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Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion?
Daily Mail ^ | 07 Feb 2008 | David Derbyshire

Posted on 02/07/2008 5:50:54 PM PST by BGHater

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To: BGHater

People of the Earth attention. Look to your sky for a warning. What movie? ;)


41 posted on 02/07/2008 6:16:43 PM PST by BigCinBigD (")
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To: Darksheare
Should we let them know we’re already here?

The aliens know exactly where we are already...all kinds of aliens, lolol!

42 posted on 02/07/2008 6:17:42 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: BGHater
early broadcasts of Star Trek and I Love Lucy are washing over one star system a day

They could get the mistaken impression we are more advanced than we are and consider us a threat...


43 posted on 02/07/2008 6:19:38 PM PST by mikrofon ("Never Give Up")
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To: BGHater

Will beaming songs into space lead to an alien invasion?

Why not? That’s what happened when we broadcast to Mexico!!


44 posted on 02/07/2008 6:19:49 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Malsua

I think Niven wrote a similar novel. Can’t remember the title. In it, he put down three rules concerning alien civilizations, but I can only remember two right now. Paraphrasing...

1. Nice guys do not make it to top dog. Any species that has managed to fight it’s way to the top of a planetary food chain and develop technology is going to be tough, smart and aggressive.

2. Their survival will always be more important than our survival — to them. And they are probably going to err on the side of caution when it comes to eliminating potential threats.

There was another thread just recently on the Fermi paradox (where the heck IS everyone?) where the advisability of advertising our home address was discussed. I am one of the people in favor of keeping a low profile, myself.


45 posted on 02/07/2008 6:25:40 PM PST by Ronin (Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
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To: Darksheare; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; OSHA; martin_fierro; NYC GOP Chick; ...
They voiced fears that advertising humanity's place in the universe - as happened last week when Nasa broadcast a Beatles track towards the North Star - could attract the attention of aliens who are less friendly than ET.



46 posted on 02/07/2008 6:28:50 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: K-oneTexas
You think after seeing Gilligan’s Island or some other old shows ... they’d already be here!

ROTFL!

From a scene right out of Galaxy Quest
"Those poor people"

47 posted on 02/07/2008 6:39:32 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Slings and Arrows; NicknamedBob; Monkey Face; Darksheare

Another ping — I wonder if all these space alien/time traveler threads are a secret warning about John McCain??


48 posted on 02/07/2008 6:41:21 PM PST by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com; http://starcmc.wordpress.com/ - The Enemedia is inside the gates.)
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To: BGHater

Only if it is “Stairway To Heaven.”


49 posted on 02/07/2008 6:42:51 PM PST by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: BGHater

I for one, welcome our alien overlords. It would stop Hillary or McCain from being president......


50 posted on 02/07/2008 7:14:20 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Ronin
I think Niven wrote a similar novel.

I swear it's a Niven Novel and got into an argument with the Mrs who says "there's no way that's a Niven book, I've read them all..blah blah." I have too. I am gonna have to figure this out. Heh.

51 posted on 02/07/2008 7:17:27 PM PST by Malsua
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To: org.whodat

You’re probably thinking of Slim Whitman and his immortal masterpiece “Una Paloma Blanca.”


52 posted on 02/07/2008 7:30:27 PM PST by Huntress (“When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.”--Tuco)
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To: Huntress
That’s true, rush has played it many times, scare the warts off an alien.
53 posted on 02/07/2008 7:33:31 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: BGHater
...scientists warn that transmitting songs into deep space could put the Earth at risk of an alien attack.

Don't worry, it's the same "scientists" who keep warning us about "global warming."

54 posted on 02/07/2008 7:58:32 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Mr. Mojo
Yeah, if I were sittin' there in the Sirius star system and got a load of Ginger and Mary Ann I'd be taking the first space ship to Earth for sure. Seriesly.

So the question that plagues these interstellar travelers is; Ginger or Mary Ann?

55 posted on 02/07/2008 8:03:22 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Ronin

We are as likely to be discovered by the aliens like we are to find the fountain of youth.


56 posted on 02/07/2008 8:24:24 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: ovrtaxt
Beam naked pics of Helen Thomas to ward off alien invasions. You're way over-thinking things. They may assume she's the best we got. Third rock from the sun becomes a molten hunk of carbon. Know whut I'm sayin?

Please Lawd f'give me fer makin fun of anybody's looks...
57 posted on 02/07/2008 8:26:19 PM PST by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Earth has produced only one known intelligent species. In a profusion of intelligent life theory, it should have produced tens of thousands of intelligent species.

Can't really agree with this. There have been multiple "intelligent" species running around at the same time - homo sapien and neanderthals.

Also, it can be argued that there is really only room on a planet for one "intelligent" species for any length of time.

58 posted on 02/07/2008 8:37:28 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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To: ovrtaxt
Beam naked pics of Helen Thomas to ward off alien invasions.

Spooky thought, they think she's the most beautiful thing they've ever seen.

59 posted on 02/07/2008 8:43:05 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: BGHater
They voiced fears that advertising humanity's place in the universe - as happened last week when Nasa broadcast a Beatles track towards the North Star - could attract the attention of aliens who are less friendly than ET.

I have been concerned about this for years now. I'm glad someome in the SETI program is actually thinking it through.

60 posted on 02/07/2008 8:48:25 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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