Balandar Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Science: SETI Predicts We'll Find ETs by 2020 Posted by michael on Friday July 23, @11:55AM from the or-they'll-find-us dept. FTL writes "Based on the Drake Equation, Moore's Law, and the Allen Telescope, a new prediction has been made that Earth will make first contact with aliens within 20 years. Of course once we find the first aliens there's the question of can we decode their signals, would they spot our reply, and what's the lag time." http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/07/...4.shtml?tid=160 Your Rights Online: Microsoft Pockets Patent for Encouraging TV Viewing Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday July 22, @06:03PM from the you-know-you-want-to dept. theodp writes "Through its WebTV unit, Microsoft was awarded a patent Tuesday for a system and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs, such as offering viewers frequent-flier miles for identifying the name of a sponsor or the color of an announcer's shirt. In other news, Microsoft took a District Court to task for failing to recognize the existence of prior art for the Eolas web plug-in patent, resulting in a $521 million judgment against the software giant." http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/...tid=155&tid=109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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