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Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Chairboy on October 16, 2006, 09:31:37 AM
SETI is having a press conference tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10AM PST.

Is is:
A. Announcement of intelligent signals?
B. Announcement of new funding or equipment?
C. Announcement of exciting new Amway opportunities?
or
D. Jody Foster's dad?
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Major SETI Institute Announcement

10:00 - 11:00 am PDT

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Location: SETI Institute, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA, US

Web Site Address: http://www.seti.org
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Viking on October 16, 2006, 10:54:28 AM
ET phone home?
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: AWMac on October 16, 2006, 10:55:40 AM
Elvis has been spotted.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Gunthr on October 16, 2006, 11:00:11 AM
I have a sense of foreboding about this...  and I don't mean contact
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 11:05:00 AM
Maybe they are closing it down. Perhaps they have finally figured out that religion is the way to go and that searching for life outside earth is pointless.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: BlkKnit on October 16, 2006, 11:55:23 AM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Maybe they are closing it down. Perhaps they have finally figured out that religion is the way to go and that searching for life outside earth is pointless.


wow, a treble hook!
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Hornet33 on October 16, 2006, 12:34:53 PM
That's a big one too:eek:







Think I'll go find a corner to hide IN
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Angus on October 16, 2006, 12:42:48 PM
Don't think they find any, but yet...maybe?
:confused:

There are some distances to deal with you see, so if we'd finally find signals, the civilization that sent them is probably dead, or way ahead....
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 12:57:36 PM
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Originally posted by Angus
Don't think they find any, but yet...maybe?
:confused:

There are some distances to deal with you see, so if we'd finally find signals, the civilization that sent them is probably dead, or way ahead....


Not if they live on Mars.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Angus on October 16, 2006, 01:04:58 PM
Mars = too cold, and notably, - too light.
Same to the moon
Venus...too hot.
Earth....too wobbly most of the time to support intelligent life. Hasn't been on the radio technologi or Seti level for any time at all, and is on a good road to taking itself down the drain if nature doesn't beat it to it...
We're always speaking very long distances for the calculated chance,  - something like thousands of years away....
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 01:13:32 PM
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Originally posted by Angus
Mars = too cold, and notably, - too light.


For us yes. What if the aliens feed on cold and UV radiation? They would thrive. Maybe they live 100km below the surface.

Aliens could under the ice on Europa.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Ball on October 16, 2006, 01:19:14 PM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
For us yes. What if the aliens feed on cold and UV radiation? They would thrive. Maybe they live 100km below the surface.

Aliens could under the ice on Europa.


Aliens could thrive on Uranus Neilson?
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: WilldCrd on October 16, 2006, 01:25:42 PM
Maybe its to inform us that a new intergalactic super highway will be comming thru our system and earth is schedualed for distruction.:noid
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: lukster on October 16, 2006, 01:27:24 PM
There is no intelligent life in the universe. If there were, how would we even recognize it? ;)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Skuzzy on October 16, 2006, 01:39:12 PM
(http://www.hitechcreations.com/skuzzy/heyaliens.gif)

And if that is not enough...

(http://www.hitechcreations.com/skuzzy/plutoex.gif)

Yep, I think we are covered. :D

Seriously, my guess would be SETI lost its funding.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 01:43:57 PM
Those pics looks photoshopped Skuzzy.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Skuzzy on October 16, 2006, 01:47:43 PM
Are you suggesting I did not go to the Moon and hammer that sign into the soil myself!?!?

Or catch up to a satellite and tie that sign to the back of it?!?!

That's it!  You are off my Christmas card list.  NO FRUIT CAKE FOR YOU!  :)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: CMC Airboss on October 16, 2006, 01:47:52 PM
Like Nilsen said, it is probably an announcement for program termination.  Less likely is an announcement that former Air Amercia stations will join the SETI network to form a linked antenna array.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 01:51:42 PM
No, I dont think you did that Skuzzy. As I said i think you photoshopped it and im standing firm on that. If you want to x me off your list thats fine. You are not going to troll me into blowing my top just so you can get a kick out of it.

Have a nice day, I aint talking to you anymore.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 01:53:37 PM
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Originally posted by CMC Airboss
Like Nilsen said, it is probably an announcement for program termination.  Less likely is an announcement that former Air Amercia stations will join the SETI network to form a linked antenna array.


