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Kazuma Saruwatari
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.10.06 10:32:00 -
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probably linked to some ARG.
Else, another cuckoo on youtube -
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XenoPagan
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Posted - 2008.10.06 10:33:00 -
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would be cool if aliens turned out to be those bobbly guys from Mars Attacks
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Thuranni
B and D
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Posted - 2008.10.06 10:43:00 -
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This is written by a human, and moreover, this is written by a american.
Originally by: "Aliens" > We wish it to be understood that on the 14th day of your month of October in the year 2008 a craft of great size shall be visible within your skies. It shall be in the south of your hemisphere and it shall scan over many of your states.
We give to you the name of Alabama.
It has been decided that we shall remain within your atmosphere for the minimum of three of your twenty four hour periods.
First off - Why do the "aliens" call a day "24 hour period", but appear to use the word "hour" just as we do? A hour is much more arbitrary than a day - A day is one full revolution of the earth, whereas we just sort of decided a couple of thousand years ago that we'd split this cycle into 24 equally sized units for no good reason. A alien would be more familiar with the concept of a day than it would be of a hour.
Second - it mentions it would "scan over many of your states". Only in the USA is the State any significant - In most other countries that have states, a state is more similar to a county in it's function, whereas in the USA a state is a quasi-independent nation/government. Aliens that are technologically advanced enough to travel intergalactic distances would likely not really give a damn about our little forms of government.
Also - Come on, look at the webpage of the cook who claims to have "channeled" this message. Lolpage. Why would aliens make their existence known to some hillbilly psychic soccer mom?
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.10.06 14:58:00 -
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Originally by: Thuranni Why would aliens make their existence known to some hillbilly psychic soccer mom?
Jeff Foxworthy explained this phenomenon once. Part of it has to do that rednecks are attracted to shiny objects being beer cans, bass boats, lures, and UFO's, and that they usually happen in that order. |
Rialtor
Amarr Yarrrateers
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Posted - 2008.10.06 20:13:00 -
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this reminds me of the great event by leonard cohen:
Quote:
It's going to happen very soon. The great event which will end the horror. Which will end the sorrow. Next Tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the Moonlight Sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world's mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. What a lovely night that would be. What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, and the retired nightingales, pick up their dusty tails, and assert the majesty of creation!
Oddly enough, next tuesday is October 14th.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world... Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. |
Terail Zoqial
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.10.06 22:38:00 -
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Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
If I had 1 isk for every ******ed comment, I'd have a titan by now. |
Alex Raptos
Caldari The Firestorm Millennium
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Posted - 2008.10.06 22:47:00 -
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Originally by: Terail Zoqial Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
If your talkin bout this, the fourteenth aint passed yet.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.10.06 22:49:00 -
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Originally by: Terail Zoqial Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
Holy Quantum time Warp Batman!
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Terail Zoqial
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.10.06 22:50:00 -
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Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
Originally by: Terail Zoqial Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
Holy Quantum time Warp Batman!
oops, date on my PC had jumped a day forward, hence avg being borked
If I had 1 isk for every ******ed comment, I'd have a titan by now. |
Micheal Dietrich
Caldari Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.10.06 23:12:00 -
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Originally by: Terail Zoqial
Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
Originally by: Terail Zoqial Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
Holy Quantum time Warp Batman!
oops, date on my PC had jumped a day forward, hence avg being borked
More like 8 days forward. This requires a theme song
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Anubis Assassin
Caldari Heavens Gate Consortium
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Posted - 2008.10.07 00:09:00 -
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Originally by: Thuranni This is written by a human, and moreover, this is written by a american.
Originally by: "Aliens" > We wish it to be understood that on the 14th day of your month of October in the year 2008 a craft of great size shall be visible within your skies. It shall be in the south of your hemisphere and it shall scan over many of your states.
We give to you the name of Alabama.
It has been decided that we shall remain within your atmosphere for the minimum of three of your twenty four hour periods.
