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#200707 - 04/21/10 11:03 PM Are you prepared for "First Contact"?
Art_in_FL Offline
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Note: the link page contains some raw language and moderate amounts of heresy.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/04/first-contact-alien.png

Sounds like good, and well considered advice. A good start. Good for a laugh but also an interesting thought problem.

Blatantly and gratuitously stolen from:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/first_contact.php

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#200710 - 04/22/10 12:17 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Art_in_FL]
Krista Offline
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Great "article" smile Interesting things to consider!
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#200713 - 04/22/10 12:45 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Krista]
jzmtl Offline
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Lol, I'm guessing if anyone want to make contact with us, they probably know how to communicate with us already, so that's taken care of.

As long as it doesn't involve any probes, it would be interesting.

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#200715 - 04/22/10 01:39 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: jzmtl]
Dagny Offline
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If I make first contact then I'll whip out the Universal Translator that I keep in my ETPSK.

Then I'll say something worthy of history, such as:

"Klatu barada nikto!"








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#200718 - 04/22/10 02:18 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Art_in_FL]
LED Offline
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Registered: 09/01/05
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That hilarious. If they can make it here though, we're probably toast. Why come all that way to share a planet? I suppose if we're lucky it'll be quick and painless. "Look, its an alien space......."

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#200721 - 04/22/10 03:37 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Dagny]
Russ Offline
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"Klaatu barada nikto"

"Klaatu... verata... n... Necktie. Nectar. Nickel. Noodle." Don't blow it wink Army of Darkness, great movie LOL
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#200723 - 04/22/10 06:18 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Russ]
dougwalkabout Offline
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I always have a sweeping soundtrack at the ready, just in case. grin

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#200728 - 04/22/10 10:34 AM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: dougwalkabout]
JBMat Offline
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Registered: 03/03/09
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Loc: NC
Should we be stocking up on Reese's Pieces? It was supposed to be M&Ms but the Mars Company said no - now there is a conspiracy theory in the making.

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#200732 - 04/22/10 12:20 PM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Art_in_FL]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
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Quatermass Conclusion TV series was certainly a antidote to Spielberg's Close Encounter of the Third Kind in the late 1970s.


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#200739 - 04/22/10 01:10 PM Re: Are you prepared for "First Contact"? [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
Compugeek Offline
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Registered: 08/09/09
Posts: 392
Loc: San Diego, CA
Under the humor, that's actually pretty good advice.
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