TGD(ver 1.0) Waste of Time

We need to find a way to fund this. Perhaps we could redirect some HUD funds?

Mark

On Mon, 02 April 2001, Ryan Healey wrote:

>
> We would have to be very careful on how we go about it, we have to make sure
> that the probe follows the motion of the star, we would also have to launch the
> probe in secret so that people don't know where it is (except for us).
>
> Then we send out some primes, c^2=a^2+a^2, E=MC^2 and a few others to get
> people's attention, and maybe a few movies.
>
> When looking though the history of the CIA it is pretty obvious that the US are
> somewhat evil, maybe they aren't as evil as the USSR were, but they are still
> evil and should probably be dissolved (or at least pacified).
>
> --- the_doctor@... wrote:
> > LOL! All we need to do is FAKE the alien civilization. That would scare the
> > pants off them. I wonder how we could do that. How about a space probe,
> > with a secret backup RTG generator, and a big inflatable mylar antenna. When
> > the probe got far enough away (this plan would take about 20-30 years) the
> > extra antenna inflates and the thing starts blasting out unlikely things like
> > prime numbers! Instant alien civilization.
> >
> > What is that line from Return of the Jedi "you will find, Luke, that many
> > truths we hold dear in life depend on our point of view." I suppose that
> > from the point of view of, say, China, or even some of the countries that Ike
> > overthrew down in Central America, the US is an evil empire.
> >
> > Mark
>

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