I wish Sagan was alive to see this.

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REB — 9/2/2004 11:59:04 AM (archived)

I wonder what he would make of it? In his book, Pale Blue Dot, he talks about some of the signals they got but never could explain. They never saw these few unexplainable signal more than once in the same place. This, however, looks promising.

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Some interesting news from SETI@Home - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2004 10:45:18 PM
- Probably not an alien signal, and here's why... - LJK - 9/3/2004 11:37:36 AM
- it seems odd... - LJ - 9/2/2004 4:37:43 PM
  - Alien signal or not... - alcaray - 9/2/2004 6:43:39 PM
- re: Well... - Raoul - 9/2/2004 3:39:30 PM
  - Isn't Harvard's astronomer expected to be skeptical? What does it stand to gain by NOT being so? - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 6:46:41 PM
- Probably nothing. If alien intelligence really existed they'd be here by now (n/t) - Fermi's Paradox - 9/2/2004 2:24:48 PM
  - It is a huge universe, and the speed of light is slow in relation. - REB - 9/2/2004 2:34:24 PM
    - re: Radio signals are slower and the BBC is known to be negative. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/2/2004 4:25:50 PM
      - re: Radio signals are slower and the BBC is known to be negative. - Nigel - 9/3/2004 5:29:05 PM
        
        Perhaps she is referring to its government-backed (therefore bureaucratic) status? - ~tax leech - 9/3/2004 5:50:07 PM
        
        re: Perhaps she is referring to its government-backed (therefore bureaucratic) status? - nigel - 9/3/2004 7:09:05 PM
- I wish Sagan was alive to see this. - REB - 9/2/2004 11:59:04 AM
- Here's the text of the article (New Scientist site has crashed due to traffic) - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 2:17:49 AM
  - re: Here's the text of the article (New Scientist site has crashed due to traffic) - gbaikie - 9/2/2004 11:42:54 AM
    - That was my thought. - Lee - 9/2/2004 7:33:08 PM
    - CNN.com is covering this matter now (here's the article). - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 2:39:37 PM

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