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Sully asked: "Rather than asking how many civilisations may exist now, we ask 'Are we the only technological species that has ever arisen?'" Sullivan said in a statement
That is another limiting factor into Drake's formula; making "intelligent" life another factor.
..but there is still no planet like Earth with this magnetic core nor its atmosphere. It is quite unique and there is no short time escaping this planet 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: there is still no planet like Earth with this magnetic core nor its atmosphere.
That's quite a bold claim, given how few planets we've actually seen. There could be billions of planets just like Earth throughout the universe; we just haven't seen them yet.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Not really. The forming of an earth is just not very likely.
And yes, there could also be millions of flying spaghettimonsters out there that we simply haven't seen
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: The forming of an earth is just not very likely.
What are you basing that on, and what do you define as "not very"?
With an estimated 100 octillion stars in the universe - that's 1029 - the odds of our planet being some sort of "special snowflake", with conditions never to be repeated anywhere else, are pretty low.
Also, this argument presumes that life can only exist in conditions similar to our own. It's quite possible that different forms of life could happily exist in totally different conditions, as they do on Earth[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: What are you basing that on
The point that we did not observe one yet.
Richard Deeming wrote: With an estimated 100 octillion stars in the universe
Like I said, there is no short time escaping this planet; any world that would fit the bill is not yet observed, and hence, a bit far to travel.
Richard Deeming wrote: Also, this argument presumes that life can only exist in conditions similar to our own.
It is not only about existing, but coming into existence and surviving.
Without the outer planets, Earth would have been bombarded more often with space-debris. Without the core, no magnetic field, and radiation sterilizing the planet.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: The point that we did not observe one yet.
Given how little of the universe we can actually observe at the moment, the fact that we've not seen one yet doesn't necessarily mean that it's "not very likely".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: Given how little of the universe we can actually observe at the moment
Given the distribution of what we do know..
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That's Doctor Some Idiot, thank you. 
TTFN - Kent
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Adblock Plus will add a new feature this year that allows its users to automatically tip the websites they visit. Pay them now, or pay them later?
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Every banner to its sport
Cash to each and every server
I renounce your people's content
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Microsoft appears to be working on a Universal Windows 10 version of its Paint application. Oh, at last! I've so missed its power and features.
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They have a Paint app? Wow who woulda knowed!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Microsoft today announced the general availability of SharePoint Server 2016 and shared their new vision for SharePoint and significant new features across SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. For when your boss wants a website, but you hate web development (and your boss)
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New quantum computing project is available to play with online. For all your quantum computing needs
"The quantum processor gave the right answer 'a little more than a third of the time'"
W00t.
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Thank god they're not using Javascript!
That "program" tool screenshot is weird.
Marc
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I did not see the programming language.
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SQLite version 3.11.2 is shipping with the Windows 10 Anniversary edition as part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and is recommended for all UWP local data storage needs. They're not forcing people to SQL Server?
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TIME Magazine named Apple's iPhone the most influential gadget of all time in a list published Tuesday, which included a variety of tech products from the likes of Sony, IBM, HP and other big-name players. The wheel demands a recount
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The wheel demands a recount
May be it is not a gadget.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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If you stick with assembled items (not transistors themselves), I believe the Xerox Alto has been FAR more influential...
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Just another reason to think that TIME has seen better years.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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As a piece of trivia I learned the other day, it called each of: Al Capone (1930), Adolf Hitler (1938) and Angela Merkel (2015) Time Person Of The Year.  oops!
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See their definition for "Person of the Year". TIME's Person of the Year, from 1927 to 2011 - TIME[^] It reads 'the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill'.
I would say that those persons certainly met that description.
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enhzflep wrote: As a piece of trivia I learned the other day, it called each of: Al Capone (1930), Adolf Hitler (1938) and Angela Merkel (2015) Time Person Of The Year.oops!
The TIME 'person of the year' for 1930 was Mahatma Gandhi. Al Capone never was selected!
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Thanks.
I must admit from the get-go to not having read what their selection criteria are.  Each of them certainly appear to fit. I might add, Ghandi in my mind is a far more worthy candidate than Capone.
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