"It is simply a matter of statistics," said Mrs Barnett. "There are two figures you need to know. One is what our estimate of how many civilisations there are in the universe that are sending out signals into space [about 10,000] and the second is how long will it take to search through enough stars in the universe to statistically have a chance of picking up those signals." Put these numbers together, she claims, and we will encounter aliens by 2025.

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All is going fine, had a cold the last 2 weeks, as is usual in October with the cold weather. But now feeling much better.

Initial report due in Friday for my FYProject. Japanese going great, chinese good too, starting to write emails back to Malaysia in Chinese. House is great, having another party on the 1st Nov. Going to Leeds to tweekend afterwards to see Jamae and Cathy for a Guy Fawks party.

See you soon,
John