Timeline for First Contact With Aliens
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| Jun 19, 2015 at 11:01 | audit | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 31, 2015 at 22:12 | comment | added | john01dav | @GuntramBlohm the number isn't significant apart from its representation in binary. The 7 meteors in groups of 2 is significant though, since 2^7 is 128. | |
| May 31, 2015 at 20:43 | comment | added | Brian | Surely there is a more realistic way to transmit a 5000-digit number? The premise of the problem is pretty far-fetched... | |
| May 31, 2015 at 18:41 | comment | added | Guntram Blohm |
@MikeEarnest: Which becomes clear once you see the picture, which starts with one complete and another half row of 1 bits.
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| May 31, 2015 at 6:19 | vote | accept | john01dav | ||
| May 31, 2015 at 5:34 | answer | added | Tryth | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 31, 2015 at 5:25 | comment | added | Mike Earnest | Not sure if this is significant, but this number is very close to $2^{2^{14}}$ (they are within $10^{-50}$% of each other). | |
| May 31, 2015 at 4:48 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 31, 2015 at 4:48 | history | asked | john01dav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |