Posts by ManhaManha

1) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Request from a journalist (Message 15605) Posted 6 May 2006 by ManhaManha Post: How did you find out about the project? Going through all the Boinc projects (out of curiosity). I first heard about seti a couple of years ago. Nowadays I'm on Rosetta and Predictor. I felt it preferable to put my resources in something less... speculative (even though I find it unlikely not to exist alien intelligence somewhere out there). Why did you get involved? I feel it's worthwhile. If we can cut down from years to months (or from decades to years) the time needed to do this research, and (hopefully) translate that into saved lifes or better quality of living for those affected... then it's money well spent. Did you buy any new equipment to get into the project or did you just use existing computer hardware? No, I just use what I already have. What have you learned about biomedical research? The little I know was through these projects. One of the most curious things, for me, is the lego approach... how the physical shape determines the relations between elements (as scientific as I can get in my discourse). What have you learned about computers? Not much I didn't already know, I think. What have you gained from your participation in the project? The pleasure of knowing I am contributing for something important and a larger electrical bill. Where do you live? Lisbon, Portugal. What do you do for a living? Graphic designer. How old are you? 28