communication

Could someone tell me what is the link between distance in space, strength of a radio signal, and size of any listening device? Considering the size/sensitivity of SETI, how close would any alien civilisation need to be for us to detect unusual radio signals if they are not transmitting to us...

I'm working at a small construction company that manages a good deal of money (for our standards anyway) and I must help put order in several processes. Among other things, I'm trying to devise a simple scheme to promote internal communication: I set up a "john doe" mail account and then give...

Awesome Link WOW! :jaw-dropp What a story! Now, do you think that dolphins and whales have some inherit way to communicate, or is this like a dog saving people in a fire...? Are Mammels naturally altruistic?

I've never seen anything like this before. The link is to Break.com, but it's not in the NSFW area, so should be safe for all, though there is a foul word or two. http://www.break.com/index/a-brawl-in-the-safari.html What amazed me about the video is that the lions take down a small buffalo...

Whilst reading through my newest issue of Skeptical Inquirer (which I have to find at Borders since B&N carries neither it, nor Skeptic) I stumbled across this nugget of epiphany that seem most relevant to the discussion that go on in this subforum. Its from the Comment and Opinion section: The...

Spit from http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59530 , this thread is not under special moderation. You are not fooling me, Steve. You have been on a crusade against skeptics ever since they explained why psychics can't talk to dead people.

The article can be found here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191843,00.html On May 10 Penn Jillette had Randi on his radio show to discuss the article and Randi's work in helping to debunk facilitated communication. You can download and listen to the show on Penn's radio...

An Objective Analysis of Facilitated Communication - What Works and What Doesn't Speakers: Bill Ahern, Ph.D., BCBA Director of Research New England Center for Children Southboro, MA Raymond G. Romanczyk, Ph.D., BCBA Professor and Director Institute for Child Development Binghamton University...

I remember a "Law and Order" episode that dealt with this in the early 90's. I believe they were trying to prove a doctor was a quack, and just telling parents of autistic children what they wanted to hear. The solution was simple, they had one of the parent's vision impaired and showed a...

http://www.cyberark.com/animal/telepath.htm "Could it be true? Is it possible to telepathically communicate with other species in peaceful cooperation upon the earth? The wonderful, exciting answer is YES!"

I've found so many fantastic book recommendations in this forum that when I decided to seek out books on communication I thought i'd ask around here before trolling amazon book reviews. Lately i've become interested in improving my interpersonal communication skills. I'm not exactly sure what...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7800097%255E29677,00.html Isn't science grand?

Here's the scenario, please tell me where I'm messing up. I have a set of entangled particles, say twenty-six pairs, designated A-1, B-2, C-3, etc. I put all the particles into individual containers where they are unobserved and send all the numbered particles, 1, 2, 3 etc, on my spaceship a...