From: Vernon Jenkins (vernon.jenkins@virgin.net)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 18:28:20 EST
Josh, Glenn et al,
Further to the matter of detecting ET and initiating dialogue, I thought it
would be a useful exercise to consider how we might best respond to a signal
of appropriate specified complexity. It occurred to me that within the
first billion natural numbers are just 8 triangular numbers (distinguished
by the fact that the sides and perimeters of these triangles are themselves
triangular) which might be used to convey the significant information that
we earthlings are essentially denary beings whose methods of number
representation and measurement are based on the use of ten as collective
unit.
Since my arguments require graphical support I have set them up as a web
page at the address
http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/Alien_intelligence.htm
I would greatly appreciate your comments.
Vernon
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