My solution to this is to just send EVERYTHING. As much data as we can find. All the written text we have. The more data the aliens have, the better a shot they have at interpreting it. Sure, include a primer of some kind to make things as easy on them as possible, but if they have smart people on their planet, all they'll really need is enough data to work with.
Ooh, powers of ten. To go completely off-topic, We all know about the previous milestones, but does anybody know what happened to comment #11,000,000? Anybody? Bueller?
In my experience, which is limited, I will admit, advertising in your sig on/. is remarkably effective if you can consistently get modded to +5. Particularly in polls.
Not a problem, just copying one method - or the introduction - is fine by me. People who copy/paste the entire thing are the ones who incur my wrath.:)
I used KE = (1/2)mv^2 where m is the Earth's mass and v is escape velocity of 11km/s. Out of curiosity, may I ask you where you got your gravitational binding energy formula from?
You need, apparently, to compress something roughly the size of Mount Everest to get a black hole big enough. I don't know how much energy it'd take to turn that into a black hole of the same mass, but it can't be much more than the 10^26 or so Joules needed to deconstruct the Earth manually, can it?
For the record, and I suppose you might already have figured this out but I'm saying it just in case, the feasibility ratings aren't strictly speaking probabilities. 2/10 doesn't imply a 20% chance of it working. They're more like putting all the methods in order on a line from zero to ten, then spacing them out a bit.
I find it interesting that this project brings together two completely different interpretations of Batman. Adam "How come Batman doesn't dance anymore?" West, as we all know, played Batman in the comical Sixties TV series, while Mark Hamill has been doing a bang-up job of voicing the Joker's animated incarnations for over ten years, in the Batman animated series, Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker and more recently Justice League, all of which portrayed a much more serious Batman. This project seems to sit in a light-hearted middle ground, and what's more it has some great writing, which is far, far more important than the plot or visuals. I wouldn't be ashamed to have my name on it.
Pity about the typo in the opening credits, Dick van Dvke anybody?
What about them? This is Britain, not America. We don't have a Constitution with "freedom of speech" and "freedom of expression" written anywhere in it. At least, not to my knowledge.
Yes, it takes more time to do. And if he can't stick to a three-day-a-week schedule, he should change his schedule. The comic is his job. If he misses updates, he's NOT DOING IT.
Frequent screwups? Penny Arcade are dependable as clockwork. Well, not quite, but they are very consistent, and every comic IS a comic. You should read Megatokyo sometime. The whole archive is at least 10% filler. And since the author quit his job to do MT full-time, I find that disgusting.
As for this pot thing... well, a long time ago, I ran a web comic of my own on Keenspace. It was only stickmen, but it did update seven days a week. For a thousand straight days. Not kidding.
So, good luck guys, we'll see you all in four or five years' time when somebody actually claims this...
Not only is the imperial system inconsistent, using 2s, 3s, 4s, and 6s instead of 12s a lot of the time, the inch is divided into sixteenths, there are 16 ounces in a pound, 14 pounds in a stone, 2000 pounds in a ton... I would have infinitely greater respect for the imperial system if it was all 12s. But it ain't.
Besides which, we use decimal. Ultimately, you're going to end up down at fractions of the smallest possible measurement where you have no choice but to use decimals to express your figures. If we ran on a base-12 number system, that would be fine. But we don't.
I programmed my graphing calculator to play Connect 4. It is amazingly primitive - if it can make a winning move, it will; failing that, if you are about to win, it will block you; failing that, it moves randomly.
Popular hoax. Try this for size: ""iltmiaemedy uopn eienntrg we pyeard to the irenentt gdos for awnolilg us to pre-rstgieer our ttkeics. The lnie to get bgaeds was HGUE (I haer ploepe wree wtniiag on the oerdr of hruos). We setrtutd our pinnnlag-aaehd svlees oevr to the wlil clal lnie and wtiead lses then two mnetuis for all of us to pcik up our bgedas and pre-rsgoiitatern tkteics."
On the plus side, instead of thinking, we can just copy/paste all the +5 comments from the other story and get huge amounts of karma.
For example, here's a comment by Xner: "Thre real reason for rampant TV piracy on this side of the pond is that shows are released a lot later around here, sometimes even YEARS. This does encourage people to take their viewing habits into their own hands." Insightful, eh? I'd mod me up if I were you.
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My solution to this is to just send EVERYTHING. As much data as we can find. All the written text we have. The more data the aliens have, the better a shot they have at interpreting it. Sure, include a primer of some kind to make things as easy on them as possible, but if they have smart people on their planet, all they'll really need is enough data to work with.
Ooh, powers of ten. To go completely off-topic, We all know about the previous milestones, but does anybody know what happened to comment #11,000,000? Anybody? Bueller?
