[ataru]

Any self respecting alien would send the signal every 42 minutes.

[unsnap_biceps]

It says the burst lasts 2 minutes, so it would be 42 minutes of silence followed by 2 minutes of signal for a 44 minute cycle.

[sieste]

Has anyone checked the local planning office on alpha centauri for vogon announcements recently?

[fuzztester]

you've got to think deeper.

the concept of self respect itself may be alien to "aliens".

it's a human construct / concept.

also, stop calling them aliens. it is disrespectful.

(otherwise they might zap us with their thought cannon, compared to which light sabers are like toothpicks.)

they have as much right to be in this universe as we have. the term "alien" is a human and sci-fi construct. and sci-fi is, well, fi(ction).

call them extra terrestrial beings, or just other beings.

we need to realise that other beings can have other sets of values than we do, or even none. heck, they may not even have the concept of values. and there is nothing wrong with that.

i can go on, but I'll stop here. my other being friends are calling me for a get together.

[NoPicklez]

Well, they are alien to us, but that doesn't mean we need to alienate them.

A being is also a human construct / concept.

[100721]

I mean, there are humans without values. We don’t have to go far.

[hkt]

Maybe there's more redshift than they intended!

[NewJazz]

See ya soon and please be ready with the fish!

[lostmsu]

Many aliens would have to have computed the Answer independently as the news from Douglas haven't reached them yet.