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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: a fool in paradise
for a nominal cost, Lone Signal will soon allow anyone to send their message of choice out toward the stars."Your escaped mental patient may be found at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. Please retrieve him as soon as possible."
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posted on
06/17/2013 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: LibWhacker; a fool in paradise
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posted on
06/17/2013 1:58:03 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: LibWhacker; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
06/17/2013 1:59:31 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: LibWhacker
To: LibWhacker
Maybe they should send a map.
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:02:35 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:03:41 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:04:23 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: BlueDragon
Oh NOES!!!! Not Bessie!!!
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:06:16 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: UCANSEE2
Maybe they could send a sample of Obama's oratory skills ...
... or his incredible sense of direction.
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:14:23 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:14:32 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
To: BlueDragon
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:18:23 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Some people have WAY too much time on their hands.
Some people have WAY too much time goverment money on their hands.
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:23:08 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(A bad hair day is not a mental issue, or is it?)
To: ThomasThomas
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:23:42 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(People with religious faith in government are far crazier than people with religious faith in God.)
To: LibWhacker
Are they going to advertise free health care for aliens?
-PJ
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:23:49 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Liberty Valance
Those jumping-jack high tension towers are great.
Now how to explain "air guitar"?
Surely he's a lead player screaming off one of those high-notes crescendo-like riff thingys. Maybe "Free Bird" or something.
Gives extra meaning to catgut, & "cat-scratch" fever.
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:27:02 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Send 'em a map?
No-ooo...
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:31:38 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:34:42 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: Slings and Arrows
Are they trying to nauseate the aliens? Maybe it’s me....
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
06/17/2013 2:41:20 PM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: don-o
I'm outta here...
Rage Against the Machine Wake Up ending credits not for delicate ears
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posted on
06/17/2013 3:04:27 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(hold on sec...just gittin me swimmin trunks...)
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