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Old 03-January-2008, 02:20 PM
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If your New Year’s resolutions include trying something new, expanding your horizons, or doing something to benefit humanity, this is for you: SETI@home needs more volunteers to help crunch data in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). And the easy part is that your desktop computer does all the work.SETI uses radio [...]

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I want to, but I don't think my parents would approve.
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Your parents don't like ETs?
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No, they don't like running Internet programs as we have many computer problems already.
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Tell them you're looking for aliens that use radio they'll understand.
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I actually don't like pop music. 'Perfer show tunes.
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