[Publius6961]

that gives us a few thousand years to come up with something. So,

Someone unclear with the concept.

The fact that it is 3260 LY away doesn't mean that we already received the email

It could have happened already 3259 years ago,and we would blissfully ignorant.

Doesn't that suck?

[chimera]

Oops, yes, I forgot my basic relativity. Shows you what being out of the physics business for the last 20 years will do. *blush*

Now, if I can just get that warp drive thingy going, we'd have a little advanced warning. Didn't Beowulf Shaeffer pull a similar trick when he found out the galactic core exploded some 20,000 years prior to his starting out? Gave the inhabitants of Known Space a little heads-up (they weren't too worried, except the Puppeteers). Of course, he survived decapitation and a shot from an ARM punchgun, so he's a bit more resilient than most.