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CraigsList Transmitting into Deep Space

April 28, 2005 -

This is really odd. You've probably heard of craigslist - the site does job ads, personals, housing, and classifieds.

Well, they're going to be beaming their postings trillions of miles into space with the help of the Deep Space Communications Network.

It seems that craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster won an eBay auction for the first private communication transmission light years into deep space. His idea seems almost like a publicity stunt - he wanted to "offer this opportunity" to craigslist users. So are they planning on doing business with E.T.? I really don't know what their agenda here is. But on May 15th, they're transmitting. Weird.