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  • M Away
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    Mik
    wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 18:56 last edited by
    #7

    Try the immersive reader button. Up by the favorites star, looks like an open book.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 19:02 last edited by Doctor Phibes 10 Oct 2024, 19:02
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      You chaps are wondering why we can't contact aliens and you're struggling to open a web-page 😂

      I was only joking

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      • D Doctor Phibes
        10 Oct 2024, 18:00

        If the light speed limit is unsurmountable, we're probably not going anywhere. Maybe J3H0V4H did it deliberately.

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        Tom-K
        wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 20:02 last edited by
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        @Doctor-Phibes said in Universal limit to technological development?:

        If the light speed limit is unsurmountable, we're probably not going anywhere.

        Maybe for us--maybe not for others. The physical world that we know is llike a Bob Ross painting. There's the mountain, there's the cabin with smoke coming out of the chimney, there's the pine trees. But when you look around the edges there's the canvas and the tacks and the frame. The universe might be a lot more than these 5 random senses say it is.

        Link to video

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        • T Tom-K
          10 Oct 2024, 20:02

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Universal limit to technological development?:

          If the light speed limit is unsurmountable, we're probably not going anywhere.

          Maybe for us--maybe not for others. The physical world that we know is llike a Bob Ross painting. There's the mountain, there's the cabin with smoke coming out of the chimney, there's the pine trees. But when you look around the edges there's the canvas and the tacks and the frame. The universe might be a lot more than these 5 random senses say it is.

          Link to video

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          Mik
          wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 20:03 last edited by
          #10

          @Tom-K So you're saying we are one happy little accident away from interstellar conquest.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • M Away
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            Mik
            wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 20:45 last edited by
            #11

            On that note, another cheery thought..

            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/we-may-only-ever-detect-signals-from-long-dead-alien-civilizations/ar-AA1rTH3s?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=70dacde2bf7c4ad1b0de1331e9289512&ei=25

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              10 Oct 2024, 20:02

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Universal limit to technological development?:

              If the light speed limit is unsurmountable, we're probably not going anywhere.

              Maybe for us--maybe not for others. The physical world that we know is llike a Bob Ross painting. There's the mountain, there's the cabin with smoke coming out of the chimney, there's the pine trees. But when you look around the edges there's the canvas and the tacks and the frame. The universe might be a lot more than these 5 random senses say it is.

              Link to video

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              George K
              wrote on 10 Oct 2024, 23:58 last edited by
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              @Tom-K Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of Jack Frost's favorite bands.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • M Away
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                Mik
                wrote on 11 Oct 2024, 00:48 last edited by
                #13

                Mine too at the time. First version of Who Do You Love I heard. Now I like George Thoroghgood’s.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • M Mik
                  11 Oct 2024, 00:48

                  Mine too at the time. First version of Who Do You Love I heard. Now I like George Thoroghgood’s.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 11 Oct 2024, 00:55 last edited by
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                  @Mik Shady Grove, the entire album was great.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • M Mik
                    10 Oct 2024, 17:54

                    Is that why the galaxy is so quiet?

                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-haven-t-we-found-intelligent-alien-civilizations-there-may-be-a-universal-limit-to-technological-development/ar-AA1rXYRN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=99fa002de62b49bfa539081891b0191f&ei=43

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                    Klaus
                    wrote on 11 Oct 2024, 08:27 last edited by
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                    @Mik said in Universal limit to technological development?:

                    Is that why the galaxy is so quiet?

                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-haven-t-we-found-intelligent-alien-civilizations-there-may-be-a-universal-limit-to-technological-development/ar-AA1rXYRN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=99fa002de62b49bfa539081891b0191f&ei=43

                    If anything, technological development has picked up speed rather than slowed down.

                    There's no evidence for a limit.

                    I find e/acc a more interesting hypothesis.

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                    • M Mik
                      10 Oct 2024, 20:45

                      On that note, another cheery thought..

                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/we-may-only-ever-detect-signals-from-long-dead-alien-civilizations/ar-AA1rTH3s?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=70dacde2bf7c4ad1b0de1331e9289512&ei=25

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 11 Oct 2024, 17:44 last edited by
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                      @Mik said in Universal limit to technological development?:

                      On that note, another cheery thought..

                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/we-may-only-ever-detect-signals-from-long-dead-alien-civilizations/ar-AA1rTH3s?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=70dacde2bf7c4ad1b0de1331e9289512&ei=25

                      If a civilization had the ability to search for signals from other planets even very recently, they would pass right by earth.

                      I think that there is other (intelligent) life out there but it is such a rare thing. The dinosaurs were around for millions and millions of years, and never really "evolved". If they giant meteor had not crashed into earth, would they still be "in charge"?

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