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Julie
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by Julie » Mon May 20, 2013 8:35 am
Fairportfan wrote: Odd we should mention that:
(Mouseover text: "The strongest incentive we have to develop faster-than-light travel is that it would let us apologize in advance.")
Now I have the Badger song stuck in my head...
DilyV wrote: Sidhekin wrote: I'm assuming this was not spoken in English, nor translated by the program. I'd say either:
Kath is translating (from subtext?) on-the-fly, utilizing her Rosetta welcome.
Brandi is speaking some language that Atsali understands (as a spoken language, at least).
The "sound" recording is actually a mental message, put in words by each witness seperately. (The welcome screen was visual only.)
... or it's a blunder ...
Orrrrrr.... Paul had to put it in a language we could read because trying to decipher glyph would have left us all going WTF????? LOL
HAHAHA!! Truth!!
"Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful."
bmonk
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by bmonk » Mon May 20, 2013 12:15 pm
Fairportfan wrote:
(Mouseover text: "The strongest incentive we have to develop faster-than-light travel is that it would let us apologize in advance.")
Can I move to
HP 56948 ? Then I'd have about a century free of broadcast pop culture!