The Doc has been in the deep space of hellhound recall and failing life support. (Only in the Age of Bush could one be constantly overworked and constantly broke.) I was, however, forced to return to this quadrant of reality when Valerie sent me this clip from New Scientist with the absurd and maybe dangerous news that our first transmission to possibly inhabited planets will be a Doritos commercial.
"It could be the longest commercial break in history. Over a six-hour period this morning, high-powered radars in the Arctic Circle broadcast an advertisement into space for the first time.
The advertisement, for Doritos tortilla chips, was being directed towards a solar system in the Ursa Major constellation, just 42 light years from Earth. The solar system contains a habitable zone, and could host an Earth-like planet and extraterrestrial life." (For the whole story)
The secret words are How To Serve Man
"It could be the longest commercial break in history. Over a six-hour period this morning, high-powered radars in the Arctic Circle broadcast an advertisement into space for the first time.
The advertisement, for Doritos tortilla chips, was being directed towards a solar system in the Ursa Major constellation, just 42 light years from Earth. The solar system contains a habitable zone, and could host an Earth-like planet and extraterrestrial life." (For the whole story)
The secret words are How To Serve Man
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2 comments:
Just great...now they're gonna want salsa, then beer, and before you know it, an alien invasion force will be killing our citizens in order to feed their insane lust for Earthborne snacks and suds.
Damn you Frito Lay, damn you to Hell!
I'll keep the couch and the TV remote handy for their arrival then?
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