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Topic:  What would happen if an Alien landed on Earth today?

Stardate 10302.07

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Host Beth says:
******************What would happen if an Alien landed on Earth today?**************************************
Gilles says:
::blinks:: Uh Oh

Host Beth says:
Hi everyone :)  So what do you think will happen if an Alien landed on Earth today?

Maryanne says:
We'd probably shoot it

Kooky says:
There'd be pandamonium

Tiggie says:
cage it

Maryanne says:
Stuff it

Maryanne says:
Roast it

Maryanne says:
its sad

Tiggie says:
there is so much hysteria about the unknown

Kooky says:
It's called "fear of the unknown"

Maryanne says:
with our alert status going up one rung, we'd probably put it on trial

Gilles says:
People "fear" the unknown.

Sy says:
lol

Gilles says:
A person is smart. People are dumb. Everything they've ever "known" has been proven to be wrong. A thousand years ago everybody knew as a fact, that the earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, they knew it was flat.

Gilles says:
Up until the day aliens arrive on the planet, you will know we humans were alone on it

Sy says:
::thinks Gillies has watched MIB to much::

Maryanne says:
Yes, and if you are a beleiver in Jesus, and someone claimed to be him, we'd put him in an asylm.

Host Beth says:
Yes...but a little green man would definately stand out as an Alien

Kooky says:
It's a vast universe ... who's to say there isn't life somewhere out there ...

Gilles says:
::grins:: Yup Sy

Maryanne says:
I believe there are lifeforms out there.

Kooky says:
So do I

Sy says:
I don't

Host Beth says:
You don't believe there is life out there Sy?

Kooky says:
Heya Kytra and Scott

Gilles says:
There HAS to be life out there.... the universe is too big... it does not mean they are close

KevNash says:
Hey Kooky

Sy says:
well I think there is life... but not like we envison

Kooky says:
What would the odds be of us being the ONLY life in the universe?

Kytra says:
Hi Kooky

KevNash says:
Too large to calculate.

Host Beth says:
I think it would be very sad if we were the only life...sad and very lonely.

Maryanne says:
Hi Kev

Kytra says:
wwhat about the Drake equation?

KevNash says:
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Gilles says:
Sy: Talking petunias ?

Maryanne says:
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Sy says:
yep

Host Beth says:
Kytra...can you explain the Drake equation please?

Kooky says:
That life could take the form of anything ...

Tiggie says:
pounces Stever

Kytra says:
oh geez. I don't have it here, but it's a mathmatical equatuion to calculate the number of stars that have planets, then the numbers of planets that could support life, and so on.

Host Beth says:
Well that's a good explanation right there :)

Gilles says:
http://www.seti.org/science/drake-bg.html

Host Beth says:
Google_Gilles!

Gilles says:
:-)

Host Beth says:
You da Google Man :)   So if there is really life out there....what form do you think it will take?

Kytra says:
thanks Gilles. all the PBS comes in handy

Kooky says:
I look at it like this ... all those stars out there ... if each one of them supports a solar system (I know not all of them do but some would) ... some of those planets would have to be in the range from their sun to support life ...

KevNash says:
And the life out there would be markedly different, I mean you have a lot of combinations to play with in the periodic table of elements.

Kooky says:
exactly ... and who's to say we've discovered every single element in the universe ...

Kooky says:
brb

Gilles says:
Carbon based life forms are still the "norm"...   but we could have intelligent cats, dogs, lizards... etc.

Maryanne says:
we are not alone out there, but we don't know what to expect, as we have only ourselves to compare with

Host Beth says:
True...do you think they might breathe oxygen though?  Considering that it is actually a poisonous and corrosive gas... or have family units?

KevNash says:
Star Trek scratched the surface with the Horta, Vulcan's being Copper based, Horta was Silicon.

Raski_Pendara says:
well kiddos, I'm heading out.

