Comments on: 53,000 is a big number http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/04/18/53000-is-a-big-number/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: yukino http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/04/18/53000-is-a-big-number/comment-page-1/#comment-65 yukino Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:11:26 +0000 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/?p=55#comment-65 Wow! I had one of those too! Wow! I had one of those too!

]]> By: phoenix http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/04/18/53000-is-a-big-number/comment-page-1/#comment-64 phoenix Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:55:52 +0000 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/?p=55#comment-64 ::giggle:: I had all but overlooked the comments, looking back on it, I think I'm amused at the sheer number of people who are stuck in the "we'll all be dead" versus "it'll be the uber-future" duality, and while I think it's natural to think into the future to who or what might look on the probe and try to decipher its contents, a lot of times people forget that why we do things like this have less to do with what we'll think <i>then</i> and more to do with what it means to us <i>today</i>. But eh. PS - Yes, yes he does! :) ::giggle:: I had all but overlooked the comments, looking back on it, I think I’m amused at the sheer number of people who are stuck in the “we’ll all be dead” versus “it’ll be the uber-future” duality, and while I think it’s natural to think into the future to who or what might look on the probe and try to decipher its contents, a lot of times people forget that why we do things like this have less to do with what we’ll think then and more to do with what it means to us today.

But eh.

PS – Yes, yes he does! :)

]]> By: pastilla http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/04/18/53000-is-a-big-number/comment-page-1/#comment-63 pastilla Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:32:41 +0000 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/?p=55#comment-63 As so often happens, the comments after the KEO article are as entertaining as the article itself. P.S. Does Alphie count as a portable? As so often happens, the comments after the KEO article are as entertaining as the article itself.

P.S. Does Alphie count as a portable?

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