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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:43 PM Original message |
Galaxy has 'billions of Earths' |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. On its own, that fact doesn't get you anywhere.... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I just thought this story might generate an interesting debate n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. I love this story. Thank you. What an arrogant little dipshit people |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
132. K &R. Very interesting and I'm glad you posted it. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. 100 billion, 1 billion, 1/2 billion? What's the difference? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. (facepalm) |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm not following you |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Bloo is saying what Bloo always says .... |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
174. Me too, Trajan. I follow the (alleged) Magellan Logic... |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
72. Fascinating sig line. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
121. I guess I need to update it because Blackwater is changing their name. I wnder |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Agree. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I can't make heads or tails of that comment |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It's ok. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. whew |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Moral: |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Me too. It gets de-railed somewhere around whatever "1/trillions" means. |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
107. See post #52. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
112. Imagine a coin that 'always' lands tails... |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. huh?? what is the "just one" thing? |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. the people making these predictions know a hell of a lot more than just two things |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Do you mean there are 100 Billion Dubyas out there? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #63 |
116. There actually is a quite serious theory in astrophysics and cosmology |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. You are right about that. We're stuck here on this planet. For now, at least. |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
99. I suppose you mean, "there's no way to know." |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #99 |
124. a lovely, learned response |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #99 |
142. Fantastic post! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
128. Considering the "odds" the stupid thing to say would be "doubt it" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Actually "doubt it" would not be at all stupid. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
129. Why would your analogy apply? The universe is made of the same essential material. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
157. the idea that there are more earth size planets than this one pissed you off, huh? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #157 |
164. probably fearing the possibility that there is another parallel version of self on one of them |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
158. thanks for posting this |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. now there's a tarted-up headline. i hate bad science reporting. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:50 PM Original message |
Those earth like planets could possibly only be in the first stages of |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Time and space are equally vast |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Or the bacteria |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. why? |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
68. not so sure. I think, given the sheer |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
104. The problem is one of space, as well as time. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Those earth like planets could possibly only be in the first stages of |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Some of them could also be exact duplicates of each other. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. The earth, and our solar system, being around... |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great. That means there could be billions of Carson Daly's! n/t |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. and the possibilities to relocate Republicans to places that really could love them! |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
91. And the sooner we find those places the better. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #91 |
125. i'm quite certain |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Okay let me clarify... dominant life form without competition. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
138. WAY too much trouble! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Didn't Carl Sagan give us this hypothesis in the 1970s? (n/t) |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sagan popularized something like that |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Drake Equation (1961) - but it had been discussed for 40 years prior. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I would imagine that if the answers to the Drake equation were plotted |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
71. My astronomy prof. at Caltech George Djorgovsky told me: |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. that's just because you're a person |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #80 |
113. Well said. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
144. Yep, and he wasn't "lazy" or "stupid". I think he also had his balls his whole life. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Probably. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Exactly. The preponderance of evidence has flipped |
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Cato the Younger (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. And right now Dick Cheney .... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
117. You'll know it's true when the Republics put forth a bill to fund education. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. BREAKING NEWS: Intergalactic poll shows George W. Bush is the worst president in the universe! |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. That one made me laugh out loud |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Ming the Merciless demanded a recount. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. YOU are very Funny!! I wish I had a heart to give to you, but I'm broke. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
59. DUzy Material!!! |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
73. I'd give you a heart if I wan't totally out of money. You rock! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
169. good one, lol |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. call me when we're invited to join the united federation of planets... |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Has anyone traveled at warp speed yet? |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Autumn Colors |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
79. I did last week and puked...nt |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. So much for the religious freaks and their |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Wouldn't you like to ask them "When/Where- ever that other Life is/was/will-be, what do you suppose |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
60. Finding inteligent life on other worlds would kill the Abrahamic religions dead. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. I find it humorous that Dr. Boss would make such a dumbass comment about there |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. There are a couple of books you could read, and then Dr. Boss won't sound like a dumbass |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Of course, there are always books one can read to enlighten oneself about things that |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. speculating on the existence of bacteria on other planets |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #69 |
90. I think he's trying to say that life on other planets won't necessarily resemble Earthly life. |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #69 |
108. You beat me to it- I was gonna say nobody said it was anthropomorphic 'bacteria or amino acids' |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
136. No. I'm saying that we infer from our planetary experience what might be happening |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #136 |
165. No, we just take data available and make the best educated guesses |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
171. If you want Dr Boss to sound like less of a dumbass... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
86. I agree with you |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
150. More than likely, it was a throwaway remark |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. I wish Sagan were still with us. He died, what, a year before the first exoplanet was found? |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The most important image ever taken... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. WOW! That was AMAZING!! Thanks for the share. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
