'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away

Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by mdemare on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @01:52PM (#68650)

Unless there's intelligent life, that seems out of the question (assuming no breakthroughs in lifespan extensions). 20 light years is a long way from home.

If you took a picture of the night sky with a 1 zettapixel camera (mega giga tera peta exa zetta) this planet would be about 1 pixel.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by tipjoy on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @02:38PM (#68674)

Guess I'll have to wait a long time to hear back from that YC-clone I applied to out there.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by mechanical_fish on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @02:47PM (#68679)

Second Earth is not a startup hub. The aliens should move to Silicon Valley.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by Agathos on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @07:43PM (#68814)

This conference was organized to promote Second Earth as a new startup hub, so it's very rude of you to come here and say that.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by ardit33 on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @06:50PM (#68789)

But can that get working visas? I don't think a UFO-1 visa category exists yet.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by pg on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @02:04PM (#68655)

Maybe he's hoping his life will be long.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by naivehs on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @05:58PM (#68767)

There is probably a better chance if we can become cyborgs fast enough.

Another possibility is that everyone, or better everything that has ever been, can be ressurected providing Heisenberg was not completely right. It seems reasonable that sometime along our civilization we will find a way to trace back and reconstruct every part of history.

Most importantly, when we do eventually meet an alien, always remember to count in radians.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by yters on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @09:33PM (#69428)

Orson Card's "Redemption of Columbus" is based on this idea. They figure out how to calculate a change in history that will create a better future. This leaves the possibility open that technology can reach a state where the meta-timeline can be retraced and everyone resurrected.

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Re:'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away by brlewis on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @02:42PM (#68678)

Whew. I guess the Wumps are safe for now.

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