Re: (not really) VMs: MY prediction for 2004

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bruce,

At 02:03 25/12/2003 -0500, Bruce Grant wrote:
> I have always believed that we are missing a trick: if the VMS text could 
> be transmitted in such a way that it appeared to be arriving from space, 
> it would energize the resources of the entire SETI community to try to 
> crack it.
>
> Incidentally, I wonder if there is any application for the "SETI@home" 
> approach (i.e. little applets running on thousands of idle PCs) vis-a-vis 
> the VMS?

Unfortunately we're probably lacking *insight*, rather than *computational 
power* - that is, we don't currently have a framework within which we can 
usefully apply brute force... unless you know better? :-o

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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