Space/Science » in reply to LIGO is a better risk than SETI

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• Einstein@home - Raoul - 2/20/2005 10:11:27 PM
  • re: Einstein@home - Fox - 2/22/2005 1:41:37 AM
    • may be esoteric, but people will be interested if they are actually discovered - Daniel - 2/22/2005 3:34:13 AM
      • Esoteric? Not to me - Fox - 2/22/2005 4:16:44 AM
        • I mean 'dry' rather than esoteric - Daniel - 2/22/2005 5:09:43 AM
          • Let me understand you correctly. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/22/2005 9:40:41 PM
            • sound of a stellar mass spiralling into a spinning black hole - Daniel - 2/23/2005 3:37:54 PM
            • Gravity waves vs. acoustic waves - Fox - 2/23/2005 5:11:21 AM
              • re: Gravity waves vs. acoustic waves - Daniel - 2/23/2005 3:15:04 PM
              • That clears things up. Thanks. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/23/2005 2:26:37 PM
  • LIGO is a better risk than SETI - Daniel - 2/21/2005 5:00:47 PM
    • A risk of your precious home PC cycles? - alcaray - 2/22/2005 4:23:02 PM
      • the RISK of spending up to US $500 million on searching for something which so far, is only mathematically defined - Daniel - 2/23/2005 3:45:25 PM
        • Got a cite for the $500m figure? - pwokenyaw - 2/24/2005 3:04:38 AM
          • yep - - Daniel - 2/24/2005 4:04:57 AM
            • Your cite is for LIGO costs, not for SETI (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/24/2005 5:23:30 AM
              • what do you think I was referring to the whole time?? - Daniel - 2/24/2005 6:57:56 AM
                • I thought you were referring to SETI, actually - pwokenyaw - 2/24/2005 4:58:15 PM
                  • thanks .. one final point - - Daniel - 2/24/2005 5:26:50 PM
        • Thought you were comparing Einstein vs. Seti @homes - alcaray - 2/23/2005 4:29:14 PM
          • no need - Daniel - 2/23/2005 5:11:29 PM
            • (clarification just in case ..) - D. - 2/23/2005 5:15:06 PM
              • Well, about not reading you carefully enough... - alcaray - 2/23/2005 6:15:08 PM
    • re: LIGO is a better risk than SETI - Doug Ellison - 2/21/2005 7:24:21 PM
      • well, you're in medical science (I think) - Daniel - 2/23/2005 4:14:34 PM
      • (not sure what you're saying here) (n/t) - D. - 2/22/2005 3:25:03 AM