Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 18:24, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * csj (csj@zapo.net) [031018 03:22]:
> > At Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:28:44 -0600,
> > Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 at 22:37 GMT, Erik Steffl penned:
[snip]
> ASCII. I'd predict just the opposite of your "probably": I think it's more
> likely that we'll get an analog signal that we can make some sense out
> of (probably it will "sound" like something) than a binary digital
> signal that we can decode into something other than noise.
Maybe not. If I worked on SETI, it sure would catch my attention
if I heard "dots and dashes" (which is a form of binary digital
signal) or high/low "volume" signals.
That would be a great beacon.
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