Re: (OT) Re: How do you say 'Hello' to an alien?

Arnt Richard Johansen scripsit:

> It makes many ill-founded assumptions on the aliens' culture and
> technology (ie. that all civilizations with radio telescopes must also
> have digital computers), but overall, it's quite plausible, and a good
> read.
Why not?  Humans have had digital computers for millennia (for that
matter, since we invented counting on the fingers, "digiti" in Latin).

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