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It has been called the most bizarre star in our galaxy and some think it just might be home to high-tech aliens.
The unlikely suggestion that aliens live in this star system is being taken so seriously that a team of astrophysicists wants to train a radio telescope in its direction to determine if any signals could indicate advanced extraterrestrial life. Step right up and place your bets!
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I think you'll find this to be a repost of the thread just below...
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You're right! Thanks for catching that. We've posted a new news item to replace it.
Kevin Priddle
Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject
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Kevin Priddle wrote: scientists baffled by WTF 001, our galaxy's strangest star
If they really find aliens one day, that it is going to be a very big  WTF
M.D.V. 
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Nelek wrote: If they really find aliens one day, that it is going to be a very big WTF
Why? What is it that you think makes our nondescript little planet so special that it's the only place in the entire vastness of the universe where so-called "intelligent" life could evolve?
The real "WTF" would be if we examined every part of the universe and didn't find any evidence of alien life.
"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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I don't think we are alone in the universe. I agree with you.
But I think if we find another civilization, that will end in the extintion of one of us.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Star is not named WTF 001 but KIC 8462852.. Some moron ( fourth element of the universe ) renamed it just to make news line looks more appealing !!!
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies. Now, researchers are renewing their warning that a serious flaw in the way the key exchange is implemented is allowing the NSA to break and eavesdrop on trillions of encrypted connections. Researchers show how mass decryption is well within the NSA's $11 billion budget.
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A paper by a team of astronomers is getting some notice because of aliens. Astronomers are looking into the idea that what they’ve found might be due to aliens.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Heretofore undocumented aliens?
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Weird. Very weird.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Sold!
When is the US Air force gonna invade?! 
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The Air Force doesn't invade until the Marines have deemed it safe for them.
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Two military guys go into a restroom. One is in the Air Force and the other is a Marine. When they are done, the Air Force guy goes to the sink and starts to wash his hands, while the Marine starts to leave.
The Air Force guy yells to the Marine, “The Air Force teaches us to wash our hands.”
The Marine yells back, “The Marines teach us not to piss on ours!”
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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I've heard that one as Harvard and Yale before.
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Aren't there aliens here itself? For example, me - if I come over to the US, I'm termed an alien. And, I've borne that nomenclature several times in my life.
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Sting sang I'm an alien / I'm a legal alien / I'm an English man in New York
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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It would be cool if it's an alien civilization constructing a Dyson sphere around their star.
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Then, once their resources are depleted we can swoop in and colonize it. 
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Very cool, thanks for sharing. I wonder what SETI will pick up.
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How anthropomorphic. As if aliens (or galaxies colliding) would smile (or even have the concept of smiling) as we humans do. And besides, smiling is actually a form of baring one's teeth, it's not necessarily a friendly thing!
Marc
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There are several tools available that make using COBOL on modern computers as straightforward as using other programming languages. Three open source projects that help you code, compile, and use COBOL on a Mac, Linux, or Windows
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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"make using COBOL on modern computers as straightforward as using other programming languages"
Codswallop - have they never looked at actual COBOL code?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Apple's Swift has been available for over a year now, and Apple has promised it will be made available under an Open-Source license by the end of 2015.
That's great, but could I run Swift code on an Android device today? The key is LLVM which generates assembly code for an imaginary machine, and then converts that intermediate representation to actual code
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Now, a researcher who goes by the name Dark Purple has created a USB device that can permanently destroy much of a computer's innards, rendering the machine little more than an expensive doorstop. Within seconds of being plugged in, the USB stick delivers a negative 220-volt electric surge into the USB port. Remember kids, don't let strange USB drives into the house.
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