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SETI@Home 2nd Look at Possible Hits

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-that-be-spiffy dept.

cpk0 writes "This article from MSNBC discusses how data returned from SETI@Home users is beign retested by the Institue for a possibility of alien radio signals being included. At just over 4 years old, I think this would be the first big break for SETI@home." This is a followup to a December Slashdot story. Apparently this is getting some major attention in the mainstream media lately.

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  1. Paul Harvey by Archangel+Michael · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Paul Harvey was promoting this today on his show. Is Paul Harvey a geek or what?

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  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first fucking post? No way!

  3. nice 'editing' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you're accepting 'subscriptions', you should be capable of catching errors like 'beign'.

  4. frist p0st!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frist p0st, you linux loving gayfers

  5. Every night... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I stare at stars all night long!!

    PLEASE!! What should I do with my LIFE ??!

  6. Re:could be just what we need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am the son of Hillary Rosen!

    PLEASE!! What should I do with my LIFE ??!

  7. Paul Harvey?!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't he dead yet?!!! He must be like 173 years old now!

  8. Somewhere, light years away by presroi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (Disclaimer: there might be bad physics involved in this posting)

    When I startet this posting, I realized, that all bad jokes about Seti@home were already made and there is nothing more to invent left. Let's try a new approach:

    Recounting? That reminds me of something...
    Florida, I hear you calling. Will the number of Aliens found increase or decrease when you recount the number of blibs and blurbs coming out from the Universe? Will the Federal Court of the Universe stop this recount by a 5:3?

    Well, if someone could finish this pointe.

  9. SETI signal decoded... by XNormal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "First post!"

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  10. interactive SETI uploads... by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm wondering what the *ramifications* would be if the SETI Institute marketed a peripheral accessory kit that would take sample information on its users and then uploaded it to their server and then was beamed out into the cosmos. You know, like a home anal probing kit! Just think what the Zeta Riticulans could do with that info! No more tales of weird abductions of hillbillies or ignant 3rd World peoples who still haven't invented a plow or the wheel on their own... I think I'll patent the device using USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire and Firewire800, Blue*toof*, and all versions of 802.11 for the computer interface... But something tells me Warren Cuccurulo is already working on it...

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