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  • H hairy_hats

    Do people still get taken in by this[^] kind of thing? Any message will have decayed to background levels before it gets to Alpha Centauri so it's a complete waste of time and money and many other things. :mad:

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    MrPlankton
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    How else then will the Centauri[^] know of our existance?

    MrPlankton

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      How else then will the Centauri[^] know of our existance?

      MrPlankton

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      Baconbutty
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      From the FAQ: "Will SentForever be making contact with me in the future? Only if you’ve ticked the box to receive one or two notifications a year when your message reaches an interesting milestone in its travels." However, a warmongering alien race bent on destruction of carbon based lifeforms has now been alerted to our existence, thanks to Wayne and Chardonnay pledging their undying chav love for each other. Blark of the Thargosians imminent arrival may not be the notification they were quite expecting.

      I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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      • M MrPlankton

        How else then will the Centauri[^] know of our existance?

        MrPlankton

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        Muhadeeb66
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        I would be better off sending a message via an old ham radio buddy of mine with a directional dipole antenna. :laugh: :laugh:

        Tomorrow will be better than today, even better than yesterday

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        • C Colin Angus Mackay

          Vincent Curry wrote:

          "This is approximately 20 US Dollars and we deliver worldwide."

          I thought the point was that is was delivered off the world.

          Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog

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          Vincent Curry
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          Yup, so did I.

          Vincent www.pub-olympics.com

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          • L Lost User

            digital man wrote:

            There really must be one born every day!

            every second you mean ;P

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            Ri Qen Sin
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            Yes — if you mean idiots. Idiots are born faster than every other race.

            So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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            • D Dalek Dave

              Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be? "Earth Says Sorry" "So Long and thanks for all the Fish" "Did I leave the Gas on?" :)

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              David Crow
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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be?

              Hey ya'll, watch this.

              "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

              "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                Yes — if you mean idiots. Idiots are born faster than every other race.

                So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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                Lost User
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                I'm glad that you know yourself

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                • L Lost User

                  I'm glad that you know yourself

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                  Ri Qen Sin
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                  Yes, because idiots don't have self-awareness.

                  So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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                  • D David Crow

                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                    Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be?

                    Hey ya'll, watch this.

                    "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                    "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                    Brady Kelly
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                    :laugh: and redneck too!

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                    • R Ri Qen Sin

                      Yes, because idiots don't have self-awareness.

                      So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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                      Lost User
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                      like you. you need to stop calling yourself bad things

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be? "Earth Says Sorry" "So Long and thanks for all the Fish" "Did I leave the Gas on?" :)

                        ------------------------------------ No fee too high, no insult to low. Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms

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                        martin_hughes
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                        If it was me leaving the message it'd go like this: "Yoooouuuuuuuuuuu Baaaaaaaaasssssstttttttttaaaaaarrrrrrrdddddddssssssssss!"

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                        • D David Crow

                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                          Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be?

                          Hey ya'll, watch this.

                          "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

                          "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                          Gary Wheeler
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                          Well, that explains neutron stars, anyway...

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          • H hairy_hats

                            Do people still get taken in by this[^] kind of thing? Any message will have decayed to background levels before it gets to Alpha Centauri so it's a complete waste of time and money and many other things. :mad:

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                            Bert delaVega
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                            The dedicated deep space dish makes it sound like a scam (well, amongst other claims). They probably have a HughesNet DirectPC dish! What a waste of money. Clever, though, and I'm sure others will be intrigued enough to send them money.

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                              like you. you need to stop calling yourself bad things

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                              Ri Qen Sin
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                              :wtf: I would never "diss" myself.

                              So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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                              • D Dalek Dave

                                Just a thought... What would you think the last message would be? "Earth Says Sorry" "So Long and thanks for all the Fish" "Did I leave the Gas on?" :)

                                ------------------------------------ No fee too high, no insult to low. Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms

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                                Leslie Sanford
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                                Dalek Dave wrote:

                                What would you think the last message would be?

                                KTHXBYE

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                                • C Colin Angus Mackay

                                  Vincent Curry wrote:

                                  "This is approximately 20 US Dollars and we deliver worldwide."

                                  I thought the point was that is was delivered off the world.

                                  Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog

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                                  hairy_hats
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                                  Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                                  I thought the point was that is was delivered off the world.

                                  At some point it may pass the Terminal 5 luggage as it drifts into the void.

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                                  • B Bert delaVega

                                    The dedicated deep space dish makes it sound like a scam (well, amongst other claims). They probably have a HughesNet DirectPC dish! What a waste of money. Clever, though, and I'm sure others will be intrigued enough to send them money.

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                                    hairy_hats
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                                    The dish is only a few miles from my house, it's part of what used to be our end of the transatlantic satellite comms link. My Dad used to work in communications and was involved with receiving the first transmissions from Telstar. :cool:

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