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Thomas Ashby — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:12:39 GMT

I think The Beatles had it right. Send a simple but poignant message that is probably universal...."HELP"!!

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sam ironrod, colesville, md — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:48:46 GMT

tell them to go home. we want o screw up this place by ourselves.

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jquinlan — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:05:48 GMT

I have tried to engage Seth in conversation before (via email); with no response.............What makes you think he wants to hear from us now? Really. Besides, most believe first contact will be abrupt, personal (they'll be here) and it'll be one sided. Chances are, they won't have the need to converse with us for any reason. It just won't be productive or constructive, for them. No point in it. We would literally be the "crickets squeaking" in the grass at night.

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Greg Gentry — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:41:11 GMT

We too are a race that must know must seek must find! We too seek to trust but always verify! Welcome, if your intentions are as ours?!

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Dan Nelson, Vancouver WA — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:43:41 GMT

How about, "Surrender without conditions, or you will be destroyed!"

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Mark, Kentwood MI — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:09:58 GMT

We come in peace.

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William Goodman, Springfield, Missouri — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:12:39 GMT

Whatever we send, it would be the same as a roadsign for them saying, "eat at Joe's."
Since Marconi first transmitted at the first of the 20th Century, we have been telling the universe to stop by and "eat". Not a comforting thought. But then neither is the thought of lots of ketchup.

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Guy, Etowah, NC — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:23:32 GMT

How about we send them mathematical equations that would serve as a form of communication, or maybe even classical music. After all, math and music are universal languages.

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GALLEYSLAVE LONDON UK — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:44:35 GMT

If they land in the UK they will likely need an ID card

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Alex, Tampa, FL — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:20:11 GMT

Scotty, beam me up! =P

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Jay Raphael ,N.Y.C. NY — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:31:21 GMT

Welcome to Earth,Want are you going to do next?
"Were going to Disney Land" ....

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James B. — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:35:14 GMT

Personally, I think we should beam into space the words "Waterboarding is not torture.", as that would tell any alien society everything they need to know about mankind. We are an insane species.

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Warmonger — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:30:23 GMT

How about: "Run for your lives!!!" if you're brown, the whites will try to kill you. If you're black, other blacks will try kill you. If you're white, the browns will try to kill you, and if you're green, your just screwed - everyone will try to kill you!

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Don, Nashville — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:50:45 GMT

Wazzz uppppp?

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Mark, Alexandria VA — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:58:50 GMT

Make sure they understand we taste awful. :-) Tough and chewy too.

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Jon, Albany, GA — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:58:38 GMT

I think The Beatles had it right. Send a simple but poignant message that is probably universal...."HELP"!!
Thomas Ashby (Sent Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:12 PM)

...agreed

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:59 GMT

Interesting article Alan. What indeed to put in a message that will go out through space and hopefully be heard by alien races. If they're far more technologically advanced than us we'd better hope they're more like StarFleet than the Klingons or Romulans. Then again keeping quiet might be a good option. Still it's probably better to send something friendly and hope we get a friendly reply someday.

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Darrell Messbarger — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:59:09 GMT

Whatever message we send, should be the truth. Don't welcome visitors to our world, because some moron would take a shot at them out of fear.

Until our "intelligence" is universally expressed by our actions in dealing with one another, why should an alien presence be put in the firing line?

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Patrick, Fort Worth, TX — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:59:34 GMT

If we sound like crickets in the night, me thinks they'll take us for food...

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WeSoDum — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:12:41 GMT

This is utter ridiculous nonsense. We talk about sending out stuff as if they will understand what we're saying. What we're saying to them will be like greek to us. It would probably be far more useful to send primes or Fibonaccis, etc.

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Joe, Queen Creek AZ — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:13:30 GMT

One possible explanation for the Fermi Paradox is that other civilizations keep quiet for fear of something hostile out there. Perhaps no message is the best decision until we learn more.

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Phil, Fort Collins, CO — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:20:39 GMT

Tell them that we taste bad.

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Nolan, SLC UT — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:31:57 GMT

We should only send basic science information and beautiful music. Let them know that we are intelligent and we are capable of goodness. Nothing more. Most likely they would be as curious about us as we are about them. But, just in case they are not peaceful we wouldn't want to give them too much info.

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caleidoscope — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:58:46 GMT

I think this is very dangerous. There is no guarantee that any alien civilisation, no matter how advanced, would likely be 'enlightened' or benign towards us. We just won't know. To intentionally advertise our existence to anything out there without first knowing more about them is probably not a good idea. And besides, we don't exactly have a good track record ourselves.

