Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: Even more probable is the evolution to spread spectrum techniques. Look at > what has happened to a lot of our emissions - they have moved to spread > spectrum. This would no longer be detectable as an emission type that is > detectable by SETI technology. >
That is a variation on what I had in mind with increased data compression. To paraphrase Clarke's third law: Any sufficiently advanced communication is indistinguishable from noise. (I actually said that to Clarke. I don't recall his response.) - Jed
