How many alien civilizations are capable of contacting us?
In 1961, radio astronomer Frank Drake presented an equation designed to estimate that number on the basis of seven assumptions. For now, the Drake Equation tells you more about your own views on life in the universe than about scientific fact.
But the scientific community continues to use it as a yardstick for the SETI search. Plug in your estimates for the following seven factors and come up with your own answer.
http://msnbc.com/modules/drake/default.asp
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manuscrypts Says:
September 8th, 2008 at 6:58 PM“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Calvin
Amit Says:
September 8th, 2008 at 11:57 PMwhy not ask Roshan uncle or Spielberg uncle. They should know something, eh!
Amit Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 12:02 AMBtw, nice cartoon image in the post Ansy, really funny seeing those aliens popping out of that flying saucer!
felinemusings Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 9:47 AM@Amit, considering copyright issues, I am always careful of the images I use. My safest bet is the free Microsoft cliparts collection at: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
Amit Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 11:33 AMGlad to know you are considerate about copyrights.
You can also use images from Flickr which are under a CC license provided you abide by their license. All CC licensed photos will have the attribution clause which means you can just put their name & link back to them at the end of the post or just below the post(where-ever you feel like in the post). And you can get the images from Flickr itself without hosting them yourself. Flickr even provides you with a search option so you can search for just CC licensed photos/images.
felinemusings Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 11:44 AM@Amit, thanks for the tip buddy
BTW, M and I were planning a trip on Dusshera long weekend – wld Itraveller be interested?
Amit Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 12:28 PMNo problemo about the tip; you can consult me without any charge whenever you want!
As for the trip, we’ll discuss it over the email.