Sending Google Into Space to Search for Alien Life

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/31/Seth_Shostak_Confessions_of_an_Alien_Hunter

Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, recalls his idea to broadcast Google's servers into outer space as a means of making contact with extraterrestrials. "If you have a lot of material, it becomes easier to figure out the code," says Shostak.

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FORA.tv Studios and Whole Earth Films present Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, speaking to Blaise Zerega, President and CEO of FORA.tv, about his book Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

For twenty-five years SETI has been looking for proof of extraterrestrial life, and as the program's senior astronomer, Shostak explains it's entirely possible that before long conclusive evidence will be found.

Seth Shostak is an astronomer with a BA in physics from Princeton and a PhD in astronomy from Caltech, and is involved with the Institute's SETI research. But he's also responsible for much of the outreach activities of the Institute. He is science editor for "The Explorer", gives more than 50 talks annually for both academic and general audiences, and writes magazine articles (and books) about SETI. He also teaches informal education classes on astronomy and other topics in the Bay Area, and is the inventor of the electrical banana, a circumstance he claims has had little positive effect on his life. He is the host for the SETI Institute's weekly radio program Are We Alone? Before coming to SETI, Seth did research work on galaxies using radio telescopes at observatories and universities in America and Europe. His avocations include photography, filmmaking, and electronics.

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[wimscheers]

Alien space ship cruising around: Sir, we've got an incoming message from an unknown source. Let them through.

 *Penis Enlargment* *Free Viagra* *Somalian Princess gives away 1 million$ * Get the firewall up! *Free samples* My God, we're *Download Toolbar*Going down! ...

[ForaTv]

Thumbs up.

[Inaneen]

Imagine Aliens surfing for human porn :D

[coldarc]

there are dimensions all around us. the shadow world is close enough for us more sensitive to sense their existence. ever heard about harmonic resonance? the beginning is with sound. alien contact can only be established when we have understood the fundamental inner working of the universe. our crude radio powered communication is to inefficient for transmissions that exist in a non linear way. thought exist on the core level of the cosmos. a hint: fold symmetry.

[amyx28]

If a nearby civilization really knew ALL about us... well, wouldn't that perhaps give them some justifiable reasons to exterminate us?

[elysiumx444]

so the aliens already have a computer like ours and a html browser, and decoder software for picture(jpg) and video(flv). the porn can be filtered and send the signal without it but what are the chances they make any sense out of it? the signal ain't no fucking hieroglyph that can be seen with an eye, assuming the race we are contacting has eyes like ours that see the same way in the same frequency. maybe has no eyes

[Zurround100]

Inaneen would'nt it be funny if aliens looked exactly or almost exactly like us because of parallel evolution or something like Star Trek AND porn was illegal on their world? They could have a field day here on Earth!

[2CSST2]

people who are like "dont let them know our secrets", cmon, if there is intelligent life it must have evolved as every other lifeforms and devolop compassion as well as all sorts of things like porno, like us, and they are certainly not a cruel-only species waiting to destruct other lifeforms in the universe, stop watching movies and use your brains.

[2CSST2]

@DantesDump what do you know about scientist and science

[peter45561]

dont brain wash your self into thinking like that.

[pgm98387]

If they...or whatever is monitoring our radio and TV broadcasts they must think were all complete idiots...