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| I'm 31 and living in Lompoc California near Vandenber Air Force base within Santa Barbara county. I am a programmer/independet contractor by trade mostly doing multimedia software development. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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As a programmer and very much appreciate the real accomplishment that SETI@home and now BOINC represent. That is, the ability to for our computers to be actually useful when we aren't using them and in particular being used to do what they are good at (process data). Every field should consider whether an @home/BOINC sort of solution would benefit their science. We live in a time where data is overabundant but the ability to process the data isn't being utilized to its full potential. So, SETI@home is I hope the first of its kind.
I ran SETI@home for the longest time at home and at work. Then things transitioned and I hadn't been keeping up with SETI. I ran it for the simple reason that I thought it was brilliant and in the true pioneering nature of the technology. There were times when I had it running at work where there were earth science folk, they would see the SETI screen saver and kind of laugh. I pointed out that even if they didn't believe in ETs that you can't argue with the effectiveness of this approach. I don't care if my computer ever finds ETI, I just want it to be productive doing something for a good cause. |
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