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Allen Telescope Array In Action

Posted by Zonk on from the anybody-out-there dept.

DIY News writes "36 of an eventual herd of 350 dishes are now operational in a remote area 250 miles northeast of San Francisco. These antennas, 20 feet in diameter and the height of a football goal post, are the first installment of the Allen Telescope Array, and they are ideal for short SETI projects while the array is being built." From the articel: "The young ATA's first foray into SETI will be known by the straightforward (if not overly galvanic) name of Inner Galactic Plane Survey. The word 'survey' may surprise many who are familiar with this telescope's design. After all, it's being finely tuned to speedily examine large numbers of star systems in a so-called "targeted search". The completed array will be exceptionally nimble at such individual scrutiny, and will leave previous targeted searches in the data dust."

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  1. Damn it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Got my hopes up, i thought i had read "Alien Telescope Array In Action." Drunk and bored, *sigh*

    1. Re:Damn it by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Got my hopes up, i thought i had read "Alien Telescope Array In Action." Drunk and bored, *sigh*

      Perhaps we need a new set of moderation tags for drunk trolls, eh?

      I originally read it as "Allen Telescopes Alien in Action", as if this Allen dude is a space-born porn filmer.

      Long days are a substitute for LSD it seems.

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      Table-ized A.I.
    2. Re:Damn it by Alien+Being · · Score: 3, Funny

      "as if this Allen dude is a space-born porn filmer."

      Up Your Asteroid
      Mission to Uranus
      A Star is Porn
      Rock-It Ship
      Moondingo
      The Legend of Victor Thrust
      Rock-It Ship 2 - Re-entry
      Challenger: O-Ring Blowout (sorry)
      Roving Luna: How to Get Your Rocks Off
      Snow Blow and the Seven White Dwarves

  2. I left my normalness back east by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the patchwork of dry, cow-fouled ranch lands 250 miles northeast of San Francisco, an unusual crop [antennae] is poking above the dusty shrubbery.

    Unusual crops and alien life (SETI responders) would not stand out near SF.

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  3. Re:Waste of time, money and effort by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't it getting kind of late back there in Kansas?

  4. Why not by Rhinobird · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean 1 goal post is just 3 Sasquatches. 1 sasquatch is 3 grey aliens...but only 2 reptilians.

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    If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
  5. Obligatory joke by Federico2 · · Score: 2, Funny


    350 anntennas array?
    Imagine a beowulf cluster of this!