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Fluffybun Site Owner
Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 327 Location: Living in peace at Jin's Dojo
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:07 am Post subject: SETI... Realistic or a wild goose hunt? |
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As some of you might know, I'm a supporter and active participant in the SETI@Home initiative, where thousands (maybe millions) of computers across our little dustball voluntarily work together to check the observations of the Arecibo Radio Observatory for signs that might indicate artificial origin, meaning, for signs of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ETI).
I was wondering what the other members of PF, meaning YOU, thought about the SETI initiative. Do you think it's useful to search for traces of ETI, do you think mankind isn't ready for that yet, or do you think that it's just a bunch of B******T, and that we should concentrate our efforts elsewhere?
All opinions appreciated, but keep it civil.
PS: For those wondering, my computer processed 274 workunits at the time of writing... _________________ Lt. Stacey 'Target, lock, KILL' Fluffybun reporting.
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caspian Registered User
Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 206 Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:59 am Post subject: |
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I Ran SETI@home on my PC for years, but on my most recent up grade I have had it conflict with a few games i enjoy so am not running it now.
I think SETI is a good idea we have to be fools to think we were the only planet with life on it. The big question is, is the other life inteligent?
Casp _________________ Caspian
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Pat The Fox Moderator
Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 734 Location: Great White North
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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Probably morso than us hopefully, we seem to squander our resources on fighting and advanced fighting techniques. _________________ Pat The Fox
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BlackDragon Registered User
Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Inman, SC
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I always believed that if life exists elsewhere, the fact that they haven't contacted us yet proves their superior intelligence. Why? Because who wants to visit a war torn hate filled world when you've got enough problems in yours? We seem to be the only ones that do. Just some thoughts... _________________ Jeff: Do you even realize what time it is?!?
Brian: The time I got home. Why?
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:08 am Post subject: |
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caspian wrote: | The big question is, is the other life inteligent? |
Well, they've had the wit to not contact us yet. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
-- With apologies to Rudyard Kipling |
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BlackDragon Registered User
Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Inman, SC
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Cateagle wrote: | caspian wrote: | The big question is, is the other life inteligent? |
Well, they've had the wit to not contact us yet. |
Wasn't that what I just said? _________________ Jeff: Do you even realize what time it is?!?
Brian: The time I got home. Why?
Temet Nocse.
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:49 am Post subject: |
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BlackDragon wrote: | Cateagle wrote: | caspian wrote: | The big question is, is the other life inteligent? |
Well, they've had the wit to not contact us yet. |
Wasn't that what I just said? |
Yep, though I posted before I saw yours. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
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User_of_shadows Registered User
Joined: 16 Oct 2003 Posts: 59 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:33 am Post subject: |
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What makes you think life on other planets are more intellegent what if they evolved and learned at the same rate if not slower. But then they may be more intellegent but who knows if there was life on other planets how intellegent they are. _________________ my boring life
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BlackDragon Registered User
Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Inman, SC
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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Cateagle wrote: |
Yep, though I posted before I saw yours. |
Worry not. I was just a little irritated at the ime I said that. _________________ Jeff: Do you even realize what time it is?!?
Brian: The time I got home. Why?
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Just a thought, I've read some articles that suggest that our situation may be rarer than we think. Not only do you have to have a planet of the proper size range in the "life zone", but you need a satellite of appreciable mass for general dynamics and a planet like Jupiter and the speculated "Nemesis" to drive the long-term dynamics.
What happens if we're the first intelligent race to arise (assuming we get out of the cradle here and move, first, interplanetary and then interstellar without killing ourselves off). Conversely, what if Turtledove's "The Road Not Taken" is true and we missed something crucial early on and are confined to this system, developing our tech, while there are star-faring races at, say, the tech level of the Roman Empire. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
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