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Omnivorous
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Message 5 of 90 (247235)
09-29-2005 9:40 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Parasomnium
09-29-2005 9:32 AM

Re: Sorry...
I guess we can't go back to the future after all.
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Unless "dead link" is the message from the future...
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Edit: I guess it is.
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Message 21 of 90 (247421)
09-29-2005 7:44 PM 		Reply to: Message 19 by New Cat's Eye
09-29-2005 6:00 PM

Re: Could've been more helpful
Catholic Scientist writes:
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Seems like they could have done a better job in their attempt to save humanity.
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Having satisfied minimal ethical requirements, the aliens were then free to indulge in a little Intelligent Design on a verdant planet well-recovered from our depredations.
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The result looks nothing like us.
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09-29-2005 9:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 25 by New Cat's Eye
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Re: Could've been more helpful
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Besides, I was talking about the human's efforts not the aliens.
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Ah. So you mean the lame all-our-apes-in-one-dome Martian settlement? I wondered about that, too, but I assumed tax cuts for the wealthy caused a budget crunch.
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Message 40 of 90 (247620)
09-30-2005 9:39 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by New Cat's Eye
09-30-2005 1:18 AM

I was too obscure.
Catholic Scientist writes:
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Omnivorous writes:
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So you mean the lame all-our-apes-in-one-dome Martian settlement?
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I'm sorry, I don't get it.
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Omnivorous writes:
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I wondered about that, too, but I assumed tax cuts for the wealthy caused a budget crunch.
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lol, I don't get what you mean by this either...maybe I'm stupid.
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My point was that the people that left the message for the aliens (and us) could have left more information(for us).
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Naw, it isn't supidity on your part, CS: I am often guilty of telegraphic speech--sorry 'bout that.
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In response to the aliens' warning, we built a settlement--one settlement--on Mars; it was destroyed by an asteroid strike. Thus, "all our apes in one dome" like all our eggs in one basket.
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As for the tax cut angle, my point was that we are presently struggling to figure out how to pay for recovery from disasters because Bush has spent six years cutting taxes on the wealthy, when the disparity in wealth between the haves and have-nots was already greater than ever. If this trend continues, perhaps we will only be able to afford one dome...
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Message 41 of 90 (247622)
09-30-2005 9:43 AM 		Reply to: Message 33 by Parasomnium
09-30-2005 4:47 AM

Re: Very, very, VERY many?
Joke circulating on the web:
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Rumsfeld is delivering his daily briefing to Bush and the Cabinet. He finishes by noting that, "Three Brazilian soldiers were killed yesterday."
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"Oh, no!" exclaims the President, "that's terrible!" and buries his face in his hands. The Cabinet is stunned by the unaccustomed show of emotion.
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Finally, Bush looks up and asks, "How many is a Brazilian?"
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Edit: typo
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Message 65 of 90 (247812)
09-30-2005 7:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 64 by New Cat's Eye
09-30-2005 6:45 PM

Re: I was too obscure.
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Then the earthlings all die and the marslings live on. The problem with this is that if the marslings live then they don't send the message and we end up not knowing about the asteroid in the first place, or do we?
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I dunno but time travel paradoxes are fun.
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Perhaps the alien message is a subtle trap: maybe we should spend our time and money on antiviral research instead of quarantined survivor zones--their message may have pushed efforts in the wrong direction.
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OTOH, maybe we should just shrug, accept the fact that everything dies, and go on about our business. We have a sufficiency of addressable problems right here and now.
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Message 77 of 90 (248319)
10-02-2005 7:05 PM 		Reply to: Message 75 by Parasomnium
10-02-2005 6:59 PM

Groundless sensitivity
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I'm a bit sensitive when it comes to my English, I tend to want it to be perfect.
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There is no need to be sensitive about your English, Parasomnium--it is superb. Besides, there is no such thing as perfect English: it is a rapidly evolving chimera!
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10-02-2005 7:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 79 by jar
10-02-2005 7:11 PM

Re: Smartass
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Was Monty Python on the BBC?
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Spokesperson for Ministry of Funny Talks?
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