Basically..I'm a nerd! I've been playing around with computers for a while and the nerdiness of SETI appeals to me :)
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
We can't possibly be alone in the universe so I think it's great to be a part of helping to look for ET. I've got a few PC's around that don't have much to do so I got them on the job
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.