Wikipedia suggests that a radio signal was sent in 2008 to the planet Gliese 581 c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581#Radio_signal_sent_from_Earth Now we just have to wait until 2048-49.

This sounded almost exactly like a novel on 419 scams that came out last year. It's called "I do not come to you by chance". The protagonist is almost exactly like "John" here except that he graduates with an engineering degree but isn't able to find a job.

Is it guaranteed that, of two visually similar jpegs, the one with a higher quality has less artifacts? I think not.

Okay, so it hangs if I just launch it and press CTRL+W. Anyone else experience this?