Host Beth says:
Thanks for joining :)

Sy says:
Well looking at life as we know it from a genetic side... it is the chances do not favor life period... yet here we are :)

Raski_Pendara says:
NP Beth

Sy says:
<del it is>

KevNash says:
So are we a happy accident or is there more out there?

Host Beth says:
I think it was by sheer accident those little molecules bumped into each other in that "little pile of goo"...

Maryanne says:
LOL, lets not bring Mark into this :)

Host Beth says:
LOL

Sy says:
lol

Host Beth says:
Do you think they would have societies like ours?

Gilles says:
Welllll.... there is also something else.... suppose the dinausaurs were not killed by the asteroid....   I doubt mamals would have survived and become human

Host Beth says:
That's true.

Maryanne says:
There was once a show on television about that.

Maryanne says:
Hi Dawn

Kooky says:
Or perhaps both species would have developed ... you just don't know

Dawn says:
Hi Folks

Kooky says:
Hey Dawb

Kooky says:
<Dawn even>

KevNash says:
I still believe that we are a niaeve and young race, and when we reach the threshold, more will be revealed.

KevNash says:
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Maryanne says:
I agree with Kevin

Tiggie says:
I still believe we were created not evolved

Dawn says:
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Sy says:
It is kinda amazing how much my thoughts are different than everyone elses here :)

Maryanne says:
Perhaps Tigs, but this is for fun.......its not the Scopes Monkey Trial

Dawn says:
test

Kooky says:
pass

Maryanne says:
fail

Dawn says:
thx

Host Beth says:
You know we did get off topic here ;)

Kooky says:
sort of ...

KevNash says:
Then there is that almost 4 million year gap in which there was something going on.

Tiggie says:
if you believe in an old earth theory yes

Tiggie says:
if you don't no

Tiggie says:
eg

Host Beth says:
Let's say that an Alien lands in the mid-west.  What do you think would happen?

Kooky says:
The military would be all over it ...

Maryanne says:
LOL after watching Signs, I'd run like Heck!

Sy says:
LOL.... we would call it a person from Arkansas

Gilles says:
<Bubba> Marge:Get the shotgun Ma..... we got critters

Host Beth says:
LOL @ everyone

Maryanne says:
Oo ee, southern fried critters!

KevNash says:
Our nature would be suspicion and that is not the way to treat things. ET sums it up.

Host Beth says:
Okay how about if the creature lands in..say...France?

Maryanne says:
Well, as much as we'd like this to happen, I fear we are not ready yet to welcome visitors from the outer rim

Maryanne says:
whoops, wrong universe

Host Beth says:
Hehe

Gilles says:
LOL LOL   The cook 'em like escargot   "'slugs"

Dawn says:
if an alien landed in the MidWest,  I think our illustrous Govt would capture it and hide it from us.

Sy says:
I think we would be skeptical... like most are with the crop circles

Host Beth says:
Even if it was a 8 foot tall skinny guy that looks like a big walking stalk of brocolli?

Kooky says:
I have a question ...

Host Beth says:
Sure

KevNash says:
In all essence our nature would be to study it, irregardless if the study would kill it.

Maryanne says:
I would cook him!

Kooky says:
I'm thinking Roswell ... what do you guys think actually happened there?

Host Beth says:
Mare: Are you hungry by chance? ;)

Maryanne says:
LOL no

Host Beth says:
Good question Kooky...

Maryanne says:
I had brocolli for dinner

Maryanne says:
Hi again, Mac

Maryanne says:
hm.

Host Beth says:
Anyone have a theory about Roswell?

Dawn says:
I'm thinking

Sy says:
I think there is logical explaination for Roswell... we just don't know it yet

Maryanne says:
I believe something happened, they just don't know what they have

Gilles says:
It was anything BUT aliens....

KevNash says:
Well there is a government cover up going there. Roswell was close to the time of Neuclear testing, so who knows.

