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Old 12-18-2009, 05:14 AM   #31
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Just one thing: be sure to exclude anybody who ever asks any question beginning with "what if..."
When travelling vast distances in outer space, it may also be a good idea not to have anyone onboard that asks "are we there yet?" repeatedly.
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:21 AM   #32
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Oops, you're so right!
There goes my children suggestion then!
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:21 AM   #33
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When travelling vast distances in outer space, it may also be a good idea not to have anyone onboard that asks "are we there yet?" repeatedly.
Or Donkey...
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:30 AM   #34
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When travelling vast distances in outer space, it may also be a good idea not to have anyone onboard that asks "are we there yet?" repeatedly.
Good point!

I would also advise not to take me. I tried to read "Red Mars" but I had to stop, just the idea of spending months shut in a spaceship with 99 other people, and then years on a settlement in the middle of nowhere with said people, made me sick
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:30 AM   #35
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What story is that DGM? Sounds interesting!

And I would save myself, wifey and goggies... screw the rest of humanity! I need the space!
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Old 12-18-2009, 05:59 AM   #36
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Actually, I'm in the midst of reading an outstanding short story by Arthur C. Clark.

An advanced civilization gets to Earth just before Sun hits nova.

So........they have (maybe) chance to save just a few hundred people, if there are still any left.
It seems the limitation of a few hundred people is because of limited room aboard the ship.

The advanced civilization may have the ability to extract the souls out of all the people and animals on earth and then store them in a suspended form. Upon arrival to the new home planet, the advanced beings could then re-animate the souls back into appropriate bodies of energy or matter.

I guess it is good to travel light; especially at light speed!
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Old 12-18-2009, 06:21 AM   #37
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Anyone named Bob.

(I saw a science program that says the current human race descended from a group of only a few hundred hominids..based on genetics...interesting stuff)
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:13 AM   #38
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Or Donkey...
I love Donkey!!!
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:23 AM   #39
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How can you chose who to save if you only have less than 2 hours? Did the captain know humanity? If he knew them, he'd fly away as fast as he could. If he doesn't, how could you pick?

What I would do? With my knowledge? I'd leave them. I'd grab the contents of several libraries and museums across the world however. People are just more trouble than they are worth...

Its a sci fi story, sweetpea. I haven't finished it yet, and plan to start over because now I have no clue when I'll be able to hunker down and read without interrruption. dammit!!

The people who make headlines, the ones who make life miserable, yes.

But think....we have voices like Celtic women, Andre Bocelli, Michael Crawford.

We have composers like Mannheim Steamroller and Transiberian Orchestra (just off the top of my head.)

We have people like Marc, and you, and others here on MobileRead.

We have minds that can conceive of worlds never imagined, and put them on paper so that we can all share.



and.....We have our children, the future in waiting.
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Old 12-18-2009, 09:32 AM   #40
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Myself and a few hundred women between the ages of 18 and 28, so I may repopulate the Human race.

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I love Donkey!!!
Maybe that's because you have never tried to sleep within earshot of one
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We have people like Marc, and you, and others here on MobileRead.
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Crashin' into the sun, babe. Get on board or get out of the way. [pops Bat Out Of Hell cassette into dashboard tape-deck - these aliens may be advanced in some areas, but... - and turns volume up to ELEVENTY].

Yours gone when the morning comes,
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Crashin' into the sun, babe. Get on board or get out of the way. [pops Bat Out Of Hell cassette into dashboard tape-deck - these aliens may be advanced in some areas, but... - and turns volume up to ELEVENTY].

Yours gone when the morning comes,
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ooh!! you called me "babe"!!! I used to have a boyfriend that called me babe and everytime he did...................Oh.

Wait.



Disregard.
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Yes, we need knowledge.

But we also need children.

We can make more children! Without adult wisdom and guidance we'd end up with Lord of the Flies.

Doctors/Nurses
Engineers
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We can make more children! Without adult wisdom and guidance we'd end up with Lord of the Flies.
You know, that was my purpose all along!
I loved Lord of the Flies

But probably we won't, there all those well-meaning aliens around...
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