We currently are basing our search on EM communications. We have only been using this type of communication mechanism for a short time, cosmically speaking. I don't think it will be very long before we either discover (on purpose) or stumble upon some other exotic communication mechanism. If this is true for us, then it is likely to be true for other civilizations as well. So we are looking for signs based on a communication mechanism that is nearly infinitesimally short-lived in a civilization's development.
In short, I don't think we even know *what* to look for yet.
Disclaimer: I am neither a physicist, nor a mathematician, just an average geek, and this is all conjecture.
You can't take them into public if you fear they may call your waiter the N word or go on a tirade about the jews when you are trying to get groceries.
I have had both of these things happen to me on more than one occasion. Each time it was as if the world went in to slow motion and I could not get my mother out of the area fast enough. At one point in a particularly awkward situation I seriously thought someone was going to punch my 73-year-old mother in the face. No matter how many times I try to explain to her that she MUST stop speaking that way, she just doesn't seem to get it, or she just doesn't care.
There are many laws for which police officers use their own discretion in regards to enforcement of said laws. This is possibly a situation where the spirit of the law and the letter of the law are not in sync.
The light at the end of the tunnel is just as likely to be an oncoming train headed for the trauma center as it is to be a private conference with god or dead loved ones.
If you find this statement too direct, please feel free to imagine that it was concluded with a winky face or some other unnecessary yet somehow comforting-to-the-unwashed-masses communicative frivolity.
I have had the pleasure of being the project manager on several fairly large software projects during my career. These projects were finished on time and to spec. Everything the customer asked for in the agreed-upon scope worked. Everyone was happy...
However, as a precaution, I ALWAYS insist on putting a post-release support agreement in place at the start of the project. This lets the customer know that if problems arise, they will be addressed and fixed if at all possible, and it gets the developer in the mindset of providing continuing support after release. This has worked amazingly well for everyone involved. The customer feels secure and the developer does not have to work for free.
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"Mega-man" in the moon?
Manna.
Consider this please...
We currently are basing our search on EM communications. We have only been using this type of communication mechanism for a short time, cosmically speaking. I don't think it will be very long before we either discover (on purpose) or stumble upon some other exotic communication mechanism. If this is true for us, then it is likely to be true for other civilizations as well. So we are looking for signs based on a communication mechanism that is nearly infinitesimally short-lived in a civilization's development.
In short, I don't think we even know *what* to look for yet.
Disclaimer: I am neither a physicist, nor a mathematician, just an average geek, and this is all conjecture.
as if the secret government would say, "Please."
IMPOSTER!
It's "spiel."
You're welcome.
Psychology undergraduates
Dude, they judge EVERYONE.
You can't take them into public if you fear they may call your waiter the N word or go on a tirade about the jews when you are trying to get groceries.
I have had both of these things happen to me on more than one occasion. Each time it was as if the world went in to slow motion and I could not get my mother out of the area fast enough. At one point in a particularly awkward situation I seriously thought someone was going to punch my 73-year-old mother in the face. No matter how many times I try to explain to her that she MUST stop speaking that way, she just doesn't seem to get it, or she just doesn't care.
There are many laws for which police officers use their own discretion in regards to enforcement of said laws. This is possibly a situation where the spirit of the law and the letter of the law are not in sync.
IANAL, YMMV, etc.
I moose, you moose, he/she/it mooses
...
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I moosed, you moosed, he/she/it moosed
I shall moose, you shall moose, he/she/it shall moose
A Moose once bit my sister
I have moosed, you have moosed, he/she/it has moosen
Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretty nasti...
I shall have moosen, you shall have moosen, he/she/it shall have moosen
The directors of the firm hired to continue this post after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is #41
"...unless they're keeping all the data that goes to your phone all the time."
Which is exactly what they appear to be doing.
Does anyone else see the irony in this?
The light at the end of the tunnel is just as likely to be an oncoming train headed for the trauma center as it is to be a private conference with god or dead loved ones.
That's Dr. Sheldon Cooper, if you please.
If you find this statement too direct, please feel free to imagine that it was concluded with a winky face or some other unnecessary yet somehow comforting-to-the-unwashed-masses communicative frivolity.
You're welcome.
Coffee is like a woman.
Hot and sweet at first, then increasingly cold and bitter.
I like my slashdot like I like my like like like...
Loop detected, aborting.
Salt yours what?
That was sarcasm, right?
We don't need to mention it to you, as everything one would want to know about that absolutely wonderful television program can be easily found here.
You're welcome.
"Yeah, but it was cathartic!"
Well, I guess reading it *did* sort of feel like getting a catheter.
Whoosh. Bigtime.
What's the name of his other leg?
Go. Around.
I have had the pleasure of being the project manager on several fairly large software projects during my career. These projects were finished on time and to spec. Everything the customer asked for in the agreed-upon scope worked. Everyone was happy...
However, as a precaution, I ALWAYS insist on putting a post-release support agreement in place at the start of the project. This lets the customer know that if problems arise, they will be addressed and fixed if at all possible, and it gets the developer in the mindset of providing continuing support after release. This has worked amazingly well for everyone involved. The customer feels secure and the developer does not have to work for free.
The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.
There is nothing wrong with money, nor with having lots of it. It is when one begins to value money over all other things that one begins to fall.