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Space/Science » in reply to Detectable by us, yes, but not by Alpha Centauri

Yeah but

alcaray — 9/6/2001 1:44:15 PM (archived)

SETI does not attempt to snoop on ETs incidental signals. Never has. No one claims we can (yet). Phil pointed this out.

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Unbreakable quantum cryptography on gov't sats - DA - 9/4/2001 9:02:23 AM
- Deja Vu all over again - ebnelson - 9/5/2001 8:56:57 AM
- If all they are looking for is unbreakable encryption... - alcaray - 9/4/2001 11:54:59 AM
  - My point exactly - SETI is doomed to fail - DA - 9/6/2001 6:29:18 PM
    - You misunderstand the SETI paradigm completely - phil - 9/6/2001 9:45:20 AM
      - You misunderstand me completely - DA - 9/6/2001 1:47:56 PM
    - Re: My point exactly - SETI is doomed to fail - alcaray - 9/6/2001 8:04:25 AM
      - Detectable by us, yes, but not by Alpha Centauri - DA - 9/6/2001 12:54:51 PM
        
        Yeah but - alcaray - 9/6/2001 1:44:15 PM
        
        See my response to Phil above (n/t) - DA - 9/6/2001 1:49:45 PM
  - A one pad key is unbreakable n/t (n/t) - Gary - 9/5/2001 4:46:05 PM

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