First off - Why do the "aliens" call a day "24 hour period", but appear to use the word "hour" just as we do? A hour is much more arbitrary than a day - A day is one full revolution of the earth, whereas we just sort of decided a couple of thousand years ago that we'd split this cycle into 24 equally sized units for no good reason. A alien would be more familiar with the concept of a day than it would be of a hour.
Second - it mentions it would "scan over many of your states". Only in the USA is the State any significant - In most other countries that have states, a state is more similar to a county in it's function, whereas in the USA a state is a quasi-independent nation/government. Aliens that are technologically advanced enough to travel intergalactic distances would likely not really give a damn about our little forms of government.
Also - Come on, look at the webpage of the cook who claims to have "channeled" this message. Lolpage. Why would aliens make their existence known to some hillbilly psychic soccer mom?
You're one to reticule someone's grammar :P You stop and think (this is assuming they are real..., shut up..), I dunno, maybe they're trying their best to put it into words we all would understand? Maybe the majority of their studies of us has been over the US and assumed that the rest of the world was similar? Where are you from? I'm from the US and I know a lot of people in other countries that use English well enough, but make simple mistakes similar those...
No I'm not flaming you or defending anyone, I'm just saying, you along with almost everyone else needs to stop seeing things in only one way and view it from multiple angles (which is why everyone wants to come to me to be a mediator I think...).
Those that assume to know so much about the southern United States, you do know that "hillbilly soccer mom" is from the UK, right? Honestly, I'm not actually from Alabama, I've only lived here for a few years now, but I know the comedic nature of comedians like Jeff Foxworthy (and others) is just purely for comedy. Some truth to it, but more emphasized on comedy than actual fact...
/rant
Sorry, just tired of hearing everyone's assumptions that we're all redneck idiots because we have a different accent...
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Alex Raptos
Caldari The Firestorm Millennium
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Posted - 2008.10.07 00:44:00 -
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Edited by: Alex Raptos on 07/10/2008 00:44:27
Originally by: Anubis Assassin Sorry, just tired of hearing everyone's assumptions that we're all redneck idiots because we have a different accent...
Not all of you, just the president! Oh wait hes just a warmonger, like his daddy
Anyway, if they're so advanced, why would they research a whole planet based on one country?. Even humans know you need all the facts to make out an average
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Terail Zoqial
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.10.07 01:10:00 -
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Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
Originally by: Terail Zoqial
Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
Originally by: Terail Zoqial Well, it passed without an event. Who could ask for less
/me awaits the next great event of interest that wont happen.
Holy Quantum time Warp Batman!
oops, date on my PC had jumped a day forward, hence avg being borked
More like 8 days forward. This requires a theme song
thanks for that, it's always good when you can have a little laugh at yourself
If I had 1 isk for every ******ed comment, I'd have a titan by now. |
Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2008.10.07 01:42:00 -
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Originally by: Thuranni
Second - it mentions it would "scan over many of your states". Only in the USA is the State any significant - In most other countries that have states, a state is more similar to a county in it's function, whereas in the USA a state is a quasi-independent nation/government. Aliens that are technologically advanced enough to travel intergalactic distances would likely not really give a damn about our little forms of government.
I'll just go ahead a lol a bit here, okay? Let's see the definition of the word, since you don't seem entirely in the clear on it:
state (plural states)
1. Any sovereign polity. A government. 2. A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province. 3. A condition. 4. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. 5. (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle. 6. (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. 7. (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. 8. (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
Emphasis mine.
