Monday, May 18, 2009

Aussie SETI Signal Excitement

So it turns out an Australian astronomer has decided to help out SETI in a different sort of way. Fuck all that radio shit, he says. ET is gonna zap us all with frickin' laser beams. And whaddya know? Maybe he was right.

Not that it really matters. Because if the Internet has taught us anything, it's not goddam Klingon Carl Sagan we should expect to hear when we finally get a signal from Out There. Nope: odds are the first genuine alien signal we discover will be porn.
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9 comments:

  1. Havock21May 18, 2009 at 4:31 AM

    they scope or listening post wasn't located near the G and a cricket match, I'm just concerned one of those cretins with a BIG ARSE LASER pointer, like the one i bought in THAILAND, may have zapped the cretins.

    Have they thought about getting a more advanced signal than a poxy laser pulse, what happened to Sub Space transmissions

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  2. Michael barnesMay 18, 2009 at 5:11 AM

    Since it was a single dynamic laser pulse I propose rather than a communication signal it was a propulsion system to launch an interstellar generational craft like the one posted in this nature article.

    G. Marx, "Interstellar Vehicle Propelled by Laser Beam," Nature, Vol. 211, July 1966, pp. 22-23.

    Now where is it headed?

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  3. SteveMay 18, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    But, if we pick up alien porn, will we KNOW it's porn when we see it?

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  4. JyggdrasilMay 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    I should imagine it will go something like this - Well professor, I don't know much about porn, but I know what I like...

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  5. UnknownMay 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    Tentacles, Steve. They're universal. Obviously.

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  6. JyggdrasilMay 19, 2009 at 4:50 AM

    Mind you Dirk, if there are too may tentacles involved the alien transmission may simply be mistaken for manga.

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  7. SteveMay 19, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    Or, some kind of team-building exercise at an alien corporate retreat.

    Jesus, wouldn't that suck.....we finally receive alien transmissions via laser beam, and we see a video of some alien consultant getting a bunch of alien middle managers to do some lame alien team building exercise, so they feel better about going back to the office and laying off 20% of the workforce.

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  8. AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    Steve, LMFAO!!!

    Of course with our luck, the transmission would be in the form of a particle beam as a forerunner to a declaration of war!

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  9. DamianMay 21, 2009 at 7:23 PM

    I expect alien entertainment transmissions would seem like strange Japanese TV game shows, just going somewhat further.

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