From: Glenn Morton (glenn.morton@btinternet.com)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 07:45:09 EST
Vernon wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vernon Jenkins [mailto:vernon.jenkins@virgin.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:28 PM
>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.
A much easier way would be to send pictures. One would need to tell the
alien how to arange the bits (matrix size) but pictures seem easier to me.
If I were in charge of SETI, and I received the first 100 primes, I would
transmit the 101st hoping that they would then send the 102 back. The
problem with all of this is that I might have to wait 4 years (minimum) to
get a response. If I don't, then we are probably dealing with a prankster
using satellite technology.
glenn
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