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Re:Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner Announce $100M Initiative... by wlesieutre on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:26PM (#9917990)
Laser communication seems more likely for long distance communication. Omnidirectional radio broadcasts need a comparatively huge amount of energy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPALS

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Re:Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner Announce $100M Initiative... by murbard2 on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:41PM (#9918085)
I agree, but that's a very different argument from "who are we, measly little ants to think we can understand..."
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