<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><span><div><span>Bill K wrote:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>> <var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>'Where is everybody?'</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I wrote:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>> </span><span>Hiding from predators.  Even rabbits are</span></div><div><span>> scarce when predators have free reign.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>How many malicious programmers with</span></div><div><span>AI and WoMD does it take to clear</span></div><div><span>a galaxy?</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>A:  Perhaps as few as one.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Dennis</span></span><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new
 roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Dennis May <dennislmay@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 11, 2011 6:38 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ExI] Why Pioneers Breed Like Rabbits<br></font><br>
<div id="yiv2055867900"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Bill K wrote:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>'Where is everybody?'<br></span></div><div><span>Hiding from predators.  Even rabbits are</span></div><div><span>scarce when predators have free reign.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Dennis</span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="yiv2055867900hr"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> <span id="yiv2055867900misspell-0"
 class="yiv2055867900mark">BillK</span> <pharos@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 11, 2011 6:27 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ExI] Why Pioneers Breed Like Rabbits<br></font><br>
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Eugen <span id="yiv2055867900misspell-3" class="yiv2055867900mark">Leitl</span> wrote:<br><snip><br>> Yes, that's your opinion, we know. The universe disagrees.<br>><br>><br><br>Ah, but the universe doesn't disagree. If any advanced <span id="yiv2055867900misspell-4" class="yiv2055867900mark">civ</span> ever did<br>have expansionary ambitions the age of our galaxy means that it would<br>already be swamped by that species - even at sub-light expansion<br>speeds.<br><br>'Where is everybody?'<br><br><br><span id="yiv2055867900misspell-5" class="yiv2055867900mark">BillK</span><br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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