[PatrickHenry]

They predict: "The SETI Institute predicts that we'll detect an extraterrestrial transmission within twenty years." We shall see.

[xrp]

I know I am going to be criticized for this, but I still think that it is empty out there, waiting for human beings to expand outward.

[PatrickHenry]

Science Ping!

This is an elite subset of the Evolution ping list.

See the list's description in my freeper homepage. Then FReepmail me to be added or dropped.

[Fitzcarraldo]

"They" have probably found this Universe to be boring, and have moved on to other Universe(s).

[Southack]

"The SETI Institute predicts that we'll detect an extraterrestrial transmission within twenty years." We shall see."

It's worth listening for, but my guess is that advanced civilizations will be using Gravity waves rather than EM waves.

[Bushforlife]

I think we should first look for intelligent life in the Blue Zones.

[Wheee The People]

http://setiathome2.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_15327.html

Here is the SETI FReeper team. I might join...

[general_re]

1994 blocks and counting. Should pass 2000 sometime in the middle of the night tonight.

[Viking2002]

I'm in the top 5% of all global SETI@home users - signed up in May of '99. I don't believe that God, in his Infinite Wisdom and Power, would create something as vast - and as awesome beyond comprehension - as the universe, and not plant the seeds of Creation in it's expanse. I DO believe we were created in His image, but I DON'T believe the universe was formed just for His - or our - amusement.

Only a Democrat would do that.

[spodefly]

SETI is a great benchmarking tool for computers, too. When it runs, it will use 100% of the processor. The faster your machine can get a 'SETI Work Unit' done, the more chic and cool you are from a computer nerd perspective. I have SETI running on 2 machines here at the Vast Spodefly World Headquarters and Bunker Compound ^(TM). My P4-3.2 Prescott box can do a work unit in just under 3 hours.

[GSlob]

Finally, years down the road, they will pick a message which (when deciphered) will be a boring advertisement for something nobody would ever need or an antillectually stupid and obscene juvenile outburst.

[silverleaf]

Why would an intelligent species want to talk to us?

[yavapai]

I predict that the SETI Institute will not detect ET transmissions. My prediction is just as valid as theirs.

[Capitalism2003]

I wish every Freeper would download the SETI screensaver. Might as well be doing something useful while your computer isn't in use.

Here is the link:

http://www.download.com/SETI-home/3000-2400_4-10196959.html?tag=lst-0-1

[VOR78]

And here's a little new news on an old story:

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041219/OPINION02/412190352/0/OPINION

This story was interesting a year ago, but much moreso now that it appears it has been independently verified. No one is ready to say this is a signal from an alien civilization, but it sounds like the evidence may be mounting in that direction. Its just too bad that the article is so short.

[38special]

They're wasting their time and money. We're it folks...

[KevinDavis]

In fairness to the ET's, I would find this planet a dump.

[thackney]

SETI ping

[Doctor Stochastic]

The good news is that "How to Serve Humanity" is not an alien cook book. The bad news is that it's a tennis instruction manual.

[RightWhale]

Why is it so important [to some] that we find interstellar neighbors? Most people won't even go next door to introduce themselves.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

No aliens. Waste of money.