Search for Terrestrial Intelligence

joshv writes: "Scientists have prepared a new message to be beamed out to the stars. Unlike the messages of the past this one tries to include some basic resistance to the noise that might be introduced in transit. The CETI project page contains a link to the new message. It a big bag of 0's and 1's. About 10% noise has been added. Can you crack the code? Details of the project as well as an interview with the one of the creators of the new message can be found in this New Scientist article. A hint to decoding: think simple raster based images and remember your powers of 2." Might want to get your copy of Beyond Contact or at least look at the first message they sent.

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This is really disturbing..

[bmajik]

I don't think NASA is sending the right message. I hope any civilizations don't figure this out, because if they do, I don't think they'll be on friendly terms when they come to visit us. The message contains detailed information on human anatomy..

I decoded the message and got:

http://www.mattevans.org/nasa_message.html

warning: this isn't a link, because the message we're sending isn't a good one. View at your own risk. You may be ashamed of the scientific community :(