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Message 111512 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 1:43:08 UTC

1. If we happen to come accross an intelligent signal it would be millions of years old.
2. If that were the case there should be a steady stream of signals in that same direction.
3. If we sent out a signal it would be millions of years before it arrived at it's destination.
4. According to the scientist ower sun will eventually distroy this planet.
5. Would we recieve an answer before that happened?
6. Would there ever be a way to communicate in real time?

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Message 111516 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 2:01:24 UTC - in response to Message 111512.  

<blockquote>1. If we happen to come accross an intelligent signal it would be millions of years old.
2. If that were the case there should be a steady stream of signals in that same direction.
3. If we sent out a signal it would be millions of years before it arrived at it's destination.
4. According to the scientist ower sun will eventually distroy this planet.
5. Would we recieve an answer before that happened?
6. Would there ever be a way to communicate in real time?
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RE:

1. How do you know it would be that old?
Maybe there is a civilization that just developed the technologies
to send that signal in a way we haven't though of yet.....

2. Not necessarily, They could be just swinging the dish in the opposite direction...

3. Maybe Einstein had an Idea or too about that (E@H) Time (Pun) will tell!

4. I Billion years from now?

5. In a Billion Years Maybe so.....

6. Yup again, Einstein has a few points to ponder.....





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Message 111517 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 2:05:40 UTC

You could read "Contact" by Carl Sagan 8)
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Message 111537 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 3:01:05 UTC

Just wandering.

Carl Sagan's ideas seemed a little far fetched.

Einstein's ideas were more real to me, until you come to quantum phisics and string theory.

It's all a mystery to me.
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Message 111541 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 3:21:03 UTC - in response to Message 111537.  

<blockquote>Just wandering.

Carl Sagan's ideas seemed a little far fetched.

Einstein's ideas were more real to me, until you come to quantum phisics and string theory.

It's all a mystery to me.</blockquote>


DblEagle,

Your Questions have been asked "Billions and Billions" of Times
and there have been "Billions and Billions" of Answers......

Do we stop Asking, Serching, Discovering? Naw...

Most of our Technologies have been developed because we ask the questions.....

I quess that is why we are Human.........
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Message 111545 - Posted: 16 May 2005, 3:39:36 UTC - in response to Message 111541.  

<blockquote>Just wandering.

Carl Sagan's ideas seemed a little far fetched.

Einstein's ideas were more real to me, until you come to quantum phisics and string theory.

It's all a mystery to me.</blockquote>

DblEagle,

Your Questions have been asked "Billions and Billions" of Times
and there have been "Billions and Billions" of Answers......

Do we stop Asking, Serching, Discovering? Naw...

Most of our Technologies have been developed because we ask the questions.....

I quess that is why we are Human.........


Hey, who you calling Human, Human? >;-)


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