At 50 light-years distance, a nosy alien could find that signal peak in a hundred-hour search using an antenna the size of Texas. Especially with millions of pimply, anti-social alien geeks running their equivalent of the SETI@home program on their computers.
(and yes, I have it running on my computer at home).
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06/18/2009 3:16:25 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)