Hellooo, out there!
Did you know that you can download software to your home computer that allows it to sift through the noise of the universe to find alien radio signals? Honest to goodness, there's a Web site and everything: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu.
Luckily for the future of humanity, this software does not allow users to respond to any alien message. I'm sure such users are a bunch of really nice people, but frankly, I'm not sure they're up to being the ambassadors for all of humanity. For one thing, they're spending way to much time on their computer as it is. And for another, what the heck are they going to say to the aliens:
"So, what are you wearing?''
""IMHO, I'm LOL.""
You know it's just that kind of thing that could set off an interplanetary incident.
On the other hand, you could probably say anything you wanted to the aliens, because, the speed of light being what it is, they won't get your message for years.
But if, in fact, the community of earth picked you to send a message to some alien civilization, what would you say?
Luckily for the future of humanity, this software does not allow users to respond to any alien message. I'm sure such users are a bunch of really nice people, but frankly, I'm not sure they're up to being the ambassadors for all of humanity. For one thing, they're spending way to much time on their computer as it is. And for another, what the heck are they going to say to the aliens:
"So, what are you wearing?''
""IMHO, I'm LOL.""
You know it's just that kind of thing that could set off an interplanetary incident.
On the other hand, you could probably say anything you wanted to the aliens, because, the speed of light being what it is, they won't get your message for years.
But if, in fact, the community of earth picked you to send a message to some alien civilization, what would you say?
posted by Michael Riley at 11:37 AM
3 Comments:
well, if they are illegal aliens, whatever it was it'd be in Spanish!
or, "Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?"..
or, "Are you laughing at us or crying?"..(assuming you can do either)
or, "Do you believe in God?"..(Is there a God/god there?)...
What is the name of a good real estate agency where you are?
stealing the idea from Mr. Riley's next blog, I'd ask: "what's your guilty pleasure?"
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