yes it is, and let me call attention to a post by someone you may be familiar with, and if you want the full context of the post, which was in response to a SETI naysayer, you will have to check the SETI users thread in Third Party software forum
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wlonh
posted 03-14-2000 08:25 PM ΚΚΚ Κ ΚΚ
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you've made me examine the reasons i am running SETI@home...
do i think that there is a possibility that we'll 'hear' ET phoning home? there's a chance, but i think it is mighty slim. that is not really why i am in it.
is it because i want to be part of the Mac users who are running SETI@home, statistically (not empirically) demonstrating that the Mac platform is a fast one? yes.
and maybe i run SETI@home because the idea of such a network of computers worldwide focussed on one project, crunching data @ 12.42 TeraFLOPs/sec is just kinda cool because it has created a new paradigm for cooperative computing to further scientific endeavors. i think this is my main reason, it is just kinda cool.
so why teams, clubs? because the more the merrier and Mac users can strut their stuff, show off the speed of their Macs in contrast to other platforms. people are social beings: "my Mac's faster than yours", "my Mac KILLS your lame Pentium!" etc...
so it appears that we approach this SETI thing from different angles. fine.
and even though the whole thing is pie-in-the-sky, i obviously think it is a worthwhile endeavor.
so c'mon everybody let's show those Pentiums, download SETI and join Team MacNN
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