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Message 988655 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 17:55:04 UTC - in response to Message 988651.  

just red X any post of yours you dont like and a mod will hide it for you


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Message 988661 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 18:16:14 UTC - in response to Message 988655.  

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Message 988676 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 19:18:06 UTC - in response to Message 985321.  

maybe we're just like the bacteria. In that "the creator" sees us but we're a glitch in the system.
Here is a theory I've been working through.

Assume(isn't that how all theories start) the universe as we know it is just a machine (like a car engine).
If that were the case then the solar systems would be the atoms (where the planets=electrons and the sun=nucleus).
A galaxy would be one whole molecule with the each star being one atom. and so forth (I could go on but I can feel some people's eyes glazing over as I type. LOL)
The question is what is alone?
Or, better yet, does the bacteria in the cut on your finger think of you as a god, or is the cut their "known universe" and anything else is speculation?
Maybe our planet is just an electron with too many Quarks or muons or whatever they would equate to in Quantum Mechanics
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Message 988681 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 19:39:35 UTC

You're all making my head hurt..................I think I'll go to bed now.

You know, assume the prenatal position, cover myself in a huge quilt, etc., etc.....
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Message 988692 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 20:07:16 UTC - in response to Message 988681.  

just don't rock back & forth saying "there is no spoon" and you should be fine.
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Message 988796 - Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 2:19:05 UTC
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If you want to have a discussion, you may want to take it to one of the other sections of the board. This one is for News (even if there hasn't been any).
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Message 989332 - Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 13:50:57 UTC

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Message 990759 - Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 0:12:01 UTC

Hi all,

The live stream for the 'Great Debate' featuring renowned SETI scientist Dan Werthimer and planet-hunter and skeptic, Geoff Marcy will be streamed live at:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/are-we-alone-the-great-debate

Friday, April 30 2010 at 7:15pm Pacific

Find out when to tune in for your local time zone at:
http://bit.ly/amIxIA

We'll have a host of SETI researchers participating in interactive chat with viewers and we'll even forward a few questions to the speakers live!

Cheers,

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Message 991867 - Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 17:34:57 UTC

Will I find a recording there later? Its very likely that I can't be online, when its streamed.
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Message 991886 - Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 19:57:33 UTC

< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/8642558.stm >

The link above is to an artical by Stephen Hawkins, you might whant to take a look.

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Message 991889 - Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 20:02:56 UTC - in response to Message 991886.  

< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/8642558.stm >

The link above is to an artical by Stephen Hawkins, you might whant to take a look.


Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens
....We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet....


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Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
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Message 991909 - Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 21:26:41 UTC - in response to Message 991889.  

I agree, we need to be cautious any E.Ts that might pick up our broadcasts and translate them will know quite a bit about us and may show caution about us.
Keep listening because if we do find a signal it will be years befor we decide to make contact ( if we can ) the more infomation we have the better but first we need to find that signal
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Message 993453 - Posted: 2 May 2010, 7:19:42 UTC

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The recorded video of 'The Great Debate' is available for viewing and downloading at:

http://seti.berkeley.edu/the-great-debate

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Message 993478 - Posted: 2 May 2010, 11:35:22 UTC

According to Weekly Meeting Updates 4/22/10

We're going to start posting tech news updates again, by popular demand, and we're also getting closer to posting our best signal candidates for SETI@home on the website.


Will this be 'real time' or frequently updated, e.g the best candidate of the previous month/week/day or the best candidate so far until it is replaced by a 'better' one ?


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Message 993532 - Posted: 2 May 2010, 16:03:59 UTC - in response to Message 993453.  

Hi all,

The recorded video of 'The Great Debate' is available for viewing and downloading at:

http://seti.berkeley.edu/the-great-debate

Cheers,

Andrew

Size: 380.93 MB

Way to go, you've disenfranchised all dial-up users.
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Message 993685 - Posted: 3 May 2010, 4:08:32 UTC - in response to Message 993532.  

