Poll of the Day > The Pioneer Plaques

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PikachuMaxwell 05/04/23 6:01:05 PM #1:	Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques without help? Yes No Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques without help? - Results (9 votes) Yes 0% (0 votes) 0 No 100% (9 votes) 9 Would you be able to understand the Pioneer Plaques? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque One of the many problems of communicating with an alien civilization is of course: being able to understand each other. Extraterrestrials of course wouldn't use the same symbols to communicate as humans do. So how would humans be able to convey information about their species and home to other civilizations? Carl Sagan designed the Pioneer Plaques which contains pictorial information about humans, the solar system, and nearby stars. These plaques are onboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft in the hope that one day, if aliens came upon the probes, they would get information about who created them and the home planetary system that they reside in. The numerical information depicted on the plaques is of course not in familiar base-ten Arabic numerals but encoded in a special way that is "universal" - that is, it should apply to anyone reading them regardless of what number system they use. Sagan used a bit of scientific knowledge to create that number system. Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques? I don't think at first glance, I would have been able to decode the numbers on the plaques. I did understand at first glance the numbers were in binary and the picture/key on the top left had something to do with a hydrogen atom, but I wouldn't know at first glance they has something to with an energy transition of an electron and the wavelength and frequency of the photons they would emit. --- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Favorite Characters: https://i.imgur.com/tcQlEb7.png Nintendo Network Name: JohnJohn <cite>PikachuMaxwell posted [p:973266740] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote> Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques without help? Yes No Vote View Results Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques without help? - Results (9 votes) Yes 0% (0 votes) 0 No 100% (9 votes) 9 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '3', topic: '80433343', message: '0', key: 'c09e687d' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } Would you be able to understand the Pioneer Plaques? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque One of the many problems of communicating with an alien civilization is of course: being able to understand each other. Extraterrestrials of course wouldn't use the same symbols to communicate as humans do. So how would humans be able to convey information about their species and home to other civilizations? Carl Sagan designed the Pioneer Plaques which contains pictorial information about humans, the solar system, and nearby stars. These plaques are onboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft in the hope that one day, if aliens came upon the probes, they would get information about who created them and the home planetary system that they reside in. The numerical information depicted on the plaques is of course not in familiar base-ten Arabic numerals but encoded in a special way that is "universal" - that is, it should apply to anyone reading them regardless of what number system they use. Sagan used a bit of scientific knowledge to create that number system. Would you be able to decode the Pioneer Plaques? I don't think at first glance, I would have been able to decode the numbers on the plaques. I did understand at first glance the numbers were in binary and the picture/key on the top left had something to do with a hydrogen atom, but I wouldn't know at first glance they has something to with an energy transition of an electron and the wavelength and frequency of the photons they would emit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 05/04/23 8:43:39 PM #2:	I liked the Voyager record better. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:973269526] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>I liked the Voyager record better.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PikachuMaxwell 05/04/23 8:47:53 PM #3:	captpackrat posted... I liked the Voyager record better. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg That was cool too! And it could be used to play a video! --- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Favorite Characters: https://i.imgur.com/tcQlEb7.png Nintendo Network Name: JohnJohn <cite>PikachuMaxwell posted [p:973269596] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite><quote>I liked the Voyager record better.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg</quote>That was cool too! And it could be used to play a video!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 05/12/23 3:09:57 AM #4:	Not a chance. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:973419645] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>Not a chance.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 05/12/23 10:55:01 PM #5:	what do you mean "of course" maybe they have tech that lets them communicate, maybe their race let's them. maybe they study earth before coming. --- Snowflakes of today: "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will ALWAYS hurt me." <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:973438022] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>what do you mean "of course"maybe they have tech that lets them communicate, maybe their race let's them.maybe they study earth before coming.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zareth 05/12/23 11:48:00 PM #6:	captpackrat posted... I liked the Voyager record better. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg Didn't Dinobot steal that from Megatron --- What would Bligh do? <cite>Zareth posted [p:973438886] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite><quote>I liked the Voyager record better.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/6/AAQwHjAAEcjC.jpg</quote>Didn't Dinobot steal that from Megatron</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 05/14/23 10:52:05 PM #7:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/7/AAFUswAAEej9.jpg --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:973474980] in The Pionee... [t:80433343]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/7/AAFUswAAEej9.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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