Gilles says:
There are no aliens on the planet

Kooky says:
That we KNOW of, Gilles

Maryanne says:
Just Gilles

Dawn says:
Whatever happened there, our beloved Govt is still hiding it

Host Beth says:
You should come down to So. Ca. Gilles...we got them crossing the border all the time ;)

Maryanne says:
LOL

Sy says:
ROFL

Maryanne says:
then he would become one too :)

KevNash says:
heee

Maryanne says:
Hi Cory

Tiggie says:
where in CA are you Beth

Host Beth says:
San Diego

Cory says:
Hya! :-)

Dawn says:
Even after the Freedom of Information Act pertains to that area.  Our Govt still has top secret stuff about that

Tiggie says:
wow, Huntington Beach here

Tiggie says:
I was born the San Diego, Misson Bay

Host Beth says:
Yes Dawn..the Freedom of Information act didn't give everyone cart blanche to read whatever they wanted.

Host Beth says:
But it did declassify a lot of stuff :)

Tiggie says:
hec we can't even find out about JFK let alone Roswell

Host Beth says:
Did anyone see that Alien Autopsy several years ago?

Maryanne says:
no

Gilles says:
Bah.... forgery

Gilles says:
Cheap stuff

KevNash says:
If we did have extra-terrestrials there wouldn't a search party have came for them by now, unless it was a suicide mission?

Host Beth says:
Gilles: Except for the zipper down the guys back and the fake blood pack that didn't split properly.....I thought it looked good

Host Beth says:
<bg>

Gilles says:
::chuckles::

Host Beth says:
Kev: Maybe they did and saw what happened to their compadres...

Sy says:
nah I don't think that someone that advance would have left

Kooky says:
On another aspect of all this ... what about all the sightings of unusual lights and things in the sky ... this one I can attest to from personal experience ...

Gilles says:
Bah..... governement testing new flying machines

Kooky says:
Not in the case of the one I saw, Gilles

KevNash says:
:: Thinks we all need to make a trip to Area 51.:: LOL

Maryanne says:
Wow Sandy

Host Beth says:
Maybe we are all just one big science experiment for some sixth grade alien school kid ;)

Sy says:
Gases... we have a "spook light" that is formed by gases

Kooky says:
I wasn't a plane, a weather balloon or anything like that ... It actually hovered for about 3 minutes before flying away ...

Host Beth says:
There are a lot of unexplained things out there.

Host Beth says:
Does anyone think Aliens landed on Earth before Roswall?

Sy says:
I kinda like the thought of us living in a marble :)

Gilles says:
Bah.................  no way Beth

Kooky says:
I dunno ...

Kooky says:
I'm skeptical but I don't discount the possibility, put it that way

Maryanne says:
afk

Tiggie says:
yes

Tiggie says:
the Egyptians tell us that I think

KevNash says:
Possibly. Think of all the great leaders and conquerers. They were very unusual for their time periods.

Kooky says:
As do the Mayans

Host Beth says:
Yeah Scrooge Gilles...what about the pyramids?  Or those huge drawings in the desert in South America?

Gilles says:
Human beings are capable of great things if they set their minds to it

Host Beth says:
That's true :)

Kooky says:
The Egyptians had a very good knowledge of the sky around them ... but I think the pyramids were actually an Egyptian invention ...

Host Beth says:
But like Kooky said..the Mayans were very spophisticated for their time

Kooky says:
They were, indeed.

KevNash says:
As was Alexander the Great.

Host Beth says:
and there is that drawing that has been authenticated of what could only be an astronaut found in that cave...thousands of years old...

Kooky says:
I haven't seen that

Gilles says:
Julius Ceasor, Geigas Khan, Ivan the Terrible... history is full of the best and the worst humans can be

Dawn says:
I had a something to say about the Roswell thing but I was RUDELY disconnected by my ISP

Host Beth says:
Yeah..the guy has a helmet, a eva suit, a pack on his back and is sitting in some kind of machine...

