04-25-2007, 12:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Orbits the sun every 13 days. Most people wouldn't have jobs, they'd be too busy hanging onto a handrail for dear life.........
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Whatever, dude. I'll take my two weeks holiday a year and relocate anytime. 3 day work years, here I come!!!!!!!!
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04-25-2007, 12:36 PM
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#22
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Orbits the sun every 13 days. Most people wouldn't have jobs, they'd be too busy hanging onto a handrail for dear life.
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pssh! You wouldn't feel it. Right now YOU are travelling at 107,300 km/h around our Sun. I don't see people flying off the face of the earth when they forget to hold on.
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04-25-2007, 12:38 PM
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#23
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
pssh! You wouldn't feel it. Right now YOU are travelling at 107,300 km/h around our Sun. I don't see people flying off the face of the earth when they forget to hold on.
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Tell that to my brother inlaw, he keeps falling down, and he's sure its because the earth is moving too fast.
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04-25-2007, 12:41 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Just be thankful that the earth rotates! Otherwise we'd all fall off into space...
(yes, I'm kidding)
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04-25-2007, 12:42 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Alright, toss some fossil fuels into the Enterprise and lets go!
This is a pretty cool discovery, but not overly useful until we can actually get there within 100 years, not 400 thousand.
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04-25-2007, 01:02 PM
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First Line Centre
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For some reason I keep picturing those aliens off Futurama from Omicron Persai 8..
"Bring us Mcneal!"
"Friends is on, bah, nevermind its a Joey heavy episode."
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04-25-2007, 01:05 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderball
Alright, toss some fossil fuels into the Enterprise and lets go!
This is a pretty cool discovery, but not overly useful until we can actually get there within 100 years, not 400 thousand.
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Well, if it is just 20.5 light years away, you might be able to communicate with any intelligent life. Just like on Futurama, they might be watching a TV show "Single Female Lawyer" right now (well, maybe not that. Maybe some show that was broadcast 20.5 years ago).
EDIT
Haha, I can see I'm not the only one thinking Futurama...
Last edited by gottabekd; 04-25-2007 at 01:08 PM.
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04-25-2007, 01:40 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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So, which logo gets there first ... Coke, MacDonald's or Starbucks? My money is on Coke. I've seen a Coke sign in a village half way up a mountain in the Himalayas that was only accessible by foot or donkey. That's more prevasive than anything I've seen from Rotten Ronnie or Starbucks.
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04-25-2007, 01:42 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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04-25-2007, 03:54 PM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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Bookies have lowered the odds on alien life, now 100-1 versus the previous 1000-1.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/eu...ing/index.html
Cowperson
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04-25-2007, 04:13 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
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I think this question will be answered positively in my lifetime. Should have bet on it yesterday.
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04-25-2007, 04:24 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Should have bet on it yesterday.
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They only give you a 1 year window. So if it isn't discovered by this time next year, you lose.
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04-25-2007, 04:31 PM
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Franchise Player
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The new planet's star system is a mere 20.5 light years away
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Did anyone else pick up on this…quite the oxymoron
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04-25-2007, 04:43 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
They only give you a 1 year window. So if it isn't discovered by this time next year, you lose.
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I was going to say I'd take that bet, but one year!? It's a big universe to search...
I'll give 101-1 odds, taking all bets. 
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04-25-2007, 04:55 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada!
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Very interesting discovery, also shows really how far our technology has to advance to make space travel a practical reality rather than a risky venture. Then again we only know what they tell us...
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04-25-2007, 06:32 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gottabekd
Well, if it is just 20.5 light years away, you might be able to communicate with any intelligent life. Just like on Futurama, they might be watching a TV show "Single Female Lawyer" right now (well, maybe not that. Maybe some show that was broadcast 20.5 years ago).
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Haha, I can see I'm not the only one thinking Futurama...
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Well, if they somehow recieved our TV transmissions at the speed of radio, right now they'd be watching:
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Murder, She Wrote
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
Night Court
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
Who's the Boss?
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04-25-2007, 07:45 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Murder, She Wrote
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
Night Court
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
Who's the Boss?
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We're screwed, they're totally gonna come kick our asses.
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But certainty is an absurd one.
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04-25-2007, 07:52 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
We're screwed, they're totally gonna come kick our asses.
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They will be too terrified of Tony Danza showing them who's boss.
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04-25-2007, 08:00 PM
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
They will be too terrified of Tony Danza showing them who's boss.
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And getting exposed as aliens by some old grandma who moonlights as a sleuth. Wouldn't that suck.
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04-25-2007, 08:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
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what if there was like a speed limit...and it took twice as long to get there?
then they would be watching shows from 40 years ago...like original star trek.
they will be terrified of earthlings!
they will fear that kirk will be kicking their sorry galactic butts every time he comes across them (all within a 1 hour time slot (with commercials of course)) and then he will make out with and bed their women.
of course, they might wonder why there is only one big screen on the ship...
fear the earthlings!
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