Universal Translator Might be Needed to Understand ET

space.com ^ | 01/27/05 | Douglas Vakoch

[KevinDavis]

Will we ever find a primer for decoding messages from extraterrestrials? Last month, anthropologists who gathered for a major conference in Atlanta, Georgia heard some news that will be sobering for SETI enthusiasts: it may be much more difficult to understand extraterrestrials than many scientists have thought before.

Among the sessions held during December’s annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association was one called "Anthropology, Archaeology, and Interstellar Communication: Science and the Knowledge of Distant Worlds." The session included papers by scholars from such diverse fields as astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, and psychology. Is there a Cosmic Rosetta Stone, they asked, drawing parallels to Earth’s own Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics? Will we ever find a comparable primer for decrypting any messages we might receive some day from extraterrestrials?

[ccmay]

CCMAY...well okay but what will our spouses think?

I'll tell her I got a message that said, "For a good prime, call Bear_in_RoseBear".

%^)

-ccm

[ccmay]

Oh yes, obviously, if governments of major countries dig so much as a gopher hole, they are doing it to connect with secret underground worlds where space aliens dwell beneath us.

What other plausible explanation could there possibly be?

-ccm

[FreeTheHostages]

A techie friend of mine without FR posting powers reports: "Another aspect of the waste of time is the waste of computational resourses. SETI vs. Cancer research on the Grid."

[jennyp]

My baby's gone on a trip to the moon,
and she won't be back too soon.
She doesn't write me and I can't sleep.
All I hear from her is BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.

My baby's up in a rocket machine.
Since she left, she ain't been seen.
She doesn't call me and I can't sleep.
All I hear from her is BEEP WEEP WEEP WEEP WEEP WEEP WOOP WOOP.

I wonder if BEEP BEEP means I miss you,
or maybe BEOUP BEOUP means I wanna kiss you.
I'm hoping that BOOP BOOP means I love you,
and she's comin' down to Earth again. BEEP BEEP

My baby's high in the stratosphere.
I'm so low 'cause I'm down here.
My love for her is gonna keep
'till she comes back and whispers, "BEEP BEEP BEEP WOOP WOOP WEEP WEEP BEEP BOOP"

I wonder if BEEP BEEP means I miss you,
or maybe BEOUP BEOUP means I wanna kiss you.
I'm hoping that BOOP BOOP means I love you,
and she's comin' down to Earth again. BOOP BOOP

My baby's foolin' around with a satellite.
Now you know that that ain't right!
My love for her is gonna keep
'till she comes back and whispers, "BOOP BOOP BWOOP BWOOP BOOP BOOP BWOWOWOWP".

My baby's foolin' around with some space cat,
And she don't know where she's at.
She better come on down here to Earth and groove.
Mmmmmmmm, I ain't gonna move.

WEEEP BWOEOOP WOOOoP BWoOoOp
Oh, lay that sound on me, honey!
- Louis Prima (of course!)

[Quix]

THE THICKEN CERTAINLY seems to plot and plot and plot.

[tet68]

Contary to popular belief aliens does not speak english.

Quite right, but at least they are teaching Aliebonics
in our schoos.

[Quix]

Plenty true.

[Quix]

Thanks. Will do.

[Quix]

Great info links. Thanks tons.

More later.

[Quix]

Sure.

[Quix]

More data--especially facts--are better than less data, imho.

I do suspect the other side could offer explanations explaining both data sets.

[Quix]

LOL.

[Quix]

DAVE,

Please add vannrox to your backup UFO PING LIST. THX.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Have done so just a few minutes ago!

[mississippi red-neck]

Will we ever find a comparable primer for decrypting any messages we might receive some day from extraterrestrials?

Have they checked out the liberal justices on the Supreme Court circuit.

Some of their interpretations can't possibly come from any known language on this planet.

Especially those on the Ninth Circuit or the Florida State Supreme Court.

[SlightOfTongue]

You can add me to the ping list, bud. I talked about the Phil Schneider story here at FR right after he was murdered. Of course the 'tinfoil' kook patrol had a good laugh then due to their ignorance.

I have a video tape of one of his seminars on the underground diggings, the fire fight and his showing the audience his 'half-Y' shape 2-inch wide burn scar up the front of his body from a grey's cobalt ray gun. This could not have been faked.

Regards. SOT

[Quix]

THANKS TONS.

Yeah, the tinfoil naysayers are a fiercely rabbid, narrow, rigid and very ornery and obnoxious lot.

Dave and I will add you to the list and backup.

Thanks much. Would love to see the video!

If you have things you'd rather not share directly, feel free to FREEPMAIL.

Blessings,

[RightWingAtheist]

You're welcome!:-)

[Sam Cree]

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh, great pic! I saved it to my hard drive.