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Re: [OT] Friday the 13th



On Wednesday 11 February 2009, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:32:22AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote:
> >> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:06:36 -0600
> >>
> >> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >>> On 02/11/2009 07:47 AM, Jack Schneider wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >>>> We are probably the only entities in the universe who spend so
> >>>> much energy keeping track of the number of times our planet
> >>>> spins. How bazaar!
> >>>
> >>> How can you make such a comment when you have *no clue* as to
> >>> what any other entity does?
> >>
> >> RE:  "probably"
> >
> > Wasn't it Carl Sagen who caculated that there "probably" are other
> > intellegent life forms in the universe, out of all those billions
> > and billions of possibilities?
> >
> > Doug.
>
> I think Bill Watterson put it best: "The surest sign that intelligent
> life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to
> contact us."

How far out would broadcasts of "The Gong Show" reached by now?  Heck, 
we're lucky they haven't lobbed a couple of singularities into the Earth 
by now.


Hal


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