Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-8-2009

[andrewducker]

• Uber-Cool German Treehouse
  Want!
  (tags: trees design cool)
• The answer to the eternal question...
  (tags: funny movies)
• Introducing the Google Chrome OS
  Cue panic in the streets...
  (tags: google chrome opensource linux internet technology browser)
• Scientists create sperm
  From stem cells. This is a real game-changer.
  (tags: reproduction stem_cells science biology)
• Electromagnetic Leak
  Fantastic image of how far various bits of our broadcasts have gone. The Beatles have been seen on Beta Aquilae.
  (tags: astronomy television space physics aliens)

Comments

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

I had an idea once upon a time that the Fermi paradox was the result of emissions control technology. At some point in the technological development of a species, they realize the need to control electromagnetic emissions, and so reorient their technology so that they aren't constantly broadcasting. And as a result, they go dark and very hard to find in the galaxy.

[andrewducker]

Yup - it's either a move to a different form of information transmission technology, the singularity, or Cthulu eating everyone after they wake him up by shouting too loud.

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think it's also likely that they die out too quickly. Given the age of the universe, and the speed at which a culture could build itself up to that level and then subsequently destroy itself, there might be all sorts of spots in the timeline where we're alone. Or there is no other life in the universe, which would be telling in and of itself.