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Animated GIF to be beamed into space as part of alien communication effort
The Verge ^
| 6/17/13
| Jacob Kastrenakes
Posted on 06/17/2013 12:46:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker
In 2008 NASA decided to send one of the heights of modern art — The Beatles' 1969 track "Across the Universe" — into the cosmos. And for 2013, one of the pillars of internet folk art is preparing for takeoff: An animated GIF is about to be sent into space for the first time ever. The message will be beamed over a giant radio dish in California tomorrow as part of the inaugural transmission of Lone Signal, a project that's hoping to communicate with extraterrestrials. The GIF will be sent toward Gliese 526, a potentially habitable solar system 17.6 light years away. It should arrive there around 2031.
The GIF features a balding man scratching his ear and has been titled "Humans watching Digital Art." Lone Signal specifically invited the GIF's creator, conceptual artist Kim Asendorf, to contribute a message for the satellite's debut transmission. If you're disappointed with what may be aliens' first impression of Earth, you have reason both for concern and relief — for a nominal cost, Lone Signal will soon allow anyone to send their message of choice out toward the stars.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: aliens; animated; beamed; ear; earwax; finger; gif; lone; message; nasa; signal; space
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To: Salamander
That would frighten them for sure. :p
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posted on
06/17/2013 7:42:51 PM PDT
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GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
Then we cyber-sic a whole bunch of these on 'em.
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posted on
06/17/2013 7:45:14 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/17/2013 7:45:21 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Salamander
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posted on
06/17/2013 7:46:32 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/17/2013 8:04:19 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/17/2013 8:10:43 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: JRios1968
Now those are some celestial spheres!
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posted on
06/17/2013 8:28:07 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: Silentgypsy
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posted on
06/17/2013 8:32:32 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: LibWhacker
129
posted on
06/17/2013 8:35:43 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/17/2013 8:41:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: JoeProBono
OMG!!!! Undoing a generation of good!
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posted on
06/17/2013 9:24:21 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: Slings and Arrows
Ha! I live in an industrial-strength home. Ceramic tile and stainless steel throughout so that there is nothing I cannot hose off and steam clean. G’head, let it fly!
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/18/2013 3:20:49 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Fresh Wind
That is just sick. I suppose this will be taking the place of the Helen Thomas pictures people used to post on FR?
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posted on
06/18/2013 3:32:55 AM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
To: LibWhacker
This thread sure takes a long time to load.
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posted on
06/18/2013 3:36:39 AM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
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