Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-09-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Stephen sez: > OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > >> Statistically, in terms of how we understood evolution to work, to have >> encountered such a large amount of genetic uniformity made no sense to >> us. We assumed evolution would have naturally engineered more diversity. > >  . . . >

Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-09-02 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > Statistically, in terms of how we understood evolution to work, to have > encountered such a large amount of genetic uniformity made no sense to > us. We assumed evolution would have naturally engineered more diversity. . . . > ... The atmosphere w

Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-30 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > Eventually, after their storage facilities had been filled they sterilized > the remaining surface area of our planet. Rendezvous point: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/pacificsouthwest/DonnerCamp/index.shtml

Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-29 Thread mixent
In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:23:09 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Actually, fables are often perceived as illogical, especially if taken too >literally. It's the emotional content I was going for. A different set of >rules apply. ...and that's exactly what

RE: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Robin Sez: > While this is a wonderfully entertaining little SF tale, it doesn't > really make sense on a galactic scale. Why go to all the trouble of > growing "food" elsewhere, when it's much cheaper and easier to grow > it at home? Note that interstellar travel capability implies an advanced

Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-28 Thread mixent
In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:00:03 -0500: Hi, [snip] While this is a wonderfully entertaining little SF tale, it doesn't really make sense on a galactic scale. Why go to all the trouble of growing "food" elsewhere, when it's much cheaper and eas

RE: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Robin and Terry sez: ... > >Is this such a wise idea? > > Any race that is interstellar capable, lives that close, and wanted to > wipe us out would have already long done so. > > > > >http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2955/goodbye-from-earth I can't resist. ;-) ---

Re: [Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-28 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:21:49 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Is this such a wise idea? Any race that is interstellar capable, lives that close, and wanted to wipe us out would have already long done so. > >http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2955/goodbye-from-earth > >Goodb

[Vo]:Come And Get It

2009-08-28 Thread Terry Blanton
Is this such a wise idea? http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2955/goodbye-from-earth Goodbye from Earth Friday, 28 August 2009 by Alissa Jenkins Cosmos Online Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex "SYDNEY: At noon today, 25,880 messages of goodwill from the people of Earth were transmitted