Re: infotainment: LANGUAGE EXPERTS SPEAK TO THE FUTURE

Padraic Brown wrote:
> If they're technically advanced enough, they may not even be able
> to detect tv or radio; what with all their ftl communications
> systems and all.
Unless they're interested in finding primitive peoples, listening for
radio signals would be an easy way of detecting a civilization at a
certain level of sophistication, but still primitive to them.  Of
course, if they were interested in *really* primitive peoples, they'd
have to go around looking at every potentially life-bearing planet.

> Indeed. Well, what with eminent domain and all... I'm sure they'd
> give us fair market value for the place. :)
Yeah, just like we did with the Indians, right?  </sarcasm>

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