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Old February 22nd 04, 06:22 AM
Dwight Stewart
 
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"The Eternal Squire" wrote:

(snip) You could either:
1) Think of it as a SETI exercise.
CW would carry far better over
interstellar distance on microwave
frequencies than voice, RTTY, or
image. (snip)



Who would one talk to over those vast distances? We use Morse code, while
most off-world residents used Zugth code. Besides, code use elsewhere is
still declining after being dropped as a testing requirement about 6,406k
years ago.


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