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	<title>Comments on: The Arecibo Message</title>
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		<title>By: Scott C. Waring</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17697/comment-page-1#comment-128495</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott C. Waring</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was an answer to the Arecibo Message....go to cropcircleresearch.com/articles/arecibo.html to see it.


there are some fairly obvious implications from the crop formation. First, and quite obvious from the aerial view is the shape of the ET figure. This clearly has the little stick-like body with two arms and two legs, but has a much larger head and two distinct eyes. This is almost reminiscent of the &#039;Greys&#039; of popular UFO culture. Indeed, the modified &#039;height&#039; code corresponding to just over three feet would also confirm this aspect.

If you decode the &#039;population&#039; binary sequence in the actual crop formation you get a value of approx 21.3 billion - a lot bigger than the original transmission, and indeed Earth&#039;s current population? Perhaps this is the population of their own planet, or even the combined human and ET population of Earth - if you believe, like some researchers, that Earth is already populated by an unseen ET contingency??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was an answer to the Arecibo Message&#8230;.go to cropcircleresearch.com/articles/arecibo.html to see it.</p>
<p>there are some fairly obvious implications from the crop formation. First, and quite obvious from the aerial view is the shape of the ET figure. This clearly has the little stick-like body with two arms and two legs, but has a much larger head and two distinct eyes. This is almost reminiscent of the &#8216;Greys&#8217; of popular UFO culture. Indeed, the modified &#8216;height&#8217; code corresponding to just over three feet would also confirm this aspect.</p>
<p>If you decode the &#8216;population&#8217; binary sequence in the actual crop formation you get a value of approx 21.3 billion &#8211; a lot bigger than the original transmission, and indeed Earth&#8217;s current population? Perhaps this is the population of their own planet, or even the combined human and ET population of Earth &#8211; if you believe, like some researchers, that Earth is already populated by an unseen ET contingency??</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17697/comment-page-1#comment-93437</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jake Le Master and 8rustystaples: you guys need to lay off the &#039;Men in Black&#039; marathons... Michael Phelps is wonderful, yes, but no alien.

Alien species? Welcome. Please allow a few decades before we&#039;re quite up to your level of technology. Please feel free to rid us of certain members of our own political parties so as to effect change on a sweeping level instead of the piecemeal changes handed us by those claiming to be &#039;in charge&#039;.

Finally, I&#039;ll repeat the oft-used phrase: I, for one, welcome the new overlords.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jake Le Master and 8rustystaples: you guys need to lay off the &#8216;Men in Black&#8217; marathons&#8230; Michael Phelps is wonderful, yes, but no alien.</p>
<p>Alien species? Welcome. Please allow a few decades before we&#8217;re quite up to your level of technology. Please feel free to rid us of certain members of our own political parties so as to effect change on a sweeping level instead of the piecemeal changes handed us by those claiming to be &#8216;in charge&#8217;.</p>
<p>Finally, I&#8217;ll repeat the oft-used phrase: I, for one, welcome the new overlords.</p>
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		<title>By: 8rustystaples</title>
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		<dc:creator>8rustystaples</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael Phelps has already been to M13 and back.  He found the entire area to be unsuitable for lifeforms less awesome than he is.  And since there is no lifeform more awesome, there is no alien intelligence there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Phelps has already been to M13 and back.  He found the entire area to be unsuitable for lifeforms less awesome than he is.  And since there is no lifeform more awesome, there is no alien intelligence there.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake Le Master</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17697/comment-page-1#comment-91071</link>
		<dc:creator>Jake Le Master</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael Phelps could deliver the message and return--in record time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Phelps could deliver the message and return&#8211;in record time.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Dykeman</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17697/comment-page-1#comment-91056</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Dykeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wouldn&#039;t necessarily advocate sending this particular message, but on the other hand it would be interesting to see if it got an answer:

Dear Alien Beings (Who May Or May Not Actually Exist):


Hello.  We’ve written this message in the attempt to reach out to other intelligent beings in this universe.

Come visit.  We have lots and lots of water to share if you don’t mind some salt.  

We could use help with the following:


Energy sources
Pollution
Global warming (our polar ice caps are starting to disappear; this means more water is available than we actually need)
Overcrowding in certain parts of our planet
Communication problems
Disease
War
Human nature


On second thought, maybe you should not come visit.  We are not at our best these days.  

If you see God, could you please tell him to come back?  Or to at least answer our calls?  We need some help.

On the other hand, if you are God, just trace this message back to the source and let’s talk.  Of course, if you are God, you should already know the situation.  So answer already!



Regards,


Earth</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily advocate sending this particular message, but on the other hand it would be interesting to see if it got an answer:</p>
<p>Dear Alien Beings (Who May Or May Not Actually Exist):</p>
<p>Hello.  We’ve written this message in the attempt to reach out to other intelligent beings in this universe.</p>
<p>Come visit.  We have lots and lots of water to share if you don’t mind some salt.  </p>
<p>We could use help with the following:</p>
<p>Energy sources<br />
Pollution<br />
Global warming (our polar ice caps are starting to disappear; this means more water is available than we actually need)<br />
Overcrowding in certain parts of our planet<br />
Communication problems<br />
Disease<br />
War<br />
Human nature</p>
<p>On second thought, maybe you should not come visit.  We are not at our best these days.  </p>
<p>If you see God, could you please tell him to come back?  Or to at least answer our calls?  We need some help.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you are God, just trace this message back to the source and let’s talk.  Of course, if you are God, you should already know the situation.  So answer already!</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Earth</p>
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		<title>By: RobertSeattle</title>
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		<dc:creator>RobertSeattle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d go big - we&#039;ve got lots of left over nukes from the Cold War - why not blow several of them in some synchronized way far away from the earth that in a big way says &quot;We&#039;re here!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d go big &#8211; we&#8217;ve got lots of left over nukes from the Cold War &#8211; why not blow several of them in some synchronized way far away from the earth that in a big way says &#8220;We&#8217;re here!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Nathan</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17697/comment-page-1#comment-91048</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you hear me now? ZING!

Yeah that was a horrible joke. I am going back to my day job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you hear me now? ZING!</p>
<p>Yeah that was a horrible joke. I am going back to my day job.</p>
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