"Strange" SETI@Home Signal.

Triviarre · Post by **Triviarre** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:23 am

[quote="Wite_Rabit";p="395509"]Err, wasn't Easter the anniversary of that Jesus guy's death?[/quote]

Close, but not exactly. Easter is a holiday that was set because of Christ's resurrection, not his death. Considering his death was three days before he was resurrected, you aren't too far off. (And so it was written, in domine patre un spiritus sanctus...)

It is also symbolic since Easter is set in Spring, the season of rebirth.

Anyway, this is off topic. I just wanted to clarify for Wite_Rabit.

Wite_Rabit · Post by **Wite_Rabit** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:18 am

And we shall flow a river forth to thee, and teaming with souls shall it ever be.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:47 am

[quote="Triviarre";p="395597"](And so it was written, in domine patre un spiritus sanctus...)[/quote]
In Nomine, not Domine. "In the name of the father," rather than "In God Father." In Nomine Patri et Fille et Spiriti Sancti, Amen.

randomperson2 · Post by **randomperson2** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:00 am

Damnit beat me to the post salvation

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:28 am

EM waves at the hydrogen frequency travel no faster than a wave at another frequency.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:14 pm

Hydrogen's frequency is considered to be very basic -- there's more of it than any other frequency in the universe -- and so is considered a prime candidate for broadcasting a message, since it would be very likely that it would be monitored.

peter-griffin · Post by **peter-griffin** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:40 pm

Unless it was supposed to be a secret! message.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:42 pm

Why would the most cluttered frequency in existance be monitored by anyone, much less broadcast on by anyone?

Post by **Blaze** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:49 pm

You're viewing it like shouting in a crowded room, which is not the case at all.

See, in a crowded room, everybody is speaking at different volumes and tones, and it's hard to hear anyone because of all that interference.

In space, in the hydrogent frequency, it's like everybody is making the same noise.

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SO, if you suddenly make a DIFFERENT noise, it's really easy to pick out.

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Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:05 pm

So, like, do they speak English or Russian or Computer or what?

Post by **Blaze** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:05 pm

We don't know, but as long as they're not speaking Hydrogen, we'll hear 'em.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:57 pm

Even if they are speaking on the hydrogen bands, we'll hear them.

Suppose the normal background noise is represented by dots. Normally, what we hear would be:

.........................................................................

Not really much there but the normal hiss with the occasional spike from some event (marked off by the underlines). However, if we were to hear this:

.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........|.........

Then that would be noticeable. It's kind of like being in a crowded room where hundreds of people are whispering to each other, and then someone comes in with an air horn. It's pretty distinct against the background noise.

As for what they'd use... Dunno. Maybe they'd start by counting. Maybe they would send off a few basic forumulae after that, and then progress to something more complex.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:29 am

[quote="Martin Blank";p="395905"]As for what they'd use... Dunno. Maybe they'd start by counting.[/quote]
Primes.

Grumlen · Post by **Grumlen** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:04 am

How would we know that they even have a similar math system? We assume that everyone must have a similar math structure mecause we say so, but what if they don't? We're accustomed to a base system, and even assuming they use something similar like base 16 or even 13 or whatever, it could affect their math greatly. The reason why it doesn't for us is that we work off of the base 10 system for all of our calculations.

Even assuming their calculations are similar, whats to say that their operations are? they may not even use multiplication or division, but something else entirely. Who knows.

Think about it, and you'll realize that communication is probably even harder than you could normally imagine.

Post by **Blaze** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:22 am

[quote="Salvation122";p="395914"]Primes.[/quote]

Thank you Mr. Contact.

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