If I started an organization built around looking through existing scientific data to determine whether or not we've had contact with an extra-terrestrial life-form.
Would /x/ join?
SETI has petabytes of signal information...
Surely we can scrounge up a handful of neckbeards to look through it all pedantically and shit.
I'd be down.
>>18944317
Okay
What should the main departments or organizational layout be?
So far...
I'm thinking:
Signal Data Collation
1. Recent (1997-Present)
a. Radio Signal
b. Light Signal
c. Other Signal Types
2. Historical (Pre-history-1997)
a. Radio Signal
b. Light Signal
c. Other Signal Types
Signal Theory and Strategy
1. Expected Intelligent Signal Characteristics
a. Signal type
b. Signal frequency
c. Signal dispersion
d. Transmission Methods
e. Receiving Methods
2. Previously Examined Signals
a. Characteristics
3. Signal Data Analytics
a. How do we organize signal information
b. How do we analyze the organized information
c. How do we compare, share, distribute, and publish findings
d. How do we present our published findings (In terms of data layout, charts, graphs, blog style, research style?)
Collaboration
1. Partnering groups
a. Who would make good partners for operations?
b. Who has existing signal data?
c. Who is actively accumulating new signal data?
d. Who will accumulate signal data in the future?
2. Outreach
a. How do we reach out to the potential partner groups?
b. How do we benefit from them?
c. How do they benefit from us?
>>18944347
>>18944317
>>18944310
SIX-S
(Pronunciation: sJksˈsɛs)
Signal Intelligence X-Squad
2017 Organizational Layout
Signal Data Collection Library
1. Recent (1997-Present)
a. Radio Signal
b. Light Signal
c. Other Signal Types
2. Historical (Pre-history-1997)
a. Radio Signal
b. Light Signal
c. Other Signal Types
Signal Theory and Strategy
1. Expected Intelligent Signal Characteristics
a. Signal Type
b. Signal Frequency
c. Signal Dispersion
d. Transmission Methods
e. Receiving Methods
f. Possible Source Locations
f. Impossible Source Locations
2. Previously Examined Candidate Signals
a. Characteristics
b. Reason For Dismissal
c. Source Locations
3. Signal Data Analytics
a. How do we organize signal information
b. How do we analyze the organized information
c. How do we compare, share, distribute, and publish findings
d. How do we present our published findings (In terms of data layout, charts, graphs, blog style, research style?)
Collaboration
1. Partnering groups
a. Who would make good partners for operations?
b. Who has existing signal data?
c. Who is actively accumulating new signal data?
d. Who will accumulate signal data in the future?
2. Outreach
a. How do we reach out to the potential partner groups?
b. How do we benefit from them?
c. How do they benefit from us?
>>18944415
I'll do Other Signal Types I guess. Give me an hour...
>>18944310
>>18944317
>>18944347
>>18944415
Alright, so I have 3 main categories right now.
We will need these people so far:
Head of Signal Data Collection
Head of Signal Theory and Strategy
Head of Collaboration(Feel free to rename that Collab guy)
>>18944426
If you can combine all potential non-radio, non-light signal types that are currently known.
That would be GREAT.
Want to head a department, or just work as a contributor in a particular area?