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Are there any time capsules on the Moon?

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First post2015-10-20 11:48 -0700
Last post2015-11-04 21:28 +0000
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  Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-20 11:48 -0700
    Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-20 19:50 -0700
      Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2015-10-22 09:08 +0800
        Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-21 20:25 -0700
          Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-22 13:28 -0700
            Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-22 23:32 -0700
            Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-22 23:48 -0700
            Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-23 00:08 -0700
    Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-21 14:43 +1100
      Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-21 22:43 -0600
    Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-24 14:26 -0700
      Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Chrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 03:31 -0600
        Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-30 18:59 +0100
          Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2015-10-31 06:43 -0700
      Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-31 11:49 -0800
    Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? "C. E. Gee" <thelastearthman@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 09:01 -0800
      Re: Are there any time capsules on the Moon? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-11-04 21:28 +0000

#425036 — Are there any time capsules on the Moon?

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-20 11:48 -0700
SubjectAre there any time capsules on the Moon?
Message-ID<56268C93.5B91@ix.netcom.com>
Are there any time capsules on the Moon?


i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?

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#425060

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-20 19:50 -0700
Message-ID<5626FD89.7A08@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425036
reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> >
> >
> > i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> 
> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert


You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
there, do you know what it is?


Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...

someone left 
a bunch of 
photographs
laying there..
on the surface
 of the moon.

That means...
if an alien from another
planet happens to arrive on
the Moon, he will say to his
alien from another planet..
"Look what I found laying on the ground!"

His friend will ask "What is it?"

"It's a color photo of earthlings!!!"

"What does the girl look like?"

"Whats a girl?"

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#425096

FromRobert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com>
Date2015-10-22 09:08 +0800
Message-ID<d8qr87FbheoU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#425060
On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> reber g=emc^2 wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
>>>
>>>
>>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
>>
>> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
>
>
> You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> there, do you know what it is?
>
>
> Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
>
> someone left
> a bunch of
> photographs
> laying there..
"lying" - they're not hens

> on the surface
>   of the moon.
>
> That means...
> if an alien from another
> planet happens to arrive on
> the Moon, he will say to his
> alien from another planet..
> "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
"lying" - another hen?

Learn to write English

-- 
Robert Bannister
Perth, Western Australia

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#425103

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-21 20:25 -0700
Message-ID<56285723.11FE@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425096
Robert Bannister wrote:
> 
> On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> >>
> >> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> >
> >
> > You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> > there, do you know what it is?
> >
> >
> > Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
> >
> > someone left
> > a bunch of
> > photographs
> > laying there..
> "lying" - they're not hens
> 
> > on the surface
> >   of the moon.
> >
> > That means...
> > if an alien from another
> > planet happens to arrive on
> > the Moon, he will say to his
> > alien from another planet..
> > "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
> "lying" - another hen?
> 
> Learn to write English
> 
> --
> Robert Bannister
> Perth, Western Australia


Now, here is the photo of the family on the moon's surface ground...
http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg

I don't know if he was authorized to leave it there..on the moon's ground,
but if the astronult was Black, they would have hanged him!


We certaintly cannot take the chance on letting the aliens know there are Black people on Earth.


The aliens might simply decide to blow up the planet instead.


Can you imagine a kid with an big afro in the picture on the Moon?


They would probably send somebody back to the moon to burn it!



I mean, what is that photo of a White family doing on the moon laying there?



I didn't authorize that!





The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, and challenge
the unchallengeable.

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#425122

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-22 13:28 -0700
Message-ID<56294701.6043@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425103
The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Robert Bannister wrote:
> >
> > On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> > >>
> > >> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> > >
> > >
> > > You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> > > there, do you know what it is?
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
> > >
> > > someone left
> > > a bunch of
> > > photographs
> > > laying there..
> > "lying" - they're not hens
> >
> > > on the surface
> > >   of the moon.
> > >
> > > That means...
> > > if an alien from another
> > > planet happens to arrive on
> > > the Moon, he will say to his
> > > alien from another planet..
> > > "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
> > "lying" - another hen?
> >
> > Learn to write English
> >
> > --
> > Robert Bannister
> > Perth, Western Australia
> 
> Now, here is the photo of the family on the moon's surface ground...
> http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg
> 
> I don't know if he was authorized to leave it there..on the moon's ground,
> but if the astronult was Black, they would have hanged him!
> 
> We certaintly cannot take the chance on letting the aliens know there are Black people on Earth.
> 
> The aliens might simply decide to blow up the planet instead.
> 
> Can you imagine a kid with an big afro in the picture on the Moon?
> 
> They would probably send somebody back to the moon to burn it!
> 
> I mean, what is that photo of a White family doing on the moon laying there?
> 
> I didn't authorize that!
> 
> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, and challenge
> the unchallengeable.



