Where to begin? And how to say it with an economy of words? (My niece says I am 'wordy'). Ok, here goes..... I am an amateur astronomer (optical and soon radio astronomer) that found the SETI/ BIONIC web site by accident! The (number crunching etc.) monitoring of zillions' of radio frequencies projects present the best way of detecting ET in my opinion. So citizens donating computer time is a wonderful way to give back to the groups etc. who actually do the science and the mental labor of looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life. I hope to be an asset to this forum and look forward to meeting the membership of SETI/BIONIC soon.