[beaned]

This part is intriguing to me:

> In fact, if we analyse the history of (the few) radio signals that humanity have sent to several targets in the hope of contacting a civilization, none of those transmissions had a long duration or were repeatedly sent for a long time. [...] An extraterrestrial civilization could have opted to behave in a similar manner.

[ASalazarMX]

Except SETI sends the equivalent of a greeting card, it would be futile to send a big buzz without information because the huge distances forbid a conversation. This means that the WOW signal should have decoder-friendly information, but IIRC it didn't.