Keo Satellite - Be back in 50,000 years... - Page 2

Eric · 01-01-2005, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Andylkl

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Originally Posted by jeramy

even if there are people on earth 50,000 years from now, will they even speak a language similar to that of english? my guess would be no and since languages have been forgotten in a much shorter time than that it may mean nothing to the finders. i mean if it werent for the rosetta stone, we still wouldnt know what hieroglyphics mean.

That statement was quite freaky... You know, roughly 50,000 years ago from present day, the Egyptian civilisation had just started.

Anyways, the Rosetta stone was just a guide for the aincent Egyptians' language, but if we were take into consideration that technology has advanced rapidly in the past 100 years than the past 1,000 years, and that the emergence of new cultures and languages is unlikely due to the lack of new territories since most of the land on Earth has already been explored.

The French, English and Chinese languages has survived for roughly 2,000, 1,500 and 2,700 years respectively and look at the dominance of the internet, languages like this aren't going away on their own.

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Originally Posted by Eric Straven

I agree with Orpheus...I doubt even the strongest of metals, titanium will be able survive for 50000 years in space where there is nothing to desurface/decay it...Still it may get hit by fragments of meteors and MAYBE a comet(we don't know what might happen in the next 50000 years...maybe earth will get hit by a meteor just like the one that killed the dinosaurs)...well maybe not a comet, unless the comet is WAYYYY out of it's path

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This Keo satellite thing seems like a stupid thing so I won't waste my time on writing a message for it..

Eric, I don't think I have to explain why I have the utmost respect for the project. It may be your personal opinion, but a project dedicated to the future of humanity sure doesn't deserve to be called "stupid".

I'm not directing this at anyone here but I notice that most critics of the project are just rather short-sighted, they just don't see how it makes an impact in their lives, since everyone in this generation will be dead by the time the satellite returns to Earth. But since we as humans have just less than a hundred years to live, why not trying to make an impact in this world when you're still alive? Look at the bigger picture, if fate is on your side, you'd have a chance to leave a message to your descendants. Is that something not to be treasured?

Andy you're totally wrong there. Egyptian civilization started FIVE THOUSAND YEARS ago NOT FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS ago.
Yes I was wrong in calling it "stupid". The opinions of people may differ. Sure, if there are humans on the earth 50000 years later, they may 'treasure' the satellite if those humans still value history...So it MAY become an antique to them. But what kind of impact can we make by leaving a message? We can only leave our marks.
I still don't like the idea...
EDIT: Say NO to alcohol

...I don't drink it at all but look what forced alcohol did to me..
Edit: Fixed the crap....

Andylkl · 01-01-2005, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric Straven

Andy you're totally wrong there. Egyptian civilization started FIVE THOUSAND YEARS ago NOT FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS ago.
Yes I was wrong in calling it "stupid", different people have different opinions. Sure, if there are humans on the earth 50000 years later, they may 'treasure' the satellite if humans they value history...So it MAY become like an antique. And what kind of impact can we make by leaving a message? We can only leave our marks.
I still don't like the idea...

Okay, I reread it. It was 5,000 years ago. My bad.

Eric · 01-01-2005, 11:33 AM

Nah, we all make mistakes, and I can spot one grammatical mistake in my post too...hehe, easy to spot...
*first one to point it out gets GC$100*

broken · 01-01-2005, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Straven

Andy you're totally wrong there. Egyptian civilization started FIVE THOUSAND YEARS ago NOT FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS ago.
Yes I was wrong in calling it "stupid", different people have different opinions. Sure, if there are humans on the earth 50000 years later, they may 'treasure' the satellite if humans they value history...So it MAY become like an antique. And what kind of impact can we make by leaving a message? We can only leave our marks.
I still don't like the idea...

Is that the mistake you were looking for?

Randy · 01-01-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Straven

Andy you're totally wrong there. Egyptian civilization started FIVE THOUSAND YEARS ago NOT FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS ago.
Yes I was wrong in calling it "stupid", different people have different opinions. Sure, if there are humans on the earth 50000 years later, they may 'treasure' the satellite if humans they value history...So it MAY become like an antique. And what kind of impact can we make by leaving a message? We can only leave our marks.
I still don't like the idea...

Just a few grammatical errors, Eric.

Eric · 01-01-2005, 10:04 PM

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Edit: Forget what I previously said, I didn't say any of it in a stable state of mind, I become a maniac when forced with alcohol

...yeah another mistake here I believe but I'm still recovering from the alcohol so please excuse me...

cvrk3 · 01-02-2005, 05:39 AM

thank you english professor!!

Eric · 01-02-2005, 09:21 AM

Hey is that an insult?? I don't get it

... I hope I'm not coming off as a know-it-all

Randy · 01-02-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric Straven

They are just mistakes in commas, and using and at the beginning of a sentence. I assure you, not using commas doesn't really make it grammatically incorrect in those cases, but the 'different people have different opinions' after the comma was intentional and so was the 'if humans they value history'. 'And' CAN be used at the beginning of a sentence, so my third to last sentence was not incorrect. Did you use a word processor or something :/. The only mistake that can be counted as a mistake is the one Broken pointed out

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Enjoy your GC$100

Woo. Are you an English major or something? And no, I did not use a word processor, I did it myself.

Eric · 01-02-2005, 10:33 AM

Sorry if I'm wrong...I still haven't recovered from the forced alcohol so forgive me if I am acting like a total ediot because I think I am and I believe that is true.
Edit:
I realized from my MSN chat logs that I've been saying a lot of weird things...

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nah, we all make mistakes, and I can spot one grammatical mistake in my post too...hehe, easy to spot... first one to point it out gets GC$100

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	... Edit: Forget what I previously said, I didn't say any of it in a stable state of mind, I become a maniac when forced with alcohol ...yeah another mistake here I believe but I'm still recovering from the alcohol so please excuse me...

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cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	thank you english professor!!

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey is that an insult?? I don't get it ... I hope I'm not coming off as a know-it-all

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry if I'm wrong...I still haven't recovered from the forced alcohol so forgive me if I am acting like a total ediot because I think I am and I believe that is true. Edit: I realized from my MSN chat logs that I've been saying a lot of weird things...

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