Comments on: Codex Futurius: Chatting With Aliens http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/06/02/codex-futurius-will-we-be-able-to-chat-with-intelligent-aliens/ The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: First Contact: How to Avoid Threatening to Slap the Aliens Senseless | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/06/02/codex-futurius-will-we-be-able-to-chat-with-intelligent-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-9499 First Contact: How to Avoid Threatening to Slap the Aliens Senseless | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:28:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/06/02/codex-futurius-will-we-be-able-to-chat-with-intelligent-aliens/#comment-9499 [...] blog’s never-ending quest to explore the ineffable scientific ideas raised by science fiction. In an earlier entry in the Codex, Jill Tarter of SETI talked about whether we and intelligent-alien species X would recognize each [...] [...] blog’s never-ending quest to explore the ineffable scientific ideas raised by science fiction. In an earlier entry in the Codex, Jill Tarter of SETI talked about whether we and intelligent-alien species X would recognize each [...]

]]> By: Uncle Al http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/06/02/codex-futurius-will-we-be-able-to-chat-with-intelligent-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-8708 Uncle Al Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:14:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/06/02/codex-futurius-will-we-be-able-to-chat-with-intelligent-aliens/#comment-8708 The good news is that the Milky Way is rife with trillions of thumb drives and more every day. Catch one in space, plug it in, become an advanced technological civilization almost overnight. The bad news is that the OS is Windoze CE. Plug it in, get a Blue Screen of Death demanding Safe Mode, then nothing. The project's managers all get performance bonuses for the number of thumb drives launched into space and how far they travel. An immense sum of money was saved, starting long ago, by eliminating the technical and quality assurance departments. They posted no revenues and were dispassionately discarded. The good news is that the Milky Way is rife with trillions of thumb drives and more every day. Catch one in space, plug it in, become an advanced technological civilization almost overnight. The bad news is that the OS is Windoze CE. Plug it in, get a Blue Screen of Death demanding Safe Mode, then nothing.

The project’s managers all get performance bonuses for the number of thumb drives launched into space and how far they travel. An immense sum of money was saved, starting long ago, by eliminating the technical and quality assurance departments. They posted no revenues and were dispassionately discarded.

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