[Mr. K]

[G Larry]

That would be the

“Fully Attenuated Hole”

[L,TOWM]

Did they really just postulate that something is constructing a Dyson Sphere? Or do I need more coffee this morning?

[DannyTN]

Possibilities include:

• Nobody's home
• They gave up radio waves as primitive 100,000 years ago.
• They never discovered radio waves, but telepathy works well for them.
• They are masking their signals until their invasion fleet arrives.
• They are already here, and are just toying with us by making us think we are checking for signals.
• The mega-structure is really an invasion fleet from another civilization and they've already destroyed all broadcasting facilities.
• The mega-structure was built by an A.I. that has no need of broadcasting once it exterminated it's competition for resources.

[brothers4thID]

BTT

[samtheman]

It’s 1480ly away. Pretty far for low power communications signals to endure.

Anyway, with a civilization that advanced, why would they use radio at all? Maybe it’s all laser communication, directly pointing source to destination, with no reflections out into the surrounding space.

Having said that, I am a doubter, and doubt there are aliens at work here.

[martin_fierro]

[Larry Lucido]

Astronomers Found the Ghost of a Rare Giant Radio Galaxy

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357968/posts

Dang galaxies and their loud radios.

[SamAdams76]

Why the Top 40? Why not the Top 25 or the Top 50?

Also, how did Casey Kasem get to be the "Top 40" guy? He was always annoying to listen too: "...and now, three men who hail from Australia and call themselves the Bee Gees...moving up eleven big spots this week, all the way up to number 13 with a bullet, here they are with their latest dance number to make a run for the top of the charts..."

And then you had those corny long distance dedications: "Judith Pedgrift from Joplin, Missouri writes in to tell us about her brother who abruptly left her to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, California and would like to dedicate So You Are A Star by the Hudson Brothers for him to wish him good luck..."