Interesting article. A copy of the program would be interesting. The article itself has a large noise to signal ratio, but that's to be expected when we know nothing :-). > " ... Earth is not that special when it comes to developing life. > ..." May be true. It will be interesting indeed to find out if the "not that special" is special enough to mean that we are the only place that has it. While by most measures it SEEMS inconceivable that we are the only place, it is also conceivable that we are. >... "It's conservative, in a sense, to focus on carbon-based life, >... " Perhaps. But I've seen it rigorously argued (by Asimov I think) that Carbon is the only possibility. Reasons given sounded convincing. That doesn't make them correct of course ;-). > ? ... armed with basic evolutionary theory, ... " Might as well use basic Marxist theory for all the good it will do them :-) etc. (It's not possible to use advanced evolutionary theory as none of the advanced evolutionists can decide which advanced theory is the "true" one :-) ). R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [EE]:: Some Earth-like Worlds May Have Foliage of Colors OtherThanGreen, Researchers Say > The 2-part documentary "Extraterrestrial" was (is - I'll drop you > off a copy one day) worth a look. As is usually the case with TV1 > documentaries that are worth a look, it was tucked away on > Sunday morning at 10am where no one would see it. Lest they > learn something or be disappointed that no aliens were voted off > > http://www.space.com/entertainment/050527_review_extraterrestrial.html > > Google for "big wave" extraterrestrial > > for other reviews etc > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist