[FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World

[Porter, William R]

Excuse me, I thought yesterday was when the Galactic Federation of Light was supposed to make 1st contact. Rats I guess I'll have to settle for the Apple announcement of new laptops. 

Randall Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org [mailto:fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org] On Behalf Of Keith Gottschalk
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:50 AM
To: fpspace at friends-partners.org
Subject: [FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World

   Why George 3, Hitler, etc?

 How do you know that planet Gliese 581c  is not inhabited by clones of Carl Sagan & NASA administrators, who will eagerly seize on our radio message to lobby for far bigger budgets for their SETI & spacelifht
plans!   :)  :)   :)
- Keith

>>>> "James Oberg" <jameseoberg at comcast.net> 10/14/08 9:43 PM >>>
>As the saying goes, whenever you point a finger at somebody, you're 
>pointing three of them back at yourself.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jens Kieffer-Olsen" <dstdba at post4.tele.dk>
>To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World
>
>>> Today, messages from Earth were beamed specifically at an alien
world 
>>> considered capable of supporting life, the planet Gliese 581c, a 
>>> "super-Earth" located approximately 20 light years from us.
>> Odd that these nutters don't appreciate the risk that alien 
>> civilizations with a very high probability could be governed by 
>> dimwits such like King George III, Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin, or even 
>> Sarah Palin!
>> >> --
>> Jens Kieffer-Olsen
>> Slagelse, Denmark