On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:01:04 GMT, "JoeSP" <olegp@telus.net> wrote:

<sni>

Organisms in nature rarely broadcast their presence to the surroundings. 

With the exception of humans.  As a species (in general) we tend to be
inquisitive and have a fear of being alone, so we seek out others
where ever they might be.

This would *probably* be a trait of most advanced civilizations.

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And perhaps most important of all is the tiny window in the vastness of time 
and space that any intelligent civilization would be able to attempt to 
communicate with others in the universe.  The chances of finding a similar 
civilization to ours, beaming out friendship signals in hopes of connecting 
with another are probably as remote as two bullets colliding in the air, 
shot from different sides of a mountain, on any given day in a millenium. 

With the distances involved the chances are very slim, but to me the
important part would be discovereing we are not alone.  The odds of
establishing a contact are almost non existent.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com