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popcorn
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Sightseeing around the universe?
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Oct 2 01:37 UTC 1994 |
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steve
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response 1 of 71:
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Oct 2 01:51 UTC 1994 |
I'm afraid that I would. I'm just selfish enough, and curious
enough, that I think I'd foraske it all to see whats out there.
Even if there were no other life forms out there besides us and the
aliens, seeing the natural wonders in the universe would be worth
it.
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mwarner
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response 2 of 71:
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Oct 2 02:06 UTC 1994 |
Would they have internet linkage? Can you imagine the items you could
start and the flamewars that would erupt? I'd have to say no if I could
never communicate the experience with my own kind. And I'd hate to end up
a pet in a Petting Zoo, even if the view was great. We'd all be the
dumbest of the dumb under those circumstances.
I would agree to be on the alien's mailing list.
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gregc
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response 3 of 71:
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Oct 2 02:07 UTC 1994 |
Yes.
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anne
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response 4 of 71:
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Oct 2 02:58 UTC 1994 |
I think I would, as long as I could bring my 'significant other' with me.
Could be fun!
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raven
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response 5 of 71:
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Oct 2 03:18 UTC 1994 |
No way, nothing is as interesting to me as life on earth. As far as
we knoe there is life no where else in the universe. Inersteller gas just
doen't interest me much. I'd rather have a picnic with my S/O right here
on earth.
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steve
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response 6 of 71:
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Oct 2 03:45 UTC 1994 |
Would they have bagels?
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omni
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response 7 of 71:
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Oct 2 04:53 UTC 1994 |
I'd go provided we could stop off in Brooklyn for a gander at the
Roebling Bridge. ;)
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rcurl
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response 8 of 71:
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Oct 2 04:56 UTC 1994 |
I suppose they could replicate them. But no, I wouldn't go, on those
terms. Among the things I learned from earth travel is that *just
sightseeing* palls after a while. It has no intellectual challenge. In
addition, you take yourself with you, and in time wherever you go, you
discover that you're just you, in a new place. There has to be more, for
satisfaction (for me). I don't doubt, though, that there are people
that would not want anything more than surfing the universe.
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rcurl
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response 9 of 71:
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Oct 2 04:56 UTC 1994 |
#7 slipped in. Replicate bagels, I meant, not Brooklyn Bridges.
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jep
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response 10 of 71:
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Oct 2 05:33 UTC 1994 |
I probably would not. I'd go for a year, but I'd want to give notice
to my employer, and say goodbye to various people, etc. Sightseeing is
interesting for only so long.
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kt8k
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response 11 of 71:
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Oct 2 13:39 UTC 1994 |
It would be a tough choice. I'd have to take my kids, my fiance, her son, and
maybe my mom, and if any of them wouldn't go, well, I probably wouldn't
either. On the other hand, if I *could* return to earth in the near future
I might do it.
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rcurl
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response 12 of 71:
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Oct 2 15:00 UTC 1994 |
You'd be younger than your kids, when you get back, if the aliens
are running hyperdrive (it wouldn't be worth it, if they weren't).
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anne
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response 13 of 71:
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Oct 2 17:20 UTC 1994 |
If there are aliens that would land here, then chances are that there are
other aliens out there. I like to just go around and seeing things. What's
wrong with *just* being you? (re #8) isn't being *you* enough?
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omni
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response 14 of 71:
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Oct 2 19:18 UTC 1994 |
re 9
you can make millions of bagels, but only 1 Roebling Bridge.
(note- I refuse to call that bridge by it's real name, beacuse it
does not honor the 2 men who gave thier lives to see it completed
to it's fruition, and it is a damn shame that no one can tell you
who built and designed it. The two en were John A, and Washington
Roebling, who both were master engineers.)
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popcorn
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response 15 of 71:
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Oct 2 19:59 UTC 1994 |
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anne
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response 16 of 71:
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Oct 2 21:09 UTC 1994 |
If I didn't go, I would have wondered what I missed out THERE!
<grin>
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kentn
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response 17 of 71:
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Oct 2 22:47 UTC 1994 |
Would go if they offered beer? Really good beer? :)
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rogue
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response 18 of 71:
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Oct 3 00:52 UTC 1994 |
I would renegotiate the terms of the contract and then go on my terms.
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aruba
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response 19 of 71:
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Oct 3 01:48 UTC 1994 |
THis is an awfully tough call. On the one hand, if I went it sounds
like it might end up being a very lonely experience, with no other humans
around (except my non-existant S.O.; or would they provide one?). On the
other hand, if I didn't go I might regret it the rest of my life. Sounds
depressing either way. :(
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carson
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response 20 of 71:
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Oct 3 03:03 UTC 1994 |
as depressing as it may sound, this item has been linked to scruples. Item 78.
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alfee
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response 21 of 71:
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Oct 3 03:30 UTC 1994 |
I believe I would stay. Taking my SO is a nice tantalization, but there are
a lot of other people in my life that I'd really miss, and a lot of
events I'm looking forward to that I'd have to skip. If my SO didn't want
to go (and he probably would not) could I take someone else, like a parent
or a bst friend? There would have to be some awfully spectacular scenery
available to talk me into intergalactic travel. I'm still trying to get
back to Paris. Now if that were the destination, I'd say "yes" in a
heartbeat!
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canis
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response 22 of 71:
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Oct 4 02:49 UTC 1994 |
Well.... hmmmmm I suppose I would go......but all that knowledge wasted....
I would find a way to get the information home.....
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tsty
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response 23 of 71:
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Oct 5 06:25 UTC 1994 |
Given the original conditions, *YES!*
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zook
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response 24 of 71:
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Oct 6 00:36 UTC 1994 |
I might go, but only if I could get pizza delivered.
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