Chris Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 The Earth is gradually vanishing from the view of any aliens that might be looking for us, because we are using fewer technologies that leak radio waves into space.This is the view of one of the pioneers of the SETI project (that stands for Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, in case you just crash landed), Frank Drake.His remarks cast doubt over the current search methods employed by SETI in their hunt for little green men, but, he says, also suggest a reason for the deafening silence out there.According to New Scientist our transition from radio tranmissions to cable TV could mean that our window of detectability is no more than 100 years.In the 1960's Drake developed an equation that gave researchers a ball park figure of how manay planets in the galaxy are home to intelligent, communicating species.One of the factors in the equation is the longevity of the observable communications, now, Drake says, this is substantially reduced. Assuming any hypothetical Aliens have developed at a similar pace to ours, and accounting for the fact that we're looking for a needle in a haystack int he first place, we shouldn't be too disheartened that we've not found anyone out there. Yet.So instead of trying to eavesdrop on unintentional signals, we should be searching for beacons: signals sent to us deliberately. In fact, SETI has begun to do just this, but the activity is very new. ®More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Let's hope the Borg don't spot us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman821 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Yeah bvw,Assimilation always looked painful on Star Trek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 I hope we don't disappear up our own backsides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 The impending nuclear hollocaust will soon put that right :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Could it possibly be that the Interstelar Gestapo will come along and crush the Earth because we are riding about in it without having it insured??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 There is an totally unfounded assumption that extra terrestrials (aliens) are using the same technology as us, i.e. electromagnetic radiation (natural or man made), in the detection of intelligence "out there" or "over here". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 in the detection of intelligence "out there" or "over here".It does not matter if they are using electomagnetic radiation or astrospodal cauliflower(*) flans for detection, they will find no intelligence "over here".* organically grown of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 if we do get bemed up do you recon they have broad band i hope there not on 56k :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Having thought about it for a while I have come to the conclusion that there is no one out there. If there had been someone do you think God would have sent us Tony Blair?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Aliens would probably make the place better :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 if we do get bemed up do you recon they have broad band i hope there not on 56k :D:lol: :lol: :lol: yeah it takes like 3 years to upload the teraquads of information in the human brain...(hehe treaquads :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 If someone does arrive from 'out there', I hope she looks like 'Seven of Nine'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 If someone does arrive from 'out there', I hope she looks like 'Seven of Nine'.:drool: :drool: :drool: I'm with you on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman821 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 If someone does arrive from 'out there', I hope she looks like 'Seven of Nine'.:drool: :drool: :drool: I'm with you on that one! Yeah,Yeah :thumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 I like big boobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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