I think I know what it is. They are renaming it STI and are aiming all their antennas towards Seattle. :p
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Skuzzy on October 16, 2006, 01:55:47 PM
Just a nit, but you are not talking, you are typing, and you cannot type something without it being seen by everyone.  Soooo, in order to stop typing to me, you have to stop typing to all.

Hmmmm.  Quite the conundrum, dunt ya think?  :D

Oh, and you are the first person I've stumbled into who would not be happy about not getting a fruit cake for Christmas.  :)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 16, 2006, 02:02:22 PM
Can someone please PM me about what Skuzzy is talking about? He is on my ignore list, but i suspect he is yapping about his fruitcakes. He has sent me to plenty of "fruity" sites before. I think he is hinting about something or other.

:D

(http://webpages.charter.net/orrbert/fruitcake.jpg)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Skuzzy on October 16, 2006, 02:11:56 PM
Hehe, why do you think we give em away?  I aint touching a fruit cake with a ten foot pole.

You know if you freeze em Nilsen, they make excellent boat anchors.  Uh, I am assuming you know what a boat anchor is.  :D
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: lazs2 on October 16, 2006, 02:12:37 PM
seems to me that sending signals to aliens is akin to little fuzzy bunnies making a lot of noise when wolves are around.

lazs
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: WilldCrd on October 16, 2006, 02:12:50 PM
crap i hope the years of using seti@home werent toattlay wasted!!!:furious

if they loose funding what will i do for a screensaver??:O

i was really hoping it would be MY pc that actually found the signal and i could have a private meeting with jody foster to discuss her future involvment with seti and...ummm oh wait that was a movie:huh











I really need to get out more:noid
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nifty on October 16, 2006, 03:23:59 PM
They're gonna say that you can run SETI@home on your Playstation3 when you're not playing it. :p
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 16, 2006, 03:32:52 PM
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Hehe, why do you think we give em away?  I aint touching a fruit cake with a ten foot pole.

You know if you freeze em Nilsen, they make excellent boat anchors.  Uh, I am assuming you know what a boat anchor is.  :D



Thats a Big rock you stop the boat on top of?;)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Neubob on October 16, 2006, 04:03:39 PM
I have a feeling I know what the announcement is....

Pursuant to the current administration's needs and desires, SETI will permanently be shifting their focus away from extra-terrestrial intelligence and will now shoulder the burden of finding the exact location of Jesus's spaceship.

Any other prophets discovered during this search will be targeted for 'liberation'.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: aztec on October 16, 2006, 04:16:02 PM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
No, I dont think you did that Skuzzy. As I said i think you photoshopped it and im standing firm on that. If you want to x me off your list thats fine. You are not going to troll me into blowing my top just so you can get a kick out of it.

Have a nice day, I aint talking to you anymore.
:rofl
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nwbie on October 16, 2006, 04:20:33 PM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
No, I dont think you did that Skuzzy. As I said i think you photoshopped it and im standing firm on that. If you want to x me off your list thats fine. You are not going to troll me into blowing my top just so you can get a kick out of it.

Have a nice day, I aint talking to you anymore.



Best Post Evah !!!



:noid



:rofl


NwBie
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 16, 2006, 04:39:55 PM
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Originally posted by Angus
Mars = too cold, and notably, - too light.


NOT TRUE

Martians landed on Oct 30th, 1938 in Grovers Mill NJ
not a 20 minute drive from my house!

They even have a monument to commemorate it.
Ive seen it in person
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wmandecki/kamykzielony/martians1.jpg)  SEE!!

Along with the remains of the watertower residents shot to watermelon that night (for real) which I cant find a picture of right now
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: FBplmmr on October 16, 2006, 05:32:43 PM
I may be wrong(shocker), but I thought congress cut the funding off for SETI back in the 80s?  Isnt it now being funded privately ?

IF they do decide to shut down all together however that would make my little "Planetary Society --Certificate of Appreciation" a collectors item ? lol

maybe they will be announcing a shift ffrom looking for radio frequency transmissions to light based transmissions.. like laaaazer beaammmms!!!!  seriously tho we utilize fibre optics why the heck would ET be using something so archaic as over the air radio transmision?


(we probably got an email from Alpha Centauri that said "if we get one more frieakin AOL CD in the mail we will vaporize all of you noobs!"))
:noid
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Black Sheep on October 16, 2006, 05:46:55 PM
SETI is a waste of money , time and resources. Maybe they'll convert some of thier labs into TGIF's and Coyote Uglys.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Shaky on October 16, 2006, 06:08:53 PM
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Originally posted by Black Sheep
SETI is a waste of money , time and resources. Maybe they'll convert some of thier labs into TGIF's and Coyote Uglys.


