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Message 1036632 - Posted: 28 Sep 2010, 18:19:00 UTC - in response to Message 1036617.  

So, how much does this person get paid while waiting for the first contact? How do I apply?

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Message 1036677 - Posted: 28 Sep 2010, 19:52:29 UTC

Good reporting on the grapevine is welcomed, hopefully the stories are best meant as reputations do have a habit of preceding themselves. The context of the story is usually comprehended when the gravity of the situation is met with mature comprehension...
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Message 1036714 - Posted: 28 Sep 2010, 21:24:41 UTC

I came across this video.
Take a moment to watch this, really worth while :)

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Message 1036716 - Posted: 28 Sep 2010, 21:27:01 UTC

SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup:

"We consider it our job, and have for many years, to cover this topic," said Arizona State University astrobiologist Paul Davies, who cjairs the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup. "We have no idea who this person is or where the U.N.'s coming from, but they don't seem to follow through very well."


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Message 1036825 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 4:11:20 UTC

You do realize first contact will probably be with a couple of guys named Earl and Jed out on the back 40 by the corn mash still?


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Message 1036836 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 4:44:13 UTC

Sounds like a dumb idea and a waste of money at the moment.
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Message 1036889 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 12:05:29 UTC - in response to Message 1036825.  

You do realize first contact will probably be with a couple of guys named Earl and Jed out on the back 40 by the corn mash still?



"will be", or "was"?

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Message 1036954 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 15:32:17 UTC

I can see the UN ambassadore miss pronouncing a key word. It will sound like this. HGTF HDSE HJ ywre jnxgiw- Translated- Feed me to your leader:)
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Message 1037141 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 22:59:29 UTC - in response to Message 1036836.  

Sounds like a dumb idea and a waste of money at the moment.

Which? The UN Ambassador for First Contact with Aliens, or the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs?
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Message 1037143 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 23:01:34 UTC - in response to Message 1036954.  

I can see the UN ambassadore miss pronouncing a key word. It will sound like this. HGTF HDSE HJ ywre jnxgiw- Translated- Feed me to your leader:)

Which brings immediately to mind the old "Twilight Zone" episode To Serve Mankind

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Message 1037158 - Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 23:54:52 UTC - in response to Message 1037143.  

I can see the UN ambassadore miss pronouncing a key word. It will sound like this. HGTF HDSE HJ ywre jnxgiw- Translated- Feed me to your leader:)

Which brings immediately to mind the old "Twilight Zone" episode To Serve Mankind

Which was based on a short story by the same name.


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Message 1037166 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 0:30:00 UTC - in response to Message 1037158.  

I can see the UN ambassadore miss pronouncing a key word. It will sound like this. HGTF HDSE HJ ywre jnxgiw- Translated- Feed me to your leader:)

Which brings immediately to mind the old "Twilight Zone" episode To Serve Mankind

Which was based on a short story by the same name.

I remember the episode, Never read the story.
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Message 1037174 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 0:49:55 UTC

One person speaking for everyone? You, me, and all humans?

Shouldn't someone like that at least be elected by billions of people, and not appointed by such a small group?
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Message 1037185 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 1:23:51 UTC - in response to Message 1037174.  

One person speaking for everyone? You, me, and all humans?

Shouldn't someone like that at least be elected by billions of people, and not appointed by such a small group?

No. The billions will choose the most popular person, not the most knowledgeable. A small group can choose responsibly, a big group can't. That's why there are republics.




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Message 1037239 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 3:22:44 UTC - in response to Message 1037185.  

There should always be a right to opt out so that it's clear: "That person does not speak for me."
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Message 1037353 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 12:05:02 UTC - in response to Message 1037239.  

There should always be a right to opt out so that it's clear: "That person does not speak for me."


And that is exactly how the Europeans easily overcame the natives in North America, and elsewhere. You cut a deal with this little group, then overpower that little group, and so on. Before you know it the white guys control everything.

Hope the aliens haven't studied earth history before they get here.

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Message 1037603 - Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 23:56:12 UTC - in response to Message 1036954.  

I can see the UN ambassadore miss pronouncing a key word. It will sound like this. HGTF HDSE HJ ywre jnxgiw- Translated- Feed me to your leader:)

Hardly original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p06hdPTMJLo&feature=related
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Message 1037808 - Posted: 1 Oct 2010, 15:10:30 UTC

I wonder if this has something to do with the signal from Gliese 581. They did describe it as a laser like pulse


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Message 1038532 - Posted: 3 Oct 2010, 1:31:29 UTC

Chris, it is in the Seti Science Forum.
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Message 1038545 - Posted: 3 Oct 2010, 1:56:45 UTC - in response to Message 1038455.  

Got a link?

None of the 2-3 articles I read said anything about a pulse.
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