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Raashka
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Posted - 2008.10.07 01:48:00 -
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Edited by: Raashka on 07/10/2008 01:51:43
K so here's how we'll let them know we're coming, first we'll use a way of cominication generaly disregarded as fake by the entire population of this planet as backwards mumbojumbo, we'll telepathicly instruct a single person to record a repeating beta wave and then have her recite our message over it, the caveat will be her using a built in winamp plugin to make it look realy cool and then post it on Youtube. Hands? k lets do it
edit... all this assuming they have the capacity to learn our language but lacking the skill to transmit radio waves, which would be alot more effective in convincing the populace of ALABAMA to tell the Government not to shoot down a spaceship
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.10.07 02:45:00 -
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Originally by: Raashka convincing the populace of ALABAMA to tell the Government not to shoot down a spaceship
This is Alabama we're talking about here. They'll shoot it themselves then find the person with the most missing teeth to talk about it on camera.
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Florio
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2008.10.07 06:23:00 -
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the trouble with aliens is, it is hard to know how to kill them. at least with zombies you kinda know a chainsaw and sniper rifle are the ultimate weapons. what are the best ways i should be preparing for alien defence?
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HankMurphy
Minmatar Pelennor Enterprises
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Posted - 2008.10.07 06:43:00 -
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Originally by: Florio the trouble with aliens is, it is hard to know how to kill them. at least with zombies you kinda know a chainsaw and sniper rifle are the ultimate weapons. what are the best ways i should be preparing for alien defence?
first off. get that tinfoil hat on! any plans you come up with are USELESS if they probe your mind first and see what we have in store for them.
get in your basement and start stocking supplies. dont go outside, let the curious gen. pop. fools die in the first wave and learn from their mistakes
the only thing i'm prepared to say here openly (as i'm sure they are reading this thread as we speak) is get lots of guns and ammo. even if they are useless on the aliens we may have to put down some of our own brainwashed populous during the holocaust
stock up on cleaning supplies, petroleum products, alcohol, who knows what chemicals may do to their flesh once exposed. we will have to experiment.
/i'll be in my basement ------------------------------ everybody be cool this is a threadjack! just lay face down on the ground and no one will get hurt! |
Vabjekf
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Posted - 2008.10.07 07:47:00 -
[49]
touch aliens they die from cooties
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Alice'Dee
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Posted - 2008.10.07 11:31:00 -
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Don't worry guys, Ordo Xenos has been notified of this heresy. Exterminatus imminent. |
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Thuranni
B and D
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Posted - 2008.10.07 11:38:00 -
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Originally by: Anubis Assassin
Originally by: Thuranni This is written by a human, and moreover, this is written by a american.
Originally by: "Aliens" > We wish it to be understood that on the 14th day of your month of October in the year 2008 a craft of great size shall be visible within your skies. It shall be in the south of your hemisphere and it shall scan over many of your states.
We give to you the name of Alabama.
It has been decided that we shall remain within your atmosphere for the minimum of three of your twenty four hour periods.
First off - Why do the "aliens" call a day "24 hour period", but appear to use the word "hour" just as we do? A hour is much more arbitrary than a day - A day is one full revolution of the earth, whereas we just sort of decided a couple of thousand years ago that we'd split this cycle into 24 equally sized units for no good reason. A alien would be more familiar with the concept of a day than it would be of a hour.
Second - it mentions it would "scan over many of your states". Only in the USA is the State any significant - In most other countries that have states, a state is more similar to a county in it's function, whereas in the USA a state is a quasi-independent nation/government. Aliens that are technologically advanced enough to travel intergalactic distances would likely not really give a damn about our little forms of government.
Also - Come on, look at the webpage of the cook who claims to have "channeled" this message. Lolpage. Why would aliens make their existence known to some hillbilly psychic soccer mom?
You're one to reticule someone's grammar :P You stop and think (this is assuming they are real..., shut up..), I dunno, maybe they're trying their best to put it into words we all would understand? Maybe the majority of their studies of us has been over the US and assumed that the rest of the world was similar? Where are you from? I'm from the US and I know a lot of people in other countries that use English well enough, but make simple mistakes similar those...
No I'm not flaming you or defending anyone, I'm just saying, you along with almost everyone else needs to stop seeing things in only one way and view it from multiple angles (which is why everyone wants to come to me to be a mediator I think...).