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Eric Munson — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:09 GMT

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

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Clint, Chicago, Ill. — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:17:21 GMT

I believe the galaxy is constantly traversed by a million faint transmissions that all say approximately the same thing: We were here.

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Onevoice, Frederick MD — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:33:29 GMT

We come in peace, but watch out, there are others here who do not.

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W.A.Nicholson, Third Rock from the Sun — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:35:20 GMT

I'm having trouble imagining what we could send out into the void that even an intelligent species could grasp. We have all seen too many episodes of Star Trek and we expect all the aliens out there to be like us (in some ways) and to have a basic understanding (or disdain) for our values.

As was discussed in an earlier Cosmic Log posting, Sentient creatures elsewhere in the galaxy may not see, think, speak, feel or appreciate the universe in the same way we do.

We can't communicate with each other because we don't recognize or respect the cultural differences between us. How can we expect to communicate effectively with an alien race that has composite eyes, breathes methane and lives in an atmophere where the comfortable temperature is over 125 degrees farenheit?
A race that has no concept of "love" or "pleasure" and may communicate like ants through hormonal transfers of information?

I think a simple broadcast of schematics showing what we look like and where we live there is probably the only information they reliably will be able to process.

Even mathmatics may not be a solution. I'm reminded of the old joke regarding the formula "Pi-R-Squared" to which the hick responds, "No, pie are round, cornbread are square." It all depends on your perspective.

C wat ah meen, jellybean?

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Buddha Dude, Toronto, Ontario — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:47:50 GMT

Just keep beaming out the number 42...

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Exeder — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:51:33 GMT

There is little merit in trying to transmit or recieve radio signals from extra solar sources. These signals may take a thousand years to reach any location where life might exist and by then the signal must be caught, decrypted, and made readable by whoever is out there. Even then, the civilization that sent them might be a million years dead and gone.

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ken here, chicago, il — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:33 GMT

Someone pointed SETI at the New York Times building and it detected nothing.

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Phil — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:02:58 GMT

(Provide dictionary so that alien race can decipher our language with ease most likely relying on pictures and math)

We are a civilization that has recently started growing technologically at an exponential rate. At the same time, we have an inadequate economic system and governments to help us advance to our potential.

While many of our countries are living with peace there are others that do not value it and have radical ideologies are inconsistent with prosperity. Life on Earth is in danger of extinction or much harsher conditions due to these people.

Here is the layout of our societies, government, economies, government, technology, and science.

(Provide them with as much information as possible – a lot can come from the internet).

We would appreciate your advice of what we can do to change it for the better. Also, we would also be appreciative of your help in terms of cooperative action to achieve our goals. Please provide us with any technologies that will help us prosper and advance. (i.e. teleportation, brain implants, anti-gravity, climate control, etc.)

Our goals (please give plans for us to obtain this based on all the information given to you about our civilization)
A. Maximize the length of an individual human and the human race's survival.
B. Maximize human happiness in the short and long term
C. Minimize human suffering in the short and long term

Questions:

Is there an afterlife if we die?

What is the origin and destination of our universe?

Is there a God or the existence of supernatural forces?

Is it possible to transfer an individual's consciousness to a machine or being in order to live forever?

What is the science behind consciousness and how do we harness it for our benefit?

Is it possible to travel to meet you or other intelligent civilizations? How long would it take?

What is the quickest way we can communicate with other intelligent civilizations?

What other intelligent life is out there?
We know that there may be little incentive for you to want to help us. We have boldly provided you with all the details of our lives in an attempt to improve our lives, and would appreciate your generosity in providing us with what we seek.

Please let us know if there is something we can offer you in return. If not, we hope that your good-will towards other intelligent life in the universe leads you to want to help us. If there is an objection in providing us with any of this information, we are curious to know why. Several billions of lives could be saved and improved, and the information provided would go towards that noble goal.

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Mike C — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:18:02 GMT

Let's not screw this up...The first question should be "Do you have beer?" If they say no, then hang up the phone..........We don't want 'em coming here drinking ours. Mike C.

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Shane, St Louis MO — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:34:30 GMT

Send money.

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J. Whelchel, Florida — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:43:54 GMT

"If you make contact with us, we will analyze your beliefs. If you do not fall in line with what we want, we will occupy your land/planet..."for the good and freedom of your people".

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S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:50:59 GMT

I know what not to send; if you remember the movie "Spiecies," they sent the human genome out and got a modified genome back which turned out to be a problem. I say that we tell them where we are and we are a varied spiecies.

