> > "Not likely" means you never know. After all, magic space aliens > > could show up and tell us how. The probabilility of that happening > > would be 0.000(lots of zeros)0001%. See, not 0%. > > The following is, obviously, flippant, but far from pointless (IMHO > :-) ). > > > Fermi (THE Fermi) said essentially "Where are they? > > IF there are magic space aliens they are well well well overdue. > If there is life anywhere else it should be essentially everywhere > else and it should have visited us here and on a regular basis. "Calvin & Hobbes" stated that since aliens have never visited, that's proof they exist. After all, why would intelligent life visit Earth? We still think digital watches are neat (and Jaycar are selling retro LED ones). Tony -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist