I am a 34 yr old appliance technician with a hell of a gaming pc. I figured that letting my demon of a computer sit idle, providing no benefit to mankind whatsoever,was a waste. Seti is now free to use it when i am not. Good to help a great cause so effortlessly.
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.