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  • J Josh Smith

    Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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    basically like humans

    A CD set of the Monty Python films... they're going to need some comic relief. :sigh:

    "Just about every question you've asked over the last 3-4 days has been "urgent". Perhaps a little planning would be helpful?"
    Colin Angus Mackay in the C# forum

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      Insects rule the Earth, that's for sure. We humans might think that we're the king of the hill, but when we're dead and gone (all of us), the Earth will look like it has for millions of years...swarming with insects! :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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      Josh Smith wrote:

      when we're dead and gone (all of us), the Earth will look like it has for millions of years...swarming with insects!

      Assuming that we haven't turned the planet into an environmental wasteland before we go. "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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        Josh Smith wrote:

        when we're dead and gone (all of us), the Earth will look like it has for millions of years...swarming with insects!

        Assuming that we haven't turned the planet into an environmental wasteland before we go. "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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        Josh Smith
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        La cucaracha! Those suckers can supposedly survive nuclear holocausts. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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          Josh Smith wrote:

          basically like humans

          A CD set of the Monty Python films... they're going to need some comic relief. :sigh:

          "Just about every question you've asked over the last 3-4 days has been "urgent". Perhaps a little planning would be helpful?"
          Colin Angus Mackay in the C# forum

          led mike

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          Josh Smith
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          I see you like your comedy with a side of irony, considering that they'd have no way to enjoy the CDs w/o a CD player. You are a cruel man! :-D :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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          • J Josh Smith

            Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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            As Bradbury put it, we|d send them shoes, and make them pay for shoelaces. (or was it shoeshine? same idea)


            Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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            • J Josh Smith

              La cucaracha! Those suckers can supposedly survive nuclear holocausts. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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              Josh Smith wrote:

              Those suckers can supposedly survive nuclear holocausts.

              ...and if the atmosphere turns to pure methane and the oceans to sulfuric acid? Keith Richards may survive but cockroaches won't. ;) "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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                Josh Smith wrote:

                Those suckers can supposedly survive nuclear holocausts.

                ...and if the atmosphere turns to pure methane and the oceans to sulfuric acid? Keith Richards may survive but cockroaches won't. ;) "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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                Mike Mullikin wrote:

                and if the atmosphere turns to pure methane and the oceans to sulfuric acid?

                Then I'll be forced to admit to myself that recycling is a good idea after all. :)

                Mike Mullikin wrote:

                Keith Richards may survive but cockroaches won't.

                What a shame. ;P :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                  and if the atmosphere turns to pure methane and the oceans to sulfuric acid?

                  Then I'll be forced to admit to myself that recycling is a good idea after all. :)

                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                  Keith Richards may survive but cockroaches won't.

                  What a shame. ;P :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                  Josh Smith wrote:

                  Then I'll be forced to admit to myself that recycling is a good idea after all.

                  We're humbled by your graciousness... "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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                    Josh Smith wrote:

                    Then I'll be forced to admit to myself that recycling is a good idea after all.

                    We're humbled by your graciousness... "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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                    What can I say? Some call it a gift, others call it a natural elegance... :-> :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                    • J Josh Smith

                      Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                      Mentos, but wait, we need it here more :-D Farhan Noor Qureshi if (this == this) thow this;

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                        Mentos, but wait, we need it here more :-D Farhan Noor Qureshi if (this == this) thow this;

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                        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                        If you will send mentos, then I will send diet coke[^].


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                        • J Josh Smith

                          Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                          ;)

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                          • J Josh Smith

                            I see you like your comedy with a side of irony, considering that they'd have no way to enjoy the CDs w/o a CD player. You are a cruel man! :-D :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                            Josh Smith wrote:

                            no way to enjoy the CDs w/o a CD player

                            I thought those were standard in Greyhound buses these days. :-D

                            "Just about every question you've asked over the last 3-4 days has been "urgent". Perhaps a little planning would be helpful?"
                            Colin Angus Mackay in the C# forum

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                              If you will send mentos, then I will send diet coke[^].


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                              Anton Afanasyev
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                              :laugh::laugh: what a cruel world we live in...come on, let the pre-humans live WITHOUT blowing up because of modern technology... rara avis in terris

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                              • J Josh Smith

                                Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                                Rob Graham
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                                I would send nothing. Without the tremendous infrastructure required to support it, there is no single piece of technology that would remain even marginally useful for long enough to matter. It would end up being a an object of religious worship, with lots of myths about what it used to do...

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                                • J Josh Smith

                                  Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                                  Allen Anderson
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                                  this is like the biggest open invitation for sarcasm I've ever seen. :) (for the record I'd send them twinkies, I hear they last forever and who wouldn't want that)

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                                    ;)

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                                    Farhan Noor Qureshi
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                                    b/c thats the thing they'd making for us when "grow up"??? :) Farhan Noor Qureshi if (this == this) thow this;

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                                    • J Josh Smith

                                      Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                                      A portable/towable smelter. Of course, this is a trick question since many modern objects contain thousands of "pieces" of modern [and relatively modern] technology. A smelter, for example, would contain a free rotating axle; a very important invention. The smelting of metal itself is a huge leap forward in technology. The rubber of the tires would be vulcanized; that this is so wouldn't be immediately obvious, but I've sure the scientists of the other world would figure out rather quickly that something had been done. (And what about the profile of a gear of the simple gear; another huge leap in technology.) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                      • J Josh Smith

                                        Let's suppose, just for fun, that scientists discovered a planet which we could easily travel to within a few weeks and that planet had life on it. The life forms were basically like humans of 10,000 years ago. If you were given the chance to send one piece of our modern technology to the human-like life forms on that planet, what would it be and why? Let's say that the size of the object you choose is constrained by the size of the transport vehicle, roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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                                        Wjousts
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                                        The wheel - keep it simple. Anything much more advanced than that and they'd have no idea what to do with it.

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                                          this is like the biggest open invitation for sarcasm I've ever seen. :) (for the record I'd send them twinkies, I hear they last forever and who wouldn't want that)

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                                          Josh Smith
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                                          Allen Anderson wrote:

                                          this is like the biggest open invitation for sarcasm I've ever seen.

                                          Exactly. ;) :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

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