Gregory's ServerThe radio signals we broadcast are escaping into outer space, creating a radio layer, that's ever expanding at the speed of light.
Meaning, some alien somewhere somewhen is watching our TV.
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 @drq I'm sure you've seen the opening sequence of the film Contact? It deals with exactly this and is spectacular: One of my favourite sequences in cinema.  @rysiek @drq I live in Wellington, so I used to see people from the Wētā crews (Workshop and Digital) regularly. Sir Richard Taylor told me this directly. He said Wētā Digital was in bad shape and on the verge of closing down. Then they got the Contact gig, and the money from that saved the company. Not long after, The Lord of the Rings came about.  @drq there's a brief mention in one of Mass Effect games by the ship's pilot about how he tunes in to Earth's old radio stations from lightyears away. So hey, if we figure out FTL travel, that alien may very well be a human. But considering cultural evolution by then he might as well be an alien. @drq I'm worried that when the final of Lost reaches their world, some angry aliens are going to come looking for answers. |
Moreover, the first broadcasts that were sufficiently powerful to break through our ionosphere took place in the late 1930s.
Meaning, the first thing they'll see is probably Hitler.
Man, no wonder nobody comes to say "hello". I bet our dumpster fire of a planet is a wicked show, though.