Do we really need someone appointed to be the guy who says "we surrender"? Honestly, if an alien race can make it here, they've already got a key piece of tech required for conquering us. We can only hope they come in peace and haven't been watching our broadcasts TOO closely.
That being said, what's wrong with learning fictional languages? It's almost a given that you'll have something in common with other people who learn it beyond the fact that you know the same language. If you enjoy doing something, you'll find time to do it. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra?
I've already responded to someone else about this, but the license is $300-400 (depending on quantity ordered). It's not cheap, but compared to the $75,000 collected, you might call it "worth it"
That's a very good question. They're $300-400 per license. It would depend heavily on how many people they have searching. To spend $75,000, though, it would take at least 250 licenses. That's a pretty high number considering they only found 250 illegal pools.
Well, Google Earth is free, so just the time spent staring at the satellite imagery. But, compare that to the time to driving around trying to find them, and I think it's pretty obvious that the cost is neglible.
From where I am, I can't get to Poe's Law on rational wiki. However, I can get there on Wikipedia. The amusing part, to me, is that the page has a link to The Onion in the See Also section.
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Do we really need someone appointed to be the guy who says "we surrender"? Honestly, if an alien race can make it here, they've already got a key piece of tech required for conquering us. We can only hope they come in peace and haven't been watching our broadcasts TOO closely.
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Try to find the story on wikipedia?
Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/191/
That being said, what's wrong with learning fictional languages? It's almost a given that you'll have something in common with other people who learn it beyond the fact that you know the same language. If you enjoy doing something, you'll find time to do it. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra?
This happens all the time at my flibbity flobbity floop.
I've already responded to someone else about this, but the license is $300-400 (depending on quantity ordered). It's not cheap, but compared to the $75,000 collected, you might call it "worth it"
That's a very good question. They're $300-400 per license. It would depend heavily on how many people they have searching. To spend $75,000, though, it would take at least 250 licenses. That's a pretty high number considering they only found 250 illegal pools.
Well, Google Earth is free, so just the time spent staring at the satellite imagery. But, compare that to the time to driving around trying to find them, and I think it's pretty obvious that the cost is neglible.
So, they can't use the FBI's symbol, but it's okay that they use The President's Seal, The NSA Seal, the CIA Seal, and the DoD's seal? How does that begin to make sense?
I only know of one movie that uses a CME to kill us all, and, to my knowledge, Knowing never let you know who the president was.
Talking?
I'm sorry, I don't understand your crazy metrics. Can you give it to me in Libraries of Congress? You know, something understandable?
So, now it's Schrödinger's advertisement?
Lies! Snape kills Trinity with Rosebud!
The GP wasn't kidding. No one knows what the hell happened.
Although, this guy seems to have some solid idea.
It was silly of me to assume that trolls would be on topic. Or that they make sense.
See, I'm already thinking about extentions.
doWhatIWantEvenThoughImTellingYouToDoSomethingElse()
Are DeMinted.
From where I am, I can't get to Poe's Law on rational wiki. However, I can get there on Wikipedia. The amusing part, to me, is that the page has a link to The Onion in the See Also section.
Right, who would ever want to know WHY you like an article?
I tried reading the article from the NY Times itself, but it's behind a paywall.
Ars Technica recently ran a story on how non-transparent they've been since they gave out their official release in April, along with further links.
No, no, no. In Soviet Russia, you enforce DRM on Microsoft.