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Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4346 Credit: 416,129 RAC: 183	Message 1017122 - Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 7:56:46 UTC Last modified: 18 Jul 2010, 7:58:27 UTC
	Our Eavesdropping on ET Strategy Not Likely to Work
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Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 854 Credit: 20,242,289 RAC: 20,983	Message 1017215 - Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 17:31:01 UTC - in response to Message 1017122.
	Our Eavesdropping on ET Strategy Not Likely to Work From the article... " A more fruitful strategy would be to target our searches, Forgan suggests. We may not be able to hear leaked signals, but we could still pick up a deliberate beacon from a civilization that wanted to announce its presence. A telescope dedicated to searching for such a beacon, like the Allen Telescope Array in northern California, would improve the odds to one in 10 thousand. " Which is precisely what we're about. We're not trying to pick up an Alien's broadcast of "I Love Lucy" or a cell-phone rant. I think the Edinburgh guys should have looked at what people are doing before saying anything. But, then, they did grab a headline for their 15 minutes... Martin
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