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Eric Korpela Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 |
Over the weekend a false news report from a known source of false news reports reported that we had detected an extraterrestrial signal. Of course, if we had, known sources of real news reports would also be carrying the story. In other words, no such luck. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) |
S@NL Etienne Dokkum Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 212 Credit: 43,822,095 RAC: 0 |
sad, but to be expected... One day people, one day. |
Sword of Destruction Send message Joined: 11 Mar 02 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,960,098 RAC: 0 |
Early April's fools... :) |
Jan KRO Send message Joined: 9 Dec 07 Posts: 10 Credit: 4,422,634 RAC: 0 |
It must be April fools day now though, lol. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30981 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Can't you write a better fool? |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
[joke] Hm... reverse psychology April Fools? Preemptively saying reports are false.. to cover up the fact that it might actually be truuue? :p [/joke] I just thought that was a funny thought. Future thought for you guys though.. if you DO end up finding something in the data.. the perfect day to announce it would be April 1. Some would believe it, others would be highly skeptical, it would draw lots of attention to it anyway.. and then the following days, those that were skeptical will find out that it was indeed legitimate. It would spread throughout social media like a viral hoax.. and then actually turn out to be real. I think that's a great plan. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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John Chrzastek Send message Joined: 28 May 12 Posts: 45 Credit: 29,723,112 RAC: 0 |
Eric didn’t specify the source of the article and a cursory web search didn't turn up any matching hits – so I forgot about it. Today (Thursday morning 4-2-15, EDT) this popped up on Drudge: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153.600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space.html?full=true#.VR0f1JOAfPY Might this be the article Eric had in mind? |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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SockGap Send message Joined: 16 Apr 07 Posts: 14 Credit: 7,700,416 RAC: 0 |
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153.600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space.html?full=true#.VR0f1JOAfPY I wouldn't call New Scientist a "known source of false news reports". New Scientist is a very credible magazine and a great source of scientific facts. It was also posted on their website after Eric made his post which referenced the previous weekend. |
WezH Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 576 Credit: 67,033,957 RAC: 95 |
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153.600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space.html?full=true#.VR0f1JOAfPY I think this was it http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/university-of-california-scientists-confirm-reception-of-extraterrestrial-radio-signal/ "Please keep Your signature under four lines so Internet traffic doesn't go up too much" - In 1992 when I had my first e-mail address - |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153.600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space.html?full=true#.VR0f1JOAfPY That sounds more likely. From http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/: WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle. |
Mickey Luigi Logitmark Send message Joined: 20 Apr 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 4,663,238 RAC: 0 |
Well, According to the following article published March 30, 2015 : the High Energy Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii (which apparently does not cooperate with SETI, or what?) analyzed on some signals at Institute for Data Analysis, Germany in cooperation with the Max- Planck - Institut fur Kernphysik, Germany. These signals include the so-called Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) observed in a systematic range, which probably origns from a human or non- human source . Therefore , I think that this article is the cause of rumors about a new WOW signal : http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.05245v2.pdf[/url] Listening in and trying to help. www.logitmark.dk |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
Yes, and the site has 'orange' Reputation on WOT with "Misleading claims": https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/worldnewsdailyreport.com "WOT is a free add-on for your browser - Add WOT to your browser to protect yourself from online threats": https://www.mywot.com/ Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
Mickey Luigi Logitmark Send message Joined: 20 Apr 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 4,663,238 RAC: 0 |
Still think that this is worth looking at: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.05245v2.pdf Listening in and trying to help. www.logitmark.dk |
Steve Croft Send message Joined: 6 Oct 99 Posts: 45 Credit: 9,414,212 RAC: 0 |
Yes, Eric was referring to the WNDR article. Didn't want to give them the benefit of sending them extra traffic by posting a link. The New Scientist article on the other hand is interesting, although the latest reports suggest that the pattern may not persist when new bursts are added to the analysis: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/02/mathematical-pattern-found-in-enigmatic-radio-bursts-but-its-not-e-t/ |
Mickey Luigi Logitmark Send message Joined: 20 Apr 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 4,663,238 RAC: 0 |
Thanx Dr. Steve Croft We can only hope to see some published data of the FRB's, and then try to decide whether or not they come from E.T. ;-) I hope to see you on the 18.th of May, where I'll be visiting SSL :-) Sincerely Mickey Logitmark Listening in and trying to help. www.logitmark.dk |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Yes, Eric was referring to the WNDR article. Didn't want to give them the benefit of sending them extra traffic by posting a link. Made your link clickable, thanx Steve. rOZZ Music Pictures |
jackie Send message Joined: 4 Apr 15 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,748 RAC: 0 |
What a shame. However, I could send you an original picture of one that apparently surrounds me. Taken with a cannon digital camera by a relative in California. Let me know if I can send it through to you via whatsapp or some other communication. You might like this. I send a message to someone else regarding this photo and a couple others. There is no fix to this. Jackie |
Kane Send message Joined: 22 Nov 03 Posts: 4 Credit: 2,050,060 RAC: 1 |
Oh please...we all know you're keeping mum on the truth! ;) |
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