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Among my hobbies (such as hanging out with my vicious mutt Eric, or collecting space toys - see http://www.msu.edu/user/storto/mmm.htm ) I include participating in and keeping track of the SETI at home project. At home I have two computers working on it, a 400 MHz Pentium II, which can analyze a unit in as little as 14.5 hours, and a 1.8 GHz Pentium IV, which has been able to complete a unit in under 5 hours.
I work at the Michigan State University Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory (see here: http://www.phd.msu.edu/cyto/cyto.htm ), and am also part of their Seti team effort (see the profile page at http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?cmd=view_feedback&id=3607 ). We are the fastest Seti group at MSU! Feel free to join us if you want to belong to an account in the top 3 percent! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Detecting ET signals will be one of the most significant events in human history, and even if the odds of success are infinitessimal, the effort alone is an exciting endeavor. The possible consequences are difficult to predict; it could unify all nations, or lead to widespread hysteria! Only one way to find out.
It is the first step in ultimately establishing a two-way conversation with ET life. Again, the outcome of such a conversation is hard to forsee; it could be amazingly educational or intensely frightening!
But regardless of the outcome of the search, Seti at home has proven the incredible potential of the home computer in tackling enormous projects. This global effort has shown what we are capable of, and will no doubt lead to similar projects! Imagine all of us analyzing astronomical data to predict the orbits of near-earth asteroids, or sonographic data to detect sunken ships or lost aircraft at sea (that's not too far-fetched, is it?). |
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