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Imagine many years in the future, long after humanity has destroyed itself and become extinct, aliens land and all they encounter is this message transmitting o

Imagine many years in the future, long after humanity has destroyed itself and become extinct, aliens land and all they encounter is this message transmitting on a loop. It would become a hallowed relic of a mysterious civilization, uninterpretable but surely containing some powerful wisdom that was left behind in order to warn others.

someonehere 6y ago
I remember a Ray Bradbury story in elementary school I read. Don’t remember the short story title, but it was an automated house that did all its chores under the reader’s assumption all the automation was happening while the owners were out at work or running errands. Turns out that all the humans were wiped out by an atomic bomb as I remember the story describing irradiated shadows/outlines of people on the side of the house. Your comment reminded me of that story.
- 8bitsrule 6y ago
  Because it was Bradbury, I remembered the 'rain' in that title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(sh... Audio for your nostalgia available here (Ep. 11): https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles/Dimension_X_1950-06-17__11_ThereWillComeSoftRain-ZeroHour.mp3 https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles/Dimensi...
- EricE 6y ago
  Russian animation of it is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc
fogihujy 6y ago
Until they find a pair of solar-powered speakers blasting "Africa" on repeat, in the middle of a desert.
beamatronic 6y ago
A society could mass produce such transmitters and land them on any asteroids that happened by.
grkvlt 6y ago
> uninterpretable therefore (as i assume is the tradition with all archaologists, alien or otherwise) classified as 'for ceremonial or religious purposes' - and, since it was for a presedential inaugiuration, they're not wrong either...

someonehere 6y ago

I remember a Ray Bradbury story in elementary school I read. Don’t remember the short story title, but it was an automated house that did all its chores under the reader’s assumption all the automation was happening while the owners were out at work or running errands. Turns out that all the humans were wiped out by an atomic bomb as I remember the story describing irradiated shadows/outlines of people on the side of the house. Your comment reminded me of that story.

8bitsrule 6y ago
Because it was Bradbury, I remembered the 'rain' in that title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(sh... Audio for your nostalgia available here (Ep. 11): https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles/Dimension_X_1950-06-17__11_ThereWillComeSoftRain-ZeroHour.mp3 https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles/Dimensi...
EricE 6y ago
Russian animation of it is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc

fogihujy 6y ago

Until they find a pair of solar-powered speakers blasting "Africa" on repeat, in the middle of a desert.

beamatronic 6y ago

A society could mass produce such transmitters and land them on any asteroids that happened by.

grkvlt 6y ago

> uninterpretable therefore (as i assume is the tradition with all archaologists, alien or otherwise) classified as 'for ceremonial or religious purposes' - and, since it was for a presedential inaugiuration, they're not wrong either...