I wonder how many stars lie within that tiny volume. I bet its more than a few!
EDIT: Never mind, 14,600 according to this:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...s/980123d.html
of which around 500 are G type if you think that makes a difference.
Personally, I believe they simply aren't listening or capable of listening. What is it? 3.5 billion years of life on Earth and we've only been able to listen in for the last 100 years, and for a large chunk of that hundred we've had the capability to bring down the whole house of cards. As has been shown time and again, assuming we are unique in the cosmos is false. I'd be surprised if the seeds of life are even from here.
Wow signal aside, do you know just how much power it would take to resolve our measly transmissions from background noise at another star? What you want to do is set off some nukes in a sequence of prime numbers- then they might have a chance if they have discovered the em spectrum! It would be a short conversation though!
