That was my thought.

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Lee — 9/2/2004 7:33:08 PM (archived)

Who said it had to be on a planet. It would be better to place a powerful radio beacon in space instead of on a planet's surface. By rotating it, a "lighthouse" effect could be created, allowing a focused radio beam to cover a large part of the sky.

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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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