Works for me :D

(http://www.splicedonline.com/00reviews/coyoteugly.jpg)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Regular on October 17, 2006, 12:37:12 AM
So what  was the big announcement?
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Debonair on October 17, 2006, 12:38:45 AM
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Originally posted by SETI
It is not yet Tuesday


?
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 17, 2006, 12:38:56 AM
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Originally posted by Regular
So what  was the big announcement?


Abit early.. 10PM EST Tuesday is still in the future.  ;)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Debonair on October 17, 2006, 12:52:28 AM
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Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Billy Joe Bob on October 17, 2006, 12:55:32 AM
wow skuzzy is in a good mood
Title: Re: SETI announcement
Post by: Slash27 on October 17, 2006, 01:19:06 AM
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Originally posted by Chairboy
SETI is having a press conference tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10AM PST.

Is is:
A. Announcement of intelligent signals?
B. Announcement of new funding or equipment?
C. Announcement of exciting new Amway opportunities?
or
D. Jody Foster's dad?


Im not seeing this announcement for the press conference on the web site.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Slash27 on October 17, 2006, 01:21:31 AM
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Originally posted by Ball
Aliens could thrive on Uranus Neilson?


Klingons do.:D
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 17, 2006, 01:46:26 AM
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Originally posted by Slash27
Klingons do.:D


Yes we know you would. :D


Your thriving would not last long tho.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Pei on October 17, 2006, 02:49:27 AM
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
NOT TRUE

Martians landed on Oct 30th, 1938 in Grovers Mill NJ
not a 20 minute drive from my house!

They even have a monument to commemorate it.
Ive seen it in person
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wmandecki/kamykzielony/martians1.jpg)  SEE!!

Along with the remains of the watertower residents shot to watermelon that night (for real) which I cant find a picture of right now


Why the buggery would you travel millions of miles only to land in New Jersey?
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: bozon on October 17, 2006, 05:04:02 AM
The search for extra terrestrial intelligence is a waste of funds.
They should try and find some intelligence down here first.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Habu on October 17, 2006, 05:16:11 AM
SETI has received a signal from the alien equivalent called STFU. Seems they are pissed that we have been flooding their clean galaxy with noxious RF pollution. They want us to cut RF emissions by 5% annually. Seems RF pollution is causing some sort of intergalatical warming.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 17, 2006, 05:19:16 AM
Just get Oprah to stfu and that 5% is already done :D
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Sox62 on October 17, 2006, 06:17:33 AM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Just get Oprah to stfu and that 5% is already done :D


You're being WAY too generous.
Title: Re: Re: SETI announcement
Post by: WilldCrd on October 17, 2006, 07:15:44 AM
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Originally posted by Slash27
Im not seeing this announcement for the press conference on the web site.



glad i aint the only one who couldnt find it.:noid
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Chairboy on October 17, 2006, 08:19:37 AM
It's on the spaceref media calendar:
http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=4200&signal=negatory

The notice has caused quite a bit of speculation, so the spaceref editor came back and updated it to say "It's NOT aliens, noobs".
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Nilsen on October 17, 2006, 08:35:19 AM
Lmao .. great update text on the seti site Chairboi :rofl
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 17, 2006, 09:31:55 AM
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Originally posted by Pei
Why the buggery would you travel millions of miles only to land in New Jersey?


Tomatoes and Diners

NOTHING beats a Jersey Tomatoe

And We have more Diners then any other State in the union.

Maybe they were hungry for Homefries;)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: 2bighorn on October 17, 2006, 02:37:31 PM
SETI Institute Announces New Astrobiology Center - The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21070)
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: mosgood on October 17, 2006, 09:16:33 PM
Well at least it shouldnt need to much funding.


Wonder who the schmuck was that got sold into donating to this.
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Saintaw on October 18, 2006, 04:17:35 AM
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The Sagan Center was conceived by Scott Hubbard


that raised an eyebrow here... is he related to ron by any chance?:huh
Title: SETI announcement
Post by: Red Tail 444 on October 18, 2006, 02:14:17 PM
See Rule #3








(no reason in particular, just felt like being Skuzzy for a day)