Dude, you should have contacted all the parents, explained to them how they could collect big $$$ from this FERPA violation, and asked for a 10% finders fee!
We know nothing of motivations, but energy costs can pretty safely be projected as astronomical even with our current rudimentary understanding of physics.
Not every other species. It only takes one civilization of assholes and all the civilized, non-violent, pacifist civilizations either get wiped out or go into hiding. The good news is, we might be lucky enough to be that one civilization!
I've seen UFOs myself... three silver objects with the sun glinting off them hovering in a triangle formation over Mt. McKinley, seen from a hill 100 miles away. Of course, I've always kind of assumed these silver objects were aircraft.
No, it was the MAN that got rid of Beck... they always take people out when they get to close to the TRUTH! First Bob Marley, now Glenn Beck! Wait... he's still alive? Damn!
The old radars put out a crap load of power, enough to scramble the brains of migrating birds that flew over them. They would circle for hours, their directional sense apparently gone haywire. They would also pretty much microwave cook anything really close to them.
The odds of any aliens considering it worthwhile to travel all the way to our planet, except for the purpose of exterminating us, are extremely small. We're still here, so obviously they haven't been here.
When I told my daughter that glitter comes from unicorn poop, I thought I was being original and making that up. (I try to keep her as misinformed as possible.) Now you come along and point out this is not an original idea! By the way, she insists the color of the glitter matches the color of the unicorn, so only gold unicorns would poop gold glitter.
Of course poor women vote Democratic. Everybody votes their own pocketbook. It's one of the drawbacks of democracy.
Perhaps Planned Parenthood (and many other NGOs) would receive more money in donations if they no longer received any money at all from the government. Government money does not come without strings attached; by receiving government money you are ceding control of your organization to the government.
I understand the sentiment - if people have a moral objection to abortion, they shouldn't be forced to pay for it out of their taxes. As it turns out, I have this moral objection to war, you see...
Two observations from my own college career: 1) I forgot 90% of most subjects withing days of passing the final, and 2) In 30 years as a Software Engineer, I've used basically nothing that I used in College. Drafting? Done a computer now, my bad lettering doesn't matter. Computer languages? I learned C on my first job. The RPG II, Cobol, Fortran, Basic, Macro-11, Algol, and Pascal I learned if College? Except for Pascal, I haven't used them. Electromagnetics and antenna design? Better done by numerical methods. All the math I actually use (algebra, geometry, and trigonometry) I learned in high school. Other than a bit of Engineering Economics and contacts that helped me land my first job, College was really kind of a waste of time and money.
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It's okay, I'm not using mine anyway...
Dude, you should have contacted all the parents, explained to them how they could collect big $$$ from this FERPA violation, and asked for a 10% finders fee!
Especially the fuckups!
You're saying if they were too hostile they would have wiped themselves out? Not necessarily. You can be xenocidal without being homicidal.
We know nothing of motivations, but energy costs can pretty safely be projected as astronomical even with our current rudimentary understanding of physics.
Not every other species. It only takes one civilization of assholes and all the civilized, non-violent, pacifist civilizations either get wiped out or go into hiding. The good news is, we might be lucky enough to be that one civilization!
I've seen UFOs myself... three silver objects with the sun glinting off them hovering in a triangle formation over Mt. McKinley, seen from a hill 100 miles away. Of course, I've always kind of assumed these silver objects were aircraft.
They have at least done some investigation in order to figure out what kind of drugs this informant was on, wouldn't they?
Man, this AI is SOOOO flunking the Turing test! This is just random gibberish! Even ELIZA could do better than that!
No, it was the MAN that got rid of Beck... they always take people out when they get to close to the TRUTH! First Bob Marley, now Glenn Beck! Wait... he's still alive? Damn!
The ears are a dead giveaway!
The old radars put out a crap load of power, enough to scramble the brains of migrating birds that flew over them. They would circle for hours, their directional sense apparently gone haywire. They would also pretty much microwave cook anything really close to them.
Nah, the government agents all have slashdot accounts. With low user numbers.
You call Mulder, I'd much rather talk to Scully!
4 - We might be good for a laugh, but that about it. Comedy tourism, perhaps?
Dude, they were just looking for a bathroom! You have any idea how hard it is to find a rest stop in this spiral arm of the galaxy?
The odds of any aliens considering it worthwhile to travel all the way to our planet, except for the purpose of exterminating us, are extremely small. We're still here, so obviously they haven't been here.
You do know that you don't need to bleep out the word "fucking" on slashdot, don't you?
Gone. Turns out, aliens are VERY tasty!
(Checks todays date)
Nope, April 10, not April 1... what gives?
When I told my daughter that glitter comes from unicorn poop, I thought I was being original and making that up. (I try to keep her as misinformed as possible.) Now you come along and point out this is not an original idea! By the way, she insists the color of the glitter matches the color of the unicorn, so only gold unicorns would poop gold glitter.
That's easy: Sealand!
And people wonder why poor women vote Democratic.
Of course poor women vote Democratic. Everybody votes their own pocketbook. It's one of the drawbacks of democracy.
Perhaps Planned Parenthood (and many other NGOs) would receive more money in donations if they no longer received any money at all from the government. Government money does not come without strings attached; by receiving government money you are ceding control of your organization to the government.
I understand the sentiment - if people have a moral objection to abortion, they shouldn't be forced to pay for it out of their taxes. As it turns out, I have this moral objection to war, you see...
Two observations from my own college career: 1) I forgot 90% of most subjects withing days of passing the final, and 2) In 30 years as a Software Engineer, I've used basically nothing that I used in College. Drafting? Done a computer now, my bad lettering doesn't matter. Computer languages? I learned C on my first job. The RPG II, Cobol, Fortran, Basic, Macro-11, Algol, and Pascal I learned if College? Except for Pascal, I haven't used them. Electromagnetics and antenna design? Better done by numerical methods. All the math I actually use (algebra, geometry, and trigonometry) I learned in high school. Other than a bit of Engineering Economics and contacts that helped me land my first job, College was really kind of a waste of time and money.