Re: Hiding from space...

"Dan Goodman" <dsgood@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How high a tech level can they afford to be seen using? Given
computers advanced enough to use rather low levels of power, perhaps
they could be powered by solar energy or water-wheels.

That's fine for computers, which make up a small proportion of the
high-tech civilization's power consumption. Meanwhile their furnaces
and forges still show up like sore thumbs.

D.
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