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As you might have guessed, I have thought about this topic

R.L. — 12/18/2004 8:43:26 AM (archived)

sending info via laser to random stars and hoping for it to be detected is impractical... however sending a beacon to invite others to 'listen' to your star more carefully is not. We look at the spectrum of other stars, and it would be possible with current tech to skew such spectrum measurments in a way that might attract interest.

All you have to do is beam a frequency that is unnatural for a star to other stars, and hope that other astronomers will be looking at your star and will notice that your star shows an anomaly...Marking your star for further study...

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Is it time to scrap SETI? Of course not! - LJK - 12/16/2004 4:47:52 PM
- SETI has a foolish perspective - Eric - 12/17/2004 12:42:09 AM
  - Since we only have a dataset of one known civilization... - Larry J - 12/17/2004 4:19:04 AM
  - re: SETI has a foolish perspective - LJK - 12/17/2004 2:05:34 AM
    - Oh, I can't resist.... - Gary - 12/17/2004 4:48:05 PM
      - Kardashev Type Civilizations - LJK - 12/17/2004 5:13:02 PM
        
        Interesting that none of them use nuclear power. - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2004 5:16:23 PM
        
        re: Interesting that none of them use nuclear power. - LJK - 12/18/2004 5:25:30 PM
        
        Kaku is a charlatan - Gary - 12/18/2004 7:00:00 AM
        
        How could he... - Adam - 12/19/2004 11:00:19 PM
        
        Believe it or not: There are physicists who are scumbags - Gary - 12/20/2004 1:40:24 AM
        
        re: Kaku is a charlatan - LJK - 12/18/2004 4:36:16 PM
        
        My model on civilization types - Gary - 12/18/2004 8:15:48 PM
        
        re: My model on civilization types - Jesse - 7/11/2005 10:05:45 AM
    - re: SETI has a foolish perspective - DWC - 12/17/2004 6:52:22 AM
- re: Is it time to scrap SETI? Of course not! - Arthur Smith - 12/16/2004 5:39:32 PM
  - How big does a radio telescope have to be? - Gary - 12/16/2004 6:59:47 PM
    - As far as detecting accidental messages - alcaray - 12/16/2004 9:12:44 PM
      - Very true - we live in a noisy RF environment - Larry J - 12/16/2004 9:56:47 PM
    - re: How big does a radio telescope have to be? - Larry J - 12/16/2004 7:24:35 PM
      - If the ETI are advanced enough, they won't need RF - LJK - 12/16/2004 10:53:43 PM
      - not directly beamed - Arthur Smith - 12/16/2004 9:07:28 PM
        
        re: not directly beamed - Larry J - 12/16/2004 9:49:56 PM
        
        re: not directly beamed - Arthur Smith - 12/19/2004 3:53:47 AM
        
        Escaping the energy limit - Nick Hoffman - 12/20/2004 3:33:22 AM
        
        Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - LJK - 12/16/2004 10:57:51 PM
        
        re: Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - Larry J - 12/17/2004 4:12:30 AM
        
        re: Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - LJK - 12/17/2004 1:05:07 PM
        
        Directional beaming & beaconing to emerging civs - p - 12/17/2004 3:08:08 PM
        
        As you might have guessed, I have thought about this topic - R.L. - 12/18/2004 8:43:26 AM

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