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- AllenS, on 11/19/2007, -0/+94Obviously, the first thing to do would be to post the news to Digg.
- psyphen, on 11/19/2007, -4/+65Duh, the whole point of the program is to find aliens... it would be stupid not to have a plan on what to do after you finish your goal!
That'd be like going into war without a... wait. - nova912, on 11/19/2007, -5/+48Third, Profit!
- crazybugger, on 11/19/2007, -1/+42Second thing to do is Digg the Alien.
- TomP, on 11/19/2007, -1/+28Then welcome our overlords
- chummel, on 11/19/2007, -2/+26I cant communicate with you, except to tell you that I can't communicate with you.
- jejeje666, on 11/19/2007, -2/+21Step 1: The first message sent to the aliens must be "F!r57 P057", followed by a link to a picture of a man's distended anus.
Step 2: There's no step 2. - Nougat, on 11/19/2007, -2/+20Somehow, I'm guessing that the SETI people read Slashdot.
- CheeseburgerBro, on 11/19/2007, -0/+17Don't get too excited -- it's just Jody Foster's dad.
- raskali, on 11/19/2007, -1/+14Taser immediately after they exit craft. Arrest and put in detention untill we're sure they aren't terrorists. If safe, then exploit for profit.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+11It can't really be told if ETs have been discovered. If communication with the ETs is possible, then it would be locked down. If not the poor ETs would be deluged with all sorts of nut ball messages......"America is Evil!"......."Iran is Evil!"....."We Europeans are the ones you should talk to because we know what's right!"....."Do you believe in Jesus Christ?"......"You must follow Islam"......"Communism is Evil!"...."Vote for Ron Paul!"......"Bush is Evil!"....."Don't trust the Jews!"....."Our planet is warming because of America and AL Gore says so!"...."Do you smoke weed?"....
What a way to scare them off.... - bobdobolena, on 11/19/2007, -1/+12How _really_ are you supposed to respond to "All your base are belong to us"?
- rabidg00se, on 11/19/2007, -1/+11At first I was like :|
But then, I lol'd - frsrblch, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Would you expect them to go searching for signs of alien life, and not have a procedure in the event they actually FIND some?
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Step one. Cover anus to prevent probing.
Step two. Find out why they like probing anuses.
Step three. ????
Step four. Profit!!! - inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Hate to be a negative nelly here, but I think the odds are very much against us ever detecting anything. I think smart aliens keep quiet so they can continue to be living aliens.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -1/+9After 2 billion years of life on earth and we are only able to make or detect contact the last 30-40 years or so, and our advanced civilization seems to be in its twilight days... From the samples of data we currently know. I would guess the math seems to be against contact. I will be much more optimistic once we cross the singularity and meta-humans retain an interest in extra terrestrial life, exploration etc.
- drummerjed, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8So does the USAF, which is funny because according to the Air Force they don't exist.
- ValleyWonka, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Pretty old stuff. But what bothers me is
8.No response to a signal or other evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence should be sent until appropriate international consultations have taken place. The procedures for such consultations will be the subject of a separate agreement, declaration or arrangement
-- there starts the bureaucracy. - RonBurgundy76, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6Third would be ???. Then Profit!
- jeremyduffy, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6Here's the thing: If the alien species is advanced enough to respond to our message in anything like real time, they must have far more advanced technology than we do. That presents two options: they will destroy us or they won't. Knowing what WE would probably do if we discovered alien life at a far lower technological level to us, I'm not optimistic.
On the other hand, if we do manage to get a response from some alien species and they're no better off than we are, our communication would take freaking generations and probably wouldn't be very usable. - inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5Step 3: we get nuked.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5Oh I don't know, I won't even go so far as to assume what aliens think is advanced... The Aliens could have long since since abandoned the physical world for the virtual world and only interact with it via telepresence and robotics, to get more energy and build more processor power. But the "virtual reality" they inhabit would make things like... the speed of light and telepathy nearly irrelevant. Such a "meta-human" civilization wouldn't really care or be bothered by things like comet hits, super volcanos, or their star running out of fuel. They could exist in between the stars and leave virtually no physical foot print at all. Once a civilization managed that advanced state, they might not care about things like extraterrestrial communication anymore, because it now lacks the ability to affect them, which is why we care.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4If the aliens are anything like that advanced they will probably regard us as microbes, and won't care what we have to say. When you start talking about super luminal communication or travel it is largly speculative (unless all the physicists and engineers of the world are missing an easy way to do it, which I doubt), but they would be a civilization thousands if not millions of years more advanced than us, and are probably not even organic life forms anymore.