So, what kind of message are they sending to aliens from another planet when they find this photo on our moon?
http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg

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#425171

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-22 23:32 -0700
Message-ID<5629D494.7186@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425122
The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > Robert Bannister wrote:
> > >
> > > On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > > reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> > > >>
> > > >> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> > > > there, do you know what it is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
> > > >
> > > > someone left
> > > > a bunch of
> > > > photographs
> > > > laying there..
> > > "lying" - they're not hens
> > >
> > > > on the surface
> > > >   of the moon.
> > > >
> > > > That means...
> > > > if an alien from another
> > > > planet happens to arrive on
> > > > the Moon, he will say to his
> > > > alien from another planet..
> > > > "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
> > > "lying" - another hen?
> > >
> > > Learn to write English
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Bannister
> > > Perth, Western Australia
> >
> > Now, here is the photo of the family on the moon's surface ground...
> > http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg
> >
> > I don't know if he was authorized to leave it there..on the moon's ground,
> > but if the astronult was Black, they would have hanged him!
> >
> > We certaintly cannot take the chance on letting the aliens know there are Black people on Earth.
> >
> > The aliens might simply decide to blow up the planet instead.
> >
> > Can you imagine a kid with an big afro in the picture on the Moon?
> >
> > They would probably send somebody back to the moon to burn it!
> >
> > I mean, what is that photo of a White family doing on the moon laying there?
> >
> > I didn't authorize that!
> >
> > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, and challenge
> > the unchallengeable.
> 
> So, what kind of message are they sending to aliens from another planet when they find this photo on our moon?
> http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg


I personally would go on the Moon myself and burn that fuckin
photograph.

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#425174

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-22 23:48 -0700
Message-ID<5629D843.205C@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425122
The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > Robert Bannister wrote:
> > >
> > > On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > > reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> > > >>
> > > >> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> > > > there, do you know what it is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
> > > >
> > > > someone left
> > > > a bunch of
> > > > photographs
> > > > laying there..
> > > "lying" - they're not hens
> > >
> > > > on the surface
> > > >   of the moon.
> > > >
> > > > That means...
> > > > if an alien from another
> > > > planet happens to arrive on
> > > > the Moon, he will say to his
> > > > alien from another planet..
> > > > "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
> > > "lying" - another hen?
> > >
> > > Learn to write English
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Bannister
> > > Perth, Western Australia
> >
> > Now, here is the photo of the family on the moon's surface ground...
> > http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg
> >
> > I don't know if he was authorized to leave it there..on the moon's ground,
> > but if the astronult was Black, they would have hanged him!
> >
> > We certaintly cannot take the chance on letting the aliens know there are Black people on Earth.
> >
> > The aliens might simply decide to blow up the planet instead.
> >
> > Can you imagine a kid with an big afro in the picture on the Moon?
> >
> > They would probably send somebody back to the moon to burn it!
> >
> > I mean, what is that photo of a White family doing on the moon laying there?
> >
> > I didn't authorize that!
> >
> > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, and challenge
> > the unchallengeable.
> 
> So, what kind of message are they sending to aliens from another planet when they find this photo on our moon?
> http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg



Now, I know most of yous guys didn't know there was that photo left on
the moon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duke#/media/File:DUKE.jpg

they don't want to cause ...an uproar.

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#425175

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-23 00:08 -0700
Message-ID<5629DCEC.580C@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425122
The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > Robert Bannister wrote:
> > >
> > > On 21/10/2015 10:50 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > > reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> > > >>
> > > >> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You forgot one other item that is on the surface...someone left it
> > > > there, do you know what it is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, looking at your list, I guess you don't...
> > > >
> > > > someone left
> > > > a bunch of
> > > > photographs
> > > > laying there..
> > > "lying" - they're not hens
> > >
> > > > on the surface
> > > >   of the moon.
> > > >
> > > > That means...
> > > > if an alien from another
> > > > planet happens to arrive on
> > > > the Moon, he will say to his
> > > > alien from another planet..
> > > > "Look what I found laying on the ground!"
> > > "lying" - another hen?
> > >
> > > Learn to write English
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Bannister
> > > Perth, Western Australia
> >
> > Now, here is the photo of the family on the moon's surface ground...
> > http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg
> >
> > I don't know if he was authorized to leave it there..on the moon's ground,
> > but if the astronult was Black, they would have hanged him!
> >
> > We certaintly cannot take the chance on letting the aliens know there are Black people on Earth.
> >
> > The aliens might simply decide to blow up the planet instead.
> >
> > Can you imagine a kid with an big afro in the picture on the Moon?
> >
> > They would probably send somebody back to the moon to burn it!
> >
> > I mean, what is that photo of a White family doing on the moon laying there?
> >
> > I didn't authorize that!
> >
> > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, and challenge
> > the unchallengeable.
> 
> So, what kind of message are they sending to aliens from another planet when they find this photo on our moon?
> http://fanpage.gr/pics/2015/10/25152.jpg



why didn't left this picture on the moon?
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg

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#425061

FromSylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Date2015-10-21 14:43 +1100
Message-ID<d8ofulFnjiuU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#425036
On 21/10/2015 5:48 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
>
>
> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
>

 From its huge anomalous magnetic field.

