h a l f b a k e r y"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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Build a big concave mirror in space. Send it quickly away from earth, but in an attitude that leaves it pointing toward earth. Shine a powerful laser at it containing the current events of the day, messages for the future, whatever.
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It would have to be a very long way away to even get 1 year's delay. |
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This just in: Bush in trouble over Iraq, Rooney recovering from foot injury. |
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Well that was worth the billions of dollars. |
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I was always moved to frustration every time I was reminded of the 'time capsule' they sent to space as a stab in the dark at contacting extra terrestrials, fitted with a golden record of earth sounds and no player. No instructions. Just a record. Sure, it's possible that sentient beings are going to understand enough about a grooved golden disc to build a damn turntable, but is it reasonable? I guess it still moves me to frustration. |
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Stuff here on earth could be destroyed or stolen. |
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Or just send the time capsule in a long elliptical orbit around the sun, so it comes back to us (or, rather, our distant descendents) in the distant future. |
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Outside of history books and things, what good would it do us? Besides, who would watch the broadcast? I don't watch the stuff I TiVo, let alone an entire pre-recorded broadcast of the 6 o'clock news. |
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