You idiot jxc, did you even read the article you quoted?

Your own goddamn quote says that the arecibo message would take 25,000 to reach the star cluster. Hell, by the time the messages reaches them, they'll be won't even be there anymore.

And your argument against fish is ridiculous, all he's stating is that it's logical to assume that it was done by humans, not that there are no alien life forms.