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TOM THE DANCING BUG: What Message Did We Receive From Outer Space??

Ruben Bolling at 9:10 am Wed, Dec 28, 2011

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Steve Miller

Remember to drink your Ovaltine.
ElfSternberg

Charlie Stross’s short story, “MAXOS,” which was published in a 2005 issue of Nature, covered this material far, far better.
- jerwin
  
  Here’s the story PDF
  
  I wonder– would Amazon class the phrase “untranslatable entity signifier” as a “statistically improbable phrase” strongly associated with Charles Stross?
http://echofox3.blogspot.com efergus3

But will it help me build strong, sharp mandibles and make me attractive to the other sexes?
Rah El

Please, oh PLEASE read “Space Merchants” if you haven’t already done so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants
- jerwin
  
  Kornbluth had a short but brilliant career.
- http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7
  
  I will. Thanks