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Me:
I was born in 1974 the Netherlands. Currently I am employed as a software consultant at a small company that specializes in the development of workflow-applications for quality processes. For a detailed description of our activities, visit our website: http://www.qualityonline.com.
Computer:
Work: Laptop (currently: Acer TravelMate427LC, 2,5GhZ, 512MB, WinXP, 40GB)
Home: AMD 1000Mhz, 256MB, Win98, 30GB 7200rpm, SVGA 32MB
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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| It is a matter of statistics: of all the billions and trillions of other planets in the galaxy, is it possible that ours is the only one to inhabit intelligent life? Personally, I don't think so. However, I haven't got a clue how far the nearest planet with such life should be. It may very well be possible that the next inhabited planet is way out of our reach and that we will not be able to reach it for a very long time.
If you transmit a beacon for others to find, you should be aware of the fact that those others will try to find you. The next question you have to ask yourself is 'What will be the respons of 6 billion people when ET comes to visit?'.
In conclusion, I am not against transmitting a beacon to allow others to find us FASTER (that's the only benefit you'll gain, they will find us eventually since earth acts as a beacon itself). Regarding the information it should send; I think this should contain images of life on earth. It should reflect our cultural status, our technological advances, in short it should reflect life on earth.
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