Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

2007-01-19 Thread William T Goodall
On 19 Jan 2007, at 04:24, David Hobby wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1993006,00.html >> >> "So much space, so little time: why aliens haven't found us yet >> >> >> Ian Sample, science correspondent > ... >> Using a computer simulation of our own ga

Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

2007-01-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 19/01/2007, at 10:37 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > > It is from the Grauniad, a newspaper renowned throughout the world > for its typographical errors.. "Because of a printing error, today's Guardian is full of water..." Charlie GCU The Day Today

Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

2007-01-19 Thread Gwern Branwen
William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1993006,00.html > > "So much space, so little time: why aliens haven't found us yet > > > Ian Sample, science correspondent > Thursday January 18, 2007 > The Guardian > > It ranks among the most enduring mys

Re: US Rejected Offer From Iran

2007-01-19 Thread Keith Henson
At 12:00 PM 1/18/2007 -0800, John wrote: >Washington 'snubbed Iran offer' > >Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was >rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight >programme. snip >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6274147.stm >

Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

2007-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Gwern Branwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:39:06 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: New take on Fermi Paradox >This seems way too pessimistic, or I'm missing something. If there are >only 8^2 probes (each one builds 8 more, and t

Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

2007-01-19 Thread Gwern Branwen
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Original Message: > - > From: Gwern Branwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:39:06 -0500 > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: Re: New take on Fermi Paradox > > > >>This seems way too pessimistic, or I'm missing somethin