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| Personal background |
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I was turned on to Carl Sagan's work when I saw a preview for Cosmos on a VHS tape from 1981 featuring a NOVA presentation on computer security and privacy. Though it was only a preview, and partial at best, it was captivating. I had seen the movie Contact with Jodie Foster and had really liked its reliance on realistic science. I managed to find a copy of the 13-part COSMOS series online, and was hooked.
Things are changing so very rapidly, and humanity is waking up from a deep, dark sleep. I am glad to be alive in a time where astronomy is clearly breaking away from astrology and we're seeing incredible breakthrus at such a rapid pace.
That was about 9 or 10 months ago (Dec 2003). COSMOS acted as a serious catalyst to me, and since then I've read vast amounts of Carl's work, as well as works by Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman.
Please, please, please, share your interests with others. Lose yourself in the wonder of it.
Peace. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I think SETI@Home is a step in the right direction. With current radio technology, we're really just taking a great stab in the dark... but SOMEONE has to START, SOMETIME. We are the ones to frontier this. As the technology improves, we'll already have the infrastructure in place.
We cannot abandon our quest because it seems unlikely that anything will ever come of that. The people currently running SETI, SETI@Home and the Planetary Society all realize this, which is why I put my time, money and CPU power behind them. |
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