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mr. Spock, (planet is gone) — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:18:35 GMT

I AM HERE "SPOCK"

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Kent Krauss, O'Fallon, MO — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:27:06 GMT

We should simply tell anyone out there approximately where we are, that we are a planet created by the God who created the entire universe, plus He thought our planet and its people precious enough to personally visit and redeem His creation after it chose to disobey Him. If that wouldn't get their attention, I doubt anything would.

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borg — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:27:58 GMT

Resistance is futile....

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Len Rowe, Lakewood, Colorado — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:29:31 GMT

If we get a SETI response of the 3rd kind then respond in kind, regardless of accurate translation, with simple messages in computer code and many common human languages with perhaps a few of the following:

We are alive.
We are unified.
We learn.
We trust.
We pray.
We are with you.

Where is your origin?
How did you hear us?
What's your innitiative?

Let's do lunch on the Moon...

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Doug Jones — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:55:51 GMT

Send 'em "The Aristocrats," that should confuse 'em plenty...

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Mike M — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:13:13 GMT

"All your base are belong to us"

Seriously, haven't we learned from our own history what happens when an advanced civilization (them) meets a primitive civilization (us)? If another race is capable of interstellar travel while we haven't visited our own moon in 30 years...yeah, lets take that risk.

Not that I'm worried. The chances of some alien species nearby much less actually "hearing" any signal we send is slim to none.

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typical american, anywhere, USA — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:54:04 GMT

We have been sending a message for years now... TV, all the porn, smut, fighting, and wars we can dish out We would have to send only meaningful, enlightening tv and radio waves for years before anyone even attempts to contact us... Math and the some form of the elements perhaps a description or drawing. but in all fairness something like "pull my finger"

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Peter, Portland Oregon — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:55:14 GMT

"Get me off this rock!"

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Dave S., Madison WI. — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:16:44 GMT

"Can we mate with your women?"
or
"Kneel before Zod!!"

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Gray — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:15:09 GMT

"I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
-Eric Munson

Brilliant! I concur.

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Chris V, Windsor, ON — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:33:20 GMT

The Honest truth would be the best course of action.

We are a young race in comparison with our planet but we have developed much in our relatively short time here. We have increased technology exponentially but we take everything we have for granted, including the Earth beneath our feet.

We may be smart and wise, but we also don't know when to quit. I don't know if any alien race that's managed to achieve intersteller travel would want that in their galactic family.

I once read in a comic that "The possible evidence for advanced alien life is that they haven't tried to contact us."

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:00:10 GMT

"Don't send those visitors from Independence Day !"

You must have seen the movie already, it's long past Alpha Centauri...oh, and don't worry about The Enterprise or any of that.

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Will, Cleveland, Ohio — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:17:17 GMT

Bring lightsabers!

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Tom M — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:57:35 GMT

Any alien civilization capable of visiting us (high tech) would have the means to decode our TV signals that are broadcast for the last 40 years. After studying us as a species, (George Carlin said it best) why would they want to have contact?
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had our description wrong as "Harmless" or even the corrected version "Mostly harmless".

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Dan, Marlton,NJ — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:49:11 GMT

We are searcing for intelligent life forms,because there are too few if them here>

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J Henson, Washington DC — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:13:31 GMT

just do a seach for DNI alien interview if you want to learn about how this stuff is such a distraction for what we already know about alien life. Or..think about the fact we are looking for RADIO from beings that may be a million years more advanced..yep, makes sense to me.

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Joe Tremitiedi Hopatcong NJ — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:43:49 GMT

My Message would be simple: There is no intelligent life here...Stay Away

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Ryan — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:14:03 GMT

Hello.

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Cat, Minneapolis, MN — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:47:38 GMT

Hello, Is anybody out there?

I suspect that alien life forms may already know who, what and where we are.

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t.marie-boston mass. — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:00:22 GMT

00000101001000100100101011000
10000010001101010010100111110
01101010000010001011000001101
00101010100100100001011100000011

(Hi, from earth.)

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eARTHLING, somewhere on EARTH — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:50:45 GMT

hey guys, you like diseases?

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Raymond Farrington, Syracuse, NY — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:56:13 GMT

We accept all major credit cards
What is your pin number, date of birth and Social Security number?

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Frank Glover, Rochester, NY — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:38:53 GMT

"What other intelligent life is out there?"

