Says it right here on the BBC, as the most popular read so far:
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11041449[/url]
Mass Effect much ?
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Well that's good, since Sun is already supposed to go all funky in 2012 and fuck something up and everything powered by electricity will go down.
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We're safe
Betting that the Senior Astronomer as OP's pic stated has simply spent too much time on Mass Effect
[QUOTE=JurajIsNotPirat;24285412]Well that's good, since Sun is already supposed to go all funky in [b]2012[/b] and fuck something up and everything powered by electricity will go down.
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:argh:
Not that I believe it.
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Neither this, neither 2012.
Funny, [url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/doing-davinci/hsw/davinci-dissection.html]Leonardo Da Vinci thought the same thing, about us humans[/url]... according to him, our body is like a machine, and like all machines, it has room for improvements...
Aliens [I]could [/I]be annything, hene why they're called aliens.
They could be galaxy sized swarms of dust, they could be energy.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;24285593]Aliens [I]could [/I]be annything, hene why they're called aliens.
They could be galaxy sized swarms of dust, they could be energy.[/QUOTE]
Generally when people say "aliens", they're referring to intelligent life-forms. Though I do wonder how an energetic life-form would work. It probably wouldn't be carbon based...
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;24285593]Aliens [I]could [/I]be annything, hene why they're called aliens.
They could be galaxy sized swarms of dust, they could be energy.[/QUOTE]
Life forms [I]could[/I] be based on anything. Ammonia, Hydrogen and whatelse.
We're lucky if we encounter any intelligent life form. Even more so if they're carbon based.
[QUOTE=TheHydra;24285659]Generally when people say "aliens", they're referring to intelligent life-forms. Though I do wonder how an energetic life-form would work. It probably wouldn't be carbon based...[/QUOTE]
Somehow, I don't think any alien we'd encounter would be carbon based. Different planets mean different courses of evolution. Of course, basic laws of biology will still apply, bipedalism and thumbs being likely and still present, but beyond that? I think Mass Effect and Farscape has the most accurate depiction of what an alien would look like. Halo's not too far off either.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/taelie_kaweii/pictures/vg/mass%20effect/reapersairquotes.gif[/img]
Obligatory 'Ah yes the Reapers'
Agree with above
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24285514]Funny, [url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/doing-davinci/hsw/davinci-dissection.html]Leonardo Da Vinci thought the same thing, about us humans[/url]... according to him, our body is like a machine, and like all machines, it has room for improvements...[/QUOTE]
But Leonardo Da Vinci was gay..
v:v:v
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8255941/Stuff/ME.png[/IMG]
:psyduck:
Of course, that doesn't account for the Reapers outside the Galaxy.
BREAKING NEWS
it is possible aliens might maybe possibly have tentacles if they exist and we find them
[QUOTE=Unib5;24286253][IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8255941/Stuff/ME.png[/IMG]
:psyduck:
Of course, that doesn't account for the Reapers outside the Galaxy.[/QUOTE]
I think they mean the Collectors
:v:
Well, advanced alien cultures may likely send automated probes if they're explorative, although the possibility of them leaving behind cybernetic descendants is indeed plausible.
[QUOTE=Novangel;24286295]I think they mean the Collectors
:v:[/QUOTE]
Assuming control.
Is it sad that I was thinking of a race in Freelancer RP?
Transformers or Transmorphers. Either way this is pretty fucked up right here.
[QUOTE=JurajIsNotPirat;24285412]Well that's good, since Sun is already supposed to go all funky in 2012 and fuck something up and everything powered by electricity will go down.
[editline]09:45AM[/editline]
We're safe[/QUOTE]
Anyone who spouts 2012 bullshit is a moron.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24285514]Funny, [URL="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/doing-davinci/hsw/davinci-dissection.html"]Leonardo Da Vinci thought the same thing, about us humans[/URL]... according to him, our body is like a machine, and like all machines, it has room for improvements...[/QUOTE]
One day we'll be like the Adeptus Mechanicus:
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Actually I have just realized how related my avatar is to your post.
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[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;24285593][B]They could be galaxy sized [/B]swarms of dust, they could be energy.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Vasili;24287211]One day we'll be like the Adeptus Mechanicus:
Actually I have just realized how related my avatar is to your post.
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I so absolutely hope you're right.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;24288519]I so absolutely hope you're right.[/QUOTE]
I hope he's wrong, I love the human body... it's so... Human.
If anything (mind the Crysis reference) I hope we develop new suits, similar to that of NanoSuits
[QUOTE=Vasili;24287211]One day we'll be like the Adeptus Mechanicus:
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2mq7teg.jpg[/IMG]
Actually I have just realized how related my avatar is to your post.
[IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/9k1555.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Damn straight!
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Bitchin' avatar ;D
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I can picture my children's children's children already...
[img]http://www.gamezone.com/images/gamezone/19/2/31/s19231_pc_10.jpg[/img]
They will be real-life Stroggs! :v:
Looks like we need a Butlerian Jihad.
Why was this so implausible before? I thought we already knew that alien life could be robots.
[QUOTE=ZapDing;24288687]I hope he's wrong, I love the human body... it's so... Human.
If anything (mind the Crysis reference) I hope we develop new suits, similar to that of NanoSuits[/QUOTE]
The human body is far to weak, artifical augmentation is the only way humanity can survive.
I wonder what AI-lifeforms would be like? and how would they make purpose?. You can't really have purpose without inspiration. Would an AI have purpose? or would it be just?.
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