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Pretty cool stuff.

Thoughts?

I've never doubted that life exists outside of Earth...it was just a matter of time before we found a candidate for where.

The fact that we bothered sending a message is farcical, considering how unlikely it is that intelligent life (if residing there) would understand the content. Even if they managed to decipher it and shoot back a reply, it would take another 20 years to get here, making it 40 years before we'd get something back. I don't know about you, but waiting 40 years for a text message I might not understand is a little crazy.

But, good to know that we've found something interesting.

I am so psyched to hear about this. Just to think that I might know that we aren't alone in the universe before I day... It gives me goosebumps. The idea that its star will far out-live ours is an interesting thought, I wouldn't be surprised if sometime in the very far off future (providing there is no intelligent life there, which is very likely) we end up colonizing the planet, given it has the right atmosphere. Although I'm sure we could find a way around that without too much of a problem.

Mute Monk wrote: Even if they managed to decipher it and shoot back a reply, it would take another 20 years to get here, making it 40 years before we'd get something back. I don't know about you, but waiting 40 years for a text message I might not understand is a little crazy.

Yeah man, screw that. I mean, it's like going to the moon. What a crazy and stupid idea!

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You realise of course that just because it's the right temperature means close to shit all. The number of perameters that determine if a planet can support life is vast, and temperature is just one of them. I highly doubt there is any life there, or even that it's inhabitable at all.

Everyone else = parade.

Destiny = rain.

Destiny wrote:You realise of course that just because it's the right temperature means close to shit all. The number of perameters that determine if a planet can support life is vast, and temperature is just one of them.

In particular it needs to have a magnetic core, otherwise cosmic radiation kills everything. Earth is the only rocky planet we're aware of with a magnetic field, which is a major barrier to colonization of Mars and Venus.

scythe wrote:

Destiny wrote:You realise of course that just because it's the right temperature means close to shit all. The number of perameters that determine if a planet can support life is vast, and temperature is just one of them.

In particular it needs to have a magnetic core, otherwise cosmic radiation kills everything. Earth is the only rocky planet we're aware of with a magnetic field, which is a major barrier to colonization of Mars and Venus.

Mercury also has a magnetic field, actually. Not a significant one but it's there.

But it's too close to the Sun (obviously). That's what makes the finding of a habitable planet so anticipated, it's not an everday thing. Call me stupid for getting my hopes up, but I can't help but love the idea of finding another planet with life on it.

Hell, I don't care if they have life on them, I just want one that *we* can put ourselves on and survive.

Kablizzy wrote:Hell, I don't care if they have life on them, I just want one that *we* can put ourselves on and survive.

I agree! I am satisfied by interacting with humans.

scythe wrote:

Kablizzy wrote:Hell, I don't care if they have life on them, I just want one that *we* can put ourselves on and survive.

I agree! I am satisfied by interacting with humans.

I always wished I could meet a sentient plant -- like from Perelandra or something.

Kablizzy wrote:Hell, I don't care if they have life on them, I just want one that *we* can put ourselves on and survive.

This is exactly why I'm interested as well.

dunce wrote:

scythe wrote:

Kablizzy wrote:Hell, I don't care if they have life on them, I just want one that *we* can put ourselves on and survive.

I agree! I am satisfied by interacting with humans.

I always wished I could meet a sentient plant -- like from Perelandra or something.

sentient plants implies sentient fruits

ELEKTRA PREDICTED THIS

edit: wait, was it elektra or fraxHAL? i can't remember ;_;

◉ ＬＡＺＯＲＴＩＴＳ ◉ wrote:sentient plants implies sentient fruits

ELEKTRA PREDICTED THIS

edit: wait, was it elektra or fraxHAL? i can't remember ;_;

I've spent the last seventeen minutes listening to Darude's "Sandstorm" and watching your avatar.

Kablizzy wrote:

◉ ＬＡＺＯＲＴＩＴＳ ◉ wrote:sentient plants implies sentient fruits

ELEKTRA PREDICTED THIS

edit: wait, was it elektra or fraxHAL? i can't remember ;_;

I've spent the last seventeen minutes listening to Darude's "Sandstorm" and watching your avatar.

Even better if you scroll down so you get his sig and his avatar.

Heartattack wrote:

Kablizzy wrote:

◉ ＬＡＺＯＲＴＩＴＳ ◉ wrote:sentient plants implies sentient fruits

ELEKTRA PREDICTED THIS

edit: wait, was it elektra or fraxHAL? i can't remember ;_;

I've spent the last seventeen minutes listening to Darude's "Sandstorm" and watching your avatar.

Even better if you scroll down so you get his sig and his avatar.

OH MY GOD SAAAANDSTOOOOORM

◉ ＬＡＺＯＲＴＩＴＳ ◉ wrote:

dunce wrote: I always wished I could meet a sentient plant -- like from Perelandra or something.

sentient plants implies sentient fruits

ELEKTRA PREDICTED THIS

edit: wait, was it elektra or fraxHAL? i can't remember ;_;

I thought it was Tsukatu?

<Electra> Orange : yes sentient fruit fantastic

But goldilocks only slept in the small bed

And bears don't eat sugar in their porridge! I can't believe how people missed that from the original story. Goldilocks had to go add sugar to the porridge.

scythe wrote:And bears don't eat sugar in their porridge! I can't believe how people missed that from the original story. Goldilocks had to go add sugar to the porridge.

bears don't eat porridge dumbass it was a fairytale

=w= wrote:

scythe wrote:And bears don't eat sugar in their porridge! I can't believe how people missed that from the original story. Goldilocks had to go add sugar to the porridge.

bears don't eat porridge dumbass it was a fairytale

I can't speak for bears in Crazy Canadatown, but here in Freedomland porridge is the preferred food among ursuses age 18-35.

xVxCrushloaderusSupremusxVx wrote:

=w= wrote:

scythe wrote:And bears don't eat sugar in their porridge! I can't believe how people missed that from the original story. Goldilocks had to go add sugar to the porridge.

bears don't eat porridge dumbass it was a fairytale

I can't speak for bears in Crazy Canadatown, but here in Freedomland porridge is the preferred food among ursuses age 18-35.

Don't forget the Russians! They're all bears on unicycles.