Buttus Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I thought this was really cool! "While searching deep space for extra-terrestrial signals, scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have stumbled across signals broadcast from Earth nearly half a century ago. " http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devHead Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sounds like something from "Contact". Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 30, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted December 30, 2013 'Page last updated at 02:05 GMT, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 UK' GotBored and Aergan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I thought this was really cool! "While searching deep space for extra-terrestrial signals, scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have stumbled across signals broadcast from Earth nearly half a century ago. " http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm I take it you didn't see the date at the top of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 30, 2013 MVC Share Posted December 30, 2013 I take it you didn't see the date at the top of the article. meh, still cool none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 It is pretty cool... may have to scrounge the garage sales for some rabbit ears, maybe watch some old Star Trek or something for giggles. (Although knowing my luck I'd probably just get Gilligan's Island or some such junk.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 I take it you didn't see the date at the top of the article. yea, i didn't care, it's not breaking news or anything... just something i hadn't heard of before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 'Page last updated at 02:05 GMT, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 UK' Do some people not do "April Fools Day"? GotBored and Elliot B. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Fake or not, reminded me of this: HoochieMamma, +Matthew S., MightyJordan and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ummm... why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C:Amie Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ...fake BBC news website hosted on rimmell.com Search results on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=47%20year%20old%20television%20signals%20bouncing%20back%20to%20Earth yield nada. I call shenanigans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ummm... why ? The aliens didn't like our TV programs so they set up a big reflector to send it back to us. GotBored 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ...fake BBC news website hosted on rimmell.com Search results on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/?q=47%20year%20old%20television%20signals%20bouncing%20back%20to%20Earth yield nada. I call shenanigans. It was an April Fools prank by BBC News. Rimmel.com is just hosting a mirror of it because the original was taken down. April 1, it was a joke. How are people not getting this? SALSN 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted January 5, 2014 Member Share Posted January 5, 2014 I thought maybe the aliens were bouncing our beams back to us just to annoy us. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ummm... why ? Futurama. An Earth Television signal is picked up on Omicron Persei 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Futurama. An Earth Television signal is picked up on Omicron Persei 8.4 Then I think the picture needs more context, even as a Futurama fan I don't know that off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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