the odds of life elsewhere are infinitely small. It is however an infinitely large universe. Nonetheless, if you attempt to quantify the odds of an infinitely unlikely event happening close enough to our end of the universe to be perceived by us withing the probable timeframe of our civilization, you start runnning out of zeros to put after the decimal point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation On 9/18/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bah. Life "out there" is impossible. Just ask Carl Sagan- oh, wait... > > Seriously, I saw Dana say it was unlikely, and I meant to say WTF? > > Why are aliens getting downplayed? Conspiracy? Dana, are you > one of /them/? Do /they live/, really? It's Ockham's Razor, really. > > __ > *"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick assÂ…and I'm all out of > bubblegum."* > -Rowdy eff'en Piper > > On 9/18/07, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A meteorite hit near a Peruvian village and the locals started to get > > sick. > > So the question is, which alien movie is being played out here? > > > > http://www.physorg.com/news109322080.html > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,,2171920,00.html > > > > -- > > Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) > > President: House of Fusion (http://www.houseoffusion.com) > > Publisher: Fusion Authority (http://www.fusionauthority.com) > > Adobe Community Expert / Advanced Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
