----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: Question from a student/symbols > From: "Stephen Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:08:25 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > [snip] > > NASA through Carl tried again in 1977 with Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, > this time sending a primitive device which seems to be a cross > between a conventional record and a primitive CD (which is now _so_ > obsolete in less than 30 years that one wonders what ETs would make > of it). It contained the hydrogen atom ruler again, but no porno this > time. Instead the device contained images of the earth and its > sounds, including those of humans and whales, various music > selections (from Bach to Chuck Berry), greetings in 55 languages > (Yo, ET! Howzit goin' eh?), and printed messages from famous U.S. > President Carter and infamous United Nations secretary-general Kurt > Waldheim. > > see http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/voyager/voyager-record.html > > and you can see and listen to much of this stuff at: > > http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html > > But so far, ET has not yet returned our phone call. Maybe he'll get > back to us in a few billion years or so, if he can understand what we > said.
Long-time viewers of the show Saturday Night Live may remember a sketch that Steve Martin did sometime after the launch of Voyager 1 & 2. In it he mentioned what was on the record/CD and he said that NASA had just received a message from an extraterrestial civilization. He held up a mock copy of Time magazine which contained the message on its front cover: "Send More Chuck Berry!" -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Stephen > __________________________________________________ > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 > Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm > _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
