WHAT MIGHT I SEE IF THERE IS A SIGNAL FROM ET

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Message 1246163 - Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 21:09:54 UTC

I know we may not always know a signal when we see one, but what are some ideas to what a signal may look like. I have seen something interesting, I dont know what it was, or if it was a part of the program or not, but I have only seen it once in the 6 months that I have had the program.
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Message 1246212 - Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 0:29:26 UTC

http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/screensaver/index.html talks about the screen saver and what it means.


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Message 1246333 - Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 6:56:32 UTC - in response to Message 1246163.  

what a signal may look like

It will be written in ALL CAPS ;)

The only 'large, friendly letters' I know of are "DON'T PANIC":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Don.27t_Panic


 


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Message 1246363 - Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 9:54:38 UTC - in response to Message 1246333.  

It will be written in ALL CAPS ;)

Nah, that would be FORTRAN ;-)

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Message 1251191 - Posted: 25 Jun 2012, 7:14:07 UTC

I see no reason to suppose ET would use an alphabet. He might use an ideogram or a hieroglyph.
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Message 1259282 - Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 8:27:43 UTC - in response to Message 1246163.  

Try reading "Contact" by Carl Sagan - an oldie but a goodie and a direct answer to your speculation
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