> Dana wrote: > I think I forgot to post a link about the Drake equation
Here's a CF generated article 'bout all that jazz: SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak: "The lack of precision in determining these parameters pales in comparison with our ignorance of L." Similarly, Mars Society president Robert Zubrin says that "the biggest uncertainty revolves around the value of L; we have very little data to estimate this number, and the value we pick for it strongly influences the results of the calculation." Estimates of L reflect this uncertainty, ranging from 10 years to 10 million years, with a mean of about 50,000 years. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000800AC-8550-1D2B-97CA809EC588EEDF&pageNumber=1&catID=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
