Re: Cheating

adam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Adam Beneschan) wrote in
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> Otis Bricker <obricker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:<Xns94676E01999B0obrickermydejanewsco@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>... 
> 
>> > If our growth curve continues, then the member****p of BBO
>> > will surpass the ACBL's around the middle of 2004 (and we
>> > will surpass planet Earth's population some time in early 2009).
>> > 
>> 
>> Its nice to know that someone is promoting Bridge, even if it isn't
>> on this world.
> 
> Heck, I think it's nice to know that Fred is developing software to
> communicate with beings on other planets in five years.  :)
> 
> In fact, I think that perhaps the efforts of Earth scientists to
> establish communication with alien beings has perhaps been misguided. 
> Instead of whatever messages we're currently sending out, I think we
> would dramatically increase our chance of getting a response if we
> sent out messages like "You hold ace-jack-fifth, king-queen doubleton,
> ......."
> 

But do we really want first contact to come from RGB?