Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Ikeda <tikeda@sprintmail.hormel.com>
To: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: extraterrestrial intelligence
>Moorad (in drag) writes [...]
>
>> The following article indicates that scientists believe they can detect
>> extraterrestrial intelligence by merely using mechanical devices, viz.
>> antennas. I ask you, isn't detector-man more capable of detecting
>> intelligence than mere machines? [...]
>
>Yes. But man can't scan 1000 channels/sec for 24 hours a day looking
>for electromagnetic signals indicating intelligence. (My wife's opinion
>to the contrary... Cable TV converters simply don't switch that fast)
>
>- Tim Ikeda
> tikeda@sprintmail.hormel.com (despam address before use)
>