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 galaxy, the Milky Way, Rasmus >> Bjork, a physicist at the Niels Bohr institute in Copenhagen, >> proposed that a single civilisation might build eight intergalactic >> probes and launch them on missions to search for life. > ... > > William-- > > Did you post this just to make us mad? : ) Thanks, but at > least one of the people involved doesn't impress me much. > Sample seems to mean "intragalactic", instead of "intergalactic". > And how did Bjork settle on 8? Is this some sacred number that > aliens love?
It is from the Grauniad, a newspaper renowned throughout the world for its typographical errors... Unions Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I speak better English than this villain Bush" - Mohammed Saeed al- Sahaf, Iraqi Information Minister _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
