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To: RadioAstronomer
"Except SETI is looking for a known type of signal that is only generated by artificial means."

Hmmm. So RadioAstronomer has an exhaustive list of all possible types of naturally-occurring signals? Wow.

I don't see how this is different from what ID does.

70 posted on 01/07/2002 4:33:16 PM PST by cookcounty
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To: cookcounty
Hmmm. So RadioAstronomer has an exhaustive list of all possible types of naturally-occurring signals? Wow.

Having done the time at a radio telescope myself: Yes.

The last real big false positive? Pulsars. A regular signal that keeps nearly perfect time, with a very regular spectrum. They were detected nearly 40 years ago. That's the last serious near miss for LGM hunters. Though RA would know more than me. I tended to look at more exotic items in my line of work.

75 posted on 01/07/2002 4:42:49 PM PST by ThinkPlease
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