Don't give up on pulsars yet

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Don't give up on pulsars yet

ljk — 5/10/2006 6:54:16 PM (archived)

This recent HZ thread has abstracts to some papers about some very
interesting pulsars:

http://www.habitablezone.com/space/messages/423322.html

And there is also this Web site on the concept of pulsars as SETI beacons:

http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~whe/setiblog.html

The whole thread (34 posts)

SETI: Reality Check - ljk - 5/8/2006 7:41:18 PM
- One nit-picky point - alcaray - 5/9/2006 10:05:35 PM
  - re: One nit-picky point - henry - 5/9/2006 10:09:30 PM
- re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry Cordova - 5/9/2006 6:31:37 PM
  - re: SETI: Reality Check - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:34:14 PM
    - re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry - 5/9/2006 10:40:02 PM
      - The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:48:02 PM
        
        re: The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - henry - 5/10/2006 5:46:37 PM
        
        Don't give up on pulsars yet - ljk - 5/10/2006 6:54:16 PM
    - re: Communication - Raoul - 5/9/2006 9:55:52 PM
      - Squeezing through narrow pipes - Robert - 5/9/2006 10:23:42 PM
        
        re: Squeezing through narrow pipes - Raoul - 5/10/2006 5:45:39 AM
- tool-using sapients - Robert - 5/8/2006 8:24:53 PM
  - more - Robert - 5/8/2006 9:02:30 PM
    - Millions of species on Earth, we haven't made meaningful contact with any of them - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:46:41 PM
      - meaningful contact - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:06:23 PM
      - Perhaps because they aren't as smart as we are.... It should be easy then, shouldn't it. - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:51:32 PM
        
        Make an appointment with Polynesia the Parrot for lessons. - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 5:33:19 PM
        
        Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 6:39:51 PM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 7:27:32 PM
        
        re: "exhibits nothing approaching imaginative action" - alcaray - 5/9/2006 9:16:09 PM
        
        And one more thing... - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:36:59 AM
        
        re: And one more thing... - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:34:42 PM
        
        "laying low" like whales? - alcaray - 5/10/2006 3:25:24 PM
        
        There are levels of imagination, of course. - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:12:22 AM
        
        Communication not the same as training - SDF - 5/10/2006 12:28:49 AM
        
        re: Communication - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:33:32 AM
        
        Reward/Punishment feedback not possible with SETI - SDF - 5/10/2006 1:33:37 AM
        
        Intelligence = killer instinct? - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:15:55 PM
        
        re: killer instinct - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:28:48 AM
        
        re: killer instinct - ljk - 5/10/2006 11:08:05 AM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 7:51:13 PM
        
        Still not following - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:07:53 PM
        
        Japan To Sell Whale Meat To Hospitals And Bars After Expanding Kill Quota - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:27:01 PM

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