Species: alien bio-containment, the Arecibo message, and Von Neumann trolls

Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 7:45 a.m.

b'Species \\n\\n

Wow there some really good movies in 1995! Geiger alien designs. Not \\u201cAlien,\\u201d but \\u201calien.\\u201d This time, with nipples.

\\n\\n Ptosis \\n\\n

Forrest Whitaker. Chris\\u2019s history of eyelid laziness variability. Being either a dolphin or a flamingo. Eye farts?

\\n\\n The Arecibo Message \\n\\n

The limited utility of sending messages to aliens 25,000 light years away. The Arecibo Message sent in 1974 toward the M13 globular cluster. A cluster containiner millions of stars. 1679 bits: not a lot of bits!

\\n\\n \\n A colorized visualization of the \'Arecibo Message\' sent in 1974\\n\\n \\n\\n Arne Nordmann CC-BY-3.0\\n\\n \\n\\n Bio-executable Von Neumann machines \\n\\n

Von Neumann trolls. Self-assembling bootstrapping biological systems. What if DNA is very common across life in the universe?

\\n\\n Containment \\n\\n

How to combine biological containment and prisoner containment. Lots of \\u201cfire\\u201d buttons. Biocontainment protocols. Integrating what we\\u2019ve learned from prison-escape movies. Considering the Magneto-vault.

\\n\\n Cocoons \\n\\n

Vulvic wall-pods. What the hell even is up with cocoons anyway? Cocoons are basically alien material already. The \\u201csoup method\\u201d of metamorphosis.

\\n\\n Fat-bergs \\n\\n\\nSupport the show!'