Some truth about seti :-)

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Orgil Send message Joined: 3 Aug 05 Posts: 979 Credit: 103,527 RAC: 0	Message 457152 - Posted: 13 Nov 2006, 22:00:26 UTC Last modified: 13 Nov 2006, 22:02:48 UTC Found it interesting for Seti people. :-) Mandtugai! ID: 457152 ·

littlegreenmanfrommars Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0	Message 457170 - Posted: 13 Nov 2006, 22:36:24 UTC - in response to Message 457152. Found it interesting for Seti people. :-) Very good!! I like it! Not only funny, but insightful. On the level of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett ID: 457170 ·

Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 457172 - Posted: 13 Nov 2006, 22:37:43 UTC Heh :o) I'm somehow reminded of a story by Stanislaw Lem I've been reading the other day: Ijon Tichy's "Eigth Travel" from the "Star Diaries" Regards Hans P.S: His sense of humor is along the same lines, so you might want to pick up this book if you stumble across it. I'ts been out of print for decades... ID: 457172 ·

Orgil Send message Joined: 3 Aug 05 Posts: 979 Credit: 103,527 RAC: 0	Message 457392 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 3:11:14 UTC Even there is the movie was released. Mandtugai! ID: 457392 ·

Johnney Guinness Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0	Message 457411 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 3:59:38 UTC - in response to Message 457152. Found it interesting for Seti people. :-) It must be the most incredible coincedence but I just finished watching the film "Alive" a fue minutes ago. The one about the plane crash in the Andies and they all eat each other as "meat" to stay alive. ID: 457411 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 457453 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 5:57:19 UTC - in response to Message 457170. Found it interesting for Seti people. :-) Very good!! I like it! Not only funny, but insightful. On the level of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett Or Abbott and Costello. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 457453 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 457454 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 6:06:38 UTC - in response to Message 457392. Even there is the movie was released. Was that one dude "Nobody"? Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 457454 ·

Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0	Message 457465 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 6:55:27 UTC - in response to Message 457454. Even there is the movie was released. Was that one dude "Nobody"? I don't think so, but one thing is sure..... He's made out of meat. Account frozen... ID: 457465 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 457628 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 13:10:54 UTC - in response to Message 457465. Even there is the movie was released. Was that one dude "Nobody"? I don't think so, but one thing is sure..... He's made out of meat. . . . and iT is Possible - You'll Never Know fer Shure . . . -----> funny . BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . ID: 457628 ·

Mac Girl. Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 679 Credit: 15,042 RAC: 0	Message 457780 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 16:53:08 UTC It is a good story. It plays on the scenario of how we might cope (or not) if we ever found alien life and it turned out to be very different from us. How would humans come to terms with that psychologically? Would we just walk away, as was the suggestion in the story, because we found it too disturbing? Would they be just too bizarre for us? Would it frighten us to the extent that we might find it better not to engage in contact with them? Or, if aliens are already aware of our presence, perhaps in their wisdom they know that already. They may conclude that we are just not mature enough as a race to withstand contact with them owing to their physical difference. So they choose not to contact us for that very reason. The story throws up a lot of questions. I liked it for that reason. 'No one can make you inferior without your consent.' Eleanor Roosevelt. ID: 457780 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 457846 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 17:34:32 UTC - in response to Message 457628. Last modified: 14 Nov 2006, 17:34:53 UTC Even there is the movie was released. Was that one dude "Nobody"? I don't think so, but one thing is sure..... He's made out of meat. . . . and iT is Possible - You'll Never Know fer Shure . . . -----> funny . I, personally, am a gaseous windbag. (Know any others of that species posting here? Hint: see Religious Thread (8). LOL!) EDIT: Thus, I am not made of meat. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 457846 ·

Orgil Send message Joined: 3 Aug 05 Posts: 979 Credit: 103,527 RAC: 0	Message 457886 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 17:58:59 UTC - in response to Message 457846. Even there is the movie was released. Was that one dude "Nobody"? I don't think so, but one thing is sure..... He's made out of meat. . . . and iT is Possible - You'll Never Know fer Shure . . . -----> funny . I, personally, am a gaseous windbag. (Know any others of that species posting here? Hint: see Religious Thread (8). LOL!) EDIT: Thus, I am not made of meat. Thanks and welcome. ;+\| Mandtugai! ID: 457886 ·

Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12	Message 457934 - Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 21:49:45 UTC I suspect that they were vegetarians! ID: 457934 ·

tekwyzrd Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0	Message 458122 - Posted: 15 Nov 2006, 1:22:33 UTC - in response to Message 457152. Found it interesting for Seti people. :-) Thanks. I had a link to that a long time ago, back when I used windows. It got lost in the transition. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) ID: 458122 ·

BillHyland Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Apr 04 Posts: 907 Credit: 5,764,172 RAC: 0	Message 458561 - Posted: 15 Nov 2006, 23:51:43 UTC - in response to Message 457934. I suspect that they were vegetarians! And not just the normal ovo-lacto vegetarians. The were probably ovo-lacto-beefo-porko vegetarians! Meat vegetarians! ID: 458561 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 458598 - Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 0:23:14 UTC - in response to Message 458561. I suspect that they were vegetarians! And not just the normal ovo-lacto vegetarians. The were probably ovo-lacto-beefo-porko vegetarians! Meat vegetarians! Meat! Meat, meat, MEAT!!! You like to eat hot dogs, do ya? I like to eat every kind of dog! I'm sorry, he's French. Yeah. Very!!! Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 458598 ·

Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 458600 - Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 0:25:05 UTC Vegetables aren't food - vegetables are what food eats :o) Regards Hans P.S: Boy, have we gone OT again.... ID: 458600 ·

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