Those that assume to know so much about the southern United States, you do know that "hillbilly soccer mom" is from the UK, right? Honestly, I'm not actually from Alabama, I've only lived here for a few years now, but I know the comedic nature of comedians like Jeff Foxworthy (and others) is just purely for comedy. Some truth to it, but more emphasized on comedy than actual fact...
/rant
Sorry, just tired of hearing everyone's assumptions that we're all redneck idiots because we have a different accent...
I not once insulted the United States or it's populace. What the hell are you talking about?
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Rodj Blake
Amarr PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.07 13:00:00 -
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They may claim to come in peace, but really they're all lizards with rubber human masks who eat mice, want to steal all of Earth's water and enslave the population.
Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori.
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Great Artista
Caldari Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.10.07 13:33:00 -
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Professional trolls are professional. _______
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Illwill Bill
Minmatar Scandinavian Carebears AB
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Posted - 2008.10.07 13:34:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake They may claim to come in peace, but really they're all lizards with rubber human masks who eat mice, want to steal all of Earth's water and enslave the population.
Bloody Amarr!
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TU144 TEPPOPNCT'CMEPTHNK
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Posted - 2008.10.08 02:22:00 -
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re enslavement of earth population
i think you might find quite a lot of the population would appreciate the work to be honest...
failing that you might find a exadose of aliens from the usa heading home to mexico...
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Herschel Yamamoto
Bloodmoney Incorporated
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Posted - 2008.10.08 04:27:00 -
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I know it's theoretically possible, but let me assure you, there's no way that the NDP will win the election. We shouldn't have to worry about aliens for several more years. ------------------ Herschel's Lottery #1 - Win a Kronos! |
The Crucifier
Amarr Fraternitas Ardoris
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Posted - 2008.10.08 07:59:00 -
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This alien invasion is more ridiculous than creationism.
www.painted-ork.com |
Terail Zoqial
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.10.08 08:20:00 -
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2012 Evolution - Update on October 14th and First Contact from Commander Adama
Yey, the bsg ship will save us all!
If I had 1 isk for every ******ed comment, I'd have a titan by now. |
Nathanial Victor
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.10.08 08:34:00 -
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Originally by: Terail Zoqial 2012 Evolution - Update on October 14th and First Contact from Commander Adama
Yey, the bsg ship will save us all!
Jesus christ!
So let me get this straight,
Max Headrome's son is going to show up in a pinstripe suit with a bunch of aliens and take us over?
I hated Max Headrome. The future is going to suck big time.
"one more spam thread will get you a warning. - Thanks Hutch. " isn't a warning of a warning a warning? or just a warning of a warning? didnt he just get 'the warning'?
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TheBro
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Posted - 2008.10.08 19:43:00 -
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Look, I'm not one to usually respond to this sort of thing, however, for those of you desperately trying to dissect why the aliens would say or talk about stuff that doesn't quite make sense to us....well, duh?!? Even if they were light years ahead, technologically speaking, and even if this WAS real, whatever they say and how they say it probably isn't going to make a whole lot of sense to us. We're used to our own dialect, not that of an alien being. They're trying their best to get a message across using language that we can somewhat understand.
It's funny how simple we are as a race. Good thing that those of us in the know are able to prepare.
Seriously though...have you ever thought about this? The reason they may be sending these announcements through a kooky, nutcase group like the Federation of Light is the fact that maybe they really DO want to make the announcement, but we all know that if they were to contact the government, that it would quickly be covered up as it would cause a worldwide panic. So channeling it through the GFOL will at least get the word out, but people WON'T panic because more than likely, we'll dismiss them as crazy, like most of us are doing now. But I bet it will be in the back of your mind....which is exactly the plan.
It will sort of 'soften' the level of shock when one of you Alabama black snake rednecks goes outside to take a **** in one of the broken down rusted cars that litter your yard, and you see a Titan hovering above your city.
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