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Ohio Joe

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3. Off the top of my head...
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:57 PM
Jan 2012

Assuming said signals were in fact "similar in form and content to the signals we have been inadvertently and purposely transmitting for almost a century", I'm not sure it could be kept secret as far too many would be able to recieve them.

I would also say that, though I do not know the calculations, I expect it could be calculated exactly where the signals came from and how long ago they were sent... Giving a good idea of how long communication would take. I do not think "talking" to them would be very easy to do, it would depend on how old the transmission is we recieved... It could turn out that they were originally broadcast 500 years ago, which would mean ours first transmission would still not reach them for another 400 years.

If it were mine to decide on opening communication or not, I would have us wait for a more effective way (perhaps even work toward it) to do it before trying.

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