reacting badly to the concept of not being "God's exclusive creation", which would cause many religious fundamentalist groups to go haywire, but beyond that, I don't know of any dangers to us at the present.
Should humans transmit a beacon for others to find? If so, what information should we send?
At the moment, I don't think that we should. Our Television and Radio broadcasts already reach pretty far out, and since we are not truly one people yet, we shouldn't do it. We couldn't agree on a message, and it someone would reply to our message, we'd have to deal with all of the world's nations wanting to react differently. I think that we need to wait until we're a little more solidified.
Why do you run SETI@home? What are your views about the project?
I run Seti@home because it doesn't cost me much to do so, and the potential benefits are outstanding. |
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