Stuff about the golden record on the Voyager spacecraft. Did you know that it includes a slideshow, and symbolic language on the record's cover attempts to explain the video track's encoding scheme? Clicking through the slides made me feel all mushy inside. (Also, it reminded me of one of my favorite scenes from the movie Contact, except in reverse. Or with unknowable alien scientists in the roles of Jodie Foster & co.)
I've always wanted to know what kind of stuff was on that record but never bothered to really look into it. Thanks for the link. My favorite picture of the bunch has to be the examples of eating, drinking, and licking.
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Date: 2004-03-08 08:41 am (UTC)