Re: [OT] Friday the 13th
- From: Hal Vaughan <hal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:18:17 -0500
On Wednesday 11 February 2009, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:32:22AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:06:36 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On 02/11/2009 07:47 AM, Jack Schneider wrote:
[snip]
We are probably the only entities in the universe who spend so
much energy keeping track of the number of times our planet
spins. How bazaar!
How can you make such a comment when you have *no clue* as to
what any other entity does?
RE: "probably"
Wasn't it Carl Sagen who caculated that there "probably" are other
intellegent life forms in the universe, out of all those billions
and billions of possibilities?
Doug.
I think Bill Watterson put it best: "The surest sign that intelligent
life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to
contact us."
How far out would broadcasts of "The Gong Show" reached by now? Heck,
we're lucky they haven't lobbed a couple of singularities into the Earth
by now.
Hal
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