Dawn says:
can I still voice my opinion

Host Beth says:
WB Dawn and yes you can :)

Dawn says:
thx Beth

Kooky says:
But, you also have to remember, that Astronomy has been around for thousands of years ... We know the Mayans and the Egyptians had an extensive knowledge of Astronomy.

Dawn says:
Whatever happened in Roswell, our beloved Govt is still hiding it. even after the Freedom of Information Act now pertains to that area.  The Govt still has secret stuff about Roswell.

Dawn says:
so what else did I miss

SM_Tech13 says:
Gee, Half my crew is here

Dawn says:
heeeeee

Host Beth says:
We were talking about if Aliens had landed on earth before the Roswall incident

Dawn says:
you missed Cory Phil

Dawn says:
ahh

Host Beth says:
:) Phil

SM_Tech13 says:
Before Roswell

SM_Tech13 says:
Hmm

Host Beth says:
We were discussing the Pyramids and the big drawings in the desert.

Kooky says:
wb Cory

Host Beth says:
wb

Cory says:
::thwaps his computer::

Dawn says:
And what about the Anasazi (sp)  they just up and vanished, theories has been thrown about that they were Aliens too.

Gilles says:
Well.. we have one "kook" who claims he was cloned    "Rael"... ::sighs::

Host Beth says:
Didn't hear that one Gilles...

Kooky says:
That sect that claims they have cloned babies?

Gilles says:
Sure you did.... he's the head of the "group"  that annouced the "cloning" a month ago

Gilles says:
That's the one Sandy

Kooky says:
I can't think of their name, though

Cory says:
I did a report on the Raelians, very strange people.

Gilles says:
http://www.rael.org/

Maryanne says:
heading out folks, night :)

Kooky says:
Nite Mare!!!!!!!

Host Beth says:
Night Mare :)

Gilles says:
To say the least Cory

Cory says:
I actually did the report two weeks ago..

Kooky says:
They do have some unusual beliefs ...

Cory says:
They do, I even watched them on Oprah

Dawn says:
::wonders about the Anasazi::

Sy says:
Sorry Dawn never heard of them

Host Beth says:
They aren't going to drink Tang and go flying off into the tail of a comet are they?

Sy says:
hehe

Dawn says:
According to Ancient Native American Indian Legend, They were the "creators" of their culture

Gilles says:
http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_ana.html     :-)

Kooky says:
Their civilization lasted about 1000 years then disappeared ...

Host Beth says:
Who the Anasazi?

KevNash says:
:: Wonders if Alexander the Great's accomplishments in his young life weren't possibly affected by outside alien influence?::

Kooky says:
yup

Dawn says:
yeah

Kooky says:
::loves ancient history::

Host Beth says:
And no one knows where they went?  they just didn't die out?

Kooky says:
Scott: I doubt it ...

Dawn says:
That's right Beth, their society vanished

Kooky says:
I don't think they've worked out why the civilization disappeared yet

Gilles says:
Oh Please.....    Alexander was a genius who wanted power  that's it.. he had lots of charisma and leadership

Dawn says:
theories has been thrown around that they could have been Aliens

Kooky says:
::agrees with Gilles:: Alexander was a brilliant general who was able to accomplish a lot ...

Host Beth says:
What about Atlantis?  Some say they were Aliens that were trapped here for a time and then vanished...

Kooky says:
It has never been proven that Atlantis even existed ...

Sy says:
I think Atlantis was actually in Africa

Gilles says:
Atlantis is a story... could be an island... of 2 miles in diameter... could be a continent... who knows....

Kooky says:
That's one theory ...

Cory says:
Well everyone i must be going for awhile, see you all later :-)

Dawn says:
later Cory

Kooky says:
Later Cory

SM_Tech13 says:
Night Cory

Host Beth says:
And some say that there is a  small sunken continent in the Pacific that could have been on the surface at one time and may have been Atlantis.

