From: Larry Klaes (lklaes@bbn.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 06:55:24 MST
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/12/19b.html
One expert, however, advises participants that no one will
ever receive those messages. "Such a stunt would add almost
nothing of substance to the electromagnetic leakage from Earth,"
said H. Paul Shuch, executive director of the SETI League. "If it
were that easy to generate signals detectable at interstellar
distances, we would have detected something by now."
"The deplorable state of television programming proves
that no advanced extraterrestrial civilizations exist
in Earth's immediate vicinity, British writer Sir
Arthur C. Clarke recently told a United Nations
forum... Somewhat facetiously, he went on to note that
since television signals continue to radiate outward
from the Earth at the speed of light, our televised
legacy now fills a sphere more than 100 light-years in
diameter. Since no alien police force has yet arrived
to put an end to the nuisance, this proves that no
advanced civilization occupies that vast region, he
said."
-www.space.com/spaceimagined/clarke_un_tv_991124.html
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