Now suppose light, radio, electricity is really particles working together in some sort of way/fashion.
The question becomes:
How to encode information with a particle system.
I think electronics work with a lineair kind of encoding system:
When a signal is stable for a longer period it is considered to be a clear signal.
The signal could be like a 1 or positive load, or a -1 or a negative load.
What if aliens decide to use a different kind of encoding for example:
A burst mode of particles is a big one. A little burst mode of particles is a small zero.
Many particles could arrive at the same time indicating a big one.
Or only few particles could arrive at the same time indicating a small zero.
Then it more or less repeats like electronics, but the signal is not so clear.
It can be anyhing within a certain range, actually this is probably how electronics work as well.
However there is a difference.
Electronics use time to differiantate the signals.
However aliens might use "strongeness" to differentiate signals.
So the seti project might be setup wrongly:
The seti project is looking for a clear signal.
Maybe the should be looking for a "strong" signal at zero time.
When many many many many particles are received in only a very short time could this be considered a very clear signal, ofcourse this could be an explosion in space as well, who knows...
Amusing that aliens will broadcast a clear signal for a long period of time is maybe foolish, this might also require waaayyy too much energy to keep the signal strong for so long.
Very very very short burst of lots of power might be the way to go ?
Or maybe it would fade away to quickly ?
Who knows.... just some thoughts for ya there ! ;)
I might give the particle system a try, it's a simple way of getting it done, but it will require lots of processor time to move each particle and such....
Very nice example where multiple cores could handle many many many particles.
Bye, Skybuck.