"Upon discovery and confirmation of signals produced by extraterrestrial intelligence, SETI@home will make an announcement in the form of an IAU (International Astronomical Union) telegram. This is a standard way of informing the astronomical community of important discoveries. The telegram contains all of the important information (frequencies, bandwidth, location in the sky, etc.) that would be necessary for other astronomical groups to confirm the observation. The person(s) who found the signal with their screen saver would be named as one of the co-discoverers along with the others on the SETI@home team. At this point we would still be unsure if the signal was generated by an intelligent civilization or maybe some new astronomical phenomenon."

OMG!!!!1

Sounds cool

At the normal rate they make decisions it would take them hundreds of years just to decide if it might be an alien transmission or not.

Quote from: SeriousAt the normal rate they make decisions it would take them hundreds of years just to decide if it might be an alien transmission or not.

LOL we get to the alien planet and they say "did you get our message?" I can just see it

Except it will more than likely they arrive in our system and turn out to be the Vogons...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/vogon.shtml

No doubt, its the "Your planet is due for demolition, please submit any complaints to the galaxy planning office before October 17th 2006 Christian Earth Time."

Whats the source of the above? nothing on normal news sites :?

Quote from: matt5cottWhats the source of the above?

HP spicy, I think  :?

I cannot find anything on the seti site.

I very much doubt you will as its a spoof

Can this be moved to waffle or locked then :-)

Quote from: matt5cottCan this be moved to waffle or locked then :-)

Bah! humbug! Spoilsport! OK then, moved