Aloha from Honolulu, I'm a financial analyst who enjoys golf. When not working, I just leave the computer on and hope that intelligent life is found somewhere. It certainly isn't abundant on this planet.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I run SETI@home because there is so much data to be analyzed. Why not?
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.