"Martin Andersen" <martin@al-data.dk> wrote in message
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JCole200 wrote:

I've been using SETI@home for years now.  I've set it up at the
colleges I attended, at home and at work.  But here recently, I've
been thinking about the point of it.

It's about here it's getting interesting !

For the first time ever humankind has a real chance to find
out if it's alone in the Galaxy, or is sharing it with other species.

The new telescope, the Allen telecope array will go online next year,
and in a few years several hundred thousand stars will be scanned for
signals, compared to about 1000 stars with today's technology.

SETI will need all the computer power it can get, so don't chicken
out now !

Agreed.

And the Allen Array is highly scalable. IOW, it's a work in  progress
that will further evolve over time. And let's not forget Moore's Law applies
to both computing AND radio astronomy, so yes, these are VERY exciting
times for projects such as SAH.
-- 
Strat