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"None of them has been able to find the claimed signal from EQ Peg," says Dr Shuch. It is no longer just a hoax, it is sabotage of a highly respected grassroots effort. " Some of the world's major radio telescopes have also been looking for the signal with no success. The Australian compact array telescope, with is 30 times more powerful than the telescope that found the original signals, has not found anything. Other scientists have denounced the supposed findings as a deliberate attempt to trick the world.
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Calling himself "anon", the hoaxster sent copies of the data all over the internet, which Cohen quickly reviewed--and was the first to reject. Unwilling to elaborate on all of the signal's failings as an alien 'hit', Cohen said "my colleagues and I share the belief that we shouldn't help the hoaxsters by telling them all that's wrong with the fake. " The major problem is that the signals were carbon copies on two separate days of data, a probability that Cohen says would be astronomically small as reality. But the main problem was the signal lacked the channel bandwidth required of a SETI signal. "The signal loses a tremendous amount of punch over cosmic distances and you have to optimize the mode", said Cohen.
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Both professional and amateur SETI groups have ridiculed the claim. For example, Professor Nathan Cohen of the University of Boston dismisses it as a hoax in a Business-Wire story on 29 October. This is partly because the discoverer did not follow the protocol which is followed by all the major SETI groups, and which includes a series of checks to prevent false alarms. Part of the scepticism is also because of various inconsistencies and errors in the original report. Nevertheless, some commentators are taking the story fairly seriously.
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both in Toronto, as well as the University of Alberta, are all members of the Jewish community. Jews have come a long way in the political sector since the days Ezekiel Hart was refused a seat in the legislature of Lower Canada. Canadian Jews have served proudly in the House of Commons for the three major political parties on the federal scene. Several have served as cabinet ministers and a number have been appointed to the senate. A Jew has served as premier of British Columbia and all three major political parties in Ontario have had a Jewish leader including the recently elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives, the Honourable Larry Grossman.
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A good major site: http://www.agnsw.com/
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