Oh, no wait, that was a movie.

Sylvia.

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#425110

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2015-10-21 22:43 -0600
Message-ID<d8r7roFe5b5U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#425061
Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

>On 21/10/2015 5:48 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
>>
>>
>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
>>
>
> From its huge anomalous magnetic field.
>
>Oh, no wait, that was a movie.

I think that they also used a similar technique on someone else's moon
in a half-Niven book.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#425261

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-24 14:26 -0700
Message-ID<562BF79E.2FD5@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425036
reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 12:22:35 PM UTC-7, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > >
> > >
> > > i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> >
> > Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> 
> Planets with moons fit well with alien exploring planets.They are free of Microbes.Good stopping place to feel out what is on an Earth type planet. TreBert


But they contimated the moon when someone left that photo there...
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg


If i was an alien from another planet I would not touch that photo...


it contains a virus seeking a host.

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#425478

FromChrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com>
Date2015-10-30 03:31 -0600
Message-ID<NNGYx.2144$ZL5.1530@fx02.iad>
In reply to#425261
On 10/24/2015 3:26 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> reber g=emc^2 wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 12:22:35 PM UTC-7, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
>>>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
>>>
>>> Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
>>
>> Planets with moons fit well with alien exploring planets.They are free of Microbes.Good stopping place to feel out what is on an Earth type planet. TreBert
>
>
> But they contimated the moon when someone left that photo there...
> http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg
>
>
> If i was an alien from another planet I would not touch that photo...
>
>
> it contains a virus seeking a host.
>
[I know, I know, Just Don't Look–but Starry seems even more obsessed 
with continuing this line than he often does]

Uh, Starfaker, if it's actually only contaminated by a _virus,_ then 
it's probably safe for anyone who _isn't_ a human being to be exposed to it.

Not likely to have any receptors for it to bond to to even begin 
_attacking_ the 'host', after all.

Now, OTOH, if there happen to be _bacterial spores_ on the photo, you 
might be onto something, Totally-alien bacteria are likely to be the 
source of a quick death; either they'll secrete something toxic to the 
new host (maybe even something innocuous to humans), or they'll simply 
reproduce unchecked until they interfere with exolife functions by their 
very presence where other cells need to be.

-- 
Chrysi Cat
1/2 anthrocat, nearly 1/2 anthrofox, all magical
Transgoddess, quick to anger
Call me Chrysi or call me Kat, I'll respond to either!

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#425492

FromThomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Date2015-10-30 18:59 +0100
Message-ID<3458539.dAWcbsAByM@PointedEars.de>
In reply to#425478
Chrysi Cat wrote:

> On 10/24/2015 3:26 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>> But they contimated the moon when someone left that photo there...

The word looked for is “contaminated”.

>> http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg
>>
>> If i was an alien from another planet I would not touch that photo...
>>
>> it contains a virus seeking a host.
>
> [I know, I know, Just Don't Look–but Starry seems even more obsessed
> with continuing this line than he often does]
> 
> Uh, Starfaker, if it's actually only contaminated by a _virus,_ then
> it's probably safe for anyone who _isn't_ a human being to be exposed to
> it.

Nonsense.

> Not likely to have any receptors for it to bond to to even begin
> _attacking_ the 'host', after all.

You cannot know that.  Terrestrial pathogens could affect an 
extraterrestrial lifeform in a number of ways, particularly if it were 
*humanoid*.
 
But then again, what insight into genetics to expect from a feline stepping 
on a keyboard, crossposting across alt.ALL and the Big 8, across 4 
newsgroups without Followup-To, 3 newsgroup of which the discussion is off-
topic?