In my experience, which is limited, I will admit, advertising in your sig on /. is remarkably effective if you can consistently get modded to +5. Particularly in polls.
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Not a problem, just copying one method - or the introduction - is fine by me. People who copy/paste the entire thing are the ones who incur my wrath. :)
Ack, I hate replying to myself... yes, I know escape velocity will decrease as more mass is removed, this is a first (over)estimate.
I used KE = (1/2)mv^2 where m is the Earth's mass and v is escape velocity of 11km/s. Out of curiosity, may I ask you where you got your gravitational binding energy formula from?
You are correct. I modified the page accordingly. Thanks for your comments.
You need, apparently, to compress something roughly the size of Mount Everest to get a black hole big enough. I don't know how much energy it'd take to turn that into a black hole of the same mass, but it can't be much more than the 10^26 or so Joules needed to deconstruct the Earth manually, can it?
For the record, and I suppose you might already have figured this out but I'm saying it just in case, the feasibility ratings aren't strictly speaking probabilities. 2/10 doesn't imply a 20% chance of it working. They're more like putting all the methods in order on a line from zero to ten, then spacing them out a bit.
Quite the opposite! In fact, not even that! You're fired!
Flat acting? Did you SEE Episode II?
I find it interesting that this project brings together two completely different interpretations of Batman. Adam "How come Batman doesn't dance anymore?" West, as we all know, played Batman in the comical Sixties TV series, while Mark Hamill has been doing a bang-up job of voicing the Joker's animated incarnations for over ten years, in the Batman animated series, Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker and more recently Justice League, all of which portrayed a much more serious Batman. This project seems to sit in a light-hearted middle ground, and what's more it has some great writing, which is far, far more important than the plot or visuals. I wouldn't be ashamed to have my name on it.
Pity about the typo in the opening credits, Dick van Dvke anybody?
...I realise this is a bit premature, but I can't wait for Episode IV!
Why?
What about them? This is Britain, not America. We don't have a Constitution with "freedom of speech" and "freedom of expression" written anywhere in it. At least, not to my knowledge.
Yes, it takes more time to do. And if he can't stick to a three-day-a-week schedule, he should change his schedule. The comic is his job. If he misses updates, he's NOT DOING IT.
Me and my stick figure guys probably could too. I ran that comic, seven days a week, for a thousand straight days. Over now, though.
Frequent screwups? Penny Arcade are dependable as clockwork. Well, not quite, but they are very consistent, and every comic IS a comic. You should read Megatokyo sometime. The whole archive is at least 10% filler. And since the author quit his job to do MT full-time, I find that disgusting.
As for this pot thing... well, a long time ago, I ran a web comic of my own on Keenspace. It was only stickmen, but it did update seven days a week. For a thousand straight days. Not kidding.
So, good luck guys, we'll see you all in four or five years' time when somebody actually claims this...
"But behind the scenes, things were falling apart" is a registered trademark of VH1 Behind The Music.
Not only is the imperial system inconsistent, using 2s, 3s, 4s, and 6s instead of 12s a lot of the time, the inch is divided into sixteenths, there are 16 ounces in a pound, 14 pounds in a stone, 2000 pounds in a ton... I would have infinitely greater respect for the imperial system if it was all 12s. But it ain't.
Besides which, we use decimal. Ultimately, you're going to end up down at fractions of the smallest possible measurement where you have no choice but to use decimals to express your figures. If we ran on a base-12 number system, that would be fine. But we don't.
I could hear their server exploding from England!
I'm also told it syncs with The Wizard Of Oz in the freakiest way.
I programmed my graphing calculator to play Connect 4. It is amazingly primitive - if it can make a winning move, it will; failing that, if you are about to win, it will block you; failing that, it moves randomly.
It beats me about 25% of the time.
I'm REALLY bad at strategy games.
Popular hoax. Try this for size: ""iltmiaemedy uopn eienntrg we pyeard to the irenentt gdos for awnolilg us to pre-rstgieer our ttkeics. The lnie to get bgaeds was HGUE (I haer ploepe wree wtniiag on the oerdr of hruos). We setrtutd our pinnnlag-aaehd svlees oevr to the wlil clal lnie and wtiead lses then two mnetuis for all of us to pcik up our bgedas and pre-rsgoiitatern tkteics."
On the plus side, instead of thinking, we can just copy/paste all the +5 comments from the other story and get huge amounts of karma.
For example, here's a comment by Xner: "Thre real reason for rampant TV piracy on this side of the pond is that shows are released a lot later around here, sometimes even YEARS. This does encourage people to take their viewing habits into their own hands." Insightful, eh? I'd mod me up if I were you.