SETI@home
July 31, 1999
The Arecibo Observatory – a big big dish stuck on the side of a mountain located somewhere in South America. As the biggest radio telescope in the world (i think), it searches the sky “listening” to distant stars for artificial radio transmissions – a calling card of extraterrestrial life. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) is now offerering you the chance to be the very one who discovers ETI. Go download a screensaver at their site and your computer is now part of the number crunching process. When you’re not using your comp, it starts processing transmissions, searching for the glimpse of intelligence. Join the thousands who are already part of this meaningful project.
