On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:24, Chris Jenks wrote: > At 11:06 PM 3/5/02, Ron Johnson wrote: > >On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote: > >Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations > >(the vast majority all of which are in the Northern Hemisphere) > >are radiating outwards. > > Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien, > would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first > paragraph? > > Chris > ps I'm not looking for a flame war, just pointing out that the > signals that we are sending out there are not worth replying > to. Lets turn that around a little bit. If you just happened to point a local antenna skyward and all of a sudden got a VERY poorly rated alien sitcom, would you want to reply? I sure as hell would! :) (It's still semi-intelligent life after all. :) -Alex
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