F'up2 rec.arts.sf.written

PointedEars
-- 
Q: What did the female magnet say to the male magnet?  
A: From the back, I found you repulsive, but from the front
   I find myself very attracted to you.
(from: WolframAlpha)

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#425514

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com>
Date2015-10-31 06:43 -0700
Message-ID<1c28b49e-6ba1-4058-81ce-e70b506fbaba@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#425492
On Friday, 30 October 2015 17:59:33 UTC, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn  wrote:
> Chrysi Cat wrote:
> 
> > On 10/24/2015 3:26 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >> But they contimated the moon when someone left that photo there...
> 
> The word looked for is "contaminated".
> 
> >> http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg
> >>
> >> If i was an alien from another planet I would not touch that photo...
> >>
> >> it contains a virus seeking a host.
> >
> > [I know, I know, Just Don't Look-but Starry seems even more obsessed
> > with continuing this line than he often does]
> > 
> > Uh, Starfaker, if it's actually only contaminated by a _virus,_ then
> > it's probably safe for anyone who _isn't_ a human being to be exposed to
> > it.
> 
> Nonsense.
> 
> > Not likely to have any receptors for it to bond to to even begin
> > _attacking_ the 'host', after all.
> 
> You cannot know that.  Terrestrial pathogens could affect an 
> extraterrestrial lifeform in a number of ways, particularly if it were 
> *humanoid*.
>  
> But then again, what insight into genetics to expect from a feline stepping 
> on a keyboard, crossposting across alt.ALL and the Big 8, across 4 
> newsgroups without Followup-To, 3 newsgroup of which the discussion is off-
> topic?
> 
> F'up2 rec.arts.sf.written

As a non-scientist, my understanding is that "virus" means
either "your doctor doesn't know what you've got" or else
"a bag of DNA which jumps into a cell and uses its 
reproductive machinery to make more bags of its own DNA".

/That/ depends on whether the target cell has a compatible
DNA system.  For extra-terrestrial life, this will depend
on whether the coding in the DNA system is random, or is
biologically inevitable - so that separately evolved life
will still use the same code.  (Or if Fred Hoyle was right
and outer space is full of common life or proto-life that 
infests every planet that it lands on; am I more confident
than I should be that he was wrong?)  Some features of 
terrestrial life use a slightly variant form of what is
otherwise a "universal" code (in life on Earth): that 
includes your own mitochondria.  If life originated
simultaneously on different sites on Earth, and ended
up like this, it /may/ imply that the DNA code is 
mostly inevitable, with the allowed variations.

In which case, an Earth virus could affect alien life,
or the other way around.  Having said that, it's important
to consider the bag itself as well as the DNA inside it,
to understand a virus.  Or, for that matter, if you just
look at the DNA, it doesn't look like a thing that's alive.

Cells, on the other hand - bacteria, microbes -
do their own living, and are just looking for food so
that they can eat, grow, and multiply.  Alien life
may be just another food source for them, being unable
to resist - which is what happens in that short story 
by that one guy, and now I've spoiled the satisfaction 
of reading it.  So in ROT13 code, it's: 
"Orsber Rqra" ol Neguhe Pynexr.

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#425522

FromThe Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Date2015-10-31 11:49 -0800
Message-ID<56351B55.674A@ix.netcom.com>
In reply to#425261
The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 12:22:35 PM UTC-7, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:49:00 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > > > Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?
> > >
> > > Right on the surface.flag.golf ball,Moom rovers,laser reflector,and hoprfuly a Bud light  TreBert
> >
> > Planets with moons fit well with alien exploring planets.They are free of Microbes.Good stopping place to feel out what is on an Earth type planet. TreBert
> 
> But they contimated the moon when someone left that photo there...
> http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/51/13/5673700/3/622x350.jpg
> 
> If i was an alien from another planet I would not touch that photo...
> 
> it contains a virus seeking a host.



It would have been much much better if they simply left a copy of Playboy magazine lying there.


"Take me to your Playboy mansion!"

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#425627

From"C. E. Gee" <thelastearthman@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-04 09:01 -0800
Message-ID<08cf8585-4941-4a63-ad4e-0f012afb813e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#425036
On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:48:56 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
> 
> 
> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?

I know a guy who served in the Air Force who insists there is an Air Force base on the Moon!!!!!

Among other things he told me, this guy says the Air Force has a "digital storage" system that duplicates their records on Earth.

Would that qualify as a "time capsule."     Assuming such a thing exists.


NAMASTE

C.E. Gee     aka Chuck

http://www.kinzuakid.blogspot.com


  

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#425638

Fromdjheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date2015-11-04 21:28 +0000
Message-ID<nxB7o9.1vz5@kithrup.com>
In reply to#425627
In article <08cf8585-4941-4a63-ad4e-0f012afb813e@googlegroups.com>,
C. E. Gee <thelastearthman@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:48:56 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
>> Are there any time capsules on the Moon?
>> 
>> 
>> i hope it isn't buried...how would anyone find it?

Well, they found the one in _2001_ from magnetic anomalies.


-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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