----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: How do you say 'Hello' to an alien?
> >
> >I have also read that scientists broadcast information into outer space
> >using radio. The information is coded as 0's and 1's(binary). Even the
most
> >eminent scientists wre not able to decode this information later; let's
hope
> >an alien can do it!
> >
> >The question I have is how do code information as 0's and 1's. To code
> >anything, we would need language, won't we? Or is it possible to send
> >information without using any language?
>
> The length of the message (in bits) was a product of two primes. When the
> sequence of bits was rasterred onto a rectangle whose sides were the
> factors of the length of the message, a rather blocky bitmapped image
appeared.
>
> "Aceribo message" would probably be a useful search term to find what was
sent.
Yeah..um...What kind of insane aliens would think of that kind of thing?
> Pete
>