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Re:Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intelligent ... by ant6n on Sunday June 21, 2020 @03:18AM (#23590444)
The sun can be used as a gravitational lens.
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Re:Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intelligent ... by beamatronic on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:20PM (#23604861)
How would you send out a morse-code like signal?

like -.-- -.-- --..

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Re:Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intelligent ... by ant6n on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:47PM (#23605388)
You arrange satellites behind two suns like this:

    Sat (500AU) sun (N light years) sun (500AU) sat
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Re:Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intelligent ... by beamatronic on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:31AM (#23629046)
Where do you get 2 suns from?
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