I´m 29 years old and father of two lovely little children. I like the idea of unite the computerpower for projects like SETI. Who knows - perhaps we find a trace of liveforms outside of the earth. Maybe not, but tried a little bit harder.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. No ; I don´t think their aliens outside.
2. No, it would make no sense to send a beacon - the space between the sunsystems is simply to large
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