If I could ask one question, that would essentially be it. Even finding *one* other civilization still doesn't mean intelligent life isn't a rare fluke. (though if they happen to be fairly close by, it seems unlikely that the only two civilizations in the galaxy might be within, say, 100 light years of each other)

They would obviously be *our* first contact, but I'd want to know if and how many others *they* might already know about...

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Gerardo Lozoya, Homestead. Florida — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:36:29 GMT

How about we send out the problems that the earth has if we get a response that has an answer then that would mean they are smart and invite them , but if they have no answer to our problems simply say next, don't mention religion.

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Regina C. Englert — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:50:41 GMT

Please disregard the early transmissions from Hilter's Germany from the late 1930's to mid 1940's. We have evolved as a race in the last seventy years. Could you please assist us in reducing carbon pollution in our atmosphere? Our planet is in danger.

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Dantheman — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:34:11 GMT

We are lonely.

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Frank, Dallas, TX — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:50:13 GMT

Why bother to prove we have a grasp of basic math when by the very act of sending a message we already have a grasp of radio astronomy? The content of the message is pointless, its the existence of it that matters. For instance, imagine we are on the receiving end: we get a blast of static that is clearly artificial in origin. What does it mean? Who cares, it proves aliens exist!

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Adam — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:08:32 GMT

Of course They might already be here. I don't mean UFOs, but tiny surveillance probes that can become invisible as the need arises. Look out our own advances with metamaterials and tell me that invisibility is impossible!

Of course there's no way of verifying the idea, but then do elephants and lions give a second thought to moving rocks that wildlife documentarians have used to sneak up on their subjects? We might have seen them and be none the wiser...

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Bill Hill, Honolulu, HI — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:08:21 GMT

1. We should use coherent light-A laser message makes a data-dense statement about our level of development: we understand light, precision pointing and timing. A laser message is quicker and could be caught by a ship or relay beacon.

2. Using well-though-out math vocabularly-building sequences (think "Contact") which would start with primes and Fibonacci numbers, we should end up with stick figures in cartoons to show our multi-species interaction ability, and to start communication about our better and higher concepts, like love, loyalty, honesty, curiosity.

3. After describing ourselves (capable of defense, friend-making, inquisitive, artists, makersm traders) we should ask for help with faster-than-light systems, better searching and computing technologies.

4.About DNA, let's be coy. Unless we want something made of DNA to visit or infiltrate our biosphere, I'd stay away from asking for disease fixes and DNA patches. We should carefully map & protect our DNA so as to preclude being overtaken by Man 4.0, or offering potentional enemies a close look at our potential weak spots, at least until we have an in depth DNA defense system online, that could detect, defend and recover from an DNA-based incursion, for example.

5. We should try to carefully protect the location of our homeworld, and only meet and exchange valuables at another isolated site, like Europa. In support of this idea, we should never transmit any messages directly from earth, but from far-removed remote-controlled beacons. We should take the lessons of the Incas, Mayas, and Anasazi to heart: they had a whole civilization running just fine, until uncontrolled outside contact took them down.

6. The funniest comment here so far goes to Mike C: Do you have beer?

7. The comments I value the most were made by Kent Krauss and Len Rowe.

Good Luck!

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Frank Glover, rochestr, NY — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:25:59 GMT

"1. We should use coherent light-A laser message makes a data-dense statement about our level of development: we understand light, precision pointing and timing. A laser message is quicker and could be caught by a ship or relay beacon."

Someone *may* already have done so...

http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2009/05/australian-astrophysicist-detects.html

But how would it be faster? The 'speed of light' is the speed of *all* electromagnetic radiation...

"5. We should try to carefully protect the location of our homeworld, and only meet and exchange valuables at another isolated site, like Europa. In support of this idea, we should never transmit any messages directly from earth, but from far-removed remote-controlled beacons."

How far removed?

Any received signal (whether by us on an ET) will come from a specific point in the sky, and there will likely be only one probable source star along that line. Suppose you move the actual transmitter to ten times the distance from the Sun to Pluto, which means about 30 billion miles.

That would be no mean feat for our technology, but viewed from, say, 10 light years (much less farther), the angular difference is virtually...zero.

They'll know where we are. If we could displace our transmitters far enough from Earth to matter, we'd have limited interstellar travel already...

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Paul Titterington.England. — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:55:23 GMT

Even IF there are such things as aliens out-there, what, may I ask, makes you think they can hear us? What makes you so confident in thinking they even have "ears" to ear our messages, or "eyes" to read um in the first place?