56. I have the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field as my desktop. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
78. Why is that when I look at things like that.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. Cuz it puts us in our proper place. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Talking of exoplanets... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. WOW!!! |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
83. We found "Super-Earths"????? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. LOL, ok, hot Neptunes stripped of their gas would be more accurate, maybe, LOL!!! n/t |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
96. In case anyone hasn't noticed, |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
94. close |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. . |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. So how much longer is our planet going to be supporting life? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. "billions of earths?" |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. To clarify, he means "Earth-sized" planets. |
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OmahaGTP (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Agreed |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. My hypothesis is that all civilizations we find will be so advanced that they are God-like. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #61 |
95. They have an invisibility shield surrounding their planet to avoid detection. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #95 |
115. Not As Outlandish As Your Rolling Eyes Would Make It Seem. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
127. There is another explanation that is much more dismal |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #127 |
140. Rare? Sure |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #140 |
156. Rare and brief resolves the Fermi paradox. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. No, it's not |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #159 |
162. So if tech civs are long lived |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. It's not so easy to detect a civilization |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #163 |
167. OK you are completely missing the point. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. No, I know of Drakes Equation |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
70. I think I recall seeing an article somewhere that said free oxygen... |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
74. Consider the unknowns in Drake's equation |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #74 |
111. I don't doubt what you say, exboyfil. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oh, what a relief--!!1 We can destroy planet after planet and just move on to the next one --!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. dupe |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
54. didn't Sagan comment on this on one of his books? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Galaxy, more likely n/t |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
98. that would be much less than one per galaxy |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
62. Billions of Sarah Palins! Eeks! Can they all see us from their porches? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #62 |
97. Nahhh.... look how long it took for earth to produce a Sarah Palin |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. Do they have any gold? Calling Christopher Columbus! |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
66. A couple of reasons why Earth became Earth.... |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #66 |
100. Actually... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
170. A couple more |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
67. Josei Toda said that the more science discovered, the more Buddhism would be validated |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
145. The minute we make first contact, Religion is FINISHED |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
75. The Fermi Paradox relates directly to this |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Fermi forgot about distances.... |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
141. Fermi also doesn't consider the possible types of intelligence |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. There may be technological life\societies and non-technological life\societies |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. Long term I agree, I think we'll make it long enough know |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
76. Of course there are 'earth-like' planets out there... |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
81. Is there an end to the universe? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #81 |
101. we'll have a better idea once we figure out dark energy |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #101 |
119. That's but one theory |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. this is what I mean by "current estimates" |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. I'll agree that current calculation have the Universe's expansion accelerating |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #101 |
137. I can't even fathom that. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
82. Way too much Firefly/Serenity for this guy. Fuck up one, they want to fuck up others. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Aw damn it, whenever anyone makes a Firefly reference I'm supposed to drink |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
135. Hahahaha!!! Too funny! ^_^ |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #82 |
102. Who's proposing trying to "get to" any of these planets? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #102 |
134. It always starts "plan-lite" ... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
84. The fact that the earth hasn't been invited into some "galactic consortium" yet |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #84 |
92. For all we know they've set a quarantine zone around the solar system. n|t |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
88. The BBC's headline is rather misleading. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Venus-like worlds are probably far, far more common then Earthlike ones. |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
103. I have always thought that. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
105. Billions and Billions of Freeper heads exploding. OMG..its full of jars! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #105 |
173. I laughed. I cried. I wet myself. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
106. kewl |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
109. Astrophysicists (especially the ones on A&E and Discovery) are given to such hyperbole. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Not So Fast |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Thanks for that - I often quote that to friends. It still sounds like a lot of suns though |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Now That I Think Of It, If We're Thinking Specifically... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #109 |
151. Ha, ha, that's definitely a selection effect |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
110. But how many have a thin enough atmosphere? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. We have a Venus-worth of CO2 trapped in limestone rock. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
131. It's always amazed me how people could believe in evolution and not believe another |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
139. "And crawling on the planets face, some insects called the human race. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
146. I've never thought otherwise, since I was old enough to think about it. nt |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
148. You don't need a degree to figure this one out. Thanks for the obvious. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #148 |
152. You may not need a degree |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
149. The Galaxy Song |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #149 |
175. Remember this song? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
153. Unlikely. First you have to consider the |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. And yet we exist |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. There are 100 billion stars in the galaxy, and billions of galaxies in the |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #155 |
166. Well, the article said billions of earth-like planets |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #153 |
176. I like the Fredric Brown Theory... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
160. Maybe we can send * and the lemming pugs there.. |
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marksmithfield (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
161. It would be terribly sad to think we were alone |
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stevebreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
172. to me the curious thing is if other "earths" exist why not little green men |
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