Wednesday 28 July 2021

Communication

The problem with sending messages is that you need to be sure the other end understands you.


And not even just the contents of the message, but the fact that a message is being sent at all. To you, an upside down flag is the internationally recognised symbol for a ship in distress. To the yacht, you're just as drunk as they are.


Far too many possible connections are lost because the two sides aren't working with the same information.


So, to change the subject entirely, there's a pulsar that is pulsing at exactly even regular intervals, right towards Earth.

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