My story begins on a cold Christmas Eve in northwestern Ohio, within a decade of Roswell, New Mexico making sensational news.
A small child walks out on a concrete porch, hoping to see Santa streaking across the sky. After a single glimpse of the sparkling, shimmering night, Santa was forgotten. The wonder and awe of that view inspired a lifetime curiosity of science in general and Astronomy specifically.
As I grew, my curiosity was responsible for joining the Boy Scouts, where I strived to earn every possible merit badge dealing with science. Meteorology and Astronomy were my favorites. Around the age of 11, I saw my first "UFO" (which turned out to be a satellite), and gave me reason to consider the likelihood of life elsewhere in the universe.
After high school, I discovered computers in college. After first pursuing that interest via Viet Nam-era electronics in the military, I decided to work for the company that made the computer I learned programming on in school. After a period of study, I moved to Texas, where I went to work for that company to live on the bleeding edge of Information Technology. 12 years later I was laid off just before the company was bought out. After a couple year's hiatus, I moved to Florida where spent 5 years being of service to my parents, in the last years of their life. The year 2000 saw them pass on, followed by the death of my best friend, and a cat who owned me for the previous 19 years. It also saw the end of my career in programming, when the company I was working for downsized.
I now live in West Central Florida, where I've all but given up looking for work. I am disabled and draw a small pension from the VA (having served in the United States Air Force.)
I've recently gotten interested in reading biographies and Einstein was at the top of my list. I followed that closely with Richard Feynman, and found myself drawn back to Einstein... I still go to sleep with the idea of the universe conforming itself to the speed of light on a regular basis.
When I found Einstein@Home "science project", well, I couldn't say no. I may not understand relativity, but I do understand how a computer's "mind" is a terrible thing to waste. E@H has the highest priority among the 4 or 5 other projects my dual core processor works on 24/7.
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SETI@home | 0 | 0 |
Rosetta@home | 0 | 245 |
MilkyWay@home | 0 | 357k |
Asteroids@home | 0 | 262k |
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