Hopefully you will find the debate worth the 18 hours it will take to download on your dialup connection! I've uploaded just the audio (57 MB) if you have bandwidth limitations.

If anyone has ideas for transcoding the video for lower bitrates, transcribing for the severely bandwidth challenged, uploading elsewhere, etc... please do so!

Cheers,

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Message 993825 - Posted: 3 May 2010, 17:24:14 UTC

it is momo19, what me write is the true, i sword for it front God's Throne.

I have seen a spaceship when i was infant in my garden, everybody was sleeping except me.

I have seen another one when i had a job in siderurgy, there was light of different colours under. And than the under face has been transformed in transparency and i have seen a man inside.

so the others people which come here, see the war, the pollution and does not want to have contact with animals, brute.

but in 2009, i found a signal and emited a certain frequencies, that irritate
some ET. and they have come to the Belgian Town of " Nivelles ", and than they
come to the school, near my house, my spirit told me they were bad ET, so i have
put a cable made with iron and copper the day before, and when i pray The Lord.
they escape, and with iron and copper they could not enter my house, perhaps in the garage of my car?!
but at the night, i leave my house without arms to see what they wanted.
So he hide, but he has spoken like in the film "sign" with Mel Gibson.
So i am sure they are from Gog and Magog, a great donkey, who cry like a monster
to go with two very small, whom magpie more than budgerigar or parakeet.
but they made a mistake, because i don't know how to crash spaceship. LOL
" All The Universe sings the Praises Of Your Lord, but you do not understand its singing(song) ".
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Message 993875 - Posted: 3 May 2010, 20:47:58 UTC - in response to Message 993685.  

Hopefully you will find the debate worth the 18 hours it will take to download on your dialup connection! I've uploaded just the audio (57 MB) if you have bandwidth limitations.

If anyone has ideas for transcoding the video for lower bitrates, transcribing for the severely bandwidth challenged, uploading elsewhere, etc... please do so!

Cheers,

Andrew

Thanks, and I apologize for my too sharp comment yesterday. I was in a grouchy mood...

Transcoding video down to files for dial-up users isn't really practical. RealPlayer can accept an audio plus slides mode which might be a useful approximation, presumably other media formats have similar seldom used capabilities.

Spoken word audio can be compressed a lot. The AAC format allows for sample rates as low as 8000/sec but I don't know if any available encoders actually implement those low rates. The focus is on high quality music. http://www.knology.net/~daneandkaren/compression/ has samples demonstrating what can be accomplished with MP3. The Speex encoder should be even better although it's not so widely supported. Very recent versions of the Flash player apparently do support it, though.

If you do find time to produce a much smaller file, I hope you'll also consider doing the same from the S@H 10th Anniversary videos.
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Message 994227 - Posted: 5 May 2010, 15:39:45 UTC

I am not alone, seriously. There's shadowy creature that follows me almost everywhere I go. It's scary, and is usually so close to me that it feels almost like a second skin. Thus far, it has made no attempt to cause me harm. And it has made no attempt to communicate with me. It mimicks every move I make. Often in a distorted manner. Is it trying to learn Earth culture? I'm just not sure.

At night, it seems to blend into the darkness. And that is scary, because I can't see it. It's been with me for many years now. So, I suppose it means me no harm. But, I still worry that one day it'll be done with me. And then what?

So many times I've tried to escape it, sometimes by running as fast as I can. Other times I try to blend into a large crowd of people, but when I emerge it is still with me. <sigh>

I suppose I'll just have to tolerate its presence, for however long this shadowy creature chooses me as its host.





I DONATE money to SETI@home.... DO YOU?

I'm just slowly BOINC'ing along.

Hey... ET... you have a sister who likes earthlings?
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Message 994363 - Posted: 6 May 2010, 7:56:02 UTC - in response to Message 994227.  

it is momo19

I could perhaps help you, if you want!
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