So what happens if you find a signal?

Questions and Answers : Macintosh : So what happens if you find a signal?

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Richard Padovano Send message Joined: 29 Mar 12 Posts: 6 Credit: 20,411 RAC: 0	Message 1212108 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 23:30:23 UTC
	What happens if you find a E.T. signal? Will you be alerted by seti? I've looked it up and the only answer I have found is that you won't be alerted until a group of scientists confirm that it is actually a radio broadcast from E.T. is that right?
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Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11635 Credit: 1,996,836 RAC: 4,287	Message 1212111 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 23:36:09 UTC - in response to Message 1212108.
	http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/about_seti/about_seti_at_home_5.html explains what will happen. ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
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Richard Padovano Send message Joined: 29 Mar 12 Posts: 6 Credit: 20,411 RAC: 0	Message 1212115 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 23:41:18 UTC - in response to Message 1212111.
	Sorry one more question, does your screen saver need to be on in order to find these signals?
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,980,318 RAC: 58,093	Message 1212116 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 23:43:42 UTC - in response to Message 1212115.
	No. The program runs in the background; the screen saver is just a pretty graph shown to protect old CRT monitors that used to suffer from screen burn (hence screen saver).
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,067 RAC: 845	Message 1212674 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 4:59:42 UTC Last modified: 1 Apr 2012, 5:01:53 UTC
	I was just reading earlier about the rules of post detection disclosure protocol. It is my opinion that we (by we I mean the public) may not be informed at all in the event a verifiable signal is found. There is one signal discovered by seti@home: SHGb02+14a, that's been ruled out. But who's to say it would be disclosed if it were a true signal. The SETI Institute has also publicly denied that the candidate signal Radio source SHGb02+14a is of extraterrestrial origin[47][48] though full details of the signal, such as its exact location have never been disclosed to the public. -Dave
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,980,318 RAC: 58,093	Message 1212692 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 5:49:43 UTC - in response to Message 1212674.
	I see no way to keep a signal secret from the public. There's just too many whistle blowers and too much technology to keep such a finding secret. I'm not a believer in government cover-up conspiracy theories.
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,067 RAC: 845	Message 1212713 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 6:47:51 UTC - in response to Message 1212692.
	I see no way to keep a signal secret from the public. There's just too many whistle blowers and too much technology to keep such a finding secret. I'm not a believer in government cover-up conspiracy theories. Nor am I. And I do believe technology would probably ensure the leak of such information. However I do also believe that there would be much reason to withhold the information if possible. Not in a "conspiracy" sort of way, but more in a "proper disclosure" sort of way. interesting stuff no matter which way it could go. -Dave
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,980,318 RAC: 58,093	Message 1212808 - Posted: 1 Apr 2012, 14:17:26 UTC - in response to Message 1212713.
	I see no way to keep a signal secret from the public. There's just too many whistle blowers and too much technology to keep such a finding secret. I'm not a believer in government cover-up conspiracy theories. Nor am I. And I do believe technology would probably ensure the leak of such information. However I do also believe that there would be much reason to withhold the information if possible. Not in a "conspiracy" sort of way, but more in a "proper disclosure" sort of way. interesting stuff no matter which way it could go. -Dave In regards to proper disclosure, I can fully see them wanting to verify and re-verify their results before claiming that we've found ETI. But I see no reason to believe that the public will never be told.
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