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Was Charged by ATT for PHONE HOME
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The reason ET has not contactacted us...
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alcaray
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6/13/2008 10:28:56 AM
Is because they don't exist or/and because we can't recognize them
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Raoul
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6/15/2008 7:19:31 PM
It was just a joke.
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alcaray
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6/18/2008 10:34:53 PM
Beacuse ET got no POINTS on Last Movie
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carl
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6/19/2008 9:03:44 PM
re: Is because they don't exist or/and because we can't recognize them
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Marcia
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6/18/2008 8:13:27 PM
re: Spell check: intelligent potential.
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Marcia
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6/18/2008 8:15:25 PM
re: The reason ET has not contactacted us...
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Eric
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6/14/2008 1:26:57 AM
That film
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TB
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6/14/2008 4:25:54 PM
Was Charged by ATT for PHONE HOME
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carl
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6/19/2008 9:04:44 PM
57 species of aliens making 4,000 landings on Earth
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Socrates II
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6/14/2008 2:12:37 AM
57 varieties of Manchurian Candidate aliens in the State Department?
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ER
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6/14/2008 6:06:01 PM
You've got to have a sense of humor abot these things. Lighten up!
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Jacob
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6/14/2008 6:50:54 PM
Well... I thought it was pretty funny...
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ER
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6/14/2008 7:47:44 PM
You judge Letterman harshly, for the wrong reason.
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alcaray
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6/14/2008 5:40:50 AM
All the more reason
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Socrates II
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6/14/2008 6:01:03 PM
Letterman gave it the same treatment (ridicule) that you did. Only he was entertaining.
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alcaray
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6/14/2008 10:53:56 PM
If I'm paid $16 million a year and get Paul Schaefer as my sidekick
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Socrates II
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6/15/2008 6:27:54 PM
You need to make people laugh to get the big bucks.
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alcaray
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6/15/2008 7:30:47 PM
The point is
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Socrates II
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6/18/2008 6:40:32 PM
I think this one belongs in another thread on another board. The one about elitism.
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alcaray
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6/18/2008 10:37:11 PM
I have already submitted a bill to Congress on just this matter
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Socrates II
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6/19/2008 2:14:32 PM
If only they would put amature scientists in charge of vetting talk show guests!
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alcaray
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6/19/2008 7:14:41 PM
That would be so cool!
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Socrates II
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6/19/2008 7:32:51 PM
I feel some sci-fi coming on
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Robert
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6/13/2008 11:02:25 PM
How humans think about aliens
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TB
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6/14/2008 4:50:57 PM
Nice camo
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Robert
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6/15/2008 2:01:57 AM
Trade Information Not Objects
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Marsby
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6/17/2008 10:08:08 PM
re: Trade Information Not Objects
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Robert
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6/18/2008 5:34:48 PM
"though if I'm correct that it's a peculiarly human failing"- BUT WHAT IF IT ISN'T.....?
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ARRELL
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6/16/2008 4:04:54 PM
Attack of the killer meme.
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ER
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6/16/2008 7:50:34 PM
'To Serve Man'
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Jody
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6/16/2008 11:06:19 PM
re: Attack of the killer meme.
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ARRELL
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6/16/2008 8:00:23 PM
Camo? Sliding under the radar?
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TB
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6/15/2008 7:20:21 PM
Science fiction is a collectivist conspiracy.
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ER
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6/15/2008 1:31:06 PM
Sounds exactly like the earth in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy.
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SDG
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6/16/2008 8:10:47 PM
chilling prescience
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Robert
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6/15/2008 4:19:19 PM
Hey, flip it to a new thread on Off-Topic!
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TB
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6/15/2008 7:28:00 PM
If you're wondering how they breathe and eat, and other science facts...
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Socrates II
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6/16/2008 1:12:34 PM
The dystopian novel may be too late. We're already living it.
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ER
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6/15/2008 6:10:31 PM
Ferengi indeed.
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ER
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6/13/2008 11:15:37 PM
re: Ferengi indeed.
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Robert
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6/15/2008 2:10:47 AM
Sorry, Robert
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Lee
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6/15/2008 5:57:24 AM
You see what you want to see
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Robert
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6/15/2008 3:47:13 PM
Apparently somebody wrote a paper on this general subject.
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TB
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6/15/2008 7:31:49 PM
Could this be put into any other context?
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Lee
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6/15/2008 9:54:11 PM
Enough, Lee
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Robert
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6/16/2008 4:25:38 AM
Of course.
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Lee
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6/16/2008 4:56:44 AM
They don't look or act like American businessmen.
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Lee
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6/15/2008 4:12:40 PM
I always thought
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Lee
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6/14/2008 12:09:34 AM
The uncorroborated story I heard...
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ER
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6/14/2008 6:20:47 PM
Wait til they get a load of the Witnesses.
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Hank
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6/13/2008 12:23:46 PM
We could save a lot of money just waiting for the Mormons to send missionaries.
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Bowser
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6/13/2008 10:32:48 PM
I'm willing to bet the real first message from an ETI will be about...
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Socrates II
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6/13/2008 5:34:19 PM
"Enlarge your..."
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McFly
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6/15/2008 4:40:22 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.