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JackGreenEarth ( JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

If you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send?

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If you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send?

JackGreenEarth ( JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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  • PrivateNoob ( PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    A link with a cracked Minecraft client and an ip to join to a small server to chill with that alien.

    Technically you can probably send a bunch of links, like Wikipedia etc. He “just” needs to access to it, which may or may not breach the 4GB rule.

    • Joker ( Joker@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Damn, what a cheapskate. A chance to play Minecraft with a friendly space alien and you can’t even pay for a legit copy. Probably going to give that alien a computer virus and doom us all. Don’t put this guy in charge.

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        Can agree with that, but I wanted to save the alien from having a Microsoft account.

        • Joker ( Joker@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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          You’ve got a point. On second thought, maybe a different game would be better.

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            Or just Wurstclient so he can play cracked

      • Valeena ( Valeena@lemmings.world ) 
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        Nah, they’re going to give the alien an Alienware !

    • JackGreenEarth ( JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) OP
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      It won’t breach the 4GB rule, but even the closest star to Sol would have at minimum latency of 4 years.

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        Yeah that’s true.

    • Gnorv ( Gnorv@feddit.de ) 
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      Why do you assume the alien has access to the internet?

      • PrivateNoob ( PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ) 
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        No reason at all. Of course probably the aliens won’t have access to the interwebz, but playing Minecraft with an alien sounded funny in my head.

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