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Craigslist to beam personals into deep space

Wednesday 2 March 2005

the ultimate lonely heart?

"Craiglist announced today that it would expand the odds of finding true love, a vintage couch or a long lost pal by beaming its ads into outer space" CEO of Craisglist, Jim Buckmaster, won the rights to send the first private communcations into deep space on Ebay. The seller was Deep Space Communications Network, a production company based in Florida that will use its satellite broadcasting equipment to transmit the postings at least one light year into space

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Posted by Anne-Fay |

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