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SETI Researcher Quashes Signal Rumors
brainstyle writes "According to Dan Wertheimer of SETI the whole ET signal excitement is more hype than science. I told myself it was in all likelihood nothing special, but I'm still disappointed. Darn."
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With that much denial in one news report, you know it has to be a cover-up
Karma: SELECT `karma` FROM `users` WHERE `userid`=138474;
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
Instead of the story..
Dan, did you try to map the signal to a 3 dimensional shape? A cube maybe??
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
We should be fine as long as the signal isn't a countdown.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
It offers a free ipod.
I, for one, retract my welcome of our new alien overlords.
My sources indicate that the message was along the lines of "take me to your leader", but the folks over at the SETI project want to wait until after the US election in November before replying. BTW, here's a sample of the results that users have submitted.
--When it's my time, I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather -- not screaming like all the passengers in his car
NPR? Well they're probably just saying that because, in their experience, no one is listening. :^)
I for one welcome our new non-existant alien overlords.
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Or at the very least told we have to move along and vacate this planet? After all, we're receiving the signal *outside* of their planet...
I'm just waiting for the Galactic police to show up.
No, it said:
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 62.359 years
The message has been found and translated. A text of the translation follows.
Hello,
I am Mr Buck Francisco, General Manager(Treasury) of Land
Bank, Helopkino, in the Alpha Centauri System.This is an urgent and
very confidential business proposition.
On earth date June 6, 2000,an alien Oil consultant/contractor with
the Alpha Centauri Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
Mr. Darth Vader made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for
twelve earth months, valued at US$26,500,000.00,
(Twenty-six Million, five hundred thousand of your Earth US Dollars).
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Centauri
Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Darth Vader died from a spaceship
accident.On further investigation,I found out that
he died without making a WILL,and all attempts to trace his next
of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr.Darth Vader did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank. This sum of US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my
bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to Helopkino
Law,at the expiration of 5 (five) earth years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Alien to
stand in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my
bank. I am writing you because I as a public servant,i cannot operate
an alien account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to
claim them with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like
you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in
place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 80% for
me and 20% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done
by the Attorney.If you are interested, please reply immediately via
my SETI@home address and Upon your response,I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand
the transaction.Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in real
estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our
communication can only be via SETI.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email Above.
Thanks and my regards.
BUCK FRANCISCO.