Message from the future

Why not tell us how to get this technology? It would be a lot easier to avoid our devistation if they did. This impact should be of more importance. Seems like it would have worked if the martian colony survived. Why not stress this more in the message? Why not give us a little more info about the symptoms and which cure attempts failed so we are better prepared this time around?Seems like they could have done a better job in their attempt to save humanity.We're boned.

It was the aliens from the 100th century that had the know-how, not the humans.

They might as well not even given us a chance with the message in the first place.Besides, I was talking about the human's efforts not the aliens.This message has been edited by Catholic Scientist, 09-29-2005 08:18 PM

I'm sorry, I don't get it. lol, I don't get what you mean by this either...maybe I'm stupid.My point was that the people that left the message for the aliens (and us) could have left more information(for us).

I thought it was lost when the website stopped existing. Can't you just do that again? I guess [omitted] did it.

So, instead of builing multiple settlements(which could be too difficult or expensive[because of the tax cuts]), all we have to do is prevent the asteroid from destroying the settlement. 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?.

Message 64My solution was prevent the asteroid from destroying the colony on mars. The only problem I see with this is that the message wouldn't be sent, but I still think we would survive. What gave it away for me was when you asked, after the meesage was edited out of the OP, 'Was this what they meant by the message being lost?'Good job though, I like it.

Its almost feasible with todays technology so I'd say in this senario it is definately feasible. If the colony on mars is not destroyed then the disaster, the extinction of all humans, is avoided. That's ok, i don't care about the POTM. Then what about the first time the infection happened, before the first message was sent?The message couldn't have been created until the virus occured and the first time the message was sent back the future, and past, was altered. I think the senario implies that it is possible to change the past form the changed future.So this time around, when the colony is saved there in no message sent and humans survive. The message that we just recieved (i mean you typed) is the second one mentioned. The humans that wrote it mentioned receiving a message and that is why they created the colony on mars. The first time the virus happened, there probably wasn't an effort to make a colony on mars because the virus was unknown. Now, that colony was destroyed so they sent the message again because they didn't no the asteroid was comming. This time we know its comming and can take anther step towards survival. Its seems that every time around the senario would change a little. I don't think it could be an endless loop that would never stop because it would be impossible for the loop to start. Consider your goals achieved. if you say so... Since the virus started after visiting mars the virus must have come from mars and the message is what made us go to mars in the first place, indirectly causing the virus.But this ruins my previous solution because I said that the first time the virus happened we hadn't gone to mars so either way I'll consider it solved. Unless you say that it isn't again.