SETI@home

I started participating with this group after I heared them mentioned on a radio program. I am curious about the idea of helping find intelligent life on another planet. I joined SETI@home and downloaded a program that would analize files collected by the group. The files were scans of a specific area in space gathered from Aracebo Radio Observatory. My setup allowed the program to run as a screen saver allowing SETI@home to run only when I am not using the computer. I download the files, the program run when the computer is idle and I upload the finished file back to SETI@home. Woohoo! Space is the place!