[backwoods-engineer]

Excellent! I’ve corresponded with one of the principals on the ALMA, fascinated by his work with prism-based attenuators above 100 GHz. I was once designing a secure gigabit data link using the “water hole” at 145 GHz.

[STD]

Narrow beam burst communication is about making contact with superior technologic societies. Why we're so anxious to pry open that can of worms, snakes and lizards is way beyond my understanding. Should we be poking them in the beak with a sharp stick, or simply hiding out here in the distant reaches of the Milky Way minding our own business.

Robert Heinlein once posited that whatever new species we might blunder into would not be a friendly one.

You sound like you are a big Com guy, I'm interested in hearing more from you in the near future.

[BenLurkin]

“prism-based attenuators above 100 GHz. I was once designing a secure gigabit data link using the “water hole” at 145 GHz.”

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