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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:40 PM Original message |
Mountain View’s SETI Institute Suspends Search For Alien Life |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, I used to contribute processing power to SETI |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Me too. On three Macs, 24/7 for a while. nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. A lot of DUers did. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Me too. On two Macs |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. The truth is still out there. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. "the war on science", exactly, on so many levels. kr, nt |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is this the SETI@Home project? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. SETI@Home's a component of the broader program. (nt) |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. What? They needed to divert the funds to wiretapping Americans? |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are some Republicans who will applaud this... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well said... |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Probably just as well |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. That just proves that they've found the ETs, and are hiding the truth |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Anyone that wants to keep PCs active doing distributed computing, join DU's Folding@Home team>>>>> |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. There are no coincidences. "UFO" Jim Ledwith is in my office, right now. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. SETI is basically without worth. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bummer |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. SETI is not a search for Martians or flying saucers |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The irony and challenge is huge |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The irony is that seeing smoke signals was first contact for many peoples |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. +1 |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. All the ET's have been exposed on youtube. They're here now. Some at Tea Party rallies. OEM. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. $5 million a day? Not according to this article. Plus"Suspends" means they could be doing it again. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. "the “chase” for Martians and flying saucers." |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Has Branson said he's going to fill the funding gap? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No, I was just suggesting him as a private funding source.. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. maybe we should figure out if "itch" signals are being sent? |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. take the blue pill |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. There is a bottom line though - - SETI just isn't making science - - we humans demand results |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Haven't heard anything on the telegraph for a long time... |
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