Kooky says:
I think that one has been explored and disproven ... I could be wrong, though

KevNash says:
Wasn't it supposed to be on one of the points of the Bermuda Triangle?

Sy says:
isostasy doesn't very well support a "sunken continent"

Kooky says:
That's what some think, Scott

Kooky says:
Hey Josh

Gilles says:
::sighs:: As many theories as there are folks in the world

Host Beth says:
Hi Josh

Cdt_Josh says:
Hi

Host Beth says:
And each one unique Gilles :)

Host Beth says:
All right folks...five minute bell.... I need some topics for next week everyone...stop holding out on me :)

Tunik says:
Well... talk about late this week. :)

Tiggie says:
ponders

Host Beth says:
You got five minutes Tunik..talk fast ;)

Kooky says:
How about "If we left our planet to explore the universe ... what would we find when we got there?"

Tunik says:
Good one.

Gilles says:
Antuan is the alien we are so afraid of :-)

Cdt_Josh says:
How about what would happen if we launched a Hydrogen bomb on Russia?

Host Beth says:
Oooo...nice...

Host Beth says:
Nice to Kooky...not nice to Josh

Sy says:
or what will be come of this planet if mankind was to "give up" man space flight

Host Beth says:
That would be icky :)

Cdt_Josh says:
::pouts::Oh well..

Kooky says:
Or ... Should manned space flight continue?

Cdt_Josh says:
What about if money became outdated?

KevNash says:
What can we do to make manned spaceflight continue?

Host Beth says:
Josh we're talking about tpoics that are related somewhat to Star Trek and space :)

SM_Tech13 says:
Would "proof "of intelligent life ,change the way countries relate to each other?

Cdt_Josh says:
It is

Dawn says:
Or  If YOU personally had the chance to go in space, would you? and explain your response.

Host Beth says:
See...I knew you guys had been holding out on me :)  Goo topics everyone...

Gilles says:
Dawn: OF COURSE WE ALL WOULD !!

Host Beth says:
Good even :)

SM_Tech13 says:
I would go in a heartbeat

Kooky says:
So would I ...

Sy says:
me too :)

Tunik says:
Me as well.

Cdt_Josh says:
Not me!!::shakes head::

Dawn says:
Save it in case Beth uses it ::hiit hint::

Kooky says:
I'm just too curious ... I'd just HAVE to see what is out there

Host Beth says:
Hehe...Well folks looks as if it is time to go... email me any other ideas you have :)

Dawn says:
awwww

Host Beth says:
trekkie@direcway.com

CMO_Tunik says:
trekkie@direcway.com

SM_Tech13 says:
Thx for hosting trivia Beth

CMO_Tunik says:
::grins:: I just... wanted to repeat it... cause I felt like... typing it.

Gilles says:
:-) Indeed !!  Thanks Beth

SM_Tech13 says:
Sorry I couldn't join you sooner

Kooky says:
It certainly was an interesting discussion ..

Host Beth says:
Hee....np Phil...join whenever you can :)

Gilles says:
G'night Folks..... off for a date with my wife :-)

Host Beth says:
You too Tunik

Cdt_Josh says:
Later

Sy says:
night Gilles

SM_Tech13 says:
I remind my crew every week

Dawn says:
Yeah Phil threatens us :)

Host Beth says:
Hehe...I like it...

SM_Tech13 says:
Which reminds me

Host Beth says:
Well I gotta get something to eat before training...

Dawn says:
uh oh

CMO_Tunik says:
Beth: I'll be here earlier next time. I had to finish something before I came here.

Kooky says:
How long till Training, Beth?

CMO_Tunik says:
Peace and groovy love! \\//

Sy says:
bye all

Host Beth says:
Anyone want to NPC...in the training room in one hour :)

SM_Tech13 says:
Later all

Kooky says:
Nite Sy!

Dawn says:
later all

Kooky says:
ok ... cya there

Host Beth says:
Night Dawn