I am a 50 somthing IT guy who has been using SETI as my screen saver for so long I can't retrive my old stats (I don't have that email or computer anylonger and I'v forgotten the password). I got into SETI because I'm a SciFi fan and wanted to help the search. I'v keep with it because I like the pretty colours. I have installed it on so many computers at client sites I have completely lost track of them all, but I know most of them are coming to the end of their life cycle, or have fallen over that edge already.
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