An added problem for the aliens will be if they have noses as well, and manage to get to earth? What will they think whenever they fly over Burger king? The temptation woul be too strong not to stop for lunch, meaning: Those flat roofs will have to be sturdy and strong!

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Gerry Watertown, NY — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:50:44 GMT

We are already here!!!!!!!!!!

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Buster — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:15:15 GMT

"Where should we send your stimulus checks?"

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Bob D, Kansas City, KS — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:20:30 GMT

SETI is a waste of time and resources. Any advanced civilization would have means of communications that are very low power and spread spectrum. Only a immature technical level like ours would give a strong enough signal to detect. That level of technology only lasts about 200 years.

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Durban,South Africa — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:28:03 GMT

We need to be extremely careful and responsible about contact with other extra-terrestrial life. These are most certainly very exciting times that we live in and there has to be an expansion for man into space ... an advancement of co-operation and peaceful co-existence in the Universe .. we cud benefit from technological advances .. e.g. warp speed, time travel etc wow! it is just mind boggling,however, we need to exercise care in the way we establish contact and negotiations around advancement co-operation and co-existence.

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Sara, Chicago — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:20:56 GMT

Who ARE you? Have you seen Elvis?

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Darrell N Scottsdale AZ — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:14:13 GMT

I think we should send this message

Please send Pic with your message or we won't reply

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Tom Coulcher Darwin NT Australia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:00:21 GMT

Aliens? Aliens? What Aliens? Why wasn't I told? I haven't a thing to wear.

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Cptmorgan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:11:15 GMT

Asking what message send is like closing the barn door after the cows got out.
We've been beaming a constant stream of messages/images/music out into space via TV,radio,satellite etc.for close to a hundred years.Isn't it a little late to be concerned about what to say now....look what we've already told them.Its no wonder we haven't heard from them!....besides,all the good sales have long since ended by the time they here it!

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troy No. utah — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:12:26 GMT

Tell them to vote republican, and if their planet is going bankrupt Obama might kick them a couple trillion to get them through their troubled times.

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T Utah — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:14:53 GMT

Offer them 800 billion dollars to take Nancy Pelosi and dump her off at least 230 light years away from here!

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Dan Powell, Raymond, California — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:47:55 GMT

I believe that if an intelligent race were to pick up any sort of signal from us the chances are great that they will first have to determine that it was sent by another intelligent race. The only way to look at it is through our eyes, that's all we're capable of. What would WE hear? How would WE determine the origin? How would WE interpret the signal? Anything we send would have the chance of being ignored as background noise, possibly interpreted as an anomaly and disregarded. We have to send something that will stand apart from everything else that could be received. A focused beam of high energy photons broadcast continuously from one location on Earth would eventually scan most of the perceived area in which WE think might contain other intelligent life. being somewhat of a distance from the center of our galaxy, a sentient being capable of receiving such a signal might determine that it is not 'normal' background noise or an anomaly. It doesn't need to SAY anything, it just needs to be there to be discovered. That alone will say that "We are here". To believe that an intelligent race capable of receiving and deciphering such a signal would be out to "eat us" is fatalistic. To think that such a race would be "war-like in nature" is pretty far fetched. I believe that if anything, we should try and be a model to other intelligent races that might exist. We are relatively young in our evolution and have many things to work out amongst ourselves, as more than likely any intelligent race would also go through. We are brand new to the universe and should act as such, looking for and expecting friendship, not aggravated assault. "Beam it up, Scotty", not beam ME up.

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Frank Klepeiss — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:51:42 GMT

Dan Powell says "to think that such a race would be "war-like in nature "is pretty far fetched. Dan what are you basing a statement like that on? Look at all of nature around you. Do you not see survival of the fitest? Look at insects, marine life, animals of all species its the same throughout. Birds of a feather do indeed flock together. I truly beleive that when we encounter an advanced civilization it will be a very bad day for us!

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Ben Mineer South Shore, KY. — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:51:05 GMT

Send them the Morse Code. Start with the alphabet then
A short WELCOME TO OUR WORLD message.
A .-
B -...
C -.-.
D -..
E .
etc.. give them all of it, except punctuation marks...

W.-- E. L.-- C-.-. O--- M-- E.

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Alien, Mars, NM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:11:20 GMT

mmm, humans taste like chicken.

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Roy, Philadelphia, PA. USA — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:46:12 GMT

Warning! Most of us eat creatures that look different from us and we have killed millions of our own kind and by the time you get this reply the human race will most likely be extinct and we will have fouled the planet for all other life.