- supermanred, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4DPCAFDEI? They couldve come up with a better sounding acronym. Anyways, makes sense to have such rules, but in reality unless they all look like Angelina Jolie, we will be rioting in the streets going ***** crazy when the first aliens arrive.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5They don't detect 'em, because a civilization long-lived enough to actually be likely to be found by us probably would not use radio as a method of communication. They'll be using something more sophisticated, think of something involving quantum coupling; no time lag, no need for encryption, no need for satellites or relays.
- Chaoticfist, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Not really. it makes sense. What if the aliens are found to be hostile. I would prefer waiting to be sure that they are friendly.
- insomniacal, on 11/19/2007, -2/+6I'm betting against it ever happening. The mathematics favors it, but we're not detecting _anything_.
- EBFoxbat, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4My protocol involves cartwheels.
- fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -0/+31. Freak the ***** out.
2. Have sex like crazy on the premise that the end is nigh.
3. Broadcast Pi in binary. - QuickeningYak, on 11/19/2007, -0/+30. Piss down both legs while giggling maniacally because of pure exhilaration, joy, and panic.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+3He's too busy trying to make his next game.
- motters, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3"Take me to your leader"...
- brandoj, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4Yeah, I'm not a big fan about how this requires consultation with the United Nations. I'm afraid that should alien life be found, the U.N. will be be unduly legitimized.
- RadicalEdward, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4Third: ???????
Fourth: Profit! - dazparkour, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4Oh. You are called ALLENS...
- jj101, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Relatively recently we found life living on sulpherous vents in super heated water at the bottom of the sea. There was no question of us destroying them for the fun of it. The question was how to study them. Why would super advanced aliens not feel the same way about us.
- jrizzo, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2What if they really do bring the cake!
- sb66, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2"The discoverer should inform his/her relevant national authorities."
Who wants to bet that will be the end of it. - p51d007, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3Hell, just say "screw you! we have enough illegal aliens here!"
- ScottoGato, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Send in Kurt Russell.
- DivisibleByZero, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Given that their mission is to find extra terrestrial intelligence, I would have found it more newsworthy if they DIDN'T have a plan for what to do once they actually found it.
- jrizzo, on 11/19/2007, -0/+21. Underpants
2. ???
3. Profit
Get the reference right people. - rholland356, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Politics is like that. 40+ years of cold war and it surprised everyone when the Berlin wall fell. Caught Poppy out on the golf course. It took them a full year to convince themselves that they had won.
Lacking any plan for the future, they set about creating the next long-term war. They had to wait 8 years for the prosperity to pass, but ultimately achieved their goal. - slipdisc2, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Aliens don't want to contact us. Why would they want to?
- wpi97, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2The aliens may be advanced enough to have the technology to respond in real time, but we are obviously not. So unless they use telepathy, we will not be able to receive the response.
- simpleid, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2It'll go like this; we lure in unsuspecting civilizations with temptation to commerce and expand in order to teach us the details of their technology, after which we will slowly overwhelm them politically and financially taking over their markets. eventually we will destroy them and lure in the next unsuspecting civilization.
death to the galactic terrorists! god made us in his own image! (this christian ideology is just asking for galactic warfare to preserve 'god's people')
what's scary is i actually think this might not be far from the truth - yojiffyskippy, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Will Smith!
- Tallon29, on 11/19/2007, -2/+4Step 1: Loctate Jodie Foster.
- Negyxo, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2they would probably assume it's our form